Eurovision Dance Contest 2007

Eurovision Dance Contest 2007
Dates
Final	1 September 2007
Host
Venue	BBC Television Centre,[1]; London, United Kingdom
Presenter(s)	Graham Norton; Claudia Winkleman[1]
Directed by	Nikki Parsons
Executive supervisor	Tal Barnea
Executive producer	Jane Lush; Fenia Vardanis;
Host broadcaster	British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Interval act	Enrique Iglesias
Participants
Number of entries	16
Debuting countries	Austria; Denmark; Finland; Germany; Greece; Ireland; Lithuania; Netherlands; Poland; Portugal; Russia; Spain; Sweden; Switzerland; Ukraine; United Kingdom;
	Participation map Participating countries;
Vote
Voting system	Each country awards 1-8, 10, and 12 points to their 10 favourite acts.
Nul points	Switzerland
Winning dancers	Finland; Katja Koukkula & Jussi Väänänen

The Eurovision Dance Contest 2007 was the 1st Eurovision Dance Contest a dance entertainment co-production between the European Broadcasting Union (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. Comedian Graham Norton and Claudia Winkleman presented the 2007 contest from the BBC Television Centre in London.

The first ever winner of the contest was Finland who received a total of 132 points. 2nd place went to Ukraine, 3rd to Ireland, 4th to Poland and 5th place to Austria and Portugal, who received both 74 points.

Location

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]

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 – 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.^[4] Each broadcaster also had the option of providing its own commentators at the event. UK commentators were Len Goodman and Bruno Tonioli.

Participants

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

As well as those countries that took part, Albania, Armenia, Belarus, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Cyprus, Iceland, Israel and Macedonia also broadcast the contest despite not taking part in it, with possibility to join it in 2008.^[5]

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.^[6]

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	Dance Styles	Place	Points
01	Switzerland	Denise Biellmann & Sven Ninnemann	Paso Doble and Swing	16	0
02	Russia	Mariya Sittel & Vladislav Borodinov	Rumba and Paso Doble	7	72
03	Netherlands	Alexandra Matteman & Redmond Valk	Cha-Cha-Cha and Rumba	12	34
04	United Kingdom	Camilla Dallerup & Brendan Cole	Rumba and Freestyle	15	18
05	Austria	Kelly & Andy Kainz	Jive and Paso Doble	5	74
06	Germany	Wolke Hegenbarth & Oliver Seefeldt	Samba dance and Freestyle	8	59
07	Greece	Ourania Kolliou & Spiros Pavlidis	Jive and Sirtaki	13	31
08	Lithuania	Gabrielė Valiukaitė & Gintaras Svistunavičius	Paso Doble and Traditional Lithuanian Folk Dance	11	35
09	Spain	Amagoya Benlloch & Abraham Martinez	Cha-Cha-Cha and Paso Doble	10	38
10	Ireland	Nicola Byrne & Mick Donegan	Jive and Fandango	3	95
11	Poland	Katarzyna Cichopek & Marcin Hakiel	Cha-Cha-Cha and Showdance	4	84
12	Denmark	Mette Skou Elkjær & David Jørgensen	Rumba and Showdance	9	38
13	Portugal	Sónia Araújo & Ricardo Silva	Jive and Tango	6	74
14	Ukraine	Yulia Okropiridze & Illya Sydorenko	Quickstep and Showdance	2	121
15	Sweden	Cecilia Ehrling & Martin Lidberg	Paso Doble and Disco Fusion	14	23
16	Finland	Katja Koukkula & Jussi Väänänen	Rumba and Paso Doble	1	132

Scoreboard

The following 16 countries took part,^[4]^[7]^[8] and received the scores shown below.


		Voters
	Switzerland
	Russia			3	10	3	7		6	4	5	4		8	12		10
	Netherlands	5				7	2	12									3
	United Kingdom							3	5		7		3
	Austria	7	3	5	2		10	2	3	3	4	6	8	5	5	4	7
	Germany	10	5	6		10				7		5	7	6	1	2
	Greece	2	4	1	5	4	5		4			2	1	2		1
	Lithuania		1		6			4			12	1		1	6	3	1
	Spain	6	2	2				7						12	4		5
	Ireland	1	10	7	8	6	3	1	8	5		10	12	3	8	7	6
	Poland	4	8	4	7	8	12		1	6	10		4		10	10
	Denmark					1	1	6	7	2	3			4	2	8	4
	Portugal	12	6	8	3	2	8	8	2	12			2		3	6	2
	Ukraine	3	12	10	12	5	6	5	12	8	6	12	6	7		5	12
	Sweden									1	1	7	5				8
	Finland	8	7	12	4	12	4	10	10	10	8	8	10	10	7	12
THE TABLE IS ORDERED BY APPEARANCE

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

International broadcasts and voting

Voting and spokespersons

The order in which each country announced their votes was done in order of performance. The spokespersons are shown alongside each country.^[9]

Switzerland – Cécile Bähler
Russia – Like Kremer
Netherlands – Marcus van Teijlingen
United Kingdom – Kirsty Gallagher
Austria – Peter L. Eppinger
Germany – Alice Kessler and Ellen Kessler
Greece – George Amyras
Lithuania – Lavija Šurnaitė-Kairienė
Spain – Jesús Álvarez
Ireland – Pamela Flood
Poland – Ewelina Kopic
Denmark – Louise Wolff
Portugal – Marta Leite de Castro
Ukraine – Svetoslav Vlokh
Sweden – Ulrica Bengtsson
Finland – Johanna Pirttilahti

Commentators

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.

Participating countries

Switzerland – Sascha Ruefer and Daniela Berger (SF 1), Sandy Altermatt and Ruggero Sindico (TSI 1)
Russia – Anastasia Zavorotnyuk and Stanislav Popov (Russia-1, RTR Planeta)
Netherlands – Lucille Werner and Cor van de Stroet (Nederland 1)^[10]
United Kingdom – Len Goodman and Bruno Tonioli (BBC One)
Austria – Andi Knoll and Nicole Burns-Hansen (ORF1)^[11]
Germany – Peter Urban and Markus Sonyi (Das Erste)^[11]
Greece – Maria Kozakou and Iordanis Pavlidis (NET)
Lithuania – Beata Nicholson and Virginijus Visockas (LRT1)^[11]
Spain – Beatriz Pécker and Joana Subirana (TVE1, TVE International)
Ireland – Marty Whelan and Michelle Alonzi (RTE One)
Poland – Artur Orzech and Zbigniew St. Zasada (TVP2)^[11]
Denmark – Sisse Fisker and Claus Larsen (DR1)
Portugal – Isabel Angelino, Alberto Rodrigues and Marco de Camillis (RTP1, RTP Internacional, RTP Africa)
Ukraine – Timur Miroshnychenko and Oleksandra Myshko (Pershyi Natsionalnyi)^[12]
Sweden – David Hellenius and Tony Irving (TV4)
Finland – Sirpa Suutari-Jääskö and Jaana Pelkonen (YLE TV2)

Non-participating countries

Albania – Leon Menkshi (RTSH)
Armenia – Felix Khacatryan and Hrachuhi Utmazyan (ARMTV)
Belarus – Dmitry Karas and Vladimir Parakhnevich (BTRC)^[11]
Bosnia and Herzegovina – Dejan Kukrić (BHRT)^[11]
Cyprus – Melina Karageorgiou (CyBC 1)
France – Sylvie Guillem and Julien Lepers (France 3)
Iceland – Eva Maria Jonsdottir (RÚV)^[11]
Israel – No commentator (Channel 1)
Macedonia – Milanka Rašić (MKRTV)

References

1 2 BBC - Press Office - Taking the floor: Eurovision Dance Contest
↑ "Dyke accused of conflict of interest over £6m holding in rival TV firm". The Independent. London. 17 January 2000.
↑ BBC - Press Office - The last dance for Camilla and Brendan
1 2 EBU.CH :: Eurovision Dance Contest Archived 2007-01-12 at the Wayback Machine.
↑ Eurovision Dance Contest Òàíöåâàëüíîå Åâðîâèäåíèå
↑ http://www.eurovision.tv/addons/dance/news.php#12
↑ "Eurovision Dance Contest unveiled". BBC News. 13 April 2007. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
↑ http://www.eurovision.tv/addons/dance/news.php News on the running order of the contest
↑ Viniker, Barry (30 August 2007). "EDC voting spokespersons announced". ESCToday.com. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-04-25. Retrieved 2011-10-27.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Mikheev, Andy (1 September 2007). "Eurovision Dance Contest 2007". News Archives (in English and Russian). ESCKaz.com. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
↑ "Юлія Окропірідзе та Ілля Сидоренко стали другими у Європі!". NTU. Archived from the original on October 30, 2007. Retrieved 12 June 2013 (archived by Wayback Machine). Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)

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[autogenerated2-1] 1 2 BBC - Press Office - Taking the floor: Eurovision Dance Contest

[2] "Dyke accused of conflict of interest over £6m holding in rival TV firm". The Independent. London. 17 January 2000.

[3] BBC - Press Office - The last dance for Camilla and Brendan

[autogenerated1-4] 1 2 EBU.CH :: Eurovision Dance Contest Archived 2007-01-12 at the Wayback Machine.

[5] Eurovision Dance Contest Òàíöåâàëüíîå Åâðîâèäåíèå

[6] ttp://www.eurovision.tv/addons/dance/news.php#12

[7] "Eurovision Dance Contest unveiled". BBC News. 13 April 2007. Retrieved 2 May 2010.

[8] ttp://www.eurovision.tv/addons/dance/news.php News on the running order of the contest

[9] Viniker, Barry (30 August 2007). "EDC voting spokespersons announced". ESCToday.com. Retrieved 16 June 2013.

[10] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-04-25. Retrieved 2011-10-27.

[ESCKaz-11] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Mikheev, Andy (1 September 2007). "Eurovision Dance Contest 2007". News Archives (in English and Russian). ESCKaz.com. Retrieved 9 June 2013.

[12] "Юлія Окропірідзе та Ілля Сидоренко стали другими у Європі!". NTU. Archived from the original on October 30, 2007. Retrieved 12 June 2013 (archived by Wayback Machine). Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)