Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 1988

Eurovision Song Contest 1988
Eurovision Song Contest 1988
Country	Denmark
National selection
Selection process	Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 1988
Selection date(s)	27 February 1988
Selected entrant	Hot Eyes
Selected song	"Ka' du se hva' jeg sa'?"
Selected songwriter(s)	Søren Bundgaard; Keld Heick;
Finals performance
Final result	3rd, 92 points
Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest

Denmark was represented by Hot Eyes (the name chosen for use at Eurovision by Kirsten and Søren), with the song "Ka' du se hva' jeg sa'?", at the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 30 April in Dublin. "Ka' du se hva' jeg sa'?" was chosen as the Danish entry at the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix on 27 February. This was the last of three Eurovision appearances for Kirsten and Søren.

Kirsten and Søren's Eurovision performance is noted for the fact that Kirsten was heavily and very visibly pregnant at the time.

Before Eurovision

Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 1988

The final was held at the DR TV studios in Copenhagen, hosted by Jørgen Mylius. Ten songs took part with the winner being decided by voting from five regional juries. Firstly the five lowest-placed songs were eliminated without full voting being revealed, then the remaining five were voted on again to give the winner.^[1]

First Round – 27 February 1988
Draw	Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)	Result
1	Anne Mette and Hip Hop	"Du kan gå med"	Turid N. Christensen, Ole Brockmann	Eliminated
2	Paul Mathiasen	"Til dig"	Niels Bystrup, Esther Traneberg	Eliminated
3	Snapshot	"Tid til lidt kærlighed"	James Price, Adam Price	Advanced
4	Stig Rossen	"Vi danser rock og rul"	Jørn Hansen, Helge Engelbrecht	Advanced
5	Anne Marie Busk	"9½ minut"	Tommy Hansen, Jens Folmer Jepsen	Eliminated
6	Lulu	"Johnny B. Goode"	Knud Thormod	Advanced
7	Henriette Lykke	"Det' okay"	Per Meilstrup, Keld Heick	Advanced
8	Anne Karin	"Gi' naturen chancen"	Mikael Andersen, Leif Maibom	Eliminated
9	Kirsten and Søren	"Ka' du se hva' jeg sa'?"	Søren Bundgaard, Keld Heick	Advanced
10	Sirius	"Ene"	Leif Svorin	Eliminated

Second Round – 27 February 1988
Draw	Artist	Song	Regional Juries					Total	Place
Draw	Artist	Song	North and West Jutland	Zealand and Islands	East and South Jutland	Greater Copenhagen	Funen	Total	Place
1	Lulu	"Johnny B. Goode"	1	2	6	2	2	13	5
2	Kirsten and Søren	"Ka' du se hva' jeg sa'?"	8	8	1	6	6	29	1
3	Snapshot	"Tid til lidt kærlighed"	4	4	8	8	1	25	2
4	Stig Rossen	"Vi danser rock og rul"	2	1	2	4	8	17	4
5	Henriette Lykke	"Det' okay"	6	6	4	1	4	21	3

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Hot Eyes performed 13th in the running order, following Austria and preceding Greece. At the close of voting "Ka' du se hva' jeg sa'?" had received 92 points, placing Denmark third of the 21 entries, the country's best placing since the victory of Grethe and Jørgen Ingmann in 1963.^[2] The Danish jury awarded its 12 points to Yugoslavia.^[3]

Voting

Points awarded to Denmark^[4]
Score	Country
12 points	Austria France Netherlands
10 points	Iceland Norway
8 points
7 points	Belgium
6 points	Israel Portugal
5 points
4 points	Finland Germany Ireland
3 points	Sweden
2 points
1 point	Spain Switzerland

Points awarded by Denmark^[4]
Score	Country
12 points	Yugoslavia
10 points	United Kingdom
8 points	Sweden
7 points	Ireland
6 points	Germany
5 points	Norway
4 points	Iceland
3 points	France
2 points	Luxembourg
1 point	Spain