Denmark was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1987 with the song "", composed by Helge Engelbrecht, with lyrics by both Engelbrecht and Jacob Jonia, and performed by Anne-Cathrine Herdorf, supported by the group Bandjo. The Danish participating broadcaster, (DR), organised the 1987 in order to select its entry for the contest.

Before Eurovision 1987 (DR) held its national final titled at the Tivoli Concert Hall in Copenhagen on 28 February 1987 at 20:15 CEST. It was broadcast on DR TV and also on Greenland's KNR-TV in a delayed broadcast on 14 March. The program was produced by Jens Bom, with the set being designed by Ole Koefoed, and was hosted by Jørgen de Mylius. Ten songs, which were accompanied by a orchestra led by , took part in the competition, with the winner being decided by voting from five regional juries in two rounds. In the first round, the five lowest-placed songs were eliminated without full voting being revealed, then the remaining five were voted on again to give the winner. Other participants included past and future Danish representatives Dario Campeotto, Tommy Seebach, Birthe Kjær and Kirsten Siggaard of Hot Eyes.

+ First Round – 28 February 1987 Artist Song Composer Lyricist Result 1 Kirsten Siggaard "" Søren Bundgaard Keld Heick Qualified 2 and "" Jacob Jonia 3 Trine Dyrholm "" Frans Bak Niller Qualified 4 Dario Campeotto "" Kjeld Ruud Hansen Merete Ruud Hansen 5 Keld and "" Carsten Lehn 6 "" Ole Bredahl 7 Birthe Kjær "" Per Meilstrup Qualified 8 Tommy Seebach "" Tommy Seebach Keld Heick Qualified 9 and "" Qualified 10 Limelight "" Torben Lundgren + Second Round – 28 February 1987 Artist Song Regional Juries Total Place scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" 1 Tommy Seebach "" 6 2 6 1 2 17 4 2 Trine Dyrholm "" 2 4 4 4 6 20 3 3 and "" 8 8 8 8 8 40 1 4 Kirsten Siggaard "" 1 1 1 2 1 6 5 5 Birthe Kjær "" 4 6 2 6 4 22 2

At Eurovision On the night of the final, Herdorf performed 19th in the running order, following and preceding eventual contest winners . At the close of voting the song had received 83 points, placing Denmark joint 5th (with the ) of the 22 entries. The Danish jury awarded its 12 points to .

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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