''Europe's Biggest Dance Show 2022'' was the fifth iteration of ''

Europe's Biggest Dance Show ''Europe's Biggest Dance Show'' is an annual multinational Electronic dance music, 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 broadca ...

'', a multi-nation

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hosted by

BBC Radio 1 BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC. It specialises in modern popular music and Contemporary hit radio, current chart hits throughout the day. The station provides alternative genres at night, including ...

, in collaboration with European radio stations

1LIVE 1LIVE is a radio station operated by the Westdeutscher Rundfunk public broadcasting corporation in Germany. It broadcasts a CHR format specialised in popular music. Aimed at the 14–39 age demographic, the average age of its listeners is 34. ...

, FM4,

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NPO 3FM NPO 3FM is a Dutch rhythmic CHR radio station controlled by public broadcaster NPO. The vast majority of the songs played on-air are rock, alternative, indie and pop, though dance and Mega Top 30 tracks may also air at times. History As ...

, NRK mP3,

RTÉ 2FM RTÉ 2fm, or 2FM as it is more commonly referred to, is an Irish radio station operated by RTÉ. The station specialises in current popular music and chart hits and is the second national radio station in Ireland. History The station commenc ...

Studio Brussel Studio Brussel is a Dutch-speaking radio station in Belgium, owned by the VRT. The music played is considered more alternative than the other big radio stations, and is aimed mainly at a youth audience. The channel is an initiative of the Fle ...

SR P3 Sveriges Radio P3 (P3) is a semi-mainstream CHR/CHR Alternative-formatted station operated by Sweden's national publicly funded radio broadcasting organization Sveriges Radio. The P in P3 originally stood for Program (''Programme'') but today has ...

YleX YleX (formerly known as YLEX) is one of the major radio stations of the Finnish Broadcasting Company (Yle) featuring pop music and cultural programming. The station started as Radiomafia, and name changed to YleX in 2003. Programming targets the ...

, and for the first time,

Radio Promin Radio Promin (), literally "Radio Bridges", also known as UR-2, is the second radio station of Radio Ukraine, itself a part of Suspilne. Its format is a youth-oriented music and entertainment service. Its FM transmitter network covers 71 transmit ...

of Ukrainian national broadcasting company UA:PBC.

Background

The

British Broadcasting Corporation The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public broadcasting, public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England. Originally established in 1922 as the British Broadcasting Company, it evolved in ...

(BBC) announced on 5 October 2022 that the fifth iteration of ''Europe's Biggest Dance Show'' would take place on 14 October. The simulcast started at 18:30 BST, with

Danny Howard Danny Howard (born 14 July 1987) is a British dance music producer, DJ, and current host of '' Radio 1's Dance Party''. Early life Howard attended Edge Hill University, where he studied sport and exercise science. During his time at Edge Hill ...

introducing for

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. As was the case for the 2021 iteration of the simulcast, each radio station contributed 30 minutes of dance music from their respective country. Each radio station sent their feeds to

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, where they were mixed by BBC senior technical producer Dan Morris before being sent back to the radio stations for broadcast.

from the Netherlands returned after withdrawing from the 2021 iteration, while Ukraine's

contributed for the first time.

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2022 in radio

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