Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009
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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
". Two other Danish-born contestants also participated at the 2009 Eurovision contest: Susanne Georgi
represented Andorra
and Yohanna represented Iceland
.
(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. Unlike the 2007
and 2008
MGPs, there were no semifinals prior to the grand final, which was held on 31 January 2009.
in Herning
, Denmark
. The show was hosted by previous Danish entrant Birthe Kjær
, and TV and radio presenter Felix Smith,.
Ten songs took part in the 2009 edition of DMGP, six of which were selected through an open call for entries, while the remaining four songs were by performers invited to take part by DR. The competing songs were revealed on 9 January 2009, after DR had narrowed down the best songs from the pool of submitted entries. A total of 684 songs were submitted to DR for 2009, an increase from the 443 songs that were submitted in the previous year.
During the DMGP, the ten selected songs competed in the first round of the contest where four songs selected by a 50/50 mix of jury and SMS voting progressed to a "knock-out" round in which the songs competed in pairs. A second round of SMS voting decided the two winning songs from each pair which went on to the final voting round where SMS voting selected the overall winner of the contest.
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.
.
In the Super Final, Hera Björk and Brinck sang their songs again, with SMS voting once deciding the overall winner.
Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2009 was won by Brinck and the song "Believe Again"
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.
Eurovision Song Contest 2009
The Eurovision Song Contest 2009 was the 54th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest and was hosted by Russia after their win in 2008. It took place between 12 and 16 May 2009 at the Olympic Indoor Arena in Moscow, Russia....
held in Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
on 16 May 2009. Denmark was represented by Brinck
Niels Brinck
Niels Brinck Kristensen is a Danish singer and songwriter.Brinck won the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix in 2009 with the song "Believe Again" which was written by Lars Halvor Jensen, Martin Larsson Moller and Ronan Keating...
with the song "Believe Again
Believe Again (Niels Brinck song)
"Believe Again" is a song by Danish singer-songwriter Niels Brinck and it was the Danish entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2009. The song was written by Lars Halvor Jensen, Martin Michael Larsson, and Irish singer Ronan Keating. It was selected by the Danish public through the show Dansk Melodi...
". Two other Danish-born contestants also participated at the 2009 Eurovision contest: Susanne Georgi
Susanne Georgi
Susanne Jonah-Lynn Georgi Puigcercos, commonly known as Susanne Georgi, is a Danish singer who lives and works in Andorra....
represented Andorra
Andorra
Andorra , officially the Principality of Andorra , also called the Principality of the Valleys of Andorra, , is a small landlocked country in southwestern Europe, located in the eastern Pyrenees mountains and bordered by Spain and France. It is the sixth smallest nation in Europe having an area of...
and Yohanna represented Iceland
Iceland
Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population...
.
Background
As in previous years, Danmarks RadioDanmarks Radio
DR – officially rendered into English as the Danish Broadcasting Corporation – is Denmark's national broadcasting corporation. Founded in 1925 as a public-service organization, it is today Denmark's oldest and largest electronic media enterprise...
(DR) selected its entry through the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix (DMGP) contest. On 25 August 2008 (DR) announced that Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
would compete in the 2009 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest
Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition...
and set a date of 31 January 2009 for the 2009 Dansk Melodi Grand Prix, the Danish national final. Unlike the 2007
Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2007
Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2007 was the selection for the song to represent Denmark at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007. Two semi-finals and two wildcard selections took place to select the 10 songs that would compete to sing for Denmark at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki, Finland.In each...
and 2008
Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2008
Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2008 was the selection for the song to represent Denmark at the Eurovision Song Contest 2008. Two semi-finals and two wildcard selections took place to select the 10 songs that would compete to sing for Denmark at the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 in Belgrade, Serbia.In each...
MGPs, there were no semifinals prior to the grand final, which was held on 31 January 2009.
Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2009
Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2009 was held on 31 January at the MCH Messecenter HerningMessecenter Herning
The MCH Messecenter Herning is an exhibition centre and entertainment complex in Herning, Denmark. The complex is the largest fair and exhibition center in Denmark– beating the Bella Center in Copenhagen. Located on , the complex hosts many events from trade shows, theatrical performances,...
in Herning
Herning
Herning Municipality is a municipality in Region Midtjylland on the Jutland peninsula in western Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 1,336 km² and a total population of 84,208...
, Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
. The show was hosted by previous Danish entrant Birthe Kjær
Birthe Kjær
Birthe Kjær is a Danish singer who began her career in the late 1960s. Kjær had made previous bids to represent Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1980, 1986 and 1987, before being chosen in 1989 with the cabaret-style song "Vi maler byen rød"...
, and TV and radio presenter Felix Smith,.
Ten songs took part in the 2009 edition of DMGP, six of which were selected through an open call for entries, while the remaining four songs were by performers invited to take part by DR. The competing songs were revealed on 9 January 2009, after DR had narrowed down the best songs from the pool of submitted entries. A total of 684 songs were submitted to DR for 2009, an increase from the 443 songs that were submitted in the previous year.
During the DMGP, the ten selected songs competed in the first round of the contest where four songs selected by a 50/50 mix of jury and SMS voting progressed to a "knock-out" round in which the songs competed in pairs. A second round of SMS voting decided the two winning songs from each pair which went on to the final voting round where SMS voting selected the overall winner of the contest.
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
YouTube
YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
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.
First Round
The first round consisted of all ten songs performing. Four acts were chosen to compete in the knock-out rounds. They were Sukkerchok, Hera Björk, Brinck and Johnny DeluxeJohnny Deluxe
Johnny Deluxe is a Danish music band. Formed in London by the lead singer Noam Halby, bassist Jakob S. Glæsner and guitarist Søren Itenov in 2000, the group was later joined by Morten Lynggaard in 2002....
.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Lyrics (l) / Music (m) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trine Jepsen | "I'll Never Fall In Love Again" | Claes Andreasson (m & l), Torbjörn Wassenius (m & l), Johan Sahlén (m & l), Niels Kvistborg (l) | Out |
| 2 | Jeppe | "Lucky Boy" | Jeppe Breum Laurssen (m & l) | WildcardOut |
| 3 | Marie Carmen Koppel | "Crying Out Your Name" | Marie Carmen Koppel (m & l), Dan Hemmer (m) | WildcardOut |
| 4 | Sukkerchok | "Det' det" | Lasse Lindorff (m & l), Mogens Binderup (m & l), Lise Cabble (m & l) | Super-final |
| 5 | Jimmy Jørgensen | "Alice in the Wonderland" | Mikael Erlandsson (m & l), Torbjørn Wassenius (m & l), Claes Andreasson (m & l), Birgitte Rye (m) | WildcardOut |
| 6 | Hera Björk Hera Björk Hera Björk Þórhallsdóttir is an Icelandic singer. She participated in Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2009 with the song "Someday", placing second, and won the OGAE Second Chance Contest 2009. She represented Iceland at Eurovision Song Contest 2010 with the song "Je ne sais quoi"... |
"Someday" | Christina Schilling Christina Schilling Christina Schilling is a songwriter, singer and musician from Denmark. As a songwriter Christina Schilling has worked with artists and producers from Europe as well as the USA. As a singer she has been singing on classical albums, in musicals and recorded with world music artists. Her voice can... (m), Jonas Gladnikoff Jonas Gladnikoff Jonas Gladnikoff is a songwriter and music producer from Stockholm, Sweden. He has written several songs for singers from across Europe, but is best known for writing entries for the Eurovision Song Contest and for various national pre-selections... (m), Henrik Szabo (l), Daniel Nilsson (l) |
Super-final |
| 7 | Claus Christensen | "Big Bang Baby" | Troels Holdt (m & l), Lars Malm (m & l), Lise Cabble (m & l) | Out |
| 8 | Johnny Deluxe Johnny Deluxe Johnny Deluxe is a Danish music band. Formed in London by the lead singer Noam Halby, bassist Jakob S. Glæsner and guitarist Søren Itenov in 2000, the group was later joined by Morten Lynggaard in 2002.... |
"Sindssyg" | Noam Halby (m & l), Jakob Glæsner (m & l), Peter Kvint (m & l) | WildcardSuper-final |
| 9 | Christina Undhjem | "Underneath My Skin" | Mads Haugaard (m & l), Brian Risberg Clausen Bryan Rice Brian Risberg Clausen, better known as Bryan Rice , is a Danish pop singer and songwriter.His debut single "No Promises" was a huge hit in Denmark in the fall of 2005/spring of 2006. The song was covered and released by British X Factor winner Shayne Ward reaching #2 in the official U.K... (l) |
Out |
| 10 | Brinck Niels Brinck Niels Brinck Kristensen is a Danish singer and songwriter.Brinck won the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix in 2009 with the song "Believe Again" which was written by Lars Halvor Jensen, Martin Larsson Moller and Ronan Keating... |
"Believe Again" | Lars Halvor Jensen (m & l), Martin Michael Larsson (m & l), Ronan Keating Ronan Keating Ronan Patrick John Keating is an Irish recording artist, singer-songwriter, musician, and philanthropist. Keating debuted on the professional music scene alongside Keith Duffy, Mikey Graham, Shane Lynch and Stephen Gately, in 1994 as the lead singer of Boyzone. His solo career started in 1999, and... (m & l) |
Super-final |
Knock-out rounds
In the second round of voting, the four qualifiers competed against each other in pairs, with only two progressing to the final round. Hera Björk and Brinck passed to the Super Final, beating Sukkerchok and Johnny Deluxe respectively.In the Super Final, Hera Björk and Brinck sang their songs again, with SMS voting once deciding the overall winner.
Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2009 was won by Brinck and the song "Believe Again"
| Sukkerchok - "Det' det" | |||||
| Hera Björk Hera Björk Hera Björk Þórhallsdóttir is an Icelandic singer. She participated in Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2009 with the song "Someday", placing second, and won the OGAE Second Chance Contest 2009. She represented Iceland at Eurovision Song Contest 2010 with the song "Je ne sais quoi"... - "Someday" |
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| Hera Björk Hera Björk Hera Björk Þórhallsdóttir is an Icelandic singer. She participated in Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2009 with the song "Someday", placing second, and won the OGAE Second Chance Contest 2009. She represented Iceland at Eurovision Song Contest 2010 with the song "Je ne sais quoi"... - "Someday" |
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| Brinck Niels Brinck Niels Brinck Kristensen is a Danish singer and songwriter.Brinck won the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix in 2009 with the song "Believe Again" which was written by Lars Halvor Jensen, Martin Larsson Moller and Ronan Keating... - "Believe Again" |
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| Brinck Niels Brinck Niels Brinck Kristensen is a Danish singer and songwriter.Brinck won the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix in 2009 with the song "Believe Again" which was written by Lars Halvor Jensen, Martin Larsson Moller and Ronan Keating... - "Believe Again" |
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| Johnny Deluxe Johnny Deluxe Johnny Deluxe is a Danish music band. Formed in London by the lead singer Noam Halby, bassist Jakob S. Glæsner and guitarist Søren Itenov in 2000, the group was later joined by Morten Lynggaard in 2002.... - "Sindssyg" |
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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 SlovakiaSlovakia
The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...
and preceding Slovenia
Slovenia
Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...
, where he qualified Denmark to final of the contest, placing 8th. In the final, Denmark finished in 13th place with 74 points.