Three contests took place in the 1980s , the first being in 1987 which was held in Huizen , the Netherlands , whilst the 1988 and 1989 contest both took place in Östersund , Sweden . The '' ' OGAE Second Chance Contest 1987 ' '' , which was the first edition of the contest , saw four countries ; the , , and the ; took part in the first edition of the Second Chance Contests . Each country selected two songs to compete in the contest . this was the first and only time that each country submitted two songs to the contest ( much in the same way as the ) . The first ever winner of the contest was Sweden 's Arja Saijonmaa with " Högt över havet " , which originally came second in the Swedish national final , '' Melodifestivalen 1987 '' . Norway 's Kjersti Bergesen and Marcha from the Netherlands finished in joint second place
Melodifestivalen 1987
Melodifestivalen 1987
OGAE Second Chance Contest