Danish Melodi Grand Prix

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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 Go'	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 and Debbie Cameron	11
1982	Video, Video	Brixx	17
1983	Kloden Drejer	Gry	17
1984	Det' Lige Det	Hot Eyes	4
1985	Sku' Du Spørg' Fra No'en?	Hot Eyes	11
1986	Du Er Fuld Af Løgn	Lisa Håvik	6
1987	En Lille Melodi	Anne-Cathrine 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 and Martin Loft	-
1997	Stemmen I Mit Liv	Kølig Kaj	16
1999	Denne gang	Trine Jepsen and 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 Semmane	18
2007	Drama Queen	DQ	--

* 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.

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