Eurovision Young Dancers 2003

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Eurovision Young Dancers 2003
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Dates and venue
Semi-final
  • 2 July 2003
Final
  • 4 July 2003
Venue Stadsschouwburg
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Organisation
Organiser European Broadcasting Union (EBU)
Executive supervisorSarah Yuen
Production
Host broadcaster Nederlandse Programma Stichting (NPS)
Director Ross MacGibbon
Executive producerHenk van der Meulen
Presenter Aldith Hunkar  [ nl ]
Participants
Number of entries17
Debuting countries
Non-returning countries
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         Participating countries     Did not qualify from the semi-final     Countries that participated in the past but not in 2003
Vote
Voting systemA professional jury chose the finalists and gave points to each performance
Winning dancer(s)
  • Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
    Kristina Oom and Sebastian Michanek (contemporary dance)
  • Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
    Jerlin Ndudi (classical dance)
  • Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
    Monika Hejduková and Viktor Konvalinka (Youth Jury Choice)
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The Eurovision Young Dancers 2003 was the tenth edition of the Eurovision Young Dancers, held at the Stadsschouwburg Theatre in Amsterdam, Netherlands, between 29 June and 4 July 2003. [1] Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Nederlandse Programma Stichting (NPS), dancers from ten countries participated in the televised final. A total of seventeen countries took part in the competition therefore a semi-final was held a few days before at the same venue. Armenia and Romania made their début while Austria, Germany and Ireland decided not to participate. [1]

Contents

The semi-final took place on 2 July 2003. [2] Each country could send one or two dancers, male or female, not older than 20. All countries except the host (Netherlands) had to take part in the semi-final. [1]

The non-qualified countries were Armenia, Belgium, Cyprus, Norway, Poland, Slovenia and United Kingdom. Kristina Oom and Sebastian Michanek of Sweden won the contemporary dance prize, with Jerlin Ndudi of Ukraine winning the classical dance prize. Monika Hejduková and Viktor Konvalinka of Czech Republic won the 'Youth Jury Choice' award. [3]

Location

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Stadsschouwburg Theatre

Stadsschouwburg Theatre in Amsterdam, Netherlands was the host venue for the 2003 edition of the Eurovision Young Dancers. [1] The building is in the neo-Renaissance style dating back to 1894, and is the former home of the National Ballet and Opera. [4]

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] All participants received a medal, designed by Dutch artist Dinie Besems  [ nl ]. [2]

There was no interval act this year, with footage of previous contest winners and an offstage interview with Agnès Letestu, winner of the contemporary dance prize in 1989, broadcast instead.

Results

Preliminary round

Broadcasters from seventeen countries took part in the preliminary round of the 2003 contest, of which ten qualified to the televised grand final. The following participants failed to qualify. [1] [6]

CountryBroadcasterDancer(s)DanceChoreographer
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom BBC Kate LyonsThe GirlM. Baldwin
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium RTBF Sébastien TassinCoppéliaA. Saint-Léon
Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg  Cyprus CyBC Natalia KrekouAfterA. Hatjieftychiou
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia RTVSLO Anže ŠkrubeClub HoppinD. Popovski
Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia ARMTV Avetik KarapetyanRhythm of SpiritH. Divanyan
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway NRK Caroline RocaAfraid of BeautyP. Touzeau
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland TVP Jakub GredaSolo Hip-HopA. Grazul and R. Ziolkowski

Final

There were two prizes given this year: one for contemporary dance (awarded to Sweden) and one for classical ballet dance (awarded to Ukraine). A special "young jury" award was given as well by a group of young viewers that were in the audience, this went to contemporary runner-up Czech Republic. [1] [7]

Classical category

CountryBroadcasterDancer(s)DanceChoreographerPlacePoints
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine NTU Jerlin NdudiLe CorsaireM. Petipa1938
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia ETV Maria SeletskajaSwan LakeM. Petipa3800
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Yle Tiina MyllymäkiPaquitaMakarova and M. Petipa5745
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece ERT Elenina NicolaouM. Petipa6716
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania TVR Ovidiu Matei IancuSwan Lake2831
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland SRG SSR Sarah-Jane BrodbeckDon Quixote4793

Contemporary category

CountryBroadcasterDancer(s)DanceChoreographerPlacePoints
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden SVT Kristina Oom and Sebastian MichanekLight BeingsM. Ek1907
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic ČT Monika Hejduková and Viktor KonvalinkaThe Twilight Of InnocenceKodel and Vágnerová2856
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands NOS Joeri DubbePerfect SkinE. Wubbe3781
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia LTV Linda SiliņaLa PrimaveraI. Lapsiņa4777

Jury members

The jury members consisted of the following: [1]

Broadcasting

26 national broadcasters [8] in 23 countries transmitted the 2003 event. [9] Albania, Croatia, Germany, Iceland, Puerto Rico, and Serbia and Montenegro all broadcast the contest in addition to the competing countries.

Broadcasters in participating countries
CountryBroadcaster(s)
Flag of Armenia.svg Armenia Armenia TV [10]
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium RTBF
Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg Cyprus CyBC
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic ČT
Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia ETV
Flag of Finland.svg Finland Yle
Flag of Greece.svg Greece ERT
Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia LTV
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands NOS
NPS
Flag of Norway.svg Norway NRK
Flag of Poland.svg Poland TVP2
Flag of Romania.svg Romania TVR 2
Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia RTVSLO
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden SVT1
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland DRS
TSR
TSI
Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine NTU
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom BBC
Broadcasters in non-participating countries
CountryBroadcaster(s)
Flag of Albania.svg Albania RTVSH
Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia HRT
Flag of Germany.svg Germany 3sat
Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland RÚV
Flag of Kosovo.svg Kosovo RTK
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Puerto Rico
Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg Serbia and Montenegro UJRT

See also

Notes and references

Notes

  1. ↑ Armenia took part for the first time in the semi-final since they did not reach the final. Their debut in a Final of the Young Dancers contest took place in 2013

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Eurovision Young Dancers 2003: About the show". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  2. 1 2 "10th Eurovision Young Dancers". EBU. 13 February 2013. Archived from the original on 13 February 2013. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  3. ↑ "Eurovision Young Dancers 2003: Participants". youngmusicians.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  4. ↑ Martin Dunford (2010). The Rough Guide to The Netherlands. Penguin. p. 74. ISBN   978-1-84836-882-8.
  5. 1 2 "Eurovision Young Dancers - Format". youngdancers.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 11 February 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  6. ↑ "Eurovision Young Dancers 2003". 10 October 2004. Archived from the original on 10 October 2004. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  7. ↑ "Eurovision Young Dancers Awards Ukrainian and Swedish winners". 7 July 2003. Archived from the original on 24 December 2004. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  8. ↑ "Eurovision Young Dancers 2003". 2 June 2011. Archived from the original on 2 June 2011. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  9. ↑ "2003 Countries Broadcastrs" (PDF). young-dancers.com. 25 June 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 March 2004. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  10. ↑ Rau, Oliver (19 July 2003). "'Armenia to participate in Song Contest 2004'". ESCToday. Archived from the original on 3 November 2013.
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