OGAE Song Contest 2021 winner: Australia take it with “Fly Away” from Tones and I

It’s congratulations to Australia! Members of the OGAE Eurovision fan clubs have crowned “Fly Away” from Tones and I the winner of the OGAE Song Contest 2021.

The result loosens the UK’s grip on the contest. For the first time in four years they haven’t won. Instead, they’re settling for a very respectable third place thanks to Joel Corry feat. MNEK – “Head and Heart”.

The OGAE Song Contest is an annual event organised by OGAE — the Organisation Générale des Amateurs de l’Eurovision, or General Organisation of Eurovision Fans — in which the members of OGAE compete with an original song released in their countries. The song has to have been released in the previous year and be mostly sung in one of the country’s national languages.

You can watch the full show below.

OGAE Song Contest 2021 winner: Australia take it with “Fly Away”

As always, there were many past Eurovision stars in the mix, including two winners — Helena Paparizou (Greece 2005) and Eimear Quinn (Ireland 1996).

Other song contest alums included Sirusho (Armenia 2008), Damir Kedzo (Croatia 2020), Benjamin Ingrosso (Sweden 2018), Marco Mengoni (Italy 2013), Patrik Fiori (France 1993), Beth (Spain 2003), Miki Nunez (Spain 2019), Fyr og Flamme (Denmark 2021), Michelle (Germany 2001) and Maraaya (Slovenia 2015).

Fans will no doubt also remember Erika Vikman from Finland’s UMK 2020. There were also lots of famous names from outside the Eurovision bubble including Tones & I, MNEK, Ana Moura, Kali Uchis and Gülsen.

OGAE Song Contest 2021 Results

1. Australia: Tones and I – “Fly Away” (172 points)
2. Finland: Erika Vikman – “Syntisten pöytä” (164 points)
3. United Kingdom: Joel Corry feat. MNEK – “Head and Heart” (150 points)
4. France: Patrick Fiori and Florent Pagny – “J’y vais” (137 points)
5. Italy: Takagi & Ketra feat. Marco Mengoni and Frah Quintale – “Venere e Marte” (129 points)
6. Portugal: Ana Moura – “Andorinhas” (91 points)
7. Denmark: Fyr og Flamme – “Kamæleon” (83 points)
8. Belgium: Camille – “Vuurwerk” (83 points)
9. Germany: Michelle – “Vorbei Vorbei” (82 points)
10. Ireland: Eimear Quinn – “Hibernia” (81 points)
11. Greece: Helena Paparizou – “Deja vu” (70 points)
12. Spain: Miki Núñez – “Me vale” (49 points)
13. Croatia: Damir Kedžo – ”Nedodirljiva” (48 points)
14. North Macedonia: Lara – “Za nas” (46 points)
15. Slovenia: Maraaya – “Dobr’ Gre” (42 points)
16. Sweden: Benjamin Ingrosso – “Flickan på min gata” (42 points)
17. Rest of the World (USA): Kali Uchis – “Telepatía” (39 points)
18. Serbia: Zoi – “Jasno mi je” (30 points)
19. Poland: Męskie Granie Orkiestra 2021 – “I Ciebie też, bardzo” (25 points)
20. Andorra: Beth – “Que tremolin els abres” (24 points)
21. Ukraine: TOBIZDA – “Ya hochu trampapa” (20 points)
22. Armenia: Sirusho – “Es u Du” (16 points)
23. Hungary: Honeybeast & Palya Bea – “Ha Meghalok” (15 points)
24. Turkey: Gülşen & Edis – “Nirvana” (15 points)
25. Cyprus: Monsieur Domani – “Pissourin” (10 points)
26. Czech Republic: Aneta Langerová – “Jak krásné je být milován” (9 points)
27. Latvia: Ivo Fomins – “Diena vai nakts” (7 points)
28. Austria: Josh. – “Expresso & Tschianti” (3 points)
29. Russia: Jey – “Nenormalny” (0 points)