OGAE
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| Abbreviation | OGAE |
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| Formation | 1984 |
| Type | NGO, NP, NPO |
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| Coordinates | 61°52′5″N 028°53′10″E / 61.86806°N 28.88611°E |
Region served | 42 countries (see list below) |
President | Simon Bennett |
Secretary | Anthony Cigé |
Treasurer | Morten Thomassen |
Other Members |
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| Website | www |
The Organisation Générale des Amateurs de l'Eurovision (pronounced [ɔʁɡanizɑsjɔ̃ ʒeneʁal dez‿amatœʁ də løʁovizjɔ̃]; French for 'General Organisation of Eurovision Fans'), shortened to OGAE, is a non-governmental and non-profit international organisation, consisting of 42 Eurovision Song Contest fan clubs from across Europe and beyond. It was founded in 1984 in Savonlinna, Finland by Jaripekka Koikkalainen. Four non-profit competitions are organised by the OGAE every year to promote national popular music to Eurovision fans around the world. The organisation also works frequently in co-operation with the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and national broadcasters from the participating countries in order to help promote the Eurovision Song Contest. The current president of the OGAE International Network is Simon Bennett from OGAE United Kingdom, who succeeded Maiken Mäemets of OGAE Finland in 2015.
History
The Eurovision Song Contest began in 1956, and in 1984 the OGAE International Network was founded by Jaripekka Koikkalainen 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 Monaco, San Marino, Kazakhstan, South Africa, and the United States of America, participate under the name "OGAE Rest of the World".[2] Every year, the organisation arranges two competitions, the OGAE Second Chance Contest, and the OGAE 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.[4] In 2007, Antonis Karatzikos was elected as new International Coordinator for the OGAE, until 2009. In July 2009 he was re-elected for the same post.[5] In 2011, OGAE International Network became a registered organisation in France, and Maiken Mäemets was elected president.[4] She was re-elected for a second term on 17 May 2013 at the Euro Fan Café (Moriska Paviljongen) in Malmö, Sweden.[6] During the annual OGAE Presidents’ Meeting, which took place on 22 May 2015 at the Euro Fan Café in Vienna, the presidents of the OGAE Clubs elected a new board for the OGAE International Network (shown below), who would maintain their roles until the next election in 2017.[7][needs update]
| Position | Name | OGAE club |
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| President | Simon Bennett | File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom |
| Secretary | Anthony Cigé | File:Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland |
| Treasurer | Morten Thomassen | File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway |
| Board members | Alasdair Rendall | File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom |
| Marcus Davey | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia (ROW) | |
| Deputy members | Sebastian Zasada | File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland |
| Stéphane Chiffre | File:Flag of France.svg France |
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OGAE branches
OGAE currently has forty-four members, including two in Germany.[1][8] These are:
- File:Flag of Albania.svg Albania
- File:Flag of Andorra.svg Andorra
- File:Flag of Armenia.svg Armenia
- File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
- File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria
- File:Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan
- File:Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus
- File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium
- File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria
- File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia
- File:Flag of Cyprus.svg Cyprus
- File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic
- File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark
- File:Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia
- File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland
- File:Flag of France.svg France
- File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany
- File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany Eurovision Club
- File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece
- File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary
- File:Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland
- File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland
- File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel
- File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy
- File:Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia
- File:Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania
- File:Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg
- File:Flag of Malta.svg Malta
- File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
- File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway
- File:Flag of North Macedonia.svg North Macedonia
- File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland
- File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal
- File:Flag of the Rest of the World (Eurovision).svg Rest of the World
- File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania
- File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia
- File:Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia
- File:Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia
- File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain
- File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
- File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland
- File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey
- File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine
- File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
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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][9]
- File:Flag of Afghanistan (2013–2021).svg Afghanistan
- File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria
- File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina
- File:Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia and Herzegovina2
- File:Flag of Botswana.svg Botswana
- File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil
- File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
- File:Flag of Chile.svg Chile
- File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
- File:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia
- File:Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica
- File:Flag of Eswatini.svg Eswatini
- File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt
- File:Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia2
- File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong
- File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan
- File:Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan
- File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan
- File:Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Kyrgyzstan
- File:Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon
- File:Flag of Lesotho.svg Lesotho
- File:Flag of Liechtenstein.svg Liechtenstein
- File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico
- File:Flag of Moldova.svg Moldova2
- File:Flag of Monaco.svg Monaco2
- File:Flag of Montenegro.svg Montenegro2
- File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco2
- File:Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia
- File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand
- File:Flag of Peru.svg Peru
- File:Flag of San Marino.svg San Marino2
- File:Flag of Seychelles.svg Seychelles
- File:Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia2
- File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
- File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea
- File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia
- File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates
- File:Flag of the United States.svg United States of America
- File:Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Uzbekistan
- File:Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela
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- Notes
- 2.^ Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, San Marino and Slovakia 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.[10][11]
OGAE contests
OGAE Poll
The Marcel Bezençon Fan Award was handed out in 2002 and 2003, and voted on by members of the OGAE. It was discontinued and replaced by the Composer Award in 2004.
| Year | Winner | Song | Performer |
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| 2002 | File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland | "Addicted to You" | Laura Voutilainen |
| 2003 | File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain | "Dime" | Beth |
Every year since 2007, the 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 the one at Eurovision: 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:
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| Failed to qualify | |
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OGAE Second Chance Contest
The OGAE Second Chance Contest is a visual event which was founded in 1987 and is organised by branches of the OGAE.[12] Four nations competed in the first contest which took place in 1987. The competition was previously a non-televised event, but evolved over the years by the usage of video tape and later DVD, YouTube and streaming services.[13] 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 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.[14]
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. The competing songs must be sung in one of the country's official languages.[15][16] This rule was planned to be removed in 2022,[17] before the event was cancelled that year due to the controversy surrounding OGAE Russia's continued participation and the decision by OGAE not to remove the Russian OGAE club from the contest for its support of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[18]
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:
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OGAE Rest of the World represents countries that do not have an OGAE branch of their own. Their first participations came at the 1987 contest, where they represented Botswana & Zimbabwe.
Winners
Fourteen countries have won the contest since it began in 1986. The most successful country in the contest is the United Kingdom, which has won the contest eight times.
OGAE Video Contest
The OGAE Video Contest is a video event which, much like the OGAE Song Contest, is organised between branches of the OGAE. 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 51 countries have been represented at the contest at least once. These are listed here alongside the year in which they made their debut:
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 France, who has won the contest four times.
Notes
- ↑ Until 2018 participated as F.Y.R. Macedonia.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Guðmundsdóttir, Laufey Helga. "OGAE International Welcome Page". OGAE International. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Welcome to OGAE Rest of the World". OGAE RoW. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
- ↑ "OGAE Contests". Retrieved 11 October 2023.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Guðmundsdóttir, Laufey Helga (August 2016). "OGAE International About Us". OGAE International. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
- ↑ Viniker, Barry (2 July 2007). "OGAE elects new International Co-ordinator". ESCToday. Archived from the original on 5 July 2007. Retrieved 2 July 2007.
- ↑ Jiandani, Sanjay (22 May 2013). "OGAE International Board members elected". ESCToday. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
- ↑ Guðmundsdóttir, Laufey Helga (1 April 2017). "Bureau Elections 2017". Retrieved 16 April 2017.
- ↑ Guðmundsdóttir, Laufey Helga (3 August 2016). "OGAE National Clubs". OGAE International. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
- ↑ Speirs, Gary. "OGAE Second Chance Contest 2012: Rest of the World". SECHUK.COM. sechuk.com. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
- ↑ "Belarus: Candidate Member". List of OGAE Clubs. OGAE. Archived from the original on 17 June 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
- ↑ "OGAE Rest of the World Members". OGAE Rest of the World. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
At this moment, the countries without clubs and therefore part of Ogae rest of the world are Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco and San Marino.
- ↑ "About us". OGAE Second Chance Contest. OGAE. Archived from the original on 20 October 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
- ↑ Speirs, Gary. "Contest Background". OGAE Second Chance Contest. sechuk.com. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
- ↑ Speirs, Gary. "Statistics and other Useless Information". OGAE Second Chance Contest. sechuk.com. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
- ↑ "OGAE Song Contest Results: 1986 - 2011". OGAE. Sechuk.com. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
- ↑ "OGAE Song Contest Results: 2012". OGAE. OGAE Croatia. 1 December 2012. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
- ↑ "OGAE France wins OGAE Video Contest 2021 with Julien Doré". 29 December 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
- ↑ Granger, Anthony (2022-09-27). "OGAE Song Contest 2022 Cancelled". Eurovoix. Retrieved 2022-09-27.
