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. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Claudia Anne I. Winkleman [1] (born 15 January 1972) is an English TV presenter and journalist. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation, which is usually known as the BBC, is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world in terms of audience numbers, employing 26,000 staff in the United Kingdom alone and with a budget of more than GB£4 billion. ... BBC Television Centre (sometimes abbreviated TVC or TC) in London is home to much of the BBCs television output and, since 1998, almost all of the corporations national TV and radio news output by BBC News. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Finland. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Switzerland. ... Enrique Miguel Iglesias Preysler (IPA pronunciation: [1]) (born May 8, 1975, in Madrid, Spain) is a Grammy Award and Latin Grammy Award-winning Miami-based singer and is of Asian and European ancestry. ... 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 and the silhouette of a dancing couple in front of a star that contains the flag of the host country, the United Kingdom. ... The European Broadcasting Union (EBU; French: , and unrelated to the European Union) was formed on 12 February 1950 by 23 broadcasting organisations from Europe and the Mediterranean at a conference in the coastal resort of Torquay in Devon, England. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation, which is usually known as the BBC, is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world in terms of audience numbers, employing 26,000 staff in the United Kingdom alone and with a budget of more than GB£4 billion. ... is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ...

The winner was Finland who received a total of 132 points.

Production

The contest was hosted by the BBC,^[3] 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 – Bafta-nominated in 2007 for its cricket coverage for the UK's five television network^[4] – with help from the International DanceSport Federation and in association with the European Broadcasting Union. The British Broadcasting Corporation, which is usually known as the BBC, is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world in terms of audience numbers, employing 26,000 staff in the United Kingdom alone and with a budget of more than GB£4 billion. ... Strictly Come Dancing is a British television show, shown on BBC One based on ballroom dancing. ... Sunset + Vine are an independent production company based in the UK which specialises in sports programmes. ... BAFTA Award The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), is a British organisation that hosts annual awards shows for film, television, childrens film and television, and interactive media. ... Five, launched in 1997, is the fifth and final national terrestrial analogue television channel to launch in the United Kingdom. ... International DanceSport Federation (IDSF) (formerly ICAD) was founded in 1957. ... The European Broadcasting Union (EBU; French: , and unrelated to the European Union) was formed on 12 February 1950 by 23 broadcasting organisations from Europe and the Mediterranean at a conference in the coastal resort of Torquay in Devon, England. ...

Comedian Graham Norton and Claudia Winkleman presented the 2007 contest from the BBC Television Centre in London. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Claudia Anne I. Winkleman [1] (born 15 January 1972) is an English TV presenter and journalist. ... BBC Television Centre (sometimes abbreviated TVC or TC) in London is home to much of the BBCs television output and, since 1998, almost all of the corporations national TV and radio news output by BBC News. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ...

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. UK commentators were Len Goodman and Bruno Tonioli. The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Broadcasting is the distribution of audio and/or video signals which transmit programs to an audience. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Len Goodman is a professional dance judge who also teaches ballroom and Latin dancing at the school he runs in Dartford, Kent, UK. Born in Bethnal Green in April 1944, he started dancing around the age of 20 after a short time as an engineering apprentice. ... Bruno Tonioli is a dancer and professional choreographer who is best known as a judge on the television series Dancing with the Stars. ...

Participants

The Croatian broadcaster HRT had expressed an interest in taking part, but pulled out due to costs and scheduling problems. ^{[citation needed]} Image File history File links Flag_of_Switzerland. ... Denise Biellmann (born December 11, 1962) - three-time national Swiss figure skating champion, known for her Biellmann spin. ... Paso Doble is a lively Spanish style of dance in duple meter that was developed in France. ... Wikibooks has more about this subject: Swing Dancing The term swing dance is commonly used to refer either to a group of dances developing in response to swing music in the 1920s, 30s and 40s, or to lindy hop, a popular partner dance today. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Russia. ... It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles accessible from a disambiguation page. ... Paso Doble is a lively Spanish style of dance in duple meter that was developed in France. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Netherlands. ... For the dance, see Cha-cha-cha (dance). ... It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles accessible from a disambiguation page. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Camilla Dallerup (born 1974 in Aalborg), is a British based Danish ballroom dancer. ... Brendan Cole (born in Christchurch, New Zealand) is a ballroom dancer specialising in Latin American dancing. ... It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles accessible from a disambiguation page. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Austria. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Paso Doble is a lively Spanish style of dance in duple meter that was developed in France. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... Samba in the rain, Helsinki, Finland Samba is a lively, rhythmical dance of Brazilian origin in 2/4 time danced under the Samba music. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Greece. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Sirtaki or syrtaki (συρτάκι) is a popular dance of Greek origin, created in 1964 for the movie Zorba the Greek. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Lithuania. ... Paso Doble is a lively Spanish style of dance in duple meter that was developed in France. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Spain. ... For the dance, see Cha-cha-cha (dance). ... Paso Doble is a lively Spanish style of dance in duple meter that was developed in France. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ireland. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Fandangos is a style of flamenco music and dance, probably derived from the jota[]. Philologists link it to the ancient Roman erotic dance known as the cordax (called iconici motus by the poet Horace and the playwright Plautus). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Poland. ... Katarzyna Cichopek (born October 7, 1982 in Warsaw, Poland) is a Polish actress. ... For the dance, see Cha-cha-cha (dance). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Denmark. ... It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles accessible from a disambiguation page. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Portugal. ... Sónia Araújo is a tv hostess, born in Portugal (1970-11-24). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... A couple dances Argentine Tango. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ukraine. ... Quickstep is an International Style ballroom dance that follows a 2/4 or 4/4 time beat, similar to a fast Foxtrot. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Sweden. ... Martin Lidberg is a swedish wrestler who has competed in the Olypic games in Athens. ... Paso Doble is a lively Spanish style of dance in duple meter that was developed in France. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Finland. ... Jussi Väänänen is a competitive dancer who won the Eurovision Dance Contest in 2007 with his partner Katja Koukkula. ... It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles accessible from a disambiguation page. ... Paso Doble is a lively Spanish style of dance in duple meter that was developed in France. ... Croatian Radiotelevision or Hrvatska radiotelevizija (HRT) is the Croatian public broadcasting company. ...

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.^[6]

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.^[7] In mid-2007, a series of forest fires burnt in Greece, especially in the Peloponnese, with 66 confirmed casualties since August 24. ... ERT can stand for: European Round Table of Industrialists, an influential European interest group Estrogen Replacement Therapy — see Hormone Replacement Therapy Electrical resistivity tomography, a geophysical imaging technique Elliniki Radiophonia Tileorassi, the Greek State Television Network Emergency Response Team, a SWAT-like branch of the RCMP Earth-received time, a...

Scoreboard

The following 16 countries took part, listed together with the broadcasters involved,^[8][9][10] the dancers representing the country and the dances they performed. Image File history File links WikiNews-Logo. ... Wikinews is a free-content news source and a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. ... Note: broadcasting is also the old term for hand sowing. ...

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Map

     Participating countries

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Trivia

The Last Waltz

The UK's Dallerup and Cole's performance would be their last. After nine years as partners on and off the dance floor, they had split up amid tensions during 2004's first series of Strictly Come Dancing. They were reforming their dancing partnership for one last turn round the floor at the contest, the BBC's press office said on 4 July.[1] 'Invited to represent the nation in the new Eurovision Dance Contest, Brendan and Camilla will have to sweep aside their angst and hot-step around a ballroom for their last dance,' the corporation's press office added. It expected 'a sensational performance with passion, zeal and real life tension as the couple let the sequins fly'. In the Contest itself, they only managed to pick up 18 points for the United Kingdom; four countries voted for them, Denmark, Greece, Ireland and Lithuania. Denmark gave 3 points, Greece 3, Ireland 7 and Lithuania 5. Strictly Come Dancing is a British television show, shown on BBC One based on ballroom dancing. ...

References

External links

• Official Eurovision Dance Contest website
• EBU Press Release
• International DanceSport Federation official website
• Splash Media's website
• Sunset+Vine's website
• ESCKaz pages on Dance Contest (English/Russian)
• YouTube video on Jussi Väänänen's and Katja Koukkula's winning dance