OGAE

OGAE (French: Organisation Générale des Amateurs de l'Eurovision, English: General Organisation of Eurovision Fans) is an international organisation that was founded in 1984 in Savonlinna, Finland by Jaripekka Koikkalainen. The organisation consists of a network of 42 Eurovision Song Contest fan clubs across Europe and beyond, and is a non-governmental, non-political, and nonprofit company.

Organisation Générale des Amateurs de l'Eurovision
AbbreviationOGAE
Formation1984 (1984)
TypeNGO, NP, NPO
Location
Coordinates61°52′5″N 028°53′10″E
Region served
42 countries (see list below)
President
Simon Bennett
Secretary
Anthony Cigé
Treasurer
Morten Thomassen
Other Members
  • Klaus Woryna (Board Member)
  • Marcus Davey (Board Member)
  • Tamás Vámos (Deputy Member)
  • Frank Sevriens (Deputy Member)
Main organ
Fanclub Network
Websitewww.ogaeinternational.org

Four non-profit competitions are organised independently every year to promote national popular music to Eurovision fans from around the world. The international organisation works frequently in cooperation with the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) in order to help promote the Eurovision Song Contest, and has also established a strong relationship with the national broadcasting companies from across the participating countries.

The current President of the OGAE International Network is Simon Bennett from OGAE United Kingdom, who succeeded from Maiken Mäemets of OGAE Finland in 2015.

History

Although the Eurovision Song Contest began in 1956, the OGAE International Network was founded by Jaripekka Koikkalainen in 1984 in Savonlinna, Finland.[1] The organisation, which is an independent Eurovision Fan club, operates as a non-governmental, non-political and non-profit body, and works frequently in cooperation with the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). The network is open to countries that take part in the Eurovision Song Contest or have participated in the past. Several other countries around Europe and beyond that do not have their own independent OGAE Network, including Australia, Kazakhstan, Monaco, San Marino, South Africa, and the United States of America, participate under the name "OGAE Rest of the World".[2]

Every year the organisation arranges four competitions – Song Contest, Second Chance Contest, Video Contest and Home Composed Song Contest.[3] The cooperative exercise of the OGAE Network is to raise awareness of popular national music across the world, in collaboration with the fans of the Eurovision Song Contest, as well as establishing a strong relationship between national broadcasting companies and the marketing of the Eurovision Song Contest itself to a wider fan-base.[3]

In 2007, Antonis Karatzikos was elected as new International Coordinator for OGAE, until 2009. In July 2009 he was re-elected for the same post.[4] In 2011, OGAE International Network became a registered organisation in France, and Maiken Mäemets was elected President.[3] She was re-elected for a second term on 17 May 2013 at the Euro Fan Café (Moriska Paviljongen) in Malmö, Sweden.[5] During the annual OGAE Presidents’ Meeting, which took place on 22 May 2015 at the Euro Fan Café in Wien; the presidents of the OGAE Clubs elected a new board for the OGAE International Network (shown below), who will maintain their roles until the next election in 2017.[6]

Position Name OGAE club
President Simon Bennett  United Kingdom
Secretary Anthony Cigé  Iceland
Treasurer Morten Thomassen  Norway
Board members Klaus Woryna  Germany
Marcus Davey  Australia (ROW)
Deputy members Tamás Vámos  Hungary
Frank Sevriens  Netherlands

OGAE branches

OGAE currently has forty-six members, including two in Germany.[1][7] These are:

  1.  Albania
  2.  Andorra
  3.  Armenia
  4.  Australia
  5.  Austria
  6.  Azerbaijan
  7.  Belarus
  8.  Belgium
  9.  Bulgaria
  10.  Croatia
  11.  Cyprus
  12.  Czech Republic
  13.  Denmark
  14.  Estonia
  15.  Finland
  16.  France
  17.  Germany
  18. Germany Eurovision Club
  19.  Greece
  20.  Hungary
  21.  Iceland
  22.  Ireland
  23.  Israel
  24.  Italy
  25.  Latvia
  26.  Lithuania
  27.  Luxembourg
  28.  Malta
  29.  Netherlands
  30.  Norway
  31.  North Macedonia
  32.  Poland
  33.  Portugal
  34. Rest of the World
  35.  Romania
  36.  Russia
  37.  Serbia
  38.  Slovakia
  39.  Slovenia
  40.  Spain
  41.  Sweden
  42.   Switzerland
  43.  Turkey
  44.  Ukraine
  45.  United Kingdom

OGAE Rest of the World

Countries that do not have an OGAE Network in their own right, but are active or associate members of the EBU are unified under the name "Rest of the World". The countries which constitute this OGAE Network are:[2][8]

Notes
2.^ Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco and San Marino have all participated in the Eurovision Song Contest, though they do not have full OGAE membership and thus are part of OGAE Rest of the World.[9][10]

OGAE Contests

OGAE Eurovision Song Contest Poll

The Marcel Bezençon Fan Award was handed out in 2002 and 2003, and voted on by the members of OGAE, the Eurovision international fan club. It was discontinued and replaced by the Composer Award in 2004.

Year Winner Song Performer
2002  Finland "Addicted to You" Laura Voutilainen
2003  Spain "Dime" Beth

Every year since 2007, OGAE has conducted a pre-Eurovision Song Contest poll in which every national club plus OGAE Rest of the World cast a vote from all entries participating in a particular contest, using the same scoring system as Eurovision Voting: the most voted songs on each club receive 1 to 8, and then 10 and 12 points, and countries cannot vote for themselves. The winners of this poll are:

Year Winner Song Performer Runner-up 3rd place
2007  Serbia "Molitva" (Молитва) Marija Šerifović  Belarus   Switzerland
2008  Sweden "Hero" Charlotte Perrelli   Switzerland  Serbia
2009  Norway "Fairytale" Alexander Rybak  France  Sweden
2010  Denmark "In a Moment Like This" Chanée and N'evergreen  Israel  Germany
2011  Hungary "What About My Dreams?" Kati Wolf  France  United Kingdom
2012  Sweden "Euphoria" Loreen  Italy  Iceland
2013  Denmark "Only Teardrops" Emmelie de Forest  San Marino  Norway
2014  Sweden "Undo" Sanna Nielsen  Hungary  Israel
2015  Italy "Grande amore" Il Volo  Sweden  Estonia
2016  France "J'ai cherché" Amir  Russia  Australia
2017  Italy "Occidentali's Karma" Francesco Gabbani  Belgium  Sweden
2018  Israel "Toy" Netta Barzilai  France  Finland
2019  Italy "Soldi" Mahmood   Switzerland  Netherlands
2020  Lithuania "On Fire" The Roop  Iceland   Switzerland
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OGAE Second Chance Contest
Main article: OGAE Second Chance Contest

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.[11] 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.[12]

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.[13]

OGAE Song Contest

The OGAE Song Contest is an audio event in which all OGAE national clubs can enter with an original song released in the previous 12 months in their countries, and sung in one of the country's official languages.[14][15]

Participation

So far 59 countries have been represented at the contest at least once. These are listed here alongside the year in which they made their debut:

Year Country making its debut entry
1986  Finland,  Germany,  Netherlands,  Norway,  Sweden
1987  Botswana (as Rest of The World),  Israel,  Portugal,  Spain,  Zimbabwe (as Rest of The World)
1988  Belgium,  Greece,  United Kingdom
1989  Denmark,  France
1990  Austria,  Cyprus,  Ireland,  Italy
1991  Bulgaria,  Monaco
1992  Luxembourg
1993  Japan (as Rest of The World),  Slovakia,   Switzerland
1994  South Africa (as Rest of The World),  Turkey
1996  Australia
1997  New Zealand (as Rest of The World)
1998  Poland
1999  Croatia,  Federal Republic of Yugoslavia,  Kazakhstan (as Rest of The World)
2000  Iceland,  Malta,  Slovenia
2001  Bosnia and Herzegovina,  Russia
2002  North Macedonia[lower-alpha 1],  Serbia and Montenegro
2003  Lithuania
2005  Estonia,  Lebanon
2006  Albania,  Andorra,  Armenia,  Serbia,  Ukraine
2008  Azerbaijan,  Canada (as Rest of The World)
2009  Guyana (as Rest of The World)
2011  United States (as Rest of The World)
2012  Mexico (as Rest of The World)
2013  Colombia (as Rest of The World),  Belarus
2014  Montenegro
2015  Latvia
2016  Czech Republic,  Hungary,

OGAE Rest of the World represents countries that do not have an OGAE branch of their own.

Winners

Fourteen countries have won the contest since it began in 1986. The most successful countries in the contest has been Spain and United Kingdom, who have won the contest six times each.

Year Winner Song Performer Points Host city No. of
entries
1986  Germany "Stimmen in Wind" Juliane Werding 16 Savonlinna 5
1987  Israel "Ba'ati Eleiha" (באתי אליך) Yardena Arazi 83 Savonlinna 10
1988  Germany "Explosion" Mary Roos 83 Cardiff 10
1989  Norway "Hjem" Karoline Krüger and Anita Skorgan 93 Berlin 13
1990  Italy "Vattene amore" Mietta and Amedeo Minghi 136 Oslo 18
1991  France "Désenchantée" Mylène Farmer 151 Pisa 17
1992  Portugal "Se o dia nascesse" Nucha 115 Paris 16
1993  Italy "La solitudine" Laura Pausini 154 Montargis 20
1994  Greece "Ftes" (Φταις) Sabrina 116 Pisa 19
1995  Spain "Cada vez" Paloma San Basilio 144 Athens 21
1996  Spain "Me quedaré solo" Amistades Peligrosas 159 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 16
1997  Spain "Amor perdido" Marta Sánchez 199 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 22
1998  Poland "Im Wiecej Ciebie tym mniej" Natalia Kukulska 125 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 16
1999  France "Jardin de lumière" Leyla Doriane 169 Athens 24
2000  Sweden "Svarta änkan" Nanne 168 Paris 26
2001  France "Moi... Lolita" Alizée 189 Umeå 24
2002  United Kingdom "What If" Kate Winslet 126 Paris 25
2003  France "Cassé" Nolwenn Leroy 183 Southampton 27
2004  Russia "Gryozy" (Грёзы) Varvara 178 Lyon 27
2005  Italy "Da grande" Alexia 164 Moscow 28
2006  Greece "Mambo" Elena Paparizou 244 Pisa 30
2007  Spain "Qué no daría yo" Rebeca 179 Athens 29
2008  Croatia "Ruža u kamenu" Franka Batelić 164 Zaragoza 27
2009  United Kingdom "Viva la Vida" Coldplay 248 Zagreb 30
2010  United Kingdom "Heartbreak (Make Me a Dancer)" Freemasons feat. Sophie Ellis-Bextor 228 London 27
2011  United Kingdom "Someone Like You" Adele 189 London 26
2012  Italy "Per sempre" Nina Zilli 219 London 26
2013  Spain "Te despertaré" Pastora Soler 237 Bologna 30
2014  France "Dernière Danse" Indila 251 Spain 26
2015  France "Andalouse" Kendji Girac 248 Paris 31
2016  Spain "Sofia" Álvaro Soler 234 Paris 28
2017  Australia "Fighting for Love" Dami Im 232 Spain 28
2018  United Kingdom "Scared of the Dark" Steps 230 Sydney 29
2019  United Kingdom "Someone You Loved" Lewis Capaldi 241 London 28

OGAE Video Contest
Main article: OGAE Video Contest

The OGAE Video Contest is a video event which, much like the OGAE Song Contest, is organised between branches of OGAE, the international fan club of the Eurovision Song Contest. All OGAE national clubs can enter with an original song and video released in the previous 12 months in their countries. There is no obligation on the entry for the OGAE Video Contest to be sung in one of the country's official languages.

Participation

So far 50 countries have been represented at the contest at least once. These are listed here alongside the year in which they made their debut:

Year Country making its debut entry
2003  Albania,  Armenia,  Bosnia and Herzegovina,  Finland,  France,  Germany,  Greece,  Iceland,  Israel,  Italy,  North Macedonia,  Malta,  Netherlands,  Norway,  Portugal,  Russia,  Slovenia,  Spain,  Turkey,  United Kingdom
2004  Bulgaria,  Croatia,  Luxembourg,  Serbia and Montenegro
2005  Ireland,  Kazakhstan (as Rest of The World),  Poland,  Ukraine
2006  Moldova,  Serbia,  South Africa (as Rest of The World)
2007  Andorra,  Austria,  Estonia,  Latvia,  Namibia (as Rest of The World)
2010  Australia (as Rest of The World)
2012  Belgium,  United States (as Rest of The World)
2013  Belarus
2014  Azerbaijan,  Montenegro,  Slovakia
2016  Cyprus,  Czech Republic,  Hungary,  Romania,  Sweden,   Switzerland,  Uzbekistan (as Rest of The World)

OGAE Rest of the World represents countries that do not have an OGAE branch of their own. Their first participation came at the 2005 Contest, where they represented Kazakhstan.

Winners

Nine countries have won the contest since it began in 2003. The most successful countries in the contest has been Russia and France, who have won the contest three times each.

Year Country Video Performer Points Host city
2003  France "Fan" Pascal Obispo 122 Istanbul
2004  Portugal "Cavaleiro Monge" Mariza 133 Fontainebleau
2005  Ukraine "I Will Forget You" Svetlana Loboda 171 Lisbon
2006  Italy "Contromano" Nek 106 Izmir
2007  Russia "LML" Via Gra 198 Florence
2008  Russia "Potselui" Via Gra 140 Moscow
2009  Russia "Karma" Yin-Yang 142 Saint Petersburg
2010  Poland "Kim tu jestem" Justyna Steczkowska 85 Volgograd
2011  France "Lonely Lisa" Mylène Farmer 96 Wrocław
2012  Italy "È l'amore che conta" Giorgia 135 Paris
2013  Belgium "Papaoutai" Stromae 144 Turin
2014  France "Tourner dans le vide" Indila 141 Brussels
2015  Germany "Gäa" Oonagh 122 Paris
2016  United Kingdom "Hymn for the Weekend" Coldplay 673 Lüneburg
2017  Belgium "Mud Blood" Loïc Nottet 184 London
2018  Czech Republic "Me Gusta" Mikolas Josef 132 Antwerp
2019  Ukraine "Siren Song" Maruv 174 Prague

See also

Notes
  1. Until 2018 participated as F.Y.R. Macedonia.

References
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