Fifty years after the launch of the Eurovision Song Contest, a brand new Euro-show is set to sashay onto BBC One this autumn – take your partners for the sequinned splendour of the very first Eurovision Dance Contest.
The BBC will be the host for the event at BBC Television Centre, London and the viewing public will be the judges for the spectacular competition, featuring dancing couples from 13 countries across Europe, including: Austria, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the Ukraine and of course the UK.
The two-hour special, to be shown later in the year, will be a major BBC One Saturday night event, presented by Graham Norton.
Eurovision Dance Contest will see professional and amateur dancers compete for the international crown. They will perform two dances – one a choice of traditional Latin or Ballroom, the other one a freestyle dance reflecting their National culture.
Like the Eurovision Song Contest, the show will be live, unpredictable, with a scoreboard, foreign hosts – and who knows, perhaps an infamous, “nul points”.
Viewers will be asked to vote on the overall performance: dancing, choreography, costume and choice of music. There will be an expert commentator who will describe performance and artistic content.
Peter Fincham, Controller, BBC One, said: “The Eurovision Song Contest has been a remarkable, long standing success on BBC One. Eurovision Dance Contest is its natural partner. I’m looking forward to an evening full of stars and sequins, and glitz and glamour – a great night of family entertainment on BBC One.”
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