With the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest now finished; you’d think that we would be done with this season. However, that is not the case; as OGAE has just revealed the contenders for this year’s Second Chance Contest.
From Ukraine to France
With the announcement of the contenders, the running order for this year’s contest was also revealed. During the initial announcement, Ukraine was set to be represented by Alina Pash with “Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors”. Unfortunately, as she won Vidbir; the entry was ineligible and will be represented by Roxolana with “Girls”
| Order | Country | Artist | Entry |
| 1 | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | Roxolana | “Girlzzzz“ |
| 2 | 🇭🇷 Croatia | Marco Bosnjak | “Moli Za Nas“ |
| 3 | 🇸🇪 Sweden | MEDINA | “In I Dimman“ |
| 4 | 🇵🇱 Poland | Kuba Szmajkowski | “Lovesick“ |
| 5 | 🇪🇸 Spain | Rigoberta Bandini | “Ay mamá“ |
| 6 | 🇮🇱 Israel | Eli Huli | “Blinded Dreamers“ |
| 7 | 🇮🇪 Ireland | Rachel Goode | “I’m Loving Me“ |
| 8 | 🇮🇹 Italy | La Rappresentante Di Lista | “Ciao Ciao“ |
| 9 | 🇷🇸 Serbia | Sara Jo | “Muškarčina“ |
| 10 | 🇫🇮 Finland | BESS | “Ram Pam Pam“ |
| 11 | 🇷🇴 Romania | Gabriel Basco | “One Night“ |
| 12 | 🇨🇿 Czech Republic | GIUDI | “Jezinky“ |
| 13 | 🇵🇹 Portugal | SYRO | “Ainda Nos Temos” |
| 14 | Rest of the World | Cristina Ramos | “Heartless Game“ |
| 15 | 🇱🇻 Latvia | Bermudu Divstūris | “BAD“ |
| 16 | 🇩🇪 Germany | Felicia Lu | “Anxiety“ |
| 17 | 🇮🇸 Iceland | Reykjavíkurdætur (Daughters of Reykjavik) | “Turn This Around“ |
| 18 | 🇦🇱 Albania | Alban Ramosaj | “Theje“ |
| 19 | 🇳🇴 Norway | NorthKid | “Someone“ |
| 20 | 🇦🇺 Australia | Voyager | “Dreamer“ |
| 21 | 🇪🇪 Estonia | Anna Sahlene | “Champion“ |
| 22 | 🇲🇹 Malta | DENISE | “BOY“ |
| 23 | 🇸🇮 Slovenia | Batista Cadillac | “MIM PRAVIL“ |
| 24 | 🇲🇰 North Macedonia | Viktor Apostolovski | “SUPERMAN“ |
| 25 | 🇱🇹 Lithuania | Lolita Zero | “Not Your Mother“ |
| 26 | 🇩🇰 Denmark | Fuld Effekt | “Rave Med De Hårde Drenge“ |
| 27 | 🇫🇷 France | Pauline Chagne | “Nuit Pauline“ |
An increase in participating clubs from 2021
Understandably, the 2021 Second Chance Contest had a decrease of National Finals, due to the pandemic. However, with a clean slate, we have 27 countries select their representative via a National Final, which is a joint record with 2018.
In 2021, Melodifestivalkluben had the honor of hosting the competition after winning the 2020 competition with Anna Bergendahl and “Kingdom Come”. Eurovision 2019 televoting winners KEiiNO won the competition with their MGP 2021 entry “Monument”.
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News Source: OGAE
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