Eurovision Young Dancers

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The Eurovision Young Dancers is a biennial dance showcase broadcast on television throughout Europe. Since 1985, using a format similar to the Eurovision Song Contest, every country that is a member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has had the opportunity to send a dance act to compete for the title of "Eurovision Young Dancer". The act can be either a solo act or a dance couple, and all contestants must be between the ages of 15 and 21 years and not professionally engaged. The winner is chosen by television viewers across the EBU through a real-time, electronic and onscreen voting mechanism.

In 2003, the competition awarded separate prizes for classical and contemporary dance.

The 2007 edition of the contest did not take place as the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has introduced a new teleshow the "Eurovision Dance Contest". It was originally planned that this show will return in 2009 and will take place on Friday, 19 June 2009, in Dance House, Oslo, Norway, however, as Director of Eurovision TV, Mr. Bjørn Erichsen informed on EBU press-conference in May 2009 "it has been cancelled again due to the low number of countries subscribed".[1]

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[edit] Winners

Year Country Performer Award Details
1985  Spain Arantxa Arguelles Overall Details
1987  Denmark Rose Gad Poulsen & Nikolaj Hübbe Overall Details
1989  France Agnès Letestu Contemporary Details
1989  United Kingdom Tetsuya Kumakawa Classical Details
1991  Spain Amaya Iglesias Overall Details
1993  Spain Zenaida Yanowsky Overall Details
1995  Spain Jesus Pastor Sauquillo & Ruth Miro Overall Details
1997  Spain Antonio Carmena Overall Details
1999  Germany Katja Wünsche & Yohan Stegli Overall Details
2001  Poland Dawid & Marcin Kupinski Overall Details
2003  Ukraine Jerlin Ndudi Classical Details
2003  Sweden Kristina Oom & Sebastian Michanek Contemporary Details
2005  Netherlands Milou Nuyens Overall Details
2011  Norway Daniel Sarr Contemporary/Hip-Hop Details

[edit] Medal List

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Spain 5 0 1 6
2  Sweden 1 2 2 5
3  France 1 1 1 3
4  Poland 1 1 0 2
4  Norway 1 1 0 2
6  Denmark 1 0 1 2
6  Germany 1 0 1 2
6  Netherlands 1 0 1 2
9  United Kingdom 1 0 0 1
9  Ukraine 1 0 0 1
11  Belgium 0 2 2 4
12  Switzerland 0 2 0 2
13  Austria 0 0 1 1

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