OGAE Second Chance Contest 1987

OGAE Second Chance Contest 1987
Host broadcaster	OGAE Netherlands
Venue	Huizen, Netherlands
Winning song	Sweden "Högt över havet"
Voting system
Each country's jury, made up of member's of the country's OGAE brnch, gave 1, 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10 points to each song in order of preference.
Number of entries	8
Debuting countries	Netherlands  Norway  Sweden  United Kingdom
OGAE Second Chance Contest
1988►

The 1987 OGAE Second Chance Contest was the 1st 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. Four countries competed in the first contest - the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom - and each country selected two songs to compete in 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 first Eurovision Song Contest in 1956).^[1]

The contest was held in Huizen, the Netherlands, and organised by the Dutch branch of OGAE. The first ever winner was Sweden's Arja Saijonmaa with "Högt över havet", which originally came second in the Swedish national final, Melodifestivalen 1987. Second place went to Norway's Kjersti Bergesen, and Marcha from the Netherlands got 3rd.

Participants

Draw	Country	Language	Artist	Song	English translation	National final	Place	Points
1	United Kingdom	English	Ann Turner	"Too Hot To Handle"	—	2nd	4	16
2	Netherlands	Dutch	Marcha	"Big Ben of Notre-Dame"	—	2nd	5	14
3	Norway	Norwegian	Kjersti Bergesen	"Go-Go"	—	3rd	2	20
4	Sweden	Swedish	Cyndi Peters	"När morgonstjärnen brinner"	When the morning star shines	3rd	6	12
5	United Kingdom	English	Zuice	"Bless Your Lucky Stars"	—	3rd	8	6
6	Netherlands	Dutch	Marcha	"Morgen"	Tomorrow	3rd	2	20
7	Norway	Norwegian	Håkon Iversen	"Mange millioner"	Many millions	2nd	6	12
8	Sweden	Swedish	Arja Saijonmaa	"Högt över havet"	High above the sea	2nd	1	24

Score sheet

		Juries
	United Kingdom ("Too Hot To Handle")	16		2	4	10
	Netherlands ("Big Ben of Notre-Dame")	14	4		8	2
	Norway ("Go-Go")	20	10	4		6
	Sweden ("När morgonstjärnen brinner")	12	2	8	2
	United Kingdom ("Bless Your Lucky Stars")	6		1	1	4
	Netherlands ("Morgen")	20	6		6	8
	Norway ("Mange millioner")	12	1	10		1
	Sweden ("Högt över havet")	24	8	6	10

See also

• OGAE
• Eurovision Song Contest 1987

References

1. ^ OGAE SECOND CHANCE 1987