Eurovision Young Dancers 1989

3. Eurovision Young Dancers
date	June 28, 1989
Host country	France
venue	Palais des congrès de Paris , Paris
Broadcasting television station
Moderation	Zizi Jeanmaire & Alain Duault
Pause filler	"Concerto en Ré" by L'École du Ballet de l'Ópera de Paris
participating countries	17th
winner	France United Kingdom
First time participation	Portugal Cyprus
Voting rule	A professional jury awards two prizes and two special prizes for contemporary dance and ballet .
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The 3rd Eurovision Young Dancers took place on June 28, 1989 in the Palais des congrès de Paris , in Paris , France . The host was France 3 , which was commissioned to host a Eurovision event for the first time.

In the end, Agnès Letestu won the competition for France in the contemporary dance category and Tetsuya Kumakawa for the United Kingdom in the ballet category . It was the first ever victory for France and the United Kingdom in the competition.

venue

France 3 chose the Palais des congrès de Paris in Paris as the venue . Previously, this was the venue for the 1978 Eurovision Song Contest . It was the first time that France hosted an EYD. It was also the first Eurovision event organized and hosted by France 3.

format

Dancers between the ages of 16 and 21 could perform. However, only solo dancers or couples could compete. However, the format changed in contrast to 1985 and 1987. There was a semi-final, as the number of participants would otherwise go beyond the time frame. There all 17 participants competed against each other, of which only ten qualified for the final. There was still a professional jury, but it was now awarding prizes instead of placing 1 to 3. The jury was chaired by the French dancer Roland Petit . The other jury members were:

• Frank Andersen
• Paolo Bortoluzzi
• Oscar Araiz
• Igor Eisner
• John Neumeier
• Ekaterina Sergeevna Maximova
• Heinz Spoerli
• Vladimir Vasiliev

Moderation

The French dancer Zizi Jeanmaire and the French presenter Alain Duault acted as moderators . It was the first time since 1985 that a duo hosted the competition again.

Attendees

Countries that participated in 1989

Countries that have already been eliminated in the semi-finals

A total of 17 countries took part in the third Eurovision Young Dancers, which was a new attendance record. In addition to the 14 countries from 1985, two countries made their debut in 1989. Portugal and Cyprus took part for the first time. Belgium also took part again in 1989 with its own artist, after the country joined forces with the Netherlands in 1987.

Semifinals

In 1989 the first semi-finals took place, but little is known about it. The following countries have already been eliminated in the semi-finals:

country	Attendees
Italy	Danilo Mazzota
Yugoslavia	Dino Baksa
Canada	Cherice Barton
Norway	Hilde Olsen
Austria	Jürgen Wagner
Portugal	Ana Lacerda
Cyprus	Hélène O'Keefe

final

Ten countries competed against each other. In contrast to the 1987 competition, however, there is no information about the dance titles, choreographers or starting positions. Only four prizes were awarded.

price	country	Attendees
Contemporary dance award	France (hosts)	Agnes Letestu
Prize for ballet	United Kingdom	Tetsuya Kumakawa
Special jury award for ballet	Switzerland	Christina McDermott
Special jury award for contemporary dance	Spain	María Giménez & Igor Yebra
-	Belgium	Géraldine Boussart
-	Denmark	Rachel Hester & Martin Vedel
-	Germany	Patrick Becker
-	Finland	Petri Toivanen
-	Netherlands	Gaby Baars & Léon Pronk
-	Sweden	Marie Lindqvist

transmission

A total of 20 television companies broadcast the event:

country	Channel
participating countries
Belgium	RTBF
Denmark	DR
Germany	ZDF
Finland	YLE
France	France 3
Italy	Rai 3
Yugoslavia	JRT
Canada	CBC
Netherlands	NOS
Norway	NRK
Austria	ORF
Portugal	RTP
Sweden	SVT
Switzerland	TSR
Spain	RTVE
United Kingdom	BBC2
Cyprus	CyBC
Countries not participating
Bulgaria	BNT
Jordan	JRTV

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} EBU : The Eurovision Young Dancers 1989 Official Booklet. In: issuu.com. December 6, 2012, accessed July 4, 2019 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b c} EBU : Eurovision Young Dancers 1989. In: youngdancers.tv. Retrieved July 4, 2019 . 

Web links

• Website (English)