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October 2023

The **Current Music Competition October 2023** is the fifty-eighth edition of the Current Music Competition. It takes place in the Sydney SuperDome in Sydney, Australia, after edith's victory in the previous edition.

## Rules

*→ See also: Rules*

* The entries must be released in August 2023 or September2023.
* The artists must have a strong connection to the country they're representing.
* Eurovision songs are not allowed.

## Schedule

* October 1, 2023: Confirmations start
* October 8, 2023: Confirmation deadline
* October 10, 2023: Semi-finals voting starts
* October 17, 2023: Semi-finals deadline
* October 18, 2023: Grand Final voting starts
* October 25, 2023: Grand Final voting deadline
* October 27, 2023: Grand Final results

## Countries

* Armenia
* Belarus
* Bosnia & Herzegovina
* Croatia
* Egypt
* France
* Gambia
* Germany
* Haiti
* Italy
* Latvia
* Malta
* Serbia
* United Arab Emirates
* Brazil
* Cameroon
* Czech Republic
* Iceland
* Kiribati
* Kosovo
* Moldova
* Nigeria
* Portugal
* Puerto Rico
* Slovenia
* Taiwan
* United States

### National Finals

* Finnish National Final
* Mitza'ad HaShirim 58
* SkopjeFestCMC October 2023
* Norsk Melodi Grand Prix #05
* SWEDISH NATIONAL FINAL • OCTOBER 2023
* Türkiye Seçiyor | October'23

### Semi Final 1

Also vote in this semi final:  Bulgaria,  Iran and  Russia

### Semi Final 2

Also vote in this semi final:  Australia,  Slovenia and  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
June 2018

The **Current Music Competition June 2018** was the first edition of the Current Music Competition. It took place in the Olympic Gymnastics Arena in Seoul, South Korea. The winning country was Canada with Céline Dion's song "Ashes".

## Rules

*→ See also: Rules*

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

## Schedule

* May 1, 2018: Confirmations & song submissions start
* June 1, 2018: Song submission and confirmation deadline
* June 2, 2018: Grand Final running order
* June 3, 2018: Grand Final voting
* June 12, 2018: Grand Final voting deadline
* June 13, 2018: Grand Final results

## Host country

South Korea is a country in East Asia. It occupies the southern portion of the Korean peninsula. The country is bordered by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) to the north, the East Sea (Sea of Japan) to the east, the East China Sea to the south, and the Yellow Sea to the west; to the southeast it is separated from the Japanese island of Tsushima by the Korea Strait. South Korea makes up about 45 percent of the peninsula’s land area. The capital is Seoul.

## Countries

### National Finals

* #MéxicoSuena ("#MexicoSounds")
* Pesnya ("A Song")

## Voting

### 12 Points

1. ↑ According to the Kazakh Head of Delegation, Kazakhstan would have awarded their 12 points to Italy if they had voted.

## Other countries

* Brazil: Brazil was disqualified because the Head of Delegation tried to cheat.
* Kazakhstan: Since the Kazakh Head of Delegation didn't manage to submit his votes to the Worldwide Broadcasting Union in time, Kazakhstan had to be disqualified from this edition.
* Romania: Romania was disqualified because the Head of Delegation tried to cheat.

## 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
Song Of The Year 2018

**CMC: Song Of The Year 2018** was the first special edition of the Current Music Competition. In this edition all winning entries of 2018 competed against each other.

## Rules

* This is a special edition. It takes place between the December 2018 and January 2019 editions.
* The participating entries are the winners of all editions that took place in 2018.
* Everyone is allowed vote but no one is forced to.
* Winning users can vote for their own song(s).

## Schedule

* December 21, 2018: Voting starts
* December 28, 2018: Voting deadline
* December 29, 2018: Results presentation

## 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
January 2023

The **Current Music Competition January 2023** is the forty-ninth edition of the Current Music Competition. It takes place in the P.A.O.K Sports Arenain Thessaloniki, Greece, after Katerine Duska's and Leon of Athens' victory in the previous edition.

## Rules

*→ See also: Rules*

* The entries must be released in November 2022 or December 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

* January 1, 2023: Confirmations start
* January 12, 2023: Confirmation deadline
* January 12, 2023: Pre-Qualification Round voting stars
* January 17, 2023: Pre-Qualification Round voting deadline
* January 18, 2023: Grand Final voting starts
* January 25, 2023: Grand Final voting deadline
* January 26, 2023: Grand Final results

## Countries

* China
* Equatorial Guinea
* France
* Iraq
* Madagascar
* Martinique
* Mexico
* Portugal
* Brazil
* Finland
* Germany
* Hungary
* Ivory Coast
* Jamaica
* Jordan
* Moldova
* New Caledonia
* New Zealand
* Poland
* Spain

### National Finals

* Пей Сърце *(Peĭ Sŭrtse)* January 2023
* Dora:CMC #10 // January 2023
* Mitzaad Hashirim 49
* Het Maandelijks Songfestival 22 // CMC January 2023
* SkopjeFestCMC January 2023
* Türkiye Seçiyor | January'23
* Ukrainian National Final

## 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
Mongolia

**Mongolia** is a member of the World Broadcasting Union thus it's eligible to participate in the Current Music Competition. It debuted in the twenty-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*
Belgium

**Belgium** is a member of the World Broadcasting Union thus it's eligible to participate in the Current Music Competition. It debuted in the second edition of the contest and won the contest once in April 2019.

## Participations

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

**Canada** 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.

The country won once since its debut in the first edition with Céline Dion's song "Ashes".

## Participations

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

**Egypt** is a member of the World Broadcasting Union thus it's eligible to participate in the Current Music Competition. It debuted in the twelfth 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*
Finland

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

## Participations

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

**Brazil** 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*
Lebanon

**Lebanon** 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*
Antigua and Barbuda

**Antigua and Barbuda** is a member of the World Broadcasting Union thus it's eligible to participate in the Current Music Competition. It debuted in the thirteenth 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*
Kazakhstan at the Current Music Competition August 2019

**Kazakhstan** took part in the Current Music Competition August 2019. Khabar, the Kazakh broadcaster, organised the national selection Qazaqstan Äwenderi Festïvali 06.

## Before CMC

### ***Qazaqstan Äwenderi Festïvali 06***

*Qazaqstan Äwenderi Festïvali 06* was the sixth edition of the Kazakh music competition that selected Kazakhstan's entry for the Current Music Competition August 2019.

### **Final**

The final took place on 18 July 2019 at the Khabar Studio in Almaty. The winner was selected by public televoting, resulting in a win for "Oylama" peformed by AniKo.
Cyprus

**Cyprus** is a member of the World Broadcasting Union thus it's eligible to participate in the Current Music Competition. It debuted in the second 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*
Kosovo

**Kosovo** 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*
Will of the wild

Will Of The Wild.

The powerful forces of the wild elements: fire, water and earth live in this ethereal hair - just don't mention the air element! The mage that tamed these wild forces could never control his wind, and he's already the butt of all jokes at mage parties!

The **Will of the Wild** is a hat which was introduced as the Item Of The Month for March 2018, costing 200,000gems in the Growtopia Store. It was announced on the 25th of February, but its name was the Elemental Hair on the forums. However, when a player would scroll on the .gif file, it would reveal its name.  When worn, players can change the elements by equipping and unequipping them, similar to the Diamond Horns.

The following abilities will be given when its respective element is equipped:

* Fire - Players will receive the Fireproof Mod.
* Water - Players will receive the A Little Fishy, allowing them to walk faster in water.
* Earth - Players can climb on Climbing Walls, without the use of Climbing Boots.
Battle

### Songwriter(s)

David Guetta, Danny Shah, George Tizzard, Rick Parkhouse, Boris Daenen, Tor Erik Hermansen, Mikkel Eriksen, Carl Falk

**Battle** is a song recorded by the French DJ David Guetta and the Canadian singer Faouzia. It was released on September 17, 2018 and represented Canada in the fifth edition of the Current Music Competition in October 2018.
December 2018

The **Current Music Competition December 2018** was the seventh edition of the Current Music Competition. It took place in Singapore after Jasmine Sokko has won the previous edition with the song "Hurt". The winner of this edition was Evaluna Montaner from Venezuela with the song "Me Liberé".

## Rules

*→ See also: Rules*

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

## Schedule

* November 21, 2018: Confirmations & song submission start
* November 30, 2018: Confirmations & song submission end
* December 1, 2018: Semifinals
* December 9, 2018: Semifinals results
* December 11, 2018: Grand Final
* December 19, 2018: Grand Final results

## Countries

* France
* North Macedonia
* Guatemala
* India
* Japan
* Lebanon
* Luxembourg
* Netherlands
* Nigeria
* Philippines
* Poland
* South Africa
* Sweden
* Croatia
* Morocco
* Italy
* Armenia
* Cuba
* Hungary
* Slovakia
* Uruguay
* Venezuela

### National Finals

* Brazil National Final #3
* La Musique au Canada 5
* Deutsch Lied 3
* Féile amhráin na hÉireann
* Qazaqstan Äwenderi Festïvali
* Cântec of Romania: The Song of Romania
* Hangug Norae 1
* Ukrayinsʹkyy Holos
* Ya Has Perdido

## Participants

### Semifinal 1

Moldova, Ukraine and Canada had to vote in this semifinal.

### Semifinal 2

Armenia, Singapore and Kazakhstan 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
Taiwan

**Taiwan** is a member of the World Broadcasting Union thus it's eligible to participate in the Current Music Competition. It has participated in the contest since January 2019.

## Participations

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

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

## Participations

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

These are the **rules of the Current Music Competition**.

## Countries

* Every country that is recognized by the United Nations is eligible to participate in the contest.
* The following countries are not fully recognized by the UN but are still allowed to compete:
	+ Faroe Islands
	+ Hong Kong
	+ Kosovo
	+ Palestine
	+ Puerto Rico
	+ Taiwan (Republic of China)
* There are no borrowing countries.
* The maximum number of participants is 30.
* Since a few artists couldn't compete in the contest according to the rules, the "Independent International Artists" were introduced after the 19th edition. They are treated like a country and only groups that don't have 1/3 of the members from a specific country (like Now United, a group whose members are all from different countries) can represent the IIA.

## Artists

* The competing artists have to have a strong connection to the country they participate for. A "strong connection" is defined as:
	+ Being born in the country
	+ Currently living in the country
	+ Having lived in the country for at least 1/3 of their life
	+ Being raised in the country
	+ Having at least one parent from the country
	+ Groups and bands: 33% of the members are from the country
* An artist can represent only one country in one edition.
* The artists can be any age.

## Entries

* Entries can be any language (even fictional) or official instrumentals.
* The relevance of entries must be under two months old.
* (Junior) Eurovision (Asia) Song Contest entries and songs from their preselections are not allowed.
* (Un-)official covers are not allowed.
* A different version/remix of a song by the original artist is allowed, regardless of when it was first released.
* The duration of entries must be at least 25 seconds for recap purposes.
* National selections are allowed.
* Once a song was submitted and approved by the reference group, it can only be changed once.

## Voting

* The votes mustn't be published before the edition ends.
* A country must post its top 10 (1-8, 10, 12 points) under the recap video on the contest's official YouTube channel or in a direct message to Cedric on Discord.
* If a country doesn't vote in time, it will receive a strike and lose 25% of their points unless the Head of Delegation gives a *good* reason (unforeseeable reasons like a disease or death of a close person). Not having time because of school / work is *not* considered a valid reason. If a player has three strikes, they will be banned from the contest for two editions.
* A delegation can prevent getting a strike by finding a replacement voter who will vote in place of them. The replacment voter must not be a current participant.
Estonia

**Estonia** 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*
July 2019

The **Current Music Competition July 2019** was the fourteenth edition of the Current Music Competition. It took place in Palestine after Hatari and Bashar Murad's victory in the previous edition. The winner of this edition was Israel's Dotan with "Numb".

## Rules

*→ See also: Rules*

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

## Schedule

* June 22, 2019: Confirmations & song submission start
* June 30, 2019: Confirmations & song submission end
* July 1, 2019: Semifinals
* July 9, 2019: Semifinals results
* July 10, 2019: Grand Final
* July 17, 2019: Grand Final results

## Countries

* Antigua and Barbuda
* Bangladesh
* Brazil
* Egypt
* Russia
* United States
* China
* Iran
* Morocco
* Nigeria
* Romania
* Sweden
* Ukraine
* Vietnam
* Libya
* Malawi

### National Finals

* Help Aussies V3
* Battle of Bops
* Gott Kvøld Evropa
* Hungarian Star July
* Mitz'aad HaShirim
* Qazaqstan Äwenderi Festïvali 04
* Mexico Se Sueña
* Cântarea noastră pentru Ramallah
* Pesma za Srbiju 2
* España te necesitas

## 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
August 2019

The **Current Music Competition August 2019** is the fifteenth edition of the Current Music Competition. It takes place in Israel after Dotan's victory in the previous edition.

## Rules

*→ See also: Rules*

* The entries must be released in June or July 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 and that changes aren't ruled out.

* July 18, 2019: Confirmations & song submission start
* July 30, 2019: Confirmations & song submission end
* July 31, 2019: Semifinals
* August 15, 2019: Semifinals results
* August 15, 2019: Grand Final
* August 22, 2019: Grand Final results

## Countries

* China
* Denmark
* Estonia
* Iran
* Kurdistan
* Libya
* Lithuania
* Malawi
* Nigeria
* Norway
* Palestine
* Angola
* India
* Japan
* Slovakia
* United States
* Botswana

### National Finals

* Battle Of Bops 2
* Bulgarian National Final
* Hungarian Star August
* Mitz'aad HaShirim 4
* Aka to Shiro #1
* Qazaqstan Äwenderi Festïvali 04
* Mexico Se Sueña 7
* Cântarea noastră pentru Tel Aviv
* Pesma za Srbiju 3
* Korean Tribattle #2

## Participants

### Semifinal 1

 South Korea,  Botswana and  Germany have to vote in this semifinal.

### Semifinal 2

 Israel,  United States and  Ukraine have to vote in this semifinal.

## 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
Sri Lanka

**Sri Lanka** is a member of the World Broadcasting Union thus it's eligible to participate in the Current Music Competition. It debuted in the thirty-second 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*
Puerto Rico

**Puerto Rico** 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. After 12 months of being absent from the contest, Puerto Rico confirmed its participation at the September 2019 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 2021

The **Current Music September 2021** is the thirty-fourth edition of the Current Music Competition. It takes place in the Pavillon des Sports Modibo Keita in Bamako, Mali, after Fuel Fandango's and Amadou & Mariam 's victory in the previous edition.

## Rules

*→ See also: Rules*

* The entries must be released in July or August 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

* September 1, 2021: Confirmations start
* September 12, 2021: Confirmation deadline
* September 14, 2021: Grand Final voting stars
* September 24, 2021: Grand Final voting deadline
* September 25, 2021: Grand Final results

## Countries

* Brazil
* Finland
* India
* Lebanon
* Poland
* Syria
* United Kingdom
* Czech Republic
* Estonia
* Kazakhstan
* Malta
* Peru
* South Korea
* Tunisia

### National Finals

* Aka to shiro #6
* A Community Song - MALI
* Se Sueña Rumbo A Bamako
* Het Maandelijks Songfestival 10
* SkopjeFestCMC September 2021
* Uktayinska Pisnya 06

## External links

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

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**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**
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**2021**
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**2023**
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**2024**
 January 2024
San Marino

**San Marino** is a member of the World Broadcasting Union thus it's eligible to participate in the Current Music Competition. It debuted in the fifth 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*
January 2021

The **Current Music Competition January 2021** is the twenty-sixth edition of the Current Music Competition. It takes place in the Tórsvøllur football stadium in Tórshavn, Faroe Islands, after Turid's victory in the previous edition.

## Rules

*→ See also: Rules*

* The entries must be released in November or December 2020.
* 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

* January 1, 2021: Confirmations start
* January 14, 2021: Confirmation deadline
* January 16, 2021: Grand Final voting stars
* January 25, 2021: Grand Final voting deadline
* January 27, 2021: Grand Final results

## Countries

* Argentina
* Belize
* India
* Morocco
* New Zealand
* Uzbekistan
* Canada
* Chile
* China
* Estonia
* Latvia
* Netherlands
* Slovenia
* Turkmenistan

### National Finals

* Belge Lied 2
* Mitz'aad HaShirim 16
* Janvāra Dziesma 2021

## External links

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

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**2019**
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**2020**
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**2021**
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**2022**
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**2023**
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**2024**
 January 2024
Het Maandelijks Songfestival

**Het Maandelijks Songfestival** is the Dutch National Final for the Current Music Competition, National Final used to choose the Dutch entry for the contest.

## Editions

### 02: Het Maandelijks Songfestival 2

#### Semi-final 01

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#### Semi-final 02

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#### Semi-final 03

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#### Semi-final 04

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#### Grand Final

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### 03: Het Maandelijks Songfestival 3

#### Semi-final 01

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#### Semi-final 02

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#### Semi-final 03

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#### Semi-final 04

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### 05: Het Maandelijks Songfestival 5

Unfortunately, the March 2020 edition of the Current Music Competition got cancelled.

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### 06: Het Maandelijks Songfestival 6

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### 07: Het Maandelijks Songfestival 7

After more than one year, Het Maandelijks Songfestival is back as the national selection to determine the Dutch entry for the Current Music Competition. There is a new voting system and since now there will also be recaps of the competing songs. The voting system is as follows: give 12, 10, 8, 6, 4 and 2 points to your top 6. In the previous editions you could vote for your favourite(s) instead of dividing points of all songs. In this edition 6 juries voted.

### 17: Het Maandelijks Songfestival 17

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### 26: Het Maandelijks Songfestival 26

The winner of this edition was not selected for the Current Music Competition October 2023 edition due to invalid results. Wende & Froukje got instead internally selected with their song "Troostzoekers".
Kazakhstan at the Current Music Competition April 2019

**Kazakhstan** took part in the Current Music Competition April 2019. Khabar, the Kazakh broadcaster, organised the national selection Qazaqstan Äwenderi Festïvali 02.

## Before CMC

### ***Qazaqstan Äwenderi Festïvali 02***

*Qazaqstan Äwenderi Festïvali 02* was the second edition of the Kazakh music competition that selected Kazakhstan's entry for the Current Music Competition April 2019.

### **Final**

The final took place on 22 March 2019 at the Khabar Studio in Almaty. Four songs competed and the winner was determined by public televoting.

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Spain

**Spain** 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*
Greece

**Greece** is a member of the World Broadcasting Union thus it's eligible to participate in the Current Music Competition. It debuted in the second 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*
Venezuela

**Venezuela** 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 and won the edition thanks to Evaluna Montaner and her song "Me Liberé". Venezuela became the first South American country to win the contest and "Me Liberé" the first Spanish song to win the contest.

## Participations

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

 January 2019 | Manu Manzo
Yemen

**Yemen** is a member of the World Broadcasting Union thus it's eligible to participate in the Current Music Competition. It debuted in the ninth 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*
Trivia

This page contains **fun facts**, **statistics** and **trivia** about the Current Music Competition.

## Fun facts

* No country took part in every edition of the contest.
* After Samanta Tina won the January 2020 edition, it was announced that her entry "Still Breathing" would participate in the Latvian national final for the Eurovision Song Contest as well. In the end, she even won the preselection and was supposed to represent her country in Rotterdam with her CMC entry.
* Taiwan came third three times in a row from December 2019 to February 2020.
* Italy came eighth three times in a row from March 2021 to May 2021
* In the editions held in February 2021 and March 2021, the song that placed 2nd performed first in the final
* The countries that got their first win the fastest are  Canada,  Palestine,  Singapore and  Venezuela. All of them won on their debute.
* The country that got its first win the slowest is  North Macedonia - debuted in the fourth edition and won in the  56th edition, a span of 52 editions.

## First Times

* Canada was the first American country to win the contest.
* South Korea was the first Asian country to win the contest.
* South Korea was the first country to host the contest twice.
* "Ddu-du Ddu-du" was the first winning song to get over 300 points
* Sweden was the first European country to win the contest.
* Zimbabwe was the first African country to win the contest.
* Ava Max was the first winner to return to the competition. She won the fifth edition and returned in April 2019.
* Australia was the first Oceanic country to win the contest.
* Israel was the first country to win the Current Music Competition twice.
* Israel was the first country to win the Current Music Competition two times in a row.
* Israel was the first country to win the Current Music Competition three times.
* "Slyozi" was the first song to get 0 points.
* Israel was the first country to win the Current Music Competition four times.
* "Sweet Water" was the first winning song to get less than 100 points.
* Israel was the first country to win the Current Music Competition five times.
* Tórshavn was the first city to host the contest twice, doing so in the 26th edition and in the 45th edition.
* Israel was the first country to win the Current Music Competition six times.

## Records

* Faouzia and G.E.M. are currently holding the record for the most appearances. They competed in the contest five times each.
August 2021

The **Current Music August 2021** is the thirty-third edition of the Current Music Competition. It takes place in the Scandinavium in Gothenburg, Sweden, after Agnes'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

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

## Countries

* Bulgaria
* Chile
* Egypt
* Italy
* Kazakhstan
* Moldova
* South Korea
* Sri Lanka
* Brazil
* Faroe Islands
* France
* India
* Lebanon
* Mali
* Russia
* Syria
* Turkey

### National Finals

* Se Sueña Rumbo A Gothenburg
* SkopjeFestCMC August 2021
* Uktayinska Pisnya 05

## 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
Slovenia

**Slovenia** is a member of the World Broadcasting Union thus it's eligible to participate in the Current Music Competition. It debuted in the twentieth 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*
Song Of The Year 2022

**CMC: Song Of The Year 2022** will be the fifth special edition of the Current Music Competition. In this edition all winning entries of 2022 will compete against each other.

## Rules

* This is a special edition. It takes place between the December 2020 and January 2021 editions.
* The participating entries are the winners of all editions that took place in 2020.
* Everyone is allowed vote but no one is forced to.
* Winning users can vote for their own song(s).

## Schedule

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

* December 25, 2022: Voting starts
* December 29, 2022: Voting deadline
* December 31, 2022: Results presentation

## External links

* 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
South Korea

**South Korea** 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*
Ukraine

**Ukraine** 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*
     *Disqualified*
     *Automatically qualified to the final*
     *Did not qualify for the final*
Era Istrefi

**Era Istrefi** (\* July 4, 1994 in Pristina) is a Kosovar-Albanian singer. She represented her country once in July 2018.

## Biography

Era Istrefi was born on 4 July 1994 in Pristina, FR Yugoslavia. Her parents are Suzana Tahirsylaj, a Kosovo Albanian singer during the 1980s and 1990s; and Nezir Istrefi, a journalist. Following her father's death in 2004, her mother left her career in entertainment. Her sister Nora Istrefi is also a singer.
Song Of The Year 2021

**CMC: Song Of The Year 2021** will be the fourth special edition of the Current Music Competition. In this edition all winning entries of 2021 will compete against each other.

## Rules

* This is a special edition. It takes place between the December 2020 and January 2021 editions.
* The participating entries are the winners of all editions that took place in 2020.
* Everyone is allowed vote but no one is forced to.
* Winning users can vote for their own song(s).

## Schedule

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

* December 25, 2021: Voting starts
* December 29, 2021: Voting deadline
* December 31, 2021: Results presentation

## External links

* 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
Sweet But Psycho

### Songwriter(s)

Amanda Koci, Andreas Andersen Haukeland, Henry Walter, Madison Love, William Lobban-Bean

**Sweet But Psycho** is a song recorded by the Kosovar-American singer Ava Max. It was released on August 27, 2018 and represented the United States in the fifth edition of the Current Music Competition in November 2018. It was the winning entry with 270 points.
SexMasterka

**Aniela Bogusz** (\* April 3 19XX in Warsaw), also known as **SexMasterka**, is a singer and actress from Poland. She represented her country in the Current Music Competition twice in June and October 2018.

## Appearances

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

## External links

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