Birgit Brüel (born 6 October 1927 â€" died 23 February 1996) was a
Danish singer and actress who participated in the 1965 Eurovision Song
Contest.Brüel's professional career began in 1950 when she joined the
Max Brüel Quartet as a jazz singer, and began training at the Danish
Royal drama school. She married Brüel in 1951 and gave birth to twin
daughters the following year (she also had one daughter from her first
marriage, which had ended in divorce in 1949). During the 1950s she
became well known as a theatre and screen actress, and between 1961
and 1966 she sang with the Danish Radio Jazz Group.In 1965, Brüel
entered the Danish Eurovision selection, Dansk Melodi Grand Prix,
which she won with the song "For din skyld" ("For Your Sake"). She
represented Denmark at the tenth Eurovision Song Contest, held on 20
March in Naples, where "For dyn skyld" finished in seventh place of
the 18 entries. Oddly, the song was voted for by only two other
countries, Sweden and Luxembourg, but both had awarded the maximum
five points, giving it a relatively high placing.
Danish singer and actress who participated in the 1965 Eurovision Song
Contest.Brüel's professional career began in 1950 when she joined the
Max Brüel Quartet as a jazz singer, and began training at the Danish
Royal drama school. She married Brüel in 1951 and gave birth to twin
daughters the following year (she also had one daughter from her first
marriage, which had ended in divorce in 1949). During the 1950s she
became well known as a theatre and screen actress, and between 1961
and 1966 she sang with the Danish Radio Jazz Group.In 1965, Brüel
entered the Danish Eurovision selection, Dansk Melodi Grand Prix,
which she won with the song "For din skyld" ("For Your Sake"). She
represented Denmark at the tenth Eurovision Song Contest, held on 20
March in Naples, where "For dyn skyld" finished in seventh place of
the 18 entries. Oddly, the song was voted for by only two other
countries, Sweden and Luxembourg, but both had awarded the maximum
five points, giving it a relatively high placing.
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