Eurovision Young Dancers 1991

4. Eurovision Young Dancers
date	June 5, 1991
Host country	Finland
venue	Helsinki City Theater, Helsinki
Broadcasting television station
Moderation	Taina Elg & Heikki Värtsi
Pause filler	Documentation by Eila-Maija Mirolybov about the beginnings of the competition and the dancers who did not reach the final.
participating countries	15th
winner	Spain
First time participation	Bulgaria
Withdrawn participants	Canada Austria United Kingdom
Voting rule	A jury of experts determines the first three places. The remaining results remain unpublished.
◄ EYD 1989 • EYD 1993 ►

The fourth Euro Vision Young Dancers took place on June 5, 1991 at the City Theater Helsinki, Helsinki in Finland instead. The host was Yleisradio , which was commissioned for the first time to host a Eurovision event.

The winner was the Spanish dancer Amaya Iglesias with her variation dance La Grisi . It was the second time since 1985 that Spain won the competition. Second place went to the French dancer Emmanuel Thibault. Third place went to the Danish dancer Johan Kobborg.

venue

The Yleisradio selected the Helsinki City Theater in Helsinki as the venue . It was the first time Finland hosted an EYD. It was also the first Eurovision event organized and hosted by Yleisradio.

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 1989. There was another semi-final, otherwise the number of participants would go beyond the time frame. There all 15 participants competed against each other, but only eight of them qualified for the final. There was also still a professional jury, but this again, as in 1985 and 1987, awarded 1st to 3rd place. The chairman of the jury was the Finnish dancer and choreographer Jorma Uotinen . The other jury members were:

• Josette Amiel
• Frank Andersen
• Gigi Gheorghe Caciuleanu
• Peter Van Dyk
• André-Philippe Hersin
• Heinz Spoerli
• Gosta Svalberg
• Víctor Ullate

Moderation

The Finnish dancer and actress Taina Elg and the Finnish presenter Heikki Värtsi acted as moderators.

Attendees

Countries that participated in 1991

Countries that have already been eliminated in the semi-finals

Countries that have participated in the past but not in 1991

A total of 15 countries took part in the fourth Eurovision Young Dancers, two countries fewer than in 1989. Eventually Canada, Austria and the United Kingdom withdrew from the competition. Bulgaria, on the other hand, took part in a Eurovision event for the first time.

Recurring performers

The Cypriot participant Hélène O'Keefe participated in Cyprus' debut in 1989 . This makes her the first participant in the competition to take part more than once. However, she did not reach the final of the event in 1989.

country	Interpreter	Previous year of participation
Cyprus	Hélène O'Keefe	1989

Semifinals

In 1991 a semi-final took place, but not much is known about it. The following countries have already been eliminated in the semi-finals:

country	Attendees	Dance Choreography (C)
Belgium	Vanessa Eertmans	Concerto for Harpsichord & Strings in D minor C: D. Sonnenbluck
Finland (hosts)	Titta-Tuulia Karhunen & Pasi Sinisalo	Le Corsaire C: M. Petipa
Italy	Alen Bottaini	Grand pas classique C: V. Gsovsky
Yugoslavia	Ana Pavlovic	Coppelia C: K. Damjanov
Norway	Ingrid Trøite Lorentzen	Don Quixote C: M. Petipa
Portugal	Sonia Lima	Don Quixote C: M. Petipa
Cyprus	Hélène O'Keefe	Glorianna, hymn à la femme C: N. Mújaszí

final

Eight countries competed against each other. Only the first three places were announced.

space	country	Attendees	Dance Choreography (C)
1.	Spain	Amaya Iglesias	La Grisi (variation) C: L. de Ávila
2.	France	Emmanuel Thibault	La Sylphide C: F. Taglioni
3.	Denmark	Johan Kobborg	La Sylphide C: A. Bournonville
-	Bulgaria	Diliana Nikiforova	The Sleeping Beauty C: M. Petipa
-	Germany	Celia people	Le Corsaire C: M. Petipa
-	Netherlands	Boris de Leeuw	Prelude to a Kiss C: P. de Ruiter
-	Sweden	Kim Saveus	Le Corsaire C: M. Petipa
-	Switzerland	Sarah Locher	The Sleeping Beauty C: M. Petipa

transmission

A total of 17 television companies broadcast the event:

country	Channel
participating countries
Belgium	RTBF
Bulgaria	BNT
Denmark	DR
Germany	ZDF
Finland	YLE
France	France 3
Italy	RAI
Yugoslavia	JRT
Netherlands	NOS
Norway	NRK
Portugal	RTP
Sweden	SVT1
Switzerland	SRG SSR
Spain	RTVE
Cyprus	CyBC
Countries not participating
Canada	CBC
Austria	ORF

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} EBU : The Eurovision Young Dancers 1991 Official Booklet. In: issuu.com. January 15, 2013, accessed July 20, 2019 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b c} EBU : Eurovision Young Dancers 1991. In: youngdancers.tv. Retrieved July 20, 2019 . 

Web links

• Website (English)