| OGAE Second Chance Contest 2003 |
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| Host | |
| Venue | Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain |
| Host broadcaster | OGAE Spain |
| Participants | |
| Number of entries | 20 |
| Debuting countries | Poland |
| Returning countries | Iceland Ireland Netherlands Norway Portugal |
| Withdrawing countries | Belgium Denmark Finland Lithuania Macedonia Malta Turkey |
| Vote | |
| Voting system | Each jury awards 1–8, 10, and 12 points to their ten favourite songs |
| Nul points | Iceland Israel |
| Winning song | Sweden "Not a Sinner Nor a Saint" |
| 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.
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| Draw | Country | Language | Artist | Song | English translation | National final | Place | Points |
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| 1 | Ireland | English | Michael Leonard | "I Couldn't Love You More" | — | 3rd | 14 | 26 |
| — | 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 |
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