The results of the OGAE Second Chance 2026 contest have been revealed.

Italy has emerged victorious in the OGAE Second Chance Contest 2026!

The winning entry was Che fastidio! by Ditonellapiaga. This marks Italy's fifth win overall in the history of the OGAE Second Chance Contest.

To claim victory, Ditonellapiaga beat out strong competition from Ukraine and Denmark who finished in second and third place.

The 40th annual contest, hosted by OGAE Sweden, saw 22 songs compete for a second chance at Eurovision glory, after failing to win national selection in their home country’s Eurovision selection process. 

Members from the OGAE fan clubs vote for their favourite songs in a Eurovision-style contest, awarding 12 points to the most popular entry, 10 points for second, 8 points for third and so on.

The victor is determined entirely by the votes of OGAE fan clubs from participating nations, combined with guest juries from countries that did not hold a national selection for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest.

The final voting leaderboard from the 40th OGAE Second Chance Contest are below:

1. Italy: Ditonellapiaga – Che fastidio!, 318 pts

2. Ukraine: Jerry Heil – CATHARTICUS, 240 pts

3. Denmark: Ericka Jane – Death of Me, 226 pts

4. Sweden: Greczula – Half of me, 216 pts

5. Finland: Antti Paalanen – Takatukka, 200 pts

6. Serbia: Zejna – Jugoslavija, 176 pts

7. Norway: Mileo – Frankenstein, 148 pts

8. Malta: MATT BLXCK – Ejja lejja ħdejja ‘l hawn, 139 pts

9. Spain: Tony Grox and LUCYCALYS – T AMARÉ, 104 pts

10. Bulgaria: DARA – Curse, 75 pts

11. Montenegro (ROTW): LANA x ÐORÐE – Temperatura, 61 pts

12. Greece: ZAF – ASTEIO, 57 pts

13. Estonia: NÖEP – Days like this, 32 pts

14. Germany: wavvyboi – Black Glitter, 30 pts

15. Luxembourg: Steve Castile – Sweet tooth,

26 pts

16. Poland: Basia Giewont – Zimna woda, 24 pts

17. Lithuania: SHWR – Contact!, 23 pts

18. Albania: Sheila – Zemra e tokës, 22 pts

19. Portugal: Dinis Mota – Jurei, 12 pts

20. Croatia: IRMA – Ni traga, 9 pts

21. Austria: Bamlak Werner – We are not just one thing, 5 pts

22. Latvia: Emilia – All we ever had, 3 pts

The results were revealed in a special broadcast conducted by OGAE Sweden.

How did Australia vote?

Australian voters largely agreed with the top 10 worldwide results, with OGAE Australia awarding our points to:

12 – Italy

10 – Denmark

8 – Norway

7 – Finland

6 – Ukraine

5 – Spain

4 – Bulgaria

3 – Serbia

2 – Malta

1 – Sweden

Australia had previously competed in the OGAE Second Chance contest since debuting in 2019, when we held the inaugural Australia Decides national selection event. 

Our best result was 2019’s fourth place with Electric Fields and their song 2000 and Whatever.

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