Denmark was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1989 with the song "", composed by Søren Bundgaard, with lyrics by Keld Heick, and performed by Birthe Kjær. The Danish participating broadcaster, (DR), organised the 1989 in order to select its entry for the contest. This was the first Kjær's victory at the DMGP after three runner-up finishes earlier in the 1980s.
Before Eurovision
1989 (DR) held the 1989 on 25 March at the Bella Center in Copenhagen, hosted Jarl de Friis-Mikkelsen. Ten songs took part, with the winner being chosen by nine regional juries. Other participants included Danish representatives Gry Johansen () and Jørgen Olsen ().
+ Final – 25 March 1989 Artist Song Songwriter(s) Points Place 1 Birthe Kjær "Vi maler byen rød" 32 1 2 Maria Cecile "Kun dig" 23 5 3 Lars Fenger "Kom i sving" 8 9 4 Pia Cohn "Nu er jeg blot en stemme" Arne Würgler 25 4 5 Snapshot "Du og jeg" Turid Christensen 10 8 6 Keld and Hilda Heick "Sommerregn" 11 7 7 Lecia Jønsson "Landet Camelot" 30 2 8 Gry Johansen "Endnu en nat" 22 6 9 Peter Belli "Lyset bryder frem" 0 10 10 Jørgen Olsen "Fugle" 28 3 + Detailed Regional Jury Votes Song scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" Total 1 "Vi maler byen rød" 8 8 4 4 8 32 2 "Kun dig" 1 6 6 2 8 23 3 "Kom i sving" 1 1 6 8 4 "Nu er jeg blot en stemme" 4 6 6 8 1 25 5 "Du og jeg" 6 1 1 1 1 10 6 "Sommerregn" 1 4 6 11 7 "Landet Camelot" 2 4 4 4 8 6 2 30 8 "Endnu en nat" 4 2 2 8 2 4 22 9 "Lyset bryder frem" 0 10 "Fugle" 8 2 8 2 2 6 28
At Eurovision On the night of the final Kjær performed 12th in the running order, following and preceding . At the close of voting "" had received 111 points, placing Denmark third of the 22 entries, the country's second consecutive third-place finish. The Danish jury awarded its 12 points to .
The contest was broadcast on DR TV (with commentary by Jørgen de Mylius) and on radio station DR P3 (with commentary by Kurt Helge Andersen). 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
References