Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009

Denmark participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 held in Moscow on 16 May 2009. Denmark was represented by Brinck with the song "Believe Again".[1][2] Two other Danish-born contestants also participated at the 2009 Eurovision contest: Susanne Georgi represented Andorra and Yohanna represented Iceland.

Eurovision Song Contest 2009
Country Denmark
National selection
Selection processDansk Melodi Grand Prix 2009
Selection date(s)31 January 2009
Selected entrantBrinck
Selected song"Believe Again"
Finals performance
Semi-final resultQualified (8th, 69 points)
Final result13th, 74 points
Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄2008 • 2009 • 2010►

Before Eurovision

As in previous years, Danmarks Radio (DR) selected its entry through the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix (DMGP) contest. On 25 August 2008 (DR) announced that Denmark would compete in the 2009 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest and set a date of 31 January 2009 for the 2009 Dansk Melodi Grand Prix, the Danish national final.

Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2009
The winner of the Danish MGP 2009: Brinck

Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2009 was the 39th edition of Dansk Melodi Grand Prix, the music competition that selects Denmark's entries for the Eurovision Song Contest. The event was held on 31 January 2009 at the MCH Messecenter Herning in Herning, hosted by previous Danish entrant Birthe Kjær and TV and radio presenter Felix Smith.[3][4][5]

Format

Unlike the 2007 and 2008 MGPs, there were no semifinals prior to the grand final. Ten songs competed in one show where the winner was determined over three rounds of voting. In the first round, the top four songs based on the combination of votes from a public SMS vote and a seven-member jury panel qualified to a second round of voting. In the second round, the four qualifiers competed against each other in two duels, with SMS voting selecting the winner of each duel to progress to the final round. In the final round, the winner was determined exclusively by SMS voting.[6]

The seven-member jury panel was composed of:

Competing entries

After a submission period, DR received 684 entries, an increase from the 443 songs that were submitted in the previous year.[7][8] A preliminary jury selected six songs from the entries submitted to the broadcaster, while an additional four acts: Jeppe, Jimmy Jørgensen, Johnny Deluxe and Marie Carmen Koppel, were invited by the broadcaster to compete based on editorial considerations. The competing artists and songs were announced on 9 January 2009.[9][10]

Controversy rose when the official album for the contest was released prematurely due to a technical error. Set to be released the day before the contest, the album was released as a digital download due to a technical error made by the record label. 17 legal downloads were made before the album was taken off. One of the legal downloads, however, was uploaded onto YouTube as well as published as an illegal sharing file on the internet. My Way Music, the record company responsible for album, will take legal action against the person who illegally uploaded the songs onto the internet.[11]

Artist Song (English translation) Composer(s)
Brinck "Believe Again" Lars Halvor Jensen (m & l), Martin Michael Larsson (m & l), Ronan Keating (m & l)
Claus Christensen "Big Bang Baby" Troels Holdt (m & l), Lars Malm (m & l), Lise Cabble (m & l)
Christina Undhjem "Underneath My Skin" Mads Haugaard (m & l), Brian Risberg Clausen (l)
Hera Björk "Someday" Christina Schilling (m), Jonas Gladnikoff (m), Henrik Szabo (l), Daniel Nilsson (l)
Jeppe "Lucky Boy" Jeppe Breum Laurssen (m & l)
Jimmy Jørgensen "Alice in the Wonderland" Mikael Erlandsson (m & l), Torbjørn Wassenius (m & l), Claes Andreasson (m & l), Birgitte Rye (m)
Johnny Deluxe "Sindssyg" (Insane) Noam Halby (m & l), Jakob Glæsner (m & l), Peter Kvint (m & l)
Marie Carmen Koppel "Crying Out Your Name" Marie Carmen Koppel (m & l), Dan Hemmer (m)
Sukkerchok "Det' det" (That's it) Lasse Lindorff (m & l), Mogens Binderup (m & l), Lise Cabble (m & l)
Trine Jepsen "I'll Never Fall in Love Again" Claes Andreasson (m & l), Torbjörn Wassenius (m & l), Johan Sahlén (m & l), Niels Kvistborg (l)

Final

The final took place on 31 January 2009. In the first round of voting, the votes of a seven-member jury (50%) and a public vote (50%) determined the top four to advance to the second round: "Det' det" performed by Sukkerchok, "Someday" performed by Hera Björk, "Sindssyg" performed by Johnny Deluxe and "Believe Again" performed by Brinck.[12] In the second round of voting, the four qualifiers competed against each other in two duels, with a public vote selecting the winner of each duel to progress to the final round: "Someday" performed by Hera Björk and "Believe Again" performed by Brinck.[12] In the final voting round, the winner, "Believe Again" performed by Brinck, was selected solely by a public vote.[1][2][12]

Final – 31 January 2009
Draw Artist Song Result
1 Trine Jepsen "I'll Never Fall in Love Again" Eliminated
2 Jeppe "Lucky Boy" Eliminated
3 Marie Carmen Koppel "Crying Out Your Name" Eliminated
4 Sukkerchok "Det' det" Second Round
5 Jimmy Jørgensen "Alice in the Wonderland" Eliminated
6 Hera Björk "Someday" Second Round
7 Claus Christensen "Big Bang Baby" Eliminated
8 Johnny Deluxe "Sindssyg" Second Round
9 Christina Undhjem "Underneath My Skin" Eliminated
10 Brinck "Believe Again" Second Round
Second Round – 31 January 2009
Draw Artist Song Result
Duel 1
1 Sukkerchok "Det' det" Eliminated
2 Hera Björk "Someday" Final Round
Duel 2
1 Brinck "Believe Again" Final Round
2 Johnny Deluxe "Sindssyg" Eliminated
Final Round – 31 January 2009
Draw Artist Song Place
1 Hera Björk "Someday" 2
2 Brinck "Believe Again" 1

At Eurovision

Since Denmark was not one of the "Big Four" nor the host of the 2009 contest, it had to compete in the second semi-final of the contest on 14 May. Brinck performed ninth in the running order of the semi-final, following Slovakia and preceding Slovenia, where he qualified Denmark to final of the contest, placing 8th. In the final, Denmark finished in 13th place with 74 points.

Split Results
  • In the Final Denmark came 13th with 74 points: the public awarded Denmark 19th place with 40 points and the jury awarded 6th place with 120 points.

Points Awarded by Denmark[13]
Points Awarded to Denmark (Semi-Final 2)
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
Points Awarded to Denmark (Final)
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

See also

References
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  8. van Tongeren, Mario (8 October 2008). "684 songs for Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2009". Oikotimes. Archived from the original on 21 November 2008. Retrieved 8 October 2008.
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  13. Eurovision Song Contest 2008
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