Mohamed Ali finished second overall with de Forest winning the bid to sing the Danish entry to Eurovision 2013.

Rivalry among reigning European powers saw the entry of the Dutch, British, French, Danish among others.

"Angelique" was chosen as the Danish entry at the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix on 19 February.

Before that, Michael Elo had appeared several times in Eurovision as a backing singer for the Danish entries.

At the Eurovision Song Contest 1980, he introduced the Danish entry in The Hague.

"Disco Tango" was the Danish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1979.

As a result, this entry was the first ever Danish entry which did not have a Danish language version in existence.

The film was selected as the Danish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 84th Academy Awards.

The Danish entry was chosen during a national final called Dansk Melodi Grand Prix.

The Danish entry was performed ninth (2nd last) on the night following France and preceding Switzerland.