Eurovision Dance Festival 1

The Eurovision Dance Festival 1 will be the first edition of the Eurovision Dance Festival. It will take place in the Laugardalshöll in Reykjavík, Iceland. This will be the first time the contest will take place in Iceland. The contest is expected to consist of one semi-final on 7 September and the final on 7 September 2018.
On the 31st of August, the EBO confirmed that a total of 16 countries will be present in the first edition of the Eurovision Dance Festival.
==Location==
On 31 August 2018, the EBO confirmed that two countries were interested in hosting the first edition of the Eurovision Dance Festival. The host city will be announced on the 1st of September 2018. The head of the contest, Ania Kovalenko, announced that the host city announcement will take place on 18:00 CET.
All countries were allowed to submit as many cities as they wanted for hosting the contest. The broadcasters had to announce the city, the venue and the capacity for the show. In the end, two cities were submitted to host the contest from two different countries. The following cities are in the race to host the contest:
 Host venue
 Shortlisted
City 	Venue 	Capacity	Notes
Reykjavík †	Laugardalshöll	11,000 	
Prague ‡ 	O2 Arena 	18,000 	
===Venue===
Laugardalshöll is an indoor sporting arena located in Reykjavík, Iceland. The capacity of the arena is 5,500 people. It hosts various sporting events, such as handball, basketball, volleyball and athletics, as well as for other events. Aside from sporting events, it is the largest concert venue in Iceland, with a maximum capacity of 11,000. Aside from sports and music events, it serves as a general purpose hall for all manner of events.
====Events====
Perhaps the most prominent event to be held at Laugardalshöll was the World Chess Championship 1972, often dubbed the "Match of the Century", in which American challenger Bobby Fischer defeated the Russia champion Boris Spassky. The movie Bobby Fischer Against the World (2011) features scenes from Laugardalshöll. The arena which hosted the 1995 World Men's Handball Championship and many matches of the Iceland national handball team, one of the most successful sports of the country.
On November 6, 2010, the "National Assembly", the first step of a constitutional reform process, was held here. It gathered 1000 citizens, randomly picked in the national register. It produced a document listing the main principles of the island nation. From 2007 to 2011, it also hosted CCP Games' EVE Online annual 'Fanfest'. Every year since 2016, the arena has held the finals of Söngvakeppnin, the Icelandic preliminary round for the Eurovision Song Contest.
==Format==
In total 16 countries take part, each performing one dance. After that, the jury decides which eight countries advance to the final. In the final, only the top 3 is being announced. The preliminary round is a round for small states, who do not yet have the right to perform in other EBO festivals, such as the Eurovision Song Festival and the Junior Eurovision Song Festival, or for states who do not want to join those bigger festivals jet. The preliminary can be joined by any country not wanting to spend full costs on the contest. Only one of those countries advances to the semi-final.
==Participating countries==
Participating countries had until 24 August 2018 to submit their applications for participation in the contest. The EBO announced on 31 August that 16 countries would participate in the contest.
All countries debuted in the contest.
==Results==
===Preliminary round===
Six countries participated in the preliminary round. The highlighted country qualified for the final.
Draw	Country 	Participant 	Dance 	Choreographer 	Result
01 	Liechtenstein	Andy Kainz 	"Samba" 	Arco Renz 	Failed to qualify
02 	Andorra 	Nieto 	"Els arbres d'Andorra"	Abraham Martinez	Failed to qualify
03 	Luxembourg 	Oliver Seefeldt	"Inseparable" 	Arco Renz 	Failed to qualify
04 	Kosovo 	Tringa Hysa 	"Shtëpi në zjarr" 	Tringa Hysa 	Qualified
05 	Cyprus 	Joánna Avraám 	"Life" 	Joánna Avraám 	Failed to qualify
06 	Monaco 	Cynthia Akanga 	"Les enfants" 	Cynthia Akanga 	Failed to qualify
===Semi-Final===
Sixteen countries participated in the semi-final. The highlighted countries qualified for the final.
Draw	Country 	Participant 	Dance 	Choreographer 	Result
01 	Netherlands 	Thijs Hogenboom 	"The Dutch birds" 	Anouk van Dijk 	Qualified
02 	Ukraine 	Nikita Vasylenko 	"Batkivshchyna" 	Anatoly Sachivko 	Qualified
03 	Russia 	Tatiana Navka 	"Unconditionally" 	Yuliana Malkhasyants	Failed to qualify
04 	Bulgaria 	Juri Kurakin 	"How about us?" 	Mila Iskrenova 	Qualified
05 	Kosovo 	Tringa Hysa 	"Shtëpi në zjarr" 	Tringa Hysa 	Qualified
06 	Sweden 	Christoffer Collins	"On my mind" 	Sigge Modigh 	Qualified
07 	Poland 	Paulina Bidzińska 	"Urocza symfonia" 	Jacek Przybyłowicz 	Qualified
08 	Iceland 	Hanna Rún Óladóttir	"Night" 	Hanna Rún Óladóttir 	Failed to qualify
09 	Belgium 	Marjorie Lenain 	"Un peu de paix" 	Marjorie Lenain 	Failed to qualify
10 	Germany 	Danila Kapustin 	"The car" 	Goyo Montero 	Failed to qualify
11 	United Kingdom	Louisa Lytton 	"On the way up" 	Louisa Lytton 	Failed to qualify
12 	Moldova 	Domnica Cemortan 	"Elementele" 	Igor Munteanu 	Failed to qualify
13 	Azerbaijan 	Anna Sazhina 	"Land of my heart"	Polad Bülbüloğlu 	Qualified
14 	Serbia 	Ivana Sert 	"San" 	Milorad Mišković 	Qualified
15 	Spain 	Amagoya Benlloch 	"Fuego" 	Amagoya Benlloch 	Failed to qualify
16 	Belarus 	Yulia Raskina 	"Water of life" 	Denis Moryasin 	Failed to qualify
===Final===
Draw	Country 	Participant 	Dance 	Choreographer 	Result
01 	Sweden 	Christoffer Collins	"On my mind" 	Sigge Modigh 	1
02 	Azerbaijan 	Anna Sazhina 	"Land of my heart"	Polad Bülbüloğlu 	3
03 	Kosovo 	Tringa Hysa 	"Shtëpi në zjarr" 	Tringa Hysa 	2
04 	Serbia 	Ivana Sert 	"San" 	Milorad Mišković 	-
05 	Ukraine 	Nikita Vasylenko 	"Batkivshchyna" 	Anatoly Sachivko 	-
06 	Poland 	Paulina Bidzińska 	"Urocza symfonia" 	Jacek Przybyłowicz	-
07 	Netherlands	Thijs Hogenboom 	"The Dutch birds" 	Anouk van Dijk 	-
08 	Bulgaria 	Juri Kurakin 	"How about us?" 	Mila Iskrenova 	-