Eurovision Young Dancers 2003


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. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union and host broadcaster Nederlandse Programma Stichting, 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. and made their début while, and decided not to participate.
The semi-final took place on 2 July 2003. Each country could send one or two dancers, male or female, not older than 20. All countries except the host had to take part in the semi-final.
The non-qualified countries were Armenia,,,,, and. 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.
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Location

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

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'.
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. All participants received a medal, designed by Dutch artist.
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, 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.
CountryBroadcasterDancerDanceChoreographer
BBCKate LyonsThe GirlM. Baldwin
RTBFSébastien TassinCoppéliaA. Saint-Léon
CyBCNatalia KrekouAfterA. Hatjieftychiou
RTVSLOAnže ŠkrubeClub HoppinD. Popovski
ARMTVAvetik KarapetyanRhythm of SpiritH. Divanyan
NRKCaroline RocaAfraid of BeautyP. Touzeau
TVPJakub GredaSolo Hip-HopA. Grazul and R. Ziolkowski

Final

There were two prizes given this year: one for contemporary dance and one for classical ballet dance. 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.

Jury members

The jury members consisted of the following:

Broadcasting

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