In a newly published report DR, the Danish broadcaster, comments on the complaints their programmes, in the first half of 2012, received. The Danish final, Dansk Melodi Grand Prix, is among the list of programmes that received the most complaints - and it is not the music the public didn't like.
The debut album of half of Azerbaijan's winning duo includes her hit Crush On You and, of course, the Eurovision entry Running Scared in a duet with Eldar. But this is not the only duet on the album because it also contains tracks sung with another former winner and a participant from Dansk Melodi Grand Prix
11 times hosting the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix and a total of 24 years as a commentator of the Eurovision Song Contest has made Jørgen De Mylius a legend in Denmark. Friday, at a music festival, he and Sanne Salomonsen shared an award for their dedicated work throughout the years.
Yesterday Ditte Marie, Danish national finalist from the past two years, announced that she is leaving her band Le Freak in order to be able to put all her energy into her solo career. The band continues as they got their former leadsinger to come back.
This year's Danish final was hit by a disqualification as one of the songs had been publicly available months before allowed. In the rules for the 2013 edition the broadcaster tries to avoid such a situation to happen again. They also reveal that they are talking to EBU about changing this rule for the Eurovision Song Contest.
Trine Dyrholm, who participated in the Danish final as a teenager in 1987, have later tuned her career into being quite a successful actress. In her coming film, directed by 2011 Oscar winning Susanne Bier, she plays together with well known Irish - American actor Pierce Brosnan.
A charity event in Copenhagen in mid August will raise money for an HIV project in Uganda, Africa. Among the many performers are three former Danish Eurovision Song Contest participants, Lise Haavik, Thomas Thordarson and Jacob Sveistrup, and also several national finalist.
30 years ago Kim Larsen released an EP that ended up being forbidden and pulled back. Now the singer, that participated in the Danish final in 1979, and since the early '70's have been a household name in Denmark, re-releases the EP. A new album is expected as well.
Deceased Tommy Seebach, who represented Denmark three times at the Eurovision Song Contest, was up until his death working together with his friend Torben Lundgreen on several songs. Now Torben wants to release them, but Tommy's sons are not positive.
This week Jacob Sveistrup, Denmark's 2005 Eurovision Song Contest participant, have been trying to impress the professionel judges in Masterchef with his cooking. He however failed misrable as they concluded that his food looks better than it taste.
