The final of Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2021 just finished and Fyr og Flamme with “Øve os på hinanden” won the show and will be the next Danish representative at Eurovision Song Contest! The hosts of the show were Tina Müller, one of well known hosts of DR and Martin Brygmann, a comedian and musician who already competed in the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix in 2005 as a composer. The show featured a virtual audience wall. A total of 8 acts were competing for a chance to represent Denmark at the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 which is going to be held in Rotterdam.
The full running order was as follows:
- Chief1 & Thomas Buttenschøn – Højt over skyerne (High above the clouds)
- Nanna Olivia – Hvileløse hjerter (Restless hearts)
- The Cosmic Twins – Silver Bullet
- Claudia Campagnol – Abracadabra
- Mike Tramp – Everything Is Alright
- Fyr Og Flamme – Øve os på hinanden (Practice on each other)
- Emma Nicoline – Står lige her (Standing right here)
- Jean Michel – Beautiful
After the 8 acts performed we were reminded by the hosts to some of the best Eurovision moments and 12 points received by several winners including Sweden with MånsZelmerlöw at Eurovision 2015, Alexander Rybak for Norway at Eurovision 2009 and Salvador Sobral who won the Eurovision 2017 representing Portugal. After that the three qualifiers to the superfinal were announced and they were:
- Chief1 & Thomas Buttenschøn – Højt over skyerne (High above the clouds)
- Fyr Og Flamme – Øve os på hinanden (Practice on each other)
- Jean Michel – Beautiful
Then we saw the performance of Andreas Odbjerg and a short reminder to the last years DMGP and the victory of Ben & Tan with “Yes” after that the results are revealed and there we saw the winner.
- Fyr Og Flamme – Øve os på hinanden got 37% of the votes got
- Jean Michel – Beautiful got 34% of the votes
- Chief1 & Thomas Buttenschøn – Højt over skyerne got 29% of the votes
Fyr og Flamme (Furnace and flame) is a duo consisting of Laurits Emanuel and Jesper Groth, who present themselves as “teenage idols your parents can understand”. Laurits is known in Denmark as one of the vocalists in the group The Grenadines, while Jesper has worked as an actor. According to them, it is Laurits who is the furnace and Jesper is the flame.
About the song they said: “”Øve os på hinanden”is inspired by slightly older Grand Prix virtues and is based on the European seventies disco. The song is a scene preceding on a dance floor, where a woman and a man must try their hand at will. This session can be freely translated to how to behave when curing another, or how to correct in life down the road. Because can you practice it all at home in front of the mirror, or do you have to go out where it really matters to learn it? We have to practice on each other!
Watch the performance of the song ”Øve os på hinanden” below
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