Malene - Tell Me Who You Are (Denmark 2002)
24th - 7 points
Denmark was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 with the song "Tell Me Who You Are", written by Michael Ronson, and performed by Malene. The Danish participating broadcaster, DR, organised the national final Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2002 in order to select its entry for the contest. Ten songs competed in a televised show where "Vis mig hvem du er" performed by Malene was the winner as decided upon through two rounds of jury voting and public voting. The song was later translated from Danish to English for Eurovision and was titled "Tell Me Who You Are". Marlene won with 61 points in the NF in Denmark. However after the NF. Some issues were raised. The winning song of Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2002, "Vis mig hvem du er", was ranked last by the jury in the second round despite receiving top points from all five public voting groups. Jurors Keld Heick, Sascha Dupont and Sanne Gottlieb publicly criticised the song for its poor lyrics, with the latter two stating that "the Danes are too easy to fool". Gottlieb also accused the media and DR of favouring Mortensen before the competition due to her being already well-known.
Subsequently, Mortensen cancelled her scheduled appearance in the programme Hit med sangenwhich Dupont also participated in.
In the final. Lots of viewers point on Malene's nervousness, possibly from the issues from the NF affected her. And her back being towards half of the audience & not moving on stage much. Possibly a choice made by the Denmark team or Malene herself. It's a good song and didn't deserve last place.