Eurovision Young Dancers

*Eurovision Young Dancers*
Eurovision Young Dancers
Also known as	Eurovision Competition for Young Dancers
Genre	Dance contest
Country of origin	List of countries
Original language	English
Production
Production locations	List of host cities
Running time	90 minutes (2011–2017)
Original release
Release	16 December 2017
Related
	Eurovision Young Musicians

Eurovision Young Dancers (EYD) was a biennial dance competition.

History

The inaugural Eurovision Young Dancers contest took place on 16 June 1985 in Italy.^[1]

On 20 December 2018, the contest was cancelled due to the absence of a broadcaster willing to host the competition,^[2] and it was ruled out by the EBU in October 2020.^[3]

Participation

Broadcasters from thirty-siz countries have participated at least once, listed by their debut year:

Year	Country making its début entry
1985	Belgium Denmark Finland France Germany Italy Norway Netherlands Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom
1987	Austria Canada Yugoslavia
1989	Cyprus Portugal
1991	Bulgaria
1993	Estonia Greece Poland Slovenia
1995	Hungary Russia
1997	Latvia Slovakia
1999	Czech Republic
2001	Ireland Ukraine
2003	Armenia Romania
2011	Croatia Kosovo
2013	Belarus
2015	Albania Malta

Hosting

Contests	Country	City	Venue	Years
3	Poland	Gdynia	Teatr Muzyczny	1997
		Warsaw	National Theatre	2005
		Gdańsk	Baltic State Opera	2013
2	CZE	Plzeň	New Theatre	2015
	CZE	Prague	Congress Centre	2017
	France	Paris	Palais des Congrès	1989
	France	Lyon	Opéra de Lyon	1999
1	Italy	Reggio Emilia	Teatro Municipale	1985
	Germany	Schwetzingen	Schwetzingen Palace Theatre	1987
	Finland	Helsinki	Helsinki City Theatre	1991
	Sweden	Stockholm	Dance House	1993
	Switzerland^[a]	Lausanne	Palais de Beaulieu	1995
	United Kingdom	London	Linbury Studio Theatre	2001
	File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands	Amsterdam	Stadsschouwburg	2003
	Norway	Oslo	Dance House	2011

Winners

Sixteen performances have won the Eurovision Young Dancers competition, which are listed below:

Winners by year

Contests	Country	City	Venue	Years
3	Poland	Gdynia	Teatr Muzyczny	1997
		Warsaw	National Theatre	2005
		Gdańsk	Baltic State Opera	2013
2	CZE	Plzeň	New Theatre	2015
	CZE	Prague	Congress Centre	2017
	France	Paris	Palais des Congrès	1989
	France	Lyon	Opéra de Lyon	1999
1	Italy	Reggio Emilia	Teatro Municipale	1985
	Germany	Schwetzingen	Schwetzingen Palace Theatre	1987
	Finland	Helsinki	Helsinki City Theatre	1991
	Sweden	Stockholm	Dance House	1993
	Switzerland	Lausanne	Palais de Beaulieu	1995
	United Kingdom	London	Linbury Studio Theatre	2001
	File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands	Amsterdam	Stadsschouwburg	2003
	Norway	Oslo	Dance House	2011

Winners by country

Country	1	2	3	Total	Years won
Spain	5	0	1	6	1985 1991 1993 1995 1997
Poland	3	1	0	4	2001 2015 2017
File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands	2	0	2	4	2005 2013
Sweden	1	2	2	5	2003
France	1	1	1	3	1989
Germany	1	1	1	3	1999
Norway	1	1	0	2	2011
Denmark	1	0	1	2	1987
Czech Republic	1	0	0	1	2003
United Kingdom	1	0	0	1	1989
Ukraine	1	0	0	1	2003
Slovenia	0	3	0	3	N/A
File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium	0	2	2	4	N/A
Switzerland	0	2	0	2	N/A
Romania	0	1	0	1	N/A
Austria	0	0	1	1	N/A
Estonia	0	0	1	1	N/A

Eurovision Young Dancers Media

French-born ballet dancer Zenaida Yanowsky won the fifth contest for Spain in 1993.
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Map showing each country's number of Young Dancers wins up to and including 2017

Notes

↑ The Eurovision Young Dancers 2007 contest, originally scheduled for February 2007 in Lausanne, was cancelled due to a collaboration between the European Broadcasting Union and Swiss broadcaster SRG SSR idée suisse.

References

↑ EBU - Eurovision Young Dancers (in en). www.ebu.ch. Retrieved 2025-07-17.
↑ "Eurovision Young Dancers 2019 Cancelled Due to Lack of Host Broadcaster - Eurovoix" (in en-GB). Eurovoix. 2018-12-20. https://eurovoix.com/2018/12/20/eurovision-young-dancers-2019-cancelled-due-to-lack-of-host-broadcaster/. Retrieved 2025-07-17.
↑ "Eurovision Young Dancers Will Not Return Next Year - Eurovoix" (in en-GB). Eurovoix. 2020-10-13. https://eurovoix.com/2020/10/13/eurovision-young-dancers-2021/. Retrieved 2025-07-17.

Other websites

[4] The Eurovision Young Dancers 2007 contest, originally scheduled for February 2007 in Lausanne, was cancelled due to a collaboration between the European Broadcasting Union and Swiss broadcaster SRG SSR idée suisse.

[1] EBU - Eurovision Young Dancers (in en). www.ebu.ch. Retrieved 2025-07-17.

[2] "Eurovision Young Dancers 2019 Cancelled Due to Lack of Host Broadcaster - Eurovoix" (in en-GB). Eurovoix. 2018-12-20. https://eurovoix.com/2018/12/20/eurovision-young-dancers-2019-cancelled-due-to-lack-of-host-broadcaster/. Retrieved 2025-07-17.

[3] "Eurovision Young Dancers Will Not Return Next Year - Eurovoix" (in en-GB). Eurovoix. 2020-10-13. https://eurovoix.com/2020/10/13/eurovision-young-dancers-2021/. Retrieved 2025-07-17.

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