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VIDEO: Denmark sends ‘boy band’ to Eurovision

Four young men will carry Denmark's hopes to Vienna for this year's European singing extravaganza.

Published: 8 February 2015 09:07 CET
VIDEO: Denmark sends 'boy band' to Eurovision
Anti Social Media claimed the win in Aalborg and earned themselves a ticket to Vienna for the big show. Photo: Henning Bagger/Scanpix
Denmark will be represented at the 2015 Eurovision contest in Vienna by the ‘boy band’ Anti Social Media.
 
The four young men, whose members range in age from 19 to 25, won the right to represent Denmark on Saturday night when their song ‘The Way You Are’ beat out nine other entries at the Danish Melodi Grand Prix contest in Aalborg. 
 
Anti Social Media will compete in the 2015 Eurovision semifinals on May 19th and 21st, vying for a spot in the grand finale on May 23rd. 
 
Austria won their right to host this year’s contest when Conchita Wurst claimed victory at the 2014 contest in Copenhagen. That event was massively criticised for overspending that made it the second most expensive Eurovision contest ever. 
 
You can see Denmark’s winning song here: 

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Sweden among favourites after leaping through to Eurovision final

Cornelia Jakobs, Sweden's entry to the Eurovision Song Contest, burst into tears and jumped onto presenter Mario Acampas, after shooting through to the final on Thursday night.

Published: 13 May 2022 08:09 CEST
Sweden among favourites after leaping through to Eurovision final

Jakobs was emotional at the press conference after her victory, telling the story of her progress from an “largely unknown” indie artist to the Eurovision stage. 

“There are a lot of feelings right now in this little body, an extremely large amount of feelings that can’t really fit in, so they’re exploding,” she said, before beginning to cry. “But I’m so happy and overwhelmed by all the support I’ve got from all these fantastic countries.” 

When the time came to pick lots for which half of the final she would appear in, she leapt onto Mario Acampas, the presenter asking questions at the press conference, wrapping her legs around his waist and clasping herself tightly to his torso. 

He then walked her over to the bowl where the lots were lying. 

“I want you to choose the second half,” she said to him. “Imagine that I have a pistol here and on the count of three I’m going to shoot you if you don’t choose.”

He refused to pick for her so she took one herself and got the second half. 

Jakobs, with her song, “Hold me closer”, was the clear favourite to go into the final, and will go through alongside Finland’s The Rasmus, and his song Jezebel, Serbia’s Konstrakta with “In corpore sano”, as well as entries from Belgium, Czechia, Azerbaijan, Poland, Estonia, Australia, and Romania. 

You can see her performance on Thursday in the video below. 

In the final, she will meet the other favourites, which include Ukraine, Italy, and the United Kingdom. 

The final will be shown on Sweden’s state broadcaster SVT at 9pm on Saturday. 

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