Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 1964

Denmark was represented by Bjørn Tidmand, with the song "Sangen om dig", at the 1964 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 21 March in Copenhagen following the victory of Grethe and Jørgen Ingmann for Denmark the previous year. "Sangen om dig" was chosen as the Danish entry at the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix on 15 February.

Eurovision Song Contest 1964
Country Denmark
National selection
Selection processDansk Melodi Grand Prix 1964
Selection date(s)15 February 1964
Selected entrantBjørn Tidmand
Selected song"Sangen om dig"
Selected songwriter(s)
  • Aksel V. Rasmussen
  • Mogens Dam
Finals performance
Final result9th, 4 points
Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1963 • 1964 • 1965►

Before Eurovision

Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 1964

The DMGP was held at the Tivoli in Copenhagen, hosted by Bent Fabricius-Bjerre. Nine songs took part, with the winner chosen by postcard voting. Only the top 3 placings are known, and the fact that "Sangen om dig" would seem to have gained a comprehensive victory as it received 43.8% of all votes cast (102,171 out of 233,465). Former Danish representatives Gustav Winckler, Raquel Rastenni and Dario Campeotto were all back for another try.[1]

DMGP - 15 February 1964
Draw Artist Song Place
1 Else & Preben Oxbøl "Mit privat Grand Prix" -
2 Bjørn Tidmand "Sangen om dig" 1
3 Vivian & Berit "Det er en forskel" 2
4 Raquel Rastenni "Vi taler samme sprog" -
5 Otto Brandenburg "Stress" -
6 Grethe Mogensen "Nattens melodi" -
7 Gustav Winckler & Grethe Sønck "Ugler i mosen" -
8 Dario Campeotto "Shangri-la" 3
9 Grethe Thordal & Fredrik "Polka i Grand Prix" -

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Tidmand performed 4th in the running order, following Norway and preceding Finland. As with all performances from the 1964 contest apart from Gigliola Cinquetti's winning reprise, only an audio recording of Tidmand's performance is known to survive. Each national jury awarded 5-3-1 to their top 3 songs and at the close of voting "Sangen om dig" had received 4 points (3 from Spain and 1 from Norway), placing Denmark 9th of the 16 entries. The Danish jury awarded its 5 points to Norway.[2]

The members of the Danish jury were: Miss Sandfeldt-Jense (teacher from Sakskøbing), Christian Thorenfeldt (tourism promoter from Assens), Eva Hvistendahl (gymnasium student from Hobro), Tage Madsen (municipal director from Haderslev), Hans Christian Bærenholdt (painter from Helsingør), Jørn Erik Schreiner (tourism promoter from Odense), Knud Borch (contributing editor from Aarhus), Kjeld Arne Sørensen (deputy head of a logistics staff union from Copenhagen), Nete Schreiner (radio journalist) and Hanne Sommer (continuity announcer).[3]

Voting

References
  1. ESC National Finals database 1964
  2. ESC History - Denmark 1964
  3. "Sådan skal en god schlager være". Politiken (in Danish). 22 March 1964. p. 28. OCLC 224543818.
  4. "Results of the Final of Copenhagen 1964". Eurovision Song Contest. Archived from the original on 6 April 2021. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
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