Twenty-two entries are set to compete in this year’s OGAE Second Chance Contest which is being organised by Sweden’s OGAE club, after Klara Hammarström’s victory with, ‘On and On and On’.
The annual tradition of giving a second chance to the songs that were not selected to represent their countries in the Eurovision Song Contest is in full speed. OGAE clubs all over Europe (and the rest of the world) have chosen their representatives for the 40th edition of the OGAE Second Chance Contest. This year it is the turn of OGAE Sweden to host and organise the contest. This comes following victory for Klara Hammarström.
You can find the running order of this year’s event with all the competing entries below.
| Running order | Country | Artist | Song |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latvia | Emilia | ‘All We Ever Had’ |
| 2 | Greece | ZAF | ‘ASTEIO’ |
| 3 | Lithuania | SHWR | ‘Contact!’ |
| 4 | Italy | Ditonellapiaga | ‘Che fastidio!’ |
| 5 | Spain | Tony Grox and LUCYCALYS | ‘T AMARÉ’ |
| 6 | Portugal | Dinis Mota | ‘Jurei’ |
| 7 | Bulgaria | DARA | ‘Curse’ |
| 8 | Serbia | Zejna | ‘Jugoslavija’ |
| 9 | Germany | wavvyboi | ‘Black Glitter’ |
| 10 | Luxembourg | Steve Castile | ‘Sweet Tooth’ |
| 11 | Croatia | IRMA | ‘Ni traga’ |
| 12 | Denmark | Ericka Jane | ‘Death of Me’ |
| 13 | Austria | Bamlak Werner | ‘We Are Not Just One Thing’ |
| 14 | Estonia | NÖEP | ‘Days Like This’ |
| 15 | Sweden | Greczula | ‘Half of Me’ |
| 16 | Poland | Basia Giewont | ‘Zimna woda’ |
| 17 | Ukraine | Jerry Heil | ‘CATHARTICUS’ |
| 18 | Montenegro (ROTW) | LANA x ÐORÐE | ‘Temperatura’ |
| 19 | Norway | Mileo | ‘Frankenstein’ |
| 20 | Malta | MATT BLXCK | ‘Ejja lejja ħdejja ‘l hawn’ |
| 21 | Finland | Antti Paalanen | ‘Takatukka’ |
| 22 | Albania | Sheila | ‘Zemra e tokës’ |
Voting is now open until August 23 and the results will be revealed later this year. Also voting are guest juries from those nations that did not have a national final this year or did not participate in the contest. More details can be found in the corresponding emails from your OGAE clubs.
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