OGAE Italy has won the OGAE Song Contest 2024 with “Euforia” by Annalisa.
OGAE Italy has won the OGAE Song Contest 2024. This is Italy’s fifth victory overall. Italy’s win marks the first time that a non-English language song has won the contest since 2017, as well as the first time that the same artist and country has won both the OGAE Second Chance and Song Contests in the same year.
The OGAE Song Contest is one of the contests held between the national branches of OGAE, the official fan club of the Eurovision Song Contest. Clubs can enter with an original song that was released within the last 12 months. Songs must be no longer than five minutes.
The contest is being organised by OGAE UK, who the last OGAE Song Contest with “As It Was” by Harry Styles. This is the United Kingdom’s eighth victory overall, extending their lead as the most successful country in the history of the OGAE Song Contest.
The results of the 38th OGAE Song Contest are as follows:
Italy: Annalisa – “Euforia” (197 points)
United Kingdom: Dua Lipa – “Dance the Night” (157 points)
Australia: Troye Sivan – “Rush” (146 points)
Sweden: Purple Disco Machine & Benjamin Ingresso (ft. Nile Rodgers & Shenseea) – “Honey Boy” (120 points)
Finland: Käärijä & Erika Vikman – “Ruoksa” (102 points)
Germany: Sophie & The Giants x Purple Disco Machine – “Paradise” (100 points)
Spain: Ana Mena – “Madrid City” (99 points)
Portugal: Mimicat – “Vais ter saudades” (69 points)
Greece: Marina Satti – “LALALALA” (55 points)
Belgium: Mahmood, Angele – “Sempre/Jamais” (50 points)
Cyprus: Ivi Adamou – “Eipes” (48 points)
Türkiye: Inji – “Bellydancing” (41 points)
Croatia: Baby Lasagna – “IG BOY” (41 points)
Denmark: Kind mod Kind feat. Medina – “Love Isn’t Easy” (37 points)
Serbia: Aleksandra Prijović – “Dam Dam Dam” (34 points)
France: Zaho de Sagazan – “La symphonie des éclairs” (31 points)
Rest of the World: Sabrina Carpenter – “Please Please Please” (30 points)
Andorra: Sofia Coll – “Q NO” (16 points)
Slovenia: Maja Keuc – “Z mano tu” (7 points)
Hungary: cserihanna – “Akinek én sok vagyok” (5 points)
Czechia: Vesna – “Dokola” (3 points)
Bulgaria: Dara Ekimova – “Disham” (3 points)
North Macedonia: Tamara Todevska feat. Young Dadi – “Ego” (1 point)
Poland: Daria Zawiałow – “Złamane serce jest OK” (0 points)
You can watch the full results show here.
Bulgaria returned to the contest for the first time since 2020. Austria, Armenia, Estonia, Ireland, Latvia, Malta, Norway and Ukraine have withdrew from the contest.
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