Europe's Biggest Dance Show 2025
| Genre | Dance |
|---|---|
| Running time | 360 minutes (6:00 pm – 12:00 am) |
| Country of origin | Austria Belgium Estonia Finland Germany Ireland Netherlands Norway Sweden Ukraine United Kingdom |
| Language | primarily English |
| Home station | BBC Radio 1 |
| Syndicates | 1LIVE FM4 Fritz NPO 3FM NRK mP3 Raadio 2 Radio Promin RTÉ 2fm Studio Brussel SR P3 YleX |
| Original release | 26 September 2025 |
| Audio format | Stereophonic sound |
| Website | Europe's Biggest Dance Show |
Europe's Biggest Dance Show 2025 is the eighth iteration of Europe's Biggest Dance Show, a multi-nation dance music simulcast hosted by BBC Radio 1, in collaboration with eleven radio stations across Europe: 1LIVE, FM4, Fritz, NPO 3FM, NRK mP3, Raadio 2, Radio Promin, RTÉ 2fm, Studio Brussel, SR P3 and YleX.
Background
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) announced on 22 September 2025 that the eighth iteration of Europe's Biggest Dance Show would take place on 26 September with twelve radio stations in eleven countries participating, the largest number of participants in the history of the simulcast.[1]
The simulcast started at 18:00 BST, with Danny Howard introducing for BBC Radio 1 in London. As has been the case since the 2021 edition, each radio station contributed 30 minutes of dance music from their respective country and sent their feeds to Broadcasting House in London for mixing purposes, before the feeds were sent back to the radio stations for broadcast.[2][3][4][5][6]
NPO 3FM from the Netherlands returned after not participating in the 2023 and 2024 editions.[4] For the first time in its history, the simulcast was preceded by a one-hour pre-show titled The Warm-Up with Danny Howard, which began at 17:00 BST. This part of the event was not broadcast on Radio 1 itself.[7][1]
During the set of BUNT. provided by Radio Fritz, the broadcast was interrupted by Danny Howard due to explicit lyrics being played uncensored in the song "Best Day of My Life (BUNT. Version)". They left the broadcast of Fritz and proceeded to play other tracks from BUNT. until the original broadcast moved onto the next track of the set.
Tommy Cash, who represented Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025, was the DJ for Estonia's Raadio 2. His Eurovision entry "Espresso Macchiato" was played during Estonia's timeslot in the simulcast.[5]
The simulcast was also aired in Latvia on Latvijas Radio 5 as part of its music show Radio Pieci Ieraksti, where a portion of BBC Radio 1's timeslot was preempted to include a live link-up featuring a mix by Latvian DJ Linda Samsonova in Riga.[8] The Latvian broadcast was hosted by Toms Putniņš, Kristers Karlsons and Matīss Kaktiņš.[9]
Running order
| Time (BST) | Country of origin | Radio station | DJ(s) | Presenter(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18:00 | United Kingdom | BBC Radio 1 | Danny Howard | |
| 18:30 | Ireland | RTÉ 2fm | Jenny Greene | |
| 19:00 | Germany | 1LIVE | Malugi | Jan-Christian Zeller |
| 19:30 | Fritz | Avaion x BUNT. | Bruno Dietel | |
| 20:00 | Austria | FM4 | Ely Oaks | Kristian Davideck |
| 20:30 | Sweden | SR P3 | Otto Knows | Calle Dernulf and Linda Nordeman |
| 21:00 | Estonia | Raadio 2 | Tommy Cash | Marta Püssa |
| 21:30 | Belgium | Studio Brussel | Amber Broos | |
| 22:00 | Norway | NRK mP3 | AILO | Tamanna Agnihotri |
| 22:30 | Finland | YleX | DJ Orion | |
| 23:00 | Netherlands | NPO 3FM | DJ Benwal | Justin Verkijk |
| 23:30 | Ukraine | Radio Promin | DJ LeoLevsky | Denis Denisenko |
See also
References
- ^ a b Martin, Roy (22 September 2025). "Europe's Biggest Dance Show returns with record number of stations". RadioToday. Retrieved 27 September 2025.
- ^ "Europe's Biggest Dance Show 2025 med Calle Dernulf & Linda Nordeman". Sveriges Radio (in Swedish). 26 September 2025. Retrieved 27 September 2025.
- ^ "1LIVE Europe's Biggest Dance Show mit Malugi". WDR (in German). 25 September 2025. Retrieved 27 September 2025.
- ^ a b "Europe's Biggest Dance Show na 3 jaar terug op 3FM". Radiowereld (in Dutch). 25 September 2025. Retrieved 27 September 2025.
- ^ a b "Europe's Biggest Dance Show features Tommy Cash DJ set on Raadio 2 this Friday". ERR. 25 September 2025.
- ^ "Europe's Biggest Dance Show 2025 – FM4 mit Ely Oaks". FM4 (in German). 26 September 2025. Retrieved 27 September 2025.
- ^ "BBC Radio 1 - Schedules - Friday 26 September 2025". BBC. August 2025. Retrieved 27 September 2025.
- ^ @radiopieci; (25 September 2025). "Eiropas lielākais deju šovs (Europe's Biggest Dance Show) pirmo reizi dzirdēs labāko deju mūziku no Latvijas!" [Europe's Biggest Dance Show will hear the best dance music from Latvia for the first time!] (in Latvian) – via Instagram.
- ^ "Latvijas Radio 5 programma / Pieci.lv". Pieci.lv (in Latvian). 26 September 2025. Retrieved 27 September 2025.