Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 1982
Denmark was represented by the band Brixx, with the song '"Video, Video", at the 1982 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 24 April in Harrogate, England. "Video, Video" was chosen as the Danish entry at the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix on 13 March. The previous year's Danish entrant Tommy Seebach failed in his bid to represent Denmark for a third time.
| Eurovision Song Contest 1982 | ||||
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| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 1982 | |||
| Selection date(s) | 13 March 1982 | |||
| Selected entrant | Brixx | |||
| Selected song | "Video, Video" | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 17th, 5 points | |||
| Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Before Eurovision
Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 1982
The final was held at the DR TV studios in Copenhagen, hosted by Jørgen Mylius. 12 songs took part with the winner being decided by voting from five regional juries.[1]
| Final – 13 March 1982 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Draw | Artist | Song | Points | Place |
| 1 | Brixx | "Video, Video" | 55 | 1 |
| 2 | Tommy Seebach & Band | "Hip hurra - det' min fødselsda'" | 47 | 2 |
| 3 | Jacob Groth Band | "På træk" | 16 | 9 |
| 4 | Fenders | "Det' løgn" | 37 | 4 |
| 5 | Elmer & Jørgen Klubien | "Marie" | 21 | 7 |
| 6 | Kate & Per | "I denne verden" | 21 | 7 |
| 7 | Jannie Høeg | "Elske" | 22 | 6 |
| 8 | Taxi | "Drømmene en forbi" | 7 | 10 |
| 9 | Anne Karin | "Når man kun er atten år" | 46 | 3 |
| 10 | Peter Belli | "Spejldans" | 23 | 5 |
At Eurovision
On the night of the final Brixx performed 13th in the running order, following Spain and preceding Yugoslavia. Denmark was one of very few countries to provide a contemporary-sounding entry in a contest dominated by 1970s-style Eurovision songs, but this proved not to be what the juries were looking for in that year. At the close of voting "Video, Video" had received only 5 points (3 from Portugal and 1 each from Ireland and Sweden), placing Denmark 17th of the 18 entries, ahead only of the nul-points entry from Finland. The Danish jury awarded its 12 points to contest winners Germany.[2]