OGAE Second Chance Contest 2008

The 2008 OGAE Second Chance Contest was the 21st 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 competed for the title in the 21st EDition of the contest, held in Stockholm in Sweden after OGAE Sweden's win the previous year with Måns Zelmerlöw and "Cara Mia".

All 21 competing countries votes for the winner, and were also joined by eight guest juries from countries ineligible to participate in the contest - these guest juries came from OGSE branches in Andorra, Austria, France, Italy, Lebanon, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Kazakhstan (representing the Rest of the World).

Belgium, Finland, Lithuania and Russia made their returns to the contest, all holding national finals in their countries. The Netherlands withdrew after an internal selection was held in the country, while Ukraine withdrew of choice.

The contest was won by Sweden's Sanna Nielsen with "Empty Room", who received 268 points, 90 points more than runner-up Spain. this was Sweden's 12th win in the contest, remaining the most successful country in the contest. Estonia came last, gaining nul points from all juries.

Participants

Draw

Country

Language

Artist

Song

English translation

National final

Place

Points

01

English

Claudia Faniello

"Caravaggio"

-

2nd

13

53

02

Hebrew

Bo'az Ma'uda &
Oshrat Papin

"Parparim"

Butterflies

3rd

8

90

03

English

Sergey Lazarev

"Flyer"

-

4th

7

119

04

English

Rolf Junior

"One on One"

-

4th

21

0

05

English

Sandrine

"I Feel The Same Way"

-

2nd

10

64

06

Macedonian

Risto Samardziev

"Dojdi do mene"

Come To Me

3rd

19

7

07

English

Man Meadow

"Viva la Musica"

Hail to the Music

3rd

3

155

08

Finnish

Mikael Konttinen

"Milloin"

When

Unplaced

14

46

09

German

Carolin Fortenbacher

"Hinterm Ozean"

Beyond the Ocean

2nd

6

129

10

English

Kendra Lou

"Until We're Satisfied"

-

4th

18

21

11

English

Kostas Martakis

"Always and Forever"

-

2nd

4

140

12

Serbian

Beauty Queens

"Zavet"

A Pledge

3rd

9

68

13

Croatian

Emilija Kokić

"Andjeo"

Angel

6th

15

31

14

English

Aiste Pilvelyte

"Troy on Fire"

-

2nd

17

26

15

English

Leona Daly

"Not Crazy After All"

-

Unplaced

12

56

16

English

The Revelations

"It's You"

-

3rd

16

29

17

Portuguese

Lisboa Não Sejas Francesa

"Porto de encontro"

Meeting Harbour

9th

20

6

18

English

Sanna Nielsen

"Empty Room"

-

2nd

1

269

19

English

Veronica Akselsen

"Am I Supposed To Love Again"

-

4th

5

139

20

Slovene

Brigita Šuler

"Samara"

-

3rd

11

57

21

Spanish

Coral

"Todo está en tu mente"

Everything Is In Your Mind

2nd

2

178

See also

  • OGAE
  • Eurovision Song Contest 2008