DENMARK 2022

The Danish National Final "Dansk Melodi Grand Prix" was be held on March 5th at Jyske Bank Boxen in Herning, hosted by Tina Müller and Martin Brygmann. The winner was be chosen by SMS and mobile app voting in two rounds of voting, firstly to select a top 3 and another to choose the victor. Going to To Turin is the band REDDI with the song "The Show"

Dansk Melodi Grand Prix was the debut of Danish-Swedish 4-piece girl band REDDI. The band consists of Danes Ihan Haydar (drums) and Mathilde 'Siggy' Savery (guitar/piano/vocals) with Swedes Ida Bergkvist (bass) and Agnes Roslund (guitar). The band was put together by Lars Pedersen - aka Chief1 - and the drummer Ihan. She is well known to Danes as the 'queen of drummers' and appeared on the Eurovision stage with Soluna Samay in 2013. This song is influenced by pop, rock and punk from the '70s and '80s.

The song starts with the lead singer, Siggy, on the piano where she sings with very little accompaniment through the first verse and chorus. This part is impassioned and full of melancholic emotion At this point she stands up and all of a sudden the song ramps up completely into a fast paced rock number. Her voice still contains some anger but the tune is belted out with power and conviction but also They complete verse two and a chorus before a well deserved instrumental showing of their musical prowess. This then leads into a final elongated chorus to the end of the song.

In hindsight this was going to be the best song to choose from the songs in contention. Too many of the songs were rather bland, samey and frankly "Danish". Apart from this and the entry from by Fuld Effekt nothing else really had any visible or audible personality. One thing I really applaud abut this song is the fact that they fully start off the song in one way for a sizable chunk of time before turning into something else. Plenty of songs have a slow intro then quickly go full throttle but the build up on this lasts so long it is a genuine surprise to see it change. I would however look at making the end a bit less of a sudden stop. Siggy's voice is really strong and pulls off a kind of Suzi Quatro kind of vibe. Although I would change very little about the visual stage production I might want to look into making the group a little more cohesive when it comes to their outfits. There seems to be an imbalance between their punk rock audio and their Slade-esque garb. Maybe if they kept the same kind of outfits but added a cohesive stamp - like a tartan scarf, or facial make up mark - it may feel a bit more like a group. This is a lot of fun and looks and feels very different anything we have in 'the show' so far.

ARTIST - REDDI
SONG - The Show
WRITING/PRODUCTION CREDITS - Chief 1, Julia Fabrin, Ihan Haydar, Remee Jackman, Siggy Savery