BILBAO - OCTOBER 28th 2005

 

LATEST NEWS

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04 Apr TURKEY decides TEK ISTEGIM Nursel Efe

02 Apr News from Spain

The 2005 Contest will be held in Bilbao in northern Spain and produced by Gerardo Vázquez.

Official LOGO revealed! - Click for full size version»

30 Mar

NEXT STEPS for Second Chance Contest 2005 from José Juan Santana Rodríguez of OGAE Spain -

 

APRIL 30: Last day to announce to OGAE Spain the chosen entry of your club. (Some of them have already been announced).

 

APRIL 30: Last day for receipt of the required fee.

 

Any queries, please contact José at ogaespain@yahoo.es

 
30 Mar

Greetings from Spain and José J. Santana

 

Here you have the list of 24 clubs taking part in the OGAE Second Chance Contest 2005 in Spain -

 

AUSTRIA, BELGIUM, BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA, CROATIA, DENMARK, ESTONIA, FINLAND, FRANCE, GERMANY, GREECE, IRELAND, ISRAEL, LATVIA, MACEDONIA, MALTA, NORWAY, RUSSIA, SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO, SLOVENIA, SPAIN, SWEDEN, The NETHERLANDS, TURKEY and the UNITED KINGDOM

 

Plus 3 Honorary Juries From (We Are Very Happy To Have These Clubs In The Contest Too); ITALY, POLAND and PORTUGAL

 

OGAE Spain will be in touch with all clubs with the next Steps.

OGAE SECOND CHANCE 2005 will take off very soon with plenty of time to arrange voting.

 
30 Mar ESTONIA decides HAVE YOU EVER Rebecca Kontus

30 Mar Estonia (via Ivar) is in!    
29 Mar Netherlands (via Bart) and Austria (via Rene) are with us!    
29 Mar BELGIUM'S Entry LOST PARADISE Tiffany Ciely

29 Mar Denmark (via Brian) is in!    
27 Mar RUSSIAN Entry LETALA DA PELA

(Flew & Sang)

Varvara

27 Mar Russia (via Julia) is the 23rd Country to agree participation    
27 Mar Norway (via Henrik) and Germany (via Reinard) join in!    
27 Mar UK Entry decided - click here! BRAND NEW DAY Tricolore

24 Mar Israel (via Alon) says yes!    
24 Mar FINLAND announces entry! KISS ME Jennie

23 Mar Slovenia (via Gorazd) joins the fun!    
22 Mar Now up to 18 Participating Countries!      
22 Mar 5 more confirmations -Serbia & Montenegro (via Miroslav), Finland (via Martti), Portugal (via Antonio), Bosnia-Herzegovina (via Vanja) and Croatia (via Tomislav)    
21 Mar GREECE announces entry! LET'S GET WILD Helena Paparizou

17 Mar MACEDONIA announces entry! SONCE I MOSESINA Aleksandra Pileva

17 Mar Macedonia (via Stefan) says yes!    
15 Mar Greece (via Kostas) says yes!    
14 Mar 4 more confirmations -Belgium (via Christophe), Poland (via Tomasz), Sweden (via Martin) and Latvia (via Eriks)    
13 Mar UK Vote Phase 2 (Final Phase) runs to 25 Mar - VOTE NOW! Only 3 songs left!      
11 Mar France confirms Participation (via Dominique). Members to choose entry.    
10 Mar MALTA announces entry DEJA VU Olivia Lewis

www.olivialewis.net

www.malta.ogae.net 

06 Mar Italy (via Matteo), Ireland (via Bryan) and Turkey (via Umut) confirm Participation    
03 Mar Malta confirms Participation (via Deo)    
02 Mar UK confirms Participation (via Gary) - Selection in progress.    
02 Mar Spain will host Second Chance 2005. See below.    

 

02 March 05 - The following announcement to OGAE Clubs made by José J. Santana of OGAE Spain, hosts of Second Chance 2005, after Davinia's win in Sweden:

 

Dear Friends

 

After the victory by Davinia in the OGAE Second Chance Contest 2004, OGAE Spain will hold the next edition.

 

Here you have the timetable and tasks:

 

MARCH 30: Last day to confirm the participation of your club.

 

APRIL 30: Deadline for submitting the participation fee and name of the entry (and video if is necessary) to OGAE Spain.

 

JUNE 30: Deadline to dispatch the production tape or DVD to the clubs by OGAE Spain.

 

SEPTEMBER 30: OGAE Spain will announce the exact time and location on the internet for the voting sequence so that all clubs can inform their members in advance and the voting can be followed by all those who would like to.

 

OCTOBER 28:  The Great Day, the voting will be done online but all the participant club must have submitted their votes at last two days before the voting night to secure their voting in case of technical problems. Results can be revealed publicly on websites after the voting online is completed.

 

SONGS CAN ONLY ENTER THE SCC 2005 IF:

 

A) They were performed at a public televised national selection for Eurovision Song Contest and failed to win the national Eurovision Pre-selection process.

 

B) At least two songs have been performed during the Pre-selection.

 

C) OGAE Clubs that are ineligible to participate in the OGAE Second Chance Contest due to having no internal selection or because their country does not enter the ESC, can join the OGAE SCC as an honorary jury. These clubs can vote using the same system as the other clubs and the rules set by organiser.

 

OGAE Clubs to inform OGAE Spain as soon as possible the responsible person with the mail of your club for the OGAE Second Chance Contest.

 

GREETINGS FROM SPAIN. JOSE J. SANTANA