- OGAE Second Chance Contest 2008
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OGAE Second Chance Contest 2008 Host broadcaster 
OGAE SwedenVenue Stockholm, Sweden Winning song Sweden
"Empty Room"Number of entries 21 Debuting countries None Returning countries 
Belgium
Finland
Lithuania
RussiaWithdrawing countries 
France
Netherlands
UkraineNul points 
EstoniaOGAE Second Chance Contest ◄2007 
2009►The 2008 OGAE Second Chance Contest was the 22nd 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. 21 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".[1]
All 21 competing countries votes for the winner, and were also joined by eight guest juries from countries ineligible to participate in 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).[2]
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 was won by Sweden's Sanna Nielsen with "Empty Room", who received 268 points, 90 points more than runner-up Spain. 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.[3]
Contents
Participants
Draw Country Language Artist Song English translation National final Place Points 01 
MaltaEnglish Claudia Faniello "Caravaggio" – 2nd 13 53 02 
IsraelHebrew Bo'az Ma'uda &
Oshrat Papin"Parparim" Butterflies 3rd 8 90 03 RussiaEnglish Sergey Lazarev "Flyer" – 4th 7 119 04 EstoniaEnglish Rolf Junior "One on One" – 4th 21 0 05 BelgiumEnglish Sandrine "I Feel The Same Way" – 2nd 10 64 06 
MacedoniaMacedonian Risto Samardziev "Dojdi do mene" Come to me 3rd 19 7 07 
PolandEnglish Man Meadow "Viva la Musica" Hail to the music 3rd 3 155 08 FinlandFinnish Mikael Konttinen "Milloin" When Unplaced 14 46 09 
GermanyGerman Carolin Fortenbacher "Hinterm Ozean" Beyond the ocean 2nd 6 129 10 
DenmarkEnglish Kendra Lou "Until We're Satisfied" – 4th 18 21 11 
GreeceEnglish Kostas Martakis "Always and Forever" – 2nd 4 140 12 
SerbiaSerbian Beauty Queens "Zavet" A pledge 3rd 9 68 13 
CroatiaCroatian Emilija Kokić "Andjeo" Angel 6th 15 31 14 LithuaniaEnglish Aiste Pilvelyte "Troy on Fire" – 2nd 17 26 15 
IrelandEnglish Leona Daly "Not Crazy After All" – Unplaced 12 56 16 
United KingdomEnglish The Revelations "It's You" – 3rd 16 29 17 
PortugalPortuguese Lisboa Não Sejas Francesa "Porto de encontro" Meeting harbour 9th 20 6 18 SwedenEnglish Sanna Nielsen "Empty Room" – 2nd 1 269 19 
NorwayEnglish Veronica Akselsen "Am I Supposed To Love Again" – 4th 5 139 20 
SloveniaSlovene Brigita Šuler "Samara" – 3rd 11 57 21 
SpainSpanish Coral "Todo está en tu mente" Everything is in your mind 2nd 2 178 12 points
Below is a summary of all 12 points received:
N. Recipient nation Voting nation 16 Sweden Andorra, Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom, Norway, Luxembourg, Italy, Lebanon, Austria 3 Spain Malta, Lithuania, Rest of the World Poland Finland, Croatia, Sweden 2 Germany Israel, Russia Norway Serbia, Greece 1 Israel Ireland Greece Slovenia Serbia Macedonia See also
External links
References
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- ^ Floras, Stella (2008-06-08). "OGAE Second chance contest running order". ESCToday. http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/12072. Retrieved 2008-06-08.
- ^ OGAE SECOND CHANCE CONTEST 2008 – RESULTS
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