Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008

Eurovision Song Contest 2008
Country	Denmark
National selection
Selection process	Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2008
Selection date(s)	Semi-finals 12 January 2008 19 January 2008 Final 2 February 2008
Selected entrant	Simon Mathew
Selected song	"All Night Long"
Finals performance
Semi-final result	Qualified (3rd, 112 points)
Final result	15th, 60 points
Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest
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The 2008 Eurovision Song Contest is Denmark's 37th appearance in the competition. Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2008 have chosen their entry. The semi finals took place on January 12 and January 19, 2008 with the final on February 2.

Before the final there were two semi-finals at the DR studios in Copenhagen, with the top four songs from each semi, chosen by text voting, qualifying for the final, where are joined by two "wildcards" chosen by radio listeners. In the final Simon Mathew and the song "All Night Long" won the national televote, divided by region, and got the ticket to Belgrade.^[1]

Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2008

For the results of the semi-finals, see Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2008.

The results of the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2008 were:

Draw	Artist	Song	Points	Place
1	Hassing & Hassing	Come On Over	10	6
2	Simon Mathew	All Night Long	48	1
3	Amin Jensen	Luciano	8	7
4	Kendra Lou	Until We're Satisfied	16	4
5	Unite	Tree Of Life	46	2
6	Lasse Lindorff	Hooked On You	6	9
7	Charlie	Den Jeg Er	0	10
8	Lars & Josefine	Sweet Memories of You	8	7
9	The Dreams	La' Mig Være	16	4
10	Sandee May	Spanish Soul	42	3

At Eurovision

Denmark participated in the second semi final qualifying for the final after finishing 4th.
In the final Simon Matthew performed in 16th position following Sweden and preceding Georgia where he picked up 60 points and finished 15th.

Points Awarded by Denmark^[2]

Semi final 12 points  Sweden 10 points  Iceland 8 points  Turkey 7 points  Ukraine 6 points  Latvia 5 points   Switzerland 4 points  Malta 3 points  Croatia 2 points  Macedonia 1 point  Hungary

Final 12 points  Iceland 10 points  Norway 8 points  Sweden 7 points  Ukraine 6 points  Latvia 5 points  France 4 points  Turkey 3 points  Greece 2 points  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 point  Spain

Points Awarded to Denmark (Semi-Final 2)

12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
Hungary  Iceland  Sweden	Czech Republic	Latvia  Lithuania  Portugal
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
Cyprus   Switzerland	Albania  Belarus  France  Malta  Ukraine	Croatia  Georgia  Macedonia	Bulgaria	United Kingdom

Points Awarded to Denmark (Final)

12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
Iceland  Norway			Latvia
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
Portugal  Sweden	Malta	Estonia  United Kingdom	Czech Republic  Hungary  Lithuania  San Marino	Ireland

Commentators

For the 2008 contest the commentator for Denmark was Nicolaj Molbech.^[3]

References

1. "Simon Mathew vinder Grand Prix'et!" (in Danish). dr.dk. Retrieved 2008-03-02.
2. Eurovision Song Contest 2008
3. "Nicolaj Molbech til beograd". esconnet.dk. Retrieved 2008-04-30.