In the final, Denmark performed in position 16 and placed fifteenth out of the 25 participating countries, scoring 60 points.

In the 2007 contest, "Drama Queen" performed by DQ failed to qualify Denmark to the final.

[2] Denmark has selected all of their Eurovision entries through the national final Dansk Melodi Grand Prix.

Along with their participation confirmation, the broadcaster announced that Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2008 would be organised in order to select Denmark's entry for the 2008 contest.

All shows in the competition were hosted by Camilla Ottesen and Adam Duvå Hall and televised on DR1 as well as streamed online at the official DR website.

Eight songs competed in each semi-final and the top four as determined exclusively by a public televote qualified to the final.

[5] DR opened a submission period between 24 August 2007 and 10 October 2007 for composers to submit their entries.

[14] The winner, "All Night Long" performed by Simon Mathew, was selected solely by a public televote.

[20] According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Four" (France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top nine songs from each semi-final as determined by televoting progress to the final, and a tenth was determined by back-up juries.

The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into six different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot.

[25][26] The musicians that joined Simon Mathew were: Anders Øhrstrøm, Kim Nowak-Zorde, Morten Hellmann and Oliver McEwan, while the backing vocalist was Mette Dahl Trudslev.

[27] At the end of the show, Denmark was announced as having finished in the top 10 and subsequently qualifying for the grand final.

[28] Shortly after the second semi-final, a winners' press conference was held for the ten qualifying countries.