Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 1979
Denmark was represented by Tommy Seebach, with the song '"Disco Tango", at the 1979 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 31 March in Jerusalem. "Disco Tango" was chosen as the Danish entry at the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix on 3 February, and was the first of Seebach's three Eurovision appearances for Denmark. The 1979 DMGP is notable for the participation of both Denmark's Eurovision winners, Grethe Ingmann and the Olsen Brothers.
| Eurovision Song Contest 1979 | ||||
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| Country |  Denmark | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 1979 | |||
| Selection date(s) | 3 February 1979 | |||
| Selected entrant | Tommy Seebach | |||
| Selected song | "Disco Tango" | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 6th, 76 points | |||
| Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Before Eurovision
Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 1979
The final was held at the DR TV studios in Copenhagen, hosted by Jørgen Mylius. 17 songs took part with the winner being decided by votes from eight regional juries. The main voting resulted in a tie for first place between "Disco Tango" performed by Tommy Seebach and "Alt er skønt" performed by Grethe Ingmann & Bjarne Liller. The tie was resolved after a revote, which was won by "Disco Tango" performed by Tommy Seebach.
Rasmus Lyberth performed in Greenlandic, and Annika Hoydal in Faroese.[1]
| Final – 3 February 1979 | |||||
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| Draw | Artist | Song | Points | Place | |
| First Round |
Revote | ||||
| 1 | Pia Dalsgaard & Thorstein Thomsen | "Maja & bruttonationalproduktet" | 19 | — | 9 |
| 2 | Rasmus Lyberth | "Faders bøn" | 7 | — | 11 |
| 3 | Allan Mortensen | "Møllesangen" | 13 | — | 10 |
| 4 | Pierre Dørge | "Motorvej'n" | 0 | — | 15 |
| 5 | Jannie Høeg | "Du er min melodi" | 1 | — | 13 |
| 6 | Olsen Brothers | "Dans-dans-dans" | 32 | — | 8 |
| 7 | Grethe Ingmann & Bjarne Liller | "Alt er skønt" | 82 | 36 | 2 |
| 8 | Tamra Rosanes | "Fairplay" | 2 | — | 12 |
| 9 | Tommy Seebach | "Disco Tango" | 82 | 51 | 1 |
| 10 | Mona Larsen | "En underlig samba" | 0 | — | 15 |
| 11 | Mabel | "Saturday Show" | 39 | — | 5 |
| 12 | Lecia & Lucienne | "Dit liv, mit liv" | 37 | — | 7 |
| 13 | Pia Rosenbaum & Ina Rosenbaum | "Smil over Strøget" | 38 | — | 6 |
| 14 | Nis P Jørgensen | "Eja, eja" | 1 | — | 13 |
| 15 | Kim Larsen | "Ud i det blå" | 56 | — | 3 |
| 16 | Anette Toft | "Hold fast" | 0 | — | 15 |
| 17 | Annika Hoydal | "Bølgen" | 55 | — | 4 |
| Detailed Regional Jury Votes | ||||||||||
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| Draw | Song | Rønne | Aalborg | Næstved | Aabenraa | Copenhagen | Holstebro | Odense | Aarhus | Total |
| 1 | "Maja & bruttonationalproduktet" | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 19 | ||
| 2 | "Faders bøn" | 4 | 3 | 7 | ||||||
| 3 | "Møllesangen" | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 | ||
| 4 | "Motorvej'n" | 0 | ||||||||
| 5 | "Du er min melodi" | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| 6 | "Dans-dans-dans" | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 32 | |
| 7 | "Alt er skønt" | 12 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 82 |
| 8 | "Fairplay" | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| 9 | "Disco Tango" | 8 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 82 |
| 10 | "En underlig samba" | 0 | ||||||||
| 11 | "Saturday Show" | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 39 | |
| 12 | "Dit liv, mit liv" | 7 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 37 |
| 8 | "Smil over Strøget" | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 38 |
| 9 | "Eja, eja" | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| 10 | "Ud i det blå" | 10 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 56 |
| 11 | "Hold fast" | 0 | ||||||||
| 12 | "Bølgen" | 3 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 55 |
At Eurovision
On the night of the final Seebach performed 3rd in the running order, following Italy and preceding Ireland. Among the backing singers was Debbie Cameron, with whom Seebach would perform as a duo in the 1981 Eurovision. At the close of voting "Disco Tango" had received 76 points (including maximum 12s from Greece and Israel), placing Denmark 6th of the 19 entries. The Danish jury awarded its 12 points to Germany.[2]
| 12 points | 10 points | 8 points | 7 points | 6 points |
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| 5 points | 4 points | 3 points | 2 points | 1 point |
| 12 points |  Germany |
| 10 points |  United Kingdom |
| 8 points |  Netherlands |
| 7 points |  Switzerland |
| 6 points |  Israel |
| 5 points |  Ireland |
| 4 points |  Monaco |
| 3 points | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Spain |
| 2 points | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Belgium |
| 1 point |  Greece |
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