Denmark was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1986 with the song "", written by John Hatting, and performed by Lise Haavik. The Danish participating broadcaster, (DR), organised the 1986 in order to select its entry for the contest.

Before Eurovision

1986 (DR) held its national final titled at TV-Byen in Gladsaxe on 22 February 1986 at 20:15 CEST. It was broadcast on DR TV. The program was produced by Jens Bom, with the set being designed by Søren Breum, and hosted by Jørgen de Mylius. Ten songs, which were accompanied by choreography by Louise Frevert, took part in the competition, with the winner being decided by voting from five regional juries in two rounds. In the first round, the five lowest-placed songs were eliminated without full voting being revealed, then the remaining five were voted on again to give the winner.

The winning entry was "", performed by Lise Haavik and written by John Hatting. + First Round – 22 February 1986 Artist Song Composer Lyricist Result 1 Keld and "" Carsten Lehn Advanced 2 Lise Haavik "" Advanced 3 J.P. West "" J.P. West 4 "" 5 Brødrene Olsen "" 6 "" 7 Kirsten and Søren "" Søren Bundgaard Keld Heick Advanced 8 Lørdagskyllingerne "" 9 "" Jacob Jonia Svendsen Advanced 10 Birthe Kjær "" Keld Heick Advanced + Second Round – 22 February 1986 Artist Song Regional Juries Total Place scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" 1 Kirsten and Søren "" 1 8 4 2 2 17 4 2 Lise Haavik "" 8 6 6 8 1 29 1 3Keld and "" 2 1 1 6 4 14 5 4 "" 6 2 2 4 6 20 3 5 Birthe Kjær "" 4 4 8 1 8 25 2

At Eurovision Haavik performed eighteenth on the night of the contest, following and preceding . At the close of the voting the song had received 77 points, placing 6th in a field of 20 competing countries. This high placing was the start of five top-ten finishes for Denmark in the Contest.

The contest was broadcast on DR TV, with commentary by Jørgen de Mylius.

Voting

+ Points awarded to Denmark Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

+ Points awarded by Denmark Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

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