Denmark was represented at the

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with the song "", composed by John Hatting and Torben Lendager, with lyrics by

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, and performed by Lonnie Devantier. The Danish participating broadcaster, (DR), organised the 1990 in order to select its entry for the contest.

Before Eurovision

(DR) held the 1990 on 24 March at the

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, hosted by two former Danish Eurovision representatives,

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() and Dario Campeotto (). Ten songs took part with the winner being decided by two rounds of televoting. In the first round the bottom five songs were eliminated, then the remaining five were voted on again to give the winner. Other participants included three-time Danish representative Kirsten Siggaard (of

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) and Jørgen Olsen, the winner.

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Devantier performed 11th in the running order, following and preceding . The song was very much in the same uptempo pop vein which had characterised Danish Eurovision entries throughout the 1980s. At the close of voting "" had received 64 points from 13 countries, placing Denmark 8th of the 22 entries, the country's fifth consecutive top 10 finish. The Danish jury awarded its 12 points to Switzerland.

Voting

References

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Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 1990

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