OGAE Second Chance Contest 2000

The 2000 OGAE Second Chance Contest was the 14th 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. The 2000 Contest was organised by OGAE Turkey, after Turkey's win in the previous year's contest with "Unuttuğumu Sandığım Anda" by Feryal Başel.

21 countries took part in the 2000 Contest: Latvia made its Second Chance debut after debuting at the Eurovision Song Contest 2000, and seven countries made their returns to the contest: Estonia, Finland, Macedonia and Switzerland returned after a year's absence, Romania returned after last taking part in 1996, Iceland for the first time since 1994, and Spain for the first time since 1991. However Bosnia and Herzegovina, Portugal and Slovenia were releaged from the 2000 Eurovision, making them ineligible to compete in the 2000 Second Chance Contest, while Italy also withdrew after three entries were sent from 1997 to 1999.

The 21 entries were joined in the voting by 6 guest juries from Austria, Israel, Luxembourg, Portugal, Italy and Greece.

At the end of the voting Finland's Anna Eriksson was declared the winner with the song "Oot voimani mun", Finland's first (and so far only) victory in the contest. The United Kingdom came second with Catherine Porter and "Crazy", while Spain came third with "Sueño su boca" by Raúl.

Participants

Draw

Country

Language

Artist

Song

English translation

National final

Place

Points

01

English

Priscilla

"Our Love"

3rd

17

15

02

English

John Hurley

"Crossroads"

2nd

17

15

03

English

Kind of Blue

"Bitter Blue"

3rd

4

125

04

West Frisian

Gina de Wit

"Hjir is it begijn"

Here is the beginning

5th

13

51

05

Swedish

Hanna Hedlund

"Anropar försvunnen"

Calling the missing

8th

9

82

06

Danish

Sanna Gottlieb

"Uden dig"

Without you

3rd

11

76

07

English

Monica Anghel, Gheorghe Zamfir
& Body & Soul

"Let the Music Come Into Your Soul"

3rd

19

6

08

Icelandic

Páll Rósinkranz

"Söknuður"

Missing

2nd

14

43

09

Croatian

Putokazi

"Helleya, planet 'Nova zemlja'"

Helleya, planet 'New earth'

6th

16

31

10

Greek

Charoula Pirta

"Ki'akoma s'agapo"

I still love you

2nd

19

6

11

English

Catherine Porter

"Crazy"

3rd

2

162

12

Turkish

Işın Karaca

"Bir Kırık Sevda"

A broken love

2nd

7

104

13

French

Frédéric Reynaerts

"Le nomade m'a dit"

The nomad told me

2nd

10

81

14

Spanish

Raúl

"Sueño su boca"

I dream of her mouth

2nd

3

149

15

Macedonian

Karolina Gočeva

"Za nas"

For us

2nd

21

1

16

English

Evelin Samuel

"Over the Water Blue"

3rd

6

124

17

French

Jessica Ferley

"Espoir"

Hope

2nd

4

125

18

Finnish

Anna Eriksson

"Oot voimani mun"

You are my power

2nd

1

177

19

English

Jan Werner Danielsen

"One More Time

2nd

12

62

20

English

Nubya & Al Walser

"Just 4 You"

2nd

15

33

21

English

Yana Kay

"Set My Heart On Fire"

3rd

8

98

See also

  • OGAE
  • Eurovision Song Contest 2000