Eurovision Young Dancers 1999

8. Eurovision Young Dancers
date	July 4, 1999 (semi-finals) July 10, 1999 (final)
Host country	France
venue	Opéra de Lyon , Lyon
Broadcasting television station
Moderation	Alex Taylor
Pause filler	Hiphop dance group cage
participating countries	16
winner	Germany
First time participation	Czech Republic
Returning participants	France Netherlands Switzerland United Kingdom
Withdrawn participants	Estonia Slovakia
Voting rule	A jury of experts determines the first three places. The remaining results remain unpublished.
◄ EYD 1997 • EYD 2001 ►

The 8th Eurovision Young Dancers took place on July 10th, 1999 at the Opéra de Lyon in Lyon , France . The host was France 3 , which hosted the event in 1989 . This made France the first country to host the competition more than once.

The winner was the German dance couple Katja Wünsche & Stegli Yohan with their dance Cinderella . It was the first time that Germany could win the competition and the first time since 1989 that a country other than Spain could win the competition. The Swedish dancer Nathalie Nordquist landed in second place. It was Sweden's third place in a row in the top 3. On the other hand, the Spanish dancer Clara Blanco landed in third place. It was the first time in ten years that Spain did not come out on top.

venue

France 3 chose the Opéra de Lyon in Lyon as the venue . It was the second time that France hosted the competition. After all, the country hosted the event back in 1989 . At that time, however, the competition took place in Paris .

format

Dancers between the ages of 16 and 21 could perform. However, only solo dancers or couples could compete. There was another semi-final, as the number of participants would otherwise exceed the time frame. There all 16 participants competed against each other, of which only ten qualified for the final. There was still a professional jury, but it again awarded 1st to 3rd place. The jury chaired the Russian dancer and choreographer Boris Eifman . The other jury members were:

• Jean-Christophe Maillot
• Victoria Maragopoulou
• Maguy Marin
• Tero Saarinen
• Vicente Sáeza
• Meryl Tankar

Moderation

The moderator was Alex Taylor. It was the first time that a man moderated the competition alone. Previously, only Margot Werner moderated the competition alone in 1987 .

Attendees

Countries that participated in 1999

Countries that have already been eliminated in the semi-finals

Countries that have participated in the past but not in 1999

A total of 16 countries took part in Eurovision Young Dancers in 1999, three more than in 1997. Finally, France and Switzerland returned to the competition after four years, the Netherlands after eight years and the United Kingdom after ten years. Only Estonia and Slovakia withdrew from the competition. The Czech Republic was welcomed as a debutant in 1999. It was the Czech Republic's first participation in a Eurovision competition.

Semifinals

The 1999 semi-final took place on July 4th, six days before the final. The following countries have already been eliminated in the semi-finals:

country	Attendees	Dance Choreography (C)
Switzerland	Laetitia Guggi	La Bayadère C: M. Petipa
Slovenia	Ana Klasnja	Variation of Giselle C: J. Coralli, J. Perrot
Czech Republic	Lukas Slavicky & Zuzana Zahradnikova	Don Quixote C: M. Petipa
Hungary	Attila Bongar	Le Corsaire C: M. Petipa
United Kingdom	Lara Glew	La Bayadère C: M. Petipa
Cyprus	Dafni Mouyiassi	The Sleeping Beauty C: M. Petipa

final

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

space	Start number	country	Attendees	Dance Choreography (C)
1.	08th	Germany	Katja Wünsche & Stegli Yohan	Cinderella C: J. Neumeier
2.	10	Sweden	Nathalie Nordquist	Flower Festival in Genzano C: A. Bournonville
3.	03	Spain	Clara Blanco	Variation of Giselle C: J. Coralli, J. Perrot
-	01	Greece	Maria Boubouli	Don Quixote C: M. Petipa
-	02	Netherlands	Ernst Meisner	La fille mal gardée C: J. Dauberval
-	04th	France (hosts)	Emmanuel Eggermont & Juliette Roudet	Les Chiens C: J. Bouvier, R. Obadia
-	05	Poland	Marta Wojtaszewska & Marcin Krajewski	Stars & Stripes C: G. Balanchine
-	06th	Latvia	Elza Leimane	Esmeralda C: J. Perrot
-	07th	Finland	Aarne Ruutu	La Sylphide (James variation) C: A. Bournonville
-	09	Belgium	Frederik Deberdt	La Sylphide C: A. Bournonville

transmission

A total of 20 television companies broadcast the event:

country	Channel
participating countries
Belgium	RTBF
Germany	ZDF
Finland	YLE
France	France 3 , MEZZO
Greece	ERT
Latvia	LTV
Netherlands	NPS
Norway	NRK
Poland	TVP
Sweden	SVT1
Switzerland	SF , TSR , RTSI
Slovenia	RTV SLO
Spain	RTVE
Czech Republic	ČT
Hungary	MTV
United Kingdom	BBC
Cyprus	CyBC
Countries not participating
Ireland	RTÉ
Croatia	HRT
Russia	RTR

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} EBU : The Eurovision Young Dancers 1999 Official Booklet. In: issuu.com. July 10, 1997, accessed July 21, 2019 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b c} EBU : Eurovision Young Dancers 1999. In: youngdancers.tv. Retrieved July 21, 2019 . 

Web links

• Website (English)