In the 2019 contest, "Love Is Forever" performed by Leonora qualified Denmark to the final, where it placed twelfth.

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

Along with their participation confirmation, the broadcaster announced that Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2020 would be organised in order to select Denmark's entry for the 2020 contest.

The winner of each group as determined exclusively by an online public vote by listeners of DR P4 qualified to the final, while a nine-member jury panel composed of members from the nine regional DR P4 stations selected two wildcards out of the remaining non-qualifying songs for the final.

Among the competing artists was RoxorLoops who represented Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 as part of the group Witloof Bay.

[11][14] The final took place on 7 March 2020 at the Royal Arena in Copenhagen, hosted by Hella Joof and Rasmus Bjerg.

The five-member jury panel was composed of: Pelle Peter Jencel [da] (radio host on DR P3), Mich Hedin Hansen (songwriter and music producer), Ida Corr (singer), Lasse Kramhøft [da] (music producer) and Nicolai Molbech (radio host and DJ).

According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final.

On 28 January 2020, a special allocation draw was held which placed each country into one of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show they would perform in.