The Danish participating broadcaster, Danmarks Radio (DR), organised the national final Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2014 in order to select its entry for the contest.

In addition, DR was also the host broadcaster and staged the event at B&W Hallerne in Copenhagen, after winning the previous edition with the song "Only Teardrops" by Emmelie de Forest.

As the host country, Denmark qualified to compete directly in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest.

The event was held on 8 March 2014 at the Arena Fyn in Odense, hosted by Louise Wolff and Jacob Riising and televised on DR1 as well as streamed online at the official DR website.

In the superfinal, the winner, "Cliche Love Song" performed by Basim, was selected by the public and jury vote.

[26] As the host nation, Denmark's running order position in the final was decided through a random draw that took place during the Heads of Delegation meeting in Copenhagen on 17 March 2014.

[28] Following the second semi-final, the shows' producers decided upon the running order of the final rather than through another draw, so that similar songs were not placed next to each other.

The stage colours were predominantly red, orange and white and the LED screens displayed flashing strobe lights.

[30][31] The two dancers that joined Basim were Tobias Ellehammer and Ivan Spahi,[32][33] while the three backing vocalists were: Ayoe Angelica, Andy Roda and Marcel Gbekle.

The jury consisted of five music industry professionals who were citizens of the country they represent, with their names published before the contest to ensure transparency.

This jury was asked to judge each contestant based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act.

In addition, no member of a national jury could be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently.