After the Eurovision Song Contest, what do Eurovision fans look forward to? the Summer? Traveling?. Well for some fans of the Eurovision Song Contest, they look forward to the OGAE Second Chance Chance Contest, where songs that didn’t win their respective National Final compete for the win. As already spoiled by the title of this article, Norway and KEiiNO won with their 2021 Melodi Grand Prix entry “Monument”.
14 countries competed in this year’s competition
With most of the participating countries in the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest, opting to select their 2020 representatives, the number of national finals conducted in the 2021 season was reduced. 14 fan clubs competed in this year’s competition, while 41 clubs voted for this year’s winner.
| Draw | Country | Artist | Entry | Points | Place |
| 1 | 🇦🇱 Albania | Era Rusi | “Zjarri Im” | 53 Points | 12th |
| 2 | 🇮🇱 Israel | Eden Alene | “Ue La La” | 119 Points | 9th |
| 3 | 🇵🇹 Portugal | Neev | “Dancing In The Stars” | 106 Points | 11th |
| 4 | 🇫🇷 France | Pony X | “Amor Fou” | 159 Points | 6th |
| 5 | 🇸🇪 Sweden | Eric Saade | “Every Minute” | 353 Points | 2nd |
| 6 | 🇷🇺 Russia | Therr Maitz | “Future Is Bright” | 21 Points | 14th |
| 7 | 🇪🇸 Spain | Blas Cantó | “Memoria” | 137 Points | 8th |
| 8 | 🇩🇰 Denmark | Chief 1 & Thomas Buttenschøn | “Højt Over Skyerne” | 35 Points | 13th |
| 9 | 🇮🇹 Italy | Irama | “La Genesi Del Tuo Colore” | 326 Points | 3rd |
| 10 | 🇪🇪 Estonia | Jüri Pootsmann | “Magus Melanhoolia” | 106 Points | 10th |
| 11 | 🇱🇹 Lithuania | Gebrasy | “Where’d You Wanna Go” | 141 Points | 7th |
| 12 | 🇭🇷 Croatia | Bernarda | “Colors” | 163 Points | 5th |
| 13 | 🇳🇴 Norway | KEiiNO | “Monument” | 440 Points | 1st |
| 14 | 🇫🇮 Finland | Ilta | “Kelle Mä Soitan” | 219 Points | 4th |
Did you miss the show? Well, fear not, you are able to watch the full show, where we saw last year’s winner of the OGAE Second Chance Contest, Anna Bergendahl performing her winning entry “Kingdom Come”, as well as her Melodifestivalen 2019 entry “Ashes to Ashes”.
KEiiNO’s Eurovision Journey
In 2019, Norway selected the Norwegian supergroup to represent them in Tel Aviv, with their song “Spirit in the Sky”, which saw Noway qualifying for the Grand Final for the third year in a row. Overall, KEiiNO placed 7th with 210 points, as well as winning the popular vote in the Grand Final.
News Source: OGAE Sweden
Photo Source: Peder Carlsen
Giwrgos Oiko
[…] It is that time of the year again! It is time to look at the songs that missed out on Eurovision in their respective national finals! Tim, Jazzi, and Euan looked at the 2022 OGAE Second Chance Contest contenders and talked about their favorites and who they thought should have been in the line-up. The team also discussed some of their predictions for this year’s contest. The lineup for this year’s contest, which is being hosted by OGAE Norway after their win last year with KEiiNO’s Monument. […]