Marcus and Martinus won OGAE Second Chance 2023 with the song "Air"! - Eurovision News | Music

Following Medina’s victory with “In i dimman” in the previous year, Marcus and Martinus won this year’s OGAE Second Chance competition, which was organized by OGAE Sweden. This victory marks Sweden’s 19th triumph overall!

What is OGAE Second Chance?

It is a contest that has been organized annually since 1987, with the goal of showcasing the best song that did not make it to the Eurovision stage. Thus, each organization selects what it considers to be the best song that competed in the national final of its country. It is not required that this song has placed second.

These are the competition’s results for this year:

Sweden – Marcus & Martinus – “Air “ – 322 points
Norway – Ulrikke – “Honestly” – 286 points
Finland – KUUMAA – “Ylivoimainen” – 252 points
Italy – Lazza – “Cenere” – 179 points
Spain – Vicco – “Nochentera” – 164 points
Serbia – Filip Baloš – “Novi plan drugi san” – 161 points
Belgium – Chérine – “Ça m’ennuie pas” – 125 points
Estonia – OLLIE – “Venom” – 112 points
Ukraine- Jerry Heil – “When God Shut the Door” – 89 points
Poland – Jann – “Gladiator” – 84 points
Albania – Elsa Lila – “Evita” – 49 points
Germany – Will Church – “Hold On” – 48 points
Portugal – Edmundo Inácio – “A Festa” – 38 points
Denmark – EYJAA – “I Was Gonna Marry Him” – 27 points
Croatia – Harmonija Disonance – “Nevera (Lei, lei)” – 26 points
Moldova (OGAE Rest of the World) – SunStroke Project – “Yummy Mommy” – 17 points
Ireland – Connolly – “Midnight Summer Night” – 16 points
Lithuania – Rūta Mur – “So Low” – 13 points
Romania – Andreea D Folclor Orchestra – “Perinița mea” – 10 points
Czechia – Rodan – “Introvert Party Club” – 7 points
Iceland – Langi Seli og Skuggarnir – “OK” – 4 points
Malta – Ryan Hilli – “In the Silence” – 1 points
Latvia – 24. Avenija – “You Said” – 0 points