Denmark participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin, Italy, with "The Show" performed by the band Reddi. The Danish broadcaster DR organised the national final 2022 in order to select the Danish entry. Eight songs competed in a televised show where "The Show" performed by Reddi was the winner as decided upon through two rounds of public voting.
Denmark was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 10 May 2022. Performing during the show in position 12, "The Show" was not announced among the top 10 entries of the first semi-final and therefore did not qualify to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Denmark placed thirteenth out of the 17 participating countries in the semi-final with 55 points.
Background
Prior to the 2022 contest, Denmark had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest forty-nine times since their first entry in . Denmark had won the contest, to this point, on three occasions: in with the song "" performed by Grethe and Jørgen Ingmann, in with the song "Fly on the Wings of Love" performed by Olsen Brothers, and in with the song "Only Teardrops" performed by Emmelie de Forest. In the 2021 contest, "" performed by failed to qualify Denmark to the final; the last time the nation had failed to qualify to the final was in .
The Danish national broadcaster, DR, broadcasts the event within Denmark and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. DR confirmed their intentions to participate at the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest on 1 July 2021. Denmark has selected all of their Eurovision entries thus far through the national final . On 27 August 2021, the broadcaster announced that would be organised in order to select Denmark's entry for the 2022 contest.
Before Eurovision
Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2022
2022 was the 52nd edition of , the music competition that selects Denmark's entries for the Eurovision Song Contest. The event was held on 5 March 2022 at the in Herning, hosted by Tina Müller and . The show was televised on DR1 as well as streamed online at the broadcaster's streaming service DR TV and the official DR website. The national final was watched by 985,000 viewers in Denmark.
Format
Eight songs, all accompanied by the DR Grand Prix orchestra, competed in one show where the winner was determined over two rounds of public voting. In the first round, the top three songs qualified to the superfinal, during which the winner was determined. Viewers were able to vote via SMS or a mobile application specifically designed for the competition. Prior to the show, the public was provided with one free vote on the app to cast a vote each day between 28 February 2022 and 4 March 2022, while viewers using the app during the show were provided with two free votes.
Competing entries
DR opened a submission period between 27 August 2021 and 29 October 2021 for artists and composers to submit their entries. The broadcaster stated that the competition would seek out songs that "represent the quality and breadth of the Danish music scene" with emphasis on songs that "have the potential to represent Danish music and Danish culture in the most distinguished way at the Eurovision Song Contest". A six-member selection committee selected eight songs from the entries submitted to the broadcaster. The committee was composed of Lars Trillingsgaard (head of music strategy for DR), Lotte Friis (radio host on DR P4), Maria Fantino (radio host on DR P3), Andrew Jensen (radio host on DR P4), Mathias Buch Jensen (head of music of DR P3) and Bettina Skriver (producer of ). The competing artists and songs were officially presented on 10 February 2022 during the DR radio programmes , , and .