Denmark was represented at the

Eurovision Song Contest 1984 The Eurovision Song Contest 1984 was the 29th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held on 5 May 1984 in the in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster (RTL), the contest was hel ...

with the song "", composed by Søren Bundgaard, with lyrics by

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, and performed by

Hot Eyes Kirsten & Søren, known internationally as Hot Eyes, were a Danish singing duo consisting of Kirsten Siggaard Andersen (born 7 September 1954 in Slagelse) and Søren Bundgaard Nielsen (born 4 March 1956 in Glostrup). Biography Kirsten was brou ...

. The Danish participating broadcaster, (DR), organised the in order to select its entry for the contest. This was the first of three Eurovision appearances in five years for the couple.

Before Eurovision

(DR) held the on 18 February at TV-Byen in

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, hosted by

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. Ten songs took part with the winner being decided by voting from five regional juries. The voting was close, with "" winning by only a 1-point margin. Other participants included familiar DMGP and Eurovision face

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and Lise Haavik (Trax) who would represent .

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Hot Eyes performed 10th in the running order, following and preceding the . At the close of voting "" received 101 points, placing Denmark 4th of the 19 entries, the country's first top 5 placing since their return to Eurovision in 1978. "" became only the fourth non-winning Eurovision song to receive points from every other national jury (following and , and ). The Danish jury awarded its 12 points to contest winners .

Voting

Notes

References

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Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 1984

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