Greece in the Eurovision Dance Contest


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. The Third Eurovision Dance Contest has been cancelled indefinitely.

Controversies

and Greece have announced professional dance couples as their representatives at Eurovision Dance Contest 2008. According to the regulations of the contest, 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, 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.

Contestants

;Table key
YearCoupleDancesPlacePoints
2007Ourania Kolliou & Spiros PavlidisJive & Showdance1331
2008Jason Roditis & Tonja KosovichLatin dances772

Voting History

Greece has received the most points from...
RankCountryPoints
1 United Kingdom8
= Portugal8
3 Russia7
4 Austria6
5 Finland5
= Germany5
= Sweden5

Greece has given the most points to...
RankCountryPoints
1 Portugal15
2 Ukraine13
3 Russia12
= Netherlands12
5 Finland10
= Poland10

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