OGAE Second Chance Contest 2005

The 18th OGAE Second Chance Contest was held in Bilbao, Spain after Davinia won the 2004 contest with "Mio obsesión". 24 countries competed in the contest for the title of the best song that didn't make it to the Eurovision stage through their national selection, however Estonia was disqualified as it could not be reached to give their votes for the contest. Two guest juries also voted from Italy and Portugal, giving a total number of 25 juries.

Belgium, France, ireland and Russia all returned to the contest after holding national finals to select their entries. Poland and Portugal were forced to withdraw after internal selections were held in their countries.

The contest was won by Sweden's Alcazar with "Alcastar", who received 201 points, 24 more than runner-up Serbia and Montenegro. Ireland came last, receiving nul points from all juries.

Participants

Draw

Country

Language

Artist

Song

English translation

National final

Place

Points

01

English

Tricolore

"Brand New Day"

-

4th

18

18

02

Macedonian

Aleksandra Pileva

"Sonce i mesecina"

The sun and the moon

2nd

15

29

03

English

Jorun Erdal

"I Am Rock 'n' Roll"

-

2nd

17

22

04

English

Global Kryner

"Dreaming"

-

5th

16

23

05

English

Flash

"In Your Arms"

-

9th

22

7

06

English

Chastity

"Baby It's You"

-

5th

12

54

07

Croatian

Luka Nižetic & Klapa Nostalgija

"Proljece"

Spring

6th

9

62

08

French

Lionel Tim

"Je m'envole"

I fly away

3rd

5

105

09

English

Olsen Brothers

"Little Yellow Radio"

-

2nd

7

79

10

Russian

Varvara

"Letala, da pela"

Flew, and sang

4th

6

96

11

English

Jennie

"Kiss Me"

-

3rd

11

56

12

English

Rebecca Kontus

"Have You Ever"

-

6th

Disqualified

13

Spanish

Yulia

"Arriba el mundo"

Up with the world

Unplaced

10

57

14

Serbian

Jelena Tomašević

"Jutro"

Morning

2nd

2

177

15

Turkish

Nursel Efe

"Tek Istegim"

My only wish

Unplaced

13

42

16

English

Nicole Süßmilch & Marco Matias

"Miracle of Love"

-

2nd

8

69

17

French, English

Tiffany Ciely

"Lost Paradise"

-

2nd

20

16

18

English

Olivia Lewis

"Deja vu"

-

2nd

21

11

19

Bosnian

Igor Vukojević

"Jabuka"

Apple

3rd

19

17

20

English

Helena Paparizou

"Let's Get Wild"

-

3rd

4

109

21

Slovene

Saša Lendero

"Metulj"

Butterfly

2nd

3

170

22

English

The Henry Girls

"Will I Be Dreaming"

-

3rd

23

0

23

Hebrew

Rinat Ber

"Kmo Chalom"

Like a dream

7th

14

30

24

English

Alcazar

"Alcastar"

-

3rd

1

201

See also

  • OGAE
  • Eurovision Song Contest 2005