United Kingdom in the Eurovision Dance Contest
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| Member station | BBC |
| National selection event(s) | N/A |
| Appearances | 1 |
| First appearance | 2007 |
| Best result | 15th |
| Worst result | 15th |
The United Kingdom was the host country for the first Eurovision Dance Contest in 2007 and is also scheduled to host the 2008 competition.
[edit] 2007
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.
[edit] 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.[1] '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.
They will take part in 2008. After winning Strictly Come Dancing in 2007, there is a possibility that Alesha Dixon and Matthew Cutler could be the couple that represent the UK in 2008. The UK will host The 2008 contest in Glasgow.
- 2007 - Brendan Cole & Camilla Dallerup - Dances - Rumba & Freestyle - Place - 15th - Points - 18 Points
[edit] 2008
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