Eurovision Young Dancers 2017

15th Eurovision Young Dancers
date	December 16, 2017
Host country	Czech Republic
venue	Forum Hall of Prague Congress Center, Prague
Broadcasting television station
Moderation	Libor Bouček & Angeé Klára Svobodová
participating countries	8th
winner	Poland
Returning participants	Portugal
Withdrawn participants	Albania Netherlands Slovakia
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 15th Eurovision Young Dancers took place on December 16, 2017 in Prague . As in 2015 , the organizer was the Czech Republic. The competition was won for the third time and for the second time in a row by Poland. As in 2015, Slovenia came second.

venue

Malta was originally selected as the venue for the competition on July 7, 2015. However, on January 24, 2017, Maltese television PBS canceled the hosting for unknown reasons. On June 22nd, 2017, however, it was announced that the event will take place in Prague in the Forum Hall of Prague Congress Center and that the Czech TV broadcaster ČT will be hosting it.

format

The format consists of mostly non-professional dancers between the ages of 16 and 21 who present their skills to the jury in a dance of their choice. For this purpose, the dance is usually determined with the support of a choreographer. Two of the participants will then be selected for the final, where each will again perform a 90-second dance.

jury

In November 2017, the EBU announced the three jury members who will ultimately decide the outcome of the competition. It consists of professional dancers who must come from different genres. The jury consisted of the following people:

• Itzik Galili (Israel)
• Ambra Succi (Sweden)
• Daria Klimentová (Czech Republic)

Moderation

As in 2015, Libor Bouček moderated the event. Angeé Klára Svobodová acted as moderator in the Greenroom .

Attendees

countries

Countries that took part in the final duel

Countries that have already left

Countries that have participated in the past but not in 2017

Members of the EBU could still register for the event until July 15, 2017. Albania, the Netherlands and Slovakia are withdrawing from the competition for reasons unknown. However, Portugal took part again. In total, only eight countries took part, making it the smallest EYD of all time. In addition, the rules actually state that at least ten countries must take part for the event to take place at all. Apparently, this rule only applies on paper.

Returning participants

The Slovenian dancer Patricija Crnkovič already took part in the EYD for Slovenia in 2013 . However, she did not reach the final duel .

National preliminary decisions

The participating countries have determined their respective participants through the following preliminary decisions:

country	National preliminary decision
Germany	internal selection
Malta	internal selection
Norway	internal selection
Poland	Młody Tancerz Roku 2017
Portugal	internal selection
Sweden	internal selection
Slovenia	National preliminary decision
Czech Republic	National preliminary decision

final

On November 15, 2017, the EBU announced the complete list of participants for the EYD 2017. The following eight countries competed against each other on December 16, 2017:

Start number	country	Attendees	Dance Choreography (C)	Result
1	Norway	Anna Louise Amundsen	These Days C: Tine Erica Aspaas	Eliminated
2	Germany	Danila Kapustin	Desde Otello C: Goyo Montero	Eliminated
3	Malta	Denise Buttigieg	QW C: Joeline Tabone	Eliminated
4th	Portugal	Raquel Fidalgo	Esquiva C: Catarina Moreira	Eliminated
5	Poland	Paulina Bidzińska	La Certa C: Jacek Przybyłowicz	final
6th	Slovenia	Patricija Crnkovič	Disintegration C: Patricija Crnkovič	final
7th	Sweden	Christoffer Collins	Solo-X C: Sigge Modigh	Eliminated
8th	Czech Republic	Michal Vach	Monologue C: Michal Vach, Lenka Halašova	Eliminated

Final round

country	Attendees	Dance Choreography (C)	Result
Poland	Paulina Bidzińska	La Certa C: Jacek Przybyłowicz	winner
Slovenia	Patricija Crnkovič	Disintegration C: Patricija Crnkovič	Second place

transmission

The event was broadcast to a total of nine countries. Viewers worldwide could follow the event via a live stream on YouTube. The following stations broadcast the show either live or with a time delay:

country	time	Channel
participating countries
Poland	live	TVP Kultura
Sweden		SVT
Czech Republic		ČT Art
Germany	January 7, 2018 - 8:35 a.m.	WDR
Malta	December 16, 2017 - 9:00 p.m.	TVM1
Norway	December 17, 2017 - 7:45 p.m.	NRK2
Portugal	December 16, 2017 - 10:05 p.m.	RTP2
Slovenia	December 16, 2017 - 8:05 pm	RTVSLO2
Countries not participating
Albania	live	RTSH HD

Cancel

•  Albania : On August 13, 2017, the EBU announced the list of participants. Albania was not listed here.
•  Finland : On November 4, 2016, YLE announced that Finland would not return to EYD in 2017.
•  Latvia : On December 16, 2016, LTV announced that Latvia would not return to the EYD in 2017.
•  Netherlands : On February 2, 2017, NTR announced that it would withdraw from EYD 2017. The reasons for this are budget cuts at the station.
•  Austria : On November 22, 2016, ORF announced that Austria would not return to the EYD in 2017.
•  San Marino : On January 11, 2017, SMRTV announced that it would not debut at EYD in 2017.
•  Slovakia : On June 6, 2017, RTVS announced that it would withdraw from the EYD. Reasons for this were not given.
•  Ukraine : On December 22, 2016, NTU announced that Ukraine would not return to the EYD in 2017. They preferred to concentrate on the 2017 ESC , which Ukraine hosted.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ https://eurovision.tv/story/2017-young-dancers-16-december-prague
2. ^ Anthony Granger: Malta Will Not Host Eurovision Young Dancers 2017. In: Eurovoix. January 24, 2017, accessed January 24, 2017 . 
3. ↑ http://eurovoix.com/2015/07/07/eyd17-malta-to-host-eurovision-young-dancers-2017/
4. ↑ http://www.youngdancers.tv/page/news?id=meet_the_jury_itzik_galili
5. ↑ http://www.youngdancers.tv/page/news?id=271992&_t=meet_the_jury_ambra_succi
6. ↑ http://www.youngdancers.tv/page/news?id=271982&_t=meet_the_jury_daria_klimentova
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11. ↑ https://eurovoix.com/2017/05/28/poland-paulina-bidzinska-eurovision-young-dancers-2017/
12. ↑ https://eurovoix.com/2017/10/17/sweden-christoffer-collins-eurovision-young-dancers/
13. ↑ http://www.rtvslo.si/kultura/oder/slovenske-mlade-plesalke-se-predstavijo/422595
14. ↑ https://eurovoix.com/2017/10/04/czech-republic-michal-vach-eurovision-young-dancers-2017/
15. ↑ Emily Herbert: Eurovision Young Dancers 2017 Participants Revealed. In: eurovoix.com. November 15, 2017, accessed November 15, 2017 . 
16. ↑ ^{a b c d} Prague 2017 - Eurovision Young Dancers. Retrieved December 16, 2017 . 
17. ↑ https://eurovoix.com/2017/12/15/eurovision-young-dancers-2017-where-to-watch/
18. ↑ https://eurovoix.com/2016/11/04/finland-will-not-participate-in-eurovision-young-dancers-2017/
19. ↑ https://eurovoix.com/2016/12/16/latvia-will-not-compete-eurovision-young-dancers-2017/
20. ↑ https://eurovoix.com/2017/02/02/netherlands-withdraws-eurovision-young-dancers/
21. ↑ https://eurovoix.com/2016/11/22/austria-rules-return-eurovision-young-dancers/
22. ↑ https://eurovoix.com/2017/01/11/san-marino-will-not-debut-eurovision-young-dancers-2017/
23. ↑ https://noticiasesc.wixsite.com/noticiasesc/single-post/2017/06/06/Eslovaquia-dice-no-a-JESC-2017-ya-EYD-pero-no-ha-decidido-sobre-Eurovision -2018
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