Denmark was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1979 with the song "Disco Tango", composed by Tommy Seebach, with lyrics by Keld Heick, and performed by Seebach himself. The Danish participating broadcaster, (DR), organised the in order to select its entry for the contest. This was the first of Seebach's three Eurovision appearances for Denmark. The 1979 DMGP is notable for the participation of two of Denmark's three Eurovision winners, Grethe Ingmann and the Olsen Brothers.
Before Eurovision
(DR) held the on 3 February at TV-Byen in Gladsaxe, hosted by Jørgen de Mylius. 17 songs took part with the winner being decided by votes from eight regional juries. The main voting resulted in a tie for first place between "Disco Tango" performed by Tommy Seebach and "" performed by Grethe Ingmann and Bjarne Liller. The tie was resolved after a revote, which was won by "Disco Tango" performed by Tommy Seebach.
Rasmus Lyberth performed in Greenlandic, and Annika Hoydal in Faroese.
+ Final – 3 February 1979 Artist Song Points Place 1 Pia Dalsgaard and Thorstein Thomsen"Maja og bruttonationalproduktet"199 2Rasmus Lyberth"Faders bøn" 711 3Allan Mortensen"Møllesangen"1310 4Pierre Dørge"Motorvej'n"015 5Jannie Høeg"Du er min melodi"113 6Olsen Brothers"Dans, dans, dans"328 7Grethe Ingmann and Bjarne Liller"Alt er skønt"822 8Tamra Rosanes"Fairplay"212 9Tommy Seebach"Disco Tango"821 10Mona Larsen"En underlig samba"015 11Mabel"Saturday Show"395 12Lecia and Lucienne"Dit liv, mit liv" 377 13Pia Rosenbaum and Ina Rosenbaum"Smil over Strøget"386 14Nis P Jørgensen"Eja, eja"113 15Kim Larsen"Ud i det blå"563 16Anette Toft"Hold fast"015 17Annika Hoydal"Aldan"554 + Detailed Regional Jury Votes Song scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" Total 1 "Maja & bruttonationalproduktet" 1 3 5 2 2 6 19 2 "Faders bøn" 4 3 7 3 "Møllesangen" 2 4 2 2 1 2 13 4 "Motorvej'n" 0 5 "Du er min melodi" 1 1 6 "Dans-dans-dans" 6 7 3 3 5 6 2 32 7 "Alt er skønt" 1212 10 8 8 10 12 10 82 8 "Fairplay" 1 1 2 9 "Disco Tango" 8 10 8 121212 8 12 82 10 "En underlig samba" 0 11 "Saturday Show" 5 4 4 5 6 10 5 39 12 "Dit liv, mit liv" 7 6 1 5 7 4 4 3 37 13 "Smil over Strøget" 4 2 6 7 3 1 7 8 38 14 "Eja, eja" 1 1 15 "Ud i det blå" 10 8 7 10 6 8 3 4 56 16 "Hold fast" 0 17 "Aldan" 3 5 12 6 10 7 5 7 55
+ Tie-Break Song Points Place"Alt er skønt"362"Disco Tango"511
At Eurovision On the night of the final Seebach performed 3rd in the running order, following and preceding . Among the backing singers was Debbie Cameron, with whom Seebach would perform as a duo in . At the close of voting "Disco Tango" had received 76 points, placing Denmark 6th of the 19 entries. The Danish jury awarded its 12 points to .
The contest was broadcast on DR TV, with commentary by Jørgen de Mylius.
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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