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Eurovision Dance Contest 2007

International dance competition

Eurovision Dance Contest 2007
Summary

International dance competition

FieldValue
nameEurovision Dance Contest
year2007
logoEurovision Dance Contest 2007 logo.png
final1 September 2007
presentersGraham Norton
Claudia Winkleman
exsupervisorTal Barnea
exproducer
directorNikki Parsons
organiserEuropean Broadcasting Union (EBU)
hostBritish Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
venueBBC Television Centre
London, United Kingdom
windanceFinland
Katja Koukkula and Jussi Väänänen
voteEach country awards 1–8, 10, and 12 points to their 10 favourite acts.
entries16
debut
GreenY

Claudia Winkleman London, United Kingdom Katja Koukkula and Jussi Väänänen The Eurovision Dance Contest 2007 was the inaugural edition of the Eurovision Dance Contest, a dance competition co-production between the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster 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. Professional dance couples were allowed to enter the competition. Comedian Graham Norton and Claudia Winkleman presented the 2007 contest from the BBC Television Centre in London. Enrique Iglesias performed a medley of "Tired of Being Sorry" and "Do You Know? (The Ping Pong Song)" during the interval.

The first ever winners of the contest were Katja Koukkula and Jussi Väänänen of Finland who received a total of 132 points. 2nd place went to Ukraine, 3rd to Ireland, 4th to Poland and 5th place to Austria following a tie with Portugal, who also received 74 points.

Location

BBC Television Centre, London - host venue of the 2007 contest.

Alongside the announcement as host broadcaster, the host city, venue and presenters for the contest were announced by the BBC on 13 April 2007.

The host venue was the BBC Television Centre, White City, London, which opened in 1960. It is one of the most readily recognisable facilities of its type having appeared as the backdrop for many BBC programmes. It remained to be one of the largest such facilities in the world until it closed in March 2013. In September 2017, BBC Studioworks re-opened the three studios at Television Centre, alongside a range of post-production facilities and ancillary areas.

Television Centre previously hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 1963 after , which won the year before, declined to host it due to financial shortcomings, also having hosted the competition in  and . The last time the United Kingdom hosted one of the Eurovision's network Family of Events was the Eurovision Young Dancers 2001, which was also held in London.

Format

Host broadcaster

The contest was hosted by the BBC, 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.

The contest was broadcast in English and French languages, although France did not take part. Each broadcaster also had the option of providing its own commentators at the event.

Visual design

The logo of 2007 Contest features the word Eurovision written in the same way as it is on the Eurovision Song Contest logos without the heart but included the silhouette of a dancing couple in front of a star that contains the flag of the host country, the United Kingdom.

Running order

The running order for the 16 participants was announced on 6 August 2007 and had been determined in two steps. In the first round, the participating countries were drawn into groups, under supervision of an auditor. In the second round, the producers of the contest determined the final running order within the drawn groups to assure variety in the live show.

Interval act

[[Enrique Iglesias]] performed as the interval act.

Singer Enrique Iglesias, son of Julio Iglesias, performed a medley of "Tired of Being Sorry" and "Do You Know? (The Ping Pong Song)" as the interval act. The performance was pre-recorded before the live show.

Participants

On 18 January 2007, the EBU officially announced the creation of this new dance contest. At the time, fourteen countries had already expressed their interest in taking part, with a production meeting taking place the day before in London. On 13 April, BBC News Online incorrectly reported that thirteen countries would compete in the upcoming inaugural contest that autumn; these being Austria, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine and United Kingdom. Greece, Lithuania and Poland were not included in the list despite being confirmed as participants. The Croatian broadcaster HRT was one of the 14 countries that had initially expressed an interest in taking part (alongside Ukraine), but pulled out due to costs and scheduling problems.

Due to the forest fires in Greece, the Greek national broadcaster ERT did not air the show live and therefore used a back-up jury instead of televoting.

Austria and Portugal both finished with the same number of points, however, Austria received points from every other participating nation thus receiving points from more countries than Portugal, hence Austria took 5th place.

R/OCountryDancersDance StylesPlacePointsDance 1Dance 201020304050607080910111213141516
SwitzerlandDenise Biellmann andPaso DobleSwing160
RussiaMariya Sittel and Vladislav BorodinovRumbaPaso Doble772
NetherlandsAlexandra Matteman and Redmond ValkCha-Cha-ChaRumba1234
United KingdomCamilla Dallerup and Brendan ColeRumbaFreestyle1518
AustriaandJivePaso Doble574
GermanyWolke Hegenbarth andSamba danceFreestyle859
GreeceOurania Kolliou and Spiros PavlidisJiveSirtaki1331
LithuaniaGabrielė Valiukaitė and Gintaras SvistunavičiusPaso DobleTraditional Lithuanian Folk Dance1135
SpainAmagoya Benlloch and Abraham MartinezCha-Cha-ChaPaso Doble1038
IrelandNicola Byrne and Mick DoneganJiveFandango395
PolandKatarzyna Cichopek andCha-Cha-ChaShowdance484
DenmarkMette Skou Elkjær and David JørgensenRumbaShowdance938
PortugalSónia Araújo and Ricardo SilvaJiveTango674
UkraineYulia Okropiridze and Illya SydorenkoQuickstepShowdance2121
SwedenCecilia Ehrling and Martin LidbergPaso DobleDisco Fusion1423
FinlandKatja Koukkula and Jussi VäänänenRumbaPaso Doble1132

Scoreboard

The following 16 countries took part, and received the scores shown below.

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Voting procedure used:
Switzerland0
Russia7231037645481210
Netherlands3457212233
United Kingdom183573
Austria747352102334685547
Germany59105610757612
Greece3124154542121
Lithuania351641211631
Spain3862271245
Ireland95110786318510123876
Poland844847812161041010
Denmark381167234284
Portugal74126832882122362
Ukraine121312101256512861267512
Sweden23111758
Finland13287124124101010881010712

12 points

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

N.ContestantNation(s) giving 12 points5321
UkraineFinland, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, United Kingdom
FinlandAustria, Netherlands, Sweden
PortugalSpain, Switzerland
IrelandDenmark
LithuaniaIreland
NetherlandsGreece
PolandGermany
RussiaUkraine
SpainPortugal

Spokespersons

The order in which each country announced their votes was done in alphabetical order of each countries. The spokespersons are shown alongside each country.

  1. Austria
  2. Denmark
  3. Finland
  4. GermanyAlice and Ellen Kessler
  5. GreeceGeorge Amyras
  6. IrelandPamela Flood
  7. Lithuania
  8. NetherlandsMarcus van Teijlingen
  9. Poland
  10. Portugal
  11. Russia
  12. Spain
  13. Sweden
  14. Switzerland
  15. UkraineSvetoslav Vlokh
  16. United KingdomKirsty Gallacher

Commentators

Broadcasts

Most countries sent commentators to London or commentated from their own country, in order to add insight to the participants and, if necessary, provide voting information. Among the countries that took part, Albania, Armenia, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cyprus, Iceland, Israel and North Macedonia also broadcast the event without sending representatives.

CountryBroadcaster(s)Commentator(s)Ref(s)AustriaDenmarkFinlandGermanyGreeceIrelandLithuaniaNetherlandsPolandPortugalRussiaSpainSwedenSwitzerlandUkraineUnited Kingdom
ORF 1Andi Knoll and Nicole Burns-Hansenurl=https://wiev1.orf.at/stories/218903title="Dancing Stars" tanzten sich auf Platz fünfpublisher=oesterreich.ORF.atdate=2 September 2007access-date=26 December 2020}}
DR1Sisse Fisker and Claus Larsenurl=https://www.dr.dk/presse/melodi-grand-prix-har-faaet-en-dansepartnertitle=Melodi Grand Prix har fået en dansepartnerdate=August 9, 2007website=DRaccess-date=26 December 2020}}
Yle TV2Sirpa Suutari-Jääskö and Jaana Pelkonenurl=http://yle.fi/uutiset/suomen_edustajat_eurovision_tanssikilpailuun_valittu/5800822title=Suomen edustajat Eurovision tanssikilpailuun valittuwebsite=Yle Uutisetdate=25 August 2007access-date=26 December 2020}}
Das ErstePeter Urban and Markus Sonyiurl=https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/archiv/unterhaltsam-der-eurovision-dance-contest-in-der-ard-geschaelt-und-gehaeutet-li.1233343title=Unterhaltsam: der Eurovision Dance Contest in der ARD: Geschält und gehäutetfirst=Bettinalast=Cosackdate=2 September 2007website=Berliner Zeitunglanguage=deaccess-date=24 December 2023}}
NET, ERT World (delayed)Maria Kozakou and Iordanis Pavlidis
RTÉ OneMarty Whelan and Michelle Alonziurl=https://presspack.rte.ie/2007/09/01/eurovision-dance-contest-2007-new/title=EUROVISION DANCE CONTEST 2007 *New* | RTÉ Presspackwebsite=presspack.rte.ieaccess-date=26 December 2020}}
LRT1and Virginijus Visockasurl=https://www.lrt.lt/mediateka/irasas/95761/eurovizijos-sokiu-konkursas-londonas-jungtine-karalyste-i-dalistitle=Eurovizijos šokių konkursas, Londonas (Jungtinė karalystė), I dalisdate=September 1, 2007website=lrt.ltaccess-date=26 December 2020}}
Nederland 1Lucille Werner andurl=http://www.dansschoolvandestroet.nl/archief.htmtitle=Untitled Documentaccess-date=2011-10-27url-status=deadarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425112939/http://www.dansschoolvandestroet.nl/archief.htmarchive-date=2012-04-25 }}
TVP2Artur Orzech and Zbigniew St. Zasada
RTP1, RTP Internacional, RTP África, Alberto Rodrigues and Marco de Camillisurl=https://www.rtp.pt/programa/tv/p22748title=1.º FESTIVAL EUROVISÃO DA DANÇA 2007 - Entretenimento - RTPfirst=Rádio e Televisão delast=Portugalwebsite=www.rtp.ptaccess-date=26 December 2020}}
Russia-1, RTR-PlanetaAnastasia Zavorotnyuk and Stanislav Popov
TVE1, TVE Internacionaland Joana Subiranaurl=https://elpais.com/diario/2007/09/01/radiotv/1188597603_850215.htmltitle=Londres es hoy la sede del I Festival de Eurovisión del bailefirst=Techulast=Baragañonewspaper=El Paísdate=August 31, 2007via=elpais.comaccess-date=26 December 2020}}
TV4David Hellenius and Tony Irvingurl=https://www.aftonbladet.se/a/xRrB9ltitle=Den sista dansenwebsite=Aftonbladetdate=1 September 2007access-date=28 December 2020}}
SF 1German: and
TSI 1Italian: and Ruggero Sindicolast=Mikheevfirst=Andytitle=Eurovision Dance Contest 2007url=http://esckaz.com/edc/euroweek.htmwork=News Archivespublisher=ESCKaz.comaccess-date=9 June 2013language=en, rudate=1 September 2007}}
Pershyi NatsionalnyiTimur Miroshnychenko and Oleksandra Myshkotitle=Юлія Окропірідзе та Ілля Сидоренко стали другими у Європі!url=http://1tv.com.ua/about/1tvnews/07/09/02/00/54.htmlpublisher=NTUaccess-date=12 June 2013url-status=deadarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071030052749/http://1tv.com.ua/about/1tvnews/07/09/02/00/54.htmlarchive-date=October 30, 2007 }}
BBC OneLen Goodman and Bruno Tonioliurl=http://esctoday.com/9127/eurovision_dance_contest_opens_tuesday/title=Eurovision Dance Contest: Opens Tuesdaypublisher= ESCToday.comdate=August 24, 2007access-date=26 December 2020}}
CountryBroadcaster(s)Commentator(s)Ref(s)AlbaniaArmeniaBelarusBosnia and HerzegovinaCyprusIcelandIsraelMacedonia
RTSHLeon Menkshi
ARMTVFelix Khacatryan and Hrachuhi Utmazyan
BTRCDmitry Karas and Vladimir Parakhnevich
BHT 1Dejan Kukrić
CyBC 1Melina Karageorgiou
RÚV (40 minutes delay)Eva Maria Jonsdottir
Channel 1
MKRTVMilanka Rašić

Viewing figures

CountryViewershipRef(s)AustriaDenmarkFinlandGermanyIrelandIsraelLithuaniaNetherlandsPolandPortugalRussiaSpainSwedenSwitzerlandUkraineUnited KingdomTotal
0.68url=https://esctoday.com/9173/upd-6-_viewing_figures_of_the_first_eurovision_dance_contest/title=UPD-6 Viewing figures of the first Eurovision Dance Contestwebsite=ESCToday.comfirst=Marcuslast=Klierdate=2 September 2007access-date=6 January 2023}}
0.51
0.38
3.1
0.36
0.08
~0.65
0.76
4
1.4
~2.4
2.2
1.4
0.35 (SRF 1)
~0.02 (TSI 1)
~0.3
3.8
~23

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