Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2010

Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2015
Preliminary decision data
country	Denmark
Broadcasting station
Producing broadcaster
place	Gigantium , Aalborg
date	February 6, 2010
Time	8:00 p.m. ( CET )
Duration	approx. 120 minutes
Number of participants	10
Number of contributions	10
poll	50% jury voting, 50% televoting
Moderation
Felix Smith & Julie Berthelsen

The 40th Dansk Melodi Grand Prix took place on February 6, 2010 in the Gigantium in Aalborg and was the Danish preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 in Oslo ( Norway ). Dou Chanée & N'Evergreen won with their song In a Moment Like This . They reached fourth place in the final, the best position since 2001.

format

concept

On August 27, 2009, DR announced details for the 2010 preliminary round. Ten titles took part in the event on February 6th at the Gigantium in Aalborg . Six titles were selected from the submitted contributions by an internal jury. They were supplemented by four participants who were invited by the organizer. 562 songwriters submitted their entries by October 5th. Among them was a piece by DQ , which already represented Denmark at the ESC in 2007, but was unable to qualify for the final there. The radio station announced the ten participants on January 12, 2010. There were seven pieces from those submitted and the three wildcards Bryan Rice , Kaya Brüel and the girl band Sukkerchok .

Felix Smith and Julie Berthelsen hosted the show ; they were supported by Jørgen de Mylius and Keld Heick , who were closer to the competitors and who led behind the scenes of the Eurovision Song Contest .

On January 13th, Jan Lagermand Lundme announced that Zindy Laursen had received an invitation to the competition to perform her self-written title "All About Me" . However, she withdrew within the last 24 hours before the presentation of the participants and the submissions became MariaMatilde Band ’s song "Panik!" selected as a replacement.

Attendees

final

Start number	Interpreter	Song Music (M) and Text (T)	language	Translation (unofficial)
01 1	Bryan Rice	Breathing M / T: Peter Bjørnskov	English	To breathe
02	Joakim Tranberg	All About a Girl M / T: Lars Halvor Jensen, Martin Michael Larsson, Ronan Keating	English	All about a girl
03	MariaMatilde Band	Panic! M / T: Maria Sejer, Matilde Kühl, Mads Haugaard, Marcus Winther-John	English	Panic!
04th	Simone	How Will I Know M: Jacob Launbjerg; T: Andreas Mørck	English	How should i know
05	Jens Marni	Gloria M / T: Svend Gudiksen, Johannes Jørgensen, Noam Halby	English	-
06th	Chanée & N'Evergreen	In a Moment Like This M: Thomas G: son , Henrik Sethsson, Erik Bernholm; T: Thomas G: son, Henrik Sethsson	English	At a moment like this
07 1	Kaya Bruel	Only Tonight M / T: Kaya Bruel	English	Just tonight
08th	Thomas Barsøe	Just Like Rain M / T: Patrick Jonsson, Joakim Övrenius, Thomas Karlsson, Thomas Barsøe	English	Like rain
09 1	Sukkerchok	Kæmper for kærlighed M / T: Lasse Lindorff, Martin Michael Larsson, Lise Cabble	Danish	Fight for love
10	Silas & Kat	Come Come Run Away M / T: Lise Cabble, Simon Munk	English	Come on, run away

 The candidate has qualified for the KO round.

¹ These participants entered the competition with a DR wildcard.

KO round

In the second round of voting, the four qualifiers competed against each other in pairs, so that two winning titles made it to the final. The winner of the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2010 In a Moment Like This performed by Chanée & N'Evergreen took part in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 .

	KO round			Super finals
	Simone - How Will I Know
	Chanée & N'Evergreen - In a Moment Like This
				Chanée & N'Evergreen - In a Moment Like This
				Bryan Rice - Breathing
	Silas and Kat - Come Come Run Away
	Bryan Rice - Breathing

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Søren Bygbjerg: Melodi Grand Prix kommer til Aalborg. Danmarks Radio , August 27, 2009, accessed on August 27, 2009 (Danish). 
2. ↑ Barry Viniker: Danish Eurovision entry on 6th February. In: ESCToday. August 27, 2009, archived from the original on January 17, 2010 ; Retrieved August 27, 2009 . 
3. ↑ Victor Hondal: Denmark: 562 entries received. In: ESCToday. October 5, 2009. Retrieved October 5, 2009 . 
4. ↑ Andreas Schacht: Danish TV receives 562 songs! European Broadcasting Union , October 5, 2009, accessed October 5, 2009 . 
5. ↑ Gil Laufer: Denmark: Participants to be known on January 12th. In: ESCToday. December 22, 2009, archived from the original on January 14, 2010 ; Retrieved December 22, 2009 . 
6. ↑ Søren Bygbjerg: Grand Prix he finalized stars clearly. Danmarks Radio, December 21, 2009, accessed December 22, 2009 (Danish). 
7. ↑ Victor Hondal: DR Announces 10 Melodi Grand Prix finalists. In: ESCToday. January 12, 2010; Archived from the original on March 14, 2010 ; Retrieved January 12, 2010 . 
8. ↑ Søren Bygbjerg: Her er de nye Grand Prix stjerner. Danmarks Radio, January 12, 2010, accessed January 12, 2010 (Danish). 
9. ↑ Andreas Schacht: Denmark presents its national final candidates. European Broadcasting Union, January 12, 2010, accessed January 12, 2010 . 
10. ↑ Søren Bygbjerg: Drømmehold vil sikre dansk Grand Prix Sejr. Danmarks Radio, accessed December 22, 2009 (Danish). 
11. ↑ Nikolaj Vraa: Zindy trak sig fra Grand Prix'et. MSN Starlounge, January 13, 2010, archived from the original on March 16, 2010 ; Retrieved October 14, 2010 (Danish).