The second Eurovision Dance Contest (EDC), the newest addition to the Eurovision Family of programmes, took place this year in the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre (SECC) in Glasgow, on Saturday, 6 September 2008. 

The two-hour and fifteen minutes European co-production was organised by the EBU, hosted by its British member, 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 was broadcast live on television across Europe and beyond the Eurovision Network on primetime and was viewed by millions in over 25 countries. In the 5,000m² SECC arena hall, approximately 2,200 spectators enthusiastically witnessed the event live and cheered for the favourites.

Fifty three years after the launch of the Eurovision Song Contest and following the creation of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, this new show brings together the best of both worlds: the glitz and glamour of ballroom dancing and the Song Contest's live and unpredictable drama, with a scoreboard, hosts speaking foreign languages, and of course the "douze points".

14 qualified mixed dancing couples, each comprising one professional dancer and another dancer engaged in a profession other than dance, represented their countries in the 2008 Eurovision Dance Contest with a freestyle choreography inspired by the country or tradition they represented. In addition to being judged by a jury panel of IDSF experts in the arena, the European audience at home cast their vote by televoting and text voting to determine this year's winner of the Grand Prix Dancing title – the result was unquestionable - Marcin Mroczek and Edyta Herbus from Poland were the absolute winners of the evening with 154 points, leaving the competition long behind.

As in the first edition, the show was hosted by one of the BBC's most popular talents, Graham Norton, alongside Claudia Winkleman, the host of "Strictly Come Dancing's" companion programme, "It Takes Two".

Further information is available on the official web site of the Eurovision Dance Contest: www.eurovisiondance.tv