OGAE Second Chance Contest 2009
The 2009 OGAE Second Chance Contest will be the 22nd OGAE Second Chance Contest, organised between members of international Eurovision Song Contest fan clubs OGAE to select the best song not to make it to the Eurovision Song Contest through their national finals. The contest will be held in Stockholm, Sweden after Sanna Nielsen won the 2008 Contest for Sweden with "Empty Room".
20 countries are participating in the contest, selecting songs that failed to win their televised national selections. Malta was to originally compete with "Avalon" by Georgina & Ruth Casingena, however OGAE Malta has since decided to withdraw.
Andorra and Moldova will enter the contest for the first time, while the Netherlands returns after their absence from the 2008 contest, while Slovakia returns after a 14 year absence, last entering in 1993. The United Kingdom, Belgium and Germany have left the contest due to not holding a multi-song national final for the 2009, but will vote as guest juries, along with Austria, France, Italy, Luxembourg and Turkey.
Participants
The following are the current confirmed participants for the 2009 Second Chance Contest.
Country |
Language |
Artist |
Song |
English translation |
National final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Catalan |
Mar Capdevila |
"Passió obsessiva" |
Obsessive passion |
3rd |
|
Croatian |
Ivo Gamulin Gianni |
"Daj mi jedan razlog" |
Give me one reason |
4th |
|
English |
Hera Björk |
"Someday" |
— |
2nd |
|
English |
Laura |
"Destiny" |
— |
3rd |
|
English |
Passionworks |
"Surrender" |
— |
3rd |
|
English |
Sakis Rouvas |
"Right on Time" |
— |
2nd |
|
English, Irish |
Laura-Jayne Hunter |
"Out of Control" |
— |
3rd |
|
Hebrew, Arabic, English |
Noa and Mira Awad |
"Will You Dance With Me" |
— |
2nd |
|
English |
Rūta Ščiogolevaitė |
"Redemption" |
— |
4th |
|
Macedonian |
Vlatko Lozanoski |
"Blisku do mene" |
Close to me |
4th |
|
English |
Alexa |
"A Flight to the Light" |
— |
2nd |
|
English |
De Toppers |
"Angel of the Night" |
— |
2nd |
|
English |
Alexander Stenerud |
"Find My Girl" |
— |
3rd |
|
English |
Renton |
"I'm Not Sure" |
— |
2nd |
|
Portuguese |
Filipa Baptista |
"O teu lugar" |
Your place |
4th |
|
Serbian |
Ana Nikolić |
"Bili smo najlepsi" |
We were the most beautiful |
Unplaced |
|
Slovak |
Desmod & Lucia Nováková |
"Posledná minúta" |
Last minute |
Unplaced |
|
English |
Omar Naber |
"I Still Carry On" |
— |
2nd |
|
Spanish |
Mirela |
"Nada es comparable a ti" |
No one compares to you |
4th |
|
English |
Alcazar |
"Stay the Night" |
— |
5th |
|
See also
- OGAE
- Eurovision Song Contest 2009