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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 withdrew from the contest.[1]

Eurovision Young Dancers 2003
Dates
Semi-final	2 July 2003
Final	4 July 2003
Host
Venue	Stadsschouwburg, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Presenter(s)	Aldith Hunkar
Directed by	Ross MacGibbon
Executive supervisor	Sarah Yuen
Executive producer	Henk van der Meulen
Host broadcaster	Nederlandse Programma Stichting (NPS)
Interval act	Footage of the previous EYD winners and offstage interview with Agnès Letestu
Website	youngdancers.tv/event/amsterdam-2003
Participants
Number of entries	17
Debuting countries	Armenia[lower-alpha 1]  Romania
Returning countries	None
Non-returning countries	Austria  Germany  Ireland
Participation map      Participating countries     Did not qualify from the semi final     Countries that participated in the past but not in 2003
Vote
Voting system	A professional jury chose the finalists and gave points to each performance
Nul points in final	None
Winning dancers	Sweden Kristina Oom and Sebastian Michanek (contemporary dance)  Ukraine Jerlin Ndudi (classical dance)  Czech Republic Monika Hejduková and Viktor Konvalinka (Youth Jury Choice)
2001 ← Eurovision Young Dancers → 2005

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

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]

Results

Preliminary round

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

Country	Participant	Dance	Choreographer
United Kingdom	Kate Lyons	"The Girl"	M. Baldwin
Belgium	Sébastien Tassin	"Coppélia"	A. Saint-Léon
Cyprus	Natalia Krekou	"After"	A. Hatjieftychiou
Slovenia	Anže Škrube	"Club Hoppin"	D. Popovski
Armenia	Avetik Karapetyan	"Rhythm of Spirit"	H. Divanyan
Norway	Caroline Roca	"Afraid of Beauty"	P. Touzeau
Poland	Jakub Greda	"Solo Hip-Hop"	A. Grazul and R. Ziolkowski

Final

There were 2 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

Country	Participant	Dance	Choreographer	Place	Points
Ukraine	Jerlin Ndudi	"Le Corsaire"	M. Petipa	1	938
Estonia	Maria Seletskaja	"Swan Lake"	M. Petipa	3	800
Finland	Tiina Myllymäki	"Paquita"	Makarova and M. Petipa	5	745
Greece	Elenina Nicolaou		M. Petipa	6	716
Romania	Ovidiu Matei Iancu	"Swan Lake"		2	831
Switzerland	Sarah-Jane Brodbeck	"Don Quixote"		4	793

Contemporary category

Country	Participant	Dance	Choreographer	Place	Points
Sweden	Kristina Oom and Sebastian Michanek	"Light Beings"	M. Ek	1	907
Czech Republic	Monika Hejduková and Viktor Konvalinka	"The Twilight Of Innocence"	Kodel and Vágnerová	2	856
Netherlands	Joeri Dubbe	"Perfect Skin"	E. Wubbe	3	781
Latvia	Linda Siliņa	"La Primavera"	I. Lapsiņa	4	777

Jury members

The jury members consisted of the following:[1]

•  Russia – Vladimir Vasiliev
•  Germany – Susanne Linke
•  Italy – Paola Cantalupo
•  Netherlands – Derrick Brown
•  United States – Liz Imperio

Broadcasting

26 national broadcasters[8] in 24 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.

See also

• Eurovision Song Contest 2003
• Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003

Notes and references

Notes

References

External links

• Official website

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