Sweden has won the OGAE Second Chance Contest 2020 with “Kingdom Come” by Anna Bergendahl. This was Sweden’s sixteenth victory in the contest’s history. Finland finished second and Italy finished third.
This year’s contest was organised by OGAE France. This was the first contest organised by OGAE France, after they won last year’s contest with “Tous les deux” by Seemone.
The OGAE Second Chance has been held every year since 1987 among the national branches of OGAE, the official Eurovision fan club. Songs that did not their country’s national selection are eligible to take part in the contest. Members of the fan clubs then vote for their favourite songs.
The results of the 34th OGAE Second Chance Contest are as follows:
- Sweden – Anna Bergendahl – Kingdom Come – 344 points
- Finland – Erika Vikman – Cicciolina – 302 points
- Italy – Elodie – Andromeda – 253 points
- Albania – Elvana Gatja – Me Tana – 230 points
- Norway – Rein Alexander – One Last Time – 158 points
- Denmark – Jasmine Rose ft. RoxorLoops – Human – 149 points
- Ukraine – Khayat – Call for Love – 118 points
- Romania – Roxen – Cherry Red – 113 points
- Lithuania – Moniqué – Make Me Human – 98 points
- Croatia – Indira Levak – You Will Never Break My Heart – 92 points
- Israel – Eden Alene – Roots – 82 points
- Portugal – Bárbara Tinoco – Passe-Partout – 62 points
- Poland – Albert Černý – Lucy – 51 points
- Estonia – Jaagup Tuisk – Beautiful Life – 47 points
- Czech Republic – Elis Mraz & Čis T – Wanne Be Like – 44 points
- Rest of the World (San Marino) – Senhit – Obsessed – 40 points
- Serbia – Andrija Jo – Oči Meduze – 42 points
- Australia – Jaguar Jonze – Rabbit Hole – 24 points
- Latvia – Katrīna Dimanta – Heartbeats – 9 points
- Iceland – Dimma – Almyrkvi – 4 points
- Slovenia – Lina Kuduzović – Man Like You – 0 points
- Armenia – Tokionine – Save Me – 0 points
Alongside the 22 participating countries, there were be guest juries voting. These juries are from countries who did not have a national selection for Eurovision 2020 or countries that did not take part in the contest.
The guest juries were:
- Germany
- Andorra
- Austria
- Belgium
- Bulgaria
- Cyprus
- Spain
- France
- Greece
- Hungary
- Ireland
- Luxembourg
- North Macedonia
- Malta
- United Kingdom
- Russia
- Turkey
Of note is that the host country of France participated as a guest jury, due to Tom Leeb being internally selected for Eurovision. This is only the second occasion in the contest’s history that the host nation was unable to send an entry. The first occasion was in 2001, when the host nation of Finland could not send an entry due to them being relegated from Eurovision 2001.
You can watch the full results show here.
Image Source: SVT / Source: OGAE France
