OGAE

{{Short description|Fan organization}} {{Infobox organization | name = {{lang|fr|Organisation Générale des Amateurs de l'Eurovision}} | image = Logo of OGAE.svg | image_size = | caption = | map = | abbreviation = OGAE | predecessor = | successor = | formation = {{Start date|1984}} | type = NGO, NP, NPO | status = | purpose = | headquarters = | location = Savonlinna, Finland | coordinates = {{Coord|61|52|5|N|028|53|10|E}} | region_served = 42 countries (see list below) | num_members = | general_secretary = | leader_title = President | leader_name = Simon Bennett | leader_title2 = Secretary | leader_name2 = Anthony Cigé | leader_title3 = Treasurer | leader_name3 = Morten Thomassen | leader_title4 = Other Members | leader_name4 = {{unbulleted list|Alasdair Rendall <small>(Board Member)</small>|Marcus Davey <small>(Board Member)</small>|Sebastian Zasada <small>(Board Member)</small>|Stéphane Chiffre <small>(Board Member)</small>}} | key_people = | website = {{URL|http://www.ogaeinternational.org/}} }}

The {{Lang|fr|'''Organisation Générale des Amateurs de l'Eurovision'''|italic=no}} ({{IPA|fr|ɔʁɡanizɑsjɔ̃ ʒeneʁal dez‿amatœʁ də løʁovizjɔ̃|pron}}; {{Langnf|fr||General Organisation of Eurovision Fans}}), shortened to '''OGAE''', is a non-governmental and non-profit international organisation, consisting of 42 Eurovision Song Contest fan clubs from across Europe and worldwide. It was founded in 1984 in Savonlinna, Finland by Jaripekka Koikkalainen.

Four non-profit competitions are organised by the OGAE every year to promote national popular music to Eurovision fans around the world. The organisation also works frequently in co-operation with the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and national broadcasters from the participating countries in order to help promote the Eurovision Song Contest.

The current president of the OGAE International Network is Simon Bennett from OGAE United Kingdom, who succeeded Maiken Mäemets of OGAE Finland in 2015.

== History == The Eurovision Song Contest began in 1956, and in 1984 the OGAE International Network was founded by Jaripekka Koikkalainen in Savonlinna, Finland.<ref name="OGAE Clubs">{{cite web|title=OGAE International Welcome Page|last1=Guðmundsdóttir|first1=Laufey Helga|url=https://ogaeinternational.org/|publisher=OGAE International|access-date=16 April 2017}}</ref> The organisation, which is an independent Eurovision fan club, operates as a non-governmental, non-political and non-profit body, and works frequently in cooperation with the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). The network is open to countries that take part in the Eurovision Song Contest or have participated in the past. Several other countries around Europe and beyond that do not have their own independent OGAE Network, including Monaco, San Marino, Kazakhstan, South Africa, and the United States of America, participate in the organization under the "Rest of the World" title.<ref name=World>{{cite web|title=Welcome to OGAE Rest of the World|url=http://www.ogaerotw.com/|publisher=OGAE RoW|access-date=16 April 2017}}</ref>

Every year, the organisation arranges two competitions, the OGAE Second Chance Contest, and the OGAE Song Contest.<ref>{{cite web|title=OGAE Contests|url=https://ogaeinternational.org/ogae-contests/|access-date=11 October 2023}}</ref> The cooperative exercise of the OGAE Network is to raise awareness of popular national music across the world, in collaboration with the fans of the Eurovision Song Contest, as well as establishing a strong relationship between national broadcasting companies and the marketing of the Eurovision Song Contest itself to a wider fan-base.<ref name=About>{{cite web|title=OGAE International About Us|last1=Guðmundsdóttir|first1=Laufey Helga|date=August 2016 |url=https://ogaeinternational.org/about/|publisher=OGAE International|access-date=16 April 2017}}</ref>

In 2007, Antonis Karatzikos was elected as new International Coordinator for the OGAE, until 2009. In July 2009 he was re-elected for the same post.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://esctoday.com/news/read/8916|title=OGAE elects new International Co-ordinator|last=Viniker|first=Barry|date=2 July 2007|publisher=ESCToday|access-date=2 July 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070705015631/http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/8916|archive-date=5 July 2007}}</ref> In 2011, OGAE International Network became a registered organisation in France, and Maiken Mäemets was elected president.<ref name=About/> She was re-elected for a second term on 17 May 2013 at the Euro Fan Café (Moriska Paviljongen) in Malmö, Sweden.<ref name="Committee Members">{{cite web|last=Jiandani|first=Sanjay|title=OGAE International Board members elected|url=http://www.esctoday.com/64804/ogae-international-board-members-elected/|publisher=ESCToday|access-date=1 June 2013|date=22 May 2013}}</ref> During the annual OGAE Presidents’ Meeting, which took place on 22 May 2015 at the Euro Fan Café in Vienna, the presidents of the OGAE Clubs elected a new board for the OGAE International Network (shown below), who would maintain their roles until the next election in 2017.<ref name="Elections 2017">{{cite web|last1=Guðmundsdóttir|first1=Laufey Helga|title=Bureau Elections 2017|url=https://ogaeinternational.org/2017/04/01/bureau-elections-2017/|access-date=16 April 2017|date=1 April 2017}}</ref>{{Update inline|date=October 2022|reason=Five years have passed, please update}}

{| class="wikitable unsortable" style="font-size: 95%" |- style="background:#efefef" ! Position ! Name ! OGAE club |- | President | Simon Bennett | {{flag|United Kingdom}} |- | Secretary | Anthony Cigé | {{flag|Iceland}} |- | Treasurer | Morten Thomassen | {{flag|Norway}} |- | rowspan=2|Board members | Alasdair Rendall | {{flag|United Kingdom}} |- | Marcus Davey | {{flag|Australia}} (ROW) |- | rowspan=2| Board members | Sebastian Zasada | {{flag|Poland}} |- | Stéphane Chiffre | {{flag|France}} |- |}

== OGAE branches == OGAE currently has forty-four members, including two in Germany.<ref name="OGAE Clubs"/><ref name=Members>{{cite web|last1=Guðmundsdóttir|first1=Laufey Helga|title=OGAE National Clubs|date=3 August 2016 |url=https://ogaeinternational.org/about/ogae-national-clubs/|publisher=OGAE International|access-date=16 April 2017}}</ref> These are: {{Div col|colwidth=22em}} * {{Esc|Albania}} * {{Esc|Andorra}} * {{Esc|Armenia}} * {{Esc|Australia}} * {{Esc|Austria}} * {{Esc|Azerbaijan}} * {{Esc|Belarus}} * {{Esc|Belgium}} * {{Esc|Bulgaria}} * {{Esc|Croatia}} * {{Esc|Cyprus}} * {{Esc|Czechia}} * {{Esc|Denmark}} * {{Esc|Estonia}} * {{Esc|Finland}} * {{Esc|France}} * {{Esc|Germany}} * {{Flagicon|Germany}} Germany Eurovision Club * {{Esc|Greece}} * {{Esc|Hungary}} * {{Esc|Iceland}} * {{Esc|Ireland}} * {{Esc|Israel}} * {{Esc|Italy}} * {{Esc|Latvia}} * {{Esc|Lithuania}} * {{Esc|Luxembourg}} * {{Esc|Malta}} * {{Esc|Netherlands}} * {{Esc|North Macedonia}} * {{Esc|Norway}} * {{Esc|Poland}} * {{Esc|Portugal}} * 25px Rest of the World * {{Esc|Romania}} * {{Esc|Russia}} * {{Esc|Serbia}} * {{Esc|Slovenia}} * {{Esc|Spain}} * {{Esc|Sweden}} * {{Esc|Switzerland}} * {{Esc|Turkey}} * {{Esc|Ukraine}} * {{Esc|United Kingdom}} {{div col end}}

=== OGAE Rest of the World === Countries that do not have an OGAE Network in their own right, but are active or associate members of the EBU are unified under the name "Rest of the World". The countries which constitute this OGAE Network are:<ref name=World/><ref name="World 2">{{cite web|last=Speirs|first=Gary|title=OGAE Second Chance Contest 2012: Rest of the World|url=http://www.sechuk.com/Sech12-1.htm|work=SECHUK.COM|publisher=sechuk.com|access-date=7 June 2013}}</ref> {{Div col|colwidth=22em}} * {{Flag|Afghanistan|2013}} * {{Flag|Algeria}} * {{Flag|Argentina}} * {{Esc|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}{{ref|b|2}} * {{Flag|Botswana}} * {{Flag|Brazil}} * {{Flag|Canada}} * {{Flag|Chile}} * {{Flag|China}} * {{Flag|Colombia}} * {{Flag|Costa Rica}} * {{Flag|Eswatini}} * {{Flag|Egypt}} * {{Esc|Georgia}}{{ref|b|2}} * {{Flag|Hong Kong}} * {{Flag|Japan}} * {{Flag|Jordan}} * {{Flag|Kazakhstan}} * {{Flag|Kyrgyzstan}} * {{Esc|Lebanon}} * {{Flag|Lesotho}} * {{Flag|Liechtenstein}} * {{Flag|Mexico}} * {{Esc|Moldova}}{{ref|b|2}} * {{Esc|Monaco}}{{ref|b|2}} * {{Esc|Montenegro}}{{ref|b|2}} * {{Esc|Morocco}}{{ref|b|2}} * {{Flag|Namibia}} * {{Flag|New Zealand}} * {{Flag|Peru}} * {{Esc|San Marino}}{{ref|b|2}} * {{Flag|Seychelles}} * {{Esc|Slovakia}}{{ref|b|2}} * {{Flag|South Africa}} * {{Flag|South Korea}} * {{Flag|Tunisia}} * {{Flag|United Arab Emirates}} * {{Flag|United States of America}} * {{Flag|Uzbekistan}} * {{Flag|Venezuela}} {{div col end}}

;Notes :2.{{note|b}} Has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest, though does not have full OGAE membership and thus part of OGAE Rest of the World.<ref>{{cite web|title=Belarus: Candidate Member|url=http://www.ogaeinternational.com/|work=List of OGAE Clubs|publisher=OGAE|access-date=10 June 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130617221504/http://ogaeinternational.com/|archive-date=17 June 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=OGAE Rest of the World Members|url=http://www.ogaeinternational.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=81:row&catid=36:ogae-branches|publisher=OGAE Rest of the World|access-date=10 June 2013|quote="At this moment, the countries without clubs and therefore part of Ogae rest of the world are Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco and San Marino."}}</ref>

== OGAE contests ==

=== OGAE Poll === Every year since 2007, the OGAE has conducted a pre-Eurovision Song Contest poll in which every national club plus OGAE Rest of the World casts a vote from all entries participating in a particular contest, using the same scoring system as the one at Eurovision: the most voted songs on each club receive 1 to 8, and then 10 and 12 points, and countries cannot vote for themselves. {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%" |+Winners and runners-up of the OGAE Poll |- style="background:#efefef" !Year !Winner ! class="unsortable" |Song !Artist !Second place !Third place |- !{{Escyr|2007}} | bgcolor="gold" |{{Esc|Serbia|y=2007|2004}} | bgcolor="gold" |"{{lang|sr-latn|Molitva|i=unset}}" <small>({{lang|sr|Молитва}})</small> | bgcolor="gold" |Marija Šerifović |{{Esc|Belarus|y=2007|1995}} | bgcolor="#FE8080" |{{Esc|Switzerland|y=2007}} |- !{{Escyr|2008}} |{{Esc|Sweden|y=2008}} |"Hero" |Charlotte Perrelli | bgcolor="#FE8080" |{{Esc|Switzerland|y=2008}} |{{Esc|Serbia|y=2008|2004}} |- !{{Escyr|2009}} | bgcolor="gold" |{{Esc|Norway|y=2009}} | bgcolor="gold" |"Fairytale" | bgcolor="gold" |Alexander Rybak |{{Esc|France|y=2009}} |{{Esc|Sweden|y=2009}} |- !{{Escyr|2010}} |{{Esc|Denmark|y=2010}} |"In a Moment like This" |Chanée and N'evergreen |{{Esc|Israel|y=2010}} | bgcolor="gold" |{{Esc|Germany|y=2010}} |- !{{Escyr|2011}} |{{Esc|Hungary|y=2011}} |"What About My Dreams?" |Kati Wolf |{{Esc|France|y=2011}} |{{Esc|United Kingdom|y=2011}} |- !{{Escyr|2012}} | bgcolor="gold" |{{Esc|Sweden|y=2012}} | bgcolor="gold" |"Euphoria" | bgcolor="gold" |Loreen |{{Esc|Italy|y=2012}} |{{Esc|Iceland|y=2012}} |- !{{Escyr|2013}} | bgcolor="gold" |{{Esc|Denmark|y=2013}} | bgcolor="gold" |"Only Teardrops" | bgcolor="gold" |Emmelie de Forest | bgcolor="#FE8080" |{{Esc|San Marino|y=2013}} |{{Esc|Norway|y=2013}} |- !{{Escyr|2014}} | bgcolor="#c96" |{{Esc|Sweden|y=2014}} | bgcolor="#c96" |"Undo" | bgcolor="#c96" |Sanna Nielsen |{{Esc|Hungary|y=2014}} | bgcolor="#FE8080" |{{Esc|Israel|y=2014}} |- !{{Escyr|2015}} | bgcolor="#c96" |{{Esc|Italy|y=2015}} | bgcolor="#c96" |"{{lang|it|Grande amore|i=unset}}" | bgcolor="#c96" |Il Volo | bgcolor="gold" |{{Esc|Sweden|y=2015}} |{{Esc|Estonia|y=2015}} |- !{{Escyr|2016}} |{{Esc|France|y=2016}} |"{{lang|fr|J'ai cherché|i=unset}}" |Amir | bgcolor="#c96" |{{Esc|Russia|y=2016}} | bgcolor="silver" |{{Esc|Australia|y=2016}} |- !{{Escyr|2017}} |{{Esc|Italy|y=2017}} |"{{lang|it|Occidentali's Karma|i=unset}}" |Francesco Gabbani |{{Esc|Belgium|y=2017}} |{{Esc|Sweden|y=2017}} |- !{{Escyr|2018}} | bgcolor="gold" |{{Esc|Israel|y=2018}} | bgcolor="gold" |"Toy" | bgcolor="gold" |Netta | bgcolor="" |{{Esc|France|y=2018}} |{{Esc|Finland|y=2018}} |- !{{Escyr|2019}} | bgcolor="silver" |{{Esc|Italy|y=2019}} | bgcolor="silver" |"{{lang|it|Soldi|i=unset}}" | bgcolor="silver" |Mahmood |{{Esc|Switzerland|y=2019}} | bgcolor="gold" |{{Esc|Netherlands|y=2019}} |- bgcolor="#A4EAA9" !2020 |{{Esc|Lithuania|y=2020}} |"On Fire" |The Roop |{{Esc|Iceland|y=2020}} |{{Esc|Switzerland|y=2020}} |- !{{Escyr|2021}} |{{Esc|Malta|y=2021}} |"{{lang|fr|Je me casse|italics=no}}" |Destiny | bgcolor="#c96" |{{Esc|Switzerland|y=2021}} | bgcolor="silver" |{{Esc|France|y=2021}} |- !{{Escyr|2022}} |{{Esc|Sweden|y=2022}} |"Hold Me Closer" |Cornelia Jakobs |{{Esc|Italy|y=2022}} | bgcolor="#c96" |{{Esc|Spain|y=2022}} |- !{{Escyr|2023}} | bgcolor="gold" |{{Esc|Sweden|y=2023}} | bgcolor="gold" |"Tattoo" | bgcolor="gold" |Loreen | bgcolor="silver" |{{Esc|Finland|y=2023}} |{{Esc|France|y=2023}} |- !{{Escyr|2024}} | bgcolor="silver" |{{Esc|Croatia|y=2024}} | bgcolor="silver" |"Rim Tim Tagi Dim" | bgcolor="silver" |Baby Lasagna |{{Esc|Italy|y=2024}} | bgcolor="gold" |{{Esc|Switzerland|y=2024}} |- !{{Escyr|2025}} |{{Esc|Sweden|y=2025}} |"{{lang|sv|Bara bada bastu|i=unset}}" |KAJ | bgcolor="gold" |{{Esc|Austria|y=2025}} |{{Esc|Netherlands|y=2025}} |- !{{Escyr|2026}} |{{Esc|Finland|y=2026}} |"{{lang|fi|Liekinheitin|i=no}}" |Linda Lampenius and Pete Parkkonen |{{Esc|Denmark|y=2026}} |{{Esc|Australia|y=2026}} |}

{| class="wikitable tsx_sortable" style="font-size: 95%" |+Table key |- | width="10px" bgcolor="gold" | |First place |- | width="10px" bgcolor="silver" | |Second place |- | width="10px" bgcolor="#c96" | |Third place |- | width="10px" bgcolor="#FE8080" | |Failed to qualify |- | width="10px" bgcolor="#A4EAA9" | |Contest cancelled |}

==== Marcel Bezençon Fan Award ==== {{Further|Marcel Bezençon Awards}} The Marcel Bezençon Fan Award was handed out in 2002 and 2003, and voted on by members of the OGAE. It was discontinued and replaced by the Composer Award in 2004. {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%" |+Recipients of the Marcel Bezençon Fan Award |- style="background:#efefef" !Year !Winner ! class="unsortable" |Song !Artist |- !{{escyr|2002}} |{{Esc|Finland|y=2002}} |"Addicted to You" |Laura Voutilainen |- !{{escyr|2003}} |{{Esc|Spain|y=2003}} |"{{lang|es|Dime|i=unset}}" |Beth |}

=== OGAE Second Chance Contest === The OGAE Second Chance Contest is a visual event organised by branches of OGAE. It began in 1987, when it was then known as "Europe's Favourite".{{cn|date=October 2023}} Four OGAE branches competed in the first contest, coming from the {{Esccnty|Netherlands}}, {{Esccnty|Norway}}, {{Esccnty|Sweden}} and the {{Esccnty|United Kingdom}}.<ref name=Background>{{cite web|last=Speirs|first=Gary|title=Contest Background|url=http://www.sechuk.com/sechbackground.htm|work=OGAE Second Chance Contest|publisher=sechuk.com|access-date=9 June 2013}}</ref> The contest quickly expanded and now usually contains around 20 countries competing each year. Due to the countries' varying Eurovision selection methods over the years, it is a common occurrence for countries to sporadically compete in the contest.<ref name=History>{{cite web|title=About us|url=http://www.secondchancecontest.com/pages/aboutus.php|work=OGAE Second Chance Contest|publisher=OGAE|access-date=9 June 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020181207/http://secondchancecontest.com/pages/aboutus.php|archive-date=20 October 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The competition was previously a non-televised event, but evolved over the years by the usage of videotape and later DVD, YouTube and streaming services.<ref name="Background"/>

The contest takes place in the summer after the year's Eurovision Song Contest. A video entry from each branch of OGAE is handed to each competing OGAE club. The votes are then returned to the organising OGAE branch, normally the previous year's winning branch, who then organises the final. The method of voting has developed since the contests interception, from audio-tape in the contest's beginnings to the use of video tape and nowadays by DVD and YouTube.<ref name="Background"/>

Previously it had been known for non-televised national final entries to compete in the Second Chance Contest. This occurred from 1989 to 1991 when {{Esccnty|Spain|OGAE Spain}} entered songs known to have been entered into the country's internal selection process. In 1990, 1991, 1998 and 1999 {{Esccnty|Italy|OGAE Italy}} competed in the Second Chance Contest, entering the winning songs of the Italian Sanremo Music Festival, known to be the basis for the creation of the Eurovision Song Contest. After 1999, a new rule was introduced allowing only songs from televised national finals to compete in the Second Chance Contest. This has led to some branches becoming ineligible to compete for many years due to no national final being held in the country.<ref name="Information">{{cite web|last=Speirs|first=Gary|title=Statistics and other Useless Information|url=http://www.sechuk.com/sechinfo.htm|work=OGAE Second Chance Contest|publisher=sechuk.com|access-date=9 June 2013}}</ref> Since 1993, guest juries have been used in the voting of the contest. These juries are composed of branches that are ineligible to compete in the contest due to no national final being held in their country.<ref name="Information"/> In 2024, Annalisa joined Alcazar as the only artists to win the contest twice. {| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 95%"

|+ Winners and runners-up of the OGAE Second Chance Contest |- ! Year ! Host city ! Participants ! Winner ! Artist ! Song ! Points ! Second place ! Third place |- ! 1987 | {{flagicon|Netherlands}} Huizen | 8 | {{Esc|Sweden|y=1987}} | Arja Saijonmaa | "Högt över havet" | 24 | {{Esc|Netherlands|y=1987}}<br />{{Esc|Norway|y=1987}} | {{NA|No third place awarded}} |- ! 1988 | rowspan="4" | {{flagicon|Sweden}} Östersund | 10 | {{Esc|Sweden|y=1988}} | Lena Philipsson | "Om igen" | 63 | {{Esc|Finland|y=1988}} | {{Esc|Netherlands|y=1988}} |- ! 1989 | 9 | {{Esc|Denmark|y=1989}} | Lecia Jønsson | "Landet Camelot" | 72 | {{Esc|Sweden|y=1989}} | {{Esc|Germany|y=1989}} |- ! 1990 | 13 | {{Esc|Sweden|y=1990}} | Carola | "Mitt i ett äventyr" | 119 | {{Esc|Italy|y=1990}} | {{Esc|Germany|y=1990}} |- ! 1991 | 15 | {{Esc|Sweden|y=1991}} | Pernilla Wahlgren | "Tvillingsjäl" | 106 | {{Esc|Greece|y=1991}} | {{Esc|Israel|y=1991}} |- ! 1992 | {{flagicon|Germany}} Montabaur | 11 | {{Esc|Norway|y=1992}} | Wenche Myhre | "Du skal få din dag i morgen" | 78 | {{Esc|Israel|y=1992}} | {{Esc|Ireland|y=1992}} |- ! 1993 | rowspan="2" | {{flagicon|Norway}} Oslo | 22 | {{Esc|Norway|y=1993}} | Merethe Trøan | "Din egen stjerne" | 188 | {{Esc|Netherlands|y=1993}} | {{Esc|United Kingdom|y=1993}} |- ! 1994 | 16 | {{Esc|Sweden|y=1994}} | Gladys Del Pilar | "Det vackraste jag vet" | 176 | {{Esc|United Kingdom|y=1994}} | {{Esc|Norway|y=1994}} |- ! 1995 | {{flagicon|Sweden}} Örebro | 9 | {{Esc|Sweden|y=1995}} | Cecilia Vennersten | "Det vackraste" | 129 | {{Esc|United Kingdom|y=1995}} | {{Esc|Ireland|y=1995}} |- ! 1996 | {{flagicon|Sweden}} Farsta | 22 | {{Esc|Sweden|y=1996}} | Lotta Engberg | "Juliette & Jonathan" | 152 | {{Esc|Croatia|y=1996}} | {{Esc|Germany|y=1996}} |- ! 1997 | {{flagicon|Germany}} Hanover | 17 | {{Esc|Italy|y=1997}} | Anna Oxa | "Storie" | 165 | {{Esc|Ireland|y=1997}} | {{Esc|Germany|y=1997}} |- ! 1998 | {{flagicon|Germany}} Hamburg | 18 | {{Esc|Netherlands|y=1998}} | Nurlaila | "Alsof je bij me bent" | 192 | {{Esc|Sweden|y=1998}} | {{Esc|Norway|y=1998}} |- ! 1999 | {{flagicon|Netherlands}} Emmen | 16 | {{Esc|Turkey|y=1999}} | Feryal Başel | "Unuttuğumu Sandığım Anda" | 164 | {{Esc|Belgium|y=1999}} | {{Esc|Germany|y=1999}} |- ! 2000 | {{flagicon|Turkey}} Istanbul | 21 | {{Esc|Finland|y=2000}} | Anna Eriksson | "Oot voimani mun" | 177 | {{Esc|United Kingdom|y=2000}} | {{Esc|Spain|y=2000}} |- ! 2001 | {{flagicon|Finland}} Helsinki | 20 | {{Esc|Sweden|y=2001}} | Barbados | "Allt som jag ser" | 252 | {{Esc|Spain|y=2001}} | {{Esc|United Kingdom|y=2001}} |- ! 2002 | {{flagicon|Sweden}} Stockholm | 18 | {{Esc|Spain|y=2002}} | David Bisbal | "Corazón latino" | 203 | {{Esc|Sweden|y=2002}} | {{Esc|Israel|y=2002}} |- ! 2003 | {{flagicon|Spain}} Las Palmas | 19 | {{Esc|Sweden|y=2003}} | Alcazar | "Not a Sinner Nor a Saint" | 215 | {{Esc|Slovenia|y=2003}} | {{Esc|Austria|y=2003}} |- ! 2004 | {{flagicon|Sweden}} Växjö | 21 | {{Esc|Spain|y=2004}} | Davinia | "Mi obsesión" | 192 | {{Esc|Sweden|y=2004}} | {{Esc|Germany|y=2004}} |- ! 2005 | {{flagicon|Spain}} Bilbao | 23 | {{Esc|Sweden|y=2005}} | Alcazar | "Alcastar" | 201 | {{Esc|Serbia and Montenegro|y=2005}} | {{Esc|Slovenia|y=2005}} |- ! 2006 | {{flagicon|Sweden}} Stockholm | 19 | {{Esc|Slovenia|y=2006}} | Saša Lendero | "Mandoline" | 201 | {{Esc|Norway|y=2006}} | {{Esc|Sweden|y=2006}} |- ! 2007 | {{flagicon|Slovenia}} Ljubljana | 20 | {{Esc|Sweden|y=2007}} | Måns Zelmerlöw | "Cara Mia" | 252 | {{Esc|United Kingdom|y=2007}} | {{Esc|Spain|y=2007}} |- ! 2008 | rowspan="2"| {{flagicon|Sweden}} Stockholm | 21 | {{Esc|Sweden|y=2008}} | Sanna Nielsen | "Empty Room" | 268 | {{Esc|Spain|y=2008}} | {{Esc|Poland|y=2008}} |- ! 2009 | 20 | {{Esc|Denmark|y=2009}} | Hera Björk | "Someday" | 257 | {{Esc|Sweden|y=2009}} | {{Esc|Spain|y=2009}} |- ! 2010 | {{flagicon|Denmark}} Copenhagen | 22 | {{Esc|Sweden|y=2010}} | Timoteij | "Kom" | 267 | {{Esc|Denmark|y=2010}} | {{Esc|Portugal|y=2010}} |- ! 2011 | {{flagicon|Sweden}} Gothenburg | 21 | {{Esc|Iceland|y=2011}}{{efn|Indicates representative of OGAE Rest of the World.}} | Yohanna | "Nótt" | 224 | {{Esc|Sweden|y=2011}} | {{Esc|Italy|y=2011}} |- ! 2012 | {{flagicon|South Africa}} Johannesburg | 19 | {{Esc|Spain|y=2012}} | Pastora Soler | "Tu vida es tu vida" | 201 | {{Esc|Sweden|y=2012}} | {{Esc|Norway|y=2012}} |- ! 2013 | {{flagicon|Spain}} Barcelona | 15 | {{Esc|Norway|y=2013}} | Adelén | "Bombo" | 151 | {{Esc|Italy|y=2013}} | {{Esc|Hungary|y=2013}}{{Ref_label|A|RoW|none}} |- ! 2014 | {{flagicon|Norway}} Oslo | 20 | {{Esc|Sweden|y=2014}} | Helena Paparizou | "Survivor" | 259 | {{Esc|Spain|y=2014}} | {{Esc|Portugal|y=2014}} |- ! 2015 | {{flagicon|Sweden}} Stockholm | 18 | {{Esc|Italy|y=2015}} | Nek | "Fatti avanti amore" | 305 | {{Esc|Sweden|y=2015}} | {{Esc|Denmark|y=2015}} |- ! 2016 | {{flagicon|Italy}} Siena | 23 | {{Esc|Poland|y=2016}} | Margaret | "Cool Me Down" | 277 | {{Esc|Sweden|y=2016}} | {{Esc|Israel|y=2016}} |- ! 2017 | {{flagicon|Poland}} Warsaw | 22 | {{Esc|Sweden|y=2017}} | Mariette | "A Million Years" | 329 | {{Esc|Italy|y=2017}} | {{Esc|Ukraine|y=2017}} |- ! 2018 | {{flagicon|Sweden}} Eskilstuna | 27 | {{Esc|Italy|y=2018}} | Annalisa | "Il mondo prima di te" | 350 | {{Esc|France|y=2018}} | {{Esc|Finland|y=2018}} |- ! 2019 | {{flagicon|Italy}} Udine | 24 | {{Esc|France|y=2019}} | Seemone | "Tous les deux" | 294 | {{Esc|Italy|y=2019}} | {{Esc|Sweden|y=2019}} |- ! 2020 | {{nowrap|{{flagicon|France}} Paris/Lille/Limoges}} | 22 | {{Esc|Sweden|y=2020}} | Anna Bergendahl | "Kingdom Come" | 344 | {{Esc|Finland|y=2020}} | {{Esc|Italy|y=2020}} |- ! 2021 | {{flagicon|Sweden}} Stockholm | 14 | {{Esc|Norway|y=2021}} | Keiino | "Monument" | 441 | {{Esc|Sweden|y=2021}} | {{Esc|Italy|y=2021}} |- ! 2022 |{{flagicon|Norway}} Oslo | 27 | {{Esc|Sweden|y=2022}} | Medina | "In i dimman" | 316 | {{Esc|Finland|y=2022}} | {{Esc|Spain|y=2022}} |- ! 2023 | {{flagicon|Sweden}} Eskilstuna | 23 | {{Esc|Sweden|y=2023}} | Marcus & Martinus | "Air" | 322 | {{Esc|Norway|y=2023}} | {{Esc|Finland|y=2023}} |- ! 2024 |{{flagicon|Sweden}} Borås | 16 | {{Esc|Italy|y=2024}} | Annalisa | “Sinceramente" | 364 | {{Esc|Sweden|y=2024}} | {{Esc|Norway|y=2024}} |- ! 2025 |{{flagicon|Italy}} Florence | 25 | {{Esc|Sweden|y=2025}} | Klara Hammarström | "On and On and On" |348 | {{Esc|Italy|y=2025}} | {{Esc|Finland|y=2025}} |}

====Retrospective Second Chance Contest==== From 2003 it was decided to hold Retrospective Contests each year containing songs from contests prior to 1987. In 2003 the first contest was held, containing songs that failed to compete in the Eurovision Song Contest 1986. This format is repeated every year, for example in 2004 the 1985 Retrospective contest was held, in 2005 the 1984 contest was held, etc. {| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 95%"

|+ Winners and runners-up of the OGAE Retrospective Second Chance Contest |- ! Year ! Host city ! Participants ! Winner ! Song ! Artist ! Points ! Second place ! Third place |- ! 1966 | rowspan="7" | N/A | 9 | {{Esc|Italy|y=1966}} | "Nessuno mi può giudicare" | Caterina Caselli | 214 | {{Esc|Portugal|y=1966}} | {{Esc|Sweden|y=1966}} |- ! 1967 | 7 | {{Esc|Luxembourg|y=1967}} | "Le soleil a quitté ma maison" | Vicky Leandros | 193 | {{Esc|United Kingdom|y=1967}} | {{Esc|Finland|y=1967}} |- ! 1968 | 8 | {{Esc|United Kingdom|y=1968}} | "Wonderful World" | Cliff Richard | 263 | {{Esc|Ireland|y=1968}} | {{Esc|Sweden|y=1968}} |- ! 1969 | 10 | {{Esc|Spain|1945|y=1969}} | "Amigos, amigos" | Salomé | 231 | {{Esc|United Kingdom|y=1969}} | {{Esc|Sweden|y=1969}} |- ! 1970 | 7 | {{Esc|Ireland|y=1970}} | "Things You Hear About Me" | Maxi, Dick and Twink | 245 | {{Esc|United Kingdom|y=1970}} | {{Esc|Spain|1945|y=1970}} |- ! 1971 | 11 | {{Esc|Italy|y=1971}} | "Che sarà" | Ricchi e Poveri | 296 | {{Esc|United Kingdom|y=1971}} | {{Esc|Germany|y=1971}} |- ! 1972 | 11 | {{Esc|Italy|y=1972}} | "Montagne verdi" | Marcella Bella | 308 | {{Esc|Germany|y=1972}} | {{Esc|Finland|y=1972}} |- ! 1973 |rowspan="13" | {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} Brighton | 12 | {{Esc|Sweden|y=1973}} | "Ring Ring (Bara du slog en signal)" | Björn, Benny, Agnetha & Anni-Frid | 282 | {{Esc|Spain|1945|y=1973}} | {{Esc|United Kingdom|y=1973}} |- ! 1974 | 11 | {{Esc|United Kingdom|y=1974}} | "Have Love, Will Travel" | Olivia Newton-John | 277 | {{Esc|France|y=1974}} | {{Esc|Luxembourg|y=1974}} |- ! 1975 | 11 | {{Esc|Germany|y=1975}} | "Er gehört zu mir" | Marianne Rosenberg | 264 | {{Esc|Sweden|y=1975}} | {{Esc|Portugal|y=1975}} |- ! 1976 | 14 | {{Esc|Luxembourg|y=1976}} | "Tout peut arriver au cinéma" | Marianne Rosenberg | 212 | {{Esc|United Kingdom|y=1976}} | {{Esc|France|y=1976}} |- ! 1977 | 10 | {{Esc|France|y=1977}} | "Vis ta vie" | Patricia Lavila | 275 | {{Esc|United Kingdom|y=1977}} | {{Esc|Belgium|y=1977}} |- ! 1978 | 14 | {{Esc|United Kingdom|y=1978}} | "Lonely Nights" | Ronnie France | 226 | {{Esc|Israel|y=1978}} | {{Esc|Denmark|y=1978}} |- ! 1979 | 13 | {{Esc|Germany|y=1979}} | "Vogel der Nacht" | Paola | 188 | {{Esc|Greece|y=1979}} | {{Esc|Israel|y=1979}} |- ! 1980 | 12 | {{Esc|United Kingdom|y=1980}} | "Happy Everything" | Maggie Moone | 289 | {{Esc|Germany|y=1980}} | {{Esc|France|y=1980}} |- ! 1981 | 16 | {{Esc|United Kingdom|y=1981}} | "Don't Panic" | Liquid Gold | 248 | {{Esc|Sweden|y=1981}} | {{Esc|Netherlands|y=1981}} |- ! 1982 | 15 | {{Esc|Netherlands|y=1982}} | "Fantasie eiland" | The Millionaires | 204 | {{Esc|United Kingdom|y=1982}} | {{Esc|Germany|y=1982}} |- ! 1983 | 15 | {{Esc|Germany|y=1983}} | "Viva La Mamma" | Ingrid Peters and July Paul | 204 | {{Esc|Denmark|y=1983}} | {{Esc|Israel|y=1983}} |- ! 1984 | 15 | {{Esc|Belgium|y=1984}} | "Merci à la vie" | Formule II | 160 | {{Esc|Sweden|y=1984}} | {{Esc|Denmark|y=1984}} |- ! 1985 | 12 | {{Esc|Denmark|y=1985}} | "Ved du hva' du sku'" | Trax | 170 | {{Esc|United Kingdom|y=1985}} | {{Esc|Israel|y=1985}} |- ! 1986 | {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} London | 13 | {{Esc|Netherlands|y=1986}} | "Fata Morgana" | DeeDee | 123 | {{Esc|Iceland|y=1986}} | {{Esc|Denmark|y=1986}} |}

====Guest Jury Hits==== The Guest Jury Hits contest was introduced in 2003, giving guest juries of the Retro contests the opportunity to compete in their own contest. The contest was formed as a way for OGAE branches to become juries in the Second Chance Retro Contest, with each non-competing branch selecting a hit song from their country in that year. The first contest was held in 2003, when hit songs from 1985 competed in the contest. So far eighteen contests have been held, with Italy winning eight contests, the United States winning twice, and Australia, Belgium, Germany, Spain, Sweden, the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, and Jamaica each winning once. Umberto Tozzi has so far been responsible for three of Italy's wins.<ref name="Guest Jury">{{cite web|last=Speirs|first=Gary|title=Guest Jury Hits|url=http://www.sechuk.com/GJH-National%20Records.htm|work=OGAE Guest Jury Contest|publisher=sechuk.com|access-date=9 June 2013}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%"

|+ Winners and runners-up of the OGAE Guest Jury Hits Contest |- ! Year ! Winner<ref name="SCWinners">{{cite web|last=Speirs|first=Gary|title=OGAE Second Chance Contest|url=http://www.sechuk.com/WinnersGallery.htm|work=All the winners|publisher=sechuk.com|access-date=9 June 2013}}</ref>

! Song ! Artist ! Runner-up |- | 1966 | {{flag|France}} | "La bohème" | Charles Aznavour | 24px Rest of the World<br />{{USA}} |- | 1967 | {{flag|Australia}} | "To Love Somebody" | Bee Gees | {{flag|Italy}} |- | 1968 | {{flag|Germany}} | "Illusionen" | Alexandra | {{flagicon|Spain|1945}} Spain |- | 1969 | {{flag|Italy}} | "Una ragione di più" | Ornella Vanoni | {{flag|Austria}} |- | 1970 | 24px Rest of the World<br />{{USA}} | "Bridge over Troubled Water" | Simon & Garfunkel | {{flag|Italy}} |- | 1971 | {{flag|France}} | "Pour un flirt" | Michel Fugain | 24px Rest of the World<br />{{USA}} |- | 1972 | {{flag|France}} | "Une Belle Histoire" | Michel Fugain | {{flagicon|Spain|1945}} Spain |- | 1973 | {{flag|Italy}} | "Minuetto" | Mia Martini | {{flagicon|Greece|1970}} Greece |- | 1974 | 24px Rest of the World<br />{{flag|Jamaica}} | "Kung Fu Fighting" | Carl Douglas | {{flagicon|Spain|1945}} Spain |- | 1975 | 24px Rest of the World<br />{{USA}} | "Only Yesterday" | The Carpenters | {{flag|Ireland}} |- | 1976 | {{flag|Sweden}} | "Fernando" | ABBA | 24px Rest of the World<br />{{USA}} |- | 1977 | {{flag|Italy}} | "Ti amo" | Umberto Tozzi | {{flag|Austria}} |- | 1978 | {{flag|Spain|1977}} | "Vivir asi es morir de amor" | Camilo Sesto | {{flag|Italy}} |- | 1979 | {{flag|Italy}} | "Gloria" | Umberto Tozzi | 24px Rest of the World<br />{{USA}} |- | 1980 | {{flag|Italy}} | "Stella stai" | Umberto Tozzi | {{flag|Cyprus|1960}} |- | 1981 | {{flag|Italy}} | "Sarà perché ti amo" | Ricchi e Poveri | {{flag|Spain}} |- | 1982 | {{flag|Italy}} | "Storie di tutti i giorni" | Riccardo Fogli | {{flag|France}} |- | 1983 | {{flag|Italy}} | "Sarà quel che sarà" | Tiziana Rivale | {{flag|Ukrainian SSR}} |- | 1984 | {{flag|Ukrainian SSR}} | "Oy zelene zhito zelene" | Oksana Bilozir | {{flag|Greece}} |- | 1985 | {{flag|Belgium}} | "Vergeet Barbara" | Will Tura | {{flag|SR Serbia}} |}

=== OGAE Song Contest === The '''OGAE Song Contest''' is an audio event in which all OGAE national clubs can enter with an original song released in the previous 12 months in their countries. The competing songs must be sung in one of the country's official languages.<ref>{{cite web|title=OGAE Song Contest Results: 1986 - 2011|url=http://www.sechuk.com/OGAE%20SONG%20CONTEST%20WINNERS.htm|work=OGAE|publisher=Sechuk.com|access-date=1 June 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=OGAE Song Contest Results: 2012|url=http://ogaecroatia.com/en/dogadjanja/ogae-song-contest-2012|work=OGAE|publisher=OGAE Croatia|access-date=1 June 2013|date=1 December 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019044457/http://ogaecroatia.com/en/dogadjanja/ogae-song-contest-2012|archive-date=19 October 2013}}</ref> This rule was planned to be removed in 2022,<ref>{{cite web|title=OGAE France wins OGAE Video Contest 2021 with Julien Doré|url=https://escxtra.com/2021/12/29/ogae-france-wins-ogae-video-contest-2021-with-julien-dore/amp/|access-date=15 January 2022|date=29 December 2021}}</ref> before the event was cancelled that year due to the controversy surrounding OGAE Russia's continued participation and the decision by OGAE not to remove the Russian OGAE club from the contest for its support of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Granger |first=Anthony |date=2022-09-27 |title=OGAE Song Contest 2022 Cancelled |url=https://eurovoix.com/2022/09/27/ogae-song-contest-2022-cancelled/ |access-date=2022-09-27 |website=Eurovoix |language=en-GB}}</ref>

====Participation==== So far 60 countries have been represented at the contest at least once. These are listed here alongside the year in which they made their debut:

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:94%" ! scope="col" width=8% | Year ! Country making its debut entry |- ! scope="row" valign="top" | 1986 | {{flag|Finland}}, {{flag|Germany}}, {{flag|Netherlands}}, {{flag|Norway}}, {{flag|Sweden|}} |- ! scope="row" valign="top" | 1987 | {{flag|Botswana}} (as Rest of the World), {{flag|Israel}}, {{flag|Portugal}}, {{flag|Spain}}, {{flag|Zimbabwe}} (as Rest of the World) |- ! scope="row" valign="top" | 1988 | {{flag|Belgium}}, {{flag|Greece}}, {{flag|United Kingdom}} |- ! scope="row" valign="top" | 1989 | {{flag|Denmark}}, {{flag|France}} |- ! scope="row" valign="top" | 1990 | {{flag|Austria}}, {{flag|Cyprus}}, {{flag|Ireland}}, {{flag|Italy}} |- ! scope="row" valign="top" | 1991 | {{flag|Bulgaria}}, {{flag|Monaco}} |- ! scope="row" valign="top" | 1992 | {{flag|Luxembourg}} |- ! scope="row" valign="top" | 1993 | {{flag|Japan}} (as Rest of the World), {{flag|Slovakia}}, {{flag|Switzerland}} |- ! scope="row" valign="top" | 1994 | {{flag|South Africa}} (as Rest of the World), {{flag|Turkey}} |- ! scope="row" valign="top" | 1996 | {{flag|Australia}} |- ! scope="row" valign="top" | 1997 | {{flag|New Zealand}} (as Rest of the World) |- ! scope="row" valign="top" | 1998 | {{flag|Poland}} |- ! scope="row" valign="top" | 1999 | {{flag|Croatia}}, {{flag|Federal Republic of Yugoslavia}}, {{flag|Kazakhstan}} (as Rest of the World) |- ! scope="row" valign="top" | 2000 | {{flag|Iceland}}, {{flag|Malta}}, {{flag|Slovenia}} |- ! scope="row" valign="top" | 2001 | {{flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}, {{flag|Russia}} |- ! scope="row" valign="top" | 2002 | {{Esc|North Macedonia}}{{efn|name="FYROM"|Until 2018 participated as F.Y.R. Macedonia.}} |- ! scope="row" valign="top" | 2003 | {{flag|Lithuania}}, {{flag|Serbia and Montenegro}} |- ! scope="row" valign="top" | 2005 | {{flag|Estonia}}, {{flag|Lebanon}} |- ! scope="row" valign="top" | 2006 | {{flag|Albania}}, {{flag|Andorra}}, {{flag|Armenia}}, {{flag|Serbia}}, {{flag|Ukraine}} |- ! scope="row" valign="top" | 2008 | {{flag|Azerbaijan}}, {{flag|Canada}} (as Rest of the World) |- ! scope="row" valign="top" | 2009 | {{flag|Guyana}} (as Rest of the World) |- ! scope="row" valign="top" | 2011 | {{flag|United States}} (as Rest of the World) |- ! scope="row" valign="top" | 2012 | {{flag|Mexico}} (as Rest of the World) |- ! scope="row" valign="top" | 2013 | {{flag|Colombia}} (as Rest of the World), {{flag|Belarus}} |- ! scope="row" valign="top" | 2014 | {{flag|Montenegro}} |- ! scope="row" valign="top" | 2015 | {{flag|Latvia}} |- ! scope="row" valign="top" | 2016 | {{flag|Czech Republic}}, {{flag|Hungary}} |- ! scope="row" valign="top" | 2025 | {{flag|Romania}} |} OGAE Rest of the World represents countries that do not have an OGAE branch of their own. Their first participations came at the 1987 contest, where they represented Botswana & Zimbabwe.

====Winners==== Fourteen countries have won the contest since it began in 1986. The most successful country in the contest is the United Kingdom, which has won the contest eight times.

{|class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%" |+Winners of the OGAE Song Contest |- style="background:#efefef" !Year !Host city !Winner !Song !Artist !Points !No. of<br>entries |- !1986 |{{flagicon|FIN}} Savonlinna |{{flag|Germany}} |"Stimmen in Wind" |Juliane Werding | align="center" |16 | align="center" |5 |- !1987 |{{flagicon|FIN}} Savonlinna |{{flag|Israel}} |"Ba'ati Eleiha" {{small|(באתי אליך)}} |Yardena Arazi | align="center" |83 | align="center" |10 |- !1988 |{{flagicon|UK}} Cardiff |{{flag|Germany}} |"Explosion" |Mary Roos | align="center" |83 | align="center" |10 |- !1989 |{{flagicon|GER}} Berlin |{{flag|Norway}} |"Hjem" |Karoline Krüger and Anita Skorgan | align="center" |93 | align="center" |13 |- !1990 |{{flagicon|NOR}} Oslo |{{flag|Italy}} |"Vattene amore" |Mietta and Amedeo Minghi | align="center" |136 | align="center" |18 |- !1991 |{{flagicon|ITA}} Pisa |{{flag|France}} |"Désenchantée" |Mylène Farmer | align="center" |151 | align="center" |17 |- !1992 |{{flagicon|FRA}} Paris |{{flag|Portugal}} |"Se o dia nascesse" |Nucha | align="center" |115 | align="center" |16 |- !1993 |{{flagicon|FRA}} Montargis |{{flag|Italy}} |"La solitudine" |Laura Pausini | align="center" |154 | align="center" |20 |- !1994 |{{flagicon|ITA}} Pisa |{{flag|Greece}} |"Ftes" {{small|(Φταις)}} |Sabrina | align="center" |116 | align="center" |19 |- !1995 |{{flagicon|GRE}} Athens |{{flag|Spain}} |"Cada vez" |Paloma San Basilio | align="center" |144 | align="center" |21 |- !1996 |{{flagicon|ESP}} Las Palmas de Gran Canaria |{{flag|Spain}} |"Me quedaré solo" |Amistades Peligrosas | align="center" |159 | align="center" |16 |- !1997 |{{flagicon|ESP}} Las Palmas de Gran Canaria |{{flag|Spain}} |"Amor perdido" |Marta Sánchez | align="center" |199 | align="center" |22 |- !1998 |{{flagicon|ESP}} Las Palmas de Gran Canaria |{{flag|Poland}} |"Im Wiecej Ciebie tym mniej" |Natalia Kukulska | align="center" |125 | align="center" |16 |- !1999 |{{flagicon|GRE}} Athens |{{flag|France}} |"Jardin de lumière" |Leyla Doriane | align="center" |169 | align="center" |24 |- !2000 |{{flagicon|FRA}} Paris |{{flag|Sweden}} |"Svarta änkan" |Nanne | align="center" |168 | align="center" |26 |- !2001 |{{flagicon|SWE}} Umeå |{{flag|France}} |"Moi... Lolita" |Alizée | align="center" |189 | align="center" |24 |- !2002 |{{flagicon|FRA}} Paris |{{flag|United Kingdom}} |"What If" |Kate Winslet | align="center" |126 | align="center" |25 |- !2003 |{{flagicon|UK}} Southampton |{{flag|France}} |"Cassé" |Nolwenn Leroy | align="center" |183 | align="center" |27 |- !2004 |{{flagicon|FRA}} Lyon |{{flag|Russia}} |"Gryozy" {{small|(Грёзы)}} |Varvara | align="center" |178 | align="center" |27 |- !2005 |{{flagicon|RUS}} Moscow |{{flag|Italy}} |"Da grande" |Alexia | align="center" |164 | align="center" |28 |- !2006 |{{flagicon|ITA}} Pisa |{{flag|Greece}} |"Mambo" |Elena Paparizou | align="center" |244 | align="center" |30 |- !2007 |{{flagicon|GRE}} Athens |{{flag|Spain}} |"Qué no daría yo" |Rebeca | align="center" |179 | align="center" |29 |- !2008 |{{flagicon|ESP}} Zaragoza |{{flag|Croatia}} |"Ruža u kamenu" |Franka Batelić | align="center" |164 | align="center" |27 |- !2009 |{{flagicon|CRO}} Zagreb |{{flag|United Kingdom}} |"Viva la Vida" |Coldplay | align="center" |248 | align="center" |30 |- !2010 |{{flagicon|UK}} London |{{flag|United Kingdom}} |"Heartbreak (Make Me a Dancer)" |Freemasons feat. Sophie Ellis-Bextor | align="center" |228 | align="center" |27 |- !2011 |{{flagicon|UK}} London |{{flag|United Kingdom}} |"Someone Like You" |Adele | align="center" |189 | align="center" |26 |- !2012 |{{flagicon|UK}} London |{{flag|Italy}} |"Per sempre" |Nina Zilli | align="center" |219 | align="center" |26 |- !2013 |{{flagicon|ITA}} Bologna |{{flag|Spain}} |"Te despertaré" |Pastora Soler | align="center" |237 | align="center" |30 |- !2014 |{{flagicon|SPA}} Spain |{{flag|France}} |"Dernière danse" |Indila | align="center" |251 | align="center" |26 |- !2015 |{{flagicon|FRA}} Paris |{{flag|France}} |"Andalouse" |Kendji Girac | align="center" |248 | align="center" |31 |- !2016 |{{flagicon|FRA}} Paris |{{flag|Spain}} |"Sofia" |Álvaro Soler | align="center" |234 | align="center" |28 |- !2017 |{{flagicon|ESP}} Spain |{{flag|Australia}} |"Fighting for Love" |Dami Im | align="center" |232 | align="center" |28 |- !2018 |{{flagicon|AUS}} Sydney |{{flag|United Kingdom}} |"Scared of the Dark" |Steps | align="center" |230 | align="center" |29 |- !2019 |{{flagicon|UK}} London |{{flag|United Kingdom}} |"Someone You Loved" |Lewis Capaldi | align="center" |241 | align="center" |28 |- !2020 |{{flagicon|UK}} Edinburgh |{{flag|United Kingdom}} |"Physical" |Dua Lipa | align="center" |213 | align="center" |28 |- !2021 |{{flagicon|UK}} Cardiff |{{flag|Australia}} |"Fly Away" |Tones and I | align="center" |172 | align="center" |29 |- !2022 | colspan="6" {{N/a|''Event cancelled''}} |- !2023 |{{flagicon|AUS}} Canberra |{{flag|United Kingdom}} |"As It Was" |Harry Styles | align="center" |255 | align="center" |31 |- !2024 |{{flagicon|GBR}} Belfast |{{flag|Italy}} |"Euforia" |Annalisa | align="center" |197 | align="center" |24 |- !2025 |{{flagicon|ITA}} Turin |{{flag|Italy}} |"Born with a Broken Heart" |Damiano David | align="center" |279 | align="center" |29 |}

=== OGAE Video Contest === The '''OGAE Video Contest''' is a video event which, much like the OGAE Song Contest, is organised between branches of the OGAE. All OGAE national clubs can enter with an original song and video released in the previous 12 months in their countries. There is no obligation on the entry for the OGAE Video Contest to be sung in one of the country's official languages.

====Participation==== So far 51 countries have been represented at the contest at least once. These are listed here alongside the year in which they made their debut:

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:94%" ! scope="col" width=8% | Year ! Country making its debut entry |- ! scope="row" valign="top" | 2003 | {{flag|Albania}}, {{flag|Armenia}}, {{flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}, {{flag|Finland}}, {{flag|France}}, {{flag|Germany}}, {{flag|Greece}}, {{flag|Iceland}}, {{flag|Israel}}, {{flag|Italy}}, {{flag|North Macedonia}}, {{flag|Malta}}, {{flag|Netherlands}}, {{flag|Norway}}, {{flag|Portugal}}, {{flag|Russia}}, {{flag|Slovenia}}, {{flag|Spain}}, {{flag|Turkey}}, {{flag|United Kingdom|}} |- ! scope="row" valign="top" | 2004 | {{flag|Bulgaria}}, {{flag|Croatia}}, {{flag|Luxembourg}}, {{flag|Serbia and Montenegro}} |- ! scope="row" valign="top" | 2005 | {{flag|Ireland}}, {{flag|Kazakhstan}} (as Rest of the World), {{flag|Poland}}, {{flag|Ukraine}} |- ! scope="row" valign="top" | 2006 | {{flag|Moldova}}, {{flag|Serbia}}, {{flag|South Africa}} (as Rest of the World) |- ! scope="row" valign="top" | 2007 | {{flag|Andorra}}, {{flag|Austria}}, {{flag|Estonia}}, {{flag|Latvia}}, {{flag|Namibia}} (as Rest of the World) |- ! scope="row" valign="top" | 2010 | {{flag|Australia}} (as Rest of the World) |- ! scope="row" valign="top" | 2012 | {{flag|Belgium}}, {{flag|United States}} (as Rest of the World) |- ! scope="row" valign="top" | 2013 | {{flag|Belarus}}, {{flag|South Korea}} (as Rest of the World) |- ! scope="row" valign="top" | 2014 | {{flag|Azerbaijan}}, {{flag|Montenegro}}, {{flag|Slovakia}} |- ! scope="row" valign="top" | 2016 |{{flag|Cyprus}}, {{flag|Czech Republic}}, {{flag|Hungary}}, {{flag|Romania}}, {{flag|Sweden}}, {{flag|Switzerland}}, {{flag|Uzbekistan}} (as Rest of the World) |}

OGAE Rest of the World represents countries that do not have an OGAE branch of their own. Their first participation came at the 2005 contest, where they represented Kazakhstan.

====Winners==== Nine countries have won the contest since it began in 2003. The most successful country in the contest has been France, who has won the contest four times. {{As of|2026}}, the last OGAE Video Contest was held in 2021.

{| class="wikitable tsx_sortable" style="font-size: 95%" |+Winners of the OGAE Video Contest |- style="background:#efefef" ! class="autorowspan" | Year ! class="autorowspan" | Country ! class="unsortable" | Video ! class="unsortable" | Artist ! class="autorowspan" | Points ! class="unsortable" | Host city |- ! 2003 | {{flag|France}} | "Fan" | Pascal Obispo | 122 | {{flagicon|Turkey}} Istanbul |- ! 2004 | {{flag|Portugal}} | "Cavaleiro Monge" | Mariza | 133 | {{flagicon|France}} Fontainebleau |- ! 2005 | {{flag|Ukraine}} | "I Will Forget You" | Svetlana Loboda | 171 | {{flagicon|Portugal}} Lisbon |- ! 2006 | {{flag|Italy}} | "Contromano" | Nek | 106 | {{flagicon|Turkey}} İzmir |- ! 2007 | {{flag|Russia}} | "LML" | Via Gra | 198 | {{flagicon|Italy}} Florence |- ! 2008 | {{flag|Russia}} | "Potselui" | Via Gra | 140 | {{flagicon|Russia}} Moscow |- ! 2009 | {{flag|Russia}} | "Karma" | Yin-Yang | 142 | {{flagicon|Russia}} Saint Petersburg |- ! 2010 | {{flag|Poland}} | "Kim tu jestem" | Justyna Steczkowska | 85 | {{flagicon|Russia}} Volgograd |- ! 2011 | {{flag|France}} | "Lonely Lisa" | Mylène Farmer | 96 | {{flagicon|Poland}} Wrocław |- ! 2012 | {{flag|Italy}} | "È l'amore che conta" | Giorgia | 135 | {{flagicon|France}} Paris |- ! 2013 | {{flag|Belgium}} | "Papaoutai" | Stromae | 144 | {{flagicon|Italy}} Turin |- ! 2014 | {{flag|France}} | "Tourner dans le vide" | Indila | 141 | {{flagicon|Belgium}} Brussels |- ! 2015 | {{flag|Germany}} | "Gäa" | Oonagh | 122 | {{flagicon|France}} Paris |- ! 2016 | {{flag|United Kingdom}} | "Hymn for the Weekend" | Coldplay | 673 | {{flagicon|Germany}} Lüneburg |- ! 2017 | {{flag|Belgium}} | "Mud Blood" | Loïc Nottet | 184 | {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} London |- ! 2018 | {{flag|Czech Republic}} | "Me Gusta" | Mikolas Josef | 132 | {{flagicon|Belgium}} Antwerp |- ! 2019 | {{flag|Ukraine}} | "Siren Song" | Maruv | 174 | {{flagicon|Czech Republic}} Prague |- ! 2020 | {{flag|Sweden}} | "Fingers Crossed" | Agnes | 157 | {{flagicon|Ukraine}} Kyiv |- ! 2021 | {{flag|France}} | "Nous" | Julien Doré | 165 | {{flagicon|Sweden}} Stockholm |- ! 2022–present | colspan="5" {{N/a|''Event not held''}} |}

== Notes == {{Notelist}}

== References == {{Reflist}}

== External links == * [http://www.ogaeinternational.org/ OGAE Home Page]

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