26 January - Emmelie de Forest is selected to represent Denmark at the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest with her song "Only Teardrops". She is selected to be the forty-first Danish Eurovision entry during Dansk Melodi Grand Prix held at the Jyske Bank Boxen in Herning.
22 March - Chresten Falck Damborg wins the sixth season of X Factor.
16 May - Bjørn Clausen wins the fifth season of Big Brother.
18 May - Denmark wins the 58th Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö, Sweden. The winning song is "Only Teardrops", performed by Emmelie de Forest.