Format and General Information
The competition consisted of pairs of dancers from each participating country, each pair performing one dance, a freestyle dance in which the cultures of the individual countries could be showcased to the rest of Europe. In addition to being evaluated by a panel of dance experts, the routines were judged by European audiences who cast their vote for their favorite couple via telephone or text messaging to determine winner of the competition.
The BBC was "host broadcaster" for the first two contests in 2007 and 2008, the only contests to date.
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