“United Kingdom in the Eurovision Dance Contest”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

词条

United Kingdom in the Eurovision Dance Contest

释义

History
The Last Waltz
Contestants
Voting history
Hostings
Commentators and spokespersons
See also
References

{{Infobox song contest country
|Name = United Kingdom
|Flag = Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
|Member station = BBC
|National selection event = Internal Selection
|ESC apps = 2
|ESC first = 2007
|ESC best = 9th, 2008
|ESC worst = 15th, 2007
|Website =
|EBU page = https://web.archive.org/web/20080514025023/http://www.eurovisiondance.tv:80/uk.php
}}

The United Kingdom was the host country for the inaugural Eurovision Dance Contest in 2007 and also hosted the 2008 competition. The Third Eurovision Dance Contest has been cancelled indefinitely.^[1]

History

The 2007 contest was broadcast live from London, hosted by the BBC. Commentators for the UK audience were Len Goodman and Bruno Tonioli.

The participants chosen to represent the country for the first contest were Brendan Cole and Camilla Dallerup. They were chosen internally by the BBC. The dances they performed at the contest were Rumba and Freestyle. United Kingdom earned 18 points in 2007 and finished last but one to Switzerland, who ended up with no points.

After successful participation in the fourth series of the BBC's Strictly Come Dancing and The Live Tour! 2008, couple Louisa Lytton and Vincent Simone competed for the United Kingdom in the Eurovision Dance Contest 2008^[2] which took place on 6 September 2008 in Glasgow. Louisa and Vincent placed ninth, receiving 47 points.

The Last Waltz

The UK's Dallerup and Cole's performance would be their last. After nine years as partners on and off the dance floor, they had split up amid tensions during 2004's first series of Strictly Come Dancing. They were reforming their dancing partnership for one last turn round the floor at the contest, the BBC's press office said on 4 July. 'Invited to represent the nation in the new Eurovision Dance Contest, Brendan and Camilla will have to sweep aside their angst and hot-step around a ballroom for their last dance,' the corporation's press office added. It expected 'a sensational performance with passion, zeal and real life tension as the couple let the sequins fly'. In the Contest itself, they only managed to pick up 18 points for the United Kingdom; four countries voted for them, Denmark, Greece, Ireland and Lithuania. Denmark gave 3 points, Greece 3, Ireland 7 and Lithuania 5.

Contestants

Table key

Year	Couple	Dances	Place	Points
2007}}	Brendan Cole & Camilla Dallerup	Rumba & Freestyle	15	18
2008}}	Vincent Simone & Louisa Lytton	Paso Doble/Jive/Tango	9	47

Voting history

The United Kingdom has received the most points from...

Rank	Country	Points
1	Ireland}} Ireland	15
2	Netherlands}} Netherlands	10
3	Denmark}} Denmark	8
4	Greece}} Greece	5
=	Lithuania}} Lithuania	5
5	Austria}} Austria	4

The United Kingdom has given the most points to...

Rank	Country	Points
1	Poland}} Poland	19
2	Ukraine}} Ukraine	18
3	Ireland}} Ireland	16
=	Lithuania}} Lithuania	16
4	Portugal}} Portugal	10
=	Russia}} Russia	10
5	Greece}} Greece	5

Hostings

Year	Location	Venue	Presenter
2007	London	BBC Television Centre	Claudia Winkleman and Graham Norton
2008	Glasgow	Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre	Claudia Winkleman and Graham Norton

Commentators and spokespersons

Year(s)	Television commentator	Dual television commentator	Spokesperson
2007	Len Goodman	Bruno Tonioli	Kirsty Gallacher
2008	Len Goodman	Craig Revel Horwood	Carol Smillie

References

1. ^{{cite web|last1=Granger|first1=Anthony|title=What caused the death of the Eurovision Dance Contest?|url=http://eurovoix.com/2011/05/29/what-caused-the-death-of-the-eurovision-dance-contest-p1/|website=Eurovoix.xom|publisher=Eurovoix.com|accessdate=22 June 2014|date=29 May 2011}}
2. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.esckaz.com/edc/2008/|title=Eurovision Dance Contest info page}}

2 : Countries in the Eurovision Dance Contest|Dance in the United Kingdom

随便看

开放百科全书收录14589846条英语、德语、日语等多语种百科知识，基本涵盖了大多数领域的百科知识，是一部内容自由、开放的电子版国际百科全书。