OGAE Second Chance Contest 2021 was broadcasted on YouTube Saturday September 25th.
Keiino, representing Norway, won with their entry ”Monument” from the Melodi Grand Prix 2021. Their win marks a new record in OGAE Second Chance Contest history as Keiino scored an all-time high of 440 points. Melodifestivalklubben (OGAE Sweden) were the proud hosts of this year’s contest.
“It’s amazing news, it’s good to see that the song that we love so much has reached a lot of people in Europe as well. For us, the most important thing is to be recognized by the Eurovision fans, this really warms our hearts”, says Tom Hugo in Keiino.
For the detailed scoreboard, please look at https://usercontent.one/wp/melodifestivalklubben.se/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Scoreboard-OGAE-SCC2021.xlsx
This year, the show was produced in a studio in Solna with an acoustic live performance from last year’s winner Anna Bergendahl. She sang last year’s winning entry ”Kingdom Come”, but also “Ashes to Ashes”, her entry in OGAE SCC 2019.
41 OGAE clubs participated in the contest this year with 14 clubs competing. The honour of hosting the contest next year will go to OGAE Norway.
About the contest and the show
The OGAE Second Chance Contest is a visual event which was founded in 1987 and is organised by branches of OGAE, the international fan club of the Eurovision Song Contest. Read more about OGAE Second Chance here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OGAE_Second_Chance_Contest
Melodifestivalklubben (OGAE Sweden) had a young enthusiastic project team take care of the preparations for the contest this year, but also hired a professional production crew, Sounday Production, in order to ensure a high quality broadcast show for Eurovision fans to enjoy from the comfort of their own homes. The virtual stage and graphics were made by our own show producer Daniel Stridh with script and content from our executive director Erik Persson. The production was a collaboration with NBV.
”During the last year, our project group has been so committed and hardworking in the production of making a great show for all the true Eurovision fans out there around the world. It has been truly inspiring to see all this creativity. Congratulations, Keiino, and OGAE Norway for making an historic victory, says OGAE Sweden president Alexander Borodin, who is also Executive Supervisor for the contest this year.
OGAE SCC project manager Emma Hellgren adds “We are so proud of this show and our amazing project group has done a fantastic job!”
The hosts this year are William Schmatz and Jad Ghafarian. Jad Ghafarian is a young host, comedian and actor and William Schmatz was the host for the SCC 2018 and is now on his way to become a musical artist.
”It has been an honor to host the OGAE Second Chance Contest 2021! Together with an amazing production group, we could create an exciting final show that offered music, joy, surprises and a thrilling voting sequence. Thank you so much for watching!” says William Schmatz.
You can watch the entire results show on OGAE Sweden’s youtube page
