Eurovision Dance Contest 2007

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Eurovision Dance Contest 2007
Eurovision Dance Contest 2007 logo.png
Dates
Final1 September 2007
Host
Venue BBC Television Centre, London, United Kingdom
Presenter(s) Graham Norton
Claudia Winkleman
Executive producer
DirectorNikki Parsons
Executive supervisorTal Barnea
Host broadcaster British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Participants
Number of entries16
Debuting countries
  • Flag of Austria.svg Austria
  • Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark
  • Flag of Finland.svg Finland
  • Flag of Germany.svg Germany
  • Flag of Greece.svg Greece
  • Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland
  • Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania
  • Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
  • Flag of Poland.svg Poland
  • Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal
  • Flag of Russia.svg Russia
  • Flag of Spain.svg Spain
  • Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
  • Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
  • Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine
  • Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
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         Participating countries
Vote
Voting systemEach country awards 1–8, 10, and 12 points to their 10 favourite acts.
Winning dancersFlag of Finland.svg Finland
Katja Koukkula and Jussi Väänänen
Eurovision Dance Contest  2008

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.

Contents

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. BBC TV Centre.jpg
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. [1]

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] In September 2017, BBC Studioworks re-opened the three studios at Television Centre, alongside a range of post-production facilities and ancillary areas. [3]

Television Centre previously hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 1963 after France, which won the year before, declined to host it due to financial shortcomings, also having hosted the competition in 1959 and 1961. [4] 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. [5]

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. [6]

The contest was broadcast in English and French languages, although France did not take part. [7] 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. [8]

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. [9]

Interval act

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Enrique Iglesias performed as the interval act.

Singer Enrique Iglesias, son of Spain's 1970 Eurovision entrant Julio Iglesias, performed a medley of "Tired of Being Sorry" and "Do You Know? (The Ping Pong Song)" as the interval act. [10] [11] The performance was pre-recorded before the live show. [12]

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. [13] 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. [14] 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), [15] 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. [16]

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/OCountryDancers [17] Dance Styles [17] Place [18] Points [18]
Dance 1Dance 2
01Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Denise Biellmann and Sven Ninnemann  [ de ] Paso Doble Swing 160
02Flag of Russia.svg Russia Mariya Sittel and Vladislav Borodinov Rumba Paso Doble772
03Flag of the Netherlands.svg NetherlandsAlexandra Matteman and Redmond Valk Cha-Cha-Cha Rumba1234
04Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom Camilla Dallerup and Brendan Cole RumbaFreestyle1518
05Flag of Austria.svg Austria Kelly  [ de ] and Andy Kainz  [ de ] Jive Paso Doble574
06Flag of Germany.svg Germany Wolke Hegenbarth and Oliver Seefeldt  [ de ] Samba dance Freestyle859
07Flag of Greece.svg GreeceOurania Kolliou and Spiros PavlidisJive Sirtaki 1331
08Flag of Lithuania.svg LithuaniaGabrielė Valiukaitė and Gintaras SvistunavičiusPaso DobleTraditional Lithuanian Folk Dance1135
09Flag of Spain.svg SpainAmagoya Benlloch and Abraham MartinezCha-Cha-ChaPaso Doble1038
10Flag of Ireland.svg IrelandNicola Byrne and Mick DoneganJive Fandango 395
11Flag of Poland.svg Poland Katarzyna Cichopek and Marcin Hakiel  [ pl ]Cha-Cha-ChaShowdance484
12Flag of Denmark.svg DenmarkMette Skou Elkjær and David JørgensenRumbaShowdance938
13Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal Sónia Araújo and Ricardo Silva Jive Tango 674
14Flag of Ukraine.svg UkraineYulia Okropiridze and Illya Sydorenko Quickstep Showdance2121
15Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Cecilia Ehrling and Martin Lidberg Paso DobleDisco Fusion1423
16Flag of Finland.svg Finland Katja Koukkula and Jussi Väänänen RumbaPaso Doble1132

Scoreboard

The following 16 countries took part, [7] and received the scores shown below.

Voting results [19]
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
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 points
5Flag of Ukraine.svg UkraineFlag of Finland.svg Finland, Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania, Flag of Poland.svg Poland, Flag of Russia.svg Russia, Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
3Flag of Finland.svg FinlandFlag of Austria.svg Austria, Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands, Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
2Flag of Portugal.svg PortugalFlag of Spain.svg Spain, Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
1Flag of Ireland.svg IrelandFlag of Denmark.svg Denmark
Flag of Lithuania.svg LithuaniaFlag of Ireland.svg Ireland
Flag of the Netherlands.svg NetherlandsFlag of Greece.svg Greece
Flag of Poland.svg PolandFlag of Germany.svg Germany
Flag of Russia.svg RussiaFlag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine
Flag of Spain.svg SpainFlag of Portugal.svg Portugal

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. [17] [16]

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

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. [20] 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. [21]

Broadcasters and commentators in participating countries
CountryBroadcaster(s)Commentator(s)Ref(s)
Flag of Austria.svg Austria ORF 1 Andi Knoll and Nicole Burns-Hansen [17] [22]
Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark DR1 Sisse Fisker and Claus Larsen [17] [23]
Flag of Finland.svg Finland Yle TV2 Sirpa Suutari-Jääskö and Jaana Pelkonen [17] [24]
Flag of Germany.svg Germany Das Erste Peter Urban and Markus Sonyi [17] [25]
Flag of Greece.svg Greece NET, ERT World (delayed)Maria Kozakou and Iordanis Pavlidis [17]
Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland RTÉ One Marty Whelan and Michelle Alonzi [17] [26]
Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania LRT1 Beata Nicholson  [ lt ] and Virginijus Visockas [17] [27]
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands Nederland 1 Lucille Werner and Cor van de Stroet  [ nl ] [17] [28]
Flag of Poland.svg Poland TVP2 Artur Orzech and Zbigniew St. Zasada [17]
Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal RTP1, RTP Internacional, RTP África Isabel Angelino  [ pt ], Alberto Rodrigues and Marco de Camillis [17] [29]
Flag of Russia.svg Russia Russia-1, RTR-Planeta Anastasia Zavorotnyuk and Stanislav Popov [17]
Flag of Spain.svg Spain TVE1, TVE Internacional Beatriz Pécker  [ es ] and Joana Subirana [17] [30]
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden TV4 David Hellenius and Tony Irving [17] [31]
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland SF 1 German: Sascha Ruefer  [ de ] and Cécile Bähler  [ de ] [17]
TSI 1 Italian: Sandy Altermatt  [ it ] and Ruggero Sindico [32] [ better source needed ]
Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine Pershyi Natsionalnyi Timur Miroshnychenko and Oleksandra Myshko [17] [33]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom BBC One Len Goodman and Bruno Tonioli [17] [34]
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 Belarus (1995-2012).svg Belarus BTRC Dmitry Karas and Vladimir Parakhnevich [35]
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia and Herzegovina BHT 1 Dejan Kukrić [36]
Flag of Cyprus.svg Cyprus CyBC 1 Melina Karageorgiou
Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland RÚV (40 minutes delay)Eva Maria Jonsdottir [32]
Flag of Israel.svg Israel Channel 1 No commentary
Flag of North Macedonia.svg Macedonia MKRTV Milanka Rašić

Viewing figures

Estimated viewership by country (in millions)
CountryViewershipRef(s)
Flag of Austria.svg Austria0.68 [32] [37]
Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark0.51 [32]
Flag of Finland.svg Finland0.38 [32]
Flag of Germany.svg Germany3.1 [32] [37]
Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland0.36 [32]
Flag of Israel.svg Israel0.08 [32] [37]
Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania~0.65 [32]
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands0.76 [32] [37]
Flag of Poland.svg Poland4 [32]
Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal1.4 [32]
Flag of Russia.svg Russia~2.4 [32]
Flag of Spain.svg Spain2.2 [32] [37]
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden1.4 [32] [37]
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland0.35 (SRF 1) [32] [37]
~0.02 (TSI 1)
Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine~0.3 [32]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom3.8 [32] [37]
Total~23 [32]

See also

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