Eurovision Dance Contest 2008

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Eurovision Dance Contest 2008
Eurovision Dance Contest 2008 logo.jpg
Dates
Final6 September 2008
Host
Venue SEC Centre, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Presenter(s)
Directed byNikki Parsons
Executive supervisorTal Barnea
Executive producerAlan Tyler
Host broadcaster BBC Scotland (BBC)
Website www.eurovisiondance.tv OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Participants
Number of entries14
Debuting countriesFlag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan
Returning countriesNone
Non-returning countries
  • Flag of Germany.svg Germany
  • Flag of Spain.svg Spain
  • Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland
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         Participating countries     Countries that participated in the past but not in 2008
Vote
Voting systemEach country awards 1–8, 10, and 12 points to their 10 favourite acts, plus additional panel of experts awards maximum of 48 points to their favourites.
Winning dancersFlag of Poland.svg Poland
Edyta Herbuś and Marcin Mroczek
2007 ←  Eurovision Dance Contest

The Eurovision Dance Contest 2008 was the second and final edition of the Eurovision Dance Contest and was held in Glasgow, Scotland, hosted by the BBC on 6 September. The presenters were, as in the previous edition, Graham Norton and Claudia Winkleman. The contest took place at the SEC Centre. [1]

Contents

The winners of contest were Edyta Herbuś and Marcin Mroczek of Poland who achieved a score of 154 points. 2nd place went to Russia, 3rd place to Ukraine, 4th place to Lithuania and 5th place to Azerbaijan who were participating for the first time.

In a change to the rules, professional couples were no longer eligible to enter the contest. At least one dancer from each couple had to be a local celebrity, not professionally trained to dance. [2] A further change was that each couple only performed once. In 2007 each couple performed a ballroom or Latin routine followed by a freestyle dance incorporating national flavour; in the 2008 contest, the latter freestyle dance continued and this time could include elements of traditional Latin and ballroom. [1] A panel of experts was introduced with an approximate weight of 23% of the total outcome and the rest 77% determined through televoting. The highest possible points from the jury were 48 while the televoting cast a maximum of 156 points. [3] [ better source needed ]

Location

SEC Centre, in Glasgow - host venue of the 2008 contest. Wfm secc front.jpg
SEC Centre, in Glasgow – host venue of the 2008 contest.

The SEC Centre is Scotland's largest exhibition centre, located in the district of Finnieston on the north bank of the River Clyde, Glasgow. The venue's holding company SEC Limited, is 91% owned by Glasgow City Council and 9% owned by private investors. It is probably best known for hosting concerts, particularly in Hall 4 and Hall 3.

Since the opening of the original buildings in 1985, the complex has undergone two major expansions; the first being the SEC Armadillo in 1997, and then the OVO Hydro arena in 2013.

The host city and venue was announced by the BBC on 7 July 2008. [1] The contest was attended by an audience of 2,000. [4]

Format

Rules and participants

According to the 2007 rules Section 2.2 [5] on the official website, all entrants in the Eurovision Dance Contest 2007 agreed to take part in 2008 when signing up for the first contest. However, in June 2008, Switzerland announced their withdrawal from the contest without specifying a reason, [6] while Germany also decided to withdraw from the event later the same month, due to comparatively low ratings for the 2007 contest in the country. [7]

The running order was announced on 8 August. [8] Due to a scheduling clash with the 2010 FIFA World Cup preliminaries, the Spanish broadcaster announced its late withdrawal on 28 August, just days before the contest was scheduled to took place. [9] In July, they held a national selection show Quiero Bailar and named singer Rosa López and dancer Nieto as their representatives in the contest. [10] According to the draw they were supposed to be 15th couple to perform. [8]

As the number of dances was reduced, with each couple performing once instead of twice, new countries were allowed to enter the competition, but the only new country to enter the contest was Azerbaijan. [3]

Opening and interval acts

Celtic rock band Red Hot Chilli Pipers performed as part of the opening act. Koblenz im Buga-Jahr 2011 - Eroffnung Kultursommer Rheinland-Pfalz 1.jpg
Celtic rock band Red Hot Chilli Pipers performed as part of the opening act.

The opening of the show featured Red Hot Chilli Pipers playing a Scottish-flavoured medley of known songs, with all participating couples presented on stage in order of performance. [11] The interval act featured a group dance routine and was followed by soprano Lesley Garrett and the Carousel cast, performing a medley of "June Is Bustin' Out All Over" and "You'll Never Walk Alone" accompanied by the City of Glasgow Chorus. [12]

Controversy

Azerbaijan and Greece announced professional dance couples as their representatives at the Eurovision Dance Contest 2008. According to the regulations of the contest, [5] professional couples were not allowed to take part in the competition. The EBU specified that the couple had to be composed of one professional (defined as a dancer who earns his or her living through dance and dance-related activities), and one non-professional known in a field other than dance. The non-professional was not required to be a celebrity, as long as he or she was known in his field, and it was also not a requirement that the non-professional had no dance experience. [2] Since the representatives for Azerbaijan and Greece both consisted of two professional dancers, however, it is not clear why their entries were considered valid.

Participating countries

R/OCountry [13] Competing dancers [13] Dance styles [13] Place [4] Points [4]
01Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Danny Saucedo and Jeanette Carlsson Cha-Cha1238
02Flag of Austria.svg Austria Dorian Steidl and Nicole Kuntner Slowfox/Jive/Hip-Hop1329
03Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark Patrick Spiegelberg and Katja Svensson Samba/Tango/Paso Doble/Jazz Dance6102
04Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan Eldar Dzhafarov and Anna Sazhina Paso Doble/Rumba/Tango/Azeri Folk Dance5106
05Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland Gavin Ó Fearraigh and Dearbhla Lennon Paso Doble/Rumba/Hard Shoe Irish Dance1140
06Flag of Finland.svg FinlandMaria Lund and Mikko Ahti Tango1044
07Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands Thomas Berge and Roemjana De Haan Rumba/Show Dance141
08Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania Karina Krysko and Saulius Skambinas Rumba/Cha-Cha/Acrobatic Elements4110
09Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom Louisa Lytton and Vincent Simone Paso Doble/Jive/Tango947
10Flag of Russia.svg Russia Tatiana Navka and Alexander LitvinenkoCha-Cha/Samba/Rumba/Paso Doble/Russian Folk Dance2121
11Flag of Greece.svg Greece Jason Roditis and Tonia Kosovich Latin dances772
12Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal Raquel Tavares and João Tiago Rumba/Tango861
13Flag of Poland.svg Poland Edyta Herbuś and Marcin Mroczek Rumba/Cha-Cha/Jazz Dance1154
14Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine Lilia Podkopayeva and Sergey Kostetskiy Jive/Ukrainian Folk Dance/Rock'n'Roll3119

Scoreboard

It is worth noting that, had the judges not been introduced (and thus only the televote been used), Poland would still have won the competition by 31 points. However, Ukraine and Russia would have shifted places therefore Ukraine would have finished 2nd and Russia finishing 3rd.

Voting results [13] [14]
Voting procedure used:
  100% televoting
  100% jury vote
Total score
Televoting score
Expert jury score
Televote
Sweden
Austria
Denmark
Azerbaijan
Ireland
Finland
Netherlands
Lithuania
United Kingdom
Russia
Greece
Portugal
Poland
Ukraine
Contestants
Sweden383443107122234
Austria29293213454511
Denmark1025448871382641725
Azerbaijan1067828587141211064128
Ireland404046258762
Finland44321212651323
Netherlands111
Lithuania110783277410651054587
United Kingdom4739814538101313
Russia121972466284128101210712
Greece723240422533364
Portugal6161351766276756
Poland1541342010121210121012812810810
Ukraine11910316210812547761281210

12 points

The maximum twelve points awarded by each country (to the couple who had received the most phone votes) were allocated as follows:

N.ContestantNation(s) giving 12 points
5Flag of Poland.svg PolandFlag of Austria.svg Austria, Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark, Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland, Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands, Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
3Flag of Russia.svg RussiaFlag of Finland.svg Finland, Flag of Greece.svg Greece, Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine
Flag of Ukraine.svg UkraineFlag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan, Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal, Flag of Russia.svg Russia
2Flag of Azerbaijan.svg AzerbaijanFlag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania, Flag of Poland.svg Poland
1Flag of Finland.svg FinlandFlag of Sweden.svg Sweden

Professional jury

An expert jury of International DanceSport Federation judges from non-participating countries acted as a jury in the contest. After each performance, each jury member awarded each performance up to 12 points. The jury members were: [15]

The points below were converted (giving the jury vote the weight of four countries' votes in the total result) into 4 sets of 12 points, 12 for the first place couple on the jury leaderboard, 10 points for second, 8 points for third and so on, down to 1 point for 10th. The other four couples, do not receive any points from the judges. [16]

Detailed jury votes [17]
DrawSongJurorsTotal
Juror A
Juror B
Juror C
Juror D
1Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden888731
2Flag of Austria.svg Austria777728
3Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark1212121248
4Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan1210101042
5Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland778729
6Flag of Finland.svg Finland1088834
7Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands877628
8Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania1210101042
9Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom8108834
10Flag of Russia.svg Russia1012101042
11Flag of Greece.svg Greece1012121044
12Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal878730
13Flag of Poland.svg Poland101012840
14Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine101010838

Spokespersons

The order in which each country announced their votes was done in order of performance. The spokespersons are shown alongside each country. [18]

  1. Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden – Carin da Silva
  2. Flag of Austria.svg Austria – Marvin Wolf  [ de ]
  3. Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark – Jens Blauenfeldt
  4. Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan – Husniyya Maharramova
  5. Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland –Brian Osmond
  6. Flag of Finland.svg Finland – Jaana Pelkonen
  7. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands – Marcus van Teijlingen
  8. Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania – Audrius Giržadas  [ lt ]
  9. Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom – Carol Smillie
  10. Flag of Russia.svg Russia – Larisa Verbitskaya
  11. Flag of Greece.svg Greece – Rika Vagianni  [ el ]
  12. Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal –Helena Coelho
  13. Flag of Poland.svg Poland – Anna Popek  [ pl ]
  14. Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine – Yuliya Okropiridze  [ uk ]

Broadcasts

Most countries sent commentators to Glasgow or commentated from their own country, in order to add insight to the participants and, if necessary, provide voting information. [18]

Among the countries that took part, Albania, Armenia, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cyprus, Macedonia, Iceland, Israel, Malta and Spain also broadcast the event without sending representatives. [19] In accordance with the rules, Spanish broadcaster TVE were obliged to broadcast the contest live due to their late withdrawal as an active participant. [20] The EBU initially confirmed that the event would be broadcast on the network's second channel La 2 "for the benefit of Spanish viewers", [21] however TVE later confirmed it would be delayed by one hour without specifying a reason. [22] Australia also broadcast the contest on 6 May 2009, as a lead up to the Eurovision Song Contest 2009, on SBS. [23] This was the first time Australia had broadcast the Eurovision Dance Contest, after failing to broadcast the 2007 edition, and was aired without any commentary.

Broadcasters and commentators in participating countries
CountryBroadcaster(s)Commentator(s)Ref(s)
Flag of Austria.svg Austria ORF 2 Andi Knoll and Nicole Burns-Hansen [24]
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan Ictimai TV Leyla Aliyeva and Murad Ragimov [18] [25] [ better source needed ]
Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark DR1 Sisse Fisker and Claus Larsen [26]
Flag of Finland.svg Finland Yle TV2 Sirpa Suutari-Jääskö and Johanna Pirttilahti [27]
Flag of Greece.svg Greece NET, ERT World Maria Kozakou and Voula Santorineou [18]
Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland RTÉ One Marty Whelan and Brian Redmond [18]
Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania LRT Asta Einikytė and Virginijus Visockas [28]
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands Nederland 1 Lucille Werner and Cor van de Stroet [29]
Flag of Poland.svg Poland TVP2 Artur Orzech and Zbigniew Zasada [30] [31]
Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal RTP1, RTP Internacional, RTP África Isabel Angelino and Alberto Rodrigues [18]
Flag of Russia.svg Russia Channel One Yana Churikova and Stanislav Popov [18]
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden TV4 David Hellenius and Tony Irving [32]
Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine Pershyi Natsionalnyi Timur Miroshnychenko and Miroslav Keba [18]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom BBC One Len Goodman and Craig Revel Horwood [33]
Broadcasters and commentators in non-participating countries
CountryBroadcaster(s)Commentator(s)Ref(s)
Flag of Albania.svg Albania RTSH Leon Menkshi
Flag of Armenia.svg Armenia ARMTV Felix Khacatryan and Hrachuhi Utmazyan
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia SBS (broadcast on 6 May 2009)No commentary [34]
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg Belarus Belarus-1 Denis Kurian and Tatiana Bondarchuck
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia and Herzegovina BHT 1 (delayed) Dejan Kukrić
Flag of Cyprus.svg Cyprus RIK 1, RIK Sat Melina Karageorgiou
Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland RÚV (delayed) Eva María Jónsdótttir [35]
Flag of Israel.svg Israel Channel 1 (delayed)No commentary
Flag of North Macedonia.svg Macedonia MKRTV Milanka Rašić
Flag of Malta.svg Malta TVM Eileen Montesin
Flag of Spain.svg Spain La 2, TVE Internacional (delayed) Sandra Daviú [36]

Viewing figures

Estimated viewership by country (in millions)
CountryViewershipRef(s)
Flag of Austria.svg Austria0.49 [37]
Flag of Poland.svg Poland4.3 [37]
Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal0.87 [37]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom4.7 [37] [38]

See also

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