Denmark in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005

Denmark participated at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005, sending their third entry to the contest. The Danish entry was Nicolai Kielstrup with the song "Shake Shake Shake", which was the winner of the Danish national selection MGP 2005.

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005
Country	Denmark
National selection
Selection process	MGP 2005
Selection date(s)	17 September 2005
Selected artist(s)	Nicolai Kielstrup
Selected song	"Shake Shake Shake"
Finals performance
Final result	4th, 121 points
Denmark in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
◄2004 • 2005

Before Junior Eurovision

MGP 2005

DR held the 6th edition of the MGP contest on 17 September 2005 to select the Danish entry to the Junior Eurovision Song Contest.

The final was held at the DR TV Studios in Copenhagen, hosted by Jacob Riising.^[1] The winner was chosen through two rounds of televoting and SMS voting: firstly, the top 5 songs were selected from the 10 competing songs to progress to the superfinal, where the final winner was chosen through another round of televoting. The votes were distributed among a number of regions, who gave points to each song.

The winner was Nicolai Kielstrup with his song "Shake Shake Shake", receiving 96 points.^[2]

Final – 17 September 2005
Draw	Artist	Song	Result
1	Annisette & Nanna	"Venindetanker"	Eliminated
2	Marieke	"Musikken"	Eliminated
3	Lucas	"Fest her"	Superfinalist
4	Jeans	"Jeg ka' nemli' godt li' dig"	Eliminated
5	Karoline & Zoe	"Et stjerneskud"	Eliminated
6	L.B.S.	"Supermand"	Superfinalist
7	Signe K	"Kære fru lærer"	Superfinalist
8	Twiz	"Du må forstå"	Superfinalist
9	Julia	"Sol og sommer"	Eliminated
10	Nicolai	"Shake Shake Shake"	Superfinalist

Superfinal – 17 September 2005
Draw	Artist	Song	Jutland		Funen		Zealand & Islands		Greater Copenhagen		Total	Place
			Telephone	SMS	Telephone	SMS	Telephone	SMS	Telephone	SMS
1	Lucas	"Fest her"	6	6	6	4	6	10	10	10	58	4
2	L.B.S.	"Supermand"	4	4	8	10	4	4	4	4	42	5
3	Signe K	"Kære fru lærer"	8	8	10	6	10	6	8	8	64	2
4	Twiz	"Du må forstå"	10	10	4	8	8	8	8	6	60	3
5	Nicolai	"Shake Shake Shake"	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	96	1

At Junior Eurovision

Nicolai performed 2nd in the running order of the contest, held in Hasselt, Belgium, following Greece and preceding Croatia. At the close of the voting Denmark received 121 points, placing 4th of the 16 competing entries, Denmark's best placing at the contest.^[3]

Voting

Points awarded to Denmark[4] Score Country 12 points[a]  Macedonia  Norway 10 points  Sweden 8 points  Belgium  Croatia 7 points  Greece  Malta  Netherlands  Spain 6 points  Cyprus  Latvia  Russia 5 points  Serbia and Montenegro 4 points  Belarus 3 points  Romania 2 points 1 point  United Kingdom

Points awarded by Denmark[4] Score Country 12 points  Norway 10 points  Netherlands 8 points  Sweden 7 points  Greece 6 points  Belarus 5 points  Malta 4 points  Spain 3 points  United Kingdom 2 points  Croatia 1 point  Russia

Notes

1. All countries received one set of 12 points to ensure no country finished with nul points.

References

1. Bakker, Sietse (2005-09-17). "Tonight: a busy night in junior land!". ESCToday. Retrieved 2009-06-12.
2. "Danes select Nicolai Kielstrup to go to Hasselt". ESCToday. 2005-09-18. Retrieved 2009-06-12.
3. "Final of Hasselt 2005". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 29 May 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
4. "Results of the Final of Hasselt 2005". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 29 May 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2021.