"Drama Queen" was the Danish

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...

 entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007

Eurovision Song Contest 2007

The Eurovision Song Contest 2007 was the 52nd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It was won by first-time appearance as an independent country Serbia and was held at the Hartwall Areena in Helsinki, Finland from 10 May to 12 May. The host broadcaster was YLE.Finland earned the right to host...

, performed in English

English language

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 by DQ

DQ (artist)

DQ is a Danish singer and drag queen who won the Danish Melodi Grand Prix 2007 and therefore represented Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 with the song "Drama Queen". The song was eliminated in the semi-final stage.- External links :* *...

. This was the first appearance of a solo drag

Drag (clothing)

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 act in Contest history (Slovenia

Slovenia

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 having previously been represented by drag trio Sestre).

In this song DQ describes herself as the "drama queen" and urges her listeners to join her for a party.

As Denmark had not finished the previous Contest

Eurovision Song Contest 2006

The Eurovision Song Contest 2006 was the 51st Eurovision Song Contest, held at the Olympic Indoor Hall in Athens, Greece on 18 May and 20 May 2006 . The hosting national broadcaster of the contest was Ellinikí Radiofonía Tileórasi . The Finnish band Lordi won the contest with the song "Hard Rock...

 in the top ten, this song had to be performed in the semi-final. It was performed 12th, following Albania

Albania

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's Frederik Ndoci

Frederik Ndoci

Frederik Ndoci is an Albanian songwriter and international recording artist, he was 5-th finalist of IMA he received 14 grammy nomination on the 49-th GRAMMY AWARDS in all categories...

 with "Hear My Plea

Hear My Plea

"Hear My Plea" was the Albanian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, performed in English and Albanian by Frederik Ndoci.The song is a dramatic ballad, with Ndoci pleading with an unnamed power to bring his love back to him...

" and preceding Croatia

Croatia

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's Dragonfly

Dragonfly (band)

Dragonfly is the group which represented Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki, Finland.Members are Drago Vidakovic, Branko Kuznar, Branko Badanjak and Iva Gluhak....

 & Dado Topić

Dado Topic

Adolf "Dado" Topić is a singer who sang the entry from Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 together with the band Dragonfly. He is one of the most popular rock musicians of Croatia and the former Yugoslavia. He was the lead singer of Time, a 1970s progressive rock band...

 with "Vjerujem u ljubav

Vjerujem u ljubav

"Vjerujem u ljubav" was the Croatian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, performed in Croatian and English by Dragonfly featuring Dado Topić....

". At the close of voting, it received 45 points, placing it 19th in a field of 28 and thus ensuring that Denmark would have to qualify from the semi-final at the next Contest.

Unusually, the song had also failed to qualify for the Danish national semi-final, but reached the final after securing a so-called "wildcard", before eventually winning the competition.