Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 1981

Denmark was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1981 with the song "Krøller eller ej", composed by Tommy Seebach, with lyrics by Keld Heick, and performed by Debbie Cameron and Tommy Seebach. The Danish participating broadcaster, Danmarks Radio (DR), organised the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 1981 in order to select its entry for the contest. Seebach had previously represented Denmark in 1979, when Cameron was one of his backing singers.

Eurovision Song Contest 1981
Participating broadcaster	Danmarks Radio (DR)
Country	Denmark
National selection
Selection process	Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 1981
Selection date(s)	28 February 1981
Selected artist(s)	Debbie Cameron and Tommy Seebach
Selected song	"Krøller eller ej"
Selected songwriter(s)	Tommy Seebach Keld Heick
Finals performance
Final result	11th, 41 points
Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Before Eurovision

Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 1981

Danmarks Radio (DR) held the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 1981 on 28 February at the Valencia-Varieteen in Copenhagen, hosted by Jørgen de Mylius. Five songs took part with the winner being decided by a jury made up of members of the public.^[1]

Final – 28 February 1981

Draw	Artist	Song	Points	Place
1	Hans Mosters Vovse	"King Kong Boogie"	375	2
2	Anniqa	"Sikken dejlig dame"	359	3
3	Tommy Seebach and Debbie Cameron	"Krøller eller ej"	441	1
4	Theis Jensen	"Satchmo"	210	5
5	Carsten Elmer and Jorgen Klubien	"En tragisk komedie"	283	4

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Seebach and Cameron performed 6th in the running order, following Israel and preceding Yugoslavia. At the close of voting "Krøller eller ej" had received 41 points, placing Denmark 11th of the 20 entries.^[2] The Danish jury awarded its 12 points to the host nation Ireland.^[3]

Voting

Points awarded to Denmark[4] Score Country 12 points  Belgium 10 points 8 points 7 points  Luxembourg 6 points 5 points  United Kingdom 4 points  France  Sweden 3 points  Spain 2 points  Netherlands  Portugal 1 point  Germany  Turkey

Points awarded by Denmark[4] Score Country 12 points  Ireland 10 points  United Kingdom 8 points  Germany 7 points  Netherlands 6 points  Belgium 5 points  Sweden 4 points   Switzerland 3 points  Cyprus 2 points  France 1 point  Austria

References

1. ESC National Finals database 1981
2. "Final of Dublin 1981". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
3. ESC History - Denmark 1981
4. "Results of the Final of Dublin 1981". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.