The ten finalists who will participate in Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2018 have been revealed.

This morning, at a press conference in Copenhagen, DR announced the names of the ten acts who will compete in Dansk Melodi Grand Prix for the chance to represent Denmark at Eurovision this year.

The finalists are:

• Ditte Marie – “Riot”
• Anna Ritsmar – “Starlight”
• Rasmussen – “Higher Ground”
• Sannie (Whigfield) – “Boys on Girls”
• Sandra – “Angels to My Battlefield”
• Lasse Meling – “Unfound”
• Carlsen – “Standing Up for Love”
• KARUI – “Signals”
• Rikke Ganer-Tolsøe – “Holder Fast i Ingenting”
• Albin Fredy – “Music for the Road”

The competing songs will be published on the 5th of February.

The line up features former Dansk Melodi Grand Prix participant Ditte Marie, who participated in 2011 as the lead singer of the group Le Freak with the song “25 Hours a Day”, and in 2012 as a solo artist with “Overflow”.

Albin Fredy is also a previous participant, as he competed in Dansk Melodi Grand Prix in 2013 with the song “Beautiful to Me”.

The eight remaining artists will be making their debut in the competition.

Dansk Melodi Grand Prix will take place on February 10 in the Gigantium in Aalborg. Annette Heick and Johannes Nymark will return to host the contest for the second year in a row.

Anja Nissen represented Denmark at last year’s Eurovision Song Contest in Kyiv, Ukraine. She brought Denmark back to their first Eurovision Song Contest final since hosting the contest in 2014. “Where I Am” narrowly qualified for the final beating Serbia by just three points in the second semi-final. In the final, Denmark finished 20th with a total of 77 points, of which just 8 points came from the televote.