Europe's Biggest Dance Show

Europe's Biggest Dance Show is an annual multinational dance music simulcast hosted by BBC Radio 1 in the United Kingdom, in collaboration with several European radio stations, all of which are owned by public broadcasters which are members of the European Broadcasting Union. The show reaches several millions of listeners all over Europe.

Europe's Biggest Dance Show
GenreDance
Running time
  • 420 minutes (2019–May 2020)
  • 480 minutes (October 2020)
  • 270 minutes (2021)
  • 330 minutes (2022–present)
Country of originVarious countries
Language(s)primarily English
Home station
SyndicatesVarious broadcasters
Produced byDan Morris
Original release11 October 2019 (2019-10-11) –
present
No. of episodes6 editions
Audio formatStereophonic sound
Website

Background

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) announced on 27 September 2019 that it would join radio stations from seven other countries, and a potential audience of 18 million listeners, in hosting a one-off dance music simulcast on 11 October.[1]

The first simulcast began at 19:00 BST and ended at 02:00 BST on 12 October, with Annie Mac introducing for BBC Radio 1 in London. Seven radio stations across Europe joined the simulcast: 1LIVE, Fritz, Mouv', NPO 3FM, RTÉ 2FM, SR P3 and Studio Brussel. Each radio station contributed an hour of dance music from their respective countries, except in the case of 1LIVE and Fritz, who contributed 30 minutes each from Cologne and Berlin respectively. Some stations chose to feature at least one live DJ set as part of their contribution.[2]

Each radio station sent their feeds to Broadcasting House in London, where they were mixed by BBC senior technical producer Dan Morris before being sent back to the radio stations for broadcast.

Dan Morris Twitter
@DanDJMorris

Replying to @FutureHouseSelf @ahj

Lots of lines! Each participating station linked to us, we’ll mix the programme and then send the whole show back to participating stations. 🤓

11 October 2019[3]

Despite the simulcast being billed as a one-off event, two subsequent editions of the simulcast were presented in May and October 2020 respectively, before it became an annual event, with new editions presented in the following years and more radio stations joining the simulcast.[4][5] Since the 2021 edition, each participating radio station, including 1LIVE and Fritz, has contributed 30 minutes of dance music from their respective countries instead of an hour.[6]

Participating broadcasters

The following table lists the countries, broadcasters and radio stations that have participated in Europe's Biggest Dance Show as of 2023.

Table key
†
 Inactive – countries which participated in the past but did not participate in further editions as of 2023
Country Broadcaster(s) Station(s) City Debut year Latest participation Appearances
 Austria ORF FM4 Vienna
2021[lower-alpha 1]
2023
3
 Belgium VRT Studio Brussel Brussels
2019
2023
6
 Estonia ERR Raadio 2 Tallinn
2023
1
 Finland Yle YleX Helsinki
2020 (October)
2023
4
 France † Radio France Mouv' Paris
2019
2020 (May)
2
 Germany WDR (ARD) 1LIVE Cologne
2019
2023
6
RBB (ARD) Fritz Berlin
2019
2023
6
 Ireland † RTÉ RTÉ 2FM Dublin
2019
2022
5
 Netherlands † NPO NPO 3FM Amsterdam
2019
2022
4
 Norway NRK NRK mP3 Oslo
2020 (October)
2023
4
 Spain Catalunya Ràdio iCat Barcelona
2023
1
 Sweden SR SR P3 Stockholm
2019
2023
6
 Ukraine Suspilne Radio Promin Kyiv
2022
2023
2
 United Kingdom BBC BBC Radio 1[lower-alpha 2] London
2019
2023
6

Editions

The following table lists the editions of Europe's Biggest Dance Show. Countries in bold are countries that made their debut in the simulcast in their respective years.

Year Date(s) Participants Participating countries Ref.
2019 11–12 October 8
  •  Belgium
  •  France
  •  Germany
  •  Ireland
  •  Netherlands
  •  Sweden
  •  United Kingdom
 [8]
2020 8–9 May 8
  •  Belgium
  •  France
  •  Germany
  •  Ireland
  •  Netherlands
  •  Sweden
  •  United Kingdom
 [4]
23–24 October 9
  •  Belgium
  •  Finland
  •  Germany
  •  Ireland
  •  Netherlands
  •  Norway
  •  Sweden
  •  United Kingdom
 [5]
2021 29 October 9
  •  Austria
  •  Belgium
  •  Finland
  •  Germany
  •  Ireland
  •  Norway
  •  Sweden
  •  United Kingdom
 [9]
2022 14 October 11
  •  Austria
  •  Belgium
  •  Finland
  •  Germany
  •  Ireland
  •  Netherlands
  •  Norway
  •  Sweden
  •  Ukraine
  •  United Kingdom
 [10]
2023 22 September 11
  •  Austria
  •  Belgium
  •  Estonia
  •  Finland
  •  Germany
  •  Norway
  •  Spain
  •  Sweden
  •  Ukraine
  •  United Kingdom
 [11]

Notes
  1. Although it did not participate in the October 2020 edition, FM4 broadcast the show as part of its weekly dance music show La boum de luxe.[7]
  2. Since the October 2020 edition, the show is simulcast on BBC Radio 1 and its online-only sister station, BBC Radio 1 Dance.

References
  1. "BBC Radio 1 to host biggest dance show ever". BBC. 27 September 2019. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  2. Mago, Mike (11 October 2019). "3FM doet mee aan Europe's Biggest Dance Show". NPO 3FM (in Dutch). Retrieved 16 October 2022.
  3. Dan Morris [@DanDJMorris] (11 October 2019). "Lots of lines! Each participating station linked to us, we'll mix the programme and then send the whole show back to participating stations. 🤓" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  4. "BBC Radio 1 to host return of Europe's Biggest Dance Show". BBC. 17 April 2020. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  5. Martin, Roy (16 October 2020). "Europe's Biggest Dance Show returns at Radio 1". RadioToday. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  6. "Das war: 1LIVE Europe's Biggest Dance Show mit Felix Jaehn". WDR (in German). 25 October 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
  7. Schönauer, Matthias (23 October 2020). "Europe's biggest dance show: Europa tanzt vorm Radio". ORF (in German). Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  8. Hofstadt, Jens F. (6 October 2019). "Acht Radiostationen präsentieren "Europe's Biggest Dance Show"". RADIOSZENE (in German). Retrieved 16 October 2022.
  9. "BBC Radio 1 to host return of Europe's Biggest Dance Show". BBC. 8 October 2021. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  10. "Ukraine joins Europe's Biggest Dance Show for the first time as it returns to BBC Radio 1". BBC. 5 October 2022. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  11. "Europe's Biggest Dance Show returns to BBC Radio 1 for 2023". BBC. 14 September 2023. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
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