The results have been counted and verified and OGAE Italy are the winners of the GAE Second Chance Contest 2023 with Ditonellapiaga and her entry, ‘Che fastidio!’
🇮🇹 Italy wins OGAE Second Chance Contest for fifth time
OGAE Italy won the fan‑run OGAE Second Chance Contest 2026, as Ditonellapiaga’s ‘Che fastidio!’ collected 318 points to finish ahead of Ukraine’s Jerry Heil in the 40th edition hosted by OGAE Sweden. A total of twenty-two entries took part.
OGAE Sweden hosted this year’s contest after Klara Hammarström’s 2025 win with ‘On and On and On’. Results were determined by votes from OGAE member clubs, with additional guest juries from countries that did not run national selections or did not take part in Eurovision this year.
Results:
- Italy: Ditonellapiaga – “Che fastidio!” (318 points)
- Ukraine: Jerry Heil – “CATHARTICUS” (240 points)
- Denmark: Ericka Jane – “Death of Me” (226 points)
- Sweden: Greczula – “Half of Me” (216 points)
- Finland: Antti Paalanen – “Takatukka” (200 points)
- Serbia: Zejna – “Jugoslavija” (176 points)
- Norway: Mileo – “Frankenstein” (176 points)
- Malta: MATT BLXCK – “Ejja lejja ħdejja ‘l hawn” (148 points)
- Spain: Tony Grox and LUCYCALYS – “T AMARÉ” (104 points)
- Bulgaria: DARA – “Curse” (75 points)
- Montenegro (OGAE Rest of the World): LANA x ÐORÐE – “Temperatura” (61 points)
- Greece: ZAF – “ASTEIO” (57 points)
- Estonia: NÖEP – “Days Like This” (32 points)
- Germany: wavvyboi – “Black Glitter” (30 points)
- Luxembourg: Steve Castile – “Sweet Tooth” (26 points)
- Poland: Basia Giewont – “Zimna woda” (24 points)
- Lithuania: SHWR – “Contact!” (23 points)
- Albania: Sheila – “Zemra e tokës” (22 points)
- Portugal: Dinis Mota – “Jurei” (12 points)
- Croatia: IRMA – “Ni traga” (9 points)
- Austria: Bamlak Werner – “We Are Not Just One Thing” (5 points)
- Latvia: Emilija – “All We Ever Had” (3 points)
The OGAE Second Chance Contest, organised annually by the OGAE International network of Eurovision fan clubs, showcases songs that competed in national finals but did not advance to the Eurovision Song Contest.
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