Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 1986

Denmark was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1986 with the song "Du er fuld af løgn", written by John Hatting, and performed by Lise Haavik. The Danish participating broadcaster, DR, organised the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 1986 in order to select its entry for the contest.

Before Eurovision

1986

DR held the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 1986 on 22 February at TV-Byen in Gladsaxe, hosted for the ninth straight time by Jørgen de Mylius. Five regional juries across Denmark selected the winning song out of five songs that survived a semifinal round.
The winning entry was "Du er fuld af løgn", performed by Lise Haavik and composed by John Hatting.

Draw	Artist	Song	Songwriter	Result
1	Keld and Hilda Heick	"Mirakler"	Carsten Lehn, Hilda Heick, Keld Heick	Advanced
2	Lise Haavik	"Du er fuld af løgn"	John Hatting	Advanced
3	J.P. West	"Si' det er mig"	J.P. West, Sys Westerlund	Eliminated
4	Lotte Rømer	"Dig og mig"	Lotte Rømer	Eliminated
5	Olsen Brothers	"Fællessang i parken"	Jørgen Olsen	Eliminated
6	Lecia Jønsson	"Hvis nu lykken findes"	Lecia Jønsson	Eliminated
7	Kirsten and Søren	"Sig det som det er"	Søren Bundgaard, Keld Heick	Advanced
8	Lørdagskyllingerne	"Syng en sang"	Michael Hardinger	Eliminated
9	Fenders	"Vild med eventyr"	Helge Engelbrecht, Jacob Jonia Svendsen	Advanced
10	Birthe Kjær	"Vil du med"	Leif Pedersen, Per Mejlstrup Nielsen, Keld Heick	Advanced

At Eurovision

Lise Haavik performed eighteenth on the night of the contest, following and preceding. At the close of the voting the song had received 77 points, placing 6th in a field of 20 competing countries. This high placing was the start of five top-ten finishes for Denmark in the Contest.

Voting

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