Eurovision Young Dancers 2011

12. Eurovision Young Dancers
date	June 24, 2011
Host country	Norway
venue	, Dansens Hus, Oslo
Broadcasting television station
Moderation	Erik Solbakken
participating countries	10
winner	Norway
First time participation	Kosovo Croatia
Returning participants	Germany Portugal
Withdrawn participants	Belgium Finland Latvia Romania Czech Republic United Kingdom Cyprus
Voting rule	An expert jury qualifies two participants for the final duel. The winner of the duel is also determined by the jury.
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The 12th Eurovision Young Dancers took place on June 24th, 2011 at Dansens Hus, in Oslo , Norway . It was the first edition of the competition in six years, as the competitions of 2007 and 2009 were canceled. The 2011 competition was organized by NRK , which hosted an EYD for the first time.

The winner was the Norwegian dancer Daniel Sarr with his dance Full Force . It was Norway's first win in the competition. It was also the first time that the winner could win in his home country. The Slovenian dancer Petra Zupančić landed in second place.

venue

NRK chose the Dansens Hus in Oslo as the venue . It was the first EYD that Norway held.

format

Dancers between the ages of 15 and 21 could perform. However, only solo dancers or couples could compete. However, there were changes in the format compared to the last competition in 2005. The semifinals were abolished and a final duel was introduced. In the first round, all participants compete against each other, while a professional jury selects the two best participants for the final duel. There the two dancers perform another dance and the jury then determines the winner and second place. The professional jury in 2011 consisted of the following people:

• Ilze Liepa
• Michael Nunn
• Fredrik Rydman
• William Trevitt

Moderation

The Norwegian moderator Erik Solbakken acted as moderator . He was already the moderator of the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 .

Attendees

Countries that took part in the final duel

Countries that have already been eliminated in the final

Countries that have participated in the past but not in 2011

Only ten countries took part in 2011, which was the lowest number of participants in the history of the competition. Finally, compared to 2005, seven countries withdrew from the competition. Belgium, Finland, Latvia, Romania, the Czech Republic, the United Kingdom and Cyprus all canceled their participation in 2011. But Germany returned to competition after ten years, while Portugal returned after 20 years of abstinence. Croatia and Kosovo also took part for the first time. For the latter it was the first participation in a Eurovision competition, whereby Kosovo is not a member of the EBU and could only take part by invitation.

final

The final took place on July 24, 2011. Ten participants competed against each other, of which two participants qualified for the final duel.

Start number	country	Attendees	Dance Choreography (C)	Result
01	Sweden	Louise Lind	Oya C: Mauro Rojas	Eliminated
02	Croatia	Grigor Bazdar	Under the Skin C: Valentina Ivankovic Pelikan	Eliminated
03	Germany	Joy Kammin	Change Your Levels C: Joy Kammin, Erika Winkler	Eliminated
04th	Norway (hosts)	Daniel Sarr	Full Force C: Daniel Sarr, Maria Karlsen	Qualified
05	Kosovo	Tringa Hysa	Rebirth C: Rudina Berdynaj	Eliminated
06th	Netherlands	Floor bucket	Dutch Breeze C: Floor Bucket	Eliminated
07th	Poland	Adam Jan Myslinski	Mania - C C: Katarzyna Kmiec	Eliminated
08th	Slovenia	Petra Zupancic	On the Edge C: Mitja Popovski	Qualified
09	Portugal	Ricardo Macedo	Todos Os Ais Sao Meus C: Catarina Moreira	Eliminated
10	Greece	Spiridoula Magkouritsa	Ultima Carta C: Katerina Sarri	Eliminated

Final duel

space	country	Attendees	Dance Choreography (C)
1.	Norway (hosts)	Daniel Sarr	Full Force C: Daniel Sarr, Maria Karlsen
2.	Slovenia	Petra Zupancic	On the Edge C: Mitja Popovski

transmission

A total of ten television companies broadcast the event:

country	Channel	time
participating countries
Greece	ERT1	live
Kosovo	RTK
Norway	NRK1
Poland	TVP Kultura
Portugal	RTP1	June 25, 2011
Sweden	SVT2
Slovenia	RTV SLO	July 2, 2011
Netherlands	NTR2	July 3, 2011
Croatia	HRT2	July 9, 2011
Germany	WDR television	July 10, 2011

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} EBU : Erik Solbakken to host Eurovision Young Dancers. In: eurovision.tv. June 20, 2011, accessed July 23, 2019 . 
2. ↑ http://www.youngdancers.tv/page/history/by-year/contest?event=1713#About the show
3. ↑ http://www.youngdancers.tv/page/history/by-year/contest?event=1713#Participants
4. ↑ EBU : NORWAY WINS 2011 EUROVISION YOUNG DANCERS. In: ebu.ch. June 27, 2011, accessed July 23, 2019 . 

Web links

• youngdancers.tv