Denmark participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan.[1] The Danish entry was selected through Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2012, a national selection organised by the Danish broadcaster DR. Soluna Samay represented Denmark with the song "Should've Known Better", which qualified from the first semi-final and went on to place 23rd in the final, scoring 21 points.[2][3]
Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2012 was the 42nd edition of Dansk Melodi Grand Prix, the music competition that selects Denmark's entries for the Eurovision Song Contest. The event was held on 21 January 2012 at the Gigantium in Aalborg, hosted by Louise Wolff and Emil Thorup.[4][5] The show was televised on DR1 as well as streamed online at the official DR website.[6]
Format[]
Nine 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 Danish jury panel qualified to the superfinal. In the superfinal, the winner was determined by the public, the Danish jury and an international jury vote.[7] Viewers were able to vote via SMS.
Alexey Vorobyov (President) – singer, Russian entrant at Eurovision Song Contest 2011
Lera Masskva – singer
Yuri Madianik – musician
Anna Kulikova – singer
Mario Durand – singer, violinist
Competing entries[]
DR opened a submission period between 11 July 2011 and 26 September 2011 for artists and composers to submit their entries. The broadcaster received 678 entries during the submission period. A selection committee selected six songs from the entries submitted to the broadcaster. Four of the participants: Jesper Nohrstedt, Suriya, Soluna Samay and Christian Brøns & Patrik Isaksson were invited to compete based on editorial considerations.[9] The competing artists and songs were officially presented during a press conference at the DR Byen in Copenhagen on 5 January 2012.[10] On 9 January 2012, "Nowhere" performed by Valen:tine was disqualified as the song was released before the date allowed by the European Broadcasting Union.[11]
The final took place on 21 January 2012. In the first round of voting the top three advanced to a superfinal based on the votes of a five-member Danish jury (50%) and a public vote (50%). The three superfinalists were "Take Our Hearts" performed by Jesper Nohrstedt, "Should've Known Better" performed by Soluna Samay and "Venter" performed by Christian Brøns & Patrik Isaksson. In the superfinal, the winner, "Should've Known Better" performed by Soluna Samay, was selected by the public vote, the Danish jury and four international juries from Norway, Russia, Germany and Azerbaijan.[12] The public and the juries each had a total of 150 points to award in the superfinal. Each jury group distributed 8, 10 and 12 points and the viewer vote was based on the percentage of votes each song received achieved. For example, if a song gained 10% of the viewer vote, then that entry would be awarded 10% of 150 points rounded to the nearest integer: 15 points.
In addition to the performances of the competing entries, Danish Eurovision Song Contest 2011 representative A Friend in London, Norwegian Eurovision Song Contest 2009 winner Alexander Rybak and Backstreet Boys member Howie D performed as the interval acts.[6]
Denmark competed in the second half of the first semi-final on 22 May.[13] The nation placed 9th place with 63 points and qualified for the final.[14] The public awarded Denmark 9th place with 53 points and the jury awarded 6th place with 81 points.[15] In the final, Denmark performed in fifteenth position, scoring a total of 21 points and placing 23rd out of 26 songs.[16] The public awarded Denmark 23rd place with 18 points and the jury awarded 21st place with 51 points.[15]
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