Michael Teschl

Denmark was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1999 with the song "This Time I Mean It", written by Ebbe Ravn, and performed by Trine Jepsen and Michael Teschl. The Danish participating broadcaster, DR, organised 1999 in order to select its entry for the contest. The broadcaster returned to the contest after a one-year absence following their relegation from as one of the six entrants with the least total average points over the preceding five contests.

Five songs competed the national final where "" performed by the Trine Jepsen and Michael Teschl was the winner as decided upon through jury and public voting. The song was later translated from Danish to English for Eurovision and was titled "This Time I Mean It".

Denmark competed in the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 29 May 1999. Performing during the show in position 9, Denmark placed eighth out of the 23 participating countries, scoring 71 points.

Background

Prior to the 1999 contest, DR had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest representing Denmark twenty-eight times since its first entry in 1957. It had won the contest, to this point, on one occasion: with the song "" performed by Grethe and Jørgen Ingmann.

As part of its duties as participating broadcaster, DR organises the selection of its entry in the Eurovision Song Contest and broadcasts the event in the country. The broadcaster organised 1999 in order to select its entry for the 1999 contest; DR has selected all of its Eurovision entries through .

Before Eurovision

1999

1999 was the 30th edition of , the music competition organised by DR to select its entries for the Eurovision Song Contest. The event was held on 13 March 1999 during the DR1 programme , which took place at the DR Studio 3 in Copenhagen and hosted by Keld Heick. The national final was watched by 1.384 million viewers in Denmark, making it the most popular show of the week in the country.

Competing entries

A selection committee selected five composers that were invited by DR to submit their entries. All songs were required to be performed in Danish, while the artists of the submitted entries were chosen by DR in consultation with their composers.

Final

The final took place on 13 March 1999. The winner, "" performed by Trine Jepsen and Michael Teschl, was selected based on the combination of votes from a public televote (4/5) and the votes of a six-member jury (1/5). The jury voting results along with the voting results of each of Denmark's four regions were converted to points which were each distributed as follows: 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 points. The six-member jury panel was composed of six singers: Johnny Reimar, Anne-Cathrine Herdorf (who represented ), Ann-Louise, Anders Frandsen, Alex Nyborg Madsen, and Carola Häggkvist (who won Eurovision for ). In addition to the performances of the competing entries, Brotherhood of Man (who won Eurovision for the ) performed as the interval act.

At Eurovision

According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the eight countries that averaged the least points over the preceding five contests until the 1998 contest competed in the final on 29 May 1999. On 17 November 1998, a special allocation draw was held which determined the running order and Denmark was set to perform in position 9, following the entry from and before the entry from . Denmark finished in eighth place with 71 points.

The show was broadcast on DR1 with commentary by Keld Heick. The contest was watched by a total of 1 million viewers in Denmark.

Voting

Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Denmark and awarded by Denmark in the contest. The nation awarded its 12 points to in the contest.

DR appointed Kirsten Siggaard, who represented , , and as part of duo Hot Eyes, as its spokesperson to announce the Danish votes during the show.

References

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