Denmark has participated in the Contest 50 times since it made its debut at the Eurovision Song Contest 1957 in Frankfurt am Main and has won the Contest three times - in 1963, 2000 and 2013. Their first win saw the country become the first to win with a duo representing it. Following this the country failed to score a Top 5 finish for two decades and during the 1990s it was eliminated from three Contests due to poor results.
Since the 2000s, they have fared better overall, achieving a further two wins and to date have finished in the Top 5 fourteen times in total. However, they finished in last place at the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 in Tallinn, Estonia.
The country made its debut at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003 in Copenhagen, finishing in 5th place. It competed a further two times with its best result coming at the 2005 Contest in Hasselt when it finished in 4th place. Following this, the country decided to withdraw to focus more on Melodi Grand Prix, the national final for the Eurovision Song Contest.
Participants[]
Eurovision Song Contest[]
Year | Performer(s) | Song | Language | Translation | Position | Points | Semi | Points |
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1957 | Birthe Wilke & Gustav Winckler | "Skibet skal sejle i nat" | Danish | The ship is leaving tonight | 3 | 10 | No semi-finals | |
1958 | Raquel Rastenni | "Jeg rev et blad ud af min dagbog" | I tore a leaf out of my diary | 8 | 3 | |||
1959 | Birthe Wilke | "Uh, jeg ville ønske jeg var dig" | Oh, I wish I were you | 5 | 12 | |||
1960 | Katy Bødtger | "Det var en yndig tid" | It was a lovely time | 10 | 4 | |||
1961 | Dario Campeotto | "Angelique" | - | 5 | 12 | |||
1962 | Ellen Winther | "Vuggevise" | Lullaby | 10 | 2 | |||
1963 | Grethe & Jørgen Ingmann | "Dansevise" | I love you | 1 | 42 | |||
1964 | Bjørn Tidmand | "Sangen om dig" | The song about you | 9 | 4 | Host country | ||
1965 | Birgit Brüel | "For din skyld" | For your sake | 7 | 10 | No semi finals | ||
1966 | Ulla Pia | "Stop - mens legen er go'" | Stop - while the going is good | 14 | 4 | |||
Did not compete from 1967 to 1977 | ||||||||
1978 | Mabel | "Boom Boom" | Danish | - | 16 | 13 | No semi finals | |
1979 | Tommy Seebach | "Disco Tango" | - | 6 | 76 | |||
1980 | Bamses Venner | "Tænker altid på dig" | Always thinking of you | 14 | 25 | |||
1981 | Tommy Seebach & Debbie Cameron | "Krøller eller ej" | Straight or Curly Hair | 11 | 41 | |||
1982 | Brixx | "Video, Video" | - | 17 | 5 | |||
1983 | Gry Johansen | "Kloden drejer" | The planet's spinning | 17 | 16 | |||
1984 | Hot Eyes | "Det' lige det" | That's just it | 4 | 101 | |||
1985 | "Sku' du spørg' fra no'en?" | What business is it of yours? | 11 | 41 | ||||
1986 | Lise Haavik | "Du er fuld af løgn" | You're full of lies | 6 | 77 | |||
1987 | Anne-Cathrine Herdorf | "En lille melodi" | A little tune | 5 | 83 | |||
1988 | Hot Eyes | "Ka' du se hva' jeg sa'?" | Can you see, that's what I told you? | 3 | 92 | |||
1989 | Birthe Kjær | "Vi maler byen rød" | We're painting the town red | 3 | 111 | |||
1990 | Lonnie Devantier | "Hallo Hallo" | - | 8 | 64 | |||
1991 | Anders Frandsen | "Lige der hvor hjertet slår" | Where the heart beats | 19 | 8 | |||
1992 | Lotte Feder & Kenny Lübcke | "Alt det som ingen ser" | All the things that nobody sees | 12 | 47 | |||
1993 | Tommy Seebach Band | "Under stjernerne på himlen" | Under the stars of the sky | 22 | 9 | Kvalifikacija za Millstreet | ||
Did not participate in 1994 | ||||||||
1995 | Aud Wilken | "Fra Mols til Skagen" | Danish | From Mols to Skagen | 5 | 92 | No semi-finals | |
1996 | Martin Loft & Dorte Andersen | "Kun med dig" | Only with you | Failed to qualify | 25 | 22 | ||
1997 | Kølig Kaj | "Stemmen i mit liv" | The voice in my life | 16 | 25 | No semi-finals | ||
Did not participate in 1998 | ||||||||
1999 | Michael Teschl & Trine Jepsen | "This Time I Mean It" | English | - | 8 | 71 | No semi-finals | |
2000 | Olsen Brothers | "Fly on the Wings of Love" | - | 1 | 195 | |||
2001 | Rollo & King | "Never Ever Let You Go" | - | 2 | 177 | Host country | ||
2002 | Malene Mortensen | "Tell Me Who You Are" | - | 24 | 7 | No semi-finals | ||
Did not participate in 2003 | ||||||||
2004 | Tomas Thordarson | "Shame on You" | English | - | Failed to qualify | 13 | 56 | |
2005 | Jakob Sveistrup | "Talking to You" | - | 9 | 125 | 3 | 185 | |
2006 | Sidsel Ben Semmane | "Twist of Love" | - | 18 | 26 | Top 11 Previous Year | ||
2007 | DQ | "Drama Queen" | - | Failed to qualify | 19 | 45 | ||
2008 | Simon Mathew | "All Night Long" | - | 15 | 60 | 3 | 112 | |
2009 | Brinck | "Believe Again" | - | 13 | 74 | 8 | 69 | |
2010 | Chanée & N'evergreen | "In a Moment Like This" | - | 4 | 149 | 5 | 101 | |
2011 | A Friend in London | "New Tomorrow" | - | 5 | 134 | 2 | 135 | |
2012 | Soluna Samay | "Should've Known Better" | - | 23 | 21 | 9 | 63 | |
2013 | Emmelie de Forest | "Only Teardrops" | - | 1 | 281 | 1 | 167 | |
2014 | Basim | "Cliché Love Song" | - | 9 | 74 | Host country | ||
2015 | Anti Social Media | "The Way You Are" | - | Failed to qualify | 13 | 33 | ||
2016 | Lighthouse X | "Soldiers of Love" | - | 17 | 34 | |||
2017 | Anja Nissen | "Where I Am" | - | 20 | 77 | 10 | 101 | |
2018 | Rasmussen | "Higher Ground" | English, Icelandic | - | 9 | 226 | 5 | 204 |
2019 | Leonora | "Love Is Forever" | English, French | - | 12 | 120 | 10 | 94 |
2020 | Ben & Tan | "Yes" | English | - | Cancelled | |||
2021 | Fyr & Flamme | "Øve os på hinanden" | Danish | Practice on each other | Failed to qualify | 11 | 89 | |
2022 | Reddi | "The Show" | English | - | 13 | 55 | ||
2023 | Reiley | "Breaking My Heart" | - | 14 | 6 | |||
2024 | Saba | "Sand" | - |
Junior Eurovision Song Contest[]
Year | Performer(s) | Song | Language | Translation | Position | Points | Semi | Points |
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2003 | Anne Gadegaard | "Arabiens drøm" | Danish | Arabia's dream | 5 | 93 | Host country | |
2004 | Cool Kids | "Pigen er min" | The girl is mine | 5 | 116 | N/A | ||
2005 | Nicolai Kielstrup | "Shake Shake Shake" | Danish, English | - | 4 | 121 | ||
Has not participated from 2006 to present |
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