The 2000 OGAE Second Chance Contest was the 14th OGAE Second Chance Contest, organised between members of the international Eurovision Song Contest

Eurovision Song Contest

The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition...

 fan club OGAE

OGAE

OGAE is one of the 2 major international fan club networks of the Eurovision Song Contest. It has branches in 37 European countries.Although the Eurovision Song Contest started in 1956, OGAE began only in 1984 in Finland. All countries that take part or have already taken part in the Eurovision...

 to select the best song not to make it to the Eurovision Song Contest through each country's national finals. The 2000 Contest was organised by OGAE Turkey, after Turkey's win in the previous year's contest with "Unuttuğumu Sandığım Anda" by Feryal Başel.

21 countries took part in the 2000 Contest: Latvia

Latvia

Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...

 made its Second Chance debut after debuting at the Eurovision Song Contest 2000

Eurovision Song Contest 2000

The Eurovision Song Contest 2000 was the 45th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 13 May 2000 at the Ericsson Globe in Stockholm, Sweden, following Charlotte Nilsson's victory in Jerusalem the previous year. It was the first time since 1996 that the contest was held on mainland Europe. The...

, and seven countries made their returns to the contest: Estonia

Estonia

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, Finland

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

, Macedonia

Republic of Macedonia

Macedonia , officially the Republic of Macedonia , is a country located in the central Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe. It is one of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, from which it declared independence in 1991...

 and Switzerland

Switzerland

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 returned after a year's absence, Romania

Romania

Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...

 returned after last taking part in 1996, Iceland

Iceland

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 for the first time since 1994, and Spain

Spain

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 for the first time since 1991. However Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina

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, Portugal

Portugal

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 and Slovenia

Slovenia

Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...

 were releaged from the 2000 Eurovision, making them ineligible to compete in the 2000 Second Chance Contest, while Italy

Italy

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 also withdrew after three entries were sent from 1997 to 1999.

The 21 entries were joined in the voting by 6 guest juries from Austria

Austria

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, Israel

Israel

The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

, Luxembourg

Luxembourg

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, Portugal

Portugal

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, Italy

Italy

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 and Greece

Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

.

At the end of the voting Finland

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

's Anna Eriksson was declared the winner with the song "Oot voimani mun", Finland's first (and so far only) victory in the contest. The United Kingdom

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 came second with Catherine Porter

Catherine Porter

Catherine Porter is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. She is a former member of The Brian May Band and has appeared in several musicals and films...

 and "Crazy", while Spain

Spain

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 came third with "Sueño su boca" by Raúl

Raul

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.

Participants

Draw	Country	Language	Artist	Song	English translation	National final	Place	Points
01		English English language English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...	Priscilla	"Our Love"	–	3rd	17	15
02		English English language English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...	John Hurley	"Crossroads"	–	2nd	17	15
03		English English language English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...	Kind of Blue Kind of Blue (band) Kind of Blue is a music group formed in Hamburg in 1995. Currently, the band consists of Lidia Kopania and Bernd Klimpel .-History:In 1996 Kind of Blue played their first concert for 600 people near Hamburg, Germany....	"Bitter Blue"	–	3rd	4	125
04		West Frisian West Frisian language West Frisian is a language spoken mostly in the province of Friesland in the north of the Netherlands. West Frisian is the name by which this language is usually known outside the Netherlands, to distinguish it from the closely related Frisian languages of Saterland Frisian and North Frisian,...	Gina de Wit	"Hjir is it begijn"	Here is the beginning	5th	13	51
05		Swedish Swedish language Swedish is a North Germanic language, spoken by approximately 10 million people, predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along its coast and on the Åland islands. It is largely mutually intelligible with Norwegian and Danish...	Hanna Hedlund Hanna Hedlund Hanna Hedlund is a Swedish singer. Her sister, Lina Hedlund, is also a singer. She lives with Martin Stenmarck who sang the Swedish entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2005. They have two children together, Ida and Love.Hanna competed in Melodifestivalen 2000 with the song "Anropar försvunnen"...	"Anropar försvunnen"	Calling the missing	8th	9	82
06		Danish Danish language Danish is a North Germanic language spoken by around six million people, principally in the country of Denmark. It is also spoken by 50,000 Germans of Danish ethnicity in the northern parts of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, where it holds the status of minority language...	Sanna Gottlieb	"Uden dig"	Without you	3rd	11	76
07		English English language English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...	Monica Anghel Monica Anghel Monica Anghel Monica Anghel Monica Anghel (born June 1, 1971 is a Romanian singer born in Romania.In 1996 she took part in the international preselection for the Eurovision Song Contest. Unfortunately the Romanian song "Rugă pentru pacea lumii" was not chosen to go to the international final in Oslo... , Gheorghe Zamfir Gheorghe Zamfir Gheorghe Zamfir is a Romanian pan flute musician.Zamfir is known for playing an expanded version of the traditional Romanian-style pan flute of 20 pipes to 22, 25, 28 and 30 pipes to increase its range, and obtaining as many as eight overtones from each pipe by changing the embouchure.He is... & Body & Soul	"Let the Music Come Into Your Soul"	–	3rd	19	6
08		Icelandic Icelandic language Icelandic is a North Germanic language, the main language of Iceland. Its closest relative is Faroese.Icelandic is an Indo-European language belonging to the North Germanic or Nordic branch of the Germanic languages. Historically, it was the westernmost of the Indo-European languages prior to the...	Páll Rósinkranz	"Söknuður"	Missing	2nd	14	43
09		Croatian Croatian language Croatian is the collective name for the standard language and dialects spoken by Croats, principally in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Serbian province of Vojvodina and other neighbouring countries...	Putokazi	"Helleya, planet 'Nova zemlja'"	Helleya, planet 'New earth'	6th	16	31
10		Greek Greek language Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;...	Charoula Pirta	"Ki'akoma s'agapo"	I still love you	2nd	19	6
11		English English language English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...	Catherine Porter Catherine Porter Catherine Porter is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. She is a former member of The Brian May Band and has appeared in several musicals and films...	"Crazy"	–	3rd	2	162
12		Turkish Turkish language Turkish is a language spoken as a native language by over 83 million people worldwide, making it the most commonly spoken of the Turkic languages. Its speakers are located predominantly in Turkey and Northern Cyprus with smaller groups in Iraq, Greece, Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia, Kosovo,...	Işın Karaca Isin Karaca Işın began her musical career as vocalist for Sezen Aksu. In 1997, she performed songs in the Turkish translation of Disney's Hercules' Soundtrack. She also performed the Turkish translations of this album. In 1999 she became the lead vocalist of the musical group "Panic Attack", but the group...	"Bir Kırık Sevda"	A broken love	2nd	7	104
13		French French language French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...	Frédéric Reynaerts	"Le nomade m'a dit"	The nomad told me	2nd	10	81
14		Spanish Spanish language Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...	Raúl Raúl Fuentes Cuenca Raúl Fuentes Cuenca is a Spanish pop singer known by his stage name Raúl. He grew to fame in a Spanish talent show 1999. In 2000 he participated in the Spanish preselection for the Eurovison Song Contest with his song Sueño su boca finishing second...	"Sueño su boca"	I dream of her mouth	2nd	3	149
15		Macedonian Macedonian language Macedonian is a South Slavic language spoken as a first language by approximately 2–3 million people principally in the region of Macedonia but also in the Macedonian diaspora...	Karolina Gočeva Karolina Goceva Karolina Gočeva, often credited as Karolina Gocheva is a Macedonian singer. She represented Macedonia in the 2002 and 2007 Eurovision Song Contests, ranking 19th and 14th, respectively...	"Za nas"	For us	2nd	21	1
16		English English language English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...	Evelin Samuel Evelin Samuel -Career:Evelin Samuel has been singing since childhood and was even recorded by the studios of the Estonian Radio at a very early age. In late 1980s, Evelin joined the children's musical theatre Colombina whom she performed with at the 1992 Roskilde Festival in Denmark.In 1993, she finished 4th at...	"Over the Water Blue"	–	3rd	6	124
17		French French language French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...	Jessica Ferley	"Espoir"	Hope	2nd	4	125
18		Finnish Finnish language Finnish is the language spoken by the majority of the population in Finland Primarily for use by restaurant menus and by ethnic Finns outside Finland. It is one of the two official languages of Finland and an official minority language in Sweden. In Sweden, both standard Finnish and Meänkieli, a...	Anna Eriksson	"Oot voimani mun"	You are my power	2nd	1	177
19		English English language English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...	Jan Werner Danielsen Jan Werner Danielsen Jan Werner Danielsen, artist name Jan Werner, was a Norwegian pop, classical, and rock singer, famous for his powerful voice which stretched over four and a half octaves...	"One More Time	–	2nd	12	62
20		English English language English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...	Nubya & Al Walser	"Just 4 You"	–	2nd	15	33
21		English English language English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...	Yana Kay	"Set My Heart On Fire"	–	3rd	8	98