Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 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. Representing the country were Martin Lidberg

Martin Lidberg

Martin Lidberg is a highly decorated Swedish wrestler. He is a world champion, two-time European champion as well as 19-time Swedish champion. He has competed in the olympics three times...

, a professional wrestler and Cecilia Ehrling, a ballroom dancer. The couple were chosen after winning the Swedish version of Strictly Come Dancing

Strictly Come Dancing

Strictly Come Dancing is a British television show, featuring celebrities with professional dance partners competing in Ballroom and Latin dances. The title of the show suggests a continuation of the long-running series Come Dancing, with an allusion to the film Strictly Ballroom...

. The dances they performed at the contest were Paso Doble and Disco Fusion. Sweden came fourteenth after receiving 23 points from 6 countries.They took part in 2008.
Sweden is one of only two countries never to come in the top 10, the other being the Netherlands

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

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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...	Martin Lidberg & Cecilia Ehrling	Paso Doble & Disco Fusion	14	23
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...	Danny Saucedo Danny Saucedo Danny Saucedo is a Swedish singer and songwriter often presented just as Danny, who competed as one of the finalists in Idol 2006 - the Swedish version of Idol where he got to the top 6 before being eliminated.Danny has released three music albums and eleven music singles...  & Jeanette Carlsson	Cha-Cha	12	38
2011	Kristjan Lootus & Jessika Andersson	Cha-Cha	4	59

Voting history

Sweden has received the most points from...

Rank	Country	Points
1	Denmark Denmark in the Eurovision Dance Contest Denmark took part in the first Eurovision Dance Contest 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 and Showdance. Denmark came...	15
=	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...	15
2	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...	11
4	United Kingdom United Kingdom in the Eurovision Dance Contest The United Kingdom was the host country for the inaugural Eurovision Dance Contest in 2007 and also hosted the 2008 competition.-2007:The 2007 contest was broadcast live from London, hosted by the BBC. Commentators for the UK audience were Len Goodman and Bruno Tonioli.The participants chosen to...	2
5	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...	1
=	Spain Spain in the Eurovision Dance Contest Spain took part in the first Eurovision Dance Contest in 2007. Amagoya Benlloch and Abraham Martinez were chosen to represent the country in the program ¡Mira Quién Baila a Eurovisión! . The dances they performed at the contest were Cha-Cha-Cha and Paso Doble...	1

Sweden 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...	24
2	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...	20
3	Denmark Denmark in the Eurovision Dance Contest Denmark took part in the first Eurovision Dance Contest 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 and Showdance. Denmark came...	16
4	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...	7
=	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....	7
5	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...	6
=	Russia Russia in the Eurovision Dance Contest Russia took part in the first Eurovision Dance Contest in 2007. The couple chosen to represent the country were Vladislav Borodinov & Maria Sittel. The dances they performed at the contest were Rumba and Paso Doble. Russia came seventh after receiving 72 points from 11 countries....	6