Finnish pair win inaugural Eurovision Dance Contest

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The Finnish pair of Jussi Väänänen and Katja Koukkula won the inaugural Eurovision Dance Contest in London on Saturday night. As with the more famous Eurovision Song Contest (which Finland won in 2006 with Lordi), viewers from across Europe voted for their favorite couple by phone and SMS.
     
The Finns scored 132 points, just enough to pip Ukraine on 121, with Ireland (95 points) taking third a respectful distance behind.
      The Finnish pair danced a rumba to All in Love is Fair, and for their freestyle dance they chose a paso doble to Apocalyptica's The Unforgiven.
      The win does not mean Finland will be hosting yet another Eurovision extravaganza, as the 2008 Dance Contest will also be held in London, in spite of the fact that the UK entry finished only 15th of the 16 nations taking part. Switzerland were in the unenviable position of taking "null points".


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