Special Melody Q2-2024

The Special Melody Contest Q2-2024 - was the 4rd edition of the Special Melody Contest that has been ever made. It is set to take place in Perth, Australia. Organised by the International Eurofan's Countries Organisation (IECO) and host broadcaster SBS. The contest was held at the TBD, and was consisted a final on 6 May 2024.

Special Melody Q2-2024
Mystery Forces
Dates
Final	6 May 2024
Host
Venue	Perth, Australia
Executive supervisor	Denis Vorobyov
Executive producer	Mark Solovyov
Host broadcaster	SBS
Participants
Number of entries	20
Debuting countries	San Marino Vietnam
Returning Countries	None
Non-returning Countries	Greece South Korea
Participation map
Vote
Winning song	Australia "Electric"

Twenty countruies participated in the competition, with San Marino and Vietnam participating for the first time. Greece and South Korea withdrawal from the competition.

Australia has won the contest second time a row with the song "Electric", performed by Darin. Thailand (best result), France (best result), Switzerland and Hungary (best result) rounded out the top five. The following countries improved their results: Germany.

Location

After the previous edition has been won by Australia, the broadcaster was immediately approached to form the reference group for the contest organisation. The Executive Supervisor and the head of IECO joined to the discussion of the potential city selection to host the show.

City bidding process

Sydney, Adelaide, Perth and Brisbane were proposed by the reference group as applicable venue and infrastructure to host the fourth edition of the contest. However, later the broadcaster has proposed the city of Perth as a symbolic choice for hosting and due to less cost being involved in preparations. After that, Perth were approved to held the competition and the city has been appointed to host it.

Format

Rules of season

The theme of the current season was devoted to natural phenomena in the titles of the compositions. The restriction was that the same phenomenon could not be used by two or more participating countries. Also, it was impossible to use performers who participated in Eurovision.

Participating Countries

Twenty countries have confirmed their participation in the season of the competition. It's was the first time when San Marino and Vietnam participated in the contest. Greece and South Korea is left from the competition.

Final

#	Country	Artist	Song	Language(s)	Place	Points
01	Spain	Triplo Max	Shadow	English	10	66
02	Lebanon	Alexandra Panagiotarou	Fota Xamila	Greek	14	38
03	Poland	Sam Garett	The Dance & The Wonder	English	16	36
04	Thailand	Moonbyul	Eclipse	English, Korean	2	95
05	Albania	Tokio Hotel	Monsoon	English	19	22
06	Canada	Fleruie	Hurricane	English	8	77
07	Vietnam	Nadezhda Kadysheva	Flowing Stream (Течёт ручей)	Russian	17	34
08	Portugal	Afrojack & Spree Wilson	The Spark	English	7	78
09	Germany	Kazaky	Push	English	6	78
10	Denmark	Chlöe Howl	Magnetic	English	9	72
11	Norway	Imagine Dragons	Thunder	English	12	59
12	United Kingdom	Le Sserafim	Fire in the belly	English, Korean	11	62
13	Netherlands	Scorpions	Wind of Change	English	15	37
14	Switzerland	Winona Oak & Robin Schulz	Oxygen	English	4	88
15	Australia	Darin	Electric	English	1	103
16	Israel	Miriam Cani	My Rain	Albanian	13	50
17	Japan	Maroon 5	One More Night	English	18	25
18	Hungary	The Fat Rat, Maisie Kay	The Storm	English, Naʼvi	5	88
19	San Marino	Michail Muromov	Apples In The Snow (Яблоки на снегу)	Russian	20	17
20	France	Shanguy	Lava	French	3	93

Voting

Each country had a jury who awarded 12, 10, 8-1 point(s) to their top ten songs.

Grand Final voting results Total score Spain Lebanon Poland Thailand Albania Canada Vietnam Portugal Germany Denmark Norway United Kingdom Netherlands Switzerland Australia Israel Japan Hungary San Marino France Rest of the World Contestants Spain 66 1 5 4 4 6 10 10 10 12 4 Lebanon 38 2 5 8 2 3 5 4 2 6 1 Poland 36 2 1 6 8 5 3 1 10 Thailand 95 6 10 5 1 8 10 7 7 12 4 1 2 8 1 1 10 2 Albania 22 1 10 4 7 Canada 77 7 5 4 2 4 10 7 3 6 7 1 6 4 6 5 Vietnam 34 3 7 10 2 12 Portugal 78 12 8 7 6 4 12 6 3 1 2 3 7 7 Germany 78 3 8 4 1 1 5 8 12 4 3 5 12 12 Denmark 72 12 1 5 5 2 8 8 5 5 8 5 8 Norway 59 1 2 4 12 12 6 6 3 10 3 United kingdom 62 4 5 1 8 3 2 8 7 2 12 4 3 3 Netherlands 37 10 10 2 6 2 7 Switzerland 88 8 12 3 2 4 12 10 3 10 10 8 2 4 Australia 103 7 7 7 6 5 12 3 3 4 6 12 4 10 10 7 Israel 50 3 6 8 8 1 4 2 5 1 6 6 Japan 25 5 3 1 5 6 5 Hungary 88 4 6 3 5 12 8 8 12 8 7 8 7 San Marino 17 2 2 10 1 2 France 93 10 6 12 10 7 7 7 12 12 1 3 6

Detailed vote from the rest of the world Place Country Points KOR IRL CHN 1 Germany 12 19.19 6.79 6.79 5.61 2 Poland 10 18.97 9.92 8.21 0.84 3 Denmark 8 17.87 12 4.6 1.23 4 Hungary 7 17.21 4.64 12 0.57 5 France 6 17.07 3.84 1.23 12 6 Canada 5 15.31 8.21 5.61 1.49 7 Spain 4 14.99 1.23 9.92 3.84 8 United Kingdom 3 12.43 1.02 1.49 9.92 9 Thailand 2 12.18 1.80 2.17 8.21 10 Lebanon 1 9.53 2.17 0.57 6.79 11 Norway 8.72 5.61 0.48 2.63 12 Australia 7.36 3.17 3.17 1.02 13 Albania 7.29 1.49 2.63 3.17 14 Switzerland 7.28 0.84 1.80 4.64 15 Portugal 6.95 2.63 3.84 0.48 16 Israel 3.33 0.69 0.84 1.80 17 Netherlands 2.97 0.48 0.32 2.17 18 Vietnam 1.80 0.39 1.02 0.39 19 Japan 1.65 0.57 0.39 0.69 20 San Marino 1.33 0.32 0.69 0.32

12 Points

12 points awarded by the countries

#	Recipient	Countries giving 12 points
3	France	Australia, Norway, Thailand
	Germany	France, Switzerland, Rest of the World
2	Australia	Israel, Vietnam
	Switzerland	Germany, Lebanon
	Hungary	Netherlands, Portugal
	Portugal	Denmark, Spain
	Norway	Albania, Canada
1	Thailand	United Kingdom
	Denmark	Poland
	Spain	Hungary
	Vietnam	San Marino