tirsdag den 9. september 2008

Eurovision Dance Contest 2008 (Glasgow, United Kingdom, 6 September)


hello and welcome to the
Eurovision Dance Contest 2008




The Eurovision Dance Contest 2008 will be the second Eurovision Dance Contest and will be held in
Glasgow, United Kingdom, hosted by the BBC on 6 September.



new countries
Azerbaijan.

withdrawals
Switzerland
Germany
due to low ratings and poor results in 2007




you can watch the contest live on
web-tv
EurovisionDance.tv
Eurovision.tv



Participating countries
Sweden
Danny Saucedo & Jeanette Carlsson - Cha-Cha

Austria
Dorian Steidl and Nicole Kuntner - Slowfox/Jive

Denmark
Patrick Spiegelberg and Katja Svensson - Samba/Tango/Paso Doble/Jazz Dance

Azerbaijan
Eldar Dzhafarov and Anna Sajina - Paso Doble/Rumba/Tango/Azeri Folk Dance

Ireland
Gavin Ó Fearraigh and Dearbhla Lennon - Paso Doble/Rumba

Finland
Maria Lund and Mikko Ahti - Tango

Netherlands
Thomas Berge & Roemjana De Haan - Rumba/Show Dance

Lithuania
Karina Krysko and Saulius Skambinas - Rumba/Cha-Cha

United Kingdom
Louisa Lytton & Vincent Simone - Paso Doble/Jive/Tango

Russia
Tatiana Navka & Alexander Litvinenko - Cha-Cha/Samba/Rumba/Paso Doble/Russian Folk Dance

Greece
Jason Roditis and Tonja Kosovich - Latin dances

Portugal
Raquel Tavares and João Tiago - Rumba/Tango

Poland
Edyta Herbuś and Marcin Mroczek - Rumba/Cha-Cha

Ukraine
Lilia Podkopayeva & Kyrylo Khytrov - Jive/Ukrainian Folk Dance

results break
group dance (all 14 finalists)


Interval act
Lesley Garrett and "Carousel" cast, performing medley of "June Is Busting Out All Over" & "You'll Never Walk Alone"



Withdrawing countries
Spain
Rosa López & Nieto


Other broadcasting countries
The following countries will broadcast the 2008 event without sending representatives:
Albania
Armenia
Austria (ORF 2)
Azerbaijan (Itimaci)
Belarus (BTRC First)
Cyprus (CyBC)
Denmark (DR 1)
Finland (YLE 2)
FYR Macedonia (MKRTV)
Greece (NET)
Iceland (RÚV)
Ireland (RTÉ One)
Lithuania (LRT LTV 1)
The Netherlands (Nederland 1)
Poland (TVP 2)
Portugal (RTP 1, RTP International, RTP Africa)
Russia (Channel One)
Spain (TVE 2)
Sweden (TV4)
Ukraine (NTU Channel One)
United Kingdom (BBC One)

The 2008 Eurovision Dance Contest will be broadcast on Sunday in Bosnia & Herzegovina (BHT 1 at 16:00) and Israel (IBA Channel One).