Denmark was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1993 with the song "", composed by Tommy Seebach, with lyrics by Keld Heick, and performed by the Seebach Band. The Danish participating broadcaster, (DR), organised the 1993 in order to select its entry for the contest. This was Seebach's third Eurovision appearance, having previously represented and with Debbie Cameron.
Before Eurovision 1993 (DR) continued to use the to select its entry for Eurovision. The broadcaster held the national final on 3 April 1993 in Odense, hosted by Keld Heick and Kirsten Siggaard.
Ten songs competed in the contest and the winner was selected over two rounds of voting. In the first round, a nine-member jury selected the top five songs to advance to the second round of voting, where the winner was selected solely by a public televote. The results of the public televote were revealed by Denmark's regions and led to the victory of Tommy Seebach Band with the song "". This was Seebach's seventh appearance at , having previously won twice ( and with Debbie Cameron) as well as placing 2nd , 4th , 2nd , and 4th .
The show was watched by 1.9 million viewers in Denmark, making it the most popular show of the week. It was also broadcast alongside Greenland's KNR-TV.
+ First Round – 3 April 1993 Artist Song Songwriter(s) Result 1 Teddy Edelmann "Går det ikk', går det nok" Carsten Warming 2 Vivi Jacobsen "Født til kærlighed" Rene A. Jensen, Paw Mølgård, Vivi Jacobsen Advanced 3 The Hooklines "Godmorgen dag" Ivar Lind Greiner, Iben Plesner 4 Anders Nyborg "Elsker kun dig" Fini Høstrup 5 Ditte Højgaard Andersen "Første forårsdag" Søren Bundgaard Advanced 6 Six-Pack "Der er mer' imellem dig og mig" Jes Kerstein Larsen, Ebbe Ravn Advanced 7 Anne Karin "Hvor er din drøm" Steen Gjerulff, Gunnar Geertsen Advanced 8 Tommy Seebach Band "Under stjernerne på himlen" Tommy Seebach, Keld Heick Advanced 9 Birgitte Gade "Bohemian" Michael Ronson, Martin Riel 10 Gaia "Uno mundo" Helge Engelbrecht + Second Round – 3 April 1993 Artist Song Televote Place 1 Vivi Jacobsen "Født til kærlighed" 2,281 5 2 Ditte Højgaard Andersen "Første forårsdag" 4,419 4 3 Six-Pack "Der er mer' imellem dig og mig" 13,715 2 4 Anne Karin "Hvor er din drøm" 6,066 3 5 Tommy Seebach Band "Under stjernerne på himlen" 16,463 1 + Detailed Regional Televoting Results Song Jutland Funen Islands NorthZealand CapitalRegion Total North West East Central South 1 "Født til kærlighed" 213 163 375 253 21 201 227 409 419 2,281 2 "Første forårsdag" 320 387 649 368 165 329 461 809 931 4,419 3 "Der er mer' imellem dig og mig" 1,126 964 2,230 1,524 531 1,329 1,308 2,275 2,428 13,715 4 "Hvor er din drøm" 489 743 1,011 611 189 564 668 878 913 6,066 5 "Under stjernerne på himlen" 1,779 1,605 2,507 1,843 704 1,222 2,397 2,484 1,922 16,463
At Eurovision Seebach performed 5th at the Eurovision Song Contest 1993 in Millstreet, Ireland, following and preceding . "" placed 22nd of the 25 competing countries, receiving a total of 9 points. Up to this point, this was the worst-ranking song Denmark had sent to the Contest. Additionally, this relegated Denmark from competing in the Eurovision Song Contest 1994, after placing in the bottom 6 entries.
The contest was shown on DR TV, with commentary by Jørgen de Mylius, and on radio station DR P3, with commentary by Jens Michael Nielsen. The contest was watched by a total of 1.5 million viewers in Denmark.
Voting
+ Points awarded to Denmark Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
+ Points awarded by Denmark Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
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