Eurovision Young Dancers 2001

9. Eurovision Young Dancers
date	June 18, 2001 (semi-finals) June 23, 2001 (final)
Host country	United Kingdom
venue	Linbury Studio Theater , London
Broadcasting television station
Moderation	Deborah Bull
Pause filler	Dance Symbiote by Wayne McGregor
participating countries	18th
winner	Poland
First time participation	Ireland Ukraine
Returning participants	Estonia Norway Austria
Withdrawn participants	France Spain Hungary
Voting rule	A jury of experts determines the first three places. The remaining results remain unpublished.
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The 9th Euro Vision Young Dancers was held on 18 June 2001 Linbury Studio Theater in London in the UK instead. The host was the BBC , which hosted a Eurovision Young Dancers for the first time.

The winners were the Polish brothers David & Marcin Kupinski with their Tanz Brothers . It was the first time that Poland could win the competition. Belgian dancer Jeroen Verbruggen, on the other hand, came in second. 3rd place went to the Dutch dance couple Maartje Hermans & Golan Yosef.

venue

The BBC selected the Linbury Studio Theater in London as the venue . It was the first time the UK hosted the competition.

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 18 participants competed against each other, of which only eleven qualified for the final. There was still a professional jury, but this again awarded 1st to 3rd place. The chairman of the jury was the British choreographer Matthew Bourne . The other jury members were:

• Maina Gielgud
• Amanda Miller
• Monique Veaute
• Samuel Wuersten

Moderation

The British dancer Deborah Bull acted as moderator.

Attendees

Countries that participated in 2001

Countries that have already been eliminated in the semi-finals

Countries that have participated in the past but not in 2001

A total of 18 countries took part in Eurovision Young Dancers 2001, two more than in 1999. The 18 participating countries from 2001 are record holders to this day, as no other edition of the competition had so many participants. France, Spain and Hungary withdrew from the competition. However, Ireland and Ukraine made their debuts. For the latter, it was the first time they took part in a Eurovision competition. Estonia also returned to the competition after four years and Norway and Austria after six years.

Semifinals

The 2001 semi-finals took place on June 18, five days before the final. The following countries have already been eliminated in the semi-finals:

country	Attendees	Dance Choreography (C)
Greece	Olga Tsimourta & Tina Nassika	Rhythmique C: G. Milhov
Ireland	Sarah Reynolds	Conversations in Silence C: A. Costilla
Norway	Tale Dolven	Asking For? C: S. Edvardsen
Austria	Lukas Slavicky & Zuzana Zahradnikova	Don Quixote C: M. Petipa
Slovenia	Eva Gasparic	Les Syphides - Prelude C: Fokino
Ukraine	Leonid Sarafanov	Variation of Paquita (Masculin Role) C: M. Petipa
Cyprus	Marina Kyriakidou	Variation of Paquita (Allegro) C: M. Petipa

final

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

space	Start number	country	Attendees	Dance Choreography (C)
1.	04th	Poland	Dawid & Marcin Kupinski	Brothers C: E. Wesolowski
2.	01	Belgium	Jeroen Verbruggen	Hyperballad C: J Verbruggen, G. Egilsson
3.	11	Netherlands	Maartje Hermans & Golan Yosef	Perfect Skin C: E. Wubbe
-	02	Germany	Thiago Bordin	Tchaikovsky Variation - Pas de Deux C: G. Balanchine
-	03	Finland	Johanna Nuutinen	Angels Fly Low C: M. Rouhiainen
-	05	United Kingdom (hosts)	Jamie Bond	Seigfried Solo from Act 3 Swan Lake C: M. Petipa
-	06th	Sweden	Johan Thelander & Elizaveta Penkóva	At This Point C: J. Thelander, E. Penkova
-	07th	Switzerland	Sarah Kora Dayanova	Tango Te Amo C: L. Smeak
-	08th	Czech Republic	Marek Kasparovsky & Jiri Pokorny	Alterego C: T. Rychetsky, D. Stransky
-	09	Estonia	Sergei Upkin	Franz Variation from Coppelia C: A. Saint-Leon
-	10	Latvia	Anna Novikova	Solo from Act 3 of Le Corsaire C: M. Petipa

transmission

A total of 19 television companies broadcast the event:

country	Channel
participating countries
Belgium	RTBF , VRT
Germany	ZDF
Estonia	ETV
Finland	YLE
Greece	ERT
Ireland	RTÉ
Latvia	LTV
Netherlands	NOS , NPS
Norway	NRK
Austria	ORF
Poland	TVP
Sweden	SVT
Switzerland	SRG SSR
Slovenia	RTV SLO
Czech Republic	ČT
Ukraine	NTU
United Kingdom	BBC
Cyprus	CyBC
Countries not participating
France	France 2

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} The Eurovision Young Dancers 2001 Official Booklet. In: issuu.com. EBU , August 19, 2013, accessed on July 22, 2019 (French). 
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Eurovision Young Dancers 2001. In: youngdancers.tv. EBU , accessed on July 22, 2019 . 

Web links

• Website (English)