The OGAE Second Chance Contest has been running since 1987 and celebrates songs that didn’t make it through their national final. Sweden currently holds the record of most wins (19).
| Year | Winning Artist | Winning Song | Winning Country |
| 2025 | Klara Hammarström | On and On and On | Sweden |
| 2024 | Annalisa | Sinceramente | Italy |
| 2023 | Marcus & Martinus | Air | Sweden |
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2022 | Medina | In i dimman | Sweden |
| 2021 | Keiino | Monument | Norway |
| 2020 | Anna Bergendahl | Kingdom Come | Sweden |
| 2019 | Seemone | Tous les deux | France |
| 2018 | Annalisa | Il mondo prima di te | Italy |
| 2017 | Mariette | A Million Years | Sweden |
| 2016 | Margaret | Cool Me Down | Poland |
| 2015 | Nek | Fatti Avanti Amore | Italy |
| 2014 | Helena Paparizou | Survivor | Sweden |
| 2013 | Adelen | Bombo | Norway |
| 2012 | Pastora Soler | Tu Vida Es Tu Vida | Spain |
| 2011 | Yohanna | Nótt | Iceland (ROW) |
| 2010 | Timoteij | Kom | Sweden |
| 2009 | Hera Björk | Someday | Denmark |
| 2008 | Sanna Nielsen | Empty Room | Sweden |
| 2007 | Måns Zelmerlöw | Cara Mia | Sweden |
| 2006 | Saša Lendero | Mandoline | Slovenia |
| 2005 | Alcazar | Alcastar | Sweden |
| 2004 | Davinia | Mi Obsessión | Spain |
| 2003 | Alcazar | Not A Sinner, Nor A Saint | Sweden |
| 2002 | David Bisbal | Corazon Latino | Spain |
| 2001 | Barbados | Allt Som Jag Ser | Sweden |
| 2000 | Anna Eriksson | Oot Voimani Mun | Finland |
| 1999 | Feryal Basel | Unuttugumu Sandigim Anda | Turkey |
| 1998 | Nurlaila | Alsof Je Bij Me Bent | Netherlands |
| 1997 | Anna Oxa | Storie | Italy |
| 1996 | Lotte Engberg | Juliette Och Jonathan | Sweden |
| 1995 | Cecilia Vennersten | Det Vackraste | Sweden |
| 1994 | Gladys Del Pilar | Det Vackraste Jag Vet | Sweden |
| 1993 | Merethe Troan | Din Egen Stjerne | Norway |
| 1992 | Wenche Myhre | Du Skal Får Din Dag I Morgen | Norway |
| 1991 | Pernilla Wahlgren | Tvillingsjäll | Sweden |
| 1990 | Carola | Mitt I Ett Äventyr | Sweden |
| 1989 | Lecia Jonsson | Landet Camelot | Denmark |
| 1988 | Lena Phillipson | Om Igen | Sweden |
| 1987 | Arja Saijonmaa | Högt Över Havet | Sweden |