as well as streamed online at the official DR website. The national final was watched by 1.506 million viewers in Denmark. Format Ten songs competed in one show where the winner was determined over two rounds of voting. In the first round, the top three songs based on the combination of votes from a public vote and a five-member Danish jury panel qualified to the superfinal. In the superfinal, the winner was determined by again the votes of the jury and public. The jury vote in the superfinal included the Danish jury along with four international juries from the past four Eurovision Song Contest winning countries: Russia, Norway, Germany and Azerbaijan. Each international jury group was composed of five members. Viewers were able to vote via SMS. The Danish jury was composed of: Kenneth Bager (President) – DJ and producer Laust Sonne – musician Søs Fenger – singer-songwriter Freja Loeb – musician and songwriter Lars Trillingsgaard – music director of DR Competing entries DR opened a submission period between 15 August 2011 and 26 September 2011 for artists and composers to submit their entries. The broadcaster received 678 entries during the submission period. A selection committee selected six songs from the entries submitted to the broadcaster, while four of the participants were invited to compete based on editorial considerations: Christian Brøns and Patrik Isaksson, Jesper Nohrstedt, Soluna Samay and Suriya. DR held a press meet and greet at the DR Byen in Copenhagen on 5 January 2012 where the competing artists and songs were announced and officially presented. On 9 January 2012, "Nowhere" performed by Valentine was disqualified from the competition as the song was released before 1 September 2011, the date allowed by the European Broadcasting Union. Final The final took place on 21 January 2012. In the first round of voting the top three advanced to the superfinal based on the votes of a five-member Danish jury (50%) and a public vote (50%). In the superfinal, the winner, "Should've Known Better" performed by Soluna Samay, was selected by the votes of the Danish jury together with four international juries (50%) and the public vote (50%). The viewers and the juries each had a total of 150 points to award in the superfinal. Each jury group distributed their points as follows: 8, 10 and 12 points. The viewer vote was based on the percentage of votes each song achieved.