Eurovision Young Dancers 1985

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Eurovision Young Dancers 1985
Dates
Final16 June 1985
Host
Venue Teatro Municipale, Reggio Emilia, Italy
Presenter(s) Carla Fracci
Gheorghe Iancu  [ it ] [1]
Directed byEros Macchi
Nevio Sivini
Executive supervisorFrank Naef
Executive producerIlio Catani
Host broadcaster Radiotelevisione Italiana (RAI)
Website youngdancers.tv/event/reggio-emilia-1985 OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Participants
Number of entries11
Debuting countries
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         Participating countries
Vote
Voting systemA professional jury chose the top 3 participants.
Winning dancersFlag of Spain.svg  Spain
Arantxa Argüelles
Eurovision Young Dancers  → 1987

The Eurovision Young Dancers 1985 was the first edition of the Eurovision Young Dancers, held at Teatro Municipale in Reggio Emilia, Italy on 16 June 1985. [2] Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Radiotelevisione Italiana (RAI), dancers from eleven countries participated in the televised final.

Contents

Arantxa Argüelles of Spain won the contest, with Norway and Sweden placing second and third respectively. [3]

Location

Municipal Theatre of Reggio Emilia Teatro Municipale Romolo Valli (5).jpg
Municipal Theatre of Reggio Emilia

Teatro Municipale (also since the 1980s called the Teatro Municipale Valli due to being named after the actor Romolo Valli), a theatre in Reggio Emilia, Northern Italy was the host venue for the 1985 edition of the Eurovision Young Dancers. [2]

Following the destruction by fire of the 1741 Teatro Cittadella in April 1851, the new theatre was designed by the architect Cesare Costa and constructed in the neoclassic style between 1852 and 1857. [4] Its inauguration took place on 21 April 1857 with the performance of the Vittor Pisani by local composer Achille Peri.

Format

The format consists of dancers who are non-professional and between the ages of 16–21, competing in a performance of dance routines of their choice, which they have prepared in advance of the competition. All of the acts then take part in a choreographed group dance during 'Young Dancers Week'. [5]

Jury members of a professional aspect and representing the elements of ballet, contemporary, and modern dancing styles, score each of the competing individual and group dance routines. The overall winner upon completion of the final dances is chosen by the professional jury members. [5]

The interval act was a ballet performance from presenters repertoire. [1]

Results

Final

Awards were given to the top three countries. The table below highlights these using gold, silver, and bronze. The placing results of the remaining participants is unknown and never made public by the European Broadcasting Union. [3]

DrawCountryParticipantPlace
01Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Anneke Lönnroth-
02Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Arantxa Argüelles1
03Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Ariane van de Vyver and Ben Huys-
04Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Arne Fagerholt2
05Flag of France.svg  France Christine Landault and Stephane Elizabe-
06Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Jeanette den Blijker and Ruben Brugman-
07Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Maria Almeida [a] and Errol Pickford-
08Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Mia Stagh and Göran Svalberg3
09Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Sabrina Vitangeli-
10Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Stefanie Eckhof-
11Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Xavier Ferla-

Jury members

The jury members consisted of the following: [7]

Broadcasting

The 1985 Young Dancers competition was broadcast in at least 11 countries. It was also reportedly broadcast in the Soviet Union via Intervision. [8]

Broadcasters in participating countries
CountryBroadcasterChannel(s)Commentator(s)Ref(s)
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium BRT TV2 [9]
Flag of Finland.svg Finland YLE
Flag of France.svg France FR3
Flag of Germany.svg Germany ZDF
Flag of Italy.svg Italy RAI Rai Tre [8]
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands NOS Nederland 2 Joop van Zijl [10]
Flag of Norway.svg Norway NRK NRK Fjernsynet [b] Jannike M. Falk  [ no ] [11]
Flag of Spain.svg Spain TVE TVE 2 [12]
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden SVT TV2 [13]
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland SRG SSR TSI [14]
TSR [c] Jean-Pierre Pastori  [ fr ] [15]
TV DRS [c] [16]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom BBC BBC2 Humphrey Burton and Annette Page [17]

See also

Notes and references

Notes

  1. ↑ Shortly before the contest, it was announced that Almeida would replace Viviana Durante. [6]
  2. ↑ Delayed broadcast on 22 June 1985 at 16:25 CEST (14:25 UTC) [11]
  3. 1 2 Broadcast through a second audio programme on TSI [15]

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