Denmark was represented at the qualifying round for the Eurovision Song Contest 1996 with the song "", written by Jascha Richter and Keld Heick, and performed by Dorthe Andersen and Martin Loft. The Danish participating broadcaster, (DR), organised the 1996 in order to select its entry for the contest. The entry failed to make it through the pre-selection round, meaning Denmark was not represented at the Eurovision Song Contest.
Before Eurovision
(DR) held the 1996 on 9 March at TV-Byen in Gladsaxe, hosted by Hans Otto Bisgård. Five songs competed in the contest and the winner was selected solely by a public televote. The results of the public televote were revealed by Denmark's regions and "" was an overwhelming winner, receiving more votes than the other four songs combined.
+ Final – 9 March 1996 Artist Song Songwriter(s) Televote Place 1 Peter Belli "Det gør ondt når jeg griner" Michael Hardinger 2,463 3 2 Master Fatman and Jannie Høeg "I nat" Anders Blickfeldt, Peter Viskinde 1,089 5 3 Channe Nussbaum "Kys mig nu" Lars Muhl 1,224 4 4 Dorthe Andersen and Martin Loft "Kun med dig" Jascha Richter, Keld Heick 9,422 1 5 Mark Linn "Røde kinder" Thomas Blachman 2,465 2
+ Detailed Regional Televoting Results Song Jutland Funen Islands NorthZealand CapitalRegion Total North West East Central South 1 "Det gør ondt når jeg griner" 53 313 799 483 148 234 217 74 142 2,463 2 "I nat" 271 73 228 179 51 92 57 53 85 1,089 3 "Kys mig nu" 122 134 379 252 50 110 65 29 83 1,224 4 "Kun med dig" 1,282 1,417 2,407 1,366 828 967 478 339 338 9,422 5 "Røde kinder" 274 310 824 383 86 220 42 103 223 2,465
At Eurovision In 1996, for the only time in Eurovision history, an audio-only qualifying round (from which hosts were exempt) was held on 20 March as 29 countries wished to participate in the final but the European Broadcasting Union had set a limit of 22 (plus Norway). The countries occupying the bottom seven places after the pre-qualifier would be unable to take part in the main contest. After the voting, "" had received 22 points, placing 25th and eliminating Denmark from the contest.
The contest was broadcast on DR TV (with commentary by Jørgen de Mylius) and on radio station DR P3 (with commentary by Katrine Nyland Sørensen, Martin Loft and Marianne Dinesen).
Voting
+ Points awarded to Denmark (qualifying round) 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 (qualifying round) 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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