Eurovision Dance Contest 2007

Eurovision Dance Contest 2007
Dates
Final1 September 2007
Host
VenueBBC Television Centre, London, United Kingdom
Presenter(s)Graham Norton
Claudia Winkleman
Directed byNikki Parsons
Executive supervisorTal Barnea
Executive producer
Host broadcasterBritish Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Participants
Number of entries16
Debuting countries
  •  Austria
  •  Denmark
  •  Finland
  •  Germany
  •  Greece
  •  Ireland
  •  Lithuania
  •  Netherlands
  •  Poland
  •  Portugal
  •  Russia
  •  Spain
  •  Sweden
  •   Switzerland
  •  Ukraine
  •  United Kingdom
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         Participating countries
Vote
Voting systemEach country awards 1–8, 10, and 12 points to their 10 favourite acts.
Winning dancers Finland
Katja Koukkula and Jussi Väänänen
Eurovision Dance Contest → 2008
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The Eurovision Dance Contest 2007 was the inaugural edition of the Eurovision Dance Contest, a dance competition co-production between the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster BBC. The first ever pan-European dance competition was held on 1 September 2007 in London, United Kingdom with the participation of 16 countries.

Viewers cast their votes by telephone and SMS text message voting on each couple's two dances – the first being ballroom or Latin with the second being freestyle, with a "national" flavour. Professional dance couples were allowed to enter the competition. Comedian Graham Norton and Claudia Winkleman presented the 2007 contest from the BBC Television Centre in London. Enrique Iglesias performed a medley of "Tired of Being Sorry" and "Do You Know? (The Ping Pong Song)" during the interval.

The first ever winners of the contest were Katja Koukkula and Jussi Väänänen of Finland who received a total of 132 points. 2nd place went to Ukraine, 3rd to Ireland, 4th to Poland and 5th place to Austria following a tie with Portugal, who also received 74 points.