The Eurovision Dance Contest (not to be confused with the Eurovision Young Dancers Competition) is an international dancing competition that was held for the first time in the United Kingdom on Saturday 1 September 2007. The contest was inspired by the television show Strictly Come Dancing, a 2004 revival of Come Dancing in the United Kingdom, which is a massive hit in over 25 countries around the world. The contest is in addition to the Eurovision Song Contest.On 9 May 2007, the International DanceSport Federation (IDSF) officially announced its association with the Eurovision Dance Contest.[1] IDSF credits the contest to Richard Bunn of rbi network,[2] Geneva, former EBU controller of sport, who convinced the EBU to create this TV programme.Several changes were introduced for Eurovision Dance Contest 2008 which was hosted in Glasgow. Professional dance couples were no longer allowed, all pairs had to include one professional and one celebrity dancer. Only one, 2 minute dance, was performed by each couple. A professional jury was introduced to the competition having approximate weight of 20% of the outcome, while the remaining 80% came from televoting. 01 SWEDEN: Danny Saucedo & Jeanette Carlsson - Cha Cha 02: AUSTRIA: ORF Dorian Steidl & Nicole Kuntner - Slowfox & Jive 03: DENMARK: Patrick Spiegelberg & Katja Svensson - Fusion of Samba, Tango, Paso Doble and contemporary Jazz Dance 04: AZERBAIJAN: Eldar Dzhafarov & Anna Sazhina - "Fusion of Paso Doble, national Azeri Folk Dance, Rumba and Tango" 05: IRELAND: Gavin O'Fearraigh & Dearbhla Lennon - "Paso Doble and Rumba with a Hard Shoe Irish Dance" 06: FINLAND: Mikko Ahti & Maria Lund - "Tango" 07: THE NETHERLANDS: Thomas Berge & Roemjana de Haan - Rumba & Show Dance 08: LITHUANIA: Saulius Skambinas & Karina Krysko - Freestyle of Rumba, Cha-Cha and acrobatic elements 09: UNITED KINGDOM: Vincent Simone & Louisa Lytton - Fusion of Paso Doble, Tango and Jive 10: RUSSIA: Alexander Litvinenko & Tatiana Navka - Fusion of Cha-Cha, Samba, Rumba, Paso Doble and Russian National Dance 11: GREECE: Jason Roditis & Tonia Kosovich - Fusion of Latin dances 12: PORTUGAL: João Tiago & Raquel Tavares - Fusion of Rumba and Tango 13: POLAND: Marcin Mroczek & Edyta Herbus - Fusion of Rumba and Cha-Cha with Modern Jazz Dance flavour 14: UKRAINE: Serhij Kostetskiy & Liliya Podkopaeva - Jive with elements of Rock'n'Roll and Ukrainian National Dance (więcej)(
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