Special Melody Contest

The Special Melody Contest (often shortened to SMC or Special Melody ) is a competition of thematic seasons with special conditions for applications.

Origins and history

The Special Melody was conceived and implemented in order to diversify song competitions by adding various requirements and rules to them, making the selection of applications more difficult, however, the conditions of the competition change every quarter and have its own special theme (in each episode of the competition). This idea was implemented in July 2023, but was invented back in April 2023 by the current curator of Portugal

Hosting

The venue for the first season was selected from among the countries that confirmed their participation in the season. Of the 16 participating countries, 6 candidates were approved by the IECO Council: Denmark, Greece, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Norway and Thailand. During the discussions and voting, the right to host the first season went to Thailand. The host city was Bangkok - the capital of the chosen country.The venue for the competition was the Impact Arena Bangkok

In the second episode of the competition, instead of Canada, which won the last episode, the competition was hosted by South Korea, which took 2nd place, due to the fact that Canada was unable to host the second episode of the competition

Rules

Further information: Rules of the Special Melody Contest

Winning entries

Season		Theme	Date	Host	Winner	Language(s)	Points	Runner-up
I	Q3-2023	Geographical Names	7 August 2023	Thailand, Bangkok	Canada: The Hardkiss - Antarctica	Ukrainian	120	South Korea
II	Q4-2023	Rock Bangers	15 December 2023	South Korea, Gangneung	Greece: Against The Current - Weapon	English	110	Japan
III	Q1-2024	Cinematic Beats	28 January 2024	Greece, Thessaloniki	Australia: Stan Walker - I AM	English	103	Switzerland
IV	Q2-2024	Mystery Forces	6 May 2024	Australia, Perth	Australia: Darin - Electric	English	102	Thailand