Eurovision Dance Contest 2008
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Eurovision Dance Contest 2008 | |
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Dates | |
Final | 6 September 2008 |
Host | |
Venue | SECC, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom |
Presenter(s) | |
Directed by | Nikki Parsons |
Executive supervisor | Tal Barnea |
Executive producer | Alan Tyler |
Host broadcaster | BBC Scotland (BBC) |
Opening act | Red Hot Chilli Pipers playing a Scottish-flavoured medley of known songs, with all couples presented on stage (in order of performance) followed by a group dance routine[1] |
Interval act | Lesley Garrett and Carousel cast, performing a medley of "June Is Busting Out All Over" and "You'll Never Walk Alone" accompanied by the City of Glasgow Chorus[2] |
Participants | |
Number of entries | 14 |
Debuting countries | ![]() |
Returning countries | None |
Non-returning countries |
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Voting system | Each 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. |
Nul points | None |
Winning dancers | ![]() Edyta Herbuś and Marcin Mroczek |
The Eurovision Dance Contest 2008 was the second edition of the Eurovision Dance Contest and was held in Glasgow, Scotland, hosted by the BBC on 6 September.[3] The presenters were, as in the previous edition, Graham Norton and Claudia Winkleman. The contest took place at the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre.[4]
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.[5] 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.[5] 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.[5]
Location[]
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The Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre (SECC) 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 Clyde Auditorium in 1997, and then the SSE Hydro Arena in 2013.
The host city and venue was announced by the BBC on 7 July 2008.[4]
Participants[]
According to the 2007 rules Section 2.2[6] 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,[7] 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.[8]
The running order was announced on 8 August.[9] Due to a scheduling clash with the FIFA World Cup 2010 preliminaries, the Spanish broadcaster announced its late withdrawal on 28 August, just days before the contest was scheduled to took place.[10] In July they held a national selection show Quiero Bailar and named singer Rosa López and dancer as their representatives in the contest. According to the draw they were supposed to be 15th couple to perform.[11]
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.[5]
Controversy[]
Azerbaijan and Greece announced professional dance couples as their representatives at the Eurovision Dance Contest 2008. According to the regulations of the contest,[6] 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. 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[]
Draw | Country[12] | Competing dancers[12] | Dance styles[12] | Place[13] | Points[13] |
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Danny Saucedo and Jeanette Carlsson | Cha-Cha | 12 | 38 |
02 | ![]() |
and | Slowfox/Jive/Hip-Hop | 13 | 29 |
03 | ![]() |
Patrick Spiegelberg and | Samba/Tango/Paso Doble/Jazz Dance | 6 | 102 |
04 | ![]() |
and | Paso Doble/Rumba/Tango/Azeri Folk Dance | 5 | 106 |
05 | ![]() |
Gavin Ó Fearraigh and | Paso Doble/Rumba/Hard Shoe Irish Dance | 11 | 40 |
06 | ![]() |
Maria Lund and | Tango | 10 | 44 |
07 | ![]() |
Thomas Berge and | Rumba/Show Dance | 14 | 1 |
08 | ![]() |
and | Rumba/Cha-Cha/Acrobatic Elements | 4 | 110 |
09 | ![]() |
Louisa Lytton and Vincent Simone | Paso Doble/Jive/Tango | 9 | 47 |
10 | ![]() |
Tatiana Navka and Alexander Litvinenko | Cha-Cha/Samba/Rumba/Paso Doble/Russian Folk Dance | 2 | 121 |
11 | ![]() |
and | Latin dances | 7 | 72 |
12 | ![]() |
Raquel Tavares and | Rumba/Tango | 8 | 61 |
13 | ![]() |
Edyta Herbuś and Marcin Mroczek | Rumba/Cha-Cha/Jazz Dance | 1 | 154 |
14 | ![]() |
Lilia Podkopayeva and | Jive/Ukrainian Folk Dance/Rock'n'Roll | 3 | 119 |
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 procedure used: 100% televoting 100% jury vote
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Sweden | 38 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||||
Austria | 29 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | |||||
Denmark | 102 | 48 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 5 | ||
Azerbaijan | 106 | 28 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 8 | ||
Ireland | 40 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 2 | |||||||
Finland | 44 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | |||||||
Netherlands | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Lithuania | 110 | 32 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 7 | ||
United Kingdom | 47 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||||
Russia | 121 | 24 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 12 | ||
Greece | 72 | 40 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | |||||
Portugal | 61 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | |||
Poland | 154 | 20 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 10 | |
Ukraine | 119 | 16 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 10 |
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. | Contestant | Nation(s) giving 12 points |
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2 | ![]() |
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1 | ![]() |
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Professional jury[]
An expert jury of IDSF international judges from non-participating countries acted as a jury in the contest. After each performance, each jury member awarded each performance with 1 to 12 points. The jury members were:[14]
Singapore – Gladys Tay
Slovenia – Barbara Nagode Ambrož
France – Michelle Ribas
Germany – Sven Traut
Spokespersons[]
The order in which each country announced their votes was done in order of performance. The spokespersons are shown alongside each country.[15]
Sweden – Carin da Silva
Austria –
Denmark – Jens Blauenweldt
Azerbaijan – Husniye Maharramova
Ireland – Brian Osmond
Finland – Jaana Pelkonen
Netherlands – Marcus van Teijlingen
Lithuania –
United Kingdom – Carol Smillie
Russia –
Greece –
Portugal –
Poland –
Ukraine –
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.[15]
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.[16][5] In accordance with the rules, Spanish broadcaster TVE were obliged to broadcast the contest live due to their late withdrawal as an active participant.[17] The EBU initially confirmed that the event would be broadcast on the network's second channel La 2 "for the benefit of Spanish viewers",[18] however TVE later confirmed it would be delayed by one hour without specifying a reason.[19] Australia also broadcast the contest on 6 May 2009, as a lead up to the Eurovision Song Contest 2009, on SBS.[20] 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.
Country | Broadcaster(s) | Commentator(s) | Ref(s) |
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ORF 2 | Andi Knoll and Nicole Burns-Hansen | [21] |
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Ictimai TV | Leyla Aliyeva and | [22] |
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DR1 | Sisse Fisker and Claus Larsen | [23] |
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Yle TV2 | Sirpa Suutari-Jääskö and | [24] |
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NET, ERT World | and | |
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RTÉ One | Marty Whelan and Brian Redmond | |
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LRT | and | [25] |
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Nederland 1 | Lucille Werner and | [26] |
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TVP2 | Artur Orzech and | [27] |
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RTP1, RTP Internacional, RTP África | and | |
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Channel One | Yana Churikova and | |
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TV4 | David Hellenius and Tony Irving | [28] |
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Pershyi Natsionalnyi | Timur Miroshnychenko and | |
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BBC One | Len Goodman and Craig Revel Horwood | [29] |
Country | Broadcaster(s) | Commentator(s) | Ref(s) |
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RTSH | Leon Menkshi | |
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ARMTV | and | |
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SBS (broadcast on 6 May 2009) | No commentary | |
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Belarus-1 | Denis Kurian and | |
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BHT 1 (delayed) | ||
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RIK 1, RIK Sat | ||
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RÚV (delayed) | ||
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Channel 1 (delayed) | No commentary | |
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MKRTV | ||
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TVM | Eileen Montesin | |
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La 2, TVE Internacional (delayed) |
See also[]
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External links[]
- Eurovision Dance Contest by year
- 2008 in the United Kingdom
- 2008 in Europe
- 2008 competitions
- Events in Glasgow
- September 2008 events in the United Kingdom