Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 1982

Eurovision Song Contest 1982
Eurovision Song Contest 1982
Participating broadcaster	Danmarks Radio (DR)
Country	Denmark
National selection
Selection process	Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 1982
Selection date(s)	13 March 1982
Selected artist(s)	Brixx
Selected song	"Video-video"
Selected songwriter(s)	Jens Brixtofte
Finals performance
Final result	17th, 5 points
Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest

Denmark was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1982 with the song "Video-video", written by Jens Brixtofte, and performed by the group Brixx. The Danish participating broadcaster, Danmarks Radio (DR), organised the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 1982 in order to select its entry for the contest. The previous year's Danish entrant Tommy Seebach failed in his bid to represent Denmark for a third time.

Before Eurovision

Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 1982

Danmarks Radio (DR) held the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 1982 on 13 March at TV-Byen in Gladsaxe, hosted by Jørgen de Mylius. 12 songs took part with the winner being decided by voting from five regional juries.^[1]

Final – 13 March 1982
Draw	Artist	Song	Points	Place
1	Brixx	"Video-video"	55	1
2	Tommy Seebach Band	"Hip hurra - det' min fødselsda'"	47	2
3	Jacob Groth Band	"På træk"	16	9
4	Fenders	"Det' løgn"	37	4
5	Carsten Elmer and Jørgen Klubien	"Marie"	21	7
6	Käte and Per	"I denne verden"	21	7
7	Jannie Høeg	"Elske"	22	6
8	Taxie	"Drømmene en forbi"	7	10
9	Anne Karin	"Når man kun er atten år"	46	3
10	Peter Belli	"Spejldans"	23	5

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Brixx performed 13th in the running order, following Spain and preceding Yugoslavia. Denmark was one of very few countries to provide a contemporary-sounding entry in a contest dominated by 1970s-style Eurovision songs, but this proved not to be what the juries were looking for in that year. At the close of voting "Video, Video" had received only 5 points, placing Denmark 17th of the 18 entries, ahead only of the nul-points entry from Finland.^[2] The Danish jury awarded its 12 points to contest winners Germany.^[3]

Voting

Points awarded to Denmark^[4]
Score	Country
12 points
10 points
8 points
7 points
6 points
5 points
4 points
3 points	Portugal
2 points
1 point	Ireland Sweden

Points awarded by Denmark^[4]
Score	Country
12 points	Germany
10 points	Belgium
8 points	Sweden
7 points	Switzerland
6 points	Austria
5 points	Ireland
4 points	Luxembourg
3 points	Yugoslavia
2 points	United Kingdom
1 point	Israel

References

^ ESC National Finals database 1982
^ "Final of Harrogate 1982". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
^ ESC History - Denmark 1982
^ ^a ^b "Results of the Final of Harrogate 1982". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2021.

[1] ESC National Finals database 1982

[2] "Final of Harrogate 1982". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2021.

[3] ESC History - Denmark 1982

[1982detailed-4] "Results of the Final of Harrogate 1982". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2021.

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