OGAE Second Chance Contest 2004

OGAE Second Chance Contest 2004
Host broadcaster	OGAE Sweden
Venue	Växjö, Sweden
Winning song	Spain "Mi obsessión"
Voting system
Each jury awards 1–8, 10, and 12 points to their ten favourite songs
Number of entries	21
Debuting countries	Serbia and Montenegro
Returning countries	Belgium  Denmark  Finland  Macedonia  Malta  Turkey
Withdrawing countries	Estonia  Iceland  Ireland  Israel  Romania
OGAE Second Chance Contest
◄2003        2005►

The 2004 OGAE Second Chance Contest was the 18th 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 comepted in the contest, held in Växjö in Sweden after OGAE Sweden's win the previous year with "Not a Sinner Nor a Saint" by Alcazar.^[1]

All 21 competing branches of OGAE competed in voting for the winner, along with three guest juries who were ineligible to compete in the contest from France, Ireland and Italy.^[2]

Serbia and Montenegro made its Second Chance debut after it debuted at the Eurovision Song Contest 2004. Denmark, Finland and Macedonia returned to the contest after being relegated from the Eurovision Song Contest 2003 - Belgium and Turkey returned after holding internal selections the previous year, while Malta returned after being disqualified the previous year.

A number of countries also withdrew from the contest - Estonia and Israel had been set to compete in the contest, however withdrew at a late stage after selecting their entries (namely "Homme" by Maarja Liis-Ilus and "Freedom" by David D'Or respectively). Iceland withdrew due to no national final being held, while Romania withdrew out of choice. Ireland withdrew, but competed as a guest jury.

Participants

Draw	Country	Language	Artist	Song	English translation	National final	Place	Points
1	Malta	English	Andreana	"24/7"	—	8th	21	1
2	Slovenia	English	Natalija Verboten	"Cry on My Shoulder"	—	4th	8	80
3	United Kingdom	English	Hyrise	"Leading Me On"	—	2nd	12	40
4	Finland	English	Jonna K	"Like Believers Do"	—	4th	18	15
5	Croatia	Croatian	Andrea	"Noah"	—	2nd	7	87
6	Poland	English	Sistars	"Freedom"	—	7th	19	13
7	Portugal	Portuguese	Gonçalo	"Novo e Clássico"	New and classic	2nd	11	44
8	Norway	English	WigWam	"Crazy Things"	—	3rd	16	19
9	Germany	English	Patrick Nuo	"Undone"	—	Unplaced	3	147
10	Sweden	Swedish	Shirley Clamp	"Min kärlek"	My love	2nd	2	187
11	Turkey	English	Athena	"Easy Man"	—	2nd	20	10
12	Denmark	Danish	Kaare Thøgersen	"Lykkelig i nat"	Happy tonight	Unplaced	10	55
13	Spain	Spanish	Davinia	"Mi obsesión"	My obsession	Unplaced	1	192
14	Latvia	English	C-Stones	"All You Know"	—	4th	17	17
15	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Bosnian	Deen	"Spava Sarajevo"	Sarajevo sleeps	2nd	14	27
16	Macedonia	Macedonian	Toše Proeski	"Daleku od mene"	Far away from me	2nd	6	90
17	Austria	English	Daniel Djuric	"Millionaire"	—	6th	9	59
18	Greece	English	Apostolos Psichramis	"Alright"	—	1st*	13	29
19	Serbia and Montenegro	Serbian	Negative	"Zbunjena"	Confused	4th	15	23
20	Belgium	English	Natalia	"Higher Than The Sun"	—	2nd	4	146
21	Netherlands	English	Anja Wessels	"Heart of Stone"	—	2nd	5	111

* Apostolos Psichramis had originally won the Greek national final, but Sakis Rouvas was internally selected to represent Greece at Eurovision. For more information, see Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004.

See also

• OGAE
• Eurovision Song Contest 2004

External links

• Second Chance 2004

References

1. ^ OGAE SECOND CHANCE 2004
2. ^ OGAE SECOND CHANCE 2004 - VOTING