Eurovision Dance Contest 2008

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Template:Use British English Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Template:Infobox Song Contest The Eurovision Dance Contest 2008 was the second and final edition of the Eurovision Dance Contest and was held in Glasgow, Scotland, hosted by the BBC on 6 September. The presenters were, as in the previous edition, Graham Norton and Claudia Winkleman. The contest took place at the SEC Centre.[1]

The winners of contest were Edyta Herbuś and Marcin Mroczek of Poland who achieved a score of 154 points. Russia placed 2nd, Ukraine 3rd, Lithuania 4th and Azerbaijan, participating for the first time, were 5th.

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.[2] 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, the latter freestyle dance continued and this time could include elements of traditional Latin and ballroom.[1] 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.[3]Template:Better source needed

Location

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SEC Centre, in Glasgow – host venue of the 2008 contest.

The SEC Centre 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 SEC Armadillo in 1997, and then the OVO Hydro arena in 2013.

The host city and venue was announced by the BBC on 7 July 2008.[1] The contest was attended by an audience of 2,000.[4]

Format

Rules and participants

According to the 2007 rules Section 2.2[5] 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,[6] 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.[7]

The running order was announced on 8 August.[8] Due to a scheduling clash with the 2010 FIFA World Cup preliminaries, the Spanish broadcaster announced its late withdrawal on 28 August, just days before the contest was scheduled to take place.[9] In July, they held a national selection show Quiero Bailar and named singer Rosa López and dancer Nieto as their representatives in the contest.[10] According to the draw they were supposed to be 15th couple to perform.[8]

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.[3]

Opening and interval acts

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Celtic rock band Red Hot Chilli Pipers performed as part of the opening act.

The opening of the show featured Red Hot Chilli Pipers playing a Scottish-flavoured medley of known songs, with all participating couples presented on stage in order of performance.[11] The interval act featured a group dance routine and was followed by soprano Lesley Garrett and the Carousel cast, performing a medley of "June Is Bustin' Out All Over" and "You'll Never Walk Alone" accompanied by the City of Glasgow Chorus.[12]

Controversy

Azerbaijan and Greece announced professional dance couples as their representatives at the Eurovision Dance Contest 2008. According to the regulations of the contest,[5] 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.[2] 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

R/O Country[13] Competing dancers[13] Dance styles[13] Place[4] Points[4]
01 Template:Flagu Danny Saucedo and Jeanette Carlsson Cha-Cha 12 38
02 Template:Flagu Template:Ill and Nicole Kuntner Slowfox/Jive/Hip-Hop 13 29
03 Template:Flagu Patrick Spiegelberg and Katja Svensson Samba/Tango/Paso Doble/Jazz Dance 6 102
04 Template:Flagu Eldar Dzhafarov and Anna Sazhina Paso Doble/Rumba/Tango/Azeri Folk Dance 5 106
05 Template:Flagu Gavin Ó Fearraigh and Dearbhla Lennon Paso Doble/Rumba/Hard Shoe Irish Dance 11 40
06 Template:Flagu Maria Lund and Template:Ill Tango 10 44
07 Template:Flagu Thomas Berge and Template:Ill Rumba/Show Dance 14 1
08 Template:Flagu Karina Krysko and Saulius Skambinas Rumba/Cha-Cha/Acrobatic Elements 4 110
09 Template:Flagu Louisa Lytton and Vincent Simone Paso Doble/Jive/Tango 9 47
10 Template:Flagu Tatiana Navka and Alexander Litvinenko Cha-Cha/Samba/Rumba/Paso Doble/Russian Folk Dance 2 121
11 Template:Flagu Jason Roditis and Tonia Kosovich Latin dances 7 72
12 Template:Flagu Raquel Tavares and João Tiago Rumba/Tango 8 61
13 Template:Flagu Edyta Herbuś and Marcin Mroczek Rumba/Cha-Cha/Jazz Dance 1 154
14 Template:Flagu Lilia Podkopayeva and Sergey Kostetskiy 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 results[13][14]
Voting procedure used:
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  100% jury vote
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scope="row" rowspan="16" Template:Vert header Sweden 38 34 4 3 10 7 1 2 2 2 3 4
Austria 29 29 3 2 1 3 4 5 4 5 1 1
Denmark 102 54 48 8 7 1 3 8 2 6 4 1 7 2 5
Azerbaijan 106 78 28 5 8 7 1 4 12 1 10 6 4 12 8
Ireland 40 40 4 6 2 5 8 7 6 2
Finland 44 32 12 12 6 5 1 3 2 3
Netherlands 1 1 1
Lithuania 110 78 32 7 7 4 10 6 5 10 5 4 5 8 7
United Kingdom 47 39 8 1 4 5 3 8 10 1 3 1 3
Russia 121 97 24 6 6 2 8 4 12 8 10 12 10 7 12
Greece 72 32 40 4 2 2 5 3 3 3 6 4
Portugal 61 61 3 5 1 7 6 6 2 7 6 7 5 6
Poland 154 134 20 10 12 12 10 12 10 12 8 12 8 10 8 10
Ukraine 119 103 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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3 Template:Flagu Template:Flagu, Template:Flagu, Template:Flagu
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1 Template:Flagu Template:Flagu

Professional jury

An expert jury of International DanceSport Federation judges from non-participating countries acted as a jury in the contest. After each performance, each jury member awarded each performance up to 12 points. The jury members were:[15]

The points below were converted (giving the jury vote the weight of four countries' votes in the total result) into 4 sets of 12 points, 12 for the first place couple on the jury leaderboard, 10 points for second, 8 points for third and so on, down to 1 point for 10th. The other four couples, do not receive any points from the judges.[16]

Detailed jury votes[17]
Draw Song Jurors Total
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1 Template:Flagu 8 8 8 7 31
2 Template:Flagu 7 7 7 7 28
3 Template:Flagu 12 12 12 12 48
4 Template:Flagu 12 10 10 10 42
5 Template:Flagu 7 7 8 7 29
6 Template:Flagu 10 8 8 8 34
7 Template:Flagu 8 7 7 6 28
8 Template:Flagu 12 10 10 10 42
9 Template:Flagu 8 10 8 8 34
10 Template:Flagu 10 12 10 10 42
11 Template:Flagu 10 12 12 10 44
12 Template:Flagu 8 7 8 7 30
13 Template:Flagu 10 10 12 8 40
14 Template:Flagu 10 10 10 8 38

Spokespersons

The order in which each country announced their votes was done in order of performance. The spokespersons are shown alongside each country.[18]

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  1. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndCarin da Silva
  2. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndTemplate:Ill
  3. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndJens Blauenfeldt
  4. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndHusniyya Maharramova
  5. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndBrian Osmond
  6. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndJaana Pelkonen
  7. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndMarcus van Teijlingen
  8. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndTemplate:Ill
  9. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndCarol Smillie
  10. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndLarisa Verbitskaya
  11. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndTemplate:Ill
  12. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndHelena Coelho
  13. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndTemplate:Ill
  14. Template:FlaguTemplate:SndTemplate:Ill

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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.[18]

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.[19] In accordance with the rules, Spanish broadcaster TVE were obliged to broadcast the contest live due to their late withdrawal as an active participant.[20] The EBU initially confirmed that the event would be broadcast on the network's second channel La 2 "for the benefit of Spanish viewers",[21] however TVE later confirmed it would be delayed by one hour without specifying a reason.[22] Australia also broadcast the contest on 6 May 2009, as a lead up to the Eurovision Song Contest 2009, on SBS.[23] 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.

Broadcasters and commentators in participating countries
Country Broadcaster(s) Commentator(s) Ref(s)
Template:Flagu ORF 2 Andi Knoll and Nicole Burns-Hansen [24]
Template:Flagu Ictimai TV Leyla Aliyeva and Murad Ragimov [18][25]Template:Better source needed
Template:Flagu DR1 Sisse Fisker and Claus Larsen [26]
Template:Flagu Yle TV2 Sirpa Suutari-Jääskö and Template:Ill [27]
Template:Flagu NET, ERT World Maria Kozakou and Voula Santorineou [18]
Template:Flagu RTÉ One Marty Whelan and Brian Redmond [18]
Template:Flagu LRT Asta Einikytė and Virginijus Visockas [28]
Template:Flagu Nederland 1 Lucille Werner and Template:Ill [29]
Template:Flagu TVP2 Artur Orzech and Zbigniew Zasada [30][31]
Template:Flagu RTP1, RTP Internacional, RTP África Template:Ill and Alberto Rodrigues [18]
Template:Flagu Channel One Yana Churikova and Stanislav Popov [18]
Template:Flagu TV4 David Hellenius and Tony Irving [32]
Template:Flagu Pershyi Natsionalnyi Timur Miroshnychenko and Miroslav Keba [18]
Template:Flagu BBC One Len Goodman and Craig Revel Horwood [33]
Broadcasters and commentators in non-participating countries
Country Broadcaster(s) Commentator(s) Ref(s)
Template:Flagu RTSH Leon Menkshi
Template:Flagu ARMTV Felix Khacatryan and Hrachuhi Utmazyan
Template:Flagu SBS (broadcast on 6 May 2009) No commentary [34]
Template:Flagu Belarus-1 Denis Kurian and Tatyana Bondarchuck
Template:Flagu BHT 1 (delayed) Dejan Kukrić
Template:Flagu RIK 1, RIK Sat Melina Karageorgiou
Template:Flagu RÚV (delayed) Eva María Jónsdótttir [35]
Template:Flagu Channel 1 (delayed) No commentary
Template:Flagu MKRTV Milanka Rašić
Template:Flagu TVM Eileen Montesin
Template:Flagu La 2, TVE Internacional (delayed) Sandra Daviú [36]

Viewing figures

Estimated viewership by country (in millions)
Country Viewership Ref(s)
Template:Flagu 0.49 [37]
Template:Flagu 4.3 [37]
Template:Flagu 0.87 [37]
Template:Flagu 4.7 [37][38]

See also

References

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External links

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  • ESCKaz

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