After the Eurovision Song Contest, what do Eurovision fans look forward to? the Summer? Traveling? Well some fans of the Eurovision Song Contest, 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, Sweden and MEDINA won this year’s competition with their 2022 Melfest entry “In I Dimman”.
27 clubs competed in this year’s competition
Understandably, the 2021 Second Chance Contest had a decrease of National Finals, due to the pandemic. However, with a clean slate, this year we had 27 countries select their representative via a National Final, which is a joint record with 2018.
| Order | Country | Artist | Entry | Points | Place |
| 1 | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | Roxolana | “Girlzzzz“ | 174 points | 6th |
| 2 | 🇭🇷 Croatia | Marco Bosnjak | “Moli Za Nas“ | 48 points | 13th |
| 3 | 🇸🇪 Sweden | MEDINA | “In I Dimman“ | 316 points | 1st |
| 4 | 🇵🇱 Poland | Kuba Szmajkowski | “Lovesick“ | 34 points | 16th |
| 5 | 🇪🇸 Spain | Rigoberta Bandini | “Ay mamá“ | 241 points | 3rd |
| 6 | 🇮🇱 Israel | Eli Huli | “Blinded Dreamers“ | 27 points | 18th |
| 7 | 🇮🇪 Ireland | Rachel Goode | “I’m Loving Me“ | 39 points | 15th |
| 8 | 🇮🇹 Italy | La Rappresentante Di Lista | “Ciao Ciao“ | 240 points | 4th |
| 9 | 🇷🇸 Serbia | Sara Jo | “Muškarčina“ | 70 points | 11th |
| 10 | 🇫🇮 Finland | BESS | “Ram Pam Pam“ | 293 points | 2nd |
| 11 | 🇷🇴 Romania | Gabriel Basco | “One Night“ | 2 points | 27th |
| 12 | 🇨🇿 Czech Republic | GIUDI | “Jezinky“ | 44 points | 14th |
| 13 | 🇵🇹 Portugal | SYRO | “Ainda Nos Temos” | 30 points | 17th |
| 14 | Rest of the World | Cristina Ramos | “Heartless Game“ | 3 points | 26th |
| 15 | 🇱🇻 Latvia | Bermudu Divstūris | “BAD“ | 14 points | 23rd |
| 16 | 🇩🇪 Germany | Felicia Lu | “Anxiety“ | 18 points | 20th |
| 17 | 🇮🇸 Iceland | Reykjavíkurdætur (Daughters of Reykjavik) | “Turn This Around“ | 14 points | 22nd |
| 18 | 🇦🇱 Albania | Alban Ramosaj | “Theje“ | 142 points | 7th |
| 19 | 🇳🇴 Norway | NorthKid | “Someone“ | 124 points | 8th |
| 20 | 🇦🇺 Australia | Voyager | “Dreamer“ | 99 points | 9th |
| 21 | 🇪🇪 Estonia | Anna Sahlene | “Champion“ | 87 points | 10th |
| 22 | 🇲🇹 Malta | DENISE | “BOY“ | 3 points | 25th |
| 23 | 🇸🇮 Slovenia | Batista Cadillac | “MIM PRAVIL“ | 10 points | 24th |
| 24 | 🇲🇰 North Macedonia | Viktor Apostolovski | “SUPERMAN“ | 22 points | 19th |
| 25 | 🇱🇹 Lithuania | Lolita Zero | “Not Your Mother“ | 56 points | 12th |
| 26 | 🇩🇰 Denmark | Fuld Effekt | “Rave Med De Hårde Drenge“ | 15 points | 21st |
| 27 | 🇫🇷 France | Pauline Chagne | “Nuit Pauline“ | 213 points | 5th |
Did you miss the show? Well, fear not, you are able to watch the full show below, where you can watch the full voting sequence unfold.
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News Source: OGAE Norway
Photo Credit: SVT/Annika Berglund
Daniel Thomas 
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