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Eurovision Dance Contest
Dates
Final1 September 2007
Host
VenueBBC Television Centre,[1]
LondonUnited Kingdom
Presenter(s)Graham Norton
Claudia Winkleman[1]
Host broadcasterUnited Kingdom BBC
Participants
Number of entries16
Debuting countriesSee article
Vote
Voting systemEach country awards 1-8, 10, and 12 points to their 10 favourite acts.
Winning dancers Finland
Katja Koukkula & Jussi Väänänen

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.

Production

The contest was hosted by the BBC,[2] 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.[3] Each broadcaster also had the option of providing its own commentators at the event. UK commentators were Len Goodman and Bruno Tonioli.

Participants

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

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.[5]

Scoreboard

The following 16 countries took part[6][3][7], and received the scores shown below.

  Voters
Switzerland Russia Netherlands United Kingdom Austria Germany Greece Lithuania Spain Ireland Poland Denmark Portugal Ukraine Sweden Finland
Contestants Switzerland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Russia 0 3 10 3 7 0 6 4 5 4 0 8 12 0 10
Netherlands 5 0 0 7 2 12 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 3
United Kingdom 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 0 7 0 3 0 0 0 0
Austria 7 3 5 2 10 2 3 3 4 6 8 5 5 4 7
Germany 10 5 6 0 10 0 0 7 0 5 7 6 1 2 0
Greece 2 4 1 5 4 5 4 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 0
Lithuania 0 1 0 6 0 0 4 0 12 1 0 1 6 3 1
Spain 6 2 2 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 12 4 0 5
Ireland 1 10 7 8 6 3 1 8 5 10 12 3 8 7 6
Poland 4 8 4 7 8 12 0 1 6 10 4 0 10 10 0
Denmark 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 7 2 3 0 4 2 8 4
Portugal 12 6 8 3 2 8 8 2 12 0 0 2 3 6 2
Ukraine 3 12 10 12 5 6 5 12 8 6 12 6 7 5 12
Sweden 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 5 0 0 8
Finland 8 7 12 4 12 4 10 10 10 8 8 10 10 7 12
THE TABLE IS ORDERED BY APPEARANCE

12 points

Below is a summary of all 12 points in the contest:

5 Ukraine Finland, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, United Kingdom
3 Finland Austria, The Netherlands, Sweden
2 Portugal Spain, Switzerland
1 Ireland Denmark
Lithuania Ireland
The Netherlands Greece
Poland Germany
Russia Ukraine
Spain Portugal

References

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