Eurovision Dance Contest
The Eurovision Dance Contest was an international ballroom dancing competition which was organised by the European Broadcasting Union and the World DanceSport Federation.
Format[change | change source]
Each country had one pair of dancers, each pair performing a dance in which the cultures of the individual countries could be showcased to the rest of Europe. In addition to being judged by a panel of dance experts, European audiences could cast their vote for their favourite couple via telephone or text messaging to determine winner of the competition.
2007 Contest[change | change source]
The Eurovision Dance Contest 2007 was hosted in London, United Kingdom. Each couple performed two 1 minute 30 seconds dances: the first dance was a ballroom or Latin dance while the second was a freestyle dance. The event was hosted by Graham Norton and Claudia Winkleman.
The viewers from each country (except for Greece, who used a jury) were able to vote for their favorite entries. The ten favorite entries from each countries televote were given a set of points, with 12 points going to the most voted entry and 1 point going to the 10th.
Participants[change | change source]
| R/O | Country | Dancers | Dance Styles | Points | Place | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dance 1 | Dance 2 | |||||
| 01 |  Switzerland
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Denise Biellmann and Sven Ninnemann | Paso Doble | Swing | 0 | 16th |
| 02 |  Russia
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Mariya Sittel and Vladislav Borodinov | Rumba | Paso Doble | 72 | 7th |
| 03 |  Netherlands
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Alexandra Matteman and Redmond Valk | Cha-Cha-Cha | Rumba | 34 | 12th |
| 04 |  United Kingdom
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Camilla Dallerup and Brendan Cole | Rumba | Freestyle | 18 | 15th |
| 05 |  Austria
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Kelly and Andy Kainz | Jive | Paso Doble | 74 | 5th |
| 06 |  Germany
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Wolke Hegenbarth and Oliver Seefeldt | Samba | Freestyle | 59 | 8th |
| 07 |  Greece
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Ourania Kolliou and Spiros Pavlidis | Jive | Sirtaki | 31 | 13th |
| 08 |  Lithuania
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Gabrielė Valiukaitė and Gintaras Svistunavičius | Paso Doble | Traditional Lithuanian Folk Dance | 35 | 11th |
| 09 |  Spain
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Amagoya Benlloch and Abraham Martinez | Cha-Cha-Cha | Paso Doble | 38 | 10th |
| 10 |  Ireland
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Nicola Byrne and Mick Donegan | Jive | Fandango | 95 | 3rd |
| 11 |  Poland
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Katarzyna Cichopek and Marcin Hakiel | Cha-Cha-Cha | Showdance | 84 | 4th |
| 12 |  Denmark
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Mette Skou Elkjær and David Jørgensen | Rumba | Showdance | 38 | 9th |
| 13 |  Portugal
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Sónia Araújo and Ricardo Silva | Jive | Tango | 74 | 6th |
| 14 |  Ukraine
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Yulia Okropiridze and Illya Sydorenko | Quickstep | Showdance | 121 | 2nd |
| 15 |  Sweden
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Cecilia Ehrling and Martin Lidberg | Paso Doble | Disco Fusion | 23 | 14th |
| 16 |  Finland
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Katja Koukkula and Jussi Väänänen | Rumba | Paso Doble | 132 | 1st |
2008 Contest[change | change source]
The Eurovision Dance Contest 2008 was held in Glasgow, United Kingdom. Both Graham Norton and Claudia Winkleman returned as the hosts.
All pairs had to include one professional and one celebrity dancer. Only one, 2 minute dance, was performed by each couple. A professional jury was introduced to the competition having approximate weight of 20% of the outcome, while the remaining 80% came from televoting. The jurors consisted of four experts from non-participating countries: Singapore, France, Germany and Slovenia.
Participants[change | change source]
| R/O | Country | Competing dancers | Dance styles | Points | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Sweden
|
Danny Saucedo and Jeanette Carlsson | Cha-Cha-Cha | 38 | 12th |
| 02 | Austria
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Dorian Steidl and Nicole Kuntner | Slowfox/Jive/Hip-Hop | 29 | 13th |
| 03 | Denmark
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Patrick Spiegelberg and Katja Svensson | Samba/Tango/Paso Doble/Jazz Dance | 102 | 6th |
| 04 |  Azerbaijan
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Eldar Dzhafarov and Anna Sazhina | Paso Doble/Rumba/Tango/Azeri Folk Dance | 106 | 5th |
| 05 | Ireland
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Gavin Ó Fearraigh and Dearbhla Lennon | Paso Doble/Rumba/Hard Shoe Irish Dance | 40 | 11th |
| 06 | Finland
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Maria Lund and Mikko Ahti | Tango | 44 | 10th |
| 07 | Netherlands
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Thomas Berge and Roemjana De Haan | Rumba/Show Dance | 1 | 14th |
| 08 | Lithuania
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Karina Krysko and Saulius Skambinas | Rumba/Cha-Cha/Acrobatic Elements | 110 | 4th |
| 09 | United Kingdom
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Louisa Lytton and Vincent Simone | Paso Doble/Jive/Tango | 47 | 9th |
| 10 | Russia
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Tatiana Navka and Alexander Litvinenko | Cha-Cha/Samba/Rumba/Paso Doble/Russian Folk Dance | 121 | 2nd |
| 11 | Greece
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Jason Roditis and Tonia Kosovich | Latin dances | 72 | 7th |
| 12 | Portugal
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Raquel Tavares and João Tiago | Rumba/Tango | 61 | 8th |
| 13 | Poland
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Edyta Herbuś and Marcin Mroczek | Rumba/Cha-Cha/Jazz Dance | 154 | 1st |
| 14 | Ukraine
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Lilia Podkopayeva and Sergey Kostetskiy | Jive/Ukrainian Folk Dance/Rock'n'Roll | 119 | 3rd |