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

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

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

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

## 2008 Contest

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

|<abbr>R/O</abbr>|Country|Competing dancers|Dance styles|Points|Place|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Sweden|Danny Saucedo and Jeanette Carlsson|Cha-Cha-Cha|38|12th||
|Austria|Dorian Steidl and Nicole Kuntner|Slowfox/Jive/Hip-Hop|29|13th||
|Denmark|Patrick Spiegelberg and Katja Svensson|Samba/Tango/Paso Doble/Jazz Dance|102|6th||
|Azerbaijan|Eldar Dzhafarov and Anna Sazhina|Paso Doble/Rumba/Tango/Azeri Folk Dance|106|5th||
|Ireland|Gavin Ó Fearraigh and Dearbhla Lennon|Paso Doble/Rumba/Hard Shoe Irish Dance|40|11th||
|Finland|Maria Lund and Mikko Ahti|Tango|44|10th||
|Netherlands|Thomas Berge and Roemjana De Haan|Rumba/Show Dance|1|14th||
|Lithuania|Karina Krysko and Saulius Skambinas|Rumba/Cha-Cha/Acrobatic Elements|110|4th||
|United Kingdom|Louisa Lytton and Vincent Simone|Paso Doble/Jive/Tango|47|9th||
|Russia|Tatiana Navka and Alexander Litvinenko|Cha-Cha/Samba/Rumba/Paso Doble/Russian Folk Dance|121|2nd||
|Greece|Jason Roditis and Tonia Kosovich|Latin dances|72|7th||
|Portugal|Raquel Tavares and João Tiago|Rumba/Tango|61|8th||
|Poland|Edyta Herbuś and Marcin Mroczek|Rumba/Cha-Cha/Jazz Dance|154|1st||
|Ukraine|Lilia Podkopayeva and Sergey Kostetskiy|Jive/Ukrainian Folk Dance/Rock'n'Roll|119|3rd||