Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest
This article deals with the history of Denmark as participants in the Euro Vision Song Contest.
Regularity of participation
Denmark took the first time in 1957 participated in the second edition of the Euro Vision Song Contest in Frankfurt am Main and then without interruption up to and including 1966. Between 1967 and 1977 a long pause is inserted and voluntarily waived participation. After returning in 1978, Denmark is no longer voluntarily stayed away from the competition, but frequently had to pause: 1996 the difference sung by Martin Loft & Dorthe Andersen Title Kun med dig in an internal pre-selection and was not allowed to compete at the international final. 1994, 1998 and in 2003 was allowed to submit a title Denmark for bad previous placements.
Success in competition
Denmark has so far three times the Euro Vision Song Contest win: 1963 entitled Dansevise the couple Ingmann and 2000 - after all, 37 years later - with the Olsen brothers and their song Fly on the Wings of Love. 2013 won Emmelie de Forest with Only Teardrops in the Malmö Arena in Malmö with 281 points. 8x got Emmelie the 12th The only second place was achieved in 2001 as the host nation. Already with the first post of 1957, the third place was achieved, as in the years 1988 and 1989. Denmark was successful on average the mid and late 1980s, notably with uptempo numbers in typical Scandinavian style. Total landed 20 of the 40 Danish Contributions, which is exactly 50 %, in the front half of the table.
List of posts
Color legend: - Victories. - A tie to the last place. - Contributions finals.
National preliminary decisions
Almost all Danish contributions have been selected in a national qualifying round under the title Dansk Melodi Grand Prix, only Birgit Brüel and their song in 1965 nominated directly by the DR. Over the years, the advance Scheid found in different forms instead:
System 1957 and 1959
In 1957, Birte Wilcke and Gustav Winckler total of six titles before, including two each as a solo artist and two both together as a duo. A similar method was also 1959, when three artists in different Kombinationan as soloists and duos presented the six titles.
System of "classic decider "
In the years 1958, 1960-1964, 1966 and 1978-2006, and therefore by far the most a "classic " preliminary round was conducted. This set between five and seventeen artists usually before ever a title (Note: only Raquel Rastenni In 1958 two titles in competition), and in the end was put to the favorites.
New System 2007
2007 in Denmark for the first time - as in the other Scandinavian countries for many years common - is discharged before the final preliminary round. A total of two semi-finals with eight singers were held, of which the top four qualified for the final. The precipitated candidate had another chance on the radio two "last chance " rounds were held, in which the artists were able to secure the last two Final tickets.
Voting modes
In the early years, usually by a - tuned jury - mostly regional split. In 1964 for the first time to decide on the Danish contribution, as was matched with postcards the audience itself. The first telephone vote was held in 1992 and 1996 and since 2004 is selected exclusively by televoting. In 1993 and from 1999 to 2002 was matched by a mixture of jury and televoting.
Languages
Since Denmark has not participated in the first years in which no official language regime was (1973-1976), the country was able to sing for the first time in 1999 a post in English. Since then, all Danish contributions were presented in English. Nevertheless, was in the years 1999 to 2005 that the preliminary round all the songs had to be presented completely in Danish, so of those years also each have a Danish version exists.
From the majority of the songs also have an English version has been included, especially in the second participation stage from 1978, there are only four posts, of which only one exists Danish version (1990, 1993, 1995 and 1997). Some songs were also recorded in German and in other Scandinavian languages.
Commercial success
The second Danish champion title - Fly on the wings of love - was seen commercially internationally probably the most successful Danish contribution of all times, reaching in some countries the top 10 singles chart and number one in Denmark. The first Danish champion title was in their own country is also a number -one hit, was able to convince internationally but little, although the German version ( with the original B-side ) in Germany reached number 49 on the charts. Jörgen Ingmann had before and after his participation in several top 10 hits in Germany. Kun med dig, resigned in 1996 in the qualifying round, was in the English version (Paint my love ) in some countries - particularly in Asia - a hit.
Miscellaneous
- Denmark has been awarded since the introduction of televoting average the most points in Sweden, namely 10.3. Most points obtained in this phase has Denmark from Iceland -. , On average, 10.5
- DQ, winner of the Danish preliminary decision in 2007, did not even reach the second semi-final a place among the top five and had to qualify through the " Last Chance".
- 1963, the first Danish winner year, there was a minor scandal in the evaluation: Norway had his points read twice, and the results were completely different: After the first evaluation, the Switzerland would have won and only after the revision managed Denmark at number one.