Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest
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| Member station | DR |
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| Appearances | |
| Appearances | 45 (41 finals) |
| First appearance | 1957 |
| Best result | 1st: 1963, 2000, 2013 |
| Worst result | Last: 2002 |
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| DR page | |
| Denmark's page at Eurovision.tv | |
 For the most recent participation seeDenmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 |
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Denmark has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 45 times since its debut in 1957. Having competed in ten consecutive contests until 1966, Denmark was absent for eleven consecutive contests from 1967-1977. Since 1978, they have been absent from only four contests. Denmark has won the contest three times. The Danish qualifying competition for the contest is the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix.
Birthe Wilke and Gustav Winckler placed third at the country's first attempt in 1957. Denmark then won the contest for the first time in 1963 with the song "Dansevise" performed by Grethe & Jørgen Ingmann. The country would not return to the top five for over twenty years, until Hot Eyes finished fourth in 1984. Hot Eyes then finished third in 1988, as did Birthe Kjær in 1989. In the 1990s, due to poor performances in the previous years, the nation was eliminated from taking part in three contests (1994, 1996, 1998). They did make the top ten three times (1990, 1995, 1999), with Aud Wilken's fifth place in 1995 being Denmark's only top five result of the decade.
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