Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 2001
Denmark was represented by Rollo & King, with the song "Never Ever Let You Go", at the 2001 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 12 May at the Parken Stadium in Copenhagen, following the Olsen Brothers' victory for Denmark in 2000. "Never Ever Let You Go" was chosen as the Danish entry at the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix on 17 February. Before Eurovision. Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2001. The final took place at the Herning Conference Centre in Herning, hosted by Keld Heick. The winner was selected by the votes of 4 televoting  regions (4/5) and an expert jury (1/5) in two rounds. In the first round, the top five entries were selected to proceed to the second round. In the second round, the winner, "Der står et billede af dig på mit bord" performed by Rollo & King, was selected by the public and jury vote by a 16-point margin. At Eurovision. Prior to the contest "Der står et billede af dig på mit bord" was translated into English as "Never Ever Let You Go". On the night of the final Rollo & King performed last 23rd in the running order, following Greece . This was an ideal draw for the song and at the close of voting "Never Ever Let You Go" had received 177 points, placing Denmark second of the 23 entries, 21 points behind surprise contest winners Estonia and 30 points ahead of third-placed Greece. The song's tally included six maximum 12 points votes from Croatia, Estonia, Germany, Iceland, Ireland and Norway. Only Bosnia-Herzegovina and Russia failed to award the song any points at all. The 12 points from the Danish televote were awarded to Malta.