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 
R/OCountryDancersDance StylesPointsPlaceDance 1Dance 201 SwitzerlandDenise Biellmann and Sven NinnemannPaso DobleSwing016th02 RussiaMariya Sittel and Vladislav BorodinovRumbaPaso Doble727th03 NetherlandsAlexandra Matteman and Redmond ValkCha-Cha-ChaRumba3412th04 United KingdomCamilla Dallerup and Brendan ColeRumbaFreestyle1815th05 AustriaKelly and Andy KainzJivePaso Doble745th06 GermanyWolke Hegenbarth and Oliver SeefeldtSambaFreestyle598th07 GreeceOurania Kolliou and Spiros PavlidisJiveSirtaki3113th08 LithuaniaGabrielė Valiukaitė and Gintaras SvistunavičiusPaso DobleTraditional Lithuanian Folk Dance3511th09 SpainAmagoya Benlloch and Abraham MartinezCha-Cha-ChaPaso Doble3810th10 IrelandNicola Byrne and Mick DoneganJiveFandango953rd11 PolandKatarzyna Cichopek and Marcin HakielCha-Cha-ChaShowdance844th12 DenmarkMette Skou Elkjær and David JørgensenRumbaShowdance389th13 PortugalSónia Araújo and Ricardo SilvaJiveTango746th14 UkraineYulia Okropiridze and Illya SydorenkoQuickstepShowdance1212nd15 SwedenCecilia Ehrling and Martin LidbergPaso DobleDisco Fusion2314th16 FinlandKatja Koukkula and Jussi VäänänenRumbaPaso Doble1321st

 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 
R/OCountryCompeting dancersDance stylesPointsPlace01 SwedenDanny Saucedo and Jeanette CarlssonCha-Cha-Cha3812th02 AustriaDorian Steidl and Nicole KuntnerSlowfox/Jive/Hip-Hop2913th03 DenmarkPatrick Spiegelberg and Katja SvenssonSamba/Tango/Paso Doble/Jazz Dance1026th04 AzerbaijanEldar Dzhafarov and Anna SazhinaPaso Doble/Rumba/Tango/Azeri Folk Dance1065th05 IrelandGavin Ó Fearraigh and Dearbhla LennonPaso Doble/Rumba/Hard Shoe Irish Dance4011th06 FinlandMaria Lund and Mikko AhtiTango4410th07 NetherlandsThomas Berge and Roemjana De HaanRumba/Show Dance114th08 LithuaniaKarina Krysko and Saulius SkambinasRumba/Cha-Cha/Acrobatic Elements1104th09 United KingdomLouisa Lytton and Vincent SimonePaso Doble/Jive/Tango479th10 RussiaTatiana Navka and Alexander LitvinenkoCha-Cha/Samba/Rumba/Paso Doble/Russian Folk Dance1212nd11 GreeceJason Roditis and Tonia KosovichLatin dances727th12 PortugalRaquel Tavares and João TiagoRumba/Tango618th13 PolandEdyta Herbuś and Marcin MroczekRumba/Cha-Cha/Jazz Dance1541st14 UkraineLilia Podkopayeva and Sergey KostetskiyJive/Ukrainian Folk Dance/Rock'n'Roll1193rd

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