Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 2001
Denmark was represented by Rollo & King, with the song '"Never Ever Let You Go", at the 2001 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 12 May at the Parken Stadium in Copenhagen, following the Olsen Brothers' victory for Denmark in 2000. "Never Ever Let You Go" was chosen as the Danish entry at the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix on 17 February.
| Eurovision Song Contest 2001 | ||||
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| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2001 | |||
| Selection date(s) | 17 February 2001 | |||
| Selected entrant | Rollo & King | |||
| Selected song | "Never Ever Let You Go" | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 2nd, 177 points | |||
| Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Before Eurovision
Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2001
The final took place at the Herning Conference Centre in Herning, hosted by Keld Heick. The winner was selected by the votes of 4 televoting regions (4/5) and an expert jury (1/5) in two rounds. In the first round, the top five entries were selected to proceed to the second round. In the second round, the winner, "Der står et billede af dig på mit bord" performed by Rollo & King, was selected by the public and jury vote by a 16-point margin.[1]
| First Round – 17 February 2001 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Result |
| 1 | Parber Kerstein Band | "Drømmer om dig" | Jan Parber, Jes Kerstein | Eliminated |
| 2 | Anita Lerche & Simon Munk | "Mit hjerte det banker" | Simon Munk, Per Lange | Eliminated |
| 3 | Katrine Daugaard | "Sha la li sha la lej" | Ivar Lind Greiner | Advanced |
| 4 | Sanne Gottlieb | "Tog jeg fejl" | Lise Cabble, Mette Mathiesen | Eliminated |
| 5 | Sanne Graulund & Ole Kibsgaard | "Et øje på dig" | Ole Kibsgaard, Sanne Graulund | Eliminated |
| 6 | Johnny Hansen | "Lidt efter lidt" | Johnny Hansen, Nanna Kalinka Bjerke | Eliminated |
| 7 | Basix | "I Australien" | Niels Nørgaard, Morten Kjær | Advanced |
| 8 | Anne Murillo | "Hvis du tænker lidt på mig" | Jan Lysdahl, Anne Murillo | Advanced |
| 9 | Helge Engelbrecht | "Som om det var i går" | Helge Engelbrecht | Advanced |
| 10 | Rollo & King | "Der står et billede af dig på mit bord" | Søren Poppe, Stefan Nielsen | Advanced |
| Second Round – 17 February 2001 | |||||||||
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| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Televoting Regions | Total | Place | |||
| Zealand & Islands |
Jutland | Funen | Copenhagen | ||||||
| 1 | Katrine Daugaard | "Sha la li sha la lej" | 4 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 5 |
| 2 | Basix | "I Australien" | 12 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 42 | 2 |
| 3 | Anne Murillo | "Hvis du tænker lidt på mig" | 6 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 38 | 3 |
| 4 | Helge Engelbrecht | "Som om det var i går" | 8 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 34 | 4 |
| 5 | Rollo & King | "Der står et billede af dig på mit bord" | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 58 | 1 |
At Eurovision
Prior to the contest "Der står et billede af dig på mit bord" was translated into English as "Never Ever Let You Go". On the night of the final Rollo & King performed last in the running order, following Greece. This was an ideal draw for the song and at the close of voting "Never Ever Let You Go" had received 177 points, placing Denmark second of the 23 entries, 21 points behind surprise contest winners Estonia and 30 points ahead of third-placed Greece. The song's tally included six maximum 12 points votes from Croatia, Estonia, Germany, Iceland, Ireland and Norway. Only Bosnia-Herzegovina and Russia failed to award the song any points at all. The 12 points from the Danish televote were awarded to Malta.[2]
Points awarded to Denmark
| 12 points | 10 points | 8 points | 7 points | 6 points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 points | 4 points | 3 points | 2 points | 1 point |
