Year: | 1990 |
Country: | Denmark |
Preselection: | Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 1990 |
Preselection Date: | 24 March 1990 |
Entrant: | Lonnie Devantier |
Song: | Hallo Hallo |
Final Result: | 8th, 64 points |
Denmark was represented by Lonnie Devantier, with the song "Hallo Hallo", at the 1990 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 5 May in Zagreb. "Hallo Hallo" was chosen as the Danish entry at the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix on 24 March.
The final was held at the Tivoli in Copenhagen, hosted by two former Danish Eurovision representatives, the previous year's Birthe Kjær and Dario Campeotto (1961). Ten songs took part with the winner being decided by two rounds of televoting. In the first round the bottom five songs were eliminated, then the remaining five were voted on again to give the winner. Other participants included three-time Danish representative Kirsten Siggaard (of Hot Eyes) and Jørgen Olsen, the 2000 Eurovision winner.[1]
Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Result | |
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1 | Kirsten Siggaard | "Inden længe" | Jon Lundager, Mette Nybo | Eliminated | |
2 | Vocal Crew | "Hva' er det du vil" | Jesper Malmose, Morten Wedendahl | Eliminated | |
3 | Lecia Jønsson | "Krig og fred" | Lecia Sundstrøm Jønsson | Eliminated | |
4 | Lonnie Devantier | "Hallo Hallo" | John Hatting, Torben Lendager, Keld Heick | Advanced | |
5 | Jørgen Olsen | "Berlin" | Wolfgang Käfer, Jørgen Olsen | Advanced | |
6 | Helle Guldbech | "Det var en drøm" | Jan Glæsel, Klaus Kjellerup | Eliminated | |
7 | Käte and Per | "Kender du typen" | Per Damgaard, Hilda Heick, Keld Heick | Advanced | |
8 | Aviaja Lumholt | "Fordi jeg elsker dig" | Kim Helweg, Morten Nilsson | Eliminated | |
9 | Birgitte Gade | "Ræk mig din hånd" | George Keller, Jens P. Meiner | Advanced | |
10 | The Boys | "Du er min musik" | Jens Peter Clausen, Kim Jacobsen, Klaus Phanareth | Advanced |
+ Second Round – 24 March 1990 | |||||
Draw | Artist | Song | Televote | Place | |
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1 | Lonnie Devantier | "Hallo Hallo" | 68,628 | 1 | |
2 | Jørgen Olsen | "Berlin" | 25,676 | 3 | |
3 | Käte and Per | "Kender du typen" | 14,153 | 5 | |
4 | Birgitte Gade | "Ræk mig din hånd" | 51,414 | 2 | |
5 | The Boys | "Du er min musik" | 15,904 | 4 |
On the night of the final Devantier performed 11th in the running order, following Israel and preceding Switzerland. The song was very much in the same uptempo pop vein which had characterised Danish Eurovision entries throughout the 1980s. At the close of voting "Hallo Hallo" had received 64 points from 13 countries, placing Denmark 8th of the 22 entries, the country's fifth consecutive top 10 finish.[2] The Danish jury awarded its 12 points to Switzerland.[3]