Representing Denmark, “Only Teardrops” won the 58th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. Frederik Thaae produced the song, which was written by Lise Cabble, Julia Fabrin Jakobsen and Thomas Stengaard in 2012 and recorded by Emmelie de Forest.
This is the third Eurovision Song Contest winner from Denmark. The first two were “Dansevise” in 1963 and “Fly on the Wings of Love” in 2000.
“Only Teardrops” was originally written to represent Germany in the international song contest. On January 26, 2013, de Forest performed the song in the 43rd edition of the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix and won the competition that selects Denmark’s Eurovision Song Contest entry.
Eurovision 2013 results
| song competition: Eurovision organizer: European Broadcasting Union |
| edition: 58th date: May 18, 2013 venue: Malmö Arena, Malmö, Sweden broadcaster: Sveriges Television (SVT) entries: 39 |
| directors: Daniel Jelinek, Robin Hofwander, Sven Stojanović hosts: Petra Mede, Eric Saade |
WINNERS
- “Only Teardrops” by Emmelie de Forest of Denmark
- “Hold Me” by Farid Mammadov of Azerbaijan
- “Gravity” of Zlata Ognevich of Ukraine
- “I Feed You My Love” by Margaret Berger of Norway
- “What If” by Dina Garipova of Russia
- “Alcohol is Free” by Koza Mostra featuring Agathon Iakovidis of Greece
- “L’essenziale” by Marco Mengoni of Italy
- “Tomorrow” by Gianluca of Malta
- “Birds” by Anouk of the Netherlands
- “Kedvesem” (Zoohacker Remix) by ByeAlex of Hungary
Emmelie de Forest
De Forest was born in Randers, Denmark to Ingvar de Forest and Marianna Birgitte Gudnitz. Ingvar is Swedish and Gudnitz is Danish.
When Emmelie was young, her parents divorced. She and her mother lived in Mariager, Denmark before moving to Stockholm, Denmark.
In 2007, Emmelie started performing at music festivals with Fraser Neill. In 2011, she ended her collaboration with him and entered the Complete Vocal Institute in Copenhagen, Denmark.
On February 28, 2013, Emmelie turned 20. On May 6, 2013, Universal Music released her debut album “Only Teardrops”.
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