EUROSTARS IN MASTERCHEF DENMARK

Tonight TV3 Denmark will kick-off the second season of Masterchef, a show where we can see 34 well known names competing in front of three judges that are professional cooks. Among the contestants we can see Jacob Sveistrup, the Danish representative in Eurovision 2005, Suriya Hoffman (NF...

INTERVIEW WITH
SOLUNA SAMAY (2012)

The Eurovision Song Contest 2012 is underway and oikotimes.com begins presenting you the artists through a unique way in a special collaboration with the products of Vodafone UK. For the first time on the web, we interview a Eurostar through Skype, presenting you the video below. The second participant that lives the experience is Soluna Samay. Soluna Samay, the representative of Denmark in this year’s Eurovision song contest, meets oikotimes.com! She tells us her feelings about her participation and we get to know her even better. Don’t miss this unique...

KAREN VIUFF (NF 2012) CHOSEN BY
NIGAR JAMAL ...

Karen Viuff may not have won the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2012 but she won the preference of Azeri 2012 Eurovision winner, Nigar Jamal. Her song “Universe” will be recorded in a duet by Karen and Nigar. At first Karen thought it was a joke but when she realized how serious the proposal was she started crying onher way hope, dr,dk reports. Nigar said about Karen: “Wow! I was very impressed and fell in love with the same song that is special and has a nice text about pure love. Karen is still very young and need experience, and I could sense she was a little nervous when she stood on stage in the Grand Prix Final. But I love...

CHART SUCCESS FOR DMGP 2012
SONGS

One week after Dansk Melodi Grand Prix ended, the participants started invading the charts. The official album that contains all the participating entries and the disqualified songs is currently number 2 on the Album Top 40. Also on the Track Top 40, the three toped songs in DMGP can be found. The winning entry by Soluna Samay is currently the 2nd best selled single, while the runner-up places 4th and the 3rd place song is placed 12th. On the Bit album top20, which is official albums bought as download, we find the album with all the songs from Dansk Melodi Grand Prix as the highest selling album. On the same list we can find Soluna...

JOHNNY DELUXE (DMGP 2009)
SPLIT UP

Johnny Deluxe, the group who placed 3rd in Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2009 with the song “Sindssyg (Crazy)”, splits up after a 10 years success. The members of the band say that the break up comes due to the lack of commitment and the fact that, lately, most of the band members have achieved succes as songwriters. Besides their participation in 2009, some of the group members took part in Eurovision as sonfwriters. Jacob Glæsner was co-writer of the song ”New Tomorrow”, that represented Denmark in Eurovision 2011 and he also worked on the song ”Call the police” from this year Cyprus NF. Noam Halby co-wrote Jens Marni’s song...

DENMARK DECIDED 2012
SOLUNA TO BAKU

After a very good show with 9 acts, three songs in the super final and an amazing interval act the 2012 Dansk Melodi Grand Prix is over. Soluna Samay will represent the country in the Baku 2012 Eurovision Song Contest with the song “Should have known better”. Thanks to our readers who predicted once again the winner of the national selection. SOLUNA SAMAY OFFICIAL FACEBOOK PAGE INFORMATION ABOUT SOLUNA SAMAY Soluna Samay is not just another upcoming singer/songwriter with an acoustic guitar and pretty voice. At just 21 years old she has been a performer far longer than most musicians twice her age. With over 15 years of live...

LIVE FROM AALBORG
DENMARK DECIDES 2012

Welcome to the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2012, the show through which Denmark will decide its representative for the Baku 2012 Eurovision Song Contest edition. The show is hosted by Emil Thurop and Louise Wolffm begins at 20:00 CET and will feature 9 acts plus guests: Alexander Rybak (Norway 2009) and A Friend In London (Denmark 2011) alongside with Howie D (Backstreet Boys). You can watch the show online here. The show begins on time and the two hosts welcome everyone on stage explaining the format of the show also speaking in some English. Participants are also presented and through the stage corridor they go to the Green Room. The show is...

DMGP 2012: REHEARSALS
UNDERWAY

Aalborg is ready for the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix final set for tomorrow night and already the rehearsals are underway. Photos are uploaded on the DR Facebook fan page while colleagues at eurovisionary.com posted a video from the opening act which we will all see tomorrow night. The youth club Fristedet will sing a song specially made for the occasion titled Hallo, Det’ Aalborg Det Kalder (Hello, It’s Aalborg calling). Watch the video below. MORE VIDEOS AVAILABLE HERE

FROM GOLDEN GLOBES TO BAKU

Chart-topping singer-songwriter Julie Frost is proud to add Golden Globe Award winner to her list of accomplishments. Frost recently won a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song for co-writing “Masterpiece” with Madonna and Jimmy Harry. The song was produced by William Orbit to...

SURPRISE NAME IN DMGP 2012 Jan18

SURPRISE NAME IN DMGP 2012

It was announced today that A Friend In London will perform in the 2012 Dansk Melodi Grand Prix alongside with Howie D. from Backstreet Boys. They promised to sing a new version of their Eurovision 2011 entry “A New Tomorrow”. Tim Schou is thrilled: “In A Friend In London we...

DMGP 2012: SONGS FULL VERSIONS <br />ONLINE Jan17

DMGP 2012: SONGS FULL VERSIONS
ONLINE

With nine acts proceeding to the final after Tine’s disqualification, Melodi Grand Prix 2012 is gearing up for the grand final on January 21. DR gave recently some snippets online but as of today the broadcaster presents all nine songs online (full version). The songs are available here. Official CD which will be released on January 19. THE ORDER OF APPEARANCE FOR DMGP 2012 01. Jesper Nohrstedt – Take Our Hearts 02. Aya – Best Thing I Got 03. Kenneth Potempa – Reach for the Sky 04. Ditte Marie (Le Freak) – Overflow 05. Philip Halloun & Emilia med – Baby Love Me 06. Suriya – Forever I Be Young 07. Karen Viuff –...

MORE EUROSTARS IN DMGP 2012

The 2012 Dansk Melodi Grand Prix is gearing up with various big names performing and be guests in the show through which Denmark seeks the trophy in the Baku Eurovision Song Contest. Already oikotimes.com revealed that Alexander Rybak and A Friend In London will attend and perform in the...

A.F.I.L. ALSO TO PERFORM AT DMGP 2012 Jan13

A.F.I.L. ALSO TO PERFORM AT DMGP 2...

After the announcement that Alexander Rybak will perform at the 2012 Dansk Melodi Grand Prix, the 2011 Danish representatives, A Friend In London, also confirmed what oikotimes.com recently published and will perform at the grand Danish final on January 21. In the meantime host city of the...

DMGP 2012: BETTING ODDS PREDICT <br />SOLYNA SAMAY TO WIN Jan12

DMGP 2012: BETTING ODDS PREDICT
SOLYNA SAMAY...

Denmark is getting closer and closer to decide its participation to the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest and already the betting odds make predictions for the grand winner. Soluna Samay is predicted by unibet.se as the winner of the 2012 Dansk Melodi Grand Prix. 03,50 – Soluna Samay 04,00 – Christian Brøns & Patrick Isaksson 05,00 – Kenneth Potempa 05,00 – Karen Viuff 06,00 – AYA 07,50 – Suriya 10,00 – Ditte Marie 10,00 – Jesper Nohrstedt 15,00 – Emilia & Philip Denmark decides on January 21 photo: www.dr.dk

RYBAK TO PERFORM IN DMGP 2012

Danish national broadcaster announced Alexander Rybak as guest performer in the 2012 Dansk Melodi Grand Prix, the show through which Denmark will decide its participation to the Baku Eurovision Song Contest edition. The show takes place on January 21 with 9 acts. Recently Rybak visited Belarus...

TINE DISQUALIFIED FROM <br />DMGP 2012 Jan09

TINE DISQUALIFIED FROM
DMGP 2012

The song “Nowhere” by Tine Lynggaard that has qualified for the final of Danish Melodi Grand Prix, was under investigation again due to the fact that was published on the web prior to its participation in the Danish Final, wich is a breach of the DMGP rules. In a further development, it is now official that DR disqualified the song and announced that 9 songs will remain in the national final set for January 21.