OGAE Second Chance Contest 2006
The 19th OGAE Second Chance Contest was held in Stockholm, Sweden after Alcazar won the 2005 contest with "Alcastar". 19 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. Six guest juries also competed in the voting from Italy, Andorra, France, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Spain and from the Rest of the World.
Ukraine entered the contest for the first time, while Poland and Portugal returned after their absence the previous year, all holding national finals to select their entries to the Eurovision Song Contest 2006. However a large number of countries failed to hold national finals or simply withdrew from the contest. Austria withdrew from the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest, and were thus ineligible to compete in Second Chance. Bosnia and Herzegovina, France, Spain and Turkey failed to hold multi-song national selections for Eurovision, while Estonia and Latvia withdrew from Second Chance out of choice. As such only 19 entries competed in the 2006 Second Chance Contest.
The contest was won by Slovenia's Saša Lendero with "Mandoline", who received 220 points, 45 points more than runner-up Norway. Poland received nul points from all juries, placing last.
Participants
Draw |
Country |
Language |
Artist |
Song |
English translation |
National final |
Place |
Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
01 |
Macedonian |
Lambe Alabakovski |
"More od solzi" |
Sea of tears |
3rd |
16 |
30 |
|
02 |
English |
BWO |
"Temple of Love" |
— |
2nd |
3 |
157 |
|
03 |
Hebrew |
Diamondz |
"Atta Hakochav" |
You're the star |
2nd |
11 |
51 |
|
04 |
English |
Anna Vissi |
"Welcome To The Party" |
— |
2nd |
5 |
129 |
|
05 |
English |
The Jet Set |
"How Many People?" |
— |
3rd |
19 |
0 |
|
06 |
English |
Natasha & Charlene |
"Echoes of Gaia" |
— |
10th |
4 |
146 |
|
07 |
English |
La Sakhra |
"Wonderland" |
— |
2nd |
13 |
36 |
|
08 |
Slovene |
Saša Lendero |
"Mandoline" |
Mandolins |
2nd |
1 |
220 |
|
09 |
English |
Kristine Blond |
"Make This Night Forever" |
— |
Unplaced |
15 |
33 |
|
10 |
English |
Brian Kennedy |
"The Greatest Love of All" |
— |
3rd |
17 |
11 |
|
11 |
Croatian |
Kraljevi Ulice |
"Kao San" |
Like a dream |
2nd |
14 |
33 |
|
12 |
Serbian |
Ivana Jordan |
"Lazarica" |
— |
6th |
6 |
98 |
|
13 |
English |
Anthony Costa |
"Beautiful Thing" |
— |
2nd |
8 |
69 |
|
14 |
English |
Irina Rozenberg |
"You Give Me Your Love" |
— |
2nd |
18 |
1 |
|
15 |
English |
Behave |
"Heaven Knows" |
— |
2nd |
10 |
60 |
|
16 |
English |
Queentastic |
"Absolutely Fabulous" |
— |
3rd |
2 |
175 |
|
17 |
Finnish |
Annika Eklund |
"Shanghain Valot" |
The lights of Shanghai |
3rd |
7 |
97 |
|
18 |
Portuguese |
Vânia de Oliveira |
"Sei quem sou (Portugal)" |
I know who I am (Portugal) |
2nd |
12 |
38 |
|
19 |
English |
Thomas Anders |
"Songs That Live Forever" |
— |
2nd |
9 |
66 |
|
See also
- OGAE
- Eurovision Song Contest 2006