List of countries in the Eurovision Young Dancers

Eurovision Young Dancers was a biennial dance competition for European dancers that are aged between 16 and 21. The contest was created by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) in 1985. Only members of the EBU may take part in the contest. Eleven countries took part in the inaugural contest.

Participation since 1985:
  Entered at least once
  Never entered, although were eligible to do so
  Competed as a part of another country (Yugoslavia), but never as a sovereignty

Participants

The Eurovision Young Dancers, inspired by the success its counterpart Eurovision Young Musicians, was a biennial competition organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) for European dancers that are aged between 16 and 21. The first edition of the Eurovision Young Dancers, then known as Eurovision Competition for Young Dancers, took place in Reggio Emilia, Italy, on 16 June 1985 and eleven countries took part.[1] Spain won the first edition in 1985, represented by Arantxa Argüelles. Norway, represented by Arne Fagerholt, and Sweden, represented by Mia Stagh and Göran Svalberg, came second and third respectively.[2]

Listed are all the countries that have ever taken part in the competition, alongside the year in which they made their debut:

Table key
  Former – Former countries that have been dissolved.
Country[3] Debut year Latest entry Entries Finals[lower-alpha 1] Latest final[lower-alpha 1] Wins Broadcaster(s)[4]
 Albania
2015
2015
1
 0 N/A
0
 RTSH
 Armenia
2003
2013
2
 0 N/A
0
 AMPTV
 Austria
1987
2001
5
 3 1995
0
 ORF
 Belarus
2013
2013
1
 0 N/A
0
 BTRC
 Belgium[lower-alpha 2]
1985
2005
11
 8 2005
0
 VRT (Dutch)
RTBF (French)
 Bulgaria
1991
1991
1
 1 1991
0
 BNT
 Canada
1987
1989
2
 1 1987
0
 CBC
 Croatia
2011
2011
1
 0 N/A
0
 HRT
 Cyprus
1989
2005
9
 0 N/A
0
 CyBC
 Czech Republic
1999
2017
7
 0 N/A
1
 ČT
 Denmark
1987
1993
4
 3 1991
1
 DR
 Estonia
1993
2003
4
 2 2005
0
 ERR
 Finland
1985
2005
11
 9 2005
0
 Yle
 France
1985
1999
7
 7 1999
1
 France Télévisions
 Germany
1985
2017
13
 8 2013
1
 ZDF (1985–2001)
WDR (ARD) (2011–17)
 Greece
1993
2011
8
 4 2005
0
 ERT
 Hungary
1995
1999
3
 0 N/A
0
 MTVA
 Ireland
2001
2001
1
 0 N/A
0
 RTÉ
 Italy
1985
1991
4
 2 1987
0
 RAI
 Kosovo
2011
2011
1
 0 N/A
0
 RTK
 Latvia
1997
2005
5
 5 2005
0
 LTV
 Malta
2015
2019[lower-alpha 3]
2
 0 N/A
0
 PBS
 Netherlands[lower-alpha 2]
1985
2015
11
 9 2013
2
 NPO
 Norway
1985
2017
13
 3 2011
1
 NRK
 Poland
1993
2019[lower-alpha 3]
11
 8 2017
3
 TVP
 Portugal
1989
2017
4
 0 N/A
0
 RTP
 Romania
2003
2005
2
 2 2005
0
 TVR
 Russia
1995
1995
1
 1 1995
0
 VGTRK
 Slovakia
1997
2015
2
 1 1997
0
 STV
 Slovenia
1993
2017
11
 3 2017
0
 RTV SLO
 Spain
1985
1999
8
 8 1999
5
 TVE
 Sweden
1985
2017
15
 11 2005
1
 SVT
  Switzerland
1985
2003
9
 8 2003
0
 SRG SSR
 Ukraine
2001
2013
3
 1 2003
1
 NTU
 United Kingdom
1985
2005
7
 5 2005
1
 BBC
 Yugoslavia
1987
1991
3
 1 1987
0
 JRT

Other EBU members

The following list of countries were eligible to participate in Eurovision Young Dancers, but never made their début at the contest.[3]

Participating countries in the decades

The table lists the participating countries in each decade since the first Eurovision Young Dancers was held in 1985.

Table key
  Winner – The country won the Eurovision Young Dancers that year.
  Second place – The country was ranked second that year.
  Third place – The country was ranked third that year.
  Non-qualified – The country did not qualify to the final (1989–2005) or "final duel" round (2011–present).
  Undecided – The country has confirmed participation for the next Eurovision Young Dancers, however, the competition has not yet taken place or has been cancelled.
  Debutant – The country made its debut during the decade.
  Did not participate – The country did not participate in the Eurovision Young Dancers that year.
  Withdrawn – The country was going to participate that year, but later withdrew.
A cross (X) means that the country participated in the contest that year.

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

Broadcast in non-participating countries
Country Broadcaster(s) Year(s)
 Iceland Ríkisútvarpið (RÚV) 2003[5]
 Jordan Jordan Radio and Television Corporation (JRTV) 1989[6]
 Puerto Rico Un­known 2003[7]

List of winners

By contest
Year Date Host City Countries Winner(s) Performer(s) Dance
1985 16 June Reggio Emilia 11  Spain Arantxa Argüelles Unknown
1987 31 May Schwetzingen 14  Denmark Rose Gad Poulsen and Nikolaj Hübbe Divertissement from "La Sylphide"
1989 28 June Paris 17  France[lower-alpha 4] Agnès Letestu (Contemporary dance) Unknown
 United Kingdom[lower-alpha 4] Tetsuya Kumakawa (Classical ballet)
1991 5 June Helsinki 15  Spain Amaya Iglesias Variations from "La Grisi"
1993 15 June Stockholm 15  Spain Zenaida Yanowsky "Esmeralda"
1995 6 June Lausanne 15  Spain Jesús Pastor Sahuquillo and Ruth Miró Salvador "Arrayan Daraxa"
1997 17 June Gdynia 13  Spain Antonio Carmena San José "Angelitos Locos"
1999 10 July Lyon 16  Germany Stegli Yohan and Katja Wünsche "Cinderella"
2001 23 June London 18  Poland David Kupinski and Marcin Kupinski "Brothers"
2003 4 July Amsterdam 17  Ukraine[lower-alpha 5] Jerlin Ndudi (Ballet) "Le Corsaire"
 Sweden[lower-alpha 5] Kristina Oom and Sebastian Michanek (Modern dance) "Light Beings"
 Czech Republic[lower-alpha 5] Monika Hejduková and Viktor Konvalinka (Youth Jury Choice) "The Twilight Of Innocence"
2005 24 June Warsaw 13  Netherlands Milou Nuyens "Snakesense"
2011 24 June Oslo 10  Norway Daniel Sarr "Full Force"
2013 14 June Gdańsk 10  Netherlands Sedrig Verwoert "The 5th Element"
2015 19 June Plzeň 10  Poland Viktoria Nowak "Piece in Old Style"
2017 16 December Prague 8  Poland Paulina Bidzińska "La Certa"
2019 Cancelled[lower-alpha 3] 2[lower-alpha 3] Cancelled

By country
Map showing each country's number of Young Dancers wins up to and including 2017

The table below shows the top-three placings from each contest, along with the years that a country won the contest.

Country Total Years won
 Spain 5 0 1 6
 Poland 3 1 0 4
 Netherlands 2 0 1 3
 Sweden 1 2 2 5
 France 1 1 1 3
 Germany 1 1 1 3
 Norway 1 1 0 2
 Denmark 1 0 1 2
 Czech Republic 1 0 0 1
 United Kingdom 1 0 0 1
 Ukraine 1 0 0 1
 Slovenia 0 3 0 3 N/A
 Belgium 0 2 2 4 N/A
  Switzerland 0 2 0 2 N/A
 Austria 0 0 1 1 N/A

See also

Notes
  1. Appearances in the televised final (1985–2005) and the "final duel" round (2011–present). Correct as of the 2017 contest.
  2. In 1987, Belgium and Netherlands competed together with a joint entry. In the competition, the two dancers represented the Dutch colors.
  3. At the time of cancellation, Malta and Poland were the only eligible countries to have confirmed their intention to participate in the contest.[10]
  4. The Eurovision Young Dancers 1989 event had two sets of first prize, one for contemporary dance (awarded to France) and one for classical dance (awarded to United Kingdom).[8]
  5. The Eurovision Young Dancers 2003 event had three sets of first prize, one for modern dance (awarded to Sweden), one for ballet (awarded to Ukraine), and the 'Youth Jury Choice' (awarded to Czech Republic).[9]

References
  1. "Eurovision Young Dancers". ebu.ch. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  2. "1st Eurovision Young Dancers 1985". youngdancers.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  3. "List of EBU Active Members". ebu.ch. European Broadcasting Union. 6 June 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  4. "Eurovision Young Dancers". www.ebu.ch. 22 June 2017.
  5. "Eurovision Young Dancers 2003". 2 June 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-06-02. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  6. "Eurovision Young Dancers 1989". Issuu. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  7. (PDF). young-dancers.com. 31 March 2004 https://web.archive.org/web/20040331044323/http://www.young-dancers.com:80/participate/2003_Countries_Broadcastrs.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2004-03-31. Retrieved 3 May 2018. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. "Eurovision Young Dancers 1989". youngdancers.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
  9. "Eurovision Young Dancers 2003". youngdancers.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
  10. Granger, Anthony (20 December 2018). "Eurovision Young Dancers 2019 Cancelled Due to Lack of Host Broadcaster". eurovoix.com. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
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