OGAE Song Contest 2021

OGAE Song Contest 2021
Dates
Final	29 October 2021
Host
Venue	Cardiff Wales, United Kingdom
Host broadcaster	OGAE UK
Participants
Number of entries	29
Returning countries	Andorra Armenia Austria
Vote
Voting system	Each country awarded 12, 10, 8-1 points to their ten favourite songs.
Nul points	Russia
Winning song	Australia "Fly Away"
Winning musician	Tones and I

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The OGAE Song Contest 2021 is the 36th edition of the OGAE Song Contest. It was hosted by OGAE UK, following the country's victory at the 2020 contest with the song "Physical" by Dua Lipa. The contest was held online, with the results announced on 29 October 2021. 29 clubs participated in the contest.

Location

The 2021 contest was hosted in Cardiff, the capital of Wales in the United Kingdom. It is the second time the city hosted the OGAE Song Contest, having previously hosted the contest in 1988. It was also the third year in a row OGAE UK hosted the OGAE Song Contest, having hosted the contest in 2019 and 2020. This marked the United Kingdom's eighth time hosting the OGAE Song Contest overall.

Format

The key eligibility criteria for submission are:

• The song must have been released on an album or as a single on vinyl, CD or as a digital download, or as a video, no earlier than the start of the year prior to the Contest;
• The song must be an original version (not a cover or a remix);
• The song must not include samples of any other songs;
• The relevant song shall not have competed in the Eurovision Song Contest, Junior Eurovision Song Contest, OGAE Second Chance Contest or any related public preselections;
• The video (if applicable) must have been released by the relevant artist;
• The song and/or video shall be a studio version of the song, not a live recording or part of a film;
• The performer must be an individual with the nationality of the nominating OGAE national club. For groups, at least one performer must be of the nationality of the nominating national club;
• The song must be a maximum duration of 5 minutes. Videos should be no longer than 5 minutes, excluding credits.
• At least 75% of the song must be performed in an official/national language of the nominating club.

Any submissions deemed ineligible by the host or any competing club is referred to the OGAE International Contest Coordinator for confirmation of its eligibility or providing instructions to the nominating club to resubmit a new entry.

Entries and Results

R/O	Country	Artist	Song	Language	Points	Place
1	Australia	Tones and I	Fly Away	English	172	1
2	Czech Republic	Aneta Langerová	Jak Krasne Je Byt Milovan	Czech	9	26
3	Turkey	Gülşen & Edis	Nirvana	Turkish	15	24
4	Armenia	Sirusho	Es U Du	Armenian	16	22
5	Croatia	Damir Kedžo	Nedodirljiva	Croatian	48	13
6	Hungary	Honeybeast & Palya Bea	Ha Meghalok	Hungarian	15	23
7	Austria	Josh	Expresso & Tschianti	German	3	28
8	Sweden	Benjamin Ingrosso	Flickan på min gata	Swedish	42	16
9	Serbia	Zoi	Jasno mi je	Serbian	30	18
10	Ukraine	Tobizda	Ya Chotu Trampampam	Ukrainian	20	21
11	Rest of the World (United States)	Kali Uchis	Telepatía	Spanish, English	39	17
12	Latvia	Ivo Fomins	Diena Vai Nakts	Latvian	7	27
13	Ireland	Eimear Quinn	Hibernia	English	81	10
14	Italy	Takagi & Ketra feat. Marco Mengoni & Frah Quintale	Venere E Marte	Italian	129	5
15	Greece	Helena Paparizou & Marseaux	Deja Vu	Greek	70	11
16	Russia	Jey	Nenormalnyj	Russian	0	29
17	Cyprus	Monsieur Doumani	Pissourin	Greek	10	25
18	Belgium	Camille	Vuurwerk	Dutch	83	8
19	France	Patrick Fiori & Florent Pagny	J'y vais	French	137	4
20	Finland	Erika Vikman	Syntisten pöytä	Finnish	164	2
21	Andorra	Beth	Que Tremolin Els Arbres	Catalan	24	20
22	Poland	Męskie Granie Orkiestra 2021	I Ciebe Tez, Bardzo	Polish	25	19
23	Portugal	Ana Moura	Andorinhas	Portuguese	91	6
24	United Kingdom	Joel Corry & MNEK	Head & Heart	English	150	3
25	North Macedonia	Lara	Za Na	Macedonian	46	14
26	Spain	Miki Núñez	Me Vale	Spanish	49	12
27	Denmark	Fyr og Flamme	Kamæleon	Danish	83	7
28	Germany	Michelle	Vorbei Vorbei	German	82	9
29	Slovenia	Maraaya	Dobr' Gre	Slovene	42	15

External links

• Recap of entries
• Results Video

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