Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 1987
Denmark was represented by Anne-Cathrine Herdorf (supported by the group Bandjo), with the song "En lille melodi", at the 1987 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 9 April in Brussels. "En lille melodi" was chosen as the Danish entry at the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix on 28 February.
| Eurovision Song Contest 1987 | ||||
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| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 1987 | |||
| Selection date(s) | 28 February 1987 | |||
| Selected entrant | Anne-Cathrine Herdorf & Bandjo | |||
| Selected song | "En lille melodi" | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 5th=, 83 points | |||
| Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Before Eurovision
Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 1987
The final was held at the Tivoli in Copenhagen, hosted by Jørgen Mylius. Ten songs took part with the winner being decided by voting from five regional juries in two rounds. Firstly the five lowest-placed songs were eliminated without full voting being revealed, then the remaining five were voted on again to give the winner. Other participants included past and future Danish representatives Dario Campeotto, Tommy Seebach, Birthe Kjær and Kirsten Siggaard of Hot Eyes.[1]
| First round – 28 February 1987 | ||||
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| Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Result |
| 1 | Kirsten Siggaard | "Farvel og tak" | Søren Bundgaard, Keld Heick | Advanced |
| 2 | Dorthe Kollo & Johnny Reimar | "Sig mig hva' du ude på" | Jacob Jonia | Eliminated |
| 3 | Trine Dyrholm | "Danse i måneskin" | Frans Bak, Niller | Advanced |
| 4 | Dario Campeotto | "Stjerner på himlen" | Kjeld Ruud-Hansen, Merete Ruud-Hansen | Eliminated |
| 5 | Keld Heick & Hilda Heick | "Ha' det godt" | Carsten Lehn, Hilda Heick, Keld Heick | Eliminated |
| 6 | Lille Palle | "Goodbye Joe" | Ole Bredahl | Eliminated |
| 7 | Birthe Kjær | "Hva' er du ude på?" | Per Meilstrup, Keld Heick | Advanced |
| 8 | Tommy Seebach | "Det' gratis" | Tommy Seebach, Keld Heick | Advanced |
| 9 | Anne-Cathrine Herdorf | "En lille melodi" | Helge Engelbrecht, Jacob Jonia | Advanced |
| 10 | Limelight | "Helt normalt" | Torben Lundgren | Eliminated |
| Second round – 28 February 1987 | |||||||||
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| Draw | Artist | Song | North & West Jutland |
Zealand & Islands |
East & South Jutland |
Greater Copenhagen |
Funen | Total | Place |
| 1 | Kirsten Siggaard | "Farvel og tak" | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 |
| 2 | Trine Dyrholm | "Danse i måneskin" | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 3 |
| 3 | Birthe Kjær | "Hva' er du ude på?" | 4 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 2 |
| 4 | Tommy Seebach | "Det' gratis" | 6 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 4 |
| 5 | Anne-Cathrine Herdorf | "En lille melodi" | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 40 | 1 |
At Eurovision
On the night of the final Herdorf performed 19th in the running order, following Finland and preceding eventual contest winners Ireland. "En lille melodi" had been viewed as the kind of safe, unadventurous Eurovision song unlikely to be challenging for the win, but likely to pick up a lot of mid-range points and perform relatively well overall. At the close of voting the song had received 83 points, placing Denmark joint 5th (with the Netherlands) of the 22 entries. The Danish jury awarded its 12 points to Germany.[2]