Eurovision Young Dancers

Television broadcast
Original title	Eurovision Young Dancers
Country of production	various
Year (s)	1985-2005 2011-2017
Production company	various
Broadcasting cycle	every 2 years
genre	To dance
production	European Broadcasting Union
Moderation	various
First broadcast	June 16, 1985

The Eurovision Young Dancers is a dance competition that takes place every two years . It is organized by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). Solo dancers between the ages of 16 and 21 can take part in the competition. A solo and a group dance will be assessed. The two best dancers compete against each other in the final.

In contrast to the Eurovision Song Contest and Junior Eurovision Song Contest , an international jury of experts decides at the Eurovision Young Dancers .

Overview of the events

The competition has been held regularly since 1985. Only in 2007, 2009 and 2019 did the competition not take place.

year	date	host	Attendees	winner	Runner-up	Third place
1985	June 16	Italy , Reggio Emilia	11	Spain Arantxa Argüelles	Norway Arne Fagerholt	Sweden Mia Stagh & Göran Svalberg
1987	31. May	Germany , Schwetzingen	14th	Denmark Rose Gad Poulsen & Nikolaj Hübbe	Switzerland Frédéric Gafner	Germany Stefanie Arndt
1989 1	June 28th	France , Paris	17th	France Agnès Letestu	-	-
				United Kingdom Tetsuya Kumakawa
1991	June 5th	Finland , Helsinki	15th	Spain Amaya Iglesias	France Emmanuel Thibault	Denmark Johan Kobborg
1993	15th June	Sweden , Stockholm	15th	Spain Zenaida Yanowsky	Switzerland Kusha fear	France Raphaëlle Delaunay-Belleville
						Austria Gregor Hatala
1995	6th of June	Switzerland , Lausanne	15th	Spain Jesús Pastor Sahuquillo & Ruth Miró Salvador	Sweden Nadja Sellrup	Belgium Jeroen Hofmans
1997	17th of June	Poland , Gdynia	13	Spain Antonio Carmena San José	Belgium Alain Honorez	Sweden Tim Matiakis
1999	10th of July	France , Lyon	16	Germany Stegli Yohan & Katja Wünsche	Sweden Nathalie Nordquist	Spain Clara Blanco
2001	23rd June	United Kingdom , London	18th	Poland David Kupinski & Marcin Kupinski	Belgium Jeroen Verbruggen	Netherlands Maartje Hermans & Golan Yosef
2003 2	July 4th	Netherlands , Amsterdam	17th	Sweden Kristina Oom & Sebastian Michanek	-	-
				Czech Republic Monika Hejduková & Viktor Konvalinka
				Ukraine Jerlin Ndudi
2005	June 24th	Poland , Warsaw	13	Netherlands Milou Nuyens	Poland Elena Karpuhina & Michał Wylot	Belgium Marjorie Lenain
2007	Competition did not take place
2009
2011	June 24th	Norway , Oslo	10	Norway Daniel Sarr	Slovenia Petra Zupancic	-
2013	14th June	Poland , Gdansk	10	Netherlands Sedrig Verwoert	Germany Felix Berning	-
2015	June 19th	Czech Republic , Pilsen	10	Poland Viktoria Nowak	Slovenia Staša Tušar	-
2017	December 16	Czech Republic , Prague	09	Poland Paulina Bidzinska	Slovenia Patricija Crnkovič	-
2019	Competition did not take place

¹In 1989 there were two winners as France won the Contemporary Dance category and the United Kingdom won the Ballet category .

²In 2003 there were three winners, as Sweden won the Modern Dance category , the Czech Republic won the Youth Jury Choice and Ukraine won the Ballet category .

Medal table

Competition winner

The medal table showing the most successful countries in the competition up to 2017 is shown below. With five wins and a third place, Spain is the most successful country participating in the competition.

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1.	Spain	5	0	1	6th
2.	Poland	3	1	0	4th
3.	Netherlands	2	0	1	3
4th	Sweden	1	2	2	5
5.	Germany	1	1	1	3
5.	France	1	1	1	3
7th	Norway	1	1	0	2
8th.	Denmark	1	0	1	2
9.	Czech Republic	1	0	0	1
9.	Ukraine	1	0	0	1
9.	United Kingdom	1	0	0	1
12.	Slovenia	0	3	0	3
13.	Belgium	0	2	2	4th
14th	Switzerland	0	2	0	2
15th	Austria	0	0	1	1

Attendees

at least one participation

EBU members without participation

not yet started as a separate country

In order to be able to participate in the EYD, the participating broadcaster must be part of the EBU . Since 1985 a total of 37 countries have participated in the EYD. Sweden has the most participation with a total of 15. Sweden is also the only country that has participated in every edition of the EYD. Canada is a special case here, as it is the only North American country that has ever participated in a Eurovision event. All 37 participants are shown in the following overview. The unmarked countries are active participants. The marked participants, however, are inactive participants.

country	debut	cancellation	return	Participation	Victories	broadcast
Albania	2015	2017		1	0	RTSH
Armenia	2003	2005, 2015	2013	2	0	ARMTV
Belgium	1985	2011		10	0	RTBF
Bulgaria	1991	1993		1	0	BNT
Denmark	1987	1995		4th	1	DR
Germany	1985	2003	2011	13	1	WDR (since 2011) ZDF (1985-2001)
Estonia	1993	1995, 1999, 2005	1997, 2001	4th	0	ERR
Finland	1985	2011		10	0	YLE
France	1985	1997, 2001	1999	7th	1	France 2 & France 3
Greece	1993	2013		8th	0	ERT
Ireland	2001	2003		1	0	RTÉ
Italy	1985	1993		4th	0	Rai
Yugoslavia 3	1987	1993		3	0	JRT
Canada	1987	1991		2	0	CBC
Kosovo	2011	2013		1	0	RTK
Croatia	2011	2013		1	0	HRT
Latvia	1997	2011		5	0	LTV
Malta	2015			2	0	PBS
Netherlands	1985	1993, 2017	1999	11	2	NPO
Norway	1985	1997	2001	13	1	NRK
Austria	1987	1991, 1997, 2003	1993, 2001	5	0	ORF
Poland	1993			11	3	TVP
Portugal	1989	1993, 2013	2011, 2017	4th	0	RTP
Romania	2003	2011		2	0	TVR
Russia	1995	1997		1	0	Rossiya K
Sweden	1985			15th	1	SVT
Switzerland	1985	1997, 2005	1999	9	0	SRG SSR
Slovakia	1997	1999, 2017	2015	2	0	STV (1997) RTVS (2015)
Slovenia	1993			11	0	RTVSLO
Spain	1985	2001		8th	5	RTVE
Czech Republic	1999	2011	2013	7th	1	ČT
Ukraine	2001	2005, 2015	2013	3	1	NTU
Hungary	1995	2001		3	0	MTVA
United Kingdom	1985	1991, 2011	1999	7th	1	BBC
Belarus	2013	2015		1	0	BTRC
Cyprus	1989	2011		9	0	CyBC

³ Due to the dissolution of Yugoslavia, participation is no longer possible.

Venue

Countries that have hosted at least one competition

Countries that hosted more than one competition

In contrast to the Eurovision Song Contest, the EYD will be decided through an application procedure from the EBU. In total, the 15 editions of the EYM took place in 11 different countries. Most often, Poland hosted the competition with a total of three times. The Czech Republic hosted the competition in 2015 and 2017, making it the only country to host the competition twice in a row.

Hosted competitions	country	city	building	Year (s)
3	Poland	Gdynia	Teatr Muzyczny	1997
		Warsaw	National Theater Warsaw	2005
		Danzig	Baltic State Opera	2013
2	France	Paris	Palais des congrès de Paris	1989
		Lyon	Opéra National de Lyon	1999
2	Czech Republic	Pilsen	New theater	2015
		Prague	Congress Center Prague	2017
1	Italy	Reggio Emilia	Teatro Municipale	1985
	Germany	Schwetzingen	Schwetzingen Palace Theater	1987
	Finland	Helsinki	Helsinki City Theater	1991
	Sweden	Stockholm	Dansen's Hus	1993
	Switzerland	Lausanne	Palais de Beaulieu	1995
	United Kingdom	London	Royal Opera House	2001
	Netherlands	Amsterdam	Stadsschouwburg Amsterdam	2003
	Norway	Oslo	Dansen's Hus	2011

See also

• Eurovision Song Contest
• Junior Eurovision Song Contest
• Eurovision Dance Contest

Web links

• Website (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ https://youngdancers.tv/events
2. ↑ Eurovision Young Dancers 2019 Canceled Due to Lack of Host Broadcaster
3. ↑ https://youngdancers.tv/countries