OGAE Second Chance Contest 1997

OGAE Second Chance Contest 1997
Host broadcaster	OGAE Germany
Venue	Hanover, Germany
Winning song	Italy "Storie"
Voting system
Each jury awards 1–8, 10, and 12 points to their ten favourite songs
Number of entries	17
Debuting countries	None
Returning countries	Italy
Withdrawing countries	Belgium  Finland  Israel  Macedonia  Romania  Russia
OGAE Second Chance Contest
◄1996        1998►

The 1997 OGAE Second Chance Contest was the 11th OGAE Second Chance Contest, organised between members of the international Eurovision Song Contest fan club OGAE to select the best song not to make it to the Eurovision Song Contest through each country's national finals. 17 countries took part in the contest, organised by OGAE Germany in Hanover, Germany.^[1]

Six countries that took part in the 1996 Contest withdrew for the Contest in 1997: Belgium, Finland, Israel, Macedonia and Romania all withdrew after being relegated from the Eurovision Song Contest 1997, and Russia was forced to withdraw after not holding televised national finals to select their entry for Eurovision 1997. Italy made its return to the contest for the first time since 1991.

Italy was the winner of the Contest with the song "Storie" by Anna Oxa. This was Italy's first win in Second Chance, and the first win for a non-Scandinavian country. Second place went to Darren Holden of Ireland, while third place went to girl group All About Angels from Germany. Durtingthe voting the 17 competing entries were joined by 5 guest juries from Austria, France, Israel, Switzerland and Luxembourg.^[1]

Participants

Draw	Country	Language	Artist	Song	English translation	National final	Place	Points
01	Sweden	Swedish	N-Mix	"Där en ängel hälsat på"	Where an angel has been	2nd	4	132
02	Cyprus	Greek	Giorgos Stamataris	"Xechnas"	You forget	2nd	17	1
03	Slovenia	Slovene	M4M	"Objemi me nezno"	Hold me tender	4th	16	11
04	Turkey	Turkish	Pınar Karakoç	"Sen Nerede Ben Orada"	Wherever you are I'm there	2nd	6	123
05	Italy	Italian	Anna Oxa	"Storie"	Tale	2nd	1	165
06	Germany	German	All About Angels	"Engel"	Angel	7th	3	147
07	United Kingdom	English	Joanne May	"You Stayed Away Too Long"	—	3rd	7	104
08	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Bosnian	Alma Čardžić	"Godine"	Years	Unplaced	14	20
09	Norway	Norwegian	Manjari	"Lys"	Light	2nd	5	128
10	Portugal	Portuguese	Raquel Alão	"Quando eu te beijo"	When I kiss you	3rd	15	19
11	Netherlands	Dutch	Mrs. Einstein	"Dat liefde zo moet zijn"	That's the way love is	3rd	12	29
12	Ireland	English	Darren Holden	"Suddenly"	—	2nd	2	164
13	Malta	English	Catherine Vigar	"The Call"	—	2nd	13	28
14	Hungary	Hungarian	Melinda és Lui	"Talán"	Maybe	14th	11	40
15	Denmark	Danish	Jette Torp	"Utopia"	Utopia	2nd	9	60
16	Estonia	Estonian	Pearu Paulus	"Meeletu soov"	Uncontrollable desire	5th	10	42
17	Croatia	Croatian	Lana Cenčić	"Ti si super, ti si mrak"	You're super, you're cool	16th	8	63

See also

• OGAE
• Eurovision Song Contest 2000

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Second Chance 1997