Special Melody Q4-2023

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Special Melody Contest Q4-2023
Dates
FinalTBD November 2023
Host
VenueRogers Palace, Edmonton, Canada
Executive supervisor Denis Vorobyov
Executive producer Alexandr Mishenkov
Host broadcaster CBC
Participants
Number of entries18
Debuting countries Israel
Italy
Spain
Returning CountriesNone
Non-returning Countries Kazakhstan
Participation map
Special Melody Contest Q4-2023

The Special Melody Contest Q4-2023 - was the 2st edition of the Special Melody Contest that has been ever made. It is set to take place in Canada, in the country that won the last episode of the contest.

Location

The Q4-2023 contest will be held in one of the cities of Canada, which received the right to host after its victory in the previous competition. The selected venue is the 20.734-seat Rogers Place.

City bidding process

On September 6, three candidate cities for the competition were announced, they were: Toronto, Quebec and Edmonton. In the end, Edmonton got the right to host the song contest, and the "arena" was chosen as the venue for the contest.

Format

Rules of season

In the Q4-2023, the main rule for submitting an application will be the presence of the Rock genre in it or its varieties, such as: Pop Rock, Punk Rock, Art Rock, Heavy Metal, Alternative Rock, Grunge, etc.
Also, a mandatory requirement will be a limitation on the release date of the song. Applications issued from January 1, 2018 to the present day are allowed for this episode of the competition (that is, 01.01.2018 - XX.XX.2023)
Prohibition on the use of any performers who participated in the Eurovision Song Contest
Ban on using songs from WorldVision and Special Melody
You can use songs that were in the Billboard Top-100
There are no language restrictions in Q3-2023.


Participating Countries

Final

The following 18 countries have publicly confirmed their intention to participate in Q4-2023.

# Country Artist Song Language(s) Place Points
Australia Rain City Drive Wasting My Youth English
Canada Citizen Soldier Unsaid English
Cyprus Mother Mother Hayloft I English
Denmark Holy Wars Get Mine English
Germany Mothica Casualty English
Greece Against The Current Weapon English
Hungary Dorothy Rest In peace English
Israel Nothing But Thieves Forever & Ever More English
Italy
Japan One Ok Rock Renegades English
Lebanon Edge Of Paradise Digital Paradise English
Netherlands Bad Omens Just Pretend English
Norway Royal Blood Trouble’s Coming English
Portugal The Word Alive No Way Out English
South Korea Spiritbox Ultraviolet English
Spain
Thailand Jaws The Shark Suff City English
United Kingdom The Pretty Reckless 25 English

Voting

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


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