| OGAE Second Chance Contest 1988 |
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| Host | |
| Venue | Östersund, Sweden |
| Host broadcaster | OGAE Sweden |
| Participants | |
| Number of entries | 10 |
| Debuting countries | Denmark Finland Germany Greece Ireland Israel |
| Vote | |
| Voting system | Each country's jury, made up of member's of the country's OGAE branch, gave 1–8 points to their top 8 songs in order of preference. |
| Winning song | Sweden "Om igen" |
| OGAE Second Chance Contest | |
| ◄1987 1989► | |
The 1988 OGAE Second Chance Contest was the 2nd OGAE Second Chance Contest, organised between members of international Eurovision Song Contest fan club OGAE. Ten countries competed in the second contest, with 6 countries making their debut to the contest. Each country submitted one song that failed to win their national selections for the Eurovision Song Contest 1988.
The contest was held in Östersund in Sweden after OGAE Sweden won the 1987 contest with "Högt över havet" by Arja Saijonmaa. The winner's were again Sweden, with the winning song being "Om igen" by Lena Philipsson, which came second in the Swedish national selection for Eurovision Melodifestivalen 1988. Second place went to debut-country Finland and Helena Miller while third place went to the Netherlands' Joni de Boer. [1]
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| Draw | Country | Language | Artist | Song | English translation | National final | Place | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greece | Greek | Elektra | "Gia sena mono zo" | I live only for you | Unplaced | 10 | 19 |
| 2 | Germany | German | Ann Thomas | "Regenbogenland" | Rainbow land | 5th | 8 | 23 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | English | Two-Ché | "This Is The Kiss" | — | 2nd | 9 | 22 |
| 4 | Netherlands | Dutch | Joni de Boer | "Mijn droom" | My dream | 3rd | 3 | 49 |
| 5 | Norway | Norwegian | Jahn Teigen | "Glasnost" | — | 2nd | 7 | 30 |
| 6 | Denmark | Danish | Snapshot | "Tid til lidt kærlighed" | Time for a little love | 2nd | 4 | 34 |
| 7 | Ireland | English | Liam Reilly | "Lifeline" | — | 2nd | 6 | 31 |
| 8 | Sweden | Swedish | Lena Philipsson | "Om igen" | Once again | 2nd | 1 | 63 |
| 9 | Israel | Hebrew | Yardena Arazi | "Hi Rokedet" | She dances | 2nd | 5 | 32 |
| 10 | Finland | Swedish | Helena Miller | "Svart och vitt" | Black and white | 2nd | 2 | 57 |
| Juries | ||||||||||||
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| Greece | 19 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Germany | 23 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| United Kingdom | 22 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Netherlands | 49 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Norway | 30 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 6 | ||
| Denmark | 34 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Ireland | 31 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Sweden | 63 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | ||
| Israel | 32 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Finland | 57 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 6 | ||
Below is a summary of all the maximum 8 points received:
| N. | Recipient nation | Voting nation |
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| 3 | Finland | Germany, Netherlands, Sweden |
| Sweden | Finland, Greece, United Kingdom | |
| 2 | Netherlands | Denmark, Ireland |
| 1 | Israel | Netherlands |
| United Kingdom | Israel |
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