Rasmussen has just won Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2018 and will represent Denmark at the Eurovision Song Contest. After an exciting superfinal, the Danish audience and the Jury Panel have decided who will wave the country’s flag in Lisbon.
Rasmussen will perform the song Higher Ground at Eurovision:
Ten candidates competed at Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2018 performing original songs:
- Ditte Marie – Riot
- Anna Ritsmar – Starlight
- Rasmussen – Higher ground
- Sannie – Boys on girls
- Sandra – Angels to my battlefield
- Lasse Meling – Unfound
- CARLSEN – Standing up for love
- KARUI – Signals
- Rikke Ganer-Tolsøe – Holder fast i ingenting
- Albin Fredy – Music for the road
The winner was selected after two rounds of voting following a 50/50 combination of audience and professional jury vote. After the first round, the top 3 acts faced a new round of voting in the superfinal:
Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2018 was hosted by Annette Heick and Johannes Nymark live from Aalborg’s Gigantium.
What do you think about the Danish choice for Eurovision?
Best song chosen so far – very strong song – reminds me of something from Les Miserables – very dramatic