Denmark was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1983 with the song "", written by Flemming Gernyx, Christian Jacobsen, and Lars Christensen, and performed by Gry Johansen. The Danish participating broadcaster, (DR), organised the 1983 in order to select its entry for the contest.
Before Eurovision
1983 (DR) held the 1983 on 5 March at TV-Byen in Gladsaxe, hosted by Jørgen de Mylius. Ten songs took part with the winner being decided by voting from five regional juries.
The 1983 contest also saw the first DMGP appearance of Kirsten Siggaard who, as a member of Hot Eyes and as a solo singer, would become a familiar face at DMGP and Eurovision for years to come. John Hatting had been a member of the previous year's Danish representatives Brixx.
+ Final – 5 March 1983 Artist Song Points Place 1Plateau"Mennesker mødes"364 2John Hatting"Stjernerne er drevet bort" 305 3Snapshot"Gi'r du et knus"502 4Vivian Johansen and Los Valentinos"Fred"198 5Merete Ruud-Hansen"Hen over engen"236 6Käte and Per"Sesam, luk dig op"373 7 Kirsten Siggaard and Sir Henry"Og livet går"227 8Joy"Hvor går livet hen"510 9Gry Johansen"Kloden drejer"601 10Roberto"Aldrig igen"179 + Detailed Regional Jury Votes Song scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" Total 1"Mennesker mødes" 7 6 8 8 7 36 2"Stjernerne er drevet bort" 5 7 4 8 6 30 3"Gi'r du et knus" 10 10 10 10 10 50 4"Fred" 3 4 5 3 4 19 5"Hen over engen" 8 4 6 3 2 23 6"Sesam, luk dig op" 6 8 8 5 10 37 7"Og livet går" 5 5 3 4 5 22 8"Hvor går livet hen" 1 1 1 1 1 5 9"Kloden drejer" 1212121212 60 10"Aldrig igen" 2 2 2 8 3 17
At Eurovision On the evening of the final Johansen performed 15th in the running order, following and preceding . At the close of voting "" had received 16 points, placing Denmark 17th of the 20 entries. The Danish jury awarded its 12 points to .
The contest was broadcast on DR TV, with commentary by Jørgen de Mylius.
Voting
+ Points awarded to Denmark Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
+ Points awarded by Denmark Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
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