Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest

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Denmark

Member station	DR
National selection event(s)	Danish Melodi Grand Prix
Appearances	33
First appearance	1957
Best result	1st, 1963, 2000
Worst result	last, 2002

Denmark has competed at the Eurovision Song Contest from 1957 to 1966 and from 1978 to the present day and has a proud record - as well as particularly devoted fans. In the early days, Denmark had some good placings including a first placing, but also some bad placings. Throughout the latter part of the 60'tys and the 70'tys until 1978, Denmark didn't participate in the contest. Denmark enjoyed mixed success in the 80'tys. In 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988 and 1989, Denmark placed good. However in 1982 and 1983 it received some of their worst placings ever. The 90'tys were mostly bad for Denmark. They missed out three contests (1994, 1996, 1998) due to disqualification, and when they were present they mostly scored bad, with exceptions of 1990, 1995 and 1999.

The most recent Danish victory came in 2000, with the Olsen Brothers defying the odds (they were considerably older than their competitors and only one male duo had won before) to win with "Fly On The Wings Of Love". The Olsens win however, is Denmark's highest scoring ever, with 195 points. Their lowest score ever, was in 1982 with only 5 points. Denmark's average score is 65.261 points.
Since that time, the Danes have competed with distinction and recently recorded a third-place finish in the 2005 semi-final with Jakob Sveistrup's "Talking To You". In that same year, Copenhagen hosted Congratulations, the 50th Anniversary special of the Contest.

The Danish qualifying preliminary contest for the Eurovision Song Contest is the Danish Melodi Grand Prix.

Year	Song	Artist	Finals	Semifinals
2007	Drama Queen	DQ	?	?
2006	Twist Of Love	Sidsel Ben Semmane	18th
2005	Talking To You	Jakob Sveistrup	10th	3rd
2004	Shame On You	Thomas Thordarsson	X	13th
2002	Tell Me Who You Are	Malene	24th
2001	Never Ever Let You Go	Rollo & King	2nd
2000	Fly On The Wings Of Love	Olsen Brothers	1st
1999	This Time I Mean It	Michael Teschl & Trine Jepsen	8th
1997	Stemmen I Mit Liv	Kølig Kaj	16th
1995	Fra Mols Til Skagen	Aud Wilken	5th
1993	Under Stjernerne På Himlen	Tommy Seebach Band	22nd
1992	Alt Det Som Ingen Ser	Lotte Nilsson & Kenny Lübcke	12th
1991	Lige Der Hvor Hjertet Slår	Anders Frandsen	19th
1990	Hallo Hallo	Lonnie Devantier	8th
1989	Vi Maler Byen Rød	Birthe Kjær	3rd
1988	Ka' Du Se Hva' Jeg Sa'?	Kirsten & Søren	3rd
1987	En Lille Melodi	Anne-Cathrine Herdorf & Drengene	5th
1986	Du Er Fuld Af Løgn	Trax	6th
1985	Sku' Du Spørg' Fra No'En?	Hot Eyes	11th
1984	Det' Lige Det	Hot Eyes	4th
1983	Kloden Drejer	Gry Johansen	17th
1982	Video, Video	Brixx	17th
1981	Krøller Eller Ej	Tommy Seebach & Debbie Cameron	11th
1980	Tænker Altid På Dig	Bamses Venner	14th
1979	Disco Tango	Tommy Seebach	6th
1978	Boom Boom	Mabel	16th
1966	Stop - Mens Legen Er Go'	Ulla Pia	14th
1965	For Din Skyld	Birgit Brüel	7th
1964	Sangen Om Dig	Bjørn Tidmand	9th
1963	Dansevise	Grethe & Jørgen Ingmann	1st
1962	Vuggevise	Ellen Winther	10th
1961	Angelique	Dario Campeotto	5th
1960	Det Var En Yndig Tid	Katy Bødtger	10th
1959	Uh Jeg Ville Ønske Jeg Var Dig	Birthe Wilke	5th
1958	Jeg Rev Et Blad Ud Af Min Dagbog	Raquel Rastenni	8th
1957	Skibet Skal Sejle I Nat	Birthe Wilke & Gustav Winckler	3rd