Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025
| Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 | ||||
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| Eurovision Song Contest 2025 | ||||
| Participating broadcaster | Danish Broadcasting Corporation (DR) | |||
| Country |  Denmark | |||
| Selection process | Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2025 | |||
| Selection date | 1 March 2025 | |||
| Competing entry | ||||
| Song | "Hallucination" | |||
| Artist | Sissal | |||
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| Participation chronology | ||||
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Denmark will be represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 with the song "Hallucination", written by Chris Rohde-Frisk, Line Spangsberg, Linnea Deb, Malthe Johansen, Marcus Winther-John, Melanie Wehbe, and Sissal Jóhanna Norðberg Niclasen, and performed by Sissal herself. The Danish participating broadcaster, the Danish Broadcasting Corporation (DR), organised the national final Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2025 in order to select its entry for the contest.
Background
[edit]Prior to the 2025 contest, the Danish Broadcasting Corporation (DR) had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest representing Denmark fifty-one times since its first entry in 1957.[1] It had won the contest, to this point, on three occasions: in 1963 with the song "Dansevise" performed by Grethe and Jørgen Ingmann, in 2000 with the song "Fly on the Wings of Love" performed by Olsen Brothers, and in 2013 with the song "Only Teardrops" performed by Emmelie de Forest. Since the introduction of semi-finals in 2004, it had failed to qualify to the final eight times, including in 2024, when the song "Sand" performed by Saba placed 12th in the second semi-final.[1]
As part of its duties as participating broadcaster, DR organises the selection of its entry in the Eurovision Song Contest and broadcasts the event in the country. The broadcaster had selected all of its Eurovision entries thus far through the national final Dansk Melodi Grand Prix. DR confirmed its intention to participate at the 2025 contest on 6 May 2024, announcing that Dansk Melodi Grand Prix would again be organised in order to select its entry for the contest.[2]
Before Eurovision
[edit]Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2025
[edit]Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2025 was the 55th edition of Dansk Melodi Grand Prix (DMGP), the music competition that selects Denmark's entries for the Eurovision Song Contest. The event was held on 1 March 2025 at the Jyske Bank Boxen in Herning, hosted by Sara Bro and Stéphanie Surrugue and televised on DR1 as well as streamed online at DRTV.[3][4] The national final was watched by 736,443 viewers in Denmark with a market share of 59.9%.[5]
Format
[edit]Eight 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 20-member jury panel qualified to the superfinal. In the superfinal, the winner was determined again by the votes of the jury and public. The jury panel was composed of 10 international members and 10 Danish members, while viewers were able to vote via SMS or a mobile application specifically designed for the competition.[6][7][8] Prior to the show, the public was provided with one free vote on the app to cast a vote each day between 24 and 28 February 2025, while viewers using the app during the show were also provided with one free vote.[9][10] The live orchestra, present since the 2020 edition, was not used for this year.
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Competing entries
[edit]DR opened a submission period between 16 September 2024 and 27 October 2024 for artists and composers to submit their entries.[12][13] At least one of the lyricists, composers or artists must be a citizen of Denmark, the Faroe Islands or Greenland, or have a strong connection to Denmark in order to qualify to compete.[14] A selection committee selected four songs from the entries submitted to the broadcaster, while an additional four songs were created in songwriting camps that featured Danish and international songwriters invited by DR to compete. The music producer of DMGP, Erik Struve Hansen, stated that the broadcaster had sought out "songs that both do well in DMGP and have potential in Eurovision".[15] DR held a press meet and greet at the DR Byen in Copenhagen on 6 February 2025 where the competing artists and songs were announced and officially presented. Among the artists was Tim Schou who represented Denmark in 2011 as a member of A Friend in London.[16][17]
| Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) |
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| Adel the Second | "The Unluckiest Boy Alive" |
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| Andreas Kruse | "Hear My Prayer" |
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| Hervé Toure | "Allez allez" |
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| Maria Mathea | "Air" |
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| Mariya | "I Belong to Me" |
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| Max Ulver | "Supernova" |
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| Sissal | "Hallucination" |
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| Tim Schou | "Proud" |
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Final
[edit]The final took place on 1 March 2025. In the first round of voting the top three advanced to the superfinal based on the votes of a 20-member jury (50%) and a public vote (50%). In the superfinal, the winner, "Hallucination" performed by Sissal, was selected by the public and jury vote.[18] In addition to the performances of the competing entries, Birthe Kjær and Saba, who won DMGP and represented Denmark in 1989 and 2024, respectively, performed as the interval act.[19]
| Draw | Artist | Song | Result |
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| 1 | Mariya | "I Belong to Me" | Eliminated |
| 2 | Tim Schou | "Proud" | Advanced |
| 3 | Max Ulver | "Supernova" | Eliminated |
| 4 | Hervé Toure | "Allez allez" | Eliminated |
| 5 | Maria Mathea | "Air" | Eliminated |
| 6 | Adel the Second | "The Unluckiest Boy Alive" | Advanced |
| 7 | Sissal | "Hallucination" | Advanced |
| 8 | Andreas Kruse | "Hear My Prayer" | Eliminated |
| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Televote | Total | Place |
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| 1 | Tim Schou | "Proud" | 14 | 23 | 37 | 2 |
| 2 | Adel the Second | "The Unluckiest Boy Alive" | 16 | 9 | 25 | 3 |
| 3 | Sissal | "Hallucination" | 20 | 18 | 38 | 1 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Denmark". Eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union (EBU). Retrieved 22 January 2025.
- ^ Granger, Anthony (6 May 2024). "Denmark: Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2025 on March 1". Eurovoix News. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
- ^ Clausen, Jacob Bøgen (6 May 2024). "Dansk Melodi Grand Prix og børnenes MGP 2025 holdes i Jyske Bank Boxen" [The Danish Melodi Grand Prix and the children's MGP 2025 will be held in Jyske Bank Boxen]. dr.dk (in Danish). Danish Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
- ^ Clausen, Jacob Bøgen (7 January 2025). "Her er værterne til Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2025" [Here are the hosts for the Danish Melodi Grand Prix 2025]. dr.dk (in Danish). Danish Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
- ^ Menéndez, Hugo Carabaña (4 March 2025). "Audiencias: La final del Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2025 en caída con mínimo histórico de espectadores y el peor dato de audiencia (59,9%) desde 2012". ESCplus España (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 March 2025.
- ^ Christensen, Mette (21 December 2024). "Optakt til DMGP 2025: Afsløringer og spændende nyheder fra Grand Prix-chefen" [Prelude to DMGP 2025: Revelations and exciting news from the Grand Prix boss]. Good Evening Europe (in Danish). Retrieved 22 January 2025.
- ^ "DR om 2025: Ikke til at holde ud!". Eurosong DK (in Danish). Retrieved 22 January 2025.
- ^ Ljuština, Stevan (1 March 2025). "Danska 2025 | Sissal u Bazel" [Denmark 2025 | Sissal to Basel]. Evrovizija.rs (in Serbian (Latin script)). Retrieved 2 March 2025.
- ^ "Download DR's Melodi Grand Prix-app". dr.dk (in Danish). Danish Broadcasting Corporation. 13 January 2025. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
- ^ "Nu kan du stemme til Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2025". DR (in Danish). 24 February 2025. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
- ^ a b Mejdahl Buhl, Christian; Christensen, Pernille (2 March 2025). "DR afviser uretfærdighed: - Det er fair" [DR rejects injustice: - It is fair] (in Danish). Ekstra Bladet. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
- ^ Hansen, Frederik Birch (16 September 2024). "Indsend dit hit til Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2025" [Submit your hit for Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2025]. dr.dk (in Danish). Danish Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
- ^ Farren, Neil (16 September 2024). "Denmark: Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2025 Song Submission Window Open". Eurovoix News. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
- ^ Granger, Anthony (27 October 2024). "Today: Denmark: Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2025 Song Submissions Close". Eurovoix News. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
- ^ Christensen, Mette (21 December 2024). "Optakt til DMGP 2025: Afsløringer og spændende nyheder fra Grand Prix-chefen". Good Evening Europe. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
- ^ Farren, Neil (6 February 2025). "🇩🇰 Denmark: Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2025 Participants Revealed". Eurovoix. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
- ^ Ellegaard, Christian (6 February 2025). "Hør sangene nu: Her er deltagerne i Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2025" [Hear the songs now: Here are the participants in Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2025]. dr.dk (in Danish). Danish Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
- ^ a b c "Storfavoritten holdt hele vejen: Sissal vinder Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2025". DR (in Danish). 1 March 2025. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
- ^ Frank, Nanna (3 February 2025). "Grand Prix-legende og tidligere vinder optræder til Dansk Melodi Grand Prix" [Grand Prix legend and former winner will perform at the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix]. DR (in Danish). Retrieved 6 February 2025.