DR, the Danish national broadcaster will be announcing the 10 DMGP finalists on Thursday 19 January at 13:00 CET during a special press conference which will streamed live on the broadcaster’s official website.

Denmark is all set to bring back the coveted Eurovision Grand Prix on Danish soil. The Danes will be revealing their 10 Dansk Melodi Grand Prix hopefuls on Thursday 19 January during a special press conference. The Danish broadcaster received a total of  1,115 entries for DMGP 2017.

The 2017 Danish Eurovision national final is scheduled to be held on 25 February at the Jyske Bank Boxen in  Herning.

In 2016 Lighthouse X represented Denmark with their entry Soldiers of love. Despite an amazing performance, Denmark failed to qualify to the Grand Final.

Denmark has won the Eurovision Song Contest thrice: 1963 ,2000 and 2013.

The 2017 Eurovision Song Contest is scheduled to be held on 9, 11 and 13 May.


Sanjay (Sergio) joined esctoday.com in December 2006 as an editor. He was appointed as the Head of Press of ESCToday.com in 2011. Hereafter in 2016 he was promoted as the Head of International Relations & Communications at ESCToday. Sergio has covered the Eurovision Song Contest live 22 times since 2000, having worked for several international magazines and media outlets.