Year: | 1982 |
Broadcaster: | Danish: [[DR (broadcaster)|Danmarks Radio]]|i=no (DR) |
Country: | Denmark |
Preselection: | Danish: [[Dansk Melodi Grand Prix]] 1982|i=no |
Preselection Date: | 13 March 1982 |
Entrant: | Brixx |
Song: | Video-video |
Final Result: | 17th, 5 points |
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, Danish: [[DR (broadcaster)|Danmarks Radio]]|i=no (DR), organised the Danish: [[Dansk Melodi Grand Prix]] 1982|i=no 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.
Danish: [[DR (broadcaster)|Danmarks Radio]]|i=no (DR) held the Danish: [[Dansk Melodi Grand Prix]] 1982|i=no 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]
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 |
On the night of the final Brixx performed 13th in the running order, following and preceding . 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 .[2] The Danish jury awarded its 12 points to contest winners .[3]