Denmark was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1959 with the song "", composed by Otto Lington, with lyrics by Carl Andersen, and performed by Birthe Wilke. The Danish participating broadcaster, (DR), organised the 1959 in order to select its entry for the contest. Wilke had previously come third for in a duet with Gustav Winckler, who was one of her competitors in the 1959 national final.
Before Eurovision
held its national final titled Melodi Grand Prix at Radiohuset in Copenhagen on 12 February 1959, at the Radiohuset in Copenhagen, hosted by Sejr Volmer-Sørensen. Two male and two female singers took part, each performing one solo song and one duet. The winning song was chosen by a 4-member jury, and only the top three songs were announced.
The winning title "" was written by Carl Andersen and composed by Otto Lington.
+ Melodi Grand Prix - 12 February 1959 Artist Song Place 1 Gustav Winckler "En gang bli'r det vår" 2 Birthe Wilke "Uh, jeg ville ønske jeg var dig" 1 3 and Gustav Winckler "Alt hvad der er værd at få" 4 Preben Uglebjerg "Jeg er på vej til dig" 2 6 "Det første lille kys" 6 Birthe Wilke and Preben Uglebjerg "Latinersangen (Peblinge cha-cha-cha)" 3
At Eurovision On the contest, "" was conducted by Kai Mortensen, and Birthe Wilke performed second in the running order, following and preceding . Like most of the other songs in the contest it was somewhat old-fashioned in style with no hint of contemporary chart music, but Birthe Wilke gave an energetic and engaging performance. At the close of voting the song had received 12 votes, placing Denmark 5th of the 11 entries. The Danish jury awarded its highest mark of 4 to France. It was succeeded as Danish entry at the with "" performed by Katy Bødtger.
The contest was televised on and on radio station Program 2, both with commentary by Sejr Volmer-Sørensen.
Voting
+ Votes awarded to Denmark Score Country 4 votes 2 votes 1 vote
+ Votes awarded by Denmark Score Country 4 votes 2 votes 1 votes
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