Eurovision Young Dancers 2005 was the 11th edition of Eurovision Young Dancers, held on 24 June 2005 at the National Theatre in Warsaw, Poland, and presented by . It was organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Telewizja Polska (TVP). For this contest, a week of dance master classes replaced the semi-final round in order to select the finalists.
Dancers representing thirteen countries took part in the competition, with ten of them participating in the televised final. Armenia, Estonia, Switzerland and Ukraine decided not to participate.
The winner was representing the Netherlands, with duo Elena Karpuhina and Michał Wylot representing Poland placing second, and Marjorie Lenain representing Belgium placing third. The next edition would eventually be held in , following cancellations in 2007 and 2009.
Location
National Theatre, Warsaw in Poland was the host venue for the 2005 edition of Eurovision Young Dancers. This was the second time that TVP had hosted the competition, the first being in . At that time, Poland and France were the only countries to have hosted more than once.
It was founded in 1765, during the Polish Enlightenment, by that country's last monarch, Stanisław August Poniatowski. The theatre shares the Grand Theatre complex at the Theatre Square in Warsaw with another national venue, the Poland's National 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 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.
Ocelot - Acrobatic Dance Theatre performed as the interval act. A behind-the-scenes documentary film was commissioned by the EBU to accompany this year's competition. Masters of Performance, produced by Boomtown Media and directed by Thomas Grube, follows the young dancers from across Europe as they prepare to take part in the competition.
Participants and results Preliminary round The semi-final round was replaced by a week of dance master classes. , Irek Mukhamedov, Christopher Bruce and Piotr Nardelli were the dance teachers selected to work with the participants and choose the ten finalists. The following countries failed to qualify.
Country Broadcaster Dancer(s) Dance Choreographer CyBC Joánna Avraám "La Bayadère" N. Makarova and M. Petipa NRK Fransiska Sveinall "Le Corsaire" M. Petipa RTVSLO Alena Medič "Paquita V" M. Petipa
Final 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. Country Broadcaster Dancer(s) Dance Choreographer Result 1 TVR Robert Stefan Enache Variation of Le Corsaire M. Petipa 2 BBC Alexander Jones Impossible Self L. King 3 RTBF Marjorie Lenain Esmeralda M. Petipa 3 4 NPS Snakesense R. van Berkel 1 5 ČT Šárka Faberová and Pavel Povrazník Paganini Pas de Deux V. Schneiderová 6 Yle Riku Lehtopolku and Mikko Lampinen Could you take some of my weight...? T. Saarinen 7 LTV Sabīne Guravska Paquita M. Petipa 8 SVT Danielle Rosengren Grand Pas Classique V. Gsovsky 9 TVP Elena Karpuhina and Michał Wylot May I have a dance R. Komassa 2 10 ERT Eleana Andreoudi Don Quixote M. Petipa
Choreography: Mateusz Polit
Jury members The jury consisted of the following members:
– Maya Plisetskaya (Honorary Head of the Jury) – Irek Mukhamedov (President of the Jury) – Krzysztof Pastor / – – Jorma Uotinen – Emil Wesolowski
Broadcasting The 2005 Young Dancers competition was broadcast in at least 14 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) RTBF La Deux CyBC ČT ČT1 Yle TV1 Sampo Kivelä ERT LTV NPS Nederland 3 and NRK NRK2 TVP TVP2 TVR TVR Cultural RTVSLO SVT SVT2, SVT Europa BBC BBC Four Deborah Bull
+ Broadcasters in non-participating countries Country Broadcaster(s) NTU
See also Eurovision Song Contest 2005 Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005
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