OGAE Second Chance Contest 1994

OGAE Second Chance Contest 1994
Host broadcaster	OGAE Norway
Venue	Oslo, Norway
Winning song	Sweden "Det vackraste jag vet"
Voting system
Each country's jury, made up of member's of the country's OGAE branch, 1–8, 10, and 12 points to their ten favourite songs.
Number of entries	16
Debuting countries	Russia
Withdrawing countries	Belgium  Denmark  Israel  Slovakia  Slovenia  Switzerland  Turkey
OGAE Second Chance Contest
◄1993        1995►

The 1994 OGAE Second Chance Contest was the 8th OGAE Second Chance Contest, organized by the 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. This year's contest was held in Oslo in Norway after Merethe Trøan won the 1993 Contest with "Din egen stjerne".^[1]

16 songs competed in the contest with Russia entering the contest for the first time. However a number of countries were forced to withdraw: Belgium, Denmark, Israel, Slovenia and Turkey were all forced to miss the contest due to being relegated from the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest; Slovakia and Switzerland was also absent from the contest due to no national finals being held in the country for this 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. The Guest Juries for the 1994 contest came from France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Israel, Luxembourg and Spain.

Sweden were the winners of the 8th edition of Second Chance, 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 the United Kingdom's Frances Ruffelle, while third place was awarded to host country Norway and Madam Medusa.

Participants

Draw	Country	Language	Artist	Song	English translation	National final	Place	Points
1	Iceland	Icelandic	Anna Mjöll	"Stopp"	Stop	Unplaced	12	58
2	Romania	Romanian	Monica Anghel	"Dau viata mea pentru-o iubire"	I would give my life for love	Unplaced	14	45
3	Austria	German	Simone	"Radio"	–	4th	10	60
4	Norway	Norwegian	Madam Medusa	"Casanova"	–	4th	3	127
5	Malta	English	Ray Caruana	"Scarlet Song"	–	2nd	4	124
6	Cyprus	Greek	Maria Aristofanous	"Vradia adiana"	Empty evenings	5th	16	33
7	Sweden	Swedish	Gladys del Pilar	"Det vackraste jag vet"	The most beautiful thing I know	2nd	1	176
8	Estonia	Estonian	Tõnis Kiis, Anneli Tõevere & Evelin Samuel	"Ime"	Miracle	5th	7	72
9	Croatia	Croatian	Valentina	"Made in Europe"	–	16th	15	43
10	Russia	Russian	Aliona Apina	"Oi, Oi, Oi"	–	Disqualified	10	60
11	Netherlands	Dutch	Willeke Alberti	"Zomaar een dag"	Just a day	2nd	9	62
12	United Kingdom	English	Frances Ruffelle	"Sink or Swim"	–	2nd	2	158
13	Finland	Swedish	Susanne Sonntag	"En dans på livets vågor"	A dance on the waves of life	2nd	13	55
14	Hungary	Hungarian	Andrea Szulák	"Fenn a szabad ég"	Up in the blue sky	3rd	7	72
15	Ireland	English	Orna McNamara	"Crystal Eyes"	–	2nd	5	111
16	Portugal	Portuguese	Pedro Miguéis	"Todos nós alguma vez"	Everyone of us sometime	2nd	6	78

Score sheet

		Juries
	Iceland	58		4	12	0	2	0	3	0	7	3	1	2	1	0	0	3	4	0	6	1	2	5	2
	Romania	45	3		8	0	4	0	0	1	4	0	0	1	2	4	1	5	0	0	1	2	3	0	6
	Austria	60	0	7		0	0	2	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	12	6	0	7	1	4	0	8	1	3
	Norway	127	7	12	6		6	0	7	10	8	8	4	0	3	7	0	6	5	3	12	5	0	10	8
	Malta	124	8	8	1	6		0	10	2	6	6	3	10	10	0	4	1	3	6	10	12	5	3	10
	Cyprus	33	0	5	0	1	5		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	2	7	0	0	0	6	0	0	0
	Sweden	176	12	0	7	10	8	7		12	3	2	12	6	12	5	10	10	10	7	5	7	12	7	12
	Estonia	72	0	0	2	3	0	3	5		0	7	2	8	4	0	7	0	8	5	0	0	10	8	0
	Croatia	43	0	10	3	5	3	4	1	0		1	0	0	7	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
	Russia	60	6	0	0	12	1	8	0	0	5		0	12	0	2	5	0	2	0	0	0	7	0	0
	Netherlands	62	1	3	0	8	0	1	8	3	10	10		3	8	0	0	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
	United Kingdom	158	10	6	10	7	10	12	0	8	1	12	6		0	10	8	12	12	10	7	4	1	12	0
	Finland	55	5	2	5	0	0	0	0	6	2	0	8	0		6	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	2	7
	Hungary	72	4	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	12	4	7	5	5		12	8	0	2	3	0	0	0	4
	Ireland	111	2	0	0	4	12	5	12	7	0	5	10	7	0	3		2	1	8	8	8	6	6	5
	Portugal	78	0	1	4	2	7	10	6	4	0	0	5	0	6	0	3		6	4	2	10	4	4	0

12 points

Below is a summary of all 12 points received:

N.	Recipient nation	Voting nation
6	Sweden	Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Israel, Netherlands, Spain
5	United Kingdom	Cyprus, France, Germany, Portugal, Russia
2	Hungary	Croatia, Ireland
	Ireland	Malta, Sweden
	Norway	Luxembourg, Romania
	Russia	Norway, United Kingdom
1	Austria	Hungary
	Finland	Italy
	Iceland	Austria
	Malta	Greece

See also

• OGAE
• Eurovision Song Contest 1994

External links

• Second Chance 1994

References

1. ^ OGAE SECOND CHANCE 1994