OGAE VIDEO CONTEST 2004

NEWS

02 Jan 05 - MORE NEWS FROM FRANCE

The Video Contest is ready for distribution and will be sent to participants this week. OGAE France thanks Aykut Berber and OGAE Turkey for their help with this production.

24 Oct - MORE NEWS FROM FRANCE

See here the trophy which will be awarded to the winner:

23 Sep - NEWS FROM FRANCE

We hope that your video has now reached its final destination : the headquarters of OGAE Turkey or more precisely chez Aykut Berber, as he is in charge of compiling the clips. 

Talking about participation, this year's fee has been decided and requested. It includes two video tapes and two times postage to your country + a few things regarding the making of the contest. 

13 Sep - NEW FRENCH ENTRY

Representing France for this year's OGAE Video Contest now will be - Charlotte Gainsbourg & Etienne Daho with "If". This video was chosen instead of "Rosso", which happens to be a cover version. "If" won an internal selection with 6 votes, against "Humaine" by Hélène Segara (4 votes).

09 Sep - CHANGE OF CLIP FOR MACEDONIA!

OGAE France reports that ... following an investigation and changes agreed in Istanbul, OGAE Macedonia is responsible for the OGAE Video Contest in its country. Therefore the entry previously announced by the other Club in Macedonia has today been replaced.

08 Sep - LA FRANCE ÉLIMINÉE!

OGAE France have announced that the French entry ('Rosso' by Cerena) has been eliminated. It in a cover version of an Italian song by Mina. A new entry will be announced shortly

02 Sep - DRAW MADE IN PARIS

Here's the running order for this year's OGAE Video Contest. The draw was made this afternoon in the grass... somewhere around Paris :

So the videos will be presented this way :

Photos from the Draw available on the main Video 2004 Page.

01 Sep – THE DRAW IS NEAR!

The running order for the 2004 Video Song Contest is postponed to... tomorrow !  It will be made in Paris and you'll get the information late at night.  You will also discover your host for the show.

16 Aug – LATEST NEWS FROM FRANCE!

OGAE France is in charge of two contests this year : the OGAE Song Contest and the Video Song Contest. For the latter, we fortunately have the help of the OGAE Turkey, on the production side. As all Video SC coordinators must know, the deadline for sending your material is on September 1st. 

 Here is the current list of the participating countries. Just before drawing lots for the running order of the videos, we would like to make sure this list has all clubs involved. If your name is not mentioned, please let us know immediately. 

 Still, if your club was not willing to take part and if you have changed your mind, it's NOW OR NEVER to tell us you want to be "in". The deadline is close but there is place enough for you, if you hurry. The countries taking part (in no particular order) are : 

GERMANY / FINLAND / MALTA / PORTUGAL / ITALY / RUSSIA / GREECE / MACEDONIA / NETHERLANDS / ISRAEL / BULGARIA / NORWAY / CROATIA / SERBIA & MONTENEGRO / TURKEY / SLOVENIA / BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA / LUXEMBOURG / FRANCE

14 Jul – BASTILLE DAY LAUNCH!

Entries expected from: Allemagne (Oliver) / Finlande (Martti) / Malte (Deo) / Portugal (Antonio) / Italie (Alessandro) / Russie (Julia) / Grèce (Spiros) / Macédoine (Vlatko) / Pays-Bas (Bart) / Israël (Alon) / Bulgarie (Jordan) / Norvège (Henrik) / Croatie (Goran) / Serbie & Montenegro (Miroslav) / Turquie (Hasan) / Slovénie (Gorazd) / France (Dominique).

KEY DATES :

01 Sep – Deadline for submitting video and application form

04 Oct – Dispatch of preview video tapes to participant clubs (by Dominique Dufaut, OGAE France to each Club’s Responsible Contact

15 Nov – Deadline for submitting votes (instructions will be sent with the tapes)

13 Dec – Dispatch of OGAE Video Contest Video Tapes to Clubs.