Denmark was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1991 with the song "", written by Michael Elo, and performed by Anders Frandsen. The Danish participating broadcaster, (DR), organised the 1991 in order to select its entry for the contest.
Before Eurovision 1991 (DR) held the 1991 on 16 March at the Music Hall in Aarhus, hosted by and Mek Pek. 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. One of the other participants was Birthe Kjær, who had finished third at Eurovision in .
+ First Round – 16 March 1991 Artist Song Songwriter(s) Result 1 Birthe Kjær "Din musik – min musik" Kim Sjøgren, Keld Heick Advanced 2 Lise Dandanell and Lars Berthelsen "Casanova" Frans Bak 3 Lars Nielsen "King Kong Baby" Christian Winding, Bent Hesselmann 4 Anders Frandsen "Lige der hvor hjertet slår" Michael Elo Advanced 5 Käte and Per "Var der ellers noget du ville" Per Damgaard, Viggo Happel 6 Helle Børgensen "Afrodite af i dag" Wolfgang Käfer, Daniel Käfer 7 Pernille Petersen "Casino" Iver Lind Greiner, Keld Heick Advanced 8 The Boys "Vinder hvisker" Klaus Phanareth, Kim Otto Jacobsen 9 Annette Heick and Egil Eldøen "Du er musikken i mit liv" George Keller, Hilda Heick, Keld Heick Advanced 10 Ulla Bjerre & Ole Bredahl "Med exprestog til Kina" Ole Bredahl Advanced + Second Round – 16 March 1991 Artist Song Televote Place 1 Birthe Kjær "Din musik – min musik" 2,411 3 2 Anders Frandsen "Lige der hvor hjertet slår" 3,819 1 3 Pernille Petersen "Casino" 1,398 5 4 Annette Heick and Egil Eldøen "Du er musikken i mit liv" 1,402 4 5 Ulla Bjerre and Ole Bredahl "Med exprestog til Kina" 3,099 2
At Eurovision On the night of the final Frandsen performed 13th in the running order, following and preceding . At the close of voting "" had received 8 points, placing Denmark 19th of the 22 entries. It was the country's worst Eurovision placement up to that point, and it would remain so until 1993. The Danish jury awarded its 12 points to contest winners .
The contest was broadcast on DR TV (with commentary by ) and on radio station DR P3 (with commentary by Jesper Bæhrenz and ).
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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