Eurovision Young Dancers 1995 | |
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Dates | |
Semi-final | 3 June 1995 |
Final | 6 June 1995 |
Host | |
Venue | Palais de Beaulieu Lausanne, Switzerland |
Presenter(s) | |
Host broadcaster | Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR) |
Website | youngdancers |
Participants | |
Number of entries | 15 |
Debuting countries | |
Returning countries | None |
Non-returning countries | |
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Vote | |
Voting system | A professional jury chose the finalists and the top 3 performances |
Winning dancers | Spain Jesús Pastor Sauquillo and Ruth Miró Salvador |
The Eurovision Young Dancers 1995 was the sixth edition of the Eurovision Young Dancers, held at the Palais de Beaulieu in Lausanne, Switzerland, on 6 June 1995. [1] Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR), dancers from nine countries participated in the televised final. A total of fifteen countries took part in the competition. Hungary and Russia made their début while Denmark and Estonia decided not to participate. [1] However, the Danish broadcaster DR broadcast the event as did the broadcasters in Bulgaria and Romania. [1]
The semi-final took place days 3 before the final (3 June 1995). Like in the previous contests, each country could participate with one or two dancers, male or female, not older than 19, that could perform one or two different dances: either a 2 variations (individual) no longer than 5 minutes each or a pas de deux (couples) no longer than 10 minutes. [1]
The disqualified countries were, Cyprus, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Norway and Slovenia. Spain, represented by Jesús Pastor Sahuquillo and Ruth Miró Salvador, won the contest for the 4th time (3rd in a row) with Sweden and Belgium placing second and third respectively. [2]
Palais de Beaulieu, a convention centre in Lausanne, Switzerland, was the host venue for the 1995 edition of the Eurovision Young Dancers. [1]
The centre includes the Théâtre de Beaulieu concert, dance and theatre hall and hosted the 1989 Eurovision Song Contest. With 1,850 seats, the Théâtre de Beaulieu is the biggest theatre in Switzerland. [3] The Prix de Lausanne, an international ballet competition, is hosted at the centre.
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'. [4]
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. [4]
The interval act this year was Moments in a garden of Spain: a flamenco show performed by Nina Corti and her musicians. [1]
Broadcasters from fifteen countries took part in the preliminary round of the 1995 contest, of which eight qualified to the televised grand final. The following participants failed to qualify. [1]
Country | Broadcaster | Dancer | Dance | Choreographer |
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Finland | YLE | Janna Eklund | La Esmeralda: Variation de Diane | A. Vaganova |
Germany | ZDF | Irina Schlaht | La Esmeralda | M. Petipa |
Slovenia | RTVSLO | Damjan Mohorko | La Fille mal gardée: Variation de Colas | M. Petipa and L. Ivanov |
Norway | NRK | Maria Mikalsen | Les mots sont allés | I. Bjørnsgaard |
Cyprus | CyBC | Carolina Constadinou | La Esmeralda | M. Petipa |
Hungary | MTV | Sara Weisz | Death | T. Juronics |
Awards were given to the top three participants. 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. [2]
R/O | Country | Broadcaster | Dancer(s) | Dance | Choreographer | Result |
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1 | Greece | ERT | Franghiskos Toumbakaris | Ondine: variation acte II | J. Neumeier | |
2 | Poland | TVP | Filip Barankiewicz | Paquita | M. Petipa | |
3 | Switzerland | SRG SSR | Anne-Catherine Haller | Raymonda | M. Petipa | |
4 | Austria | ORF | Oliver Preiss | Taras Bulba: Gopak | R. Zakharov | |
5 | Russia | RTR | Maria Alexandrova | Coppélia: variation de Swanilda | M. Petipa | |
6 | Belgium | BRTN | Jeroen Hofmans | Giselle: variation du paysan | M. Petipa, J. Coralli and J. Perrot | 3 |
7 | France | France Télévision | Karl Paquette | La Bayadère | R. Noureev | |
8 | Sweden | SVT | Nadja Sellrup | Grand pas classique | V. Gsovsky | 2 |
9 | Spain | TVE | Jesús Pastor Sahuquillo and Ruth Miró Salvador | Arrayan Daraxa | V. Ullate | 1 |
The jury members consisted of the following: [1]
The 1995 Young Dancers competition was broadcast in 18 countries. [5] Bulgaria, Denmark, and Romania broadcast the contest in addition to the competing countries. Known details on the broadcasts in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations and commentators are shown in the tables below.
Country | Broadcaster | Channel(s) | Commentator(s) | Ref(s) |
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Austria | ORF | ORF 2 [a] | [6] | |
Belgium | RTBF | Télé 21 | [7] | |
BRTN | ||||
Cyprus | CyBC | |||
Finland | YLE | |||
France | France Télévision | France 3 [b] | [8] [9] | |
Germany | ZDF [c] | [7] | ||
Greece | ERT | |||
Hungary | MTV | |||
Norway | NRK | |||
Poland | TVP | TVP2 | [10] | |
Russia | RTR | |||
Slovenia | RTVSLO | |||
Spain | TVE | |||
Sweden | SVT | SVT1 | ||
Switzerland | SRG SSR | Schweiz 4, Suisse 4 | [11] | |
Country | Broadcaster | Channel(s) | Commentator(s) | Ref(s) |
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Bulgaria | BNT | |||
Denmark | DR | DR TV | Niels Oxenvad | [12] |
Romania | TVR | |||
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