Denmark was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1997 with the song "", composed by Lars Pedersen, with lyrics by Thomas Lægaard, and performed by Lægaard under the stage name Kølig Kaj. The Danish participating broadcaster, DR, organised the 1997 in order to select its entry for the contest.
Before Eurovision 1997 (DR) held its national final titled at Studio 3 in its television studios in Copenhagen on 1 March 1997 at 20:00 CEST (19:00 UTC). It was broadcast on DR1. The program was produced by Jørn Fabricius, with the set being designed by Birger Christensen, and was hosted by . Ten songs, which were accompanied by a orchestra led by , competed in the contest and the winner was selected solely by a public televote, which led to the victory of "", performed by Thomas Lægård.
The show was watched by 1.1 million viewers in Denmark, making it the most popular show of the evening and third most popular show of the week. The national final was also broadcast in Greenland's KNR-TV on a delayed broadcast in 4 May.
+ Final – 1 March 1997 Artist Song Composer Lyricist Televote Place 1 Lars Nielsen "" Peter Michael Jensen 535 8 2 Gry Harrit "" Per Drud Nielsen 185 10 3 Gorm Bull Sarning "" Ebbe Ravn 1,642 3 4 Maria Abel "" Michael Ronson Maria Abel 1,275 5 5 Stay Tuned "" Jacob Launbjerg 452 9 6 Dennis Ademsen Jensen "" Michael Neergård Knud Andersen 642 7 7 "" 5,695 1 8 Jette Torp "Utopia" Ivar Lind Greiner Iben Plesner 5,331 2 9 Hans Olsen "" Hans Olsen 916 6 10 Lei Moe "" Tom Østrup Kirsten Østrup 1,432 4
At Eurovision On the night of the final Kølig Kaj performed 21st in the running order, following and preceding . At the close of voting " " had received 25 points, placing Denmark 16th of the 25 entries. The Danish jury awarded its 12 points to contest winners the United Kingdom.
The contest was broadcast on DR1 (with commentary by ) and on radio station DR P3 (with commentary by Katrine Nyland Sørensen and Morten H. Pankoke). The contest was watched by a total of 1 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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