For the first time ever, the Canadian broadcaster CBC (EBU Associate Member) joined the show with its participant, making it the only Eurovision event to feature a country from North America, as well as the only Eurovision event to feature a Canadian participant before Celine Dion in the Eurovision Song Contest 1988 and the only EBU event to feature an associate member as a participant prior to Australia's debut at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2015. The participant countries could send one or two dancers, male or female, that could not be older than 20. Each entry consisted in one or two dances with no rules or limitations regarding the style. The dances could not be longer than 5 minutes (for soloists) or 10 minutes (for couples).