Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017

Melodi Grand Prix 2017 was the 47th edition of Dansk Melodi Grand Prix, the music competition that selects Denmark's entries for the Eurovision Song Contest. The event was held on 25 February 2017 at the Jyske Bank Boxen in Herning, hosted by Annette Heick and Johannes Nymark.[3] The show was televised on DR1 as well as streamed online at the official DR website.

Ten songs competed in one show where the winner was determined over two rounds of voting. In the first round, the top three songs based on the combination of votes from a public vote and a five-member jury panel qualified to the superfinal. In the superfinal, the winner was determined by the public and jury vote. Viewers were able to vote via SMS or a mobile application specifically designed for the competition. Viewers using the app to cast a vote were provided with one free vote. The five-member jury panel was composed of five Danish Eurovision fans: Mogens Dalsgaard Myklebust, Mette Thorning Svendsen, Peter Hansen, Morten Kaiser and Søren Toft.[4][5]

DR opened a submission period between 6 June 2016 and 5 September 2016 for artists and composers to submit their entries. The entertainment director for DR, Jan Lagermand Lundme, stated that the competition would seek out "good songs with a strong chorus, which have the potential to be a hit and that can get us in the final of Eurovision".[6] The broadcaster received a record-breaking 1,115 entries during the submission period; the previous record was set in 2016 when the broadcaster received 982 entries.[7] A 50-member selection committee of industry professionals, members of OGAE Denmark and a representative sample of television viewers selected five songs from the entries submitted to the broadcaster. The remaining five songs were selected by music producers Cutfather and Jonas Schroeder, who had been affiliated with the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix since 2013.[8] The competing artists and songs were officially presented on 19 January 2017 during a press conference.[9]

The final took place on 25 February 2017. In the first round of voting the top three advanced to a superfinal based on the votes of a five-member jury (50%) and a public vote (50%). The three superfinalists were "One" performed by Ida Una, "Where I Am" performed by Anja and "A.S.A.P." performed by Johanna Beijbom. In the superfinal, the winner, "Where I Am" performed by Anja, was selected by the public and jury vote.

In addition to the performances of the competing entries, Danish Eurovision Song Contest 2000 winners Olsen Brothers performed as the interval act.[10]

Anja Nissen made several appearances across Europe to specifically promote "Where I Am" as the Danish Eurovision entry. On 2 April, she performed during the London Eurovision Party, which was held at the Café de Paris venue in London, United Kingdom and hosted by Nicki French. Between 3 and 6 April, Nissen took part in promotional activities in Tel Aviv, Israel where she performed during the Israel Calling event held at the Ha'teatron venue.[11][12] On 8 April, Anja Nissen performed during the Eurovision in Concert event which was held at the Melkweg venue in Amsterdam, Netherlands and hosted by Cornald Maas and Selma Björnsdóttir.[13]

Anja Nissen took part in technical rehearsals on 2 April and 6 May, followed by dress rehearsals on 10 and 11 May.[18] This included the jury show on 10 May where the professional juries of each country watched and voted on the competing entries.[19]

At the end of the show, Denmark was announced as having finished in the top 10 and subsequently qualifying for the grand final.[20] It was later revealed that Denmark placed tenth in the semi-final, receiving a total of 101 points: 5 points from the televoting and 96 points from the juries.

Shortly after the second semi-final, a winners' press conference was held for the ten qualifying countries. As part of this press conference, the qualifying artists took part in a draw to determine which half of the grand final they would subsequently participate in. This draw was done in the reverse order the countries appeared in the semi-final running order. Denmark was drawn to compete in the first half. Following this draw, the shows' producers decided upon the running order of the final, as they had done for the semi-finals. Denmark was subsequently placed to perform in position 10, following the entry from Italy and before the entry from Portugal.[21]

The following members comprised the Danish jury:[24]

• Anders Øhstrøm (jury chairperson) – composer, producer, singer; backing vocalist for Denmark in the 2005, 2008, 2009, and 2013 contests
• Cisilia Ismailova (Cisilia) – singer
• Morten Kærså – composer, singer, producer
• Sys Bjerre – singer-songwriter
• Monique Spartalis (Monique) – singer

Detailed voting results from Denmark (Semi-final 2)[22]

Draw	Country	Jury							Televote
		S. Bjerre	A. Øhrstrøm	Monique	M. Kærså	Cisilia	Average Rank	Points	Rank	Points
01	Serbia	4	3	2	2	12	3	8	17
02	Austria	5	5	6	3	9	4	7	8	3
03	Macedonia	15	12	14	9	11	14		13
04	Malta	3	14	7	13	13	11		16
05	Romania	16	16	17	17	17	17		3	8
06	Netherlands	2	2	8	7	2	2	10	4	7
07	Hungary	7	13	11	6	7	8	3	7	4
08	Denmark
09	Ireland	8	11	9	4	16	9	2	6	5
10	San Marino	17	15	16	16	10	16		14
11	Croatia	12	10	10	10	14	13		11
12	Norway	1	7	1	1	3	1	12	2	10
13	Switzerland	11	8	5	12	1	7	4	10	1
14	Belarus	9	9	12	5	15	12		12
15	Bulgaria	10	1	4	11	5	5	6	1	12
16	Lithuania	14	17	13	15	6	15		15
17	Estonia	13	4	15	8	8	10	1	9	2
18	Israel	6	6	3	14	4	6	5	5	6

Detailed voting results from Denmark (Final)[23]

Draw	Country	Jury							Televote
		S. Bjerre	A. Øhrstrøm	Monique	M. Kærså	Cisilia	Average Rank	Points	Rank	Points
01	Israel	15	19	6	18	2	12		17
02	Poland	22	12	13	17	9	17		20
03	Belarus	13	16	21	3	15	15		19
04	Austria	12	6	8	4	3	4	7	12
05	Armenia	18	7	19	11	4	10	1	25
06	Netherlands	6	4	9	10	5	6	5	10	1
07	Moldova	7	15	12	9	8	8	3	3	8
08	Hungary	11	11	20	8	14	13		8	3
09	Italy	3	14	14	6	23	11		15
10	Denmark
11	Portugal	1	1	4	7	7	2	10	6	5
12	Azerbaijan	19	20	18	15	17	19		21
13	Croatia	24	10	15	25	20	21		11
14	Australia	9	3	2	12	6	3	8	9	2
15	Greece	21	21	22	13	18	22		23
16	Spain	20	25	25	24	21	24		22
17	Norway	4	13	5	1	11	5	6	4	7
18	United Kingdom	17	9	11	23	10	16		13
19	Cyprus	14	17	7	16	13	14		14
20	Romania	25	23	24	22	25	25		7	4
21	Germany	10	22	17	21	22	20		18
22	Ukraine	23	24	23	20	24	23		24
23	Belgium	2	8	10	14	19	9	2	5	6
24	Sweden	8	5	1	2	1	1	12	1	12
25	Bulgaria	16	2	3	5	12	7	4	2	10
26	France	5	18	16	19	16	18		16