Eurovision Retrospectives Voting | 5 points per valid complete vote.

Check out our dedicated page about Retros.

1) Junior Eurovision Pre-Contest Reviews | AMENDED DEADLINE: Midnight CET 30 Nov | 16 pts

To enter: Express your thoughts on each of the 16 songs, posted daily during November on the Facebook group. 1 point per song commented on.

*Note: those not on Facebook can email comments, to be posted to the Facebook group on your behalf.

2) Junior Eurovision Post-Contest Voting | AMENDED DEADLINE: Midnight CET 30 Nov | 9 pts

After Junior Eurovision, vote on the performances to see who our club would have crowned as the winner! This replaces the regular ‘retro’ watch party and voting for November.

To enter: use the online form and award your 12, 10, 8-1 points.

3) Expressions of Interest | National Final Report | Nominations Open until 26 Nov | 20 pts (only on completion of Report)

Choose your three top countries you’d like to write a review of the national final selection process, regardless if that is a multi-faceted selection process like Melodifestivalen or an internal selection.

Nominations will close on 26 Nov, and we will allocate selections to members individually according to ‘first in, best dressed.’

See the National Final Report activity page for more information.

To enter: use the online form to nominate your 3 top countries to write a report on.

1) Eurovision Retrospective Voting | 26 Dec | 5 pts.

Check out our dedicated page about Retros.

To enter: use the online form and award your 12, 10, 8-1 points.

2) National Selection Reports | Ongoing | 20 pts.

For those members who have been allocated an event/country to report on only (this took place in November)

To enter: email your report within 2 weeks of the relevant event / song being chosen to receive points

1) Switzerland Retrospective Voting | Deadline 26 Jan | 20 pts

In January, we review all of Switzerland’s entries ever, with 66 in total (1956-2024, including 2020).

We hold Watch Parties as usual.

To enter: use the online form and score each song out of 10 (hence the hefty 20 points available).

2) Swiss Trivia Trove | Deadline 26 Jan | 25 pts

In preparation for Basel 2025, we will run a fabulous Swiss trove of trivia..

To enter: use the online forms to provide your answers (one point per correct answer).

Due to the right/wrong nature of the activity, Board members cannot participate.  

3) National Selection Reports | Ongoing | 20 pts.

For those members who have been allocated an event/country to report on only (this took place in November)

To enter: email your report within 2 weeks of the relevant event / song being chosen to receive points

1) Sounds Like Eurovision! | 26 Feb | 25 pts.

SoundBites are back! Guess the songs in 5 groups of 5 approximately-3-second snippets from a single Eurovision year.

To enter: use the online forms to provide your answers (one point per correct answer).

Due to the right/wrong nature of the activity, Board members cannot participate.  

2) Eurovision Retrospective Voting | 26 Feb | 5 pts.

Check out our dedicated page about Retros.

To enter: use the online form and award your 12, 10, 8-1 points.

3) National Selection Reports | Ongoing | 20 pts.

For those members who have been allocated an event/country to report on only (this took place in November)

To enter: email your report within 2 weeks of the relevant event / song being chosen to receive points

4) Expressions of Interest | Good Luck Messages | AMENDED DEADLINE: Nominations Open until 21 Feb | 10 pts (only on timely submission of message)

Film a good luck message to an artist/team prior to the Eurovision Song Contest.

To enter: use the online form to nominate your 3 top countries to send a good luck message to.

Once we close the EOI, individual allocations are on a ‘first in, best dressed.’ Allocations will be emailed.

Members will have until 30 March to submit the video message to receive their points. Submissions received after this date won’t be awarded points.

March is a busy month!

1) Eurovision Retrospective Voting | By 26 Mar | 5 pts.

Check out our dedicated page about Retros.

To enter: use the online form and award your 12, 10, 8-1 points.

2) Good Luck Messages | By 30 March | 10 pts

For those members allocated a country to provide a Good Luck Message to (which took place in February)

Film a good luck message to an artist/team prior to the Eurovision Song Contest. Good luck messages will be posted on social media, tagging the artist, as well as our YouTube channel.

To enter: send your GLM using the method provided in your allocation email.

Members have until 30 March to submit the video message to receive their points. Submissions received after this date won’t be awarded points.

4) National Selection Reports | By 30 March | 20 pts.

For those members allocated an event/country to report on only (this took place in November)

To enter: email your report within 2 weeks of the relevant event / song being chosen to receive points.

FINAL SUBMISSION DATE 12noon CET, 30 March

5) Pre-Contest Reviews | starting 25 March, til 9 May | 37 pts.

Daily from March 2025, one country's entry will be uploaded to the Facebook Group.

To enter: Express your thoughts on each of the 37 songs, daily during March/April on the Facebook group. 1 point per song commented on.

*Note: those not on Facebook can email comments, to be posted to the Facebook group on your behalf.

6) OGAE Poll | By 31 March | 5 pts

Globally, OGAE clubs vote on this year’s entries. OGAE International tally the votes and award a trophy to the overall OGAE winner! Click Here to see past winners (via wikipedia).

To enter: use the online form and award your 12, 10, 8-1 points.

1) Annual General Meeting | 12/13 April 2025 | 0 pts

Our Annual General Meeting (AGM) with the Board. A single meeting is held, at a time to try to suit the majority of our club’s locations.

https://www.ogaerotw.com/2025-agm

2) OGAE Second Chance Contest - Part 1 | Closes 26 April | 5 pts

(Moved from March).

The OGAE Second Chance Contest is a fun way for OGAE members to vote on those entries which missed out in National Selections.

In this Part 1, OGAE ROTW members vote for a second chance song from the national selection of a participating country under our banner (San Marino, Moldova or Georgia). This year, that is just San Marino!

To enter: use the online form to vote.

And continuing from March:

3) Pre-Contest Reviews | Closes 9 May | 37 pts.

To enter: Express your thoughts on each of the 37 songs, posted daily during March/April on the Facebook group. 1 point per song commented on.

*Note: those not on Facebook can email comments, to be posted to the Facebook group on your behalf.

There are no new activities in May, to allow everyone to focus on the event of the year!!

We do have the completion of

1) Pre-Contest Reviews | 9 May | 37 pts.

To enter: Express your thoughts on each of the 37 songs, posted daily during March/April/May on the Facebook group. 1 point per song commented on.

*Note: those not on Facebook can email comments, to be posted to the Facebook group on your behalf.

1) Post-Contest Reviews | Ongoing to 17 Jul | 37 pts

Starting June, one country's live performance from this year’s contest will be uploaded to the Facebook group each day.

To enter: Express your thoughts on each of the 37 songs, posted daily during June/July on the Facebook group. 1 point per song commented on.

*Note: those not on Facebook can email comments, to be posted to the Facebook group on your behalf.

2) OGAE Song Contest - ROTW Nominations | 1-21 Jun | 0 pts.

The OGAE Song Contest is a competition between songs nominated by member OGAE national clubs (in line with OGAE International criteria).

To prepare, you can nominate entries to represents OGAE ROTW at the 2025 Contest. Voting will take place in July as a separate activity.

To enter: use the online form to nominate your entry.

3) Eurovision Retrospective Voting | 26 Jun | 5 pts.

Check out our dedicated page about Retros.

To enter: use the online form and award your 12, 10, 8-1 points.

1) Post-Contest Reviews | to 17 Jul | 38 pts

Continued from June.

To enter: Express your thoughts on each of the 38 songs, posted daily during June/July on the Facebook group. 1 point per song commented on.

*Note: those not on Facebook can email comments, to be posted to the Facebook group on your behalf.

2.) OGAE Second Chance Contest | Dates TBD | 5 pts.

In this Part 2, OGAE ROTW members vote on the various songs chosen by OGAE chapters around the world, in the OGAE Second Chance Contest.

Following the OGAE ROTW nomination process in June, a playlist is created of all the nominees from our members to vote for our representative at the 2025 Contest.

We will advise once actual dates are known.

To enter: use the online form and award your 12, 10, 8-1 points.

3) Eurovision Retrospective Voting | 26 Jul | 5 pts.

Check out our dedicated page about Retros.

To enter: use the online form and award your 12, 10, 8-1 points.

4) Guilty Pleasures | TBD | TBD

Keep an eye out for this new activity - details to come soon.

5) OGAE Second Chance Contest | Dates TBD | 5 pts.

Usually, voting commences for the OGAE Second Chance Contest during this month. We will advise once actual dates are known.

To enter: use the online form and award your 12, 10, 8-1 points.

1) Eurovision Retrospective Voting | 26 Aug | 5 pts.

Check out our dedicated page about Retros.

To enter: use the online form and award your 12, 10, 8-1 points.

2) OGAE Second Chance Contest - Pt2 | Dates TBD | 5 pts.

In this Part 2, OGAE ROTW members vote on the various songs chosen by OGAE chapters around the world, in the OGAE Second Chance Contest.

We will advise once actual dates are known.

To enter: use the online form and award your 12, 10, 8-1 points.

1) Name that… Language? | 26 Aug | 20 pts.

We know and love (even if we do not “love’ them) our Eurovision songs throughout the years! Now imagine those tunes sung in an entirely different language!

That is what we will be listening to - out familiar tunes sung in a completely different language… and we have to guess what language that is!

To enter: use the online form to provide your answers (one point per correct answer).

Due to the right/wrong nature of the activity, Board members cannot participate.  

2) OGAE Song Contest | Dates TBD | 5 pts.

Following the nominations last month, this is our chance to vote in the OGAE Song Contest. Usually, voting commences for the OGAE Song Contest during this month. We will amend the dates if necessary.

To enter: use the online form and award your 12, 10, 8-1 points.

1) Lipsync Grand Prix | 26 Oct | 25 pts

It’s back! Lipsync for your life as you mime along to your favourite Eurovision song. Add some flair and dress up, or stage your performance as the original artist did at Eurovision!

To enter: send your video to us by the deadline. More details on the specific club activity page.

2) Eurovision Retrospective Voting | 26 Oct | 5 pts.

Check out our dedicated page about Retros.

To enter: use the online form and award your 12, 10, 8-1 points

3) OGAE Song Contest | Dates TBD | 5 pts.

Usually, voting continues for the OGAE Song Contest during this month. We will amend the dates if necessary.

To enter: use the online form and award your 12, 10, 8-1 points.

What’s Another Slogan?

So many years with so many slogans! From Feel Your Heartbeat, to #JoinUs, Come Together to United by Music, or Celebrate Diversity and Building Bridges… There is an endless amount of kitsch in coming up with something catchy and relevant and semi-woke. But what if YOU had the opportunity to come up with a slogan? (And even a logo)

Forget the laziness of having the same slogan on rinse and repeat at the moment, and bring the best Slogan you can for the 2025 contest, with a short, 50 word explanation of it!