Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009

The Danish national preliminary to the Euro Vision Song Contest 2009 was the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix of DMGP was moderated 2009th Birthe Kjær, Denmark for the Euro Vision Song Contest in Lausanne it was even in 1989, and Felix Smith.

He was held on 31 January at the conference center in Herning instead.

Format

The system of the last two years, in which there were two semi-finals and a second -chance round before the finals, could not be maintained due to financial problems of the Danish television. The new system, which takes place only in one evening, looks like this:

After all ten songs were presented, there is a voting phase. The top four songs are divided into knockout rounds ( The two songs per knockout stage ) and sung again, then will be voted again. The song with the most votes in each knockout round comes to the final, where the two tracks will be sung again. The song with the most votes wins the right to Denmark at the Euro Vision Song Contest in Moscow.

Participant

The winner title Believe again arose in collaboration with Ronan Keating. At the end of Denmark finished in 13th place.

• Preliminary decision to Euro Vision Song Contest