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.
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] The 2019 contest was cancelled, so it will be excluded from the table.
†
|
Inactive – countries which participated in the past but did not appear in the final contest |
◇
|
Ineligible – countries whose broadcasters have been suspended from the European Broadcasting Union and are therefore ineligible to participate |
‡
|
Former – countries which previously participated but no longer exist |
The following list of countries were eligible to participate in Eurovision Young Dancers, but never made their debut at the contest.[3]
The table lists the participating countries in each decade since the first Eurovision Young Dancers was held in 1985.
# |
Debutant | The country made its debut during the decade. |
1 |
Winner | The country won the contest. |
2 |
Second place | The country was ranked second. |
3 |
Third place | The country was ranked third. |
X |
Remaining places | The country placed from fourth to last in the final. |
† |
Non-qualified for the final | The country did not qualify for the final (1989–2017). |
C |
Cancelled | The contest was cancelled after the deadline for submitting songs had passed (2019). |
No entry | The country did not enter the contest. |
1985–1989 | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Country | 1985 | 1987 | 1989 | |
![]() |
Х | † | ||
![]() |
Х | Х | Х | |
![]() |
Х | † | ||
![]() |
† | |||
![]() |
1 | X | ||
![]() |
Х | Х | Х | |
![]() |
Х | Х | 1 | |
![]() |
Х | 3 | Х | |
![]() |
Х | Х | † | |
![]() |
Х | Х | Х | |
![]() |
2 | Х | † | |
![]() |
† | |||
![]() |
1 | Х | Х | |
![]() |
3 | X | Х | |
![]() |
Х | 2 | Х | |
![]() |
Х | Х | 1 | |
![]() |
Х | † |
1991–1999 | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | 1991 | 1993 | 1995 | 1997 | 1999 | |
![]() |
3 | X | ||||
![]() |
† | † | 3 | 2 | Х | |
![]() |
Х | |||||
![]() |
† | † | † | † | † | |
![]() |
† | |||||
![]() |
3 | † | ||||
![]() |
† | † | ||||
![]() |
† | X | † | X | X | |
![]() |
2 | 3 | Х | X | ||
![]() |
Х | Х | † | † | 1 | |
![]() |
† | X | † | X | ||
![]() |
† | † | † | |||
![]() |
† | |||||
![]() |
X | X | ||||
![]() |
Х | X | ||||
![]() |
† | † | † | |||
![]() |
X | X | X | X | ||
![]() |
† | |||||
![]() |
X | |||||
![]() |
X | |||||
![]() |
† | † | † | † | ||
![]() |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
![]() |
X | X | 2 | 3 | 2 | |
![]() |
Х | 2 | Х | † | ||
![]() |
† | |||||
![]() |
† |
2001–2005 | |||
---|---|---|---|
Country | 2001 | 2003 | 2005 |
![]() |
† | ||
![]() |
† | ||
![]() |
2 | † | 3 |
![]() |
† | † | † |
![]() |
† | 1 | X |
![]() |
X | X | |
![]() |
X | X | X |
![]() |
Х | ||
![]() |
† | X | X |
![]() |
† | ||
![]() |
X | X | X |
![]() |
3 | Х | 1 |
![]() |
† | † | † |
![]() |
1 | † | 2 |
![]() |
X | X | |
![]() |
† | † | † |
![]() |
X | 1 | Х |
![]() |
Х | Х | |
![]() |
† | 1 | |
![]() |
X | † | X |
2011–2019 | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | ||
![]() |
† | |||||
![]() |
† | |||||
![]() |
† | |||||
![]() |
† | |||||
![]() |
† | † | † | |||
![]() |
† | 2 | † | † | ||
![]() |
† | |||||
![]() |
† | |||||
![]() |
† | † | C | |||
![]() |
X | 1 | † | |||
![]() |
1 | † | † | † | ||
![]() |
† | † | 1 | 1 | C | |
![]() |
† | † | ||||
![]() |
† | |||||
![]() |
2 | † | 2 | 2 | ||
![]() |
† | † | † | † | ||
![]() |
† |
Country | Broadcaster(s) | Year(s) |
---|---|---|
![]() |
Ríkisútvarpið (RÚV) | 2003[5] |
![]() |
Jordan Radio and Television Corporation (JRTV) | 1989[6] |
![]() |
Unknown | 2003[7] |
Year | Date | Host City | Countries | Winner(s) | Performer(s) | Dance |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1985 | 16 June | ![]() |
11 | ![]() |
Arantxa Argüelles | Unknown |
1987 | 31 May | ![]() |
14 | ![]() |
Rose Gad Poulsen and Nikolaj Hübbe | Divertissement from "La Sylphide" |
1989 | 28 June | ![]() |
17 | ![]() |
Agnès Letestu (Contemporary dance) | Unknown |
![]() |
Tetsuya Kumakawa (Classical ballet) | |||||
1991 | 5 June | ![]() |
15 | ![]() |
Amaya Iglesias | Variations from "La Grisi" |
1993 | 15 June | ![]() |
15 | ![]() |
Zenaida Yanowsky | "Esmeralda" |
1995 | 6 June | ![]() |
15 | ![]() |
Jesús Pastor Sahuquillo and Ruth Miró Salvador | "Arrayan Daraxa" |
1997 | 17 June | ![]() |
13 | ![]() |
Antonio Carmena San José | "Angelitos Locos" |
1999 | 10 July | ![]() |
16 | ![]() |
Stegli Yohan and Katja Wünsche | "Cinderella" |
2001 | 23 June | ![]() |
18 | ![]() |
David Kupinski and Marcin Kupinski | "Brothers" |
2003 | 4 July | ![]() |
17 | ![]() |
Jerlin Ndudi (Ballet) | "Le Corsaire" |
![]() |
Kristina Oom and Sebastian Michanek (Modern dance) | "Light Beings" | ||||
![]() |
Monika Hejduková and Viktor Konvalinka (Youth Jury Choice) | "The Twilight Of Innocence" | ||||
2005 | 24 June | ![]() |
13 | ![]() |
Milou Nuyens | "Snakesense" |
2011 | 24 June | ![]() |
10 | ![]() |
Daniel Sarr | "Full Force" |
2013 | 14 June | ![]() |
10 | ![]() |
Sedrig Verwoert | "The 5th Element" |
2015 | 19 June | ![]() |
10 | ![]() |
Viktoria Nowak | "Piece in Old Style" |
2017 | 16 December | ![]() |
8 | ![]() |
Paulina Bidzińska | "La Certa" |
2019 | Cancelled[d] | 2[d] | Cancelled |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() |
5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
![]() |
2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
![]() |
1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
![]() |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
![]() |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
![]() |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
![]() |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() |
0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | — |
![]() |
0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
![]() |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
![]() |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |