OGAE Second Chance Contest
Year Winner Song Performer Runner-up
1970 Rest of the World United States Bridge over Troubled Water Simon & Garfunkel Italy
1971 France Pour un flirt Michel Fugain Rest of the World United States
1972 France Une Belle Histoire Michel Fugain Spain
1973 Italy Minuetto Mia Martini Greece
1974 Rest of the World Jamaica Kung Fu Fighting Carl Douglas Spain
1975 Rest of the World United States Only Yesterday The Carpenters Ireland
1976 Sweden Fernando Anni-Frid Lyngstad Rest of the World United States
1977 Italy Ti amo Umberto Tozzi Austria
1978 Spain Vivir asi es morir de amor Camilo Sesto Italy
1979 Italy Gloria Umberto Tozzi Rest of the World United States
1980 Italy Stella stai Umberto Tozzi Cyprus
1981 Italy Sarà perché ti amo Ricchi e Poveri Spain
1982 Italy Storie di tutti o giorni Riccardo Fogli France
1983 Italy Sarà quel che sarà Tiziana Rivale Ukrainian SSR
1984 Ukrainian SSR Oy zelene zhito zelene Oksana Bilozir Greece
1985 Belgium Vergeet Barbara Will Tura SR Serbia
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 1986 competed in the contest . So far eleven contests have been held , with Italy winning six contests , the United States won twice , and Belgium , Spain , Sweden , Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic , and Jamaica all winning once . Umberto Tozzi has so far been responsible for three of Italy 's wins . [ 57 ]
The OGAE Second Chance Contest is a visual event which was founded in 1987 and is organised by branches of OGAE, the international fan club of the Eurovision Song Contest. Four nations competed in the first contest which took place in 1987. The contest was previously a non-televised event, but evolved over the years by the usage of video tape and nowadays DVD and YouTube. Each summer following the Eurovision Song Contest, each branch can enter one song that failed to win the country's national selection process for the annual Eurovision Song Contest. The members of each club choose amongst the songs that did not win and select one to represent the club in the event. Votes are cast by members of the OGAE clubs and are returned to the OGAE branch organising the particular year's event. Guest juries have been used to cast votes since 1993.