OGAE Second Chance Contest 1988

OGAE Second Chance Contest 1988
Host broadcaster	OGAE Sweden
Venue	Östersund, Sweden
Winning song	Sweden "Om igen"
Voting system
Each country's jury, made up of member's of the country's OGAE branch, gave 1–8 points to their top 8 songs in order of preference.
Number of entries	10
Debuting countries	Denmark  Finland  Germany  Greece  Ireland  Israel
OGAE Second Chance Contest
◄1987        1989►

The 1988 OGAE Second Chance Contest was the 2nd OGAE Second Chance Contest, organised between members of international Eurovision Song Contest fan club OGAE. Ten countries competed in the second contest, with 6 countries making their debut to the contest. Each country submitted one song that failed to win their national selections for the Eurovision Song Contest 1988.

The contest was held in Östersund in Sweden after OGAE Sweden won the 1987 contest with "Högt över havet" by Arja Saijonmaa. The winner's were again Sweden, with the winning song being "Om igen" by Lena Philipsson, which came second in the Swedish national selection for Eurovision Melodifestivalen 1988. Second place went to debut-country Finland and Helena Miller while third place went to the Netherlands' Joni de Boer. ^[1]

Participants

Draw	Country	Language	Artist	Song	English translation	National final	Place	Points
1	Greece	Greek	Elektra	"Gia sena mono zo"	I live only for you	Unplaced	10	19
2	Germany	German	Ann Thomas	"Regenbogenland"	Rainbow land	5th	8	23
3	United Kingdom	English	Two-Ché	"This Is The Kiss"	—	2nd	9	22
4	Netherlands	Dutch	Joni de Boer	"Mijn droom"	My dream	3rd	3	49
5	Norway	Norwegian	Jahn Teigen	"Glasnost"	—	2nd	7	30
6	Denmark	Danish	Snapshot	"Tid til lidt kærlighed"	Time for a little love	2nd	4	34
7	Ireland	English	Liam Reilly	"Lifeline"	—	2nd	6	31
8	Sweden	Swedish	Lena Philipsson	"Om igen"	Once again	2nd	1	63
9	Israel	Hebrew	Yardena Arazi	"Hi Rokedet"	She dances	2nd	5	32
10	Finland	Swedish	Helena Miller	"Svart och vitt"	Black and white	2nd	2	57

Score sheet

		Juries
	Greece	19		3	1	4	1	0	0	7	2	1
	Germany	23	5		2	0	2	4	5	1	1	3
	United Kingdom	22	4	2		2	4	1	1	0	8	0
	Netherlands	49	7	4	7		5	8	8	3	3	4
	Norway	30	1	7	0	1		2	3	6	4	6
	Denmark	34	0	5	5	5	6		4	2	5	2
	Ireland	31	6	1	6	3	3	3		4	0	5
	Sweden	63	8	6	8	6	7	6	7		7	8
	Israel	32	2	0	3	8	0	5	2	5		0
	Finland	57	3	8	4	7	8	7	6	8	6

8 points

Below is a summary of all the maximum 8 points received:

N.	Recipient nation	Voting nation
3	Finland	Germany, Netherlands, Sweden
	Sweden	Finland, Greece, United Kingdom
2	Netherlands	Denmark, Ireland
1	Israel	Netherlands
	United Kingdom	Israel

See also

• OGAE
• Eurovision Song Contest 1988

References

1. ^ OGAE SECOND CHANCE 1988