Denmark's 'Melodi Grand Prix' 2025 songs released

On Saturday 1 March, Denmark selects its song for the 69th Eurovision Song Contest. Melodi Grand Prix returns as the country's national final, with 8 songs in the running to claim that ticket to Basel.

Stéphanie Surrugue and Sara Bro will host the event at the Jyske Bank Boxen arena in Herning. And after over one million Danes tuned in to the 2024 edition of the Nordic national final, Erik Struve Hansen, editor-in-chief and programme manager for Melodi Grand Prix is positive about the follow-up edition happening in March:

"We are very happy with the lineup that is in the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix this year. Viewers can start to rejoice – there are 8 strong songs and some terrific singers and performers who will deliver them. We are looking forward to an evening when Danes will once again gather around for music, across generations and throughout the country. And even though we live in a time where we rarely watch TV at the same time, Dansk Melodi Grand Prix continues to have a special ability to bring us together year after year."

On Thursday 6 February, the Danish broadcaster unveiled the lineup and released the songs. These are your Danish hopefuls for Basel:

Sissal - Hallucination

(Malthe Johansen, Chris Rohde-Frisk, Line Spangsberg, Marcus Winther-John, Linnea Deb, Melanie Wehbe)

Sissal lives in Copenhagen but is originally from Thorshavn in the Faroe Islands, where she performed for the first time on stage at the age of 10. Since moving to Denmark, she's played at festivals, voiced a role in the Danish dub of a Disney film, and even performed for the King of Denmark!

The artist is inspired by Nordic electropop from the likes of Dagny and Robyn, and is also a big fan of the Eurovision Song Contest, describing it as a world that she feels right at home in. 

Tim Schou - Proud

(Tim Schou, Joachim Ersgaard, Benjamin Rosenbohm, Emil Lei)

Eurovision fans should recognise Tim. The Danish artist was the singer of the band A Friend In London, who represented Denmark at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2011; giving his country a Top 5 finish in the Grand Final with New Tomorrow.

After the band broke up in 2015, Tim sold everything and travelled the world, before returning to Denmark to reinvent himself as a solo musician. His Melodi Grand Prix song is about taking pride in everything you are and everything you have been through; daring to accept your scars and everything that makes you who you have become.

Max Ulver - Supernova

(Max Ulver, Remee, Frederik Nordsø, Fridolin Nordsø)

A relatively late starter in music, Max Ulver learned to play the piano at the age of 25, as well as learning to sing and produce beats. He moved to London to go to music school and work in the film industry, before returning to Denmark to launch his career as a musician.

Max had his big breakthrough as a songwriter in 2020, when he went Number 1 in China with the song Lover, by the Chinese superstar KUN. The song has now been streamed over a billion times and he's since had several more big hits as a songwriter in Asia, as well as writing and producing for Danish stars such as Christopher and Barbara Moleko.

Hervé Toure - ALLEZ ALLEZ

(Jakob Groth, Christian Juncker)

Despite its French title, ALLEZ ALLEZ is actually the only song in this year's Melodi Grand Prix lineup to be performed in Danish!

A multi-talented man, Hervé has previously been a professional footballer in the French third division, as well as treading the boards of the Royal Danish Theatre in Arven, which in 2023 won a Reumert Award. Now, Hervé is excited to be stepping out onto the Melodi Grand Prix stage; an institution he has loved since he was a child.

Maria Mathea - Air

(Maria Mathea, Emil Lei, Julie Aagaard)

Although this is the first time that Maria herself takes the stage as an artist, she has previously written songs for not only Denmark's Melodi Grand Prix, but also the Eurovision Song Contest! In 2023, Blanka took her composition Solo to the Grand Final for Poland in Liverpool.

Maria's biggest dream has always been to be in the spotlight as an artist, but she has until now worked a lot behind the scenes. She has worked as an A&R, backing vocalist and songwriter, with big names such as Hardwell, Lost Kings, Elliot, Ummet Ozcan, KAAZE, Theoz, YooA, Hooverphonic and many others. Overall, Maria's music has generated over 240 million streams to date.

MARIYA - I Belong To Me

(Mariya, Julie Aagaard, Jimmy Joker, Dino Medanhodzic)

Singer, songwriter and dancer MARIYA is making her debut in Denmark's Melodi Grand Prix this year with the song I Belong To Me. 

After having worked as a professional choreographer over the past few years, MARIYA finally stepped out into the limelight herself in 2024, when she participated in last year's edition of X Factor Denmark.

Adel the Second - The Unluckiest Boy Alive

(Adel the Second, Søren Christensen)

Adel the Second wrote his first song when he was 10 and that experience only made his musical ambitions grow, resulting in him deciding to become a singer at the age of 13.

The Unluckiest Boy Alive serves as Adel the Second's debut single. He has written it himself, with production by Søren Christensen from the rock band The Blue Van. The track was inspired by pop and house music, with orchestral elements.

Andreas Kruse - Hear My Prayer

(Andreas Kruse, Linda Dale, Malthe August, Rasmus ’Majalle’ Olsen)

Back in 2018, Andreas became famous when he won The X-Factor Denmark as part of the group Place On Earth. In 2022, he released his debut single as a solo artist, and now Andreas is ready to pursue the next chapter of his musical dream - Melodi Grand Prix.

Andreas suggests that his song Hear My Prayer can be interpreted as a unifying and common echo of all the individual problems that every human carries around. Andreas hopes that listeners can use the song at a point when they need the energy he's put into it.

The winner of Melodi Grand Prix 2024 was the song SAND, performed by SABA.

In Malmö, Denmark competed in the Second Semi-Final, earning 36 points and finishing in 12th place.

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