OGAE Second Chance Contest 2003

OGAE Second Chance Contest 2003
Host broadcaster	OGAE Spain
Venue	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Winning song	Sweden "Not a Sinner Nor a Saint"
Voting system
Each jury awards 1–8, 10, and 12 points to their ten favourite songs
Number of entries	20
Debuting countries	Poland
Returning countries	Iceland  Ireland  Netherlands  Norway  Portugal
Withdrawing countries	Belgium  Denmark  Finland  Lithuania  Macedonia  Malta  Turkey
Nul points	Iceland  Israel
OGAE Second Chance Contest
◄2002        2004►

The 2003 OGAE Second Chance Contest was the 18th OGAE Second Chance Contest, organised between members of international Eurovision Song Contest fan club OGAE to select the best song not to make it to the Eurovision Song Contest through their national finals. 20 songs comepted in the contest, held in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in Spain after OGAE Spain's win the previous year with "Corazón latino" by David Bisbal.^[1]

The 20 competing entries were joined by five guest juries in the voting for the winner, coming from Belgium, Italy, France, Finland and Turkey.^[2]

After being relegated from the 2003 Eurovision Song Contest Denmark, Finland and the Republic of Macedonia were unable to compete in the contest. Belgium and Turkey were also forced to withdraw due to not holding a national final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2003. Iceland, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway and Portugal returned to the contest after the previous year's relegation. They were joined by Poland, making its debut in the Second Chance Contest. Malta were to take part in the contest, and would have been represented by Charlene & Natasha with "Rain of Fire", however the country were disqualified due to voting communication problems.

At the end of the voting, two countries had tied for first place - Sweden's Alcazar with "Not a Sinner Nor a Saint", and Slovenia's Nuša Derenda with "Prvič in zadnič", with both having received 215 points. The current tie-break rules of the time were used in this case, with the country having received the most 12 points winning the contest. In this case Sweden had received 13 sets of 12 points, compared to Slovenia's 6 sets, and so the victory went to Alcazar. Had the current tie-break rules been used, with the country receiving points from the most number of countries winning, Sweden still would have won, due to both countries receiving points from 23 countries.^[2]

The first nul points received in the Second Chance Contest were received during this contest, with both Iceland's Botnleðja and Israel's Lior Narkis receiving no points from the 23 juries.

Participants

Draw	Country	Language	Artist	Song	English translation	National final	Place	Points
1	Ireland	English	Michael Leonard	"I Couldn't Love You More"	—	3rd	14	26
2	Malta	English	Charlene & Natasha	"Rain On Fire"	—	5th	Disqualified	10
3	Poland	English	Wilki	"Here I Am"	—	2nd	8	73
4	Israel	Hebrew	Lior Narkis	"Lo rotze lihyot kochav"	Don't want to be a star	4th	18	0
5	Austria	English	Petra Frey	"This Night Should Never End"	—	2nd	3	136
6	Latvia	Russian	Formins & Kleins	"Muzikants"	Musician	2nd	16	13
7	United Kingdom	English	Emily Reed	"Help Me"	—	2nd	12	51
8	Romania	English	Aurelian Temisan	"Let's Have A Holiday"	—	2nd	9	69
9	Spain	Spanish	Ainhoa	"Mi razón de vivir"	My reason to live	2nd	4	113
10	Netherlands	Italian	Arwin Kluff	"Turiddu"	—	3rd	15	23
11	Portugal	Portuguese	Rita Guerra	"Estes dias sem fim"	These endless days	3rd	13	28
12	Estonia	English	Vanilla Ninja	"Club Kung Fu"	—	9th	5	103
13	Slovenia	Slovene	Nuša Derenda	"Prvič in zadnjič"	The first and the last time	2nd	2	215
14	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Bosnian	Deen	"Taxi"	—	2nd	17	4
15	Iceland	Icelandic	Botnleðja	"Euróvísa"	Eurovisa	2nd	18	0
16	Sweden	English	Alcazar	"Not a Sinner Nor a Saint"	—	3rd	1	215
17	Greece	English	Sabrina	"Camera"	—	3rd	11	66
18	Germany	German	Senait	"Herz aus Eis"	Heart of ice	4th	7	82
19	Croatia	Croatian	Nina Badrić	"Carobno jutro"	Magical morning	2nd	10	67
20	Norway	English	Birgitte Einarsen	"Good Evening Europe"	—	3rd	6	98

See also

• OGAE
• Eurovision Song Contest 2003

External links

• Second Chance 2003
• Second Chance 2003 - Draw

References

1. ^ OGAE SECOND CHANCE 2003
2. ^ ^{a b} OGAE SECOND CHANCE 2003 - VOTING