Denmark was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1984 with the song "", composed by Søren Bundgaard, with lyrics by Keld Heick, and performed by Hot Eyes. The Danish participating broadcaster, (DR), organised the in order to select its entry for the contest. This was the first of three Eurovision appearances in five years for the couple.
Before Eurovision
(DR) held the on 18 February at TV-Byen in Gladsaxe, hosted by Jørgen de Mylius. Ten songs took part with the winner being decided by voting from five regional juries. The voting was close, with "" winning by only a 1-point margin. Other participants included familiar DMGP and Eurovision face Tommy Seebach and Lise Haavik (Trax) who would represent .
+ Final – 18 February 1984 Artist Song Songwriter(s) Points Place 1Trax"Vi hører sammen"336 2Regnar Egekvist"Holder af de ting"Regnar Egekvist 119 3Snapshot"À la carte"Niels Drevsholt413 4Lecia Jønsson"Det er en hemmelighed"355 5Lollipops"60'erne"810 6Sheila"Gi' mig tid"462 7Boulevard"Liverpool"177 8John Hatting"Donna, Donna"158 9Tommy Seebach"Pyjamas for to" 404 10Kirsten and Søren"Det' lige det" 471 + Detailed Regional Jury Votes Song scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" Total 1"Vi hører sammen" 5 8 5 5 10 33 2"Holder af de ting" 1 1 3 1 5 11 3"À la carte" 8 8 8 12 5 41 4"Det er en hemmelighed" 10 5 7 6 7 35 5"60'erne" 2 2 1 2 1 8 6"Gi' mig tid" 12 6 12 8 8 46 7"Liverpool" 4 4 4 3 2 17 8"Donna, Donna" 3 3 2 4 3 15 9"Pyjamas for to" 7 10 7 10 6 40 10"Det' lige det" 6 12 10 7 12 47
At Eurovision On the night of the final Hot Eyes performed 10th in the running order, following and preceding the . At the close of voting "" received 101 points, placing Denmark 4th of the 19 entries, the country's first top 5 placing since their return to Eurovision in 1978. "" became only the fourth non-winning Eurovision song to receive points from every other national jury (following and , and ). The Danish jury awarded its 12 points to contest winners .
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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