OGAE Second Chance Contest 2007

The 20th OGAE Second Chance Contest was held in Ljubljana, Slovenia after Saša Lendero won the 2006 contest with "Mandoline". 20 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 22 had signed up to compete. Moldova were forced to withdraw their entry, "Your Place or Mine" by Olia Tira, after no national final performance could be available. Finland was disqualified after the country's branch was expelled from the OGAE Network on 17 September, and as such their entry, "Olet uneni kaunein" by Johanna Kurkela, did not participate in the contest. Seven guest juries also competed in the voting, namely Italy, Andorra, Rest of the World, Austria, Belgium, Lebanon and Moldova (after their withdrawal).

Estonia, France and Spain made their returns to the contest after missing last year's contest. Belgium withdrew after no national final was held in the country while Serbia and Montenegro were forced to withdraw after the country was dissolved in 2006. Its successor, Serbia, however made its debut to the contest this year.

The contest was won by Sweden's Måns Zelmerlöw with "Cara Mia", who received 252 points from the 27 juries, 72 points more than runner-up United Kingdom.

Participants

Draw

Country

Language

Artist

Song

English translation

National final

Place

Points

01

English

Dervish

"Until We Meet Again"

-

2nd

16

17

02

Slovene

Eva Černe

"Cudezi smehljaja"

Miracles of a Little Smile

2nd

10

58

03

English

Klinsmann Coleiro

"She Gives Me Wings"

-

3rd

15

22

04

Macedonian

Tamara Todevska

"Kazi koj si ti"

Tell Me Who You Are

2nd

17

12

05

Croatian

Ivana Radovniković

"Samo probaj"

Just Try

Unplaced

18

12

06

English

Tamta

"With Love"

-

3rd

6

114

07

English

Cyndi Almouzni

"I'll Leave My Heart"

-

2nd

2

180

08

English

Charizma

"Emily"

-

Unplaced

11

57

09

Portuguese

TribUrbana

"Dá-me a lua"

Give Me the Moon

4th

20

3

10

English

Me & My

"Two Are Stronger Than One"

-

6th

5

124

11

French

Medi-T

"On and On"

-

2nd

8

84

12

English

Teapacks

"12 Points"

-

2nd

19

8

13

English

Monrose

"Even Heaven Cries"

-

Unplaced

4

168

14

Dutch

Edsilia Rombley

"Een keer meer dan jij"

One More Time Than You

2nd

9

59

15

Serbian

Slobodan Trkulja & Balkanopolis

"Nebo"

The Sky

2nd

14

29

16

English

Yevgenia Vlasova

"I Will Be"

-

2nd

7

109

17

Estonian

Kooit Toome

"Veidi veel"

A Little More

10th

12

50

18

Spanish

Mirela

"La reina de la noche"

The Queen of the Night

2nd

3

172

19

English

Crash!

"Wannabe"

-

3rd

13

33

20

English

Måns Zelmerlöw

"Cara Mia"

My Beloved

3rd

1

252

See also

  • OGAE
  • Eurovision Song Contest 2007