Denmark

Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

 took part in the first Eurovision Dance Contest

Eurovision Dance Contest

The Eurovision Dance Contest was an international dancing competition that was held for the first time in the United Kingdom on Saturday 1 September 2007....

 in 2007. The couple representing the country, Mette Skou Elkjær & David Kim Ehlers Jørgensen, were chosen on a live national selection event on 24 August 2007. The dances they performed at the contest were Rumba

Rumba

Rumba is a family of percussive rhythms, song and dance that originated in Cuba as a combination of the musical traditions of Africans brought to Cuba as slaves and Spanish colonizers. The name derives from the Cuban Spanish word rumbo which means "party" or "spree". It is secular, with no...

 and Showdance. Denmark came ninth after receiving 38 points from 10 countries.
Denmark came sixth in 2008. Despite receiving no 12 points, Denmark received the full 48 points from the jury.

Year	Couple	Dances	Place	Points
2007 Eurovision Dance Contest 2007 The Eurovision Dance Contest 2007 was the 1st Eurovision Dance Contest a dance entertainment co-production between the EBU and the BBC. The first ever pan-European dance competition was held on 1 September 2007 in London, United Kingdom with the participation of 16 countries...	Mette Skou Elkjær & David Kim Ehlers Jørgensen	Rumba & Showdance	9	38
2008 Eurovision Dance Contest 2008 The Eurovision Dance Contest 2008 was the second Eurovision Dance Contest and was held in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, hosted by BBC Scotland on 6 September.The winner of contest was Poland who achieved a score of 154 points...	Patrick Spiegelberg & Katja Svensson	Samba/Tango/Paso Doble/Jazz Dance	6	102

Voting history

Denmark has received the most points from...

Rank	Country	Points
1	Sweden Sweden in the Eurovision Dance Contest Sweden took part in the first Eurovision Dance Contest in 2007. Representing the country were Martin Lidberg, a professional wrestler and Cecilia Ehrling, a ballroom dancer. The couple were chosen after winning the Swedish version of Strictly Come Dancing. The dances they performed at the contest...	16
2	Lithuania Lithuania in the Eurovision Dance Contest Lithuania took part in the first Eurovision Dance Contest in 2007. The couple representing the country was chosen by national selection, which started on 4 July and ended on 22 August. The couple chosen were Gabrielė Valiukaitė and Gintaras Svistunavičius winning the jury votes and the televoting....	13
3	Finland Finland in the Eurovision Dance Contest Finland won the first Eurovision Dance Contest in 2007. Jussi Väänänen and Katja Koukkula were chosen to represent the country on 25 August 2007 in a national preselection. Finland was the last country to decide who to send to the contest, the contest taking place only a week after the selection...	12
4	Portugal Portugal in the Eurovision Dance Contest Portugal took part in the first Eurovision Dance Contest in 2007. Representing the country were Sónia Araújo, a TV host and Ricardo Silva, a ballroom dancer. The couple were chosen after winning the second Portuguese version of Strictly Come Dancing . The dances they performed at the contest were...	11
5	Austria Austria in the Eurovision Dance Contest Austria took part in the first Eurovision Dance Contest in 2007. The couple representing the country were Kelly and Andy Kainz. They were chosen internally by ORF. The dances they performed at the contest were Jive and Paso Doble...	8

Denmark has given the most points to...

Rank	Country	Points
1	Finland Finland in the Eurovision Dance Contest Finland won the first Eurovision Dance Contest in 2007. Jussi Väänänen and Katja Koukkula were chosen to represent the country on 25 August 2007 in a national preselection. Finland was the last country to decide who to send to the contest, the contest taking place only a week after the selection...	16
=	Ireland Ireland in the Eurovision Dance Contest Ireland has taken part in two Eurovision Dance Contests. Its highest placed finish was third in 2007 and its lowest placed finish is eleventh was 2008. Like the Eurovision Song Contest, which Ireland has won a record seven times, Ireland decides upon its entry through a public vote on a special...	16
=	Poland Poland in the Eurovision Dance Contest Poland took part in the first Eurovision Dance Contest in 2007. Katarzyna Cichopek and Marcin Hakiel who won the series "Taniec z gwiazdami" represented the country. The dances that were performed at the contest were Cha-Cha-Cha and Showdance...	16
4	Sweden Portugal in the Eurovision Dance Contest Portugal took part in the first Eurovision Dance Contest in 2007. Representing the country were Sónia Araújo, a TV host and Ricardo Silva, a ballroom dancer. The couple were chosen after winning the second Portuguese version of Strictly Come Dancing . The dances they performed at the contest were...	15
5	Ukraine Ukraine in the Eurovision Dance Contest Ukraine took part in the first Eurovision Dance Contest in 2007. Representing the country were Yulia Okropiridze, a student of Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts, and Illya Sydorenko, a professional in ballroom choreography. The dances they performed on the night were Quickstep and...	14