ESCT Second Chance Contest 40

ESCT Second Chance Contest 40, often referred to as ESCTSCC 40, was the fifteenth edition of ESCT Second Chance Contest, held in Kotor, Montenegro, after Zoi won the previous edition with "Jasno mi je". The contest is organised among the country delegations of the Eurovision Song Contest Tengaged to select the best song which did not make it to the Eurovision Song Contest Tengaged 40 through their national finals.
Twenty-four countries finally confirmed their participation in the fifteenth edition. Normandie from Sweden won the contest with the song "Hostage" receving a total of 137 points. Germany finished in second place, with Morocco finishing in third place.
==Participants==
===Debuting countries===
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===Withdrawing countries===
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===Songs information===
Country	Language 	Artist 	Song 	English Translation	NF
 	Albanian 	Krusita 	"Akull" 	Ice 	4th
 	English 	Yehan Jehan 	"Swallow The Horizon" 	- 	4th
 	English & Bulgarian	4Magic 	"Together (Vecherai, Rado)"	- 	6th
 	Croatian 	NELA 	"Ono što ostaje" 	What remains 	2nd
 	English 	Kara Marni 	"Love Just Ain't Enough" 	- 	2nd
 	English 	Emma Smetana 	"Over" 	- 	2nd
 	English 	Daniel Levi 	"Jasmine" 	- 	2nd
 	Finnish 	Malka 	"Pussy" 	- 	2nd
 	English 	Jean Castel 	"Saying a Lot" 	- 	2nd
 	Russian 	Brandon Stone 	"Zaberu" 	Take away 	2nd
 	English & Na'vi 	TheFatRat & Maisy Kay 	"The Storm" 	- 	3rd
 	English 	Havasi ft. Lisa Gerrard	"The Storm" 	- 	2nd
 	English 	Cell7 	"City Lights" 	- 	3rd
 	Hebrew 	Miri Mesika 	"Eve" 	- 	2nd
 	French and Korean 	YUN 	"Dans le viseur" 	In the viewfinder 	4th
 	Montenegrin 	Bojan Marovic 	"Pusti me" 	Let me go 	2nd
 	French 	La Bronze 	"Vertige" 	Vertigo 	4th
 	Macedonian 	LARA 	"Koj te uci taka" 	Who teaches you so 	4th
 	Romanian 	Feli 	"Du-te Dorule" 	Go, longing 	2nd
 	English 	Elenoir 	"Nightride" 	- 	2nd
 	Serbian 	Vanja Mijatović 	"Penelopa" 	Penelope 	5th
 	Slovak 	SIMA 	"Dokola" 	Around 	3rd
 	English 	Normandie 	"Hostage" 	- 	3rd
 	English 	JC Stewart 	"Need You To Hate Me" 	- 	2nd
==Results==
=== Grand Final ===
Draw	Country	Artist 	Song 	Place	Points
01 	 	4Magic 	"Together (Vecherai, Rado)"	21 	30
02 	 	Havasi ft. Lisa Gerrard	"The Storm" 	10 	73
03 	 	Brandon Stone 	"Zaberu" 	24 	19
04 	 	NELA 	"Ono što ostaje" 	11 	68
05 	 	Daniel Levi 	"Jasmine" 	9 	84
06 	 	Elenoir 	"Nightride" 	13 	66
07 	 	Jean Castel 	"Saying a Lot" 	5 	95
08 	 	Krusita 	"Akull" 	16 	54
09 	 	Emma Smetana 	"Over" 	6 	89
10 	 	JC Stewart 	"I Need You To Hate Me" 	14 	62
11 	 	LARA 	"Koj te uci taka" 	23 	20
12 	 	Vanja Mijatović 	"Penelopa" 	17 	51
13 	 	SIMA 	"Dokola" 	4 	98
14 	 	Yehan Jehan 	"Swallow The Horizon" 	20 	31
15 	 	Miri Mesika 	"Eva" 	8 	89
16 	 	La Bronze 	"Vertige" 	3 	111
17 	 	YUN 	"Dans le viseur" 	18 	46
18 	 	Kara Marni 	"Love Just Ain't Enough" 	7 	89
19 	 	Feli 	"Du-te Dorule" 	19 	36
20 	 	TheFatRat & Kaisy May 	"The Storm" 	2 	128
21 	 	Cell7 	"City Lights" 	15 	60
22 	 	Bojan Marović 	"Pusti me" 	22 	21
23 	 	Malka 	"Pussy" 	12 	67
24 	 	Normandie 	"Hostage" 	1 	137
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	Bulgaria 	30 	 	 	 	 	 	 	1 	 	 	 	10 	 	 	 	 	 	 	7 	 	 	 	5 	2 	 	 	 	5 	 	
	Hungary 	73 	10 	12 	10 	 	 	 	 	8 	 	 	 	 	 	 	6 	 	 	 	10 	 	 	 	5 	6 	3 	3 	 	 	
	Georgia 	19 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	2 	6 	 	 	 	2 	 	 	 	 	3 	 	 	 	 	6 	
	Croatia 	68 	 	7 	 	2 	 	 	2 	 	 	 	5 	 	10 	 	8 	2 	 	 	4 	 	 	4 	7 	8 	 	 	7 	2 	
	Estonia 	84 	2 	5 	 	1 	7 	 	7 	6 	10 	 	 	2 	12 	 	 	3 	 	5 	 	 	7 	 	 	1 	2 	10 	1 	3 	
	San Marino 	66 	 	 	 	 	2 	7 	4 	 	2 	4 	2 	12 	 	 	 	7 	1 	 	6 	 	 	 	 	12 	 	7 	 	 	
	France 	95 	3 	 	7 	 	1 	12 	12 	 	 	2 	 	3 	4 	10 	5 	8 	 	 	 	6 	 	 	 	10 	6 	 	6 	 	
	Albania 	54 	 	 	4 	 	3 	 	 	4 	 	1 	 	10 	5 	 	4 	 	 	8 	 	1 	 	 	 	 	 	1 	3 	10 	
	Czech Rep. 	89 	 	 	 	 	5 	 	5 	3 	 	8 	 	8 	 	8 	7 	12 	 	4 	12 	2 	5 	2 	1 	 	 	 	 	7 	
	UK 	62 	7 	 	8 	 	8 	5 	 	 	5 	 	12 	 	 	 	 	4 	3 	 	2 	 	 	 	 	 	8 	 	 	 	
	 	20 	 	4 	 	 	 	 	 	1 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	5 	 	 	4 	 	 	 	 	 	6 	 	 	
	Serbia 	51 	 	 	3 	7 	 	6 	 	 	 	 	7 	 	 	5 	 	 	7 	1 	 	 	 	 	 	 	10 	 	 	5 	
	Slovakia 	98 	1 	 	 	6 	6 	 	 	 	8 	7 	3 	 	3 	 	 	 	10 	 	 	10 	6 	3 	12 	 	5 	 	10 	8 	
	Bosnia & H. 	31 	6 	2 	1 	 	 	 	 	7 	1 	 	 	 	 	2 	 	1 	 	 	 	 	4 	 	 	3 	4 	 	 	 	
	Israel 	89 	 	 	5 	5 	 	4 	6 	 	7 	5 	8 	7 	7 	7 	 	5 	 	12 	5 	 	 	6 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	Morocco 	111 	8 	 	 	 	10 	10 	 	10 	 	3 	 	 	 	12 	12 	 	6 	 	7 	7 	8 	1 	 	5 	12 	 	 	 	
	Monaco 	46 	 	10 	2 	 	 	1 	 	 	 	 	1 	 	6 	1 	 	 	8 	 	 	 	1 	 	10 	 	 	4 	2 	 	
	Cyprus 	89 	12 	3 	 	12 	 	3 	 	5 	4 	10 	 	4 	 	 	1 	 	 	10 	 	5 	 	8 	 	 	 	8 	 	4 	
	Romania 	36 	4 	 	6 	3 	4 	 	 	 	 	 	4 	5 	1 	 	 	 	 	3 	3 	 	2 	 	 	 	 	 	 	1 	
	Germany 	128 	 	6 	12 	 	 	8 	8 	12 	6 	12 	6 	6 	 	4 	3 	6 	 	 	1 	12 	 	10 	4 	7 	 	5 	 	 	
	Iceland 	60 	 	 	 	10 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	1 	 	 	 	 	 	6 	 	 	12 	7 	8 	 	 	 	4 	12 	
	Montenegro 	21 	 	8 	 	 	 	 	3 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	2 	 	 	 	 	 	6 	 	 	2 	 	 	
	Finland 	67 	5 	 	 	8 	 	2 	 	 	3 	6 	 	 	8 	3 	2 	 	4 	 	 	3 	10 	 	 	4 	1 	 	8 	 	
	Sweden 	137 	 	1 	 	4 	12 	 	10 	2 	12 	 	 	 	 	 	10 	10 	12 	 	8 	8 	3 	12 	 	2 	7 	12 	12 	 	
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===12 points===
Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points each country awarded to another in the grand final.
N.	Recipient nation	Voting nation
6 	 	Croatia, Finland, Hungary, Italy, North Macedonia, Slovakia
4 	 	Estonia, Iceland, Norway, San Marino
3 	 	Albania, Israel, United Kingdom
2 	 	Germany, Ukraine
2 	 	France, Monaco
2 	 	Bulgaria, Georgia
2 	 	Cyprus, Montenegro
2 	 	Malta, Romania
1 	 	Sweden
1 	 	Czech Republic
1 	 	Morocco
1 	 	Serbia
1 	 	Bosnia and Herzegovina
==See also==
*ESCT Second Chance Contest
*Eurovision Song Contest Tengaged 40