winner, 2013
Emmelie de Forest
Emmelie de Forest represented Denmark at Eurovision 2013 in Malmö with “Only Teardrops”, and won.
- who
- Danish singer
- born
- 28 February 1993, Randers, Denmark
- contest
- 2013
- win
- 2013
- music
- pop, folk, traditional folk
- active
- since 2012
- record labels
- Universal Music Group, Cosmos Music Group
- sang for
- Denmark
Biography
Emmelie de Forest is a Danish-Swedish singer and songwriter who won the 2013 contest in Malmö for Denmark with “Only Teardrops”. It was Denmark’s third win.
Written by ESC Predictions, 8 October 2026. Sources: Wikipedia, “Emmelie de Forest”.
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At Eurovision
One song, and what became of it.
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2013 Malmö
“Only Teardrops”
Winner Won the contest with 281 points, ahead of 25 other songs.
- Sung in
- English
- Written by
- Lise Cabble, Julia Fabrin Jakobsen, Thomas Stengaard
- Running order
- 18th of 26 in the final
- Semi-final
- 1st of 16, 167 points
- Age on the night
- 20
Play: Emmelie de Forest — “Only Teardrops”, the winning performance at Eurovision 2013 hear it YouTube the contest’s channel Spotify search Apple Music search
The story of Eurovision 2013: One host, no draw, and votes for sale
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In our contest stories
What we wrote about Emmelie de Forest, year by year. Follow a link for the rest of that night.
- 2013 The result
Denmark's Emmelie de Forest won with "Only Teardrops", on 281 points, 47 ahead of Azerbaijan. Ukraine was third.
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