Greece in the Eurovision Dance Contest

Greece
Member station	ERT
Appearances
Appearances	2
First appearance	2007
Best result	7th, 2008
Worst result	13th, 2007
External links
"Greece at Eurovision Dance Contest 2008".
Greece's page at Eurovision.tv

Greece took take part in the first Eurovision Dance Contest in 2007. The couple representing the country were Ourania Kolliou and Spiros Pavlidis who were chosen internally. They performed Jive and Showdance dances at the contest. Because of the Greek forest fires, the event was not screened live in Greece and the back-up jury was used to award points rather than televoting. Greece came thirteenth after receiving 31 points from 11 countries.

Greece was once again present at the contest in 2008. Jason Roditis & Tonja Kosovich performed Latin dances and came in 7th with 72 points.^[1] The Third Eurovision Dance Contest has been cancelled indefinitely.^[2]

Controversies

Azerbaijan and Greece have announced professional dance couples as their representatives at Eurovision Dance Contest 2008. According to the regulations of the contest,^[3] professional couples are not allowed to take part in the competition. The EBU has explained this by specifying that the couple must be composed of one professional (defined as a dancer who earns his or her living through dance and dance-related activities), and one non-professional known in a field other than dance. The non-professional is not required to be a celebrity, as long as he or she is known in his field, and it is also not a requirement that the non-professional has no dance experience. Since the representatives for Azerbaijan and Greece both consist of two professional dancers, however, it is not clear how this explains the validity of their entries.^[4]

Contestants

Table key

  Winner

  Second place

  Third place

  Last place

Year	Couple	Dances	Place	Points
2007	Ourania Kolliou & Spiros Pavlidis	Jive & Showdance	13	31
2008	Jason Roditis & Tonja Kosovich	Latin dances	7	72

Voting History

Greece has received the most points from...

Rank	Country	Points
1	United Kingdom	8
=	Portugal	8
3	Russia	7
4	Austria	6
5	Finland	5
=	Germany	5
=	Sweden	5

Greece has given the most points to...

Rank	Country	Points
1	Portugal	15
2	Ukraine	13
3	Russia	12
=	Netherlands	12
5	Finland	10
=	Poland	10

Commentators and spokespersons

Year(s)	Television commentator	Dual television commentator	Spokesperson
2007	N/A	N/A	George Amyras
2008	Fotis Sergoulopoulos		Rika Vagianni

See also

• Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest
• Greece in the Eurovision Young Dancers
• Greece in the Eurovision Young Musicians
• Greece in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

References

1. Klier, Marcus (2008-09-06). "Poland wins Eurovision Dance Contest 2008 - © EBU © EBU Marcin Mroczek & Edyta Herbus Poland wins Eurovision Dance Contest 2008!". ESCToday. Retrieved 2008-09-07.
2. Granger, Anthony (29 May 2011). "What caused the death of the Eurovision Dance Contest?". Eurovoix.xom. Eurovoix.com. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
3. Rules | Eurovision Dance Contest - Glasgow 2008
4. Eurovision Dance Contest 2008 Glasgow Танцевальное Евровидение 2008 Глазго