Sidsel Ben Semmane has been unanimously selected to represent Denmark in Athens with the song Twist of love. Wearing cowboy boots and mixing elements of country and rock 'n' roll, the seventeen-year-old singer picked up top marks from all four regional juries. Danni Elmo came second with the guitar-rock song 2 in 1.
After all ten songs in the final had been presented, telephone lines were opened and Danish viewers voted to give five of the artists a chance to perform again in the superfinal. The lucky five were read out and performed again as follows (the final votes are given after the song title);
1. Sidsel Ben Semmane – Twist of love – 12 + 12 + 12 + 12 = 48 points
2. Danni Elmo – 2 in 1 – 8 + 8 + 10 + 10 = 36 points
3. Søren Poppe & Lene Matthiesen – En som dig – 10 + 6 + 8 + 6 = 30 points
4. Kim Schwartz – Åh Amore – 6 + 10 + 6 + 4 = 26 points
5. Neighbours – Je ne regrette rien – 4 + 4 + 4 + 8 = 20 points
Søren Poppe is best remembered for being one half of the lead vocals of Rollo and King, who sang for Denmark in 2001 and achieved a strong second place on home soil.
Kristine Blond, with a performance remeniscent of Shiri Maimon's entry for Israel in 2005, was one of the favourites to make the super final.
The interval act must go down in history as one of the most unusual ever; a magician in full dinner dress, flanked by a troupe of dancers, performed tricks between increasingly bizarre versions of Danish Eurovision songs of the past. These included a ragtime shuffle version of the Olsen Brothers' Fly on the wings of love, and a muzak interpretation of the Danish entry of 1978, Boom boom, which would have been more suited to a supermarket!
Sidsel now has a place in the international final in Athens, thanks to Jakob Sveistrup's tenth place for Denmark in Kyiv last year. With Twist of love she will take the stage on 20th May.
