Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 1982


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, 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

1982

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.
DrawArtistSongPointsPlace
1Brixx"Video Video"551
2Tommy Seebach Band"Hip hurra - det' min fødselsda'"472
3Jacob Groth Band"På træk"169
4Fenders"Det' løgn"374
5Carsten Elmer and Jørgen Klubien"Marie"217
6Käte and Per"I denne verden"217
7Jannie Høeg"Elske"226
8Taxie"Drømmene er forbi"710
9Anne Karin"Når man kun er atten år"463
10Peter Belli"Spejldans"235

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Brixx performed 13th in the running order, following and preceding. 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. The Danish jury awarded its 12 points to contest winners.

Voting

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