List of countries in the Eurovision Young Dancers

Eurovision Young Dancers is 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 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, is 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

  Withdrawn – Countries who have participated in the past but have withdrawn.

  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–)
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 are eligible to participate in Eurovision Young Dancers, but have yet to make their début at the contest.[3]

•  Algeria – ENTV, ENRS, TDA
•  Andorra – RTVA
•  Australia – ABC, SBS
•  Azerbaijan – İTV
•  Bosnia and Herzegovina – BHRT
•  Egypt – ERTU
•  Georgia – GPB
•  Iceland – RÚV
•  Israel – IBA, KAN
•  Jordan – JRTV
•  Lebanon – TL
•  Libya – LNC
•  Lithuania – LRT
•  Luxembourg – CLT, ERSL
•  Macedonia – MRT
•  Moldova – TRM
•  Monaco – TMC
•  Montenegro – RTCG
•  Morocco – SNRT
•  San Marino – SMRTV
•  Serbia – RTS
•  Tunisia – ERTT
•  Turkey – TRT
•   Vatican City – RV

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

1985–1989
Country	1985	1987	1989
Austria		Х	X
Belgium	Х	Х	Х
Canada		Х	X
Cyprus			X
Denmark		Х	X
Finland	Х	Х	Х
France	Х	Х	Х
Germany	Х	Х	Х
Italy	Х	Х	X
Netherlands	Х	Х	Х
Norway	Х	Х	X
Portugal			X
Spain	Х	Х	Х
Sweden	X	X	Х
Switzerland	Х	Х	Х
United Kingdom	Х	Х	Х
Yugoslavia		Х	X

1990s

1990–1999
Country	1991	1993	1995	1997	1999
Austria		X	X
Belgium	X	X	X	Х	Х
Bulgaria	Х
Cyprus	X	X	X	X	X
Czech Republic					X
Denmark	X	X
Estonia		X		X
Finland	X	X	X	X	X
France	Х	X	Х		X
Germany	Х	Х	X	X	Х
Greece		X	X	X	X
Hungary			X	X	X
Italy	X
Latvia				X	X
Netherlands	Х				X
Norway	X	X	X
Poland		X	X	X	X
Portugal	X
Russia			X
Slovakia				X
Slovenia		X	X	X	X
Spain	Х	Х	Х	Х	X
Sweden	X	X	Х	X	Х
Switzerland	Х	Х	Х		X
United Kingdom					X
Yugoslavia	X

2000s

2000–2005
Country	2001	2003	2005
Armenia		X
Austria	X
Belgium	Х	X|	X
Cyprus	X	X	X
Czech Republic	X	Х	X
Estonia	X	X
Finland	X	X	X
Germany	Х
Greece	X	X	X
Ireland	X
Latvia	X	X	X
Netherlands	X	Х	Х
Norway	X	X	X
Poland	Х	X	Х
Romania		X	X
Slovenia	X	X	X
Sweden	X	Х	Х
Switzerland	Х	Х
Ukraine	X	Х
United Kingdom	X	X	X

2010s

2010–2019
Country	2011	2013	2015	2017	2019
Albania			X
Armenia		X
Belarus		X
Croatia	X
Czech Republic		X	X	X
Germany	X	Х	X	X
Greece	X
Kosovo	X
Malta			X	X	X
Netherlands	X	Х	X
Norway	Х	X	X	X
Poland	X	X	Х	Х	X
Portugal	X			X
Slovakia			X
Slovenia	Х	X	Х	Х
Sweden	X	X	X	X
Ukraine		X

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	1985 1991 1993 1995 1997
Poland	3	1	0	4	2001 2015 2017
Netherlands	2	0	1	3	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
Belgium	0	2	2	4	N/A
Switzerland	0	2	0	2	N/A
Austria	0	0	1	1	N/A

See also

• List of countries in Eurovision Choir
• List of countries in the Eurovision Song Contest
• List of countries in the Eurovision Dance Contest
• List of countries in the Eurovision Young Musicians
• List of countries in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

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

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4. "Eurovision Young Dancers". www.ebu.ch. 22 June 2017.
5. "Eurovision Young Dancers 2003". 2 June 2011. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
6. "Eurovision Young Dancers 1989". Issuu. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
7. "Wayback Machine" (PDF). young-dancers.com. 31 March 2004. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
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.