Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 1981

Eurovision Song Contest 1981
Eurovision Song Contest 1981
Participating broadcaster	Danmarks Radio (DR)
Country	Denmark
National selection
Selection process	Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 1981
Selection date(s)	28 February 1981
Selected artist(s)	Debbie Cameron and Tommy Seebach
Selected song	"Krøller eller ej"
Selected songwriter(s)	Tommy Seebach; Keld Heick;
Finals performance
Final result	11th, 41 points
Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest

Denmark was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1981 with the song "Krøller eller ej", composed by Tommy Seebach, with lyrics by Keld Heick, and performed by Debbie Cameron and Tommy Seebach. The Danish participating broadcaster, Danmarks Radio (DR), organised the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 1981 in order to select its entry for the contest. Seebach had previously represented Denmark in 1979, when Cameron was one of his backing singers.

Before Eurovision

Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 1981

Danmarks Radio (DR) held the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 1981 on 28 February at the Valencia-Varieteen in Copenhagen, hosted by Jørgen de Mylius. Five songs took part with the winner being decided by a jury made up of members of the public.^[1]

Final – 28 February 1981
Draw	Artist	Song	Points	Place
1	Hans Mosters Vovse	"King Kong Boogie"	375	2
2	Anniqa	"Sikken dejlig dame"	359	3
3	Tommy Seebach and Debbie Cameron	"Krøller eller ej"	441	1
4	Theis Jensen	"Satchmo"	210	5
5	Carsten Elmer and Jorgen Klubien	"En tragisk komedie"	283	4

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Seebach and Cameron performed 6th in the running order, following Israel and preceding Yugoslavia. At the close of voting "Krøller eller ej" had received 41 points, placing Denmark 11th of the 20 entries.^[2] The Danish jury awarded its 12 points to the host nation Ireland.^[3]

Voting

Points awarded to Denmark^[4]
Score	Country
12 points	Belgium
10 points
8 points
7 points	Luxembourg
6 points
5 points	United Kingdom
4 points	France Sweden
3 points	Spain
2 points	Netherlands Portugal
1 point	Germany Turkey

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

References

^ ESC National Finals database 1981
^ "Final of Dublin 1981". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
^ ESC History - Denmark 1981
^ ^a ^b "Results of the Final of Dublin 1981". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.

[1] ESC National Finals database 1981

[2] "Final of Dublin 1981". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.

[3] ESC History - Denmark 1981

[1981detailed-4] "Results of the Final of Dublin 1981". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

v t e Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest
Dansk Melodi Grand Prix
Participation	1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1995 ~~1996~~ 1997 1999 2000 2001 2002 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 ~~2020~~ 2021 2022 2023 2024
Artists	~~Dorthe Andersen~~ Anja Anti Social Media Bamses Venner Bandjo Basim ~~Ben and Tan~~ Katy Bødtger Brinck Brixx Birgit Brüel Debbie Cameron Dario Campeotto Chanée Lonnie Devantier DQ Emmelie de Forest Anders Frandsen A Friend in London Fyr og Flamme Lise Haavik Anne-Cathrine Herdorf Hot Eyes Grethe and Jørgen Ingmann Trine Jepsen Gry Johansen Birthe Kjær Kølig Kaj Leonora Lighthouse X ~~Martin Loft~~ Kenny Lübcke Mabel Malene Simon Mathew N'evergreen Lotte Nilsson Olsen Brothers Rasmussen Raquel Rastenni Reddi Reiley Rollo and King Saba Soluna Samay Tommy Seebach Sidsel Ben Semmane Jakob Sveistrup Michael Teschl Tomas Thordarson Bjørn Tidmand Ulla Pia Birthe Wilke Aud Wilken Gustav Winckler Ellen Winther
Songs	"All Night Long" "Alt det som ingen ser" "Angelique" "Believe Again" "Boom Boom" "Breaking My Heart" "Cliche Love Song" "Dansevise" "Det var en yndig tid" "Det' lige det" "Disco Tango" "Drama Queen" "Du er fuld af løgn" "Fly on the Wings of Love" "For din skyld" "Fra Mols til Skagen" "Hallo Hallo" "Higher Ground" "In a Moment like This" "Jeg rev et blad ud af min dagbog" "Ka' du se hva' jeg sa'?" "Kloden drejer" "Krøller eller ej" ~~"Kun med dig"~~ "Lige der hvor hjertet slår" "En lille melodi" "Love Is Forever" "Never Ever Let You Go" "New Tomorrow" "Only Teardrops" "Øve os på hinanden" "Sand" "Sangen om dig" "Shame on You" "Should've Known Better" "The Show" "Skibet skal sejle i nat" "Sku' du spørg' fra no'en?" "Soldiers of Love" "Stemmen i mit liv" "Stop – mens legen er go'" "Tænker altid på dig" "Talking to You" "Tell Me Who You Are" "This Time I Mean It" "Twist of Love" "Uh, jeg ville ønske jeg var dig" "Under stjernerne på himlen" "Vi maler byen rød" "Video-video" "Vuggevise" "The Way You Are" "Where I Am" ~~"Yes"~~
Note: Entries scored out signify where Denmark did not compete

v t e Eurovision Song Contest 1981
Countries	Austria Belgium Cyprus Denmark Finland France Germany Greece Ireland Israel Luxembourg Netherlands Norway Portugal Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey United Kingdom Yugoslavia
Artists	Bacchelli Marty Brem Bucks Fizz Debbie Cameron and Tommy Seebach Yiannis Dimitras Jean Gabilou Habibi Island Finn Kalvik Seid Memić Vajta Modern Folk Trio and Ayşegül Carlos Paião Jean-Claude Pascal Peter, Sue and Marc Sheeba Björn Skifs Riki Sorsa Emly Starr Lena Valaitis Linda Williams
Songs	"Aldri i livet" "C'est peut-être pas l'Amérique" "Dönme Dolap" "Fångad i en dröm" "Feggari kalokerino" "Halayla" "Het is een wonder" "Horoscopes" "Humanahum" "Io senza te" "Johnny Blue" "Krøller eller ej" "Lejla" "Making Your Mind Up" "Monika" "Playback" "Reggae OK" "Samson" "Wenn du da bist" "Y sólo tú"