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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.

Eurovision Dance Contest 2007
Dates
Final1 September 2007
Host
VenueBBC Television Centre,[1] London, United Kingdom
Presenter(s)Graham Norton
Claudia Winkleman[1]
Directed byNikki Parsons
Executive supervisorTal Barnea
Executive producer
  • Jane Lush
  • Fenia Vardanis
Host broadcasterBritish Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Interval actEnrique Iglesias performing a medley of "Tired of Being Sorry" and "Do You Know? (The Ping Pong Song)"
Participants
Number of entries16
Debuting countries
  •  Austria
  •  Denmark
  •  Finland
  •  Germany
  •  Greece
  •  Ireland
  •  Lithuania
  •  Netherlands
  •  Poland
  •  Portugal
  •  Russia
  •  Spain
  •  Sweden
  •  Switzerland
  •  Ukraine
  •  United Kingdom
Participation map
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         Participating countries
Vote
Voting systemEach country awards 1–8, 10, and 12 points to their 10 favourite acts.
Nul points in final Switzerland
Winning dancers Finland
Katja Koukkula and Jussi Väänänen
Eurovision Dance Contest 2008

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.

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

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.[2]


Format



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.[3]


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.


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.[4]

The contest was broadcast in English and French languages, although France did not take part.[5] Each broadcaster also had the option of providing its own commentators at the event.


Participants


The Croatian broadcaster HRT had expressed an interest in taking part,[6] but pulled out due to costs and scheduling problems.[citation needed]

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.[7]

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.

Draw Country Dancers[8] Dance Styles[8] Place[9] Points[9]
Dance 1 Dance 2
01  SwitzerlandDenise Biellmann and Sven NinnemannPaso DobleSwing160
02  RussiaMariya Sittel and Vladislav BorodinovRumbaPaso Doble772
03  NetherlandsAlexandra Matteman and Redmond ValkCha-Cha-ChaRumba1234
04  United KingdomCamilla Dallerup and Brendan ColeRumbaFreestyle1518
05  AustriaKelly and Andy KainzJivePaso Doble574
06  GermanyWolke Hegenbarth and Oliver SeefeldtSamba danceFreestyle859
07  GreeceOurania Kolliou and Spiros PavlidisJiveSirtaki1331
08  LithuaniaGabrielė Valiukaitė and Gintaras SvistunavičiusPaso DobleTraditional Lithuanian Folk Dance1135
09  SpainAmagoya Benlloch and Abraham MartinezCha-Cha-ChaPaso Doble1038
10  IrelandNicola Byrne and Mick DoneganJiveFandango395
11  PolandKatarzyna Cichopek and Marcin HakielCha-Cha-ChaShowdance484
12  DenmarkMette Skou Elkjær and David JørgensenRumbaShowdance938
13  PortugalSónia Araújo and Ricardo SilvaJiveTango674
14  UkraineYulia Okropiridze and Illya SydorenkoQuickstepShowdance2121
15  SwedenCecilia Ehrling and Martin LidbergPaso DobleDisco Fusion1423
16  FinlandKatja Koukkula and Jussi VäänänenRumbaPaso Doble1132

Scoreboard


The following 16 countries took part,[5][10] and received the scores shown below.

Voting results[11]
Voting procedure used:
  100% televoting
  100% jury vote
Total score
Switzerland
Russia
Netherlands
United Kingdom
Austria
Germany
Greece
Lithuania
Spain
Ireland
Poland
Denmark
Portugal
Ukraine
Sweden
Finland
Contestants
Switzerland 0
Russia 72 31037645481210
Netherlands 34 5721233
United Kingdom 18 3573
Austria 74 7352102334685547
Germany 59 105610757612
Greece 31 24154542121
Lithuania 35 1641211631
Spain 38 62271245
Ireland 95 110786318510123876
Poland 84 4847812161041010
Denmark 38 1167234284
Portugal 74 126832882122362
Ukraine 121 312101256512861267512
Sweden 23 11758
Finland 132 87124124101010881010712

12 points


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

N. Contestant Nation(s) giving 12 points
5  Ukraine Finland,  Lithuania,  Poland,  Russia,  United Kingdom
3  Finland Austria,  Netherlands,  Sweden
2  Portugal Spain,  Switzerland
1  Ireland Denmark
 Lithuania Ireland
 Netherlands Greece
 Poland Germany
 Russia Ukraine
 Spain Portugal

Spokespersons


The order in which each country announced their votes was done in order of performance. The spokespersons are shown alongside each country.[8][7]

  1.  Switzerland  Cécile Bähler [de]
  2.  Russia  Like Kremer [ru]
  3.  Netherlands  Marcus van Teijlingen
  4.  United Kingdom  Kirsty Gallacher
  5.  Austria  Peter L. Eppinger [de]
  6.  Germany  Alice and Ellen Kessler
  7.  Greece  George Amyras
  8.  Lithuania  Lavija Šurnaitė-Kairienė [lt]
  9.  Spain  Jesús Álvarez Cervantes [es]
  10.  Ireland  Pamela Flood
  11.  Poland  Ewelina Kopic [pl]
  12.  Denmark  Louise Wolff [dk]
  13.  Portugal  Marta Leite de Castro [pt]
  14.  Ukraine  Svetoslav Vlokh
  15.  Sweden  Ulrica Bengtsson [sv]
  16.  Finland  Johanna Pirttilahti [fi]


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.[12]

Broadcasters and commentators in participating countries
Country Broadcaster(s) Commentator(s) Ref(s)
 Austria ORF 1 Andi Knoll and Nicole Burns-Hansen [8][13]
 Denmark DR1 Sisse Fisker and Claus Larsen [8][14]
 Finland Yle TV2 Sirpa Suutari-Jääskö and Jaana Pelkonen [8][15]
 Germany Das Erste Peter Urban and Markus Sonyi [8][16][better source needed]
 Greece NET, ERT World (delayed) Maria Kozakou and Iordanis Pavlidis [8]
 Ireland RTÉ One Marty Whelan and Michelle Alonzi [8][17]
 Lithuania LRT1 Beata Nicholson and Virginijus Visockas [8][18]
 Netherlands Nederland 1 Lucille Werner and Cor van de Stroet [nl] [8][19]
 Poland TVP2 Artur Orzech and Zbigniew St. Zasada [8][16]
 Portugal RTP1, RTP Internacional, RTP África Isabel Angelino, Alberto Rodrigues and Marco de Camillis [8][20]
 Russia Russia-1, RTR-Planeta Anastasia Zavorotnyuk and Stanislav Popov [8]
 Spain TVE1, TVE Internacional Beatriz Pécker and Joana Subirana [8][21]
 Sweden TV4 David Hellenius and Tony Irving [8][22]
 Switzerland SF 1 German: Sascha Ruefer and Cécile Bähler [de] [8]
TSI 1 Italian: Sandy Altermatt and Ruggero Sindico
 Ukraine Pershyi Natsionalnyi Timur Miroshnychenko and Oleksandra Myshko [8][23]
 United Kingdom BBC One Len Goodman and Bruno Tonioli [8][24]
Broadcasters and commentators in non-participating countries
Country Broadcaster(s) Commentator(s) Ref(s)
 Albania RTSH Leon Menkshi
 Armenia ARMTV Felix Khacatryan and Hrachuhi Utmazyan
 Belarus BTRC Dmitry Karas and Vladimir Parakhnevich [16]
 Bosnia and Herzegovina BHRT Dejan Kukrić [16]
 Cyprus CyBC 1 Melina Karageorgiou
 Iceland RÚV (40 minutes delay) Eva Maria Jonsdottir [16]
 Israel Channel 1 No commentary
 Macedonia MKRTV Milanka Rašić

Viewing figures


Estimated viewership by country (in millions)
Country Viewership (in millions) Ref(s)
 Austria 0.68 [16]
 Denmark 0.51 [16]
 Finland 0.38 [16]
 Germany 3.1 [16]
 Ireland 0.36 [16]
 Israel 0.08 [16]
 Lithuania ~0.65 [16]
 Netherlands 0.76 [16]
 Poland 4 [16]
 Portugal 1.4 [16]
 Russia ~2.4 [16]
 Spain 2.2 [16]
 Sweden 1.4 [16]
 Switzerland 0.35 (SRF 1) [16]
~0.02 (TSI 1)
 Ukraine ~0.3 [16]
 United Kingdom 3.8 [16]
Total ~23 [16]

See also



References


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  7. Viniker, Barry (30 August 2007). "EDC voting spokespersons announced". ESCToday.com. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
  8. "Participants of the Eurovision Song Contest 2007". eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 13 October 2007. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
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  11. "Results of the Eurovision Song Contest 2007". eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 13 October 2007. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
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  14. "Melodi Grand Prix har fået en dansepartner". DR. 9 August 2007. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
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  17. "EUROVISION DANCE CONTEST 2007 ***New*** | RTÉ Presspack". presspack.rte.ie. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
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