Eurovision Young Dancers 2003 was the 10th edition of Eurovision Young Dancers. It consisted of a semi-final on 2 July and a final on 4 July 2003, held at the Stadsschouwburg Theatre in Amsterdam, Netherlands, and presented by . It was organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Nederlandse Programma Stichting (NPS).
Dancers representing seventeen countries took part in the competition, with ten of them participating in the televised final. Armenia and Romania made their début while Austria, Germany and Ireland decided not to participate. This was the first EBU event to feature a representative from Armenia, who would subsequently debut at both the Eurovision Song Contest and Junior Eurovision Song Contest, three and four years later respectively.
Each participating broadcaster 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.
Duo Kristina Oom and Sebastian Michanek representing Sweden won the contemporary dance prize, with Jerlin Ndudi representing Ukraine winning the classical dance prize. Duo Monika Hejduková and Viktor Konvalinka representing Czech Republic won the 'Youth Jury Choice' award.
Location
Stadsschouwburg Theatre in Amsterdam, Netherlands was the host venue for the 2003 edition of 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.
Participants and 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.
Country Broadcaster Dancer(s) Dance Choreographer BBC Kate Lyons The Girl M. Baldwin RTBF Sébastien Tassin Coppélia A. Saint-Léon CyBC Natalia Krekou After A. Hatjieftychiou RTVSLO Anže Škrube Club Hoppin D. Popovski ARMTV Avetik Karapetyan Rhythm of Spirit H. Divanyan NRK Caroline Roca Afraid of Beauty P. Touzeau TVP Jakub Greda Solo Hip-Hop A. 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.
Classical category Country Broadcaster Dancer(s) Dance Choreographer Points Place NTU Jerlin Ndudi Le Corsaire M. Petipa 938 1 ETV Swan Lake M. Petipa 800 3 Yle Paquita Makarova and M. Petipa 745 5 ERT Elenina Nicolaou M. Petipa 716 6 TVR Ovidiu Matei Iancu Swan Lake 831 2 SRG SSR Sarah-Jane Brodbeck Don Quixote 793 4
Contemporary category Country Broadcaster Dancer(s) Dance Choreographer Points Place SVT Kristina Oom and Sebastian Michanek Light Beings M. Ek 907 1 ČT Monika Hejduková and The Twilight Of Innocence Kodel and Vágnerová 856 2 NOS Joeri Dubbe Perfect Skin E. Wubbe 781 3 LTV Linda Siliņa La Primavera I. Lapsiņa 777 4
Jury members The jury members consisted of the following:
– Vladimir Vasiliev – Susanne Linke – – Derrick Brown – Liz Imperio
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. Known details on the broadcasts in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations and commentators are shown in the tables below.
+ Broadcasters in participating countries Country Broadcaster(s) Channel(s) Commentator(s) Armenia TV RTBF La Deux CyBC ČT ČT2 ETV Yle TV1 ERT LTV NOS Nederland 3 NRK NRK1 TVP TVP2 TVR TVR 2 RTVSLO SVT SVT1, SVT2, SVT Europa Agneta Bolme Börjefors DRS SF 1 https://www.e-newspaperarchives.ch/?a=d&d=FZG20030705-01.2.103 TSR TSI NTU Pershyi Yuri Stanishevsky BBC BBC Four Deborah Bull
+ Broadcasters in non-participating countries Country Broadcaster(s) RTVSH HRT 3sathttps://www.e-newspaperarchives.ch/?a=d&d=TGZ20030802-01.2.32 RÚV RTK UJRT
See also Eurovision Song Contest 2003 Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003
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