Eurovision Dance Contest
former annual dance competition organised by Eurovision From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Eurovision Dance Contest was an international ballroom dancing competition which was organised by the European Broadcasting Union and the World DanceSport Federation.
Entered at least once
Never entered, although was eligible to do so
Entry intended or initially expressed
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
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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
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