blackpool 2004

The website of the scrutineering software has all the marks from the first round to the final published pretty close to the event. So if you know someone competing that won't make it into the final, this is a good place to check on their progress!
http://www.scrutelle.com/results.htm

(follow the top link to "Blackpool Dance Festival)

As to filming it, obviously there must be some cameras there or they wouldn't be able to sell videos after the event. I think the point is more that there is insufficient interest from the TV networks and/or insufficient lobbying from the organisers. Alternatively they might be trying to protect their lucrative trade in videos...

Robin
 
Blackpool results for Sunday, May 30, 2004...

Amateur Rising Star Ballroom
FINALS
1st: Emanuel Valeri - Tania Kehlet (Denmark)
2nd: Rudiger Homm - Julia Belch (Germany)
3rd: Nikolay Darin - Julia Tutushina (Russia)
4th: Valerio Colantoni - Sara Di Vaira (Italy)
5th: Linas Koreiva - Dorota Makar (Poland)
6th: Eldar Dzhafarov - Anna Sazhina (Russia)

Semi Final
Aleksander Makarov - Katrin End (Estonia)
Christopher Short - Yana Balabaeva (England)
Rosario Guerra - Grazia Benincasa (Italy)
Andrej Mosejcuk - Susanne Niscenko (Germany)
Evgeniy Kazmirchuk - Julia Spesivceva (Russia)
Blaz Pocajt - Inna Berlizyeva (Slovenia)


Amateur Rising Star Ballroom
FINALS
1st: Arsen Kishishian - Alarna Donovan (Australia)
2nd: Neil Jones - Nataliya Kravets (England)
3rd: Gregor Rebula - Lisa Darby (England)
4th: Michael Miziner - Valeria Kozharinova (USA)
5th: Igor Volkov - Ella Ivanova (Russia)
6th: Ryan Terry - Kateryna Gontarenko (England)

Semi Final
Maxim Petrov - Elisabet Haraldsdottir (Iceland)
Martino Zanibellato - Michelle Abildtrup (Denmark)
Artem Okhrimenko - Alexandra Nelyubina (Russia)
Gary Wright - And Partner (England)
Dmitry Matveev - Alena Ershova (Russia)
Nikita Bazev - Natalia Borodaenko (Russia)
 
Blackpool results for Monday, May 31, 2004...

Professional Rising Star Ballroom
FINAL
1st: Victor Fung - Anna Mikhed (USA)
2nd: Brian Eriksen - Marianne Eihilt (Denmark)
3rd: Jeffrey Qi - Olivia Zhang (Hong Kong)
4th: Stefano Fanasca - Michela Battisti (Italy)
5th: Richard Perry - Natalie Perry (New Zealand)
6th: Shozo Ishihara - Toko Shibuya (Japan)

Semi Final
Anton Du Beke - Erin Boag (England)
Fabrizio Cravero - Lorena Cravero (Italy)
Tomo Shiraishi - Kaori Shiraishi (Japan)
Sergey Mikheev - Anastasia Sidoran (Russia)
Nicola Bini - Laura Lunetta
Hide Miyajima - Sumie Shimizu (Japan)


Senior Latin
FINAL
1st: Miquel Alonso Granero - Eva Angues Jolans (Spain)
2nd: John Co - Edna Asana (Philippines)
3rd: Daniele Ferraris - Antonella Ciccarelli (Italy)
4th: Petr Bartunek - Eva Bartunkova (Czech Republic)
5th: Claus Wolfer - Beatrix Leibfried (Germany)
th: Sean Madden - Carole Madden (England)

Semi Final
Ullrich Sommer - Carmen Sommer (Germany)
Marcel Ste-Marie - Monique Thivierge (Canada)
Andres Hernandez Salmeron - Mari Puertas Ocana (Spain)
Jorg Heberer - Alexandra Heberer (Germany)
Davide Galluzzi - Monica Bonechi (Italy)
Martyn Long - Elaine Long (England)
Hans-Juergen Gross - Martina Gross (Germany)
 
wow, this is interesting. i've never heard of this stuff before :shock: so cool! haha... i love the names of all these dancers... so unique and exotic :P
 
robin said:
As to filming it, obviously there must be some cameras there or they wouldn't be able to sell videos after the event. I think the point is more that there is insufficient interest from the TV networks and/or insufficient lobbying from the organisers. Alternatively they might be trying to protect their lucrative trade in videos...

Robin

I suspect that might have something to do with it. :roll: After all, if the videos make it to television, there's nothing to prevent anyone from making their own copies on VHS or even DVD.
 
Also keep in mind a couple of other items...

(1) Blackpool doesn't really need any additional publicity. They have no trouble selling out all their seats and many, many standing room only tickets as well every single year. Indeed, to get a seat close to the floor typically takes years of uprgrading.

(2) Ballroom is a lot more popular in Europe than it is in the U.S. and probably doesn't really need the media exposure many of us feel would be a boon.

None of this is to say that it wouldn't be nice but, rather, that their really wouldn't be benefits to/for this event.
 
Blackpool results for Tuesday, June 1, 2004...

Amateur Latin
FINAL
1st: Franco Formica - Oksana Nikiforova (Germany)
2nd: Riccardo Cocchi - Joanne Wilkinson (Italy)
3rd: Klaus Kongsdal - Viktoria Franova (Denmark)
4th: Eugene Katsevman - Maria Manusova (USA)
5th: Peter Stokkebroe - Kristina Juel (Denmark)
6th: Evgenii Smagin - Rachael Heron (England)

Semi Final
Matej Krajcer - Iwona Golczak (Slovenia)
Mauro Rossi - Karina Rubio (Spain)
Stefano Di Filippo - Annalisa Di Filippo (Italy)
Maurizio Vescovo - Melinda Torokgyorgy (Hungary)
Derek Hough - Annetta Piotrowska (Poland)
Andrius Kandelis - Egle Visockaite (Lithuania)


Under 21 Ballroom
FINAL
1st: Mark Elsbury - Olga Alissievitch (England)
2nd: Sergey Konovaltsev - Olga Konovaltseva (Russia)
3rd: Aleksander Makarov - Katrin End (Estonia)
4th: Andrey Chubarev - Yulia Saikina (Russia)
5th: Salvatore Todaro - Violeta Yankova Yaneva (Bulgaria)
6th: Dmitri Krupnov - Agata Kozhevnikova (Russia)

Semi Final
Tom-Erik Nilsen - Pia Engelberg Lundanes (Norway)
Ilia Maleko - Kimberly Taylor (England)
Sergiu Rusu - Mirona Gliga (Romania)
Cosimo Caramia - Antonella Decarolis (Italy)
Luca Rossignoli - Veronika Haller (Italy)
Rustam Shayakhmetov - Olga Blinova (Russia)
 
I believe what SD is saying - I'm just surprised that networks over there (BBC, etc) don't televise at least some of Blackpool seeing as it is such popular sporting event. The fact that tickets are so scarce would be all the more reason to let other fans at least watch it on the tele.
 
Blackpool results for Wednesday, June 2, 2004...

OVERALL Professional Latin
FINAL
1st: Bryan Watson - Carmen Vinceli /Germany
2nd: Slavik Kryklyvyy - Karina Smirnoff /USA
3rd: Dmitry Timokhin - Anna Bezikova /Russia
4th: Andrej Skufca - Katarina Venturini /Slovenia
5th: Michael Malitowski - Joanna Leunis
6th: Michael Wentink - Beata Onefather /USA
7th: Matthew Cutler - Charlotte Egstrand /England

Professional Latin :arrow: Cha Cha
FINAL
1st: Bryan Watson - Carmen Vinceli /Germany
2nd: Slavik Kryklyvyy - Karina Smirnoff /USA
3rd: Dmitry Timokhin - Anna Bezikova /Russia
4th: Andrej Skufca - Katarina Venturini /Slovenia
5th: Michael Malitowski - Joanna Leunis
6th: Michael Wentink - Beata Onefather /U S A

Semi Final
Matthew Cutler - Charlotte Egstrand /England
Maksim Chmerkovskiy - Elena Grinenko /USA
Jay Park - Nicole /England
Paul Green - Aleksandra Aleksandra /USA
Paul Richardson - Olga Rodionova /USA
Sergey Ryupin - Elena Khvorova /Russia

Professional Latin :arrow: Samba
FINAL
1st: Bryan Watson - Carmen Vinceli /Germany
2nd: Slavik Kryklyvyy - Karina Smirnoff /USA
3rd: Dmitry Timokhin - Anna Bezikova /Russia
4th: Andrej Skufca - Katarina Venturini /Slovenia
5th: Michael Malitowski - Joanna Leunis
6th: Michael Wentink - Beata Onefather /USA

Semi Final
Matthew Cutler - Charlotte Egstrand /England
Egor Vyshegorodtsev - Natalia Petrova /Russia
Jay Park - Nicole /England
Paul Green - Aleksandra Aleksandra /USA
Paul Richardson - Olga Rodionova /USA
Sergey Ryupin - Elena Khvorova /Russia

Professional Latin :arrow: Rumba
FINAL
1st: Bryan Watson - Carmen Vinceli /Germany
2nd: Slavik Kryklyvyy - Karina Smirnoff /USA
3rd: Dmitry Timokhin - Anna Bezikova /Russia
4th: Andrej Skufca - Katarina Venturini /Slovenia
5th: Michael Malitowski - Joanna Leunis
6th: Michael Wentink - Beata Onefather /USA
7th: Matthew Cutler - Charlotte Egstrand /England

Semi Final
Sergey Ryupin - Elena Khvorova /Russia
Paul Richardson - Olga Rodionova /USA
Paul Green - Aleksandra Aleksandra /USA
Jay Park - Nicole Nicole /England
Vlad Pavlov - Svetlana Polianina /Russia

Professional Latin :arrow: Paso
FINAL
1st: Bryan Watson - Carmen Vinceli /Germany
2nd: Slavik Kryklyvyy - Karina Smirnoff /USA
3rd: Dmitry Timokhin - Anna Bezikova /Russia
4th: Andrej Skufca - Katarina Venturini /Slovenia
5th: Matthew Cutler - Charlotte Egstrand /England
6th: Michael Malitowski - Joanna Leunis

Semi Final
Sergey Ryupin - Elena Khvorova /Russia
Paul Richardson - Olga Rodionova /USA
Paul Green - Aleksandra Aleksandra /USA
Jay Park - Nicole Nicole /England
Michael Wentink - Beata Onefather /USA
Maksim Chmerkovskiy - Elena Grinenko /USA

Professional Latin :arrow: Jive
FINAL
1st: Bryan Watson - Carmen Vinceli /Germany
2nd: Slavik Kryklyvyy - Karina Smirnoff /USA
3rd: Dmitry Timokhin - Anna Bezikova /Russia
4th: Andrej Skufca - Katarina Venturini /Slovenia
5th: Matthew Cutler - Charlotte Egstrand /England
6th: Michael Wentink - Beata Onefather /USA
7th: Michael Malitowski - Joanna Leunis

Semi Final
Maksim Chmerkovskiy - Elena Grinenko /USA
Jay Park - Nicole Nicole /England
Paul Green - Aleksandra Aleksandra /USA
Paul Richardson - Olga Rodionova /USA
Sergey Ryupin - Elena Khvorova /Russia


Modern Formation
1st: Brigham Young University Ballroom Formation Team
2nd: Team Diablo Formatzione
 
SDsalsaguy said:
(2) Ballroom is a lot more popular in Europe than it is in the U.S. and probably doesn't really need the media exposure many of us feel would be a boon.

I wish! Ballroom is not nearly as popular in Britain as you might imagine. The "Strictly come dancing" show is very much a novelty thing to see how funny the celebreties cope with such an exotic artform ;). While there are a lot of great coaches and some very good dancers here, there are very few people taking it up these days, which is why most successful competitors now seem to come from eastern europe...

Dancing is a lot more popular on the continent (for example in Germany) than in England and it would be great if Blackpool got some TV (or at least newspaper) coverage. Most people in the UK have no idea the Blackpool dance festival is going on and "Strictly Come dancing" is probably the first time they've seen "competitive" ballroom. Even social ballroom seems to be the preserve of the over-70s with the exception of university clubs.

Anyway, Blackpool Pro Latin results sound very interesting! Wish I could have been there, some of my friends went and said it was fantastic, but I'm stuck in a dark lab all day... Incidentally, tickets can just be bought on the door, it's only seating tickets that are hard to come by!

Robin
 
Blackpool

Did anyone see or hear about the Victor Fung awards incident? I heard the Fungs were very upset and also that the Blackpool organizers were upset too.
 
Re: Blackpool

marykomatsu said:
Did anyone see or hear about the Victor Fung awards incident? I heard the Fungs were very upset and also that the Blackpool organizers were upset too.
Please do tell...
 
SDsalsaguy said:
Blackpool results for Wednesday, June 2, 2004...

Modern Formation
1st: Brigham Young University Ballroom Formation Team
2nd: Team Diablo Formatzione

:shock: WAHOO! GO BYU! :D hehe I'm a big BYU fan, so I'm very excited that they won! (again, haha) I'm excited to see what happens on Friday w/the latin formation championships. Anyway, back to the Blackpool discussion...
 
I was not there, but 2 different people who were told me the basic thing: apparently when Victor won RS he took a very long time bowing. Then his whole family filed down onto the dance floor to congratulate and take photos. This took up quite some time and disrupted the announcement of the 2nd place winners Brian & Marianne. (Blackpool goes for 1-6, rather than 6-1.)

Next night the announcer Peter Maxwell (I think) gave quite a lecture about the "rude" disruption caused by the Fungs and asked Marianne and Brian to stand up and take an applause they deserved from the night before.

From one account I heard, the Fungs looked really rude and selfish, from another account, the British were very harsh and not understanding. So I wonder if anyone else saw this thing and had an opinion.
 

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