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July 2018

The **Current Music Competition July 2018** was the second edition of the Current Music Competition. It took place in Canada after Céline Dion has won the previous edition. The winner of this edition was South Korea's Blackpink with the song "Ddu-du Ddu-du".

## Rules

*→ See also: Rules*

* The entries must be released in May 2018 or June 2018.
* The artists must have a strong connection to the country they're representing.
* Eurovision songs are not allowed.

## Schedule

* June 13, 2018: Confirmations & song submissions start
* June 30, 2018: Song submission and confirmation deadline
* July 2, 2018: Grand Final running order
* July 3, 2018: Grand Final voting
* July 13, 2018: Grand Final voting deadline
* July 14, 2018: Grand Final results

## Host Country

Canada is a country located in the northern part of North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering 9.98 million square kilometres (3.85 million square miles), making it the world's second-largest country by total area. Canada's southern border with the United States is the world's longest bi-national land border. As a whole, Canada is sparsely populated, the majority of its land area being dominated by forest and tundra. Consequently, its population is highly urbanized, with 82 percent of the 35.15 million people concentrated in large and medium-sized cities, many near the southern border. Its capital is Ottawa, and its three largest metropolitan areas are Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver. Canada's climate varies widely across its vast area, ranging from arctic weather in the north, to hot summers in the southern regions, with four distinct seasons.

## Countries

* China
* Colombia
* Spain
* Cyprus
* Finland
* Greece
* India
* Israel
* South Africa

## External links

* The Google+ community of the CMC
* The official YouTube channel of the CMC

 June 2018 •  **July 2018** •  August 2018 •  September 2018 •  October 2018 •  November 2018 •  December 2018 •  SOTY 2018
**2019**
 January 2019 •  February 2019 •  March 2019 •  April 2019 •  May 2019 •  June 2019 •  July 2019 •  August 2019 •  September 2019 •  October 2019 •  November 2019 •  December 2019 •  SOTY 2019
**2020**
 January 2020 •  February 2020 •  April 2020 •  July 2020 •  August 2020 •  September 2020 •  SOTY 2020
**2021**
 January 2021 •  February 2021 •  March 2021 •  April 2021 •  May 2021 •  June 2021 •  July 2021 •  August 2021 •  September 2021 •  November 2021 •  December 2021 •  SOTY 2021
**2022**
 January 2022 •  February 2022 •  March 2022 •  April 2022 •  May 2022 •  June 2022 •  July 2022 •  August 2022 •  September 2022 •  October 2022 •  November 2022 •  December 2022 •  SOTY 2022
**2023**
 January 2023 •  February 2023 •  March 2023 •  April 2023 •  May 2023 •  June 2023 •  July 2023 •  August 2023 •  September 2023 •  October 2023 •  November 2023 •  December 2023 •  SOTY 2023
**2024**
 January 2024
Lola Marsh

**Lola Marsh** (לולה מארש) is an indie pop band from Israel. They represented their country in the Current Music Competition in July 2019 and won the edition with the song "Echoes". After their win, the band tried to return to the contest 3 more times, finally doing so on February 2020 with their song "Hold On".
Norway

**Norway** is a member of the World Broadcasting Union thus it's eligible to participate in the Current Music Competition. It debuted in the first edition of the contest.

## Participations

Table key
     *Winner*
     *Second place*
     *Third place*
     *Last place*
     *Automatically qualified to the final*
     *Did not qualify for the final*
Francisca

**Francisca Andreea Dulceanu** (Born November 19, 1993 in Romania), better known by her stage name **Francisca**, is a Romanian singer. She first became known after appearing on The X Factor Romania 2012.

## Current Music Competition

Francisca Dulceanu, represented her country in the Current Music Competition in November 2018 with the song "Voodoo". She competed and performed 16th in the first semi-final, finishing 13th with 90 points, failing to qualify for the final. Dulceanu became the first Romanian entrant to fail to reach the final.
Romania

**Romania** is a member of the World Broadcasting Union thus it's eligible to participate in the Current Music Competition. It debuted in the third edition of the contest.

## Participations

Table key
     *Winner*
     *Second place*
     *Third place*
     *Last place*
     *Automatically qualified to the final*
     *Did not qualify for the final*

## Additional Info

### National Finals:

Muzica Românească Curentă *(September 2020-)*
Kyrgyzstan

**Kyrgyzstan** is a member of the World Broadcasting Union thus it's eligible to participate in the Current Music Competition. It debuted in the fourth edition of the contest.

## Participations

Table key
     *Winner*
     *Second place*
     *Third place*
     *Last place*
     *Automatically qualified to the final*
     *Did not qualify for the final*
March 2021

The **Current Music March 2021** is the twenty-eigth edition of the Current Music Competition. It takes place in the Ceres Arena in Aarhus, Denmark, after Alba August's victory in the previous edition.

## Rules

*→ See also: Rules*

* The entries must be released in January or February 2021.
* The artists must have a strong connection to the country they're representing.
* Eurovision songs are not allowed.
* The maximum number of participants is 30.
* New rule: a pre-qualfication round was introduced. The top 6 users of the previous edition and the first 19 confirmed other countries will be directly qualified for the Grand Final, the rest will have to compete for the five remaining spots.

## Schedule

* March 1, 2021: Confirmations start
* March 14, 2021: Confirmation deadline
* March 16, 2021: Grand Final voting stars
* March 27, 2021: Grand Final voting deadline
* March 28, 2021: Grand Final results

## Countries

* Chile
* Czech Republic
* Finland
* France
* Ireland
* Slovenia
* Turkmenistan
* Ukraine
* Canada
* Estonia
* Faroe Islands
* Lithuania
* Netherlands
* Norway
* Spain
* Switzerland
* Turkey

### National Finals

* Mitz'aad HaShirim 17
* Se Sueña A Aarhus

## External links

* The official Discord server of the CMC
* The official YouTube channel of the CMC

 June 2018 •  July 2018 •  August 2018 •  September 2018 •  October 2018 •  November 2018 •  December 2018 •  SOTY 2018
**2019**
 January 2019 •  February 2019 •  March 2019 •  April 2019 •  May 2019 •  June 2019 •  July 2019 •  August 2019 •  September 2019 •  October 2019 •  November 2019 •  December 2019 •  SOTY 2019
**2020**
 January 2020 •  February 2020 •  April 2020 •  July 2020 •  August 2020 •  September 2020 •  SOTY 2020
**2021**
 January 2021 •  February 2021 •  **March 2021** •  April 2021 •  May 2021 •  June 2021 •  July 2021 •  August 2021 •  September 2021 •  November 2021 •  December 2021 •  SOTY 2021
**2022**
 January 2022 •  February 2022 •  March 2022 •  April 2022 •  May 2022 •  June 2022 •  July 2022 •  August 2022 •  September 2022 •  October 2022 •  November 2022 •  December 2022 •  SOTY 2022
**2023**
 January 2023 •  February 2023 •  March 2023 •  April 2023 •  May 2023 •  June 2023 •  July 2023 •  August 2023 •  September 2023 •  October 2023 •  November 2023 •  December 2023 •  SOTY 2023
**2024**
 January 2024
CMC - Norsk Melodi Grand Prix

**CMC - Norsk Melodi Grand Prix** is a monthly music competition organized by Norwegian public broadcaster Norsk Rikskringkasting, which acts as the Norwegian national final for the Current Music Competition, being used to decide the Norwegian entry for the contest. There have been 7 editions of the national selection as of December 2023.

The national selection began in May 2023 and has already produced one CMC winner in the same month.

## History

After the country's win in the 52nd edition with Moyka and song "Rear View", Norwegian broadcaster NRK stated that they were seriously considering starting to hold a national selection to decide the entry Norway would send to the Current Music Competition, aiming to share the best recent music all around the country.

On May 2nd 2023, NRK announced that they would hold a national selection for the 53rd edition of the contest, which would be held in their capital city Oslo, and five days later, the first ever winner was announced, being IMERIKA with the song "If You Don't", which would go on to win the contest at the end of the month.

Bolstered by the win, broadcaster NRK decided to hold another edition in the following month, with Dagny winning with the song "Hearbreak in the Making". She would finish 16th in Trondheim.

## Languages

Since there are no restrictions regarding the languages of the entries in the national selection, any song can be performed in any language. As of the fourth editions, four languages have appeared in CMC - Norsk Melodi Grand Prix, with English being the most used language with 29 appearances. Native language Norwegian is the second most-used language with ten appearances.

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## Winners

All winners have gone on to represent Norway in the Current Music Competition. In fact, the first ever winner, IMERIKA, would go on to win the 53rd edition of the contest.
Emilia

**Emilia Bashur,** (birth name Emilia Yancheva Valeva), known professionally as **Emilia**, is a Bulgarian pop-folk singer. She represented her country in the Current Music Competition in April 2023, as the winner of the fifth edition of Пей Сърце, placing 1st in the Pre-qualification Round and 7th in the Grand Final with the song "Balgari-Yunatsi".
España te necesitas 1

**España te necesitas 1** is the first edition of the Spanish National Final for the Current Music Competition, National Final used to choose the Spanish entry for the contest. As said before, it was the first edition if the NF used in order to select the Spanish entry for the April's edition of the Current Music Competion.

## Schedule

* March 22 - March 24, 2019 : Entries announcement & voting period
* March 24, 2019 : Results presentation

## Participants

For this first edition, 4 artists saw their entry competing. Here they are listed below, with the translation of the title in English.

 Nico Santos | "Unforgettable"
 Tracy de Sá
 Roi Méndez

## Results

 02
 03
 04
Bulgaria

**Bulgaria** is a member of the World Broadcasting Union thus it's eligible to participate in the Current Music Competition. It debuted in the first edition of the contest.

## Participations

Table key
     *Winner*
     *Second place*
     *Third place*
     *Last place*
     *Automatically qualified to the final*
     *Did not qualify for the final*
Jamaica

**Jamaica** is a member of the World Broadcasting Union thus eligible to participate in the Current Music Competition. The country debuted in the sixth edition of the contest.

## Participations

Table key
     *Winner*
     *Second place*
     *Third place*
     *Last place*
     *Automatically qualified to the final*
     *Did not qualify for the final*
May 2021

The **Current Music May 2021** is the thirtieth edition of the Current Music Competition. It takes place in the Derwent Entertainment Centre in Hobart, Australia, after Sumner's victory in the previous edition.

## Rules

*→ See also: Rules*

* The entries must be released in February or March 2021.
* The artists must have a strong connection to the country they're representing.
* Eurovision songs are not allowed.
* The maximum number of participants is 30.
* New rule: a pre-qualfication round was introduced. The top 6 users of the previous edition and the first 19 confirmed other countries will be directly qualified for the Grand Final, the rest will have to compete for the five remaining spots.

## Schedule

* May 1, 2021: Confirmations start
* May 12, 2021: Confirmation deadline
* May 14, 2021: Grand Final voting stars
* May 19, 2021: Grand Final voting deadline
* May 20, 2021: Grand Final results
* May 21, 2021: Grand Final voting stars
* May 29, 2021: Grand Final voting deadline
* May 31, 2021: Grand Final results

## Countries

* Ghana
* Iraq
* Kosovo
* Latvia
* Poland
* Switzerland
* Turkey
* Denmark
* Faroe Islands
* Germany
* Iran
* Lithuania
* Morocco
* Philippines
* Spain
* Turkmenistan
* United Kingdom

### National Finals

* Se Sueña A Hobart
* Het Maandelijks Songfestival 07
* SkopjeFestCMC May 2021
* Uktayinska Pisnya 02

## External links

* The official Discord server of the CMC
* The official YouTube channel of the CMC

 June 2018 •  July 2018 •  August 2018 •  September 2018 •  October 2018 •  November 2018 •  December 2018 •  SOTY 2018
**2019**
 January 2019 •  February 2019 •  March 2019 •  April 2019 •  May 2019 •  June 2019 •  July 2019 •  August 2019 •  September 2019 •  October 2019 •  November 2019 •  December 2019 •  SOTY 2019
**2020**
 January 2020 •  February 2020 •  April 2020 •  July 2020 •  August 2020 •  September 2020 •  SOTY 2020
**2021**
 January 2021 •  February 2021 •  March 2021 •  April 2021 •  **May 2021** •  June 2021 •  July 2021 •  August 2021 •  September 2021 •  November 2021 •  December 2021 •  SOTY 2021
**2022**
 January 2022 •  February 2022 •  March 2022 •  April 2022 •  May 2022 •  June 2022 •  July 2022 •  August 2022 •  September 2022 •  October 2022 •  November 2022 •  December 2022 •  SOTY 2022
**2023**
 January 2023 •  February 2023 •  March 2023 •  April 2023 •  May 2023 •  June 2023 •  July 2023 •  August 2023 •  September 2023 •  October 2023 •  November 2023 •  December 2023 •  SOTY 2023
**2024**
 January 2024
Italy

**Italy** is a member of the World Broadcasting Union thus it's eligible to participate in the Current Music Competition. It debuted in the first edition of the contest.

## Participations

Table key
     *Winner*
     *Second place*
     *Third place*
     *Last place*
     *Automatically qualified to the final*
     *Did not qualify for the final*
Angola

**Angola** is a member of the World Broadcasting Union thus it's eligible to participate in the Current Music Competition. It debuted in the eighth edition of the contest.

## Participations

Table key
     *Winner*
     *Second place*
     *Third place*
     *Last place*
     *Automatically qualified to the final*
     *Did not qualify for the final*
September 2018

The **Current Music Competition September 2018** was the fourth edition of the Current Music Competition. It took place in India after Raja Kumari has won the previous edition with the song "I Did It". The winner of this edition was the Swedish band Normandie with their song "White Flag".

## Rules

*→ See also: Rules*

* The entries must be released in July 2018 or August 2018.
* The artists must have a strong connection to the country they're representing.
* Eurovision songs are not allowed.

## Schedule

* August 20, 2018: Confirmations & song submission start
* August 31, 2018: Confirmations & song submission end
* September 1, 2018: Semifinals
* September 9, 2018: Semifinals results
* September 10, 2018: Grand Final
* September 21, 2018: Grand Final results

## Host country

India is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country (with over 1.2 billion people), and the most populous democracy in the world. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast. It shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the northeast; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives. India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand and Indonesia.

## Countries

* Finland
* Hong Kong
* Nigeria
* South Africa
* Zimbabwe
* China
* Kazakhstan
* Puerto Rico
* Russia
* Croatia
* North Macedonia
* Gambia
* Ghana
* Kyrgyzstan
* Morocco

### National Finals

* Kanata #1
* Deutsch Lied
* Israeli National Selection
* #MéxicoSuena
* Beovision
* Ukrainian National Final

## Participants

### Semifinal 1

 France,  Germany and  Canada had to vote in this semifinal. The  United Kingdom,  Kosovo and  Spain have been disqualified due to not voting in time.

### Semifinal 2

 India,  Croatia and  Japan had to vote in this semifinal.

## External links

* The Google+ community of the CMC
* The official YouTube channel of the CMC

 June 2018 •  July 2018 •  August 2018 •  **September 2018** •  October 2018 •  November 2018 •  December 2018 •  SOTY 2018
**2019**
 January 2019 •  February 2019 •  March 2019 •  April 2019 •  May 2019 •  June 2019 •  July 2019 •  August 2019 •  September 2019 •  October 2019 •  November 2019 •  December 2019 •  SOTY 2019
**2020**
 January 2020 •  February 2020 •  April 2020 •  July 2020 •  August 2020 •  September 2020 •  SOTY 2020
**2021**
 January 2021 •  February 2021 •  March 2021 •  April 2021 •  May 2021 •  June 2021 •  July 2021 •  August 2021 •  September 2021 •  November 2021 •  December 2021 •  SOTY 2021
**2022**
 January 2022 •  February 2022 •  March 2022 •  April 2022 •  May 2022 •  June 2022 •  July 2022 •  August 2022 •  September 2022 •  October 2022 •  November 2022 •  December 2022 •  SOTY 2022
**2023**
 January 2023 •  February 2023 •  March 2023 •  April 2023 •  May 2023 •  June 2023 •  July 2023 •  August 2023 •  September 2023 •  October 2023 •  November 2023 •  December 2023 •  SOTY 2023
**2024**
 January 2024
Ivory Coast

**Ivory Coast** is a member of the World Broadcasting Union thus it's eligible to participate in the Current Music Competition. It debuted in the eighteenth edition of the contest.

## Participations

Table key
     *Winner*
     *Second place*
     *Third place*
     *Last place*
     *Automatically qualified to the final*
     *Did not qualify for the final*
España te necesitas 2

**España te necesitas 2** is the second edition of the Spanish National Final for the Current Music Competition, National Final used to choose the Spanish entry for the contest.

## Schedule

* April 17 - April 23, 2019 : Entries announcement & voting period
* April 23, 2019 : Results presentation

## Participants

For this first edition, 3 artists saw their entry competing. Here they are listed below, with the translation of the title in English.

 Lola Indigo | "El Humo" *(The smoke)* | Lola Indigo
 Morat & Aitana | "Presiento" *(I feel)* | Morat, Aitana

## Results

 02
 03
New Zealand

**New Zealand** is a member of the World Broadcasting Union thus it's eligible to participate in the Current Music Competition. It debuted in the tenth edition of the contest.

## Participations

Table key
     *Winner*
     *Second place*
     *Third place*
     *Last place*
     *Automatically qualified to the final*
     *Did not qualify for the final*
Azerbaijan

**Azerbaijan** is a member of the World Broadcasting Union thus it's eligible to participate in the Current Music Competition. It debuted in the first edition of the contest.

## Participations

Table key
     *Winner*
     *Second place*
     *Third place*
     *Last place*
     *Automatically qualified to the final*
     *Did not qualify for the final*
Krewella

**Krewella** is an electronic dance music band from the United States. It consists of the Pakistani-American sisters Jahan and Yasmine Yousaf. They represented their country in the Current Music Competition twice in June 2018 and April 2019.

## History

Originally a trio, their third member and producer Kris Trindl was pushed out of the band in 2014. Their EP, Play Hard, was released on June 18, 2012, exclusively on Beatport, followed by its release on other digital platforms on June 26, 2012. Their debut album, Get Wet, was released on September 24, 2013, on iTunes. Their musical style has been mainly described as EDM, dance-rock and dance-pop. However Krewella's style has been influenced by a number of electronic sub genres including progressive house, electro, dubstep, drum and bass, trap music and future bass. The band's name stems from Jahan's misspelling of the word "cruel" when the two began writing music, and is not a reference to Cruella de Vil.

Krewella represented the United States in the first edition of the CMC in June 2018 with the song "Runaway".

## Members

* Jahan Yousaf
* Yasmine Yousaf

## External links

* Krewella's official Facebook page
* Krewella's official Twitter account
* Krewella's official Instagram account
North Macedonia

**North Macedonia** is a member of the World Broadcasting Union thus it's eligible to participate in the Current Music Competition. It debuted in the fourth edition of the contest.

## Participations

Table key
     *Winner*
     *Second place*
     *Third place*
     *Top 6 placement*
     *Last place*
     *Automatically qualified to the final*
     *Did not qualify for the final*

## Method of selection

For more details about every edition of national selection, check SkopjeFestCMC

 SkopjeFestCMC (1 round. Poll)
 SkopjeFestCMC (2 rounds. Main NF+poll)
 SkopjeFestCMC (2 rounds. Poll)
 Internal
June 2022

The **Current Music Competition June 2022** is the forty-second edition of the Current Music Competition. It takes place in the Belgrade Arena in Belgrade, Serbia, after Milica Pavlovic's & Albino's victory in the previous edition.

## Rules

*→ See also: Rules*

* The entries must be released in April 2022 or May 2022.
* The artists must have a strong connection to the country they're representing.
* Eurovision songs are not allowed.
* The maximum number of participants is 30.
* New rule: a pre-qualification round was introduced. The top 6 users of the previous edition and the first 19 confirmed other countries will be directly qualified for the Grand Final, the rest will have to compete for the five remaining spots.

## Schedule

* June 1, 2022: Confirmations start
* June 12, 2022: Confirmation deadline
* June 14, 2022: Grand Final voting stars
* June 24, 2022: Grand Final voting deadline
* June 25, 2022: Grand Final results

## Countries

* Cuba
* France
* Madagascar
* Malaysia
* Mauritius
* Moldova
* Nigeria
* Qatar
* Romania
* Vietnam
* Algeria
* Finland
* Japan
* Malta
* Spain
* South Africa
* Turkmenistan
* Ukraine
* Sudan

### National Finals

* Dora:CMC #03//June 2022
* CMC - June 2022 - Greece
* Lietuviu Daina 3
* Het Maandelijks Songfestival 15

## External links

* The official Discord server of the CMC
* The official YouTube channel of the CMC

 June 2018 •  July 2018 •  August 2018 •  September 2018 •  October 2018 •  November 2018 •  December 2018 •  SOTY 2018
**2019**
 January 2019 •  February 2019 •  March 2019 •  April 2019 •  May 2019 •  June 2019 •  July 2019 •  August 2019 •  September 2019 •  October 2019 •  November 2019 •  December 2019 •  SOTY 2019
**2020**
 January 2020 •  February 2020 •  April 2020 •  July 2020 •  August 2020 •  September 2020 •  SOTY 2020
**2021**
 January 2021 •  February 2021 •  March 2021 •  April 2021 •  May 2021 •  June 2021 •  July 2021 •  August 2021 •  September 2021 •  November 2021 •  December 2021 •  SOTY 2021
**2022**
 January 2022 •  February 2022 •  March 2022 •  April 2022 •  May 2022 •  **June 2022** •  July 2022 •  August 2022 •  September 2022 •  October 2022 •  November 2022 •  December 2022 •  SOTY 2022
**2023**
 January 2023 •  February 2023 •  March 2023 •  April 2023 •  May 2023 •  June 2023 •  July 2023 •  August 2023 •  September 2023 •  October 2023 •  November 2023 •  December 2023 •  SOTY 2023
**2024**
 January 2024
Australia

**Australia** is a member of the World Broadcasting Union thus it's eligible to participate in the Current Music Competition. It debuted in the first edition of the contest.

## Participations

Table key
     *Winner*
     *Second place*
     *Third place*
     *Last place*
     *Automatically qualified to the final*
     *Did not qualify for the final*
Mimoza

**Mimoza** is an American singer from Kosovo. She represented her country once in January 2019.

## Biography

Mimoza was born in Kosovo, and fled at a young age with her family to Sweden, where she spent the greater part of her childhood. She later moved to Germany, where she lived for 11 years. At the moment she is living in Los Angeles, United States.
February 2023

The **Current Music Competition February 2023** is the fiftieth edition of the Current Music Competition. It takes place in SPC Vojvodina in Novi Sad, Serbia, after Sanja Vucic's and Nucci' victory in the previous edition.

## Rules

*→ See also: Rules*

* The entries must be released in December 2022 or January 2023.
* The artists must have a strong connection to the country they're representing.
* Eurovision songs are not allowed.

## Schedule

* February 1, 2023: Confirmations start
* February 8, 2023: Confirmation deadline
* February 10, 2023: Semi Finals voting stars
* February 17, 2023: Semi Finals deadline
* February 18, 2023: Grand Final voting starts
* February 25, 2023: Grand Final voting deadline
* February 26, 2023: Grand Final results

## Countries

* Brazil
* Hungary
* Ireland
* Ivory Coast
* Jamaica
* Jordan
* New Caledonia
* Norway
* Iran
* Mauritania
* Mexico
* Portugal
* Slovenia
* South Africa
* Yemen
* Reunion

### National Finals

* Пей Сърце *(Peĭ Sŭrtse)* February 2023
* Baraye Iran 2/23
* Het Maandelijks Songfestival 23 // CMC February 2023
* SkopjeFestCMC February 2023
* Réunionese Reunion
* Ukrainian National Final

### Semi Final 01

Also vote in this semi final:  Serbia,  South Korea and the  United Kingdom

### Semi Final 02

Also vote in this semi final:  Montenegro,  Netherlands and the  South Africa

## External links

* The official Discord server of the CMC
* The official YouTube channel of the CMC

 June 2018 •  July 2018 •  August 2018 •  September 2018 •  October 2018 •  November 2018 •  December 2018 •  SOTY 2018
**2019**
 January 2019 •  February 2019 •  March 2019 •  April 2019 •  May 2019 •  June 2019 •  July 2019 •  August 2019 •  September 2019 •  October 2019 •  November 2019 •  December 2019 •  SOTY 2019
**2020**
 January 2020 •  February 2020 •  April 2020 •  July 2020 •  August 2020 •  September 2020 •  SOTY 2020
**2021**
 January 2021 •  February 2021 •  March 2021 •  April 2021 •  May 2021 •  June 2021 •  July 2021 •  August 2021 •  September 2021 •  November 2021 •  December 2021 •  SOTY 2021
**2022**
 January 2022 •  February 2022 •  March 2022 •  April 2022 •  May 2022 •  June 2022 •  July 2022 •  August 2022 •  September 2022 •  October 2022 •  November 2022 •  December 2022 •  SOTY 2022
**2023**
 January 2023 •  **February 2023** •  March 2023 •  April 2023 •  May 2023 •  June 2023 •  July 2023 •  August 2023 •  September 2023 •  October 2023 •  November 2023 •  December 2023 •  SOTY 2023
**2024**
 January 2024
Afghanistan

**Afghanistan** is a member of the World Broadcasting Union thus it's eligible to participate in the Current Music Competition. It debuted in the seventh edition of the contest.

## Participations

Table key
     *Winner*
     *Second place*
     *Third place*
     *Last place*
     *Automatically qualified to the final*
     *Did not qualify for the final*
November 2021

The **Current Music November 2021** is the thirty-fifth edition of the Current Music Competition. It takes place in the Nikos Galis Olympic Indoor Hall in Athens, Greece, after Evangelia 's and Kelvin Jones' victory in the previous edition.

## Rules

*→ See also: Rules*

* The entries must be released in September or October 2021.
* The artists must have a strong connection to the country they're representing.
* Eurovision songs are not allowed.
* The maximum number of participants is 30.
* New rule: a pre-qualification round was introduced. The top 6 users of the previous edition and the first 19 confirmed other countries will be directly qualified for the Grand Final, the rest will have to compete for the five remaining spots.

## Schedule

* November 1, 2021: Confirmations start
* November 14, 2021: Confirmation deadline
* November 18, 2021: Grand Final voting stars
* November 27, 2021: Grand Final voting deadline
* November 28, 2021: Grand Final results

## Countries

* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* France
* Kazakhstan
* Mali
* Malta
* New Caledonia
* Peru
* Saint Lucia
* Tunisia
* Hungary
* Moldova
* New Zealand
* Poland
* Senegal
* Taiwan
* United Kingdom
* Qatar

### National Finals

* Se Sueña Rumbo A Athens
* Het Maandelijks Songfestival 11
* British National Selection

## External links

* The official Discord server of the CMC
* The official YouTube channel of the CMC

 June 2018 •  July 2018 •  August 2018 •  September 2018 •  October 2018 •  November 2018 •  December 2018 •  SOTY 2018
**2019**
 January 2019 •  February 2019 •  March 2019 •  April 2019 •  May 2019 •  June 2019 •  July 2019 •  August 2019 •  September 2019 •  October 2019 •  November 2019 •  December 2019 •  SOTY 2019
**2020**
 January 2020 •  February 2020 •  April 2020 •  July 2020 •  August 2020 •  September 2020 •  SOTY 2020
**2021**
 January 2021 •  February 2021 •  March 2021 •  April 2021 •  May 2021 •  June 2021 •  July 2021 •  August 2021 •  September 2021 •  **November 2021** •  December 2021 •  SOTY 2021
**2022**
 January 2022 •  February 2022 •  March 2022 •  April 2022 •  May 2022 •  June 2022 •  July 2022 •  August 2022 •  September 2022 •  October 2022 •  November 2022 •  December 2022 •  SOTY 2022
**2023**
 January 2023 •  February 2023 •  March 2023 •  April 2023 •  May 2023 •  June 2023 •  July 2023 •  August 2023 •  September 2023 •  October 2023 •  November 2023 •  December 2023 •  SOTY 2023
**2024**
 January 2024
Ela.

**Elżbieta Steinmetz** (\* October 11, 1992 in Smila), also known as **ela.**, is a German singer of Polish and Ukrainian descent. She is the lead singer of the German band Elaiza and represented Germany as a solo artist in the Current Music Competition with the song "Ehrlich kompliziert" in October 2019.
July 2022

The **Current Music Competition July 2022** is the forty-third edition of the Current Music Competition. It takes place in the Dimitris Tofalos Arena in Patras, Greece, after Amanda Tenfjord's victory in the previous edition.

## Rules

*→ See also: Rules*

* The entries must be released in May 2022 or June 2022.
* The artists must have a strong connection to the country they're representing.
* Eurovision songs are not allowed.
* The maximum number of participants is 30.
* New rule: a pre-qualification round was introduced. The top 6 users of the previous edition and the first 19 confirmed other countries will be directly qualified for the Grand Final, the rest will have to compete for the five remaining spots.

## Schedule

* July 1, 2022: Confirmations start
* July 12, 2022: Confirmation deadline
* July 12, 2022: pre-qualification round stars
* July 17, 2022: pre-qualification round deadline
* July 18, 2022: Grand Final voting stars
* July 25, 2022: Grand Final voting deadline
* July 25, 2022: Grand Final results

## Countries

* Algeria
* American Samoa
* Finland
* Poland
* South Africa
* Spain
* Tunisia
* Turkmenistan
* Cyprus
* France
* Ireland
* Italy
* Kazakhstan
* Mongolia
* Portugal
* Romania

### National Finals

* Dora:CMC #04//July 2022
* CMC - July 2022 - Greece
* An Tuairiscéan Eipiciúil
* Lietuviu Daina 4
* Het Maandelijks Songfestival 16
* SkopjeFestCMC July 2022
* Sudan's National Final
* Türkiye Seçiyor CMC 43

## External links

* The official Discord server of the CMC
* The official YouTube channel of the CMC

 June 2018 •  July 2018 •  August 2018 •  September 2018 •  October 2018 •  November 2018 •  December 2018 •  SOTY 2018
**2019**
 January 2019 •  February 2019 •  March 2019 •  April 2019 •  May 2019 •  June 2019 •  July 2019 •  August 2019 •  September 2019 •  October 2019 •  November 2019 •  December 2019 •  SOTY 2019
**2020**
 January 2020 •  February 2020 •  April 2020 •  July 2020 •  August 2020 •  September 2020 •  SOTY 2020
**2021**
 January 2021 •  February 2021 •  March 2021 •  April 2021 •  May 2021 •  June 2021 •  July 2021 •  August 2021 •  September 2021 •  November 2021 •  December 2021 •  SOTY 2021
**2022**
 January 2022 •  February 2022 •  March 2022 •  April 2022 •  May 2022 •  June 2022 •  **July 2022** •  August 2022 •  September 2022 •  October 2022 •  November 2022 •  December 2022 •  SOTY 2022
**2023**
 January 2023 •  February 2023 •  March 2023 •  April 2023 •  May 2023 •  June 2023 •  July 2023 •  August 2023 •  September 2023 •  October 2023 •  November 2023 •  December 2023 •  SOTY 2023
**2024**
 January 2024
February 2019

The **Current Music Competition February 2019** is the ninth edition of the Current Music Competition. It takes place in Zimbabwe after Oliver Heldens and Shungudzo have won the previous edition with the song "Fire In My Soul".

## Rules

*→ See also: Rules*

* The entries must be released in December 2018 or January 2019.
* The artists must have a strong connection to the country they're representing.
* Eurovision songs are not allowed.

## Schedule

Please note that this isn't the final version of the schedule. Changes aren't ruled out.

* January 20, 2019: Confirmations & song submission start
* January 31, 2019: Confirmations & song submission end
* February 2, 2019: Semifinals
* February 10, 2019: Semifinals results
* February 11, 2019: Grand Final
* February 19, 2019: Grand Final results

## Countries

* Angola
* Armenia
* Estonia
* Ghana
* India
* Lithuania
* Nepal
* Nigeria
* Serbia
* Venezuela
* Azerbaijan
* Colombia
* Denmark
* North Macedonia
* Mexico
* Netherlands
* Poland
* Congo
* Trinidad & Tobago
* Yemen

### National Finals

* Festival da Canção Brasil
* Hrvatski Festival Melodija
* Hungarian Star
* Féile amhráin na hÉireann
* Canzone d'Italia
* Mexico Se Suena
* Romanian National Final
* Zimbabwe Needs Your Help

## External links

* The Google+ community of the CMC
* The official YouTube channel of the CMC

 June 2018 •  July 2018 •  August 2018 •  September 2018 •  October 2018 •  November 2018 •  December 2018 •  SOTY 2018
**2019**
 January 2019 •  **February 2019** •  March 2019 •  April 2019 •  May 2019 •  June 2019 •  July 2019 •  August 2019 •  September 2019 •  October 2019 •  November 2019 •  December 2019 •  SOTY 2019
**2020**
 January 2020 •  February 2020 •  April 2020 •  July 2020 •  August 2020 •  September 2020 •  SOTY 2020
**2021**
 January 2021 •  February 2021 •  March 2021 •  April 2021 •  May 2021 •  June 2021 •  July 2021 •  August 2021 •  September 2021 •  November 2021 •  December 2021 •  SOTY 2021
**2022**
 January 2022 •  February 2022 •  March 2022 •  April 2022 •  May 2022 •  June 2022 •  July 2022 •  August 2022 •  September 2022 •  October 2022 •  November 2022 •  December 2022 •  SOTY 2022
**2023**
 January 2023 •  February 2023 •  March 2023 •  April 2023 •  May 2023 •  June 2023 •  July 2023 •  August 2023 •  September 2023 •  October 2023 •  November 2023 •  December 2023 •  SOTY 2023
**2024**
 January 2024
Oameni

### Songwriter(s)

Alex Antonescu, Razvan Dediu, Theea Eliza Ioana Miculescu, Catalin Mihai Tamazlicaru

"**Oameni**" (People) is a song recorded by the Romanian singer Olga Verbițchi. It was released on June 27, 2018 and represented Romania in the August 2018 edition of the Current Music Competition in Daegu, South Korea.
March 2020

The **Current Music Competition March 2020** was supposed to be the twenty-second edition of the Current Music Competition. It should take place in the Chornomorets Stadium in Odessa, Ukraine, after Kazka's victory in the previous edition. However, the edition was cancelled due to the Coronavirus.

## Rules

*→ See also: Rules*

* The entries must be released in January or February 2020.
* The artists must have a strong connection to the country they're representing.
* Eurovision songs are not allowed.

## Schedule

* February 25, 2020: Confirmations & song submission start
* March 9, 2020: The edition got officially cancelled

## Countries

* Estonia
* Georgia
* Lithuania
* Mongolia
* Morocco
* Portugal
* Tajikistan
* Thailand
* Uzbekistan
* Brazil
* Denmark
* Finland
* Italy
* Jamaica
* Malaysia
* Russia
* Switzerland
* Dominican Republic
* Indonesia
* Suriname

### National Finals

* Dansk Sangfestival
* Deutsche Melodie 2
* Forkeppni Val - Mars
* Indonesian National Final
* Aka to Shiro #4
* Qazaqstan Äwenderi Festïvali 13
* Mexico Se Sueña 14
* Het Maandelijks Songfestival 05
* SkopjeFestCMC Edition 5
* 현재 노래 축제 #2
* Türkmenmilliseçip Alyşlar
* Vietnam's Choice

## External links

* The official Discord server of the CMC
* The official YouTube channel of the CMC

 June 2018 •  July 2018 •  August 2018 •  September 2018 •  October 2018 •  November 2018 •  December 2018 •  SOTY 2018
**2019**
 January 2019 •  February 2019 •  March 2019 •  April 2019 •  May 2019 •  June 2019 •  July 2019 •  August 2019 •  September 2019 •  October 2019 •  November 2019 •  December 2019 •  SOTY 2019
**2020**
 January 2020 •  February 2020 •  April 2020 •  July 2020 •  August 2020 •  September 2020 •  SOTY 2020
**2021**
 January 2021 •  February 2021 •  March 2021 •  April 2021 •  May 2021 •  June 2021 •  July 2021 •  August 2021 •  September 2021 •  November 2021 •  December 2021 •  SOTY 2021
**2022**
 January 2022 •  February 2022 •  March 2022 •  April 2022 •  May 2022 •  June 2022 •  July 2022 •  August 2022 •  September 2022 •  October 2022 •  November 2022 •  December 2022 •  SOTY 2022
**2023**
 January 2023 •  February 2023 •  March 2023 •  April 2023 •  May 2023 •  June 2023 •  July 2023 •  August 2023 •  September 2023 •  October 2023 •  November 2023 •  December 2023 •  SOTY 2023
**2024**
 January 2024
May 2019

The **Current Music Competition May 2019** was the twelfth edition of the Current Music Competition. It took place in Belgium after Lea Rue's victory in the previous edition.

## Rules

*→ See also: Rules*

* The entries must be released in March or April 2019.
* The artists must have a strong connection to the country they're representing.
* Eurovision songs are not allowed.

## Schedule

Please note that this isn't the final version of the schedule. Changes aren't ruled out.

* April 20, 2019: Confirmations & song submission start
* April 30, 2019: Confirmations & song submission end
* May 2, 2019: Semifinals
* May 10, 2019: Semifinals results
* May 11, 2019: Grand Final
* May 22, 2019: Grand Final results

## Countries

* Austria
* Ireland
* Italy
* Japan
* Kosovo
* Lithuania
* Malaysia
* Serbia
* Taiwan
* Vietnam
* Canada
* Finland
* India
* Morocco
* Nepal
* Russia
* Uzbekistan
* Egypt
* Iran
* Latvia
* Thailand

### National Finals

* Help Aussies V2
* Unser Lied für Belgien
* Greek National Final
* Hungarian Star May
* Mitz'aad HaShirim
* Qazaqstan Äwenderi Festïvali 03
* Mexico se Sueña 4
* Pittoresque
* España te necesitas 02

## External links

* The official Discord server of the CMC
* The official YouTube channel of the CMC

 June 2018 •  July 2018 •  August 2018 •  September 2018 •  October 2018 •  November 2018 •  December 2018 •  SOTY 2018
**2019**
 January 2019 •  February 2019 •  March 2019 •  April 2019 •  **May 2019** •  June 2019 •  July 2019 •  August 2019 •  September 2019 •  October 2019 •  November 2019 •  December 2019 •  SOTY 2019
**2020**
 January 2020 •  February 2020 •  April 2020 •  July 2020 •  August 2020 •  September 2020 •  SOTY 2020
**2021**
 January 2021 •  February 2021 •  March 2021 •  April 2021 •  May 2021 •  June 2021 •  July 2021 •  August 2021 •  September 2021 •  November 2021 •  December 2021 •  SOTY 2021
**2022**
 January 2022 •  February 2022 •  March 2022 •  April 2022 •  May 2022 •  June 2022 •  July 2022 •  August 2022 •  September 2022 •  October 2022 •  November 2022 •  December 2022 •  SOTY 2022
**2023**
 January 2023 •  February 2023 •  March 2023 •  April 2023 •  May 2023 •  June 2023 •  July 2023 •  August 2023 •  September 2023 •  October 2023 •  November 2023 •  December 2023 •  SOTY 2023
**2024**
 January 2024
July 2021

The **Current Music July 2021** is the thirty-second edition of the Current Music Competition. It takes place in the Rotterdam Ahoy in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, after Davia Michelle's victory in the previous edition.

## Rules

*→ See also: Rules*

* The entries must be released in May or June 2021.
* The artists must have a strong connection to the country they're representing.
* Eurovision songs are not allowed.
* The maximum number of participants is 30.
* New rule: a pre-qualification round was introduced. The top 6 users of the previous edition and the first 19 confirmed other countries will be directly qualified for the Grand Final, the rest will have to compete for the five remaining spots.

## Schedule

* July 1, 2021: Confirmations start
* July 12, 2021: Confirmation deadline
* July 14, 2021: Grand Final voting stars
* July 25, 2021: Grand Final voting deadline
* July 26, 2021: Grand Final results

## Countries

* Lithuania
* Morocco
* Turkey
* Chile
* Denmark
* Egypt
* Finland
* Germany
* Kazakhstan
* Moldova
* Norway

### National Finals

* Se Sueña A Rotterdam
* Het Maandelijks Songfestival 09
* SkopjeFestCMC July 2021
* Uktayinska Pisnya 04

## External links

* The official Discord server of the CMC
* The official YouTube channel of the CMC

 June 2018 •  July 2018 •  August 2018 •  September 2018 •  October 2018 •  November 2018 •  December 2018 •  SOTY 2018
**2019**
 January 2019 •  February 2019 •  March 2019 •  April 2019 •  May 2019 •  June 2019 •  July 2019 •  August 2019 •  September 2019 •  October 2019 •  November 2019 •  December 2019 •  SOTY 2019
**2020**
 January 2020 •  February 2020 •  April 2020 •  July 2020 •  August 2020 •  September 2020 •  SOTY 2020
**2021**
 January 2021 •  February 2021 •  March 2021 •  April 2021 •  May 2021 •  June 2021 •  **July 2021** •  August 2021 •  September 2021 •  November 2021 •  December 2021 •  SOTY 2021
**2022**
 January 2022 •  February 2022 •  March 2022 •  April 2022 •  May 2022 •  June 2022 •  July 2022 •  August 2022 •  September 2022 •  October 2022 •  November 2022 •  December 2022 •  SOTY 2022
**2023**
 January 2023 •  February 2023 •  March 2023 •  April 2023 •  May 2023 •  June 2023 •  July 2023 •  August 2023 •  September 2023 •  October 2023 •  November 2023 •  December 2023 •  SOTY 2023
**2024**
 January 2024
Kendji Girac

**Kendji Jason Maillié** (\* July 3, 1996 in Périgueux), mostly known as **Kendji Girac**, is a singer from France. He represented his country in the Current Music Competition once in June 2018.

## Biography

### Beginnings

The youngest of a Catalan Gitano family, Kendji grew up in Saint-Astier and was taught to play the guitar and sing by his grandfather. He left school at 16 to follow the family business as an arborist. He gained some fame through publishing materials online. His gypsy version of "Bella" by Maître Gims filmed by a friend went viral.

### The Voice

For season 3 of The Voice: la plus belle voix, he auditioned with the song "Bella" by Maître Gims in the second episode of season 3 broadcast on January 18, with only judge Mika turning his chair, whereas the three others, Florent Pagny, Jenifer and Garou refrained. In the final broadcast on Final: 10 May 2014, He sang "Amor de mis amores" / "Volare" from Gipsy Kings, "Temps à nouveau" from Jean-Louis Aubert and "L'Aigle noir" from Barbara. He won The Voice title for season 3 with 51% of the public vote against 21% for runner up Maximilien Philippe, with Amir Haddad finishing third with 18% and Wesley with only 10% fourth.

### Career

His first official single was the bilingual French/Spanish "Color Gitano", released in June 2014 from his EP, his official album released in September. In December 2014, he won two NRJ Music Awards for Francophone Breakthrough of the Year and "Color Gitano" as Francophone Song of the Year.

### Current Music Competition

In June 2018 he represented France in its debut edition in the Current Music Competition with his song "Maria Maria".

## External links

* Kendji's official Facebook
* Kendji's official Twitter
Moldova

**Moldova** is a member of the World Broadcasting Union thus it's eligible to participate in the Current Music Competition. It debuted in the sixth edition of the contest.

## Participations

Table key
     *Winner*
     *Second place*
     *Third place*
     *Last place*
     *Automatically qualified to the final*
     *Did not qualify for the final*
Céline Dion

**Céline Marie Claudette Dion** (\* March 30, 1968 in Charlemagne) is a Canadian singer. She represented her country in the Current Music Competition once in June 2018. She won the first Current Music Competition with a total of 106 points.

## Biography

Born on March 30, 1968, in Charlemagne, Quebec, Canada, singer Celine Dion had recorded nine French albums and won numerous awards by the time she was 18. She recorded her first English language album, Unison, in 1990. Dion's real breakthrough into pop music stardom came in 1992, when she recorded the theme to Disney's hit animated feature Beauty and the Beast. She went on to record several hits, including four No. 1's: "The Power of Love," "Because You Loved Me,"and "I'm Your Angel." In 1988, Dion won the Eurovision Song Contest representing Switzerland. She made very success in 1997 due to her song "My Heart Will Go On", from the drama movie *Titanic*.

In June 2018 Céline represented her country with the song "Ashes" in the Current Music Competition.
Croatia

**Croatia** is a member of the World Broadcasting Union thus it's eligible to participate in the Current Music Competition. It debuted in the fourth edition of the contest.

## Participations

Table key
     *Winner*
     *Second place*
     *Third place*
     *Last place*
     *Automatically qualified to the final*
     *Did not qualify for the final*
Roshelle

**Rossella Discolo** (\* September 18, 1995), also known as **Roshelle**, is a singer from Italy. She represented her country in the Current Music Competition once in June 2018.

## Biography

Roshelle was born on September 18, 1995 in Italy. She participated in the tenth season of the Italian X Factor where she placed fourth after being mentored by Fedez throughout the competition.

She participated in various contests, including the 24th edition of the North Vision Song Contest where she came 15th with the song "Body Adi". In June 2018 she represented Italy with the song "Drink" in the Current Music Competition.

## External links

* Roshelle's official Facebook page
* Roshelle's official Twitter account
* Roshelle's official Instagram account