Eurovision Dance Contest 2008 will take place in Glasgow

The EBU have officially announced that the second Eurovision Dance Contest will take place this year in the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre (SECC) in Glasgow, on Saturday, 6th of September.

The two-hour and fifteen minute European co-production is organised by the EBU, and will be hosted by the BBC, and produced by two UK production companies, Splash Media and Sunset+Vine, with assistance from the International Dance Sport Federation (IDSF).

The show will be broadcast live on television across Europe at 21:00 CET, in the 5,000m² SECC Arena Hall, where up to 2,000 spectators will be able to witness this event live.

As was the case in 2007, the show will be hosted by one of the BBC's most popular talents, Graham Norton, and co-hosted by Claudia Winkleman.

Thursday and Friday, delegation leaders and organizers meet in Glasgow to officially present their contestants, and to inform each other on the progress of the preparations.

The website of the 2008 Eurovision Dance Contest is expected to be launched in the next couple of weeks.


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Eurovision Nominated at NTA Awards

esctoday.com reports:

The Eurovision Song Contest and the United Kingdom's presenter, Terry Wogan have been put on the nomination shortlist for the United Kingdom's National Television Awards shortlist. Sir Terry's copresenter at Making your mind up, the country's national final, Fern Cotton is also nominated.

The Eurovision Song Contest has won a place on the shortlist for 'Most Popular Entertainment Programme' for the second year running. Although it did not reach the final shortlist last time, the show's ratings increased this year and it stands a chance of success.

Terry Wogan is shortlisted for 'Most Entertainment Presenter', against Fern Cotton, his co-presenter at the national final, Making your mind up. Paddy O'Connell and his cohost Sarah Cawood on the British broadcast of the Eurovision Song Contest semi final miss out. One other Eurovision name competing for the award is popular chatshow host and host of the upcoming Eurovision Dance Contest, Graham Norton.

The public are invited to vote for their favourites across 11 categories and the finalists will be shown during the NTA Awards show on October 31st and to be broadcast on ITV.

You can vote here

Co-host announced for Eurovision Dance Contest

It has been known for a while that Graham Norton will host the first edition of the Eurovision Dance Contest. Now, it has been revealed that Claudia Winkleman will join him as co-host. Furthermore, Bruno Tonioli and Len Goodman - judges in Strictly come dancing will be commentators for the show to be held on 1st September.

source:oikotimes.com

Graham steps up to challenge -Eurovision DANCE Contest

THE BBC is to host the first Eurovision DANCE Contest — with Graham Norton and Claudia Winkleman as presenters.

Dancers from 16 nations will compete in a live show following the Eurovision Song Contest format — including scoreboard, viewer votes and foreign hosts.

Claudia told TV Biz: “I’m so excited I actually feel sick. The dancing promises to be fantastic. I’m secretly hoping for clogs.”

Strictly Come Dancing judges Bruno Tonioli and Len Goodman will be commentators for September’s show.

BBC1 boss Peter Fincham said: “It’ll be an evening full of stars and sequins, glitz and glamour.”


source: The Sun