Eurovision Dance Contest 2007 - London

The Eurovision Dance Contest WILL return to TV next year as it's now part of the EBU franchise.

Sunset & Vine and Splash Productions produced the show for EBU and the BBC were just the host broadcaster for 2007.

Next year it will stil be a Sunset & Vine and Splash Productions production, and the host broadcaster will be the Finish State Broadcaster (to whom I cannot remember their name). It will be broadcast live on BBC One again from Helsinki.

You can find out more about the Eurovision Dance Contest at http://www.eurovision.tv/addons/dance/ so enjoy!

Oh and The Kids Eurovision Song Contest will be broadcast (hopefully) on ITV2 later on in the year from Cyprus.

Can I come out now?

*forgive the innuendo*

No, I think you'll find the BBC are hosting again.

I doubt it, sensibly the UK don't have an entrant.

I think we're all safe from tumbler until next weekend.

This weekends not over yet.

Just to back that up:
http://www.ebu.ch/en/eurovisiontv/entertainment/edc.php

Oh Christ, he's not going to list the items featured on tomorrow's Antiques Roadshow is he?

Item 1: Clarice Cliff Art Deco Vase
I personally like this one but why didn't they value more for it?

etc

And it's not even being held in Cyprus this year!

Netherlands his year, Cyprus next. And it will not be shown as we have withdrawn.

I rather enjoyed the programme. It reminded me of Ye Olde Eurovision Song Contests of donkeys years ago, restrained, small venue with a sensible number of countries you'd heard of (yeah, yeah, I know it wasn't exactly Western Europe only, but at least there weren't 35 bleedin' sets of votes to sit through...!) TC1 has I think hosted a Eurovision Song Contest or two before, but well back in the mists of time (early 1960s I think...EDIT: Once actually in 1963 according to ESC History). The staging was ok, but there was too much reliance on steadycam whoosing around the stage for my liking. I also found that because the set was relatively dark, yet the stage was relatively bright, I couldn't take much notice of the feet of the competitors - which is probably quite important in a dance contest! Len Goodman was excellent - far funnier than I thought he'd be. Some great comments: "What that's got to do with Holland I don't know ... except being flat" "and another thing ... I didn't like that chap's trousers..."

Anorak that I am, I missed seeing the broadcaster's logos during the satellite link up score-giving bit. However, the results sequence didn't seem as tortuous as the ESC has become.

I thought a missed opportunity for the interval act though ... why couldn't one of the prizes for the winning dance troupe of Dance X have been to perform at the first Eurovision Dance Contest in front of millions of viewers across Europe blah blah... better than Iglesias singing IMO.

Such a shame that there wasn't room for a live orchestra/singers like on Strictly Come Dancing - now that for me, would have been everything and would have given the show a really special edge.