Norwegian KEiiNO wins OGAE 2021 second chance competition
Photo credit: Armand Nasiri
Norway won the OGAE 2021 Second Chance Competition with KEiiNO’s “Monument” winning the title.
This is Norway’s fourth victory in the OGAE Second Chance Competition. Their last victory dates back to 2013 when Adelén won with the song ‘Bombo’.
The competition, which rewards the best songs that did not win their national final, was voted on by OGAE clubs around the world. This year it was hosted by OGAE Sweden after Anna Bergendahl’s “Kingdom Come” won last year’s vote.
Photo credit: OGAE Sweden
During the show, Anna Bergendahl performed acoustic versions of “Kingdom Come” and “Ashes to Ashes”. She mentioned that she was touched by her victory in the OGAE Second Chance Competition last year, and Eurovision fans make her feel like a queen like Madonna and Lady Gaga.
KEiiNO dominated the evening with a 12-point majority from 41 OGAE clubs around the world.
The full competition results are as follows:
1 Norway – KEiiNO ‘MONUMENT’ – 441 points
2. Sweden – Eric Saade “Every Minute” – 353 points
3. Italy – Irama ‘La genesi del tuo colore’ – 326 points
4. Finland – Ilta ‘Kelle mä êtrean’ – 219 points
5. Croatia – BERNARDA ‘Colors’ – 163 points
6. France – Pony X ‘Amour fou’ – 159 points
7. Lithuania – Gebrasy “Where do you want to go?” – 141 points
8. Spain – Blas Cantó ‘Memoria’ – 138 points
9. Israel – Eden Alene ‘Ue La La’ – 119 points
10. Estonia – Jüri Pootsmann ‘Magus melanhoolia’ – 106 points
11. Portugal – NEEV ‘Dancing In The Stars’ – 99 points
12. Albania – Era Rusi ‘Zjarri im’ – 53 points
13. Denmark – Chief 1 og Thomas Buttenschøn ‘Højt over skyerne’ – 35 points
14. Russia – “The future is bright” – 21 points
KEiiNO even presented the 12 points from Norway that went to Italy.
The hosts revealed the news to the Norwegian group on the show where they revealed there will be two new songs from KEiiNO in October with a new album in the works due out in the spring.
The full points of OGAE Australia are as follows:
12 points – KEiiNO – “Monument”
10 points – Eric Saade – ‘Every minute’
8 points – Pony X – ‘Crazy Armor’
7 points – Irama – ‘La genesi del tuo colore’
6 points – Gebrasy – “Where do you want to go”
5 points – Eden Alene – ‘Ue La La’
4 points – Bernada – ‘Colors’
3 points – Blas Canto – ‘Memoria’
2 points – Ilta – ‘Kelle ma estan’
1 point – Juri Pootsman – ‘Magus melanhoolia’
OGAE Norway will now host the 2022 version of the competition.
The OGAE Seconde Chance has existed since 1987 and is managed by the international branch of Eurovision fan clubs known as the General Organization of Eurovision Amateurs, or OGAE for short.
The contest sees each country’s club pick a song that didn’t win their national final to represent them in what is essentially a “second chance” (hence the name of the contest).
Just like Eurovision, the club of each nation votes for their favorites and presents their 12, 10, 8 points gathered up to 1. Scores are counted and a winner is chosen.
You can watch the full show below: