Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013

Denmark participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Malmö, Sweden. The Danish entry was selected through the national final Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2013, organised by the Danish broadcaster Danmarks Radio (DR). Emmelie de Forest represented Denmark with the song "Only Teardrops", which qualified from the first semi-final of the competition and won the contest, placing 1st in the final with 281 points.[2][3]

Eurovision Song Contest 2013
Country Denmark
National selection
Selection processDansk Melodi Grand Prix 2013
Selection date(s)26 January 2013[1]
Selected entrantEmmelie de Forest
Selected song"Only Teardrops"
Finals performance
Semi-final resultQualified (1st, 167 points)
Final result1st, 281 points
Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Before Eurovision

Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2013

On 28 May 2012, two days after the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Azerbaijan, DR announced their intention to participate in the 2013 contest.[4]

Format

Ten songs competed in one show where the winner was determined over two rounds of voting. In the first round, the top three songs based on the combination of votes from a public vote and a five-member jury panel qualified to the superfinal. In the superfinal, the winner was determined as well by the combination of votes from the public and the jury panel. The viewers and the juries each had a total of 30 points to award. Each jury member distributed their points to their top three as follows: 1, 2 and 3 points. The SMS viewer vote was based on the percentage of votes each song received. For example, if a song gained 50% of the viewer vote, then that entry would be awarded 50% of 30 points rounded to the nearest integer: 15 points.[5]

The members of the professional jury were announced on 14 January 2013:[6]

Competing entries

DR opened a submission period until 24 September 2012 for artists and composers to submit their entries. Jan Lagermand Lundme, DR Head of Entertainment, stated that the competition would seek out "songs that had a strong chorus".[7][8] The broadcaster received 692 entries during the submission period - the highest number of submissions since 1988.[9] A selection committee selected six songs from the entries submitted to the broadcaster. An additional four participants were invited to compete based on editorial considerations.[10] The competing artists and songs were officially presented on 16 January 2013.[11]

Artist Song (English Translation) Composer(s)
Albin Fredy "Beautiful To Me" Brian Risberg Clausen, Mads Haugaard
Brinck "Human" Niels Brinck Kristensen
Daze "We Own The Universe" Thomas G:son, Peter Boström
Emmelie de Forest "Only Teardrops" Lise Cabble, Julia Fabrin Jakobsen, Thomas Stengaard
Frederikke Vedel "Jeg har hele tiden vidst det" (I've known it all along) Pernille Georgi, Thomas Reil, Jeppe Reil
Jack Rowan feat. Sam Gray "Invincible" Achmad Darwich, Jack Rowan, Sam Gray
Kate Hall "I'm Not Alone" Lars Halvor Jensen, Martin Larsson, Michelle Bell, Oscar Holter, Jakke Erixson, Simon Hermansen
Louise Dubiel "Rejs dig op" (Rise Up) Casper Lindstad, Rune Braager, Louise Dubiel
Mohamed Ali "Unbreakable" Morten Friis, Michael Parsberg, Peter Bjørnskov, Lene Dissing
Simone "Stay Awake" Lars Halvor Jensen, Carsten Lindberg

Final

The final took place on 26 January 2013 at Jyske Bank Boxen in Herning (which has an audience capacity of up to 15,000), hosted by Lise Rønne, Louise Wolff and Sofie Lassen-Kahlke.[8][12] In the first round of voting the top three advanced to a superfinal based on the votes of a five-member jury (50%) and a public vote (50%): "Stay Awake" performed by Simone, "Only Teardrops" performed by Emmelie de Forest and "Unbreakable" performed by Mohamed Ali. In the superfinal, the winner, "Only Teardrops" performed by Emmelie de Forest, was selected by the public and jury vote.[2]

The intervals acts that performed during the show were last years winner Soluna Samay, 1980 and 1987 Eurovision Song Contest winner Johnny Logan, 1976 Eurovision Song Contest winners Brotherhood of Man and 1984 Eurovision Song Contest winners Herreys.[13][14]

Final – 26 January 2013
Draw Artist Song Result
1 Frederikke Vedel "Jeg har hele tiden vidst det" Eliminated
2 Brinck "Human" Eliminated
3 Kate Hall "I'm Not Alone" Eliminated
4 Louise Dubiel "Rejs dig op" Eliminated
5 Daze "We Own The Universe" Eliminated
6 Simone "Stay Awake" Superfinalist
7 Jack Rowan feat. Sam Gray "Invincible" Eliminated
8 Emmelie de Forest "Only Teardrops" Superfinalist
9 Albin Fredy "Beautiful To Me" Eliminated
10 Mohamed Ali "Unbreakable" Superfinalist
Superfinal – 26 January 2013
Draw Artist Song Jury Televote Total Place
Cutfather L. Sørensen J. de Mylius M. Rosenberg Kato Total
1 Simone "Stay Awake" 1 1 2 2 2 8 7 15 3
2 Emmelie de Forest "Only Teardrops" 3 3 3 1 1 11 15 26 1
3 Mohamed Ali "Unbreakable" 2 2 1 3 3 11 8 19 2

At Eurovision
Emmelie de Forest at the first semi-final dress rehearsal in Malmö.

To ensure fair ticket distribution in the semifinals, the Eurovision Reference Group decided on 7 November 2012 that Denmark would compete in the first semi-final on 14 May.[15] In the first semifinal, the producers of the show decided that Denmark would perform 5th, following Croatia and preceding Russia.[16] On stage, Emmelie de Forest was joined by two drummers: Morten Specht Larsen and Jacob Baagøe Thomsen, and by three backing singers: Anne Murillo, Heidi Degn and Anders Øhrstrøm.[17]

Denmark qualified from the first semi-final, placing 1st and scoring 167 points.[18][19] At the first semi-final winners' press conference, Denmark was allocated to perform in the second half of the final.[20] In the final, the producers of the show decided that Denmark would perform 18th, following Hungary and preceding Iceland.[21] Denmark won the 2013 Contest placing 1st and scoring a total of 281 points.[3]

In Denmark, both the semi-finals and the final were broadcast on DR1, with commentary provided by Ole Tøpholm.[22]

The national jury that provided 50% of the Danish vote in the first semi-final and the final consisted of: Jørgen de Mylius (television and radio host), Soluna Samay (singer), Chief 1 (Lars Pedersen) (producer), Kaya Brüel (singer and actress) and Jimmy Colding (singer).[23] The Danish spokesperson in the grand final was Sofie Lassen-Kahlke.[24]

Points awarded to Denmark
Points awarded to Denmark (semi-final 1)[19]
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)[3]
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

Points awarded by Denmark

Jury points awarded by Denmark[25]

See also

References
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  9. Storvik Green, Simon (25 September 2012). "A record 692 songs submitted in Denmark". Eurovision.tv. Retrieved 25 September 2012.
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  12. Bygbjerg, Søren (4 October 2012). "Herning vært for det største Grand Prix nogensinde". DR. Retrieved 8 October 2012.
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  18. Leon, Jakov (14 May 2013). "We have our first ten finalists!". Eurovision.tv. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  19. "Eurovision Song Contest 2013 Semi-Final (1)". Eurovision.tv. 18 May 2013. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
  20. Brey, Marco (14 May 2013). "First Semi-Final Winners' Press Conference". Eurovision.tv. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  21. Storvik-Green, Simon (17 May 2013). "Running order for the Grand Final revealed". Eurovision.tv. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
  22. Grønbech, Jens (18 March 2013). "Kommentator forudser: Emmelie får kamp til stregen". DR (in Danish). Archived from the original on 30 March 2013. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
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