Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010

The logo used for the 2010 Dansk Melodi Grand Prix

Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2010 was the 40th edition of Dansk Melodi Grand Prix, the music competition that selects Denmark's entries for the Eurovision Song Contest. The event was held on 6 February 2010 at the Gigantium in Aalborg, hosted by Felix Smith and Julie Berthelsen, with Jørgen de Mylius and Keld Heick providing support for the contestants and insight into the preparations needed for Eurovision.[2][3][4]

Ten songs competed in one show where the winner was determined over three rounds of voting. In the first round, the top four songs based on the combination of votes from a public SMS vote and a six-member jury panel qualified to a second round of voting. In the second round, the four qualifiers competed against each other in two duels, with SMS voting selecting the winner of each duel to progress to the final round. In the final round, the winner was determined exclusively by SMS voting.

The six-member jury panel was composed of:

Bent Fabricius-Bjerre

• Camille Jones
• Lars Pedersen (Chief 1)
• Kenneth Kreutzmann
• Paw Lagermann
• Søs Fenger

Songs could be submitted to DR until 5 October 2009. The broadcaster received 562 entries, one of them coming from DQ, who represented Denmark at the 2007 Contest but failed to qualify from the semi-final.[5][6] A preliminary jury selected seven songs from the entries submitted to the broadcaster, while an additional three acts: Bryan Rice, Kaya Brüel and Sukkerchok, were invited by the broadcaster to compete based on editorial considerations.[7][8][9] The competing artists and songs were announced on 12 January 2010.[10][11]

Following the presentation of the entries on 13 January 2010, it was revealed by the entertainment director for DR Jan Lagermand Lundme that the song "All About Me" performed by Zindy Laursen had been invited to take part as a wildcard, but withdrew from the competitions less than 24 hours before the participants were to be presented. As a result of this, MariaMatilde Band was selected as a replacement entry from the public call for songs.[12]

The final took place on 6 February 2010. In the first round of voting, the votes of a jury (50%) and a public vote (50%) determined the top four to advance to the second round: "Breathing" performed by Bryan Rice, "How Will I Know" performed by Simone, "In a Moment Like This" performed by Chanée & N'evergreen and "Come Come Run Away" performed by Silas & Kat In the second round of voting, the four qualifiers competed against each other in two duels, with a public vote selecting the winner of each duel to progress to the final round: "Breathing" performed by Bryan Rice and "In a Moment Like This" performed by Chanée & N'evergreen. In the final voting round, the winner, "In a Moment Like This" performed by Chanée & N'evergreen, was selected solely by a public vote.

• In the Semi-final 2 Denmark came 5th with 101 points: the public awarded Denmark 4th place with 106 points and the jury awarded 7th place with 83 points.
• In the Final Denmark came 4th place with 149 points: the public awarded Denmark 3rd place with 174 points and the jury awarded 7th place with 121 points.