List of countries in the Eurovision Dance Contest

Seventeen countries have participated in the Eurovision Dance Contest in the two years it was held, 2007 and 2008. The competition, organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), consisted of pairs of dancers from each participating country, each pair performing one dance, a freestyle dance in which the cultures of the individual countries could be showcased to the rest of Europe. In addition to being evaluated by a panel of dance experts, the routines were judged by European audiences who cast their vote for their favourite couple via telephone or text messaging to determine winner of the competition.

Participation since 2007:
  Entered at least once
  Never entered, although eligible to do so
  Entry intended

Participation in the Contest was open to all active member broadcasters of the EBU. To be an active member, broadcasters must be in the European Broadcasting Area, or be in a Council of Europe member country.

Participants

The following table lists the countries that have participated in the Contest at least once. Shading indicates countries that did not participate in the second and final contest in 2008. Belarus intended on competing for the first time in 2009 but the contest was cancelled, with the EBU citing "a serious lack of interest" in the contest. Austria, Finland, Lithuania, Sweden and the Netherlands had confirmed they would not compete in the Third contest.[1] The competition has not been held since.[2][3][4]

Table key
  Withdrawn – Countries who have participated in the past but have withdrawn.
CountryDebut yearLatest entryEntriesWinsBroadcaster(s)
 Austria
2007
2008
2
0
 ORF
 Azerbaijan
2008
2009
1
0
 İTV
 Denmark
2007
2008
2
0
 DR
 Finland
2007
2008
2
1
 Yle
 Germany
2007
2007
1
0
 WDR (ARD)
 Greece
2007
2008
2
0
 ERT
 Ireland
2007
2008
2
0
 RTÉ
 Lithuania
2007
2008
2
0
 LRT
 Netherlands
2007
2008
2
0
 TROS (NPO)
 Poland
2007
2009
2
1
 TVP
 Portugal
2007
2009
2
0
 RTP
 Russia
2007
2009
2
0
 RTR (2007)
C1R (2008)
 Spain
2007
2007
1
0
 TVE
 Sweden
2007
2008
2
0
 TV4
  Switzerland
2007
2007
1
0
 SRG SSR
 Ukraine
2007
2008
2
0
 NTU
 United Kingdom
2007
2008
2
0
 BBC

Participating countries

Table key
  Winner – The country won the Eurovision Dance Contest that year.
  Second place – The country was ranked second that year.
  Third place – The country was ranked third that year.
  Remaining places – The country ended from fourth to second last that year.
  Last – The country ended last that year.
  Undecided – The country has confirmed participation for the next Eurovision Dance Contest, however, the competition has not yet taken place.
  Debutant – The country made its debut during the decade.
  Did not participate – The country did not participate in the Eurovision Dance Contest that year.
  Withdrawn – The country was going to participate that year, but later withdrew.
A cross (X) means that the country participated in the contest that year.

2000s

Broadcast in non-participating countries
Country Broadcaster(s) Year(s)
 Albania RTSH 2007–2008[5]
 Armenia ARMTV
 Belarus BTRC
 Bosnia and Herzegovina BHRT
 Cyprus CyBC 1
 Iceland RÚV
 Israel Channel 1
 Macedonia MKRTV
 Australia SBS[6] 2008
 Malta TVM[7]
 Spain TVE2[8]

List of winners

The contest differs from the Eurovision Song Contest in that the winning country does not automatically become host for the next contest.[9] The Eurovision Dance Contest followed the same host selection process as the Junior Eurovision Song Contest.

By contest
Year Date Host city Winner Dancers Dance style Points Margin
2007 1 September London  Finland Katja Koukkula and Jussi Väänänen Rumba and Paso Doble 132 11
2008 6 September Glasgow  Poland Edyta Herbuś and Marcin Mroczek Rumba, Cha-cha-cha and Jazz Dance 154 33

By country
Map showing each country's number of wins
Country Total Years won
 Finland 1 0 0 1
 Poland 1 0 0 1
 Ukraine 0 1 1 2
 Russia 0 1 0 1
 Ireland 0 0 1 1

See also

References
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  2. "Eurovision Dance Contest has been put on hold". ESCKaz. 2010-01-19. Retrieved 2010-01-19.
  3. "3rd Eurovision Dance Contest postponed to 2010". EBU. Retrieved 2009-05-28.
  4. Granger, Anthony (29 May 2011). "What caused the death of the Eurovision Dance Contest?". Eurovoix.xom. Eurovoix.com. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
  5. Mikheev, Andy (1 September 2007). "Eurovision Dance Contest 2007". News Archives (in English and Russian). ESCKaz.com. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
  6. "Eurovision Australia & New Zealand: Full Eurovision schedule - ESCToday.com". April 26, 2009. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
  7. "Eurovision Dance Contest 2008 Glasgow Танцевальное Евровидение 2008 Глазго". esckaz.com. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
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  9. "FAQ Eurovision Dance Contest - Glasgow 2008". Retrieved 2008-09-20.
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