The UK branch of OGAE is one of the larger fan clubs in Europe, and each year holds a its Boom Bang-a-Bang party. This gives fans a chance to mull over the current year's crop up songs. Which ones would get their seal of approval?
As the countdown approaches the start of the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest the OGAE fan club members around Europe is casting their votes. This unofficial voting so far shows Sweden's Loreen to be the big fan favourite this year.
While the countdown for the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest is currently ticking down, the official fan organisation of the contest, the OGAE, has started their annual voting to predict the real winner of the contest. OGAE members from three countries have already given their predictions.
The newly elected president of the Danish OGAE fanclub has sent out a press release suggesting that DR and other broadcasters simply boycott the coming 2012 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest due to a human right issue in relation to the building of the new arena. EBU denies that it is related.
The official fan club of Eurovision Song Contest, OGAE, has held their annual Second Chance Contest which is releated to the singers and songs who participated in the national finals but which didn't quite make it to Düsseldorf in 2011. This year, the Icelandic national finalist Jóhanna won the fan contest with her song Nótt.
EuroVisionary was contacted by Danish OGAE president Johann Sørensen regarding the story about him encouraging DR to boycott the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest to be held in Baku, Azerbaijan. He says he was misinterpreted in the medias and that he never suggested the mentioned boycott.
Luxemburg held its 5th Eurovision Gala in "Grand Théâtre du Luxembourg" venue the 29th of October. It was a show that featured previous participants as Omar Naber, Anabela, Marion Welter and D'Nash and at the same time funds was raised for Charity Télévie to fight cancer among children.
OGAE UK, one of the largest Eurovision fan clubs in Europe, held its annual convention in Manchester over the first weekend in October. With minimal publicity, the event was still a sell-out, such is the nature of the UK fans. A full programme was the order of the day, culminating with the infamous Eurostars competition.
