EDC 2007

[Sim]

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.

The winner was Finland with 132 points

here you can see their performances:

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[Miguel]

I was about to open a thread, and then I saw this one.

The Eurovision Dance Contest 2007 was the 1st 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.

Results:

1. Finland : Katja Koukkula & Jussi Väänänen (132 points)
2. Ukraine : Yulia Okropiridze & Illya Sydorenko (121 points)
3. Ireland : Nicola Byrne & Mick Donegan (95 points)
4. Poland : Katarzyna Cichopek & Marcin Hakiel (84 points)
5. Austria : Kelly & Andy Kainz (74 points)
6. Portugal : Sónia Araújo & Ricardo Silva (74 points)
7. Russia : Mariya Sittel & Vladislav Borodinov (72 points)
8. Germany : Wolke Hegenbarth & Oliver Seefeldt (59 points)
9. Denmark : Mette Skou Elkjær & David Jørgensen (38 points)
10. Spain : Amagoya Benlloch & Abraham Martinez (38 points)
11. Lithuania : Gabrielė Valiukaitė & Gintaras Svistunavičius (35 points)
12. Netherlands : Alexandra Matteman & Redmond Valk (34 points)
13. Greece :Ourania Kolliou & Spiros Pavlidis (31 points)
14. Sweden : Cecilia Ehrling & Martin Lidberg (23 points)
15. United Kingdom : Camilla Dallerup & Brendan Cole (18 points)
16. Switzerland : Denise Biellmann & Sven Ninnemann (0 points)

Full show:

 

[EDC0708]

Always been a Eurovision Dance Contest fan, just been watching the 2007 contest back and still think it's fantastic! The stage wasn't great, it looks a bit too dark overall, but otherwise everything was almost perfect, the dances were all great, with a lot of variety between them, the presenters were entertaining, and I'm sure Graham Norton's presenting in the two contests was a factor in him getting the commentary role two years later. The postcards were great as well, showing us a bit of the couples training. Just watched the voting back, didn't remember how close that result was!

 

[EDC0708]

12 years on, Brendan Cole (UK 2007) will be appearing on Celebrity X Factor, after his final series as a proffesional dancer on Strictly back in 2017. He is performing as part of a duo with Hollyoaks actor Jeremy Edwards.

A shame Brendan and Camilla didn't score higher at EDC, their dances were great, but I guess less memorable when it came to the voting.

Update: Brendan continues on UK reality TV, he is now taking part on Dancing On Ice, his first dance being described as the best first routine in 14 series!

 

[EDC0708]

Missed this yesterday, the Eurovision Dance Contest is now 15 years old!