''Europe's Biggest Dance Show 2020'' was the second and third editions 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 multinational

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simulcast Simulcast (a portmanteau of "simultaneous broadcast") is the broadcasting of programs or events across more than one resolution, bitrate or medium, or more than one service on the same medium, at exactly the same time (that is, simultaneously) ...

presented by Euroradio and 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 nine other radio stations from across Europe:

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. ...

Fritz Fritz is a common German language, German male name. The name originated as a German diminutive of Friedrich (given name), Friedrich or Frederick (given name), Frederick (''Der Alte Fritz'', and ''Stary Fryc'' were common nicknames for King Fred ...

Mouv' ''Mouv '' () (formerly ''Le Mouv'') is a French youth-oriented radio station which began broadcasting on 17 June 1997. As part of Radio France, it is a public radio station. The station primarily plays youth-oriented music, centered on urban mu ...

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 ...

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, and for the first time, NRK mP3 and

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 ...

Background

Despite the 2019 edition being billed as a one-off event, 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 17 April 2020 that ''Europe's Biggest Dance Show'' would return on 8 May. The BBC subsequently announced on 27 September that the simulcast would return for a third edition on 23 October.

Running order

May 2020

The simulcast started at 19:00 BST on 8 May and finished at 02:00 BST on 9 May, with

Annie Mac Annie Macmanus (born 18 July 1978), known professionally as Annie Mac, is an Irish DJ, broadcaster and writer. She hosted a variety of shows on BBC Radio 1, including BBC Switch and ''Future Sounds''. She also DJed in various locations, includ ...

introducing for

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. As was the case in 2019, eight radio stations from seven countries contributed one hour of dance music from their respective country, with the exception of

and

, who contributed 30 minutes each from

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and

Berlin Berlin ( ; ) is the Capital of Germany, capital and largest city of Germany, by both area and List of cities in Germany by population, population. With 3.7 million inhabitants, it has the List of cities in the European Union by population withi ...

respectively. Some stations chose to feature at least one live DJ set as part of their contribution e.g., Rebecca & Fiona for SR P3. Each radio station sent their feeds to

Broadcasting House London Broadcasting House is the headquarters of the BBC, in Portland Place and Langham Place, London. The first radio broadcast from the building was made on 15 March 1932, and the building was officially opened two months later, on 15 May. T ...

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

October 2020

The simulcast started at 18:00 BST on 23 October and finished at 02:00 BST on 24 October, with Annie Mac introducing for BBC Radio 1 in London. As was the case in May, each radio station contributed an hour of dance music from their respective country, except in the case of 1LIVE and Fritz, who broadcast 30 minutes each from Cologne and Berlin respectively. Having contributed to the 2019 and May 2020 editions, Mouv' did not contribute, while NRK mP3 and

contributed for the first time. FM4 broadcast the simulcast in

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as part of its weekly dance music show ''La boum de luxe''. Each radio station sent their feeds to Broadcasting House in London, which were mixed by BBC senior technical producer Dan Morris, before being sent back to the radio stations for broadcast.

References

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Background

Running order

May 2020

October 2020

See also

References