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The Eurovision Dance Contest 2008 was the second Eurovision Dance Contest and was held in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, hosted by BBC Scotland on 6 September.

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. 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, couples only performed the latter. In 2008 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.

The winner was Poland.

Here you can see their performances:

 
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matryoshka

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Is there anywhere I can download or watch the entire contest online?
I live in Canada, and unfortunately, our uncultured TV channels show nothing but absolute junk. I cannot get a hold of this show and would love to watch it from start to finish :((((
 

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matryoshka said:
Is there anywhere I can download or watch the entire contest online?
I live in Canada, and unfortunately, our uncultured TV channels show nothing but absolute junk. I cannot get a hold of this show and would love to watch it from start to finish :((((
I sent you a private message ;)
 

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Ohhh! I remember this! Poland was an awesome winner, just thought that Portugal deserved more (sure she had some problems, but overall it was very good):


 
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Arsen

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I remember this amazing day ! I am from Poland and I am so proud of our dancers ! This was very important day in our all history !
 

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We actually won Eurovision. xyes Who cares it was EDC and not ESC... :lol:
I remember that it was a widely discussed topic here, and that was probably due to a strong tradition of "Dancing with the stars" in Poland (the blond guy who is often referred to as a *cough* "actor" *cough* stars in the most popular Polish soap opera). We were so very happy and proud of our victory... :lol:
 

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Just rewatched the 2008 contest, it's still fantastic! The stage was a massive improvement on the 2007 one, much brighter, and the graphics on the background screen really enhanced the dances without distracting from them. The green room interviews seemed a lot less rushed than the year before, think the 2008 format with one dance from each couple and then a short segment each in the group dance worked really well. Like how they cut to each of the top 3 during the voting rather than just the 12 points.

It is a real shame Spain had to withdraw so late on, and that we didn't get to see their routine, maybe Spain could have just used jury voting that year and still participated rather than withdrawing. I would have loved to have seen a third contest, it seemed like Azerbaijan had a lot of plans for hosting, it would have been great to see what they would have done.
 

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Louisa Lytton returning to dance 11 years after the contest, returning for the Strictly Come Dancing Children in Need special.

 

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And the special itself, Louisa's segment in the routine is about 11 minutes in.


Great dancing from all the Eastenders here!
 

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Just realised the venue for Cop26 is the SEC Centre in Glasgow, which hosted the 2008 edition of the Eurovision Dance Contest!
 
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