| OGAE Second Chance Contest 2004 |
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| Host | |
| Venue | Växjö, Sweden |
| Host broadcaster | OGAE Sweden |
| Participants | |
| Number of entries | 21 |
| Debuting countries | Serbia and Montenegro |
| Returning countries | Belgium Denmark Finland Macedonia Malta Turkey |
| Withdrawing countries | Estonia Iceland Ireland Israel Romania |
| Vote | |
| Voting system | Each jury awards 1–8, 10, and 12 points to their ten favourite songs |
| Winning song | Spain "Mi obsessión" |
| OGAE Second Chance Contest | |
| ◄2003 2005► | |
The 2004 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. 21 songs comepted in the contest, held in Växjö in Sweden after OGAE Sweden's win the previous year with "Not a Sinner Nor a Saint" by Alcazar.[1]
All 21 competing branches of OGAE competed in voting for the winner, along with three guest juries who were ineligible to compete in the contest from France, Ireland and Italy.[2]
Serbia and Montenegro made its Second Chance debut after it debuted at the Eurovision Song Contest 2004. Denmark, Finland and Macedonia returned to the contest after being relegated from the Eurovision Song Contest 2003 - Belgium and Turkey returned after holding internal selections the previous year, while Malta returned after being disqualified the previous year.
A number of countries also withdrew from the contest - Estonia and Israel had been set to compete in the contest, however withdrew at a late stage after selecting their entries (namely "Homme" by Maarja Liis-Ilus and "Freedom" by David D'Or respectively). Iceland withdrew due to no national final being held, while Romania withdrew out of choice. Ireland withdrew, but competed as a guest jury.
Contents |
| Draw | Country | Language | Artist | Song | English translation | National final | Place | Points |
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| 1 | Malta | English | Andreana | "24/7" | — | 8th | 21 | 1 |
| 2 | Slovenia | English | Natalija Verboten | "Cry on My Shoulder" | — | 4th | 8 | 80 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | English | Hyrise | "Leading Me On" | — | 2nd | 12 | 40 |
| 4 | Finland | English | Jonna K | "Like Believers Do" | — | 4th | 18 | 15 |
| 5 | Croatia | Croatian | Andrea | "Noah" | — | 2nd | 7 | 87 |
| 6 | Poland | English | Sistars | "Freedom" | — | 7th | 19 | 13 |
| 7 | Portugal | Portuguese | Gonçalo | "Novo e Clássico" | New and classic | 2nd | 11 | 44 |
| 8 | Norway | English | WigWam | "Crazy Things" | — | 3rd | 16 | 19 |
| 9 | Germany | English | Patrick Nuo | "Undone" | — | Unplaced | 3 | 147 |
| 10 | Sweden | Swedish | Shirley Clamp | "Min kärlek" | My love | 2nd | 2 | 187 |
| 11 | Turkey | English | Athena | "Easy Man" | — | 2nd | 20 | 10 |
| 12 | Denmark | Danish | Kaare Thøgersen | "Lykkelig i nat" | Happy tonight | Unplaced | 10 | 55 |
| 13 | Spain | Spanish | Davinia | "Mi obsesión" | My obsession | Unplaced | 1 | 192 |
| 14 | Latvia | English | C-Stones | "All You Know" | — | 4th | 17 | 17 |
| 15 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Bosnian | Deen | "Spava Sarajevo" | Sarajevo sleeps | 2nd | 14 | 27 |
| 16 | Macedonia | Macedonian | Toše Proeski | "Daleku od mene" | Far away from me | 2nd | 6 | 90 |
| 17 | Austria | English | Daniel Djuric | "Millionaire" | — | 6th | 9 | 59 |
| 18 | Greece | English | Apostolos Psichramis | "Alright" | — | 1st* | 13 | 29 |
| 19 | Serbia and Montenegro | Serbian | Negative | "Zbunjena" | Confused | 4th | 15 | 23 |
| 20 | Belgium | English | Natalia | "Higher Than The Sun" | — | 2nd | 4 | 146 |
| 21 | Netherlands | English | Anja Wessels | "Heart of Stone" | — | 2nd | 5 | 111 |
* Apostolos Psichramis had originally won the Greek national final, but Sakis Rouvas was internally selected to represent Greece at Eurovision. For more information, see Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004.
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