Tonight, the Danish national final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 will be held. Ten acts will compete in Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2010 to become the country's 39th representative in the competition.

The show

The show to be broadcast on DR1 will start at 20:00 CET. It will be hosted by Felix Smith and Julie Berthelsen along with Jørgen de Mylius and Keld Heick at the Gigantium in Aalborg. Ten acts will present one song each and the winner will be chosen in two rounds of voting. In the first round, SMS voting and an expert jury consisting of Paw Lagermann, Camille Jones, Søs Fenger, Kenneth Kreutzmann, Chief 1 and Bent Fabricius-Bjerre will choose the top four. In the second round, SMS voting alone will choose the eventual winner.

How to watch?

A webcast will be made availbale for international viewers on the official website here. The link will appear shortly before the show starts. Internet users with a Danish ip address can also follow the show through the regular DR webcast here.

Participants

Composer/Lyricist in brackets.

1. Bryan Rice – Breathing
   (Peter Bjørnskov)
2. Joakim Tranberg – All about a girl
   (Lars Halvor Jensen, Martin Michael Larsson, Ronan Keating)
3. MariaMatilde Band – Panik!
   (Maria Sejer, Matilde Kühl, Mads Haugaard, Marcus Winther-John)
4. Simone – How will I know
   (Jacob Launbjerg/Andreas Mørck)
5. Jens Marni – Gloria
   (Svend Gudiksen, Johannes Jørgensen, Noam Halby)
6. Chanée & Tomas N'evergreen – In a moment like this
   (Thomas G:son, Henrik Sethsson, Erik Bernholm/Thomas G:son, Henrik Sethsson)
7. Kaya Brüel – Only tonight
   (Kaya Brüel)
8. Thomas Barsøe – Just like rain
   (Patrick Jonsson, Joakim Övrenius, Thomas Karlsson, Thomas Barsøe)
9. Sukkerchok – Kæmper for kærlighed
   (Lasse Lindorff, Martin Michael Larsson, Lise Cabble)
10. Silas & Kat – Come come run away
    (Lise Cabble, Simon Munk)

Listen to the songs

• You can listen to the songs here.

Your opinion

• You can vote for your favourite song in our poll here.

In 2009, Denmark was represented by Brinck. He finished eighth in the second semi final and 13th in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest with his song Believe again.