OGAE Second Chance Contest 1996

OGAE Second Chance Contest 1996
Host broadcaster	OGAE Sweden
Venue	Farsta, Sweden
Winning song	Sweden "Juliette och Jonathan"
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	22
Debuting countries	Bosnia and Herzegovina  Macedonia
Returning countries	Belgium  Cyprus  Estonia  Finland  Germany  Hungary  Malta  Netherlands  Romania  Russia  Turkey
Withdrawing countries	none
OGAE Second Chance Contest
◄1995        1997►

The 1996 OGAE Second Chance Contest was the 10th 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 Farsta in Sweden after Cecilia Vennersten won the 1995 Contest with "Det vackraste".^[1]

22 songs competed in the contest with Bosnia and Herzegovina and FYR Macedonia entering the contest for the first time. Several countries returned to the contest, too but no country, which participated in the 1995 edition, withdrew.

For the third time "Guest Juries" were used in the contest, allowing OGAE branches from countries who held no national final for Eurovision 1996 to compete in Second Chance. The Guest Juries for the 1996 contest came from Austria, France, Italy, and Luxembourg which were substitutes for 4 participating countries which had no jury. These countries were Macedonia, Romania, Russia, and Turkey.

Sweden were the winners of the 10th edition of Second Chance, represented by singer Lotta Engberg with "Juliette och Jonathan". The runner-up position went to the Croatia's Novi Fosili, while third place was awarded to Germany and Leon who did not qualify for the Eurovision Song Contest 1996 as the eventual German entry.

Participants

Draw	Country	Language	Artist	Song	English translation	National final	Place	Points
1	Belgium	Flemish	Enzo	"Mooi"	Beautiful	3rd	9	60
2	Estonia	Estonian	Evelin Samuel, Karl Madis, Maarja-Liis Ilus & Pearu Paulus	"Kummalisel teel"	On the strange way	6th	16	19
3	Netherlands	Dutch	Gina de Wit	"De wereld is van jou"	The world belongs to you	2nd	11	49
4	Finland	Finnish	Eija Kantola	"Rakkauden kirja"	The book of love	2nd	8	62
5	Portugal	Portuguese	Barbara Reis	"A minha ilha"	My island	7th	15	28
6	Norway	Norwegian	Geir Rønning	"Uten de'"	Without you	2nd	13	45
7	United Kingdom	English	Zeitia Massiah	"A little love"	-	3rd	4	121
8	Macedonia	Macedonian	Kaliopi Gril	"Samo ti"	Only you	1st*	19	14
9	Turkey	Turkish	Tüzmen & Pinar Karakoç	"Var misin söyle"	Tell me you are there	2nd	17	17
10	Denmark	Danish	Channe Nussbaum	"Kys mig nu"	Kiss me now	4th	18	16
11	Ireland	English	Dav McNamara	"Missing you"	-	2nd	5	113
12	Cyprus	Greek	Sophie Christofidou	"Antecho"	I endure	4th	20	13
13	Sweden	Swedish	Lotta Engberg	"Juliette och Jonathan"	Juliette and Jonathan	3rd	1	152
14	Malta	English	Marita	"Lasting Visions"	-	Unplaced	14	40
15	Russia	Russian	Andrej Kosinskij	"Ja eto ja"	Me, it's me	1st*	22	7
16	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Bosnian	Amila Glamočak	"Nije slucajno"	It's not accidental	Unplaced	21	8
17	Hungary	Hungarian	Gjon Delhusa	"Fortuna"	-	1st*	7	78
18	Germany	German	Leon	"Planet of Blue"	-	1st*	3	127
19	Israel	Hebrew	Galit Bell	"Shalom olam"	Hello world	1st*	10	50
20	Slovenia	Slovene	Irena Vrckovnik	"Naj mesec ugasne"	Let the moon rise dark	2nd	6	80
21	Romania	Romanian	Monica Anghel & Sincron	"Rugă pentru pacea lumii"	Peaceful prayer for people	1st*	11	49
22	Croatia	Croatia	Novi Fosili	"Spray"	-	6th	2	128

See also

• OGAE
• Eurovision Song Contest 1996

External links

• Second Chance 1996

References

1. ^ OGAE SECOND CHANCE 1996