Danish Melodi Grand Prix
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- For the similar contest held in Norway, see Melodi Grand Prix.
The Danish Melodi Grand Prix (in Danish, Dansk Melodi Grand Prix) is a song contest that has been held since 1957 by Danmarks Radio. The winner of the annual contest represents Denmark at the Eurovision Song Contest.
Denmark did not hold the contest during the period 1967-1977 because Danmarks Radio, the sponsoring broadcast station, did not view the contest as being quality entertainment. Therefore Denmark did not participate in the Eurovision Song Contest during that same period of time. In the years 1994, 1998 and 2003 the Danish Melodi Grand Prix was not held because Denmark had not qualified to participate in those years' Eurovision Song Contests.
Denmark has won the Eurovision contest twice: the first time was with Grethe and Jørgen Ingmann's song, "Dansevise" in London in 1963; the second time was with Brødrene Olsen's (the Olsen Brothers) song "Fly on the Wings of Love", an English language translation of their Danish "Smuk som et Stjerneskud" (literal translation, "Beautiful as a Shooting Star") in Stockholm in 2000.
Tommy Seebach (1979, 1981 and 1993) and Hot Eyes (1984, 1985 and 1988) have each won the Danish Melodi Grand Prix three times, more than any other contestant. Hot Eyes is the only act to have won the contest two years in a row.
[edit] Winners of the Danish Melodi Grand Prix
| Year | Song | Artist | Placing in ESC |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Skibet skal sejle i nat | Gustav Winckler and Birthe Wilke | 3 |
| 1958 | Jeg rev et blad ud af min dagbog | Raquel Rastenni | 8 |
| 1959 | Uh - jeg ville ønske jeg var dig | Birthe Wilke | 5 |
| 1960 | Det var en yndig tid | Katy Bødtger | 10 |
| 1961 | Angelique | Dario Campeotto | 5 |
| 1962 | Vuggevise | Ellen Winther | 10 |
| 1963 | Dansevise | Grethe and Jørgen Ingmann | 1 |
| 1964 | Sangen om dig | Bjørn Tidmand | 9 |
| 1965 | For din skyld | Birgit Brüel | 7 |
| 1966 | Stop, mens legen er god | Ulla Pia | 14 |
| 1978 | Boom boom | Mabel | 16 |
| 1979 | Disco Tango | Tommy Seebach | 6 |
| 1980 | Tænker altid på dig | Bamses Venner | 14 |
| 1981 | Krøller eller ej | Tommy Seebach og Debbie Cameron | 11 |
| 1982 | Video video | Brixx | 17 |
| 1983 | Kloden drejer | Gry | 17 |
| 1984 | Det' lige det | Hot Eyes | 4 |
| 1985 | Sku' du spørge fra nogen? | Hot Eyes | 11 |
| 1986 | Du er fuld af løgn | Lisa Håvik | 6 |
| 1987 | En lille melodi | Anne Herdorf | 5 |
| 1988 | Ka' du se hva' jeg sa' | Hot Eyes | 3 |
| 1989 | Vi maler byen rød | Birthe Kjær | 3 |
| 1990 | Hallo hallo | Lonnie Devantier | 8 |
| 1991 | Lige der hvor hjertet slår | Anders Frandsen | 19 |
| 1992 | Alt det, som ingen ser | Kenny og Lotte | 12 |
| 1993 | Under stjernerne på himlen | Tommy Seebach | 22 |
| 1995 | Fra Mols til Skagen | Aud Wilken | 5 |
| 1996 | Kun med dig * | Dorte Andersen og Martin Loft | - |
| 1997 | Stemmen i mit liv | Kølig Kaj | 16 |
| 1999 | Denne gang | Trine Jepsen og Michael Teschl | 6 |
| 2000 | Smuk som et Stjerneskud | Brødrene Olsen | 1 |
| 2001 | Der står et billede af dig på mit bord | Rollo & King | 2 |
| 2002 | Vis mig, hvem du er | Malene Mortensen | 24 |
| 2004 | Sig Det' Løgn * | Tomas Thordarson | 13 (semi) |
| 2005 | Tænder på dig | Jakob Sveistrup | 10 |
| 2006 | Twist of Love | Sidsel Ben Semanne | 18 |
- The song Kun med dig was ultimately not performed at the final of the Eurovision Song Contest in 1996. A semi-final which was not broadcast had been held, and the Danish song was eliminated during this round.
- In 2004 Sig Det' Løgn (English title: "Shame on You") failed similarly to advance beyond the semi-finals. This time, however, the semi-finals were televised.
