Denmark was represented by
Birthe Wilke, with the song "Uh, jeg ville ønske jeg var dig", at the
1959 Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest 1959 was the fourth edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest, held on Wednesday 11 March 1959 at the in Cannes, France, and hosted by French television presenter Jacqueline Joubert. Organised by the European B ...
, which took place on 11 March in
Cannes,
France. "Uh, jeg ville ønske jeg var dig" was chosen as the Danish entry at the
Dansk Melodi Grand Prix on 12 February. Wilke had previously come third for Denmark in the
1957 contest in a duet with
Gustav Winckler, who was one of her competitors in the 1959 DMGP.
Before Eurovision
Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 1959
The DMGP was held at Radiohuset in
Frederiksberg, 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 "Uh, jeg ville ønske jeg var dig" was written by Carl Andersen and composed by
Otto Lington.
At Eurovision
On the night, "Uh, jeg ville ønske jeg var dig" 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 points, placing Denmark 5th of the 11 entries. The Danish jury awarded its highest mark of 4 to France.
ESC History - Denmark 1959
/ref> It was succeeded as Danish representative at the 1960 contest by Katy Bødtger with " Det var en yndig tid".
Voting
References
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