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118-493: The OGAE Second Chance Contest is a visual event which was founded in 1987 and is organised by branches of OGAE , the international fan club of the Eurovision Song Contest . Four nations competed in the first contest which took place in 1987. The competition was previously a non-televised event, but evolved over the years by the usage of video tape and later DVD, YouTube and streaming services. Each summer following

236-499: A "second chance" opportunity to participate in a competition to determine the favourite entry. Participation in the Second Chance Contest requires competing branches to have had a televised national final held in their country for the year's Eurovision Song Contest. So far 37 countries have been represented at the contest at least once. These are listed here alongside the year in which they made their debut: Ten countries have won

354-672: A new board for the OGAE International Network (shown below), who would maintain their roles until the next election in 2017. OGAE currently has forty-four members, including two in Germany. These are: Countries that do not have an OGAE Network in their own right, but are active or associate members of the EBU are unified under the name "Rest of the World". The countries which constitute this OGAE Network are: The Marcel Bezençon Fan Award

472-455: A sixth victory courtesy of " Heroes " by Måns Zelmerlöw in 2015 , and a seventh victory courtesy of " Tattoo " by Loreen in 2023 . With her 2023 win, Loreen also became the second performer as well as the first female artist to win the contest more than once. Additional top-five placements during this period are third places in 2011 and 2014 , a fourth place in 2022 , and fifth places in 2016 , 2017 , and 2019 . To choose its entrant for

590-491: A song composed by Peter & Nanne Grönvall with lyrics by Nanne Grönvall & Maria Rådsten . The runner-up position went to the United Kingdom 's Deuce , while third place was awarded to Ireland and Naoimh Penston . The OGAE Second Chance Contest 1996 was the tenth contest. Twenty-two countries competed in the contest, with Bosnia and Herzegovina and Macedonia making their début. Several countries returned to

708-412: A tie-break. " Take Me to Your Heaven " by Charlotte Nilsson gave the country a second win of the decade in 1999 . The 1990s also saw two third-place results, for Jan Johansen in 1995 and One More Time in 1996 . In the 2000s, the best Swedish result was fifth place, which it achieved four times, with Friends in 2001 , Fame in 2003 , Lena Philipsson in 2004 and Carola, who in 2006 , became

826-498: A total number of twenty-five juries. Belgium , France , Ireland and Russia all returned to the contest after holding national finals to select their entries. Poland and Portugal were forced to withdraw after internal selections were held in their countries. The contest was won by Sweden 's Alcazar with "Alcastar", who received 201 points, 24 more than runner-up Serbia and Montenegro . Ireland came last, receiving nul points from all juries. The OGAE Second Chance Contest 2006

944-431: A year's absence, Romania returned after last taking part in 1996, Iceland for the first time since 1994, and Spain for the first time since 1991. Bosnia and Herzegovina , Portugal and Slovenia were relegated from the 2000 Eurovision, making them ineligible to compete in the Second Chance Contest. Italy also withdrew after three entries were sent from 1997 to 1999. The twenty-one competing countries were joined in

1062-483: Is a full member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), thus eligible to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest . It participated in the contest representing Sweden since its third edition in 1958. Since 1980, after a restructuring that led to the creation of its television subsidiary Sveriges Television (SVT), it is the latter who participates representing Sweden. Sweden's first entrant in

1180-531: Is a visual event which was founded in 1987 and is organised by branches of the OGAE. Four nations competed in the first contest which took place in 1987. The competition was previously a non-televised event, but evolved over the years by the usage of video tape and later DVD, YouTube and streaming services. Each summer following the Eurovision Song Contest, each branch can enter one song that failed to win

1298-597: Is the United Kingdom , which has won the contest eight times. The OGAE Video Contest is a video event which, much like the OGAE Song Contest, is organised between branches of the OGAE. All OGAE national clubs can enter with an original song and video released in the previous 12 months in their countries. There is no obligation on the entry for the OGAE Video Contest to be sung in one of the country's official languages. So far 51 countries have been represented at

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1416-543: Is the first time that the winner is also a contestant in the respective ESC edition . The OGAE Second Chance Contest 2013 were the twenty-seventh held on 5 October 2013 in Barcelona , Spain after Pastora Soler won the previous year. Fifteen countries competed in the contest. Israel , Italy , Serbia , and Hungary (as part of OGAE Rest of the World) returned to the competition, while Cyprus , Denmark , Estonia , Latvia ,

1534-402: The Eurovision Song Contest 1986 . This format is repeated every year, for example in 2004 the 1985 Retrospective contest was held, and in 2005 the 1984 Retro contest was held etc. The contests which are organised between members of international Eurovision Song Contest fan club OGAE to select a song which did not make it to the Eurovision Song Contest through their national finals, giving it

1652-415: The Eurovision Song Contest 2004 . Denmark , Finland and Macedonia returned to the contest after being relegated from the Eurovision Song Contest 2003 . Belgium and Turkey returned after holding internal selections the previous year, while Malta returned after being disqualified the previous year. A number of countries also withdrew from the contest; Estonia and Israel had been set to compete in

1770-453: The Eurovision Song Contest 2019 , it could still participate in the contest. The contest was won by Seemone, representing France , with the song "Tous les deux", beating Italy into second place and Sweden into third. This was France's first victory. The OGAE Second Chance Contest 2020 was the thirty-fourth edition of the contest, and took place in the cities of Paris , Lille and Limoges , France following their win in 2019. Despite

1888-539: The Netherlands and Slovakia withdrew from the contest. The results of OGAE Second Chance Contest 2010 were announced by OGAE Denmark on 31 October 2010 at 3pm CET over a live Internet stream . Sweden 's Timoteij were the winners of the contest with " Kom ", giving Sweden their 13th win in the contest. 2nd place went to Denmark 's Bryan Rice and 3rd place went to Portugal 's Catarina Pereira. Azerbaijan came last with 0 points. The OGAE Second Chance Contest 2011

2006-505: The Netherlands , Portugal , Russia , and Slovenia withdrew. Norway won the contest with the song " Bombo ", performed by Adelén , achieving 151 points after all the votes were cast. Italy finished second, while Hungary (as part of OGAE Rest of the World) finished in third place. The OGAE Second Chance Contest 2014 was the twenty-eighth edition of the Second Chance Contest, held in Oslo , Norway on 19 October 2014 following their win in

2124-461: The Netherlands . The OGAE Second Chance Contest 1989 , which was the third edition saw nine countries competing in the contest, with Ireland and the Netherlands withdrawing from the contest and Spain making their début. As in 1988, each country had to submit one song that failed to represent them in the Eurovision Song Contest 1989 . The winner was Lecia Jønsson from Denmark with the song "Landet Camelot", giving Denmark its first victory in

2242-449: The United Kingdom came third with Sonia . The OGAE Second Chance Contest 1994 was the eighth edition of the contest. Sixteen countries competed in the contest with Russia entering the contest for the first time. Belgium , Denmark , Israel , Slovenia and Turkey all withdrew from the contest due to being relegated from the 1994 ; Slovakia and Switzerland was also absent from the contest due to no national finals being held in

2360-447: The United Kingdom took part as guest juries during the voting. On 10 October 2011 OGAE Sweden announced the results of the 2011 Second Chance Contest: Iceland's Yohanna , representing OGAE Rest of the World with "Nótt" was announced as the winner – their first win in the contest. Sweden's Jenny Silver came second, while Modà feat. Emma came in 3rd for Italy. Macedonia came in last with 0 points. The OGAE Second Chance Contest 2012

2478-431: The United Kingdom 's Frances Ruffelle , while third place was awarded to host country Norway and Madam Medusa . The OGAE Second Chance Contest 1995 was the ninth edition of the contest. Nine countries competed in the contest, with Denmark , Israel , and Slovenia making their return. However a number of countries were forced to withdraw: Estonia , Finland , the Netherlands , and Romania were all forced to miss

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2596-516: The United Kingdom 's Nanne into third place. This was the first male winner in OGAE Second Chance history, and the eighth win for Sweden. The OGAE Second Chance Contest 2002 was the sixteenth edition of the contest, and organised by OGAE Sweden following their win in 2001. Eighteen songs competed in the contest, held in Stockholm , Sweden Five countries returned to the contest after missing

2714-546: The 1980s, the first being in 1987 which was held in Huizen , the Netherlands , whilst the 1988 and 1989 contest both took place in Östersund , Sweden . The OGAE Second Chance Contest 1987 , which was the first edition of the contest, saw four countries; the Netherlands , Norway , Sweden and the United Kingdom ; took part in the first edition of the Second Chance Contests. Each country selected two songs to compete in

2832-566: The 1993 and 1994 contest; whilst the Netherlands hosted the 1999 contest in Emmen . The OGAE Second Chance Contest 1990 , was the fourth edition, and had fourteen countries competing in the contest. Austria , Cyprus , Italy and Portugal entering the contest for the first time. Ireland and the Netherlands returned after their absences the previous year, while Israel was the only country to withdraw due to an internal selection being made for Eurovision. OGAE Italy selected their winning song of

2950-434: The 2013 contest. Twenty countries participated in the contest, with Albania and Belarus making their Second Chance début. Denmark , France , Malta , Portugal , Romania , and Slovenia all returned. Austria and Italy who took part in the 2013 contest weren't able to take part in 2014 because they had selected their Eurovision entries internally. Serbia were also absent from the contest due to their withdrawal from

3068-448: The 2019 contest, withdrew. This is the second time in the history of the competition, after the 2001 edition, that the host country is unable to send an entry to compete, since the nation's chosen act for Eurovision was selected through an internal selection. Sweden took its 17th victory overall with " Kingdom Come " by Anna Bergendahl , beating Finland and Italy into second and third place respectively. The OGAE Second Chance Contest 2021

3186-604: The 2020 contest, withdrew. Norway took its fourth victory with " Monument " by Keiino , setting a new points record. Sweden and Italy rounded out the top three. The OGAE Second Chance Contest 2022 was the thirty-sixth edition of the contest, and took place in Oslo , Norway , following their win in 2021. Twenty-seven countries took part in the contest and the competing entries were revealed on 24 May 2022. Australia , Czech Republic , Germany , Iceland , Ireland , Latvia , Malta , North Macedonia , Poland , Romania , San Marino , Serbia , Slovenia and Ukraine all returned to

3304-585: The 21st century, with 13; in total, Sweden has achieved 26 top five results in the contest. After finishing second with " Nygammal vals " performed by Lill Lindfors and Svante Thuresson in 1966 , Sweden went on to achieve its seven victories with " Waterloo " by ABBA ( 1974 ), " Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley " by Herreys ( 1984 ), " Fångad av en stormvind " by Carola ( 1991 ), " Take Me to Your Heaven " by Charlotte Nilsson ( 1999 ), " Euphoria " by Loreen ( 2012 ), " Heroes " by Måns Zelmerlöw ( 2015 ), and " Tattoo " by Loreen ( 2023 ). Sveriges Radio (SR)

3422-530: The 23 juries. The OGAE Second Chance Contest 2004 was the eighteenth edition of the Second Chance Contest, organised once again by OGAE Sweden following their win in 2003. Twenty-one songs competed in the contest, held in Växjö , Sweden. All competing branches of OGAE participated in voting for the winner, along with three guest juries who were ineligible to compete in the contest from France, Ireland and Italy. Serbia and Montenegro made its début, which they also did at

3540-408: The Eurovision Song Contest 2014 . The contest was won by Helena Paparizou , who represented Sweden with the song " Survivor ", beating Spain into second place, and Portugal into third. Paparizou previously represented Greece at the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 with the song "My Number One" which went on to win the contest. The OGAE Second Chance Contest 2015 was the twenty-ninth edition of

3658-407: The Eurovision Song Contest and holding multi-singer national finals. However seven countries withdrew from the contest – Belgium , Cyprus , Finland , Macedonia , Romania and Switzerland were all relegated from the 2001 Eurovision Song Contest, while France held an internal selection for the contest, making them ineligible for Second Chance. This made the host country unable to send an entry to

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3776-431: The Eurovision Song Contest, SR–between 1959 and 1979–and SVT–since 1980–have organised an annual music competition known since 1967 as Melodifestivalen . It is one of Sweden's most popular television shows, and it has been estimated that more than four million Swedes watch the show annually. All of Sweden's entries for Eurovision have been selected through Melodifestivalen, with the exception of its first entry in 1958, which

3894-465: The Eurovision Song Contest, each branch can enter one song that failed to win the country's national selection process for the contest. The members of each club choose amongst the songs that did not win and select one to represent the club in the event. Votes are cast by members of the OGAE clubs and are returned to the OGAE branch organising the particular year's event. Guest juries have been used to cast votes since 1993. The contest began in 1987, when it

4012-542: The Eurovision stage through their national selection. However 22 had signed up to compete. Moldova were forced to withdraw their entry, "Your Place or Mine" by Olia Tira , after no national final performance could be available. Finland were disqualified after the country's branch was expelled from the OGAE Network on 17 September 2007, and as such their entry, "Olet uneni kaunein" by Johanna Kurkela , did not participate in

4130-479: The Italian Sanremo Music Festival , known to be the basis for the creation of the Eurovision Song Contest. After 1999 a new rule was introduced allowing only songs from televised national finals to compete in the Second Chance Contest. This has led some branches ineligible to compete for many years due to no national final being held in the country. In 1993 guest juries have been used in the voting of

4248-515: The Italian Sanremo Music Festival . The contest was won once again by Sweden, represented by Carola with the song "Mitt i ett äventyr". Carola would go on to win the Eurovision Song Contest 1991 with " Fångad av en stormvind ". Linda Martin , representing Ireland, would also go on to win at Eurovision, winning with " Why Me? " in 1992 . Arja Saijonmaa who won for Sweden in the 1987 OGAE Second Chance Contest, returned to represent her native country Finland . The OGAE Second Chance Contest 1991 ,

4366-464: The OGAE International Network was founded by Jaripekka Koikkalainen in Savonlinna , Finland. The organisation, which is an independent Eurovision fan club , operates as a non-governmental, non-political and non-profit body, and works frequently in cooperation with the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). The network is open to countries that take part in the Eurovision Song Contest or have participated in

4484-426: The OGAE Network is to raise awareness of popular national music across the world, in collaboration with the fans of the Eurovision Song Contest, as well as establishing a strong relationship between national broadcasting companies and the marketing of the Eurovision Song Contest itself to a wider fan-base. In 2007, Antonis Karatzikos was elected as new International Coordinator for the OGAE, until 2009. In July 2009 he

4602-763: The Rest of the World. Ukraine entered the contest for the first time, while Poland and Portugal returned after their absence the previous year, all holding national finals to select their entries to the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 . However a large number of countries failed to hold national finals or simply withdrew from the contest. Austria withdrew from the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest, and were thus ineligible to compete in Second Chance. Bosnia and Herzegovina , France , Spain and Turkey failed to hold multi-song national selections for Eurovision, while Estonia and Latvia withdrew from Second Chance out of choice. The contest

4720-479: The Second Chance Contest. Italy, Israel and Poland, along with Andorra, France, Luxembourg and the United Kingdom were lined up to be guest juries during the voting. The voting took place over five days from 16 October 2013. Spain's Pastora Soler was declared the winner with the song "Tu vida es tu vida", beating Sweden's Danny Saucedo into 2nd place by a single point. Norway's Reidun Sæther took 3rd place. This

4838-453: The World) making their Second Chance début. Armenia , France , Romania , Serbia and Switzerland all returned to the competition. However Georgia and Greece , who took part in the 2017 contest, withdrew. The contest was won by Annalisa , who represented Italy with the song " Il mondo prima di te ", beating France into second place and Finland into third. This was Italy's second win in 4 years. The OGAE Second Chance Contest 2019

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4956-470: The best song not to make it to the Eurovision Song Contest through their national finals. Twenty-one songs competed for the title in the 21st edition of the contest, held in Stockholm in Sweden after OGAE Sweden's win the previous year with Måns Zelmerlöw and "Cara Mia". All twenty-one competing countries voted for the winner, and were also joined by eight guest juries from countries ineligible to participate in

5074-513: The best-selling pop groups of all time. In the 1980s, Sweden achieved three successive top three results. After " Främling " by Carola finished third in 1983 , " Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley " by the Herreys gave Sweden its second victory in 1984 . " Bra vibrationer " by Kikki Danielsson then finished third in 1985 . Carola returned to the contest in 1991 , eventually giving Sweden its third win with " Fångad av en stormvind ", defeating France in

5192-563: The cancellation of the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic , the OGAE went ahead with organising an edition of the Second Chance Contest in 2020. Twenty-two countries took part in the contest and the competing entries were revealed on 28 June 2020. Armenia , Israel , Poland , and San Marino (as part of OGAE Rest of the World) all returned to the competition. However, France (host country), Germany , Hungary , Moldova , Spain and United Kingdom , all of whom took part in

5310-579: The competing entries were revealed on 11 June 2023. Sweden took its 19th victory overall with " Air " by Marcus & Martinus , with Norway and Finland rounding out the top three. The OGAE Second Chance Contest 2024 was the thirty-eighth edition of the contest, and took place in Borås , Sweden , following their win in 2023. Sixteen countries took part in the contest and the competing entries were revealed on 27 July 2024. Italy took its 6th win with " Sinceramente " by Annalisa , with Sweden and Norway rounding out

5428-461: The competition, while Russia , who took part in the 2021 contest, withdrew. Sweden took its 18th victory overall with " In i dimman " by Medina , with Finland and Spain rounding out the top three. The OGAE Second Chance Contest 2023 was the thirty-seventh edition of the contest, and took place in Eskilstuna , Sweden , following their win in 2022. Twenty-three countries took part in the contest and

5546-645: The contest after it came second in the Danish national final Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 1989 . Runners-up were Lili & Susie for Sweden while Germany 's Andreas Martin came third. Last place went to débutantes Spain , who only received 1 point from Finland . Ten contests took place in the 1990s, held in eight cities located in four countries. Sweden hosted the contests in Östersund in 1990 and 1991; Örebro in 1995; and Farsta in 1996. Germany 's cities of Montabaur , Hanover , and Hamburg played hosts in 1992, 1997, and 1998 respectively. Oslo , Norway hosted

5664-418: The contest at least once. These are listed here alongside the year in which they made their debut: OGAE Rest of the World represents countries that do not have an OGAE branch of their own. Their first participation came at the 2005 contest, where they represented Kazakhstan . Nine countries have won the contest since it began in 2003. The most successful countries in the contest has been France , who has won

5782-401: The contest at least once. These are listed here alongside the year in which they made their debut: OGAE Rest of the World represents countries that do not have an OGAE branch of their own. Their first participations came at the 1987 contest, where they represented Botswana & Zimbabwe. Fourteen countries have won the contest since it began in 1986. The most successful country in the contest

5900-405: The contest due to being relegated from the Eurovision Song Contest 1995 ; Austria , Cyprus , Hungary , Iceland and Russia were also absent from the contest due to no national finals being held in the country for Eurovision. Furthermore, Malta did not take part although a national final was being held. Sweden were the winners, represented by singer Cecilia Vennersten with "Det vackraste",

6018-492: The contest due to not holding a multi-song national final for the 2009, but voted as guest juries, along with Austria , France , Italy and Turkey . Russia were also absent from the contest. Luxembourg withdrew from being a Guest Jury on 2 September 2009. The draw for the running order was conducted on 19 June 2009 in Gävle , where it was decided that newcomer Andorra would start the show, while Portugal would close it. The contest

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6136-542: The contest for the first time since 1991. Italy were crowned the winners of the contest with the song "Storie" by Anna Oxa . This was Italy's first win in Second Chance Contest, and the first win for a non-Scandinavian country. Second place went to Darren Holden of Ireland , while third place went to girl group All About Angels from Germany . During the voting the seventeen competing entries were joined by five guest juries from Austria , France , Israel , Switzerland and Luxembourg . The OGAE Second Chance Contest 1998

6254-506: The contest four times. Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest Sweden has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 63 times since making its debut in 1958 , missing only three contests since then ( 1964 , 1970 , and 1976 ). The current Swedish participant broadcaster in the contest is Sveriges Television (SVT), which select its entrant with the national competition Melodifestivalen . Sweden has hosted

6372-424: The contest once again, for the fourth time, represented by Pernilla Wahlgren with the song "Tvillingsjäl". Greece 's Lia Vissi came second, while Israel's Adam came third. The OGAE Second Chance Contest 1992 was the sixth edition of the contest. Eleven countries participated in the contest, with Belgium entering the contest for the first time, while Cyprus and the Netherlands returned after their absences

6490-464: The contest over contest history. The most successful country in the contest has been Sweden , who have won the contest seventeen times in total, nearly half of the contests held. The Swedish band, Alcazar , who won in 2003 and again in 2005 is the only act to win the contest more than once while Magnus Carlsson (Member of Alcazar in 2003 & 2005 and lead singer of Barbados in 2001) is the only artist who has won thrice. Three contests took place in

6608-520: The contest seven times: three times in Stockholm ( 1975 , 2000 , 2016 ), three times in Malmö ( 1992 , 2013 , 2024 ) and once in Gothenburg ( 1985 ). At the 1997 contest , Sweden was one of the first five countries to adopt televoting . Sweden, along with Ireland , is the most successful country in the Eurovision Song Contest, with a total of seven victories. Sweden also has the most top five results of

6726-503: The contest too, but none of the participants from the 1995 edition, withdrew. Sweden were the winners of the 10th edition of Second Chance, represented by singer Lotta Engberg with "Juliette och Jonathan". The runner-up position went to the Croatia 's Novi Fosili , while third place was awarded to Germany and Leon who did not qualify for the Eurovision Song Contest 1996 as the eventual German entry. The OGAE Second Chance Contest 1997

6844-475: The contest was " Lilla stjärna " performed by Alice Babs in 1958 , who was placed fourth. This remained the country's best result until 1966 , when " Nygammal vals " by Lill Lindfors and Svante Thuresson was second. Sweden's first Eurovision victory was in 1974 with the song " Waterloo ", performed by ABBA . Thanks to their victory in Brighton, ABBA went on to gain worldwide success and become one of

6962-505: The contest – these guest juries came from OGSE branches in Andorra , Austria , France , Italy , Lebanon , Luxembourg , the Netherlands and Kazakhstan (representing the Rest of the World). Belgium , Finland , Lithuania and Russia made their returns to the contest, all holding national finals in their countries. The Netherlands withdrew after an internal selection was held in the country, while Ukraine withdrew of choice. The contest

7080-425: The contest, and took place in Stockholm , Sweden , following their win in 2014. Eighteen countries competed and the competing entries were revealed on 9 July 2015. Austria , Italy , Latvia , Moldova and Serbia all returned to the contest. However Belgium , France , Iceland , Israel , Romania and Spain , who took part in the 2014 contest, withdrew. The contest was won by Nek , who represented Italy with

7198-442: The contest, however withdrew at a late stage after selecting their entries (namely "Homme" by Maarja-Liis Ilus and "Freedom" by David D'Or respectively). Iceland withdrew due to no national final being held, while Romania withdrew out of choice. Ireland withdrew, but competed as a guest jury. Spain won the contest, with Sweden and Germany finishing second and third places respectively. The OGAE Second Chance Contest 2005

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7316-473: The contest. Belgium and Turkey were also forced to withdraw due to not holding a national final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2003. Iceland , Ireland , the Netherlands , Norway and Portugal returned to the contest after the previous year's relegation. They were joined by Poland , making its début in the Second Chance Contest. Malta were to take part in the contest, and would have been represented by Charlene & Natasha with "Rain of Fire", however

7434-524: The contest. However Greece , Ireland , Moldova , Portugal and Serbia , who took part in the 2015 contest, withdrew. Although Romania was disqualified at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 , it could still participate in the Contest, and also return having withdrawn in 2015. The contest was won by Margaret , who represented Poland with the song " Cool Me Down ", beating Sweden into second place, and Israel into third. The OGAE Second Chance Contest 2017

7552-525: The contest. In this case Sweden had received 13 sets of 12 points, compared to Slovenia's 6 sets, and so the victory went to Alcazar. Had the current tie-break rules been used, with the country receiving points from the most number of countries winning, Sweden still would have won, due to both countries receiving points from 23 countries. The first nul points received in the Second Chance Contest were received during this contest, with both Iceland 's Botnleðja and Israel 's Lior Narkis receiving no points from

7670-406: The contest. Seven guest juries also competed in the voting, namely Italy, Andorra, Rest of the World, Austria, Belgium, Lebanon and Moldova (after their withdrawal). Estonia , France and Spain made their returns to the contest after missing last year's contest. Belgium withdrew after no national final was held in the country while Serbia and Montenegro were forced to withdraw after the country

7788-525: The contest. So far eighteen contests have been held, with Italy winning eight contests, the United States winning twice, and Australia , Belgium , Germany , Spain , Sweden , Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic , and Jamaica each winning once. Umberto Tozzi has so far been responsible for three of Italy's wins. OGAE Four non-profit competitions are organised by the OGAE every year to promote national popular music to Eurovision fans around

7906-458: The contest. The twenty competing entries were joined by twelve guest juries in the voting for the winner, coming from the withdrawing countries Macedonia , Finland , France , Cyprus , Belgium and Romania and international juries from Poland , New Zealand , Austria , Russia , Italy and Canada . At the end of the voting the winner was Sweden 's Barbados with "Allt som jag ser", beating Spain 's Sonia & Selena in second place, and

8024-522: The contest. The winner's were Feryal Başel from Turkey with the song "Unuttuğumu Sandığım Anda". This marked the third year in a row that a non-Scandinavian country had won the contest. Second place went to Belgium 's Petra and third place went to Corinna May of Germany , the original German entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1999 . The sixteen competing countries were joined in the voting by guest juries from Spain , Austria , Israel , Finland and Switzerland. The OGAE Second Chance Contest 2000

8142-428: The contest. These juries are composed of branches that are ineligible to compete in the contest due to no national final being held in their country. Participation in the Second Chance Contest requires competing branches to have had a televised national final held in their country for the year's Eurovision Song Contest. So far 37 countries have been represented at the contest at least once. These are listed here alongside

8260-484: The contest. These juries, coming from non-competing countries, were allowed to vote alongside the competing countries, allowing them to participate to some degree in the contest. The first guest juries came from France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg and Spain. The winner of the contest was Merethe Trøan with "Din egen stjerne", representing host country Norway. The Netherlands came second, represented by Ruth Jacott , and

8378-474: The contest. Twenty-two countries took part in the contest, with Croatia , Estonia , Hungary , Iceland , Malta , Romania , Slovakia , Slovenia , and Turkey making their début. In 1993, a pre-selection contest for the main Eurovision Song Contest called Kvalifikacija za Millstreet was held to limit the number of entries into the main Eurovision final – six of the seven countries competing in this Second Chance Contest, sending either their failed entries from

8496-559: The contest. this was the first and only time that each country submitted two songs to the contest (much in the same way as the 1956 ). The first ever winner of the contest was Sweden's Arja Saijonmaa with "Högt över havet", which originally came second in the Swedish national final, Melodifestivalen 1987 . Norway's Kjersti Bergesen and Marcha from the Netherlands finished in joint second place. The OGAE Second Chance Contest 1988 , which

8614-455: The country for that year's Eurovision. For the second time "Guest Juries" were used in the contest, allowing OGAE branches from countries who held no national final for Eurovision 1994 to compete in Second Chance. Sweden were the winners of the eighth time in the contest history, represented by singer Gladys del Pilar with "Det vackraste jag vet", a song composed by Michael Saxell with lyrics by Ingela Forsman . The runner-up position went to

8732-408: The country were disqualified due to voting communication problems. At the end of the voting, two countries had tied for first place – Sweden 's Alcazar with " Not a Sinner Nor a Saint ", and Slovenia 's Nuša Derenda with "Prvič in zadnič", with both having received 215 points. The current tie-break rules of the time were used in this case, with the country having received the most 12 points winning

8850-473: The country's national selection process for the contest. The members of each club choose amongst the songs that did not win and select one to represent the club in the event. Votes are cast by members of the OGAE clubs and are returned to the OGAE branch organising the particular year's event. Guest juries have been used to cast votes since 1993 . The OGAE Song Contest is an audio event in which all OGAE national clubs can enter with an original song released in

8968-422: The final, finishing 11th in the semi-final, only five points from qualification (in 2008 , Charlotte Perrelli finished 12th in the semi-final but qualified through the back-up jury selection). Since then, the country has been very successful, finishing in the top ten in all subsequent editions except two (14th place in 2013 and 2021 ). This includes a fifth victory courtesy of " Euphoria " by Loreen in 2012 ,

9086-431: The only Swedish performer to achieve three top five results. Together with Croatia and Malta, Sweden was one of only three countries to have never been relegated under the pre-2004 rules of the contest. With the exception of 2006, Sweden endured a poor run of results between 2005 and 2009 , placing no higher than 18th. The nadir came in 2010 , when Anna Bergendahl became the first Swedish entrant to fail to qualify for

9204-530: The past. Several other countries around Europe and beyond that do not have their own independent OGAE Network, including Monaco , San Marino , Kazakhstan, South Africa, and the United States of America, participate under the name "OGAE Rest of the World". Every year, the organisation arranges two competitions, the OGAE Second Chance Contest, and the OGAE Song Contest. The cooperative exercise of

9322-410: The pre-selection, or sending another song from their national final. Alongside the large number of début countries, there were also a number of other changes in the line-up: Germany could not take part in the contest due to holding an internal selection to select their entry; as well as this Israel and Portugal returned after being absent last year. This year marked the first use of "Guest Juries" in

9440-565: The previous 12 months in their countries. The competing songs must be sung in one of the country's official languages. This rule was planned to be removed in 2022, before the event was cancelled that year due to the controversy surrounding OGAE Russia's continued participation and the decision by OGAE not to remove the Russian OGAE club from the contest for its support of the Russian invasion of Ukraine . So far 59 countries have been represented at

9558-422: The previous year – Austria , Belgium , Finland , Macedonia and Romania all returned as competing countries. However five other countries could not compete after being relegated from competing in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 – Iceland , Ireland , the Netherlands , Norway and Portugal were all unable to compete. Two further countries, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Lithuania , were disqualified during

9676-413: The previous year. However Austria , Greece , Italy , Portugal , Spain , the United Kingdom and Yugoslavia all withdrew from the contest. Norway was the winner of the contest this year, represented by Wenche Myhre with "Du skal få din dag i morgen". Israel 's Yaron Chadad came second while Ireland 's Patricia Roe came third. The OGAE Second Chance Contest 1993 , was the seventh edition of

9794-503: The song "Fatti avanti amore", placing just above Sweden and Denmark , respectively. The OGAE Second Chance Contest 2016 was the thirtieth edition of the contest, and took place in Siena , Italy , following their win in 2015. Twenty-three countries competed and the competing entries were revealed on 5 July 2016. Belgium , Hungary (as part of OGAE Rest of the World), Israel , Poland , Spain , Ukraine and United Kingdom all returned to

9912-401: The summer after the year's Eurovision Song Contest, held in every year. A video entry from each branch of OGAE is handed to each competing OGAE club. The votes are then returned to the organising OGAE branch, normally the previous year's winning branch, who then organises the final. The method of voting has developed since the contests interception, from audio-tape in the contest's beginnings to

10030-535: The top 3. The Guest Jury Hits contest was introduced in 2003, giving guest juries of the Retro contests the opportunity to compete in their own contest. The contest was formed as a way for OGAE branches to become juries in the Second Chance Retro Contest, with each non-competing branch selecting a hit song from their country in that year. The first contest was held in 2003, when hit songs from 1985 competed in

10148-406: The use of video tape and nowadays by DVD and YouTube. Previously it had been known for non-televised national final entries to compete in the Second Chance Contest. This occurred from 1989 to 1991 when Spain entered songs known to have been entered into the country's internal selection process. In 1990, 1991, 1998 and 1999 Italy competed in the Second Chance Contest, entering the winning songs of

10266-438: The voting by six guest juries from Austria , Israel , Luxembourg , Portugal , Italy and Greece . At the end of the voting Finland 's Anna Eriksson was declared the winner with the song "Oot voimani mun", Finland's first (and so far only) victory in the contest. The United Kingdom came second with Catherine Porter and "Crazy", while Spain came third with "Sueño su boca" by Raúl . The OGAE Second Chance Contest 2001

10384-522: The voting when their results were not received by the deadline. The eighteen competing entries were joined by seven guest juries in the voting for the winner, coming from France , Luxembourg , Ireland , Portugal , Netherlands , Norway and Turkey . At the end of the voting the winner was Spain 's David Bisbal with "Corazon latino", beating Sweden 's winner from OGAE Second Chance Contest 2001, Barbados in second place, and Israel 's Sarit Hadad into third place. The OGAE Second Chance Contest 2003

10502-490: The winners of the contest with the song "Alsof je bij me bent" by Nurlaila. This was their first win in Second Chance, and the second win for a non-Scandinavian country. Second place went to Nanne Grönvall of Sweden , while third place went to Elisabeth Andreassen from Norway . During the voting the eighteen competing entries were joined by seven guest juries from Denmark , Austria , Cyprus , France , Spain , Luxembourg and Israel . The OGAE Second Chance Contest 1999

10620-441: The world. The organisation also works frequently in co-operation with the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and national broadcasters from the participating countries in order to help promote the Eurovision Song Contest. The current president of the OGAE International Network is Simon Bennett from OGAE United Kingdom , who succeeded Maiken Mäemets of OGAE Finland in 2015. The Eurovision Song Contest began in 1956 , and in 1984

10738-420: The year in which they made their debut: OGAE Rest of the World represents countries that do not have an OGAE branch of their own. Their first participation came at the 2009 contest, where they were represented by Slovakia . From 2003 it was decided to hold Retrospective Contests each year containing songs from contests prior to 1987. In 2003 the first contest was held, containing songs that failed to compete in

10856-444: Was dissolved in 2006. Its successor, Serbia , however made its début to the contest this year. The contest was won by Sweden 's Måns Zelmerlöw with " Cara Mia ", who received 252 points from the 27 juries, 72 points more than runner-up, United Kingdom . The OGAE Second Chance Contest 2008 was the twenty-second OGAE Second Chance Contest, organised between members of international Eurovision Song Contest fan club OGAE to select

10974-636: Was handed out in 2002 and 2003, and voted on by members of the OGAE. It was discontinued and replaced by the Composer Award in 2004. Every year since 2007, the OGAE has conducted a pre-Eurovision Song Contest poll in which every national club plus OGAE Rest of the World cast a vote from all entries participating in a particular contest, using the same scoring system as the one at Eurovision: the most voted songs on each club receive 1 to 8, and then 10 and 12 points, and countries cannot vote for themselves. The winners of this poll are: The OGAE Second Chance Contest

11092-596: Was internally selected by SR. Each participating broadcaster in the Eurovision Song Contest assigns a head of delegation as the EBU's contact person and the leader of their delegation at the event. The delegation, whose size can greatly vary, includes a head of press, the performers, songwriters, composers, and backing vocalists, among others. Over the years Swedish commentary has been provided by several experienced radio and television presenters, including Jacob Dahlin , Ulf Elfving , Harald Treutiger , Pekka Heino , Kristian Luuk , and Fredrik Belfrage . Since 2009 (with

11210-673: Was re-elected for the same post. In 2011, OGAE International Network became a registered organisation in France, and Maiken Mäemets was elected president. She was re-elected for a second term on 17 May 2013 at the Euro Fan Café (Moriska Paviljongen) in Malmö, Sweden. During the annual OGAE Presidents’ Meeting, which took place on 22 May 2015 at the Euro Fan Café in Vienna, the presidents of the OGAE Clubs elected

11328-499: Was the eleventh edition of the contest. Seventeen countries took part in the contest, organised by OGAE Germany. Six countries that took part in the OGAE Second Chance Contest 1996 withdrew for the Contest in 1997: Belgium , Finland , Israel , Macedonia and Romania all withdrew after being relegated from the Eurovision Song Contest 1997 , and Russia was forced to withdraw after not holding televised national finals to select their entry for Eurovision 1997. Italy made its return to

11446-531: Was the fifteenth edition of the OGAE Second Chance Contest. It was organised by OGAE Finland after their win the previous year. Twenty countries participated the contest, held in Helsinki in Finland . Lithuania made its début at the OGAE Second Chance Contest this year, and five countries – Bosnia and Herzegovina , Greece , Israel , Portugal and Slovenia – returned to the contest after returning from relegation from

11564-415: Was the fifth edition, seeing fifteen countries compete in the contest Switzerland and Yugoslavia made their débuts, with Yugoslavia making its one and only entry in the contest. Israel returned after their absence the previous year, while Cyprus withdrew due to no national final being held and the Netherlands were unable to compete due to withdrawing from the Eurovision Song Contest 1991 . Sweden won

11682-469: Was the fourteenth OGAE Second Chance Contest, organised by OGAE Turkey after their win in 1999. Twenty-one countries took part in the 2000 contest, held in Istanbul . Latvia who made their début at the Eurovision Song Contest 2000 also followed suit by débuting in the Second Chance Contest, and seven countries made their returns to the contest: Estonia , Finland , Macedonia and Switzerland returned after

11800-478: Was the nineteenth contest held in Bilbao , Spain after Davinia won the 2004 contest with "Mi obsesión". Twenty-four countries competed in the contest for the title of the best song that didn't make it to the Eurovision stage through their national selection, however Estonia were later disqualified as it could not be reached to give their votes for the contest. Two guest juries also voted from Italy and Portugal, giving

11918-560: Was the second edition, saw ten countries participated, with Denmark , Finland , Germany , Greece , Ireland , and Israel making their début. Each country submitted one song that failed to win their national selections for the Eurovision Song Contest 1988 . The winner was again Sweden, with the song " Om igen " by Lena Philipsson , which came second in the Swedish national selection for Eurovision Melodifestivalen 1988 . Second place went to débutante country Finland , while third place went to

12036-533: Was the seventeenth edition of the OGAE Second Chance Contest, and was organised by OGAE Spain following their win the previous year. Twenty countries took part in the contest, held in Las Palmas , Gran Canaria . The competing entries were joined by five guest juries in the voting for the winner, coming from Belgium, Italy, France, Finland and Turkey. After being relegated from the Eurovision Song Contest 2003 ; Denmark , Finland and Macedonia were unable to compete in

12154-517: Was the thirteenth edition of the OGAE Second Chance Contest Seventeen countries were originally going to participate in the contest. However, Malta were disqualified after their votes did not arrive on time. Bosnia and Herzegovina , Cyprus and Denmark all returned after missing the previous year's contest, and France made its Second Chance début. Estonia , Finland , Greece , Macedonia and Switzerland all withdrew from

12272-446: Was the thirty-fifth edition of the contest, and took place in Stockholm , Sweden , following their win in 2020. Fourteen countries took part in the contest and the competing entries were revealed on 21 May 2021. France , Russia and Spain all returned to the competition. However, Armenia , Australia , Czech Republic , Iceland , Latvia , Poland , Romania , San Marino , Serbia , Slovenia and Ukraine , all of whom took part in

12390-486: Was the thirty-first edition of the contest, and took place in Warsaw , Poland , following their win in 2016. Twenty-two countries competed and the competing entries were revealed on 31 May 2017. Georgia (as part of OGAE Rest of the World), Greece , Iceland and Portugal all returned to the competition. However Austria , Belgium , Israel , Romania and Switzerland , who took part in the 2016 contest, withdrew. The contest

12508-493: Was the thirty-third edition of the contest, and took place in Udine , Italy , following their win in 2018. Twenty-four countries took part in the contest, with Australia making their Second Chance début. Croatia and Moldova (as part of OGAE Rest of the World) all returned to the competition. However Belarus , Malta , Poland , San Marino and Switzerland who took part in the 2018 contest, withdrew. Although Ukraine withdrew at

12626-537: Was the twelfth OGAE Second Chance Contest. Eighteen countries took part in the contest, organised by OGAE Germany in Hamburg , Germany . Four countries that took part in the 1997 edition withdrew from the contest: Bosnia and Herzegovina and Denmark withdrew after being relegated from the Eurovision Song Contest 1998 , and Cyprus and Hungary were forced to withdraw after not holding televised national finals to select their entry for Eurovision 1998. The Netherlands were

12744-403: Was the twentieth edition of OGAE Second Chance, and was held in Stockholm , Sweden after Alcazar won the 2005 contest with "Alcastar". Nineteen countries competed in the contest for the title of the best song that didn't make it to the Eurovision stage through their national selection. Six guest juries also competed in the voting from Italy, Andorra, France, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Spain and from

12862-498: Was the twenty-fifth contest, which were held in Gothenburg , Sweden after their in 2010. Twenty-one countries competed in the contest, with five countries making their return to the contest: Austria , Belgium , Iceland (as the entry for OGAE Rest of the World), Italy and the Netherlands all sent entries for the first time since 2005, 2008, 2001, 1999 and 2009 respectively. However Armenia , Azerbaijan , Bulgaria , Cyprus , Russia and Serbia withdrew. Andorra , France and

12980-520: Was the twenty-fourth contest, which were held in Copenhagen , Denmark after Hera Björk won the previous year. Twenty-three countries took part in the contest; Armenia , Azerbaijan and Bulgaria (as the entry for OGAE Rest of the World) took part for the first time, with Germany , Malta and Russia , all returning after missing last year's contest, and Cyprus , for the first time since 2000, competing as well. However, Andorra , Estonia , Moldova ,

13098-545: Was the twenty-sixth held in Johannesburg , South Africa after Yohanna won for the Iceland, represented by OGAE Rest of the World with "Nótt", in 2011. Nineteen countries competed in the contest. It also marked the return of four countries to the contest: Cyprus , Estonia , Latvia (as the entry for OGAE Rest of the World) and Russia . However Croatia , Italy , Israel , Malta , Macedonia and Poland did not participate in

13216-454: Was the twenty-third OGAE Second Chance Contest, organised between members of international Eurovision Song Contest fan club OGAE to select the best song not to make it to the Eurovision Song Contest through their national finals. The contest was held in Stockholm , Sweden after Sanna Nielsen won for Sweden the previous year. Twenty countries participated in the contest, with songs that failed to win their televised national selections. Malta

13334-438: Was then known as "Europe's Favourite". Four OGAE branches competed in the first contest, coming from the Netherlands , Norway , Sweden and the United Kingdom . The contest quickly expanded and now contains over 20 countries competing each year. Due to the countries' varying Eurovision selection methods over the years, it is a common occurrence for countries to sporadically compete in the contest. The contest takes place during

13452-511: Was to originally compete with "Avalon" by Georgina & Ruth Casingena , however OGAE Malta has since decided to withdraw. Andorra and Moldova entered the contest for the first time, while the Netherlands returned after their absence from the 2008 contest. Slovakia returned after a 14-year absence, last entering in 1993 contest . The Slovak song was also representing OGAE Rest of the World, representing countries with no national OGAE branch. The United Kingdom , Belgium and Germany left

13570-441: Was won by Denmark 's Hera Björk with "Someday", who received 257 points, 28 points more than runner-up Sweden . This was Denmark's second win in the contest. Slovakia placed last, receiving 4 points. The full result of the Second Chance Contest were presented on 22 December 2009 through a PDF file sent to the competing OGAE clubs. The voting show on DVD will be released during early 2010. The OGAE Second Chance Contest 2010

13688-416: Was won by Mariette , who represented Sweden with the song " A Million Years ", beating Italy into second place, and Ukraine into third. The OGAE Second Chance Contest 2018 was the thirty-second edition of the contest, and took place in Eskilstuna , Sweden , following their win in 2017. Twenty-seven countries participated in the contest, with Czech Republic and San Marino (as part of OGAE Rest of

13806-478: Was won by Slovenia 's Saša Lendero with "Mandoline", who received 220 points, 45 points more than runner-up Norway . Poland received nul points from all juries, placing last. The OGAE Second Chance Contest 2007 was the twenty-first contest, which was held in Ljubljana , Slovenia after their win at the 2006 contest. Twenty countries competed in the contest for the title of the best song that didn't make it to

13924-416: Was won by Sweden 's Sanna Nielsen with "Empty Room", who received 268 points, 90 points more than runner-up Spain . Nielsen went on to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 , with the song " Undo ". This was Sweden's 12th win in the contest, remaining the most successful country in the contest. Estonia came last, gaining nul points from all juries. The OGAE Second Chance Contest 2009

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