Europe's Biggest Dance Show 2023

Europe's Biggest Dance Show 2023 was the sixth iteration of Europe's Biggest Dance Show, a multi-nation dance music simulcast hosted by BBC Radio 1, in collaboration with European radio stations 1LIVE, FM4, Fritz, NRK mP3, Radio Promin, Studio Brussel, SR P3, YleX, and for the first time, iCat and Raadio 2.

Europe's Biggest Dance Show 2023

Genre	Dance
Running time	330 minutes (6:30 pm – 12:00 am)
Country of origin	Austria  Belgium  Estonia  Finland  Germany  Norway  Spain  Sweden  Ukraine  United Kingdom
Language(s)	primarily English
Home station	BBC Radio 1
Syndicates	1LIVE FM4 Fritz iCat NRK mP3 Raadio 2 Radio Promin Studio Brussel SR P3 YleX
Produced by	Dan Morris
Original release	22 September – 22 September 2023
Audio format	Stereophonic sound
Website	Europe's Biggest Dance Show

Background

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) announced on 14 September 2023 that the sixth iteration of Europe's Biggest Dance Show would take place on 22 September.^[1][2]

The simulcast started at 18:30 BST, with Danny Howard introducing for BBC Radio 1 in London. As was the case in 2021 and 2022, each radio station contributed 30 minutes of dance music from their respective country. 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.^{[3][4][5][6][7]}

iCat from Spain and Raadio 2 from Estonia contributed for the first time.^{[8][9][10][11]}

Running order

Time (BST)	Country of origin	Radio station	DJ(s)	Presenter(s)
18:30	United Kingdom	BBC Radio 1	Patrick Topping	Danny Howard
19:00	Finland	YleX	DJ Orion [fi]
19:30	Sweden	SR P3	Icona Pop	Tina Mehrafzoon [sv]
20:00	Germany	1LIVE	Marten Hørger [de]	Jan-Christian Zeller [de]
20:30		Fritz [de]	Southstar [de]	Bruno Dietel
21:00	Norway	NRK mP3	Kygo and CLMD	Abiel Tesfai and Martin Holmen [no]
21:30	Belgium	Studio Brussel	Amber Broos [nl] and Jeroen Delodder
22:00	Austria	FM4	DJ Functionist
22:30	Spain	iCat [ca]	Miqui Puig [ca]
23:00	Estonia	Raadio 2	Madison Mars [et]	Marta Püssa [et]
23:30	Ukraine	Radio Promin [uk]	Leopold Levsky	Denis Denisenko

See also

• Europe's Biggest Dance Show 2019
• Europe's Biggest Dance Show 2020
• Europe's Biggest Dance Show 2021
• Europe's Biggest Dance Show 2022
• BBC Radio 1
• European Broadcasting Union

References

1. "Europe's Biggest Dance Show returns to BBC Radio 1 for 2023". BBC. 14 September 2023. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
2. Collins, Steve (14 September 2023). "Danny Howard to kick off Europe's Biggest Dance Show on Radio 1". On The Radio. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
3. "Bock auf fünfeinhalb Stunden Dancen vorm Radio? Wir haben den Sommer verlängert und mit euch am 22. September wieder "Europe's Biggest Dance Show" gefeiert! Am Start für Fritz war diesmal der Berliner DJ SOUTHSTAR! Alle DJ-Sets zum Nachhören gibt es hier". Fritz (in German). 22 September 2023. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
4. "FM4 bei Europe's Biggest Dance Show: 10 Länder, 11 DJ Mixes". FM4 (in German). 24 September 2023. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
5. "1LIVE Europe's Biggest Dance Show mit Marten Hørger". Westdeutscher Rundfunk (in German). 23 September 2023. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
6. "У Europe's Biggest Dance Show на BBC Radio 1 вдруге звучатиме диджей-сет від радіо «Промінь»". ДМ Суспільного (in Ukrainian). 5 September 2023. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
7. "Europe's Biggest Dance Show 2023". Sveriges Radio (in Swedish). 22 September 2023. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
8. Segarra, Luis (21 September 2023). "iCat participa el viernes en el «Europe's Biggest Dance Show»". Guia de la Radio (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 October 2023.
9. Redacció (20 September 2023). "iCat compartirà emissió amb deu ràdios europees en un especial de música dance". cultura21 (in Catalan). Retrieved 3 October 2023.
10. "Europe's Biggest Dance Show". Eesti Rahvusringhääling (in Estonian). 8 September 2023. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
11. ""Europe's Biggest Dance Show" partnerjaamaks on esimest korda Raadio 2". MuusikaPlaneet (in Estonian). 20 September 2023. Retrieved 3 October 2023.