Eurovision Dance Contest 2007

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Eurovision Dance Contest 2007
Image:Eurovision Dance Contest 2007 logo.png
Final 1 September 2007
Presenter(s) Graham Norton
Claudia Winkleman[1]
Host broadcaster Flag of the United Kingdom BBC
Venue BBC Television Centre,[2]
London, United Kingdom
Winning dancers Flag of Finland Finland
Katja Koukkula & Jussi Väänänen
Voting system
Each country awards 1-8, 10, and 12 points to their 10 favourite acts.
Number of entries 16
Debuting countries See article
Nul points Flag of Switzerland Switzerland
Interval act Enrique Iglesias
Eurovision Dance Contest
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The Eurovision Dance Contest 2007 was the inaugural Eurovision Dance Contest a dance entertainment co-production between the EBU and the BBC. The first ever pan-European dance competition was held on 1 September 2007 in London, United Kingdom with the participation of 16 countries. Viewers cast their votes by telephone and SMS text message voting on each couple's two dances – the first being ballroom or Latin with the second being freestyle, with a "national" flavour.

The winner was Finland who received a total of 132 points.

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[edit] Production

The contest was hosted by the BBC,[3] and was a co-production by Splash Media – run by the developers of its successful Strictly Come Dancing format – and sports production house Sunset + Vine – with help from the International DanceSport Federation and in association with the European Broadcasting Union.

Comedian Graham Norton and Claudia Winkleman presented the 2007 contest from the BBC Television Centre in London.

The contest was broadcast in English and French languages, although France did not take part.[4] Each broadcaster also had the option of providing its own commentators at the event. UK commentators were Len Goodman and Bruno Tonioli.

[edit] Participants

Draw Country Dancers Dance Styles Place Points
1 Flag of Switzerland Switzerland Denise Biellmann & Sven Ninnemann Paso Doble and Swing 16 0
2 Flag of Russia Russia Mariya Sittel & Vladislav Borodinov Rumba and Paso Doble 7 72
3 Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands Alexandra Matteman & Redmond Valk Cha-Cha-Cha and Rumba 12 34
4 Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom Camilla Dallerup & Brendan Cole Rumba and Freestyle 15 18
5 Flag of Austria Austria Kelly & Andy Kainz Jive and Paso Doble 5 74
6 Flag of Germany Germany Wolke Hegenbarth & Oliver Seefeldt Samba dance and Freestyle 8 59
7 Flag of Greece Greece Ourania Kolliou & Spiros Pavlidis Jive and Sirtaki 13 31
8 Flag of Lithuania Lithuania Gabrielė Valiukaitė & Gintaras Svistunavičius Paso Doble and Traditional Lithuanian Folk Dance 11 35
9 Flag of Spain Spain Amagoya Benlloch & Abraham Martinez Cha-Cha-Cha and Paso Doble 9 38
10 Flag of Ireland Ireland Nicola Byrne & Mick Donegan Jive and Fandango 3 95
11 Flag of Poland Poland Katarzyna Cichopek & Marcin Hakiel Cha-Cha-Cha and Showdance 4 84
12 Flag of Denmark Denmark Mette Skou Elkjær & David Jørgensen Rumba and Showdance 10 38
13 Flag of Portugal Portugal Sónia Araújo & Ricardo Silva Jive and Tango 6 74
14 Flag of Ukraine Ukraine Yulia Okropiridze & Illya Sydorenko Quickstep and Showdance 2 121
15 Flag of Sweden Sweden Cecilia Ehrling & Martin Lidberg Paso Doble and Disco Fusion 14 23
16 Flag of Finland Finland Katja Koukkula & Jussi Väänänen Rumba and Paso Doble 1 132

The Croatian broadcaster HRT had expressed an interest in taking part, but pulled out due to costs and scheduling problems.[citation needed]

As well as those countries that took part, Albania, Armenia, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cyprus, Iceland, Israel and FYR Macedonia also broadcast the contest despite not taking part in it, with possibility to join it in 2008.[5]

Due to the forest fires in Greece the Greek national broadcaster ERT did not air the show live and therefore used jury instead of televoting.[6]

[edit] Scoreboard

The following 16 countries took part, listed together with the broadcasters involved,[7][8][9] the dancers representing the country and the dances they performed.

  Voters
Switzerland Russia Netherlands United Kingdom Austria Germany Greece Lithuania Spain Ireland Poland Denmark Portugal Ukraine Sweden Finland
Contestants Switzerland - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Russia - 3 10 3 7 - 6 4 5 4 - 8 12 - 10
Netherlands 5 - - 7 2 12 - - 2 3 - - - - 3
United Kingdom - - - - - 3 5 - 7 - 3 - - - -
Austria 7 3 5 2 10 2 3 3 4 6 8 5 5 4 7
Germany 10 5 6 - 10 - - 7 - 5 7 6 1 2 -
Greece 2 4 1 5 4 5 4 - - 2 1 2 - 1 -
Lithuania - 1 - 6 - - 4 - 12 1 - 1 6 3 1
Spain 6 2 2 - - - 7 - - - - 12 4 - 5
Ireland 1 10 7 8 6 3 1 8 5 10 12 3 8 7 6
Poland 4 8 4 7 8 12 - 1 6 10 4 - 10 10 -
Denmark - - - - 1 1 6 7 2 3 - 4 2 8 4
Portugal 12 6 8 3 2 8 8 2 12 - - 2 3 6 2
Ukraine 3 12 10 12 5 6 5 12 8 6 12 6 7 5 12
Sweden - - - 1 - - - - 1 1 7 5 - - 8
Finland 8 7 12 4 12 4 10 10 10 8 8 10 10 7 12
THE TABLE IS ORDERED BY APPEARANCE

[edit] Map

     Participating countries
     Participating countries

[edit] References

  1. ^ BBC - Press Office - Taking the floor: Eurovision Dance Contest
  2. ^ BBC - Press Office - Taking the floor: Eurovision Dance Contest
  3. ^ BBC - Press Office - The last dance for Camilla and Brendan
  4. ^ EBU.CH :: Eurovision Dance Contest
  5. ^ Eurovision Dance Contest Òàíöåâàëüíîå Åâðîâèäåíèå
  6. ^ http://www.eurovision.tv/addons/dance/news.php#12
  7. ^ BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Eurovision Dance Contest unveiled
  8. ^ EBU.CH :: Eurovision Dance Contest
  9. ^ http://www.eurovision.tv/addons/dance/news.php News on the running order of the contest

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