A Friend in London – Denmark’s 2011 act, A Friend in London, have downsized. Two members, Esben Svane and Aske Bramming have left the band. Singer Tim Schou will continue, along with Sebastian Vinther staying to support him as and when his studies allow. The band had tasted some success after Eurovision, touring the world, and supporting the reformed New Kids on the Block. Read the full statement: (more…)
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Denmark: It’s Emmelie de Forest going to Malmo!
Posted: January 26, 2013 by hulluna in Denmark, Eurovision Song Contest 2013
Denmark – After a big live show in Denmark tonight, Emmelie de Forest was chosen as their representative for the Eurovision Song Contest 2013. She will go to Malmö in May to sing ‘Only Teardrops.’ After all ten finalists had performed their songs once, three were chosen for the superfinal; Simone, Emmelie de Forest and Mohamed Ali. Listen to the winning song! (more…)
Denmark: National Final Tonight!
Posted: January 26, 2013 by hulluna in Denmark, Eurovision Song Contest 2013
Denmark – Tonight we will know the song and artist that will be representing Denmark in Malmö! It’s the Danish national final, Dansk Melodi Grand Prix, tonight in the Boxen Arena in Herning, and 10 songs go head-to-head in the live show. If you’re watching it online tonight, log on to Eurovision Times and let us know who you want to win! The current online favourite is Simone… do you agree? (more…)
Denmark – The ten songs that will compete in Denmark’s national final Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2013 are now online to listen to in full. The songs are being presented daily on the radio on P4, but all have today been uploaded to the Internet here. The Danish final will be decided this Saturday, 26th January from 20.00hr. (more…)
Denmark: Listen to Dansk Melodi Grand Prix Finalists
Posted: January 16, 2013 by hulluna in Denmark, Eurovision Song Contest 2013Denmark – National broadcaster DR today revealed the 10 finalistsfor this year’s Dansk Melodi Grand Prix. Two names will be known to fans, as Brinck from 2009, has entered once more, as has Simone frm 2010. One of the tracks, ‘We Own The Universe’ was written by Boström and G:son, the composers of last year’s winning song, ‘Euphoria‘. (more…)
DR Wants New EBU Rules on Song Publishing
Posted: July 13, 2012 by eurovisiontimes in DenmarkTags: DR, EBU, Eurovision, Rules
EBU -The Danish national broadcaster DR has asked the EBU (see pic for new logo) to review their tough rules for the date Eurovision songs may be published. The current EBU rules state that a song that participates in the Eurovision Song Contest can not have been published or performed publicly before September 1 of the preceding year. (more…)
Denmark – The Danish national broadcaster DR revealed the rules for the 2013 Danish national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest in nearby Malmö. Interested songwriters can submit their entries until September 24. All songs can not have been published before September 1 (in keeping with EBU rules). Six of the submitted songs will go on to the national final Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2013, with 4 more being invited through wildcards by DR. Foreign songwriters are allowed to enter, but they have to cooperate with a Danish composer or artist. (more…)
United Kingdom- The results of the jury vote in the United Kingdom have been announced by the BBC.The jury’s favorite in the second semi-final was the song from Malta. Sweden only got 7 points from them. In the final, the jury favorite was Spain. Ireland suffered most due to the jury, who did not award them a single point. Jedward still got 10 points from the UK. Here are the full results: (more…)
Denmark: Jury Results Revealed
Posted: June 17, 2012 by hulluna in Denmark, Eurovision Song Contest 2012Denmark – The results of the Jury vote in Denmark have been revealed, and they show large disagreements between the Danish jury and the Danish public. According to Danish website dr.dk, the Danish TV viewers loved the grandmothers from Russia and the power ballad from Iceland. The jury however favoured europop from Cyprus, Spain, Greece and Israel. (more…)
Denmark – We have had it all again this year: sad faces, crushed dreams, sore losers and hurt reactions from the Bottom 5. However, Soluna Samay from Denmark found another and much more classy outlet of her post Eurovision depression. In a new video in which she covers Taylor Swifts Grammy winning song “Mean” she tells European voters: “All you are is mean”. Watch her performance: (more…)
Eurovision 2012: Second Day of Rehearsals Completed
Posted: May 14, 2012 by hulluna in Austria, Cyprus, Denmark, Eurovision Song Contest 2012, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Moldova, Russia, San Marino
Eurovision 2012 – Another day’s rehearsals have taken place at the Crystal Hall and reports coming through from Baku say the Russian grannies put on a good first performance, and Ireland had a nice fountain. Israel, San Marino, Cyprus, Hungary, Denmark, Austria and Moldova have also rehearsed. Pasha for Moldova got a bit racy. (more…)
Denmark – Denmark tonight chose its representative to send to the 2012 Euovision final in Azerbaijan and picked Soluna Samay, singing “Should’ve Known Better“. Soluna beat “Take our hearts” by Jesper Nohrstedt, and Christian Brøns & Patrik Isaksson’s “Venter” in the superfinal of three acts in a nail biting finish. All foreign juries had voted for Jesper Nohrstedt and he was two points in the lead before the votes from the public televoting were added on. (more…)
Denmark: The Final of Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2012
Posted: January 21, 2012 by eurovisiontimes in Denmark Denmark – Tonight the third Eurovision entry of the 2012 will be chosen in Denmark. DRK will broadcast the final of the national selection “Dansk Melodi Grand Prix” live from Aalborg. The show will see a total of nine artist fighting for the Danish ticket to Baku. Originally ten songs were supposed to compete but he entry “Nowhere” had to be disqualified for being published too early. The national final on January 21 will be divided into 2 phases. First all artists perform (more…)
Denmark – In a surprise move Jesper Nohrstedt has released a music video for his Danks Melodi Grand Prix entry “Take Our Hearts”. Only rarely do competitors in the competition publish a music video before the competition. The show selecting the Danish Eurovision entrant will take place this Saturday with a number of Eurovision stars attending. Jesper will compete against eight other (more…)
Denmark: Satellite Composers In Dansk Melodi Grand Prix
Posted: January 17, 2012 by S G E Murray in DenmarkDenmark – Today the official ESC website has linked to Danish national selection page so we can hear this years contestants in the annual Melodi Grand Prix (listen to them here). It is the first chance to hear the return of ESC song writing champions Julie Frost & John Gordon with the song ‘Best Thing I Got’ performed by Aya. This song has the potential to do quite well, but win? that’s another question. (more…)
Denmark: National Final Poll – Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2012
Posted: January 16, 2012 by eurovisiontimes in Denmark
Denmark – Just 6 days to the Danish national final. On January 21 nine songs will compete for the Danish ticket to the Eurovision Song Contest in Baku. ave you found your favourite yet? You can listen to snippets of all nine songs on DRK’s official website! The entire songs can be downloaded on iTunes as part of the official compilation. What is your favourite? Here is our national final poll: (more…)
Denmark: Snippets of Melodi Grand Prix Songs Online
Posted: January 16, 2012 by LuLuDrops in Denmark Denmark – The Danish national broadcaster DRK has just published snippets of the nine songs that will compete in the Danish national final “Melodi Grand PRix 2012″. Originally, a ten-song event was planned but Valen:tine and her song ‘Nowhere’ were disqualified after it was discovered that the song had been posted online before September of last year. After some (more…)
Denmark: Alexander Rybak and Ell/Nikki in Danish International Jury
Posted: January 14, 2012 by hulluna in Denmark Denmark – The Denmark national broadcaster DR has announced the International Juries who will help decide the result of Dansk Melodi Grand Prix (DMGP). This includes big names of former winners of the Eurovision Song Contest. DR has employed four professional juries from the past four winning countries – Azerbaijan, Germany, Norway and Russia. According to the (more…)
Denmark: Entry of Melodi Grand Prix 2012 To Be Disqualified?
Posted: January 6, 2012 by eurovisiontimes in Denmark Denmark – Just hours after the entries of the Danish national final 2012 were revealed, allegations arose saying that one of the songs has already been published on the internet, which breaches DR’s rules and possibly been uploaded as early as July, which breaches the rules of the EBU. In case these allegations are substantial, the song “Nowhere” by Tine Lynggaard would (more…)
Denmark: DRK Announces Dansk Melodi Grand Prix Participants
Posted: January 5, 2012 by eurovisiontimes in Denmark Denmark – DRK announced the ten participants of this year’s Danish national final “Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2012″ in a special press conference today. Snippets of the songs will be published on January 16, while the CD will be published two days later. The songwriters of the 2010 winning song “Satellite”, John Gordon and Julie Frost have contributed a song again. (more…)
Denmark – The Danish national broadcaster’s official website announced today that music experts from Germany, Norway, Russia and Azerbaijan will join the jury of Dansk Melodi Grand Prix this year. DR spokesperson Jan Lagermand Lundme said that Denmark was close to win the contest in recent years and with the new format they’d try to make it all the way in 2012. They thus follow in the footsteps of Sweden, where international juries made up half of the result of (more…)
Denmark: Susanne Georgi, Soluna Samay, Philip Halloun in Melodi Grand Prix 2012?
Posted: January 2, 2012 by eurovisiontimes in Denmark
Denmark – In three days the Danish national broadcaster DR will reveal the list of participants for the Danish national final “Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2012″ which will be held on January 21. The official blog of the competition has published three names today that may participate in the national final. Among them is Susanne Georgi who could reunite with Pernille Georgi as the duo Me & My, which had a hit in the 90s with the song “Dub-I-Dub“. Eurovision fans know Susanne Georgi as the Andorran representative at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009. (more…)
Denmark: OGAE President Calls for Boycott of Eurovision 2012
Posted: December 22, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in Azerbaijan, Denmark, Eurovision Song Contest 2012
OGAE Denmark - Eurovisionary reports, that the newly elected president of OGAE Denmark has called for a boycott of the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 due to human rights violations related to the construction of the 2012 venue “Baku Crystal Hall“. Johann Sørensen sent out a press release suggesting to the Danish national broadcaster DRK and other broadcasters to boycott the event. The EBU has denied that there is a link between the demolitions reported by the BBC and the Eurovision Song Contest. (more…)
Is the Danish entry “New Tomorrow” plagiarism?
Posted: February 27, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in Denmark
Denmark - Yesterday the band “A Friend in London” won the Danks Melodi Grand Prix with the song “New Tomorrow”. Since then the song has stirred some debates. The readers of the site pj.dk, claim that the song that will represent Denmark in Germany is a case of plagiarism of the song “Sing for me”, an entry of Andreas Johnson at Melodifestivalen 2006. As always, the question causes controversy. We have to remember that one can not accuse a song of being plagiarism if it just (more…)
Denmark: “A Friend in London – New Tomorrow” to Eurovision
Posted: February 27, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in DenmarkDenmark – Tonight, Denmark chose its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in their traditional “Melodi Grand Prix”. The band “A Friend in London” won the national final with their song “New tomorrow” and will thus fly the Danish flag in Düsseldorf next May. Previously “A friend in London” had competed against “Stine Knick” and “Anna Noa” against “Le Freak” in the semi-final stage of the show. In the final super final Anna Noa and A friend in London fought for the right to represent Denmark in Düsseldorf . The final outcome was (more…)
Denmark Decides: The Final of Melodi Grand Prix
Posted: February 26, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in DenmarkDenmark – Tonight, Denmark will choose its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in their traditional “Melodi Grand Prix”. The national final will be held in the Ballerup Super Arena in Copenhagen. Ten artists will compete for the ticket to Düsseldorf. The songs were previously chosen out of over 650 submissions. Felix Smith and Lise Rønne will host the show tonight. The final is organized in 3 rounds: In the first round a jury will assess the performances and 4 artist will qualify to the semi-final with a 50/50 split of jury and televotes. In the semi-final these four songs will (more…)
Denmark – Tomorrow evening the Danish national final “Melodi Grand Prix” will be held in Copenhagen. Ten songs were chosen by a jury of the national broadcaster out of over 660 submissions. Now DRK has publish the songs in full on their website. You may listen to them by clicking here. In the national final a jury will assess the performances. In the first round 4 artist will qualify to the semi-final with a 50/50 split of jury and televotes. In the semi-final these four songs will compete in duels and the two winners will proceed to the super final in (more…)
Denmark: Listen to Snippets of the Finalists
Posted: February 21, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in Denmark
Denmark – The Danish national broadcaster has published snippets of all ten finalists of their “Melodi Grand Prix 2011″. The winner of this contest will represent Denmark at the Eurovision Song Contest in Germany. The national final will be held in the Ballerup Super Arena in Copenhagen. The songs were previously chosen out of over 650 submissions. Listen to snippets of the entries: (more…)
Denmark: The Melodi Grand Prix 2011 Finalists
Posted: February 3, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in Denmark
Denmark – The Danish national broadcaster has revealed the participants of the Melodi Grand Prix 2011, today. The national final will be held on February 26 in Copenhagen. The composer Thomas G:son has 2 songs in the national final. Anna Noa, Stine Kinck and Jenny Berggren were invited by DR while the other 7 qualified through the open selection. (more…)
