Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2007

Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2007 was the 37th edition of Danish music competition Dansk Melodi Grand Prix, and served as the selection for the song to represent Denmark at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007. Two semi-finals and two wildcard selections took place to select the 10 songs that would compete to sing for Denmark at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki, Finland.

Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2007
Dates
Semi-final 126 January 2007
Semi-final 22 February 2007
Grand final10 February 2007
Host
Presenter(s)
Host broadcasterDR
Participants
Number of entries16
Vote
Voting systemSMS voting
Winning song"Drama Queen" by DQ

16 songs competed and the winner was "Drama Queen" sung by Peter Andersen as DQ, a wildcard entrant.

Competing entries

Artist Song (English translation) Composer(s)
Annette Heick "Copenhagen Airport" Annette Heick, Mogens Binderup
Annika Askman "Fly" Mads Haugaard, Annika Askman, Boe Larsen
Aud Wilken "Husker du" (Do you remember) Mette Mathiesen, Lise Cabble
Cammille feat. DJ Mary "It Ain't for the Money" Jascha Richter, Rune Braager, Casper Lindstad
Christoffer Brodersen "Paparazzi" Ivar Lind Greiner
Danni Elmo "Meaning of Life" Thomas Edinger
Dariana Charquero Baez & Olau Finnemann Scheel "Flammer indeni" (Flames inside) Niels Harboe Wissum, Carsten Henriksen, Lis Grandt
DQ "Drama Queen" Peter Andersen, Simon Munk, Claus Christensen
Heidi Degn "On Top of the World" Lasse Lindorff, Lars Halvor Jensen
Jacob Andersen "Listen to Love" Thomas Reil, Jeppe Reil, Morgen Reil
James Sampson "Say You Love Me" Claus Storgaard, Mogens Binderup
Jørgen Olsen "Vi elsker bare danske piger" (We just love Danish girls) Jørgen Olsen
Julie Lund "Merhaba" (Hello) Carsten Falkenlind, Dorthe Kruuse
Katrine Falkenberg "It's a Beautiful Day" Jorn Hansen
Me & My "Two Are Stronger Than One" Jascha Richter, Rune Braager, Casper Lindstad
Stig Rossen "Så Nær Som Nu" (As close as now) Ivar Lind Greiner

Semi-finals

In each semi-final the viewers of DR chose which 4 songs would progress to the final through telephone and SMS voting.

Semi-final 1

The first semi-final took place on 26 January 2007.

Semi-final 1 – 26 January 2007
DrawArtistSong Result
1Christoffer Brodersen"Paparazzi" Eliminated
2Jacob Andersen"Listen to Love" Advanced
3Dariana Charquero Baez & Olau Finnemann Scheel"Flammer indeni" Eliminated
4Annette Heick"Copenhagen Airport" Advanced
5Danni Elmo"Meaning of Life" Advanced
6Heidi Degn"On Top of the World" Eliminated
7Annika Askman"Fly" Advanced
8Cammille feat. DJ Mary "It Ain't for the Money" Eliminated

Semi-final 2

The second semi-final took place on 2 February 2007.

Semi-final 2 – 2 February 2007
DrawArtistSong Result
1DQ"Drama Queen" Eliminated
2Aud Wilken"Husker du" Eliminated
3Jørgen Olsen"Vi elsker bare danske piger" Eliminated
4Julie Lund"Merhaba" Eliminated
5Stig Rossen"Så Nær Som Nu" Advanced
6Katrine Falkenberg"It's a Beautiful Day" Advanced
7James Sampson"Say You Love Me" Advanced
8Me & My"Two Are Stronger Than One" Advanced

Wildcard selection

After the semi-finals two wildcard selections were held for the listeners of Danish radio stations P3 and P4, who selected two songs from those rejected in the semi-finals to progress to the final.

P3 Wildcard Selection

P3 Wildcard – 5 February 2007 - 8 February 2007
DrawArtistSongTelevotePlace
1Cammille feat. DJ Mary "It Ain't for the Money"11%3
2Aud Wilken"Husker Du"18%2
3Julie Lund"Merhaba"11%3
4DQ"Drama Queen"60%1

P4 Wildcard Selection

P4 Wildcard – 5 February 2007 - 8 February 2007
DrawArtistSongTelevotePlace
1Jørgen Olsen"Vi elsker bare danske piger"47%1
2Christoffer Brodersen"Paparazzi"22%2
3Dariana Charquero Baez & Olau Finnemann Scheel"Flammer indeni"12%4
4Heidi Degn"On Top Of The World"18%3

Final

The final took place on 10 February 2007.

Final – 10 February 2007
Draw Artist Song Points Place
1Annette Heick"Copenhagen Airport"07
2Me & My"Two Are Stronger Than One"86
3Annika Askman"Fly"07
4Katrine Falkenberg"It's a Beautiful Day"304
5Jacob Andersen"Listen to Love"125
6Jørgen Olsen"Vi elsker bare danske piger"07
7Danni Elmo"Meaning of Life"07
8Stig Rossen"Så nær som nu"423
9James Sampson"Say You Love Me"522
10DQ"Drama Queen"561
Detailed Regional Televoting Results
Draw Song North
Denmark
Central
Denmark
Southern
Denmark
Zealand Capital
Region
Total
1"Copenhagen Airport"0
2"Two Are Stronger than One"448
3"Fly"0
4"It's a Beautiful Day"6666630
5"Listen To Love"44412
6"Vi elsker bare danske piger"0
7"Meaning of Life"0
8"Så nær som nu"10888842
9"Say You Love Me"81212101052
10"Drama Queen"121010121256

See also

ESC history

Sister contests

References

    References

    Official site

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