It's funny. I spent my first few years on the forum with Denmark as the butt of every joke I could possibly make. I thought their entries were stale, stodgy, offputting, just so beyond not my thing. Point is, I really hated the Danish Eurovision presence in the 2010s (Soluna my dear this is NOT about you) and how many of their songs that landed with me like a thud went for strong results.
Then something really weird happened.
Somehow, someway, Denmark, who still struggled to shake off the "not a good ESC country for me" allegations for years into this, kept sending entries I enjoyed. In fact, Denmark now have a whopping four appearances in my personal top 10 in the last five years. That ties a record contestwide. I only really strongly disliked the 2023 entry. Unfortunately, right as I inexplicably, unbeknownst to me, somehow, someway fell in love with Denmark at Eurovision, Danish entries stopped qualifying. These years coincide with a brutal NQ streak and three really tough losses in semifinals for me. And when Sissal's staging got revealed to improve not nearly enough from DMGP and her vocals stepped down, I thought "oh well...that's it...a fifth." But NO!!! She made it!!!
I'm absolutely thrilled to be able to cheer for Denmark in a Eurovision final. I hope you can take in a johnny-come-lately to The Denmark Experience as I "yass queen!!!" my way through that big note leading into the final chorus (which I think she can improve upon from today's performance. Something to look forward to on the weekend).