- OGAE Second Chance Contest
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The OGAE Second Chance Contest is a video event organised between branches of OGAE, the international fan club of the Eurovision Song Contest.
Each branch can enter one song that failed to win the country's national selection to compete in the annual Eurovision Song Contest. The members of each club choose amongst the songs that did not win and select one to represent the club in the event.
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Background
The contest began in 1987, when it was then known as "Europe's Favourite". Four OGAE branches competed in the first contest, coming from Norway, Sweden, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. The contest quickly expanded and now contains over 20 countries competing per contest. Due to the nature of some countries and national finals it is a common occurrence for countries to sporadically compete in the contest.[1]
Format
The contest begins during the summer after the year's Eurovision Song Contest, held in May every year. A video of the branch's entry is handed to each competing 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 the use of video tape and nowadays by DVD and Youtube.[1]
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 OGAE Spain entered songs known to have been entered into the country's internal selection process. In 1990, 1991, 1998 and 1999 OGAE Italy competed in the Second Chance Contest, entering the winning songs of the Italian San Remo 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.[2]
In 1993 guest juries have been used in the voting of the contest. These juries comprise of branches that are ineligible to compete in the contest due to no national final being held in their country.[2]
Retrospective Contest
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 the Eurovision Song Contest 1986. This is repeated every year to the same way, for example in 2004 the 1985 Retrospective contest was held, and in 2005 the 1984 Retro contest was held etc. The latest contest to be held was the 1979 contest, held in 2010, with plans for the 1978 contest currently in place for 2011.
Participation
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:
Year Country making its debut entry 1987 
Netherlands, 
Norway, 
Sweden, 
United Kingdom1988 
Denmark, 
Finland, 
Germany, 
Greece, 
Ireland, 
Israel1989 
Spain1990 
Austria, 
Cyprus, 
Italy, 
Portugal1991 
Switzerland, 
Yugoslavia1992 
Belgium1993 
Croatia, 
Estonia, 
Hungary, 
Iceland, 
Malta, 
Romania,
Slovakia, 
Slovenia, 
Turkey1994 
Russia1996 
Bosnia and Herzegovina, 
Macedonia1999 
France2000 
Latvia2001 
Lithuania2003 
Poland2004 
Serbia and Montenegro2006 
Ukraine2007 
Serbia2009 
Andorra, 
Moldova, Slovakia (as Rest of the World)2010 
Armenia, 
Azerbaijan, 
Bulgaria (as Rest of the World)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 represented Slovakia.
Winners
Carola was the winner of the 1990 Second Chance Contest, before going on to win the Eurovision Song Contest the following year.
Alcazar have won the Second Chance Contest twice for Sweden.
Timoteij won the 2010 Second Chance Contest for Sweden.Nine countries have won the contest over its 24-year history. The most successful country in the contest has been Sweden, who have won the contest 13 times in total, over half of the contests held. By the way is the only artist, who had won the contest more than once, the Swedish band, Alcazar, who won in 2003 and again in 2005.
Year Country Song Performer Second place Winner's place in national final 1987 SwedenHögt över havet Arja Saijonmaa Norway
Netherlands2nd 1988 SwedenOm igen Lena Philipsson Finland2nd 1989 DenmarkLandet Camelot Lecia Jønsson Sweden2nd 1990 SwedenMitt i ett äventyr Carola Italy2nd 1991 SwedenTvillingsjäl Pernilla Wahlgren GreeceUnplaced 1992 NorwayDu skal få din dag i morgen Wenche Myhre Israel3rd 1993 NorwayDin egen stjerne Merethe Trøan Netherlands6th 1994 SwedenDet vackraste jag vet Gladys Del Pilar United Kingdom2nd 1995 SwedenDet vackraste Cecilia Vennersten United Kingdom2nd 1996 SwedenJuliette & Jonathan Lotta Engberg Croatia3rd 1997 ItalyStorie Anna Oxa Ireland2nd 1998 NetherlandsAlsof je bij me bent Nurlaila Sweden2nd 1999 TurkeyUnuttuğumu Sandığım Anda Feryal Başel Belgium2nd 2000 FinlandOot voimani mun Anna Eriksson United Kingdom2nd 2001 SwedenAllt som jag ser Barbados Spain2nd 2002 SpainCorazón Latino David Bisbal Sweden2nd 2003 SwedenNot a Sinner Nor a Saint Alcazar Slovenia3rd 2004 SpainMi obsesión Davinia Sweden4th 2005 SwedenAlcastar Alcazar Serbia and Montenegro3rd 2006 SloveniaMandoline Saša Lendero Norway2nd 2007 SwedenCara Mia Måns Zelmerlöw United Kingdom3rd 2008 SwedenEmpty Room Sanna Nielsen Spain2nd 2009 DenmarkSomeday Hera Björk Sweden2nd 2010 SwedenKom Timoteij Denmark5th 2011 Iceland (Rest of the World)Nótt Yohanna SwedenUnplaced RETROSPECTIVE 1986 NetherlandsFata Morgana DeeDee Iceland2nd 1985 DenmarkVed du hva' du sku' Trax United Kingdom3rd 1984 BelgiumMerci à la vie Formule II Sweden3rd 1983 GermanyViva La Mamma Ingrid Peters and July Paul Denmark2nd 1982 NetherlandsFantasie eiland The Millionaires United Kingdom2nd 1981 United KingdomDon't Panic Liquid Gold Sweden2nd 1980 United KingdomHappy Everything Maggie Moone Germany2nd 1979 GermanyVogel der Nacht Paola Greece3rd 1978 United KingdomLonely Nights Ronnie France Israel9th Winners by country
Wins Country Years 13 Sweden1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010 3 Netherlands1982, 1986, 1998 Denmark1985, 1989, 2009 United Kingdom1978, 1980, 1981 2 Germany1979, 1983 Norway1992, 1993 Spain2002, 2004 1 Belgium1984 Italy1997 Turkey1999 Finland2000 Slovenia2006 Iceland (Rest of the World)2011 Years in italics indicate Retro winners.
Winners by language
Wins Language Years Countries 9 Swedish 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2001, 2010 Sweden 8 English 1978, 1980, 1981, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009 United Kingdom, Sweden, Denmark 3 Dutch 1982, 1986, 1998 Netherlands 2 German 1979, 1983 Germany Danish 1985, 1989 Denmark Norwegian 1992, 1993 Norway Spanish 2002, 2004 Spain 1 French 1984 Belgium Italian 1997 Italy Turkish 1999 Turkey Finnish 2000 Finland Slovene 2006 Slovenia Icelandic 2011 Rest of the World (Iceland) Years in italics indicate Retro winners
Guest Jury Hits
The Guest Jury Hits contest was introduced in 2004, 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.[3]
The first contest was held in 2004, when hit songs from 1985 competed in the contest. So far six contests have been held, with Italy winning four contests, and Ukraine and Belgium winning once.
Winners
Year Country Song Performer Second place 1985 BelgiumVergeet Barbara Will Tura Serbia1984 UkraineOy zelene zhito zelene Oksana Bilozir Greece1983 ItalySarà quel che sarà Tiziana Rivale Ukraine1982 ItalyStorie di tutti o giorni Riccardo Fogli France1981 ItalySarà perché ti amo Ricchi e Poveri Spain1980 ItalyStella stai Umberto Tozzi Cyprus1979 ItalyGloria Umberto Tozzi Rest of the World
United States1978 SpainVivir asi es morir de amor Camilo Sesto ItalyReferences
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