Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2008

Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2008

Date:	2 February 2008
Presenter:	Camilla Ottesen & Adam Duvå Hall
Venue:	Forum Horsens (other venues hosted semifinals)
Voting:	SMS voting
Winner:	All Night Long performed by Simon Mathew
Winner's result at Eurovision:	15th place

Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2008 was the selection for the song to represent Denmark at the Eurovision Song Contest 2008. Two semi-finals and two wildcard selections took place to select the 10 songs that would compete to sing for Denmark at the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 in Belgrade, Serbia.

In each semi-final the viewers of DR chose which 4 songs would progress to the final through telephone and SMS voting. After the semi-finals two wildcard selections were held for the listeners of Danish radio stations P3 and P4, who selected two songs from those rejected in the semi-finals to progress to the final.

443 songs were submitted, 16 of which competed and the winner was "All Night Long" sung by Simon Mathew.

Final

Draw	Artist	Song	Points	Result
1	Hassing & Hassing	Come On Over	10	6th
2	Simon Mathew	All Night Long	48	1st
3	Amin Jensen	Luciano	8	7th
4	Kendra Lou	Until We're Satisfied	16	4th
5	Unite	Tree Of Life	46	2nd
6	Lasse Lindorff	Hooked On You	6	9th
7	Charlie	Den Jeg Er	0	10th
8	Josefine & Lars	Sweet Memories of You	8	7th
9	The Dreams	La' Mig Være	16	4th
10	Sandee May	Spanish Soul	42	3rd

Voting

Song	North Jutland	South Jutland and Funen	Zealand & The Islands	Copenhagen	Total
Come On Over	10	-	-	-	-	10
All Night Long	12	10	12	6	8	48
Luciano	-	-	4	4	-	8
Until We're Satisfied	-	6	6	-	4	16
Tree Of Life	6	8	10	10	12	46
Hooked On You	-	-	-	-	6	6
Den Jeg Er	-	-	-	-	-	0
Sweet Memories Of You	8	-	-	-	-	8
La' Mig Være	-	4	-	12	-	16
Spanish Soul	4	12	8	8	10	42

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Semifinal 1

Date:	12 January 2008
Presenter:	Camilla Ottesen & Adam Duvå Hall
Venue:	DR Studios, Copenhagen
Voting:	SMS voting
Qualifiers:	Tree of Life performed by Unite, Luciano performed by Amin Jensen, Come On Over performed by Hassing & Hassing and Den jeg er performed by Charlie

Draw	Artist	Song
1	Anorah	Laying Down My Cards
2	Sidse Holte	Vi er der om lidt
3	Unite	Tree of Life
4	Amin Jensen	Luciano
5	Hassing & Hassing	Come On Over
6	Louise Victoria	Grøn mand gå
7	Camille & Ulrik	Underneath the Moon
8	Charlie	Den jeg er

Semifinal 2

Semifinal 2

Date:	19 January 2008
Presenter:	Camilla Ottesen & Adam Duvå Hall
Venue:	DR Studios, Copenhagen
Voting:	SMS voting
Qualifiers:	'All Night Long performed by Simon Mathew, Sweet Memories of You performed by Josefine & Lars Spanish Soul performed by Sandee May and La' mig være performed by The Dreams

Draw	Artist	Song
1	Gunhild	Vilde hjerter
2	Julie Rugaard	kan Ikke forstå
3	Simon Mathew	All Night Long
4	Kendra Lou	Until We're Satisfied
5	Josefine & Lars	Sweet Memories of You
6	Sandee May	Spanish Soul
7	Lasse Lindorff	Hooked on You
8	The Dreams	La' mig være

P3 Wildcard Selection

P3 Wildcard Selection

Date:	21 January 2008 - 25 January 2008
Voting:	SMS voting
Qualifier:	Until We're Staisfied performed by Kendra Lou

Draw	Artist	Song
1	Louise Victoria	Grøn mand gå
2	Anorah	Laying Down My Cards
3	Julie Rugaard	Kan ikke forstå
4	Kendra Lou	Until We're Satisfied

P4 Wildcard Selection

P4 Wildcard Selection

Date:	21 January 2008 - 25 January 2008
Voting:	SMS voting
Qualifier:	Hooked on You performed by Lasse Lindorff

Draw	Artist	Song
1	Lasse Lindorff	Hooked on You
2	Gunhild	Vilde hjerter
3	Sidse Holte	Vi er der om Lidt
4	Camille & Ulrik	Underneath the Moon

See also

• Eurovision Song Contest 2008

ESC history

• Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008
• Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest

Dansk Melodi Grand Prix

• Dansk Melodi Grand Prix

Sister contests

•  Sweden - Melodifestivalen 2008
•  Norway - Melodi Grand Prix 2008
•  Finland - Euroviisut 2008
•  Iceland - Laugardagslögin

External links

• Official site
• Denmark National Final page