Denmark in the North Vision Song Contest 21

North Vision Song Contest 21
Country	Denmark
National selection
Selection process	Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 16
Selection date(s)	15 October 2016
Selected entrant	MAIA
Selected song	"Tordenkys"
Selected songwriter(s)	Maia Daniella Andersen; Peter Bjørnskov; Lene Dissing;
Finals performance
Semi-final result	Qualified (4th, 184 points)
Final result	20th, 151 points
Denmark in the North Vision Song Contest
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Denmark took part in the 21st edition of the North Vision Song Contest which was hosted in Prague, Czech Republic. The country was represented by MAIA with the song "Tordenkys". The entry was selected via the 16th edition of Dansk Melodi Grand Prix hosted by the broadcaster of the country, Danmarks Radio (DR). The song got the 20th place in the final with 151 points.

Before North Vision[]

The country confirmed their participation for the 21st edition of the North Vision Song Contest on 27 August 2016. However, along with the confirmation, rumors were spread that Dansk Melodi Grand Prix would be cancelled and a new selection would replace the selection after fifteen editions of run. Four days later though, on 31 August 2016, it was announced that the 16th edition of the selection would be held in order to select the country's entry in the 21st edition.

Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 16[]

Main article: Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 16

Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 16 was the 16th edition of the Danish music competition that selected Denmark's entry for the North Vision Song Contest 21. Hosted by Lise Rønne, ten songs competed in the selection which consisted of a final and a super-final, both held at B&W Hallerne in Copenhagen. The ten songs competed in the final with the top four most voted advancing to the super-final of the selection.

The ten artists of the selection were presented on 31 August 2016 while their songs were presented on 3 September 2016. The voting in the final started on 11 September 2016 and ended three weeks later, on 30 September 2016 with the four songs that qualified to the super-final being revealed the following day, on 12 September 2016.

Super-final[]

The super-final of the selection took place between 1 and 15 October 2016 at B&W Hallerne in Copenhagen. The top four songs of the final competed in the super-final. "Tordenkys" performed by MAIA was selected as the winner by an international jury voting.

Draw	Song	Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D	Group E	Group F	Total	Place
01	"Don't You Wait"	5,471	7,300	2,135	2,464	3,010	5,669	26,049	4
02	"Tordenkys"	2,681	8,050	4,634	3,846	9,410	12,395	41,016	1
03	"Tænder på dig"	4,904	2,000	8,374	12,363	6,180	2,702	36,523	2
04	"Når vi går live"	6,944	2,650	4,857	1,327	6,400	4,234	26,412	3

At North Vision[]

Voting[]

Points awarded to Denmark[]

Points awarded to Denmark (Semi-final 1)
Televote
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
Belarus	Georgia	Norway	Bulgaria Czechia Lebanon	Andorra Belgium Slovakia
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
Estonia Israel Liechtenstein	UK		Algeria	Croatia
Jury
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
Liechtenstein	Belarus Lebanon	Norway	Spain	Bulgaria Israel UK
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
Netherlands Switzerland	Croatia Cyprus San Marino	Andorra	Belgium	France

Points awarded to Denmark (Final)
Televote
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
Norway	Latvia Liechtenstein			Georgia
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
Hungary Lebanon		Algeria Andorra Hong Kong Türkiye	San Marino	Bulgaria Czechia
Jury
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
Israel Liechtenstein		Belarus Latvia Norway Spain		Lithuania Portugal
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
Moldova Türkiye	Germany	Russia	Bulgaria

Points awarded by Denmark[]

Semi-final 1 votes
Points	Televote	Jury
12	Cyprus	Lebanon
10	Bulgaria	Cyprus
8	Norway	Belgium
7	United Kingdom	Bulgaria
6	Belarus	Belarus
5	San Marino	Croatia
4	Lebanon	Netherlands
3	Belgium	Spain
2	Albania	Slovakia
1	Switzerland	Liechtenstein

Final votes
Points	Televote	Jury
12	Cyprus	Czechia
10	Ukraine	Cyprus
8	Faroe Islands	Belgium
7	Bulgaria	Ukraine
6	Norway	Germany
5	Czechia	Moldova
4	United Kingdom	Bulgaria
3	Italy	San Marino
2	Türkiye	France
1	Sweden	Italy

Split voting results[]

The following five members comprised the Danish jury:

Lise Cabble – singer, songwriter
Cutfather – music producer, songwriter
Karen Ørsted – singer, songwriter
Lise Rønne – journalist
Adam Daniel – singer, runner-up in Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 16

Semi-final 1 results
Draw	Country	L. Cabble	Cutfather	K. Ørsted	L. Rønne	A. Daniel	Jury Rank	Televote Rank
01	Switzerland	16	19	17	16	18	18	10
02	Georgia	18	14	11	18	14	16	19
03	Denmark
04	Liechtenstein	7	13	7	14	8	10	17
05	Belgium	5	1	6	4	1	3	8
06	Andorra	19	17	19	19	19	19	14
07	Belarus	8	11	5	3	7	5	5
08	Cyprus	4	2	1	2	5	2	1
09	Slovakia	10	6	12	5	11	9	15
10	Algeria	17	15	18	11	12	15	12
11	Croatia	3	7	13	10	2	6	11
12	Spain	6	10	4	13	6	8	16
13	Norway	11	16	8	12	10	12	3
14	United Kingdom	9	8	15	8	15	11	4
15	Bulgaria	2	5	3	6	9	4	2
16	Israel	14	12	14	15	13	14	18
17	San Marino	15	9	10	7	16	13	6
18	Lebanon	1	4	2	1	4	1	7
19	Netherlands	13	3	9	9	3	7	13
20	Albania	12	18	16	17	17	17	9

Final results
Draw	Country	L. Cabble	Cutfather	K. Ørsted	L. Rønne	A. Daniel	Jury Rank	Televote Rank
01	Austria	23	25	25	24	25	25	20
02	Slovakia	15	19	20	12	21	18	18
03	Hong Kong	20	23	19	22	20	23	21
04	Netherlands	18	13	17	13	9	14	22
05	Morocco	24	17	24	19	18	22	19
06	Denmark
07	Spain	12	20	14	23	17	17	24
08	North Macedonia	22	21	18	20	19	20	15
09	Czechia	1	3	1	1	2	1	6
10	Estonia	25	24	21	25	23	24	25
11	Bulgaria	3	12	6	4	7	7	4
12	United Kingdom	17	18	11	16	8	15	7
13	Germany	9	5	4	7	3	5	12
14	Cyprus	4	2	2	2	4	2	1
15	Latvia	21	8	22	14	24	19	23
16	Norway	14	15	12	11	10	11	5
17	San Marino	10	6	10	10	12	8	14
18	Belgium	6	1	8	3	1	3	11
19	Türkiye	16	14	15	9	14	13	9
20	Sweden	19	16	13	18	13	16	10
21	Italy	7	9	7	15	11	10	8
22	Moldova	8	4	5	8	5	6	13
23	Lithuania	13	22	23	21	22	21	17
24	Ukraine	2	10	3	6	6	4	2
25	Faroe Islands	11	11	9	17	16	12	3
26	France	5	7	16	5	15	9	16