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Denmark In The Eurovision Song Contest 1985
Denmark was represented by Hot Eyes (the name chosen for use at Eurovision by Kirsten & Søren), with the song "Sku' du spørg' fra no'en?", at the 1985 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 4 May in Gothenburg, Sweden. "Sku' du spørg' fra no'en?" was chosen as the Danish entry at the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix on 9 March. This was the second consecutive Eurovision appearance for Kirsten & Søren. Before Eurovision Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 1985 The DMGP was held at the DR TV studios in Copenhagen, hosted by Jørgen Mylius. Ten songs took part with the winner being decided by voting from five regional juries. Other participants included DMGP institution Tommy Seebach, 1983 Danish representative Gry Johansen, and Lise Haavik (Trax) who would represent Denmark in 1986. At Eurovision On the night of the final Hot Eyes performed 4th in the running order, following Cyprus and preceding Spain. The song featured vocal interjections from Søren's 9-year-old daughter, who scam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hot Eyes
Hot Eyes was the name adopted for international acts by the Danish singing duo known in their home country as Kirsten and Søren. It was formed by Kirsten Siggaard Andersen (born 7 September 1954 in Slagelse) and Søren Bundgaard Nielsen (born 4 March 1956 in Glostrup). Biography Kirsten was brought up in a traditional Christian family who sang in a church choir when she was young and later pursued a career deemed appropriate and desirable, working in a bank, where she met her husband, Jorgen. Søren was a musician, singer and composer, at that time a member of the Danish band Sir Henry. Both Sir Henry and Kirsten entered the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix, which serves as the Danish pre-selection for the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC), in 1983. For some reason, Sir Henry's entry, "Og Livet går" with music composed by Søren and Leif Pedersen was disqualified and Kirsten took their place in the final, but in a somewhat consolation-prize style they sang as backing vocals for Kirsten. Sø ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eurovision Song Contest 1986
The Eurovision Song Contest 1986 was the 31st edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It was held in Bergen, Norway, following the country's victory at the with the song "La det swinge" by Bobbysocks! Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Norsk rikskringkasting (NRK), the contest was held at Grieghallen on 3 May 1986 and was hosted by previous Norwegian contestant Åse Kleveland. Twenty countries took part in this years contest with and deciding not to participate and and returning. also competed for the first time this year. The winner was with the song "J'aime la vie" by Sandra Kim. Belgium was the last of the original 7 countries that had competed in the very first contest to win. Aged 13, Kim was the youngest ever Eurovision winner. Current rules require Eurovision Song Contest participants to be at least 16, so unless the rule is changed, Kim's record will never be broken. In the lyrics of her song, Kim claimed to be 15 years o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denmark In The Eurovision Song Contest
Denmark has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 50 times, making its first appearance in . Having competed in ten consecutive contests until , Denmark was absent for eleven consecutive contests from to . Since , it has been absent from only four contests. Denmark has won the contest three times: in , and . The Danish national selection for the contest is the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix. Denmark finished third on its debut in with Birthe Wilke and Gustav Winckler, before winning the contest for the first time in 1963 with the song "" performed by Grethe and Jørgen Ingmann. The country returned to the top three 25 years later, with third-place finishes for Hot Eyes in 1988 and Birthe Kjær in 1989, while Denmark's only top five result of the 1990s was Aud Wilken's fifth place in . Denmark won the contest for the second time in 2000 with the Olsen Brothers and the song "Fly on the Wings of Love". Denmark then finished second as hosts in 2001 with "Never Ever Let You Go" p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of Norway. Bouvet Island, located in the Subantarctic, is a dependency of Norway; it also lays claims to the Antarctic territories of Peter I Island and Queen Maud Land. The capital and largest city in Norway is Oslo. Norway has a total area of and had a population of 5,425,270 in January 2022. The country shares a long eastern border with Sweden at a length of . It is bordered by Finland and Russia to the northeast and the Skagerrak strait to the south, on the other side of which are Denmark and the United Kingdom. Norway has an extensive coastline, facing the North Atlantic Ocean and the Barents Sea. The maritime influence dominates Norway's climate, with mild lowland temperatures on the se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spain
, image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond") , national_anthem = (English: "Royal March") , image_map = , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Madrid , coordinates = , largest_city = Madrid , languages_type = Official language , languages = Spanish language, Spanish , ethnic_groups = , ethnic_groups_year = , ethnic_groups_ref = , religion = , religion_ref = , religion_year = 2020 , demonym = , government_type = Unitary state, Unitary Parliamentary system, parliamentary constitutional monarchy , leader_title1 = Monarchy of Spain, Monarch , leader_name1 = Felipe VI , leader_title2 = Prime Minister of Spain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyprus
Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , lit: Republic of Cyprus is an island country located south of the Anatolian Peninsula in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Its continental position is disputed; while it is geographically in Western Asia, its cultural ties and geopolitics are overwhelmingly Southern European. Cyprus is the third-largest and third-most populous island in the Mediterranean. It is located north of Egypt, east of Greece, south of Turkey, and west of Lebanon and Syria. Its capital and largest city is Nicosia. The northeast portion of the island is ''de facto'' governed by the self-declared Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, which was established after the 1974 invasion and which is recognised as a country only by Turkey. The earliest known human activity on the island dates to around the 10th millennium BC. Archaeological remains include the well-preserved ruins from the Hellenistic period such as Salamis and Kourion, and Cypr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tommy Kenter
Tommy Osvald Charlie Kenter (born 15 April 1950 in Copenhagen) is a Danish actor. He had his debut already when he was 11 years old in ''Cirkus Buster'', performing under the name Tommy Kanter. He later appeared as "fru Christoff" in the satirical TV-show ''Dansk Naturgas'' working together with Per Pallesen. He has performed in ''Dansk Melodi Grand Prix'' together with ''Lise Dandanel'' and Hanne Boel with his own song "Piano". He was played Kjeld Jensen in the Olsen-Gang film ''The Olsen Gang's Last Trick'' after the death of Poul Bundgaard during filming. He has said that he only has one more role he needs to play before retiring as an actor, which is Molières ''Tartuffe'' Private life In 2008 Kenter bought a thatched house on 200 m2 in Nærum north of Copenhagen for 7,65 mill DKK. In 2018 he tried to sell it for 8,25 mill. DKK., but house was not sold until December 2019. It was sold for 7,4 mill DKK Filmography Below is a selection of roles from Tommy Kenter's c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hanne Boel
Hanne Boel (born 31 August 1957 in Bagsværd, Copenhagen) is a Danish singer. Boel covers in her songs a range of styles including pop, soul, gospel, rock, and jazz. Over the course of her career, she has sold over 2.5 million records, and has had great success on the Scandinavian charts, although her work is less well known throughout the rest of the world. Life Boel graduated from the Royal Danish Academy of Music in 1980, and then spent a year at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. In the five years following her return to Denmark, she divided her time between singing with the Danish funk band Blast, performing as a choir soloist, and teaching music at a variety of schools and clinics. In 1987, Boel recorded a jazz album, ''Shadow of Love'', with Jørgen Emborg, Mads Vinding, and Alex Riel. The following year Boel released her own album, ''Black Wolf'', which featured performances in the R&B/soul vein. The album was a great success, winning her the Danish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan Pedersen
Ivan Pedersen (born April 22, 1950) is a Danish composer. Discography With McKinleys * 1973: '' Pick Up Passion'' * 1977: ''McKinleys'' * 1978: '' Ballroom Heroes'' * 1979: '' New Shoes for the Old Suit'' * 1980: ''Robin Hood'' * 1993: McKinleys 16 Hits * 1993: McKinleys 16 Hits Vol. 2 With Laban * 1982: ''Laban'' * 1983: '' Laban 2'' * 1984: '' Laban 3'' * 1985: '' Laban's bedste'' * 1985: '' Laban 4'' * 1986: '' Caught by surprise'' * 1987: '' Laban 5'' * 1987: ''Roulette'' * 1988: ''Greatest hits'' * 1997: '' De største narrestreger'' * 2009: '' De 36 bedste narrestreger'' * 2010: '' Komplet & rariteter'' With Backseat * 1992: '' Wind Me Up'' * 1994: '' Long Distance'' * 1995: '' Hit Home'' * 1996: ''Songs'' * 1998: '' Shut Up and Play'' * 2007: ''Globalization'' Solo * 2001: '' Monogram'' * 2004: '' Udenfor nummer men venlig stemt'' * 2006: ''Memo'' - 40 års jubilæumsbox See also *List of Danish composers A list of notable Danish composers: __NOTOC__ A B C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fede Finn & Funny Boyz
Fede Finn and Funny Boyz (or in Danish language ''Fede Finn og Funny Boyz'') is a Danish country music-inspired pop band and dansband signed to Beach Record label. The band was founded by Lennart Johannesen and has been active in dance halls and night venues for four decades and has had a number of cult songs made famous by the band as well as covers of well known country and non-country hits. The band has taken part in a number of festivals. It has also released a number of charting albums. Maud Kofod has joined the band as a lead singer. The band was featured in the thriller film '' Fri os fra det onde'' directed by Ole Bornedal Ole Bornedal (born 26 May 1959) is a Danish film director, actor and producer. Bornedal was born in Nørresundby, Denmark. He wrote and directed '' Nattevagten'' (''Nightwatch'', 1994), a thriller about a law student who works in a morgue as .... Discography References External linksOfficial website {{DEFAULTSORT:Fede Finn and Funny Boyz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Walkers (Danish Band)
The Walkers were a Danish glam rock band featuring singer-composer Torben Lendager, guitarist Gert Michelsen, drummer-lyricist Poul Dehnhardt and bassist Jan Kanstrup Hansen. It was founded in 1968 and broke up in 1977. They made several comebacks after their initial breakup. Walkers' hits include song "Little Kitty", which was in 2000 covered by another Danish band, Creamy, and " Sha-La-La-La-La", which was covered the same year by Vengaboys, and in 1974 by Cantopop Cantopop (a contraction of "Cantonese pop music") or HK-pop (short for "Hong Kong pop music") is a genre of pop music written in standard Chinese and sung in Cantonese. Cantopop is also used to refer to the cultural context of its production ... band The Wynners. Discography Studio albums Compilation albums Singles References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Walkers, The Danish rock music groups 1968 establishments in Denmark 2000 establishments in Denmark 1977 disestablishments in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lise Haavik
Lise Haavik (born 23 February 1962) is a Norwegian-Danish singer, best known for representing Denmark at the Eurovision Song Contest in Bergen, Norway in 1986. She is also well-known domestically for her partnership in the duo Trax with John Hatting, her ex-husband. Biography Early life Lise Haavik was born in Narvik, Norway on 23 February 1962. She moved to Denmark in 1982 to study economics at the University of Odense and the Copenhagen Business School. Haavik partnered with John Hatting in late 1983 and they soon married. At that point, she pursued music full-time and stopped her economics studies. Musical career One year after moving to Denmark, Haavik entered the weekly magazine "Se & Hør" (''See and Hear'') amateur song contest, where she placed second. She soon after met John Hatting late in 1983 when he advertised through a record company for a female singer with whom he could start a duo. The company sent Haavik, and they formed the duo "Trax". She represented Denma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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