Denmark was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1988 with the song "", composed by Søren Bundgaard, with lyrics by Keld Heick, and performed by Hot Eyes. The Danish participating broadcaster, (DR), organised the 1988 in order to select its entry for the contest. This was the last of three Eurovision appearances for the duo. Their Eurovision performance is noted for the fact that Kirsten was heavily and very visibly pregnant at the time.

Before Eurovision 1988 (DR) held the 1988 on 27 February at 19:45 (CEST), hosted by Jørgen de Mylius at TV-Byen in Gladsaxe. The national final was also broadcast in Greenland's KNR-TV on a delayed broadcast in 6 March. Ten songs took part with the winner being decided by voting from five regional juries. Firstly the five lowest-placed songs were eliminated without full voting being revealed, then the remaining five were voted on again to give the winner.

+ First Round – 27 February 1988 Artist Song Songwriter(s) Result 1 Anne Mette and Hip Hop "Du kan gå med" 2 Paul Mathiasen "Til dig" 3 Snapshot "Tid til lidt kærlighed" Qualified 4 Stig Rossen "Vi danser rock og rul" Qualified 5 Anne Marie Busk "9½ minut" 6 Lulu "Johnny B. Goode" Knud Thormod Qualified 7 Henriette Lykke "Det' okay" Qualified 8 Anne Karin "Gi' naturen chancen" 9 Kirsten and Søren "Ka' du se hva' jeg sa'?" Qualified 10 Sirius "Ene" Leif Svorin + Second Round – 27 February 1988 Artist Song Regional Juries Total Place scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" 1 Lulu "Johnny B. Goode" 1 2 6 2 2 13 5 2 Kirsten and Søren "Ka' du se hva' jeg sa'?" 8 8 1 6 6 29 1 3 Snapshot "Tid til lidt kærlighed" 4 4 8 8 1 25 2 4 Stig Rossen "Vi danser rock og rul" 2 1 2 4 8 17 4 5 Henriette Lykke "Det' okay" 6 6 4 1 4 21 3

At Eurovision On the night of the final Hot Eyes performed 13th in the running order, following and preceding . At the close of voting "" had received 92 points, placing Denmark third of the 21 entries, the country's best placing since the victory of Grethe and Jørgen Ingmann in 1963. The Danish jury awarded its 12 points to .

The contest was broadcast on DR TV and on radio station DR P2, 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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