The '' ' OGAE Second Chance Contest 1997 ' '' was the eleventh edition of the contest . Seventeen countries took part in the contest , organised by OGAE Germany . Six countries that took part in the OGAE Second Chance Contest 1996 withdrew for the Contest in 1997 : , , , and all withdrew after being relegated from the Eurovision Song Contest 1997 , and was forced to withdraw after not holding televised national finals to select their entry for Eurovision 1997 . made its return to the contest for the first time since 1991 . Italy were crowned the winners of the contest with the song " Storie " by Anna Oxa . This was Italy 's first win in Second Chance Contest , and the first win for a non-Scandinavian country . Second place went to Darren Holden of , while third place went to girl group All About Angels from . During the voting the seventeen competing entries were joined by five guest juries from Austria , France , Israel , Switzerland and Luxembourg
Eurovision Song Contest 1997
Eurovision Song Contest 1997
OGAE Second Chance Contest