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

Eurovision Song Contest

The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition...

, every country that is a member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU)

European Broadcasting Union

The European Broadcasting Union is a confederation of 74 broadcasting organisations from 56 countries, and 49 associate broadcasters from a further 25...

 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)

European Broadcasting Union

The European Broadcasting Union is a confederation of 74 broadcasting organisations from 56 countries, and 49 associate broadcasters from a further 25...

 has introduced a new teleshow the "Eurovision Dance Contest

Eurovision Dance Contest

The Eurovision Dance Contest was an international dancing competition that was held for the first time in the United Kingdom on Saturday 1 September 2007....

". It was originally planned that this show will return in 2009 and will take place on Friday, 19 June 2009, in Dance House, Oslo

Oslo

Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...

, Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

, 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".

Winners

Year	Country	Performer	Award	Details
1985		Arantxa Arguelles	Overall	Details Eurovision Young Dancers Competition 1985 The first Eurovision Young Dancers Competition final was held at Teatro Municipale in Reggio Emilia, Italy on June 16, 1985.-Winners and Remaining Finalists:...
1987		Rose Gad Poulsen & Nikolaj Hübbe Nikolaj Hübbe Nikolaj Hübbe is artistic director of the Royal Danish Ballet. He was born on 30 October th, 1967, and raised in Copenhagen, Denmark. He began his dance training at age 10 at the Royal Danish Ballet School and became an apprentice to the Royal Danish Ballet in 1984. He was promoted soloist in 1988....	Overall	Details Eurovision Young Dancers Competition 1987 The second Eurovision Young Dancers Competition final was held at the Schlosstheater Schwetzingen, Germany on May 31, 1987.-Winners and Remaining Finalists:...
1989		Agnès Letestu Agnes Letestu She decided to start ballet when she saw her first ballet on TV . Then she had the opportunity to start ballet as a hobby, and her teacher, Mr. Bertin, persuaded her to audition for the Opéra Ballet School which she joined when she was 10. She was a shy but graceful pupil and was destined to be at...	Contemporary	Details Eurovision Young Dancers Competition 1989 The third Eurovision Young Dancers Competition was held in Paris, France on June 28, 1989.-Winners and Remaining Finalists:...
1989		Tetsuya Kumakawa	Classical	Details Eurovision Young Dancers Competition 1989 The third Eurovision Young Dancers Competition was held in Paris, France on June 28, 1989.-Winners and Remaining Finalists:...
1991		Amaya Iglesias	Overall	Details Eurovision Young Dancers Competition 1991 The 4th Eurovision Young Dancers Competition final was held in Helsinki, Finland on June 5, 1991.-Winners and Remaining Finalists:...
1993		Zenaida Yanowsky Zenaida Yanowsky Zenaida Yanowsky is a Principal Dancer with the Royal Ballet in London.-Early life:Both of her parents, Anatol Yanowsky and Carmen Robles, were dancers with the Lyon Opera Ballet. Later, the family moved to settle in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, where her parents set up a dance school...	Overall	Details Eurovision Young Dancers Competition 1993 The 5th Eurovision Young Dancers Competition final was held in Stockholm, Sweden on June 15, 1993.-Winners and Remaining Finalists:...
1995		Jesus Pastor Sauquillo & Ruth Miro	Overall	Details Eurovision Young Dancers Competition 1995 The 6th Eurovision Young Dancers Competition final was held in Lausanne, Switzerland on June 6, 1995.-Winners and Remaining Finalists:...
1997		Antonio Carmena	Overall	Details Eurovision Young Dancers Competition 1997 The 7th Eurovision Young Dancers Competition final was held in Gdansk, Poland on June 17, 1997.-Winners and Remaining Finalists:...
1999		Katja Wünsche & Yohan Stegli	Overall	Details Eurovision Young Dancers Competition 1999 The 8th Eurovision Young Dancers Competition final was held in Lyon, France on July 10, 1999.-Winners and Remaining Finalists:...
2001		Dawid & Marcin Kupinski	Overall	Details Eurovision Young Dancers Competition 2001 The 9th Eurovision Young Dancers Competition was held at the Linbury Studio Theatre in London, United Kingdom between June 18 and June 24, 2001.-Winners and Remaining Finalists:...
2003		Jerlin Ndudi	Classical	Details Eurovision Young Dancers Competition 2003 The 10th Eurovision Young Dancers Competition was held in the Stadsschouwburg Theatre in Amsterdam, Netherlands between June 29 and July 4, 2003.-Winners and Remaining Finalists:...
2003		Kristina Oom & Sebastian Michanek	Contemporary	Details Eurovision Young Dancers Competition 2003 The 10th Eurovision Young Dancers Competition was held in the Stadsschouwburg Theatre in Amsterdam, Netherlands between June 29 and July 4, 2003.-Winners and Remaining Finalists:...
2005		Milou Nuyens	Overall	Details Eurovision Young Dancers Competition 2005 The 11th Eurovision Young Dancers Competition final was held in the National Theatre in Warsaw, Poland on June 24, 2005.-Winners and Remaining Finalists:Choreography: Mateusz Polit...
2011		Daniel Sarr	Contemporary/Hip-Hop	Details

Medal List

1		5	0	1	6
2		1	2	2	5
3		1	1	1	3
4		1	1	0	2
4		1	1	0	2
6		1	0	1	2
6		1	0	1	2
6		1	0	1	2
9		1	0	0	1
9		1	0	0	1
11		0	2	2	4
12		0	2	0	2
13		0	0	1	1