Great Danes!

Denmark will tomorrow night pick their Eurovision entry in their annual MGP. Last year, they chose the utterly awful “Twist Of Love” as their entry which rightfully finished a pitiful 18th place (but undeservedly scored 1 point more than the Daz Sampson). After a win in 2000, runner up in 2001, and a joint ninth spot in 2005, can Denmark pick another song to give them a good result and get them out of the semis?

Here are the songs that the Danes are pinning their hopes on…


1. “COPENHAGEN AIRPORT” – Annette Heick
Following on from the 1984 Irish entry, “Terminal Three”, and the 2002 Slovenian drag act Sestre who dressed as hair hostesses, here comes another flight-based song. Annette arrives onstage in a buggy, gets out and reveals that she is wearing an air hostess uniform which is far too short for her! Cover up love! This song is a rather dated upbeat dance song, but Denmark do dated rather well. Just look at all of their entries from the 1980s. This could do well – watch out for it.


2. “TWO ARE STRONGER THAN ONE” – Me & My
Pop is not dead in Denmark. This is a great pop song with a really catchy hook sung by two women, presumably Me & My, who for some strange reason are dressed as superheroes, no doubt coming to save Denmark from their Eurovision perils. This is apparently the favourite to win, and it’s no surprise cos it’s a great cheesy pop song, not typically Schlager (take note Sweden), that has a great hook and is performed really well. This could well be in Helsinki in May!


3. “FLY” – Annika Askman
Not A bad song at all, in the sort of Delta Goodrem vain really. It’s nice to see a talented young lady at a piano anyway! It’s a bit fancy-free though, and probably wouldn’t shake any windows across Europe, but it’s quite a nice song. If only she could incorporate a buggy into her performance, then it could almost become an episode of Challenge Annika in which she has to amend Denmark’s bad result from last year! Oh, imagine!


4. “IT’S A BEAUTIFUL DAY” – Katrine Falkenberg
A very winsome song, the sort of thing you’d sing at a picnic on a summer’s day. Not sure about the ‘Hey, hey, hey/It’s a beautiful day’ lyric either. It’s a country song really, and I find it quite irritating and dull, but whether these two things are related I’m unsure about. Hmm, I don’t think so – this is twee with a capital ‘tw’. And I’ve just realised what it sounds like – ‘Top Of The World’ by the Carpenters! But in a really bad way!


5. “LISTEN TO LOVE” – Jacob Anderson
‘Listen to Love’ orders Jacob Anderson, the pesky guy, when looked at from the right angle, really resembles Gaz Top from How 2 and other great kids TV shows. This is a sort of slow rock song, but is better than anything similar entered by Iceland as it does actually sound fairly modern. This could be in with a chance, the bookies have it as one of the faves I believe, but there are much catchier things on offer.


6. “VI ELSKER BARE DANSKER PIGER” – Jorgen Olsen
Jorgen Olsen is a bit of a Danish hero after winning the 2000 Eurovision Song Contest with his brother and their excellent “Fly On The Wings Of Love”. He’s having a stab on his own though this year, with a rather old fashioned song that isn’t really as good as some of his previous efforts. He’s got a great voice and is really likeable, and as nice as this song is, I fear that without youth on his side (he’s 57) he’s not got the winning package with this one.


7. “MEANING OF LIFE” – Danni Elmo
This is a sort of 90s boy-band rock pop song which bounces along rather nicely, but again I don’t think stands out too much from the crowd. A lot of people seem to like it, but I don’t think it stands out from the crowd at all, possibly the weakest song in the selection. Boring and a bit of a nothing song, building up nicely into song eight I find…


8. “SA NAER SOM NU” – Stig Rossen
Well I don’t want to big this one up too much, but it is the best song I’ve heard from Eurovision 2007 so far. It begins as a bit of a cheesy Disney-ballad, but builds up into the most beautiful song. Stig is not in his first flush of youth (well, younger than Jorgen Olsen) but he is an experienced singer and it shows. Magnificent song, brilliant performer, if I were Danish I would be phoning in trillions of time for this one – superb!!!


9. “SAY YOU LOVE ME” – James Sampson
Any relation to Daz? No? Well this is quite obvious, cos whereas Daz’s forte is rapping, James’s forte is pumping out some SOUL! “Say You Love Me” is a lovely summery bit of 60s soul pop. Very bright, very bouncy, and he’s a sterling singer too! Really good, and very different from usual Eurovision throwaway fodder, this could stand a real chance at winning the MGP this year. Very good indeed!


10. “DRAMA QUEEN” – DQ
Considering what a camp event the Eurovision tends to be, it’s no wonder we don’t see more transvestites. Thank goodness for DQ! His/her song is a stereotypically glam and glitzy affair with a camp, catchy chorus that will probably whip the crowds up into a frenzy. It’s not one of the strongest songs in this selection, but it would do well at Eurovision ‘cause the televoters LOVE this sort of thing! Could be the dark horse…


As you can tell, I have one clear favourite of these ten songs. Stig Rossen would bring something rather different to the Modern Eurovision, and I believe that he would get votes because the song is SO good! However, I don’t think Me & My would shame the Danes either, their song is very good, and James Sampson’s soul-pop song would also bring something a little bit unexpected to Helsinki. Any of these three would suit me, but it has to be Stig Rossen for me!