Eurovision Young Dancers 1993

The Eurovision Young Dancers 1993 was the fifth edition of the Eurovision Young Dancers, held at the Dance House in Stockholm, Sweden, on 15 June 1993. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Sveriges Television (SVT), dancers from eight countries participated in the televised final. A total of fifteen countries took part in the competition. Template:Esccnty, Template:Esccnty, Template:Esccnty and Template:Esccnty made their début with Template:Esccnty returning, while Template:Esccnty, Template:Esccnty, Template:Esccnty, Template:Esccnty deciding not to participate, and Template:Esccnty being banned from entering the contest.

As in 1989 and 1991, a semi-final was held to choose the finalists. The semi-final took place 2 days before the final (13 June 1993). The jury chose the finalists and top 3 performances. The prizes were presented by Princess Christina, the youngest sister of Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden.

The non-qualified countries were Belgium, Cyprus, Finland, Italy, Norway, Portugal and Slovenia. Zenaida Yanowsky of Spain won the contest, with Switzerland and Austria and France placing second and joint third respectively.

Location

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Dance House, Stockholm

The Dance House in Stockholm, Sweden, was the host venue for the 1993 edition of the Eurovision Young Dancers.

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.

As in 1991, the interval featured a documentary about the dancers that did not make it to the final.

Results

Preliminary round

Broadcasters from fifteen countries took part in the preliminary round of the 1993 contest, of which eight qualified to the televised grand final. The following participants failed to qualify.

Country	Broadcaster	Dancer(s)	Dance	Choreographer
Template:Esc	RTBF	Rafaella Raschella	The Sleeping Beauty	M. Petipa
Template:Esc	CyBC	Lia Haraki	Sunrise - Sunset from Out of Silence	N. Loizidu
Template:Esc	DR	Julie Strandberg and Mads Blangstrup	The Flower Festival in Genzano	A. Bournonville
Template:Esc	ETV	Template:Ill and Template:Ill	The Flower Festival in Genzano	A. Bournonville
Template:Esc	ERT	Theodora Bourbou	Esmeralda	M. Petipa
Template:Esc	NRK	Kristine Oren	The Snark	S. Edvardsen
Template:Esc	RTVSLO	Ursa Vidmar	Don Quixote	M. Fokin

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.

R/O	Country	Broadcaster	Dancer(s)	Dance	Choreographer	Result
	Template:Esc	TVE	Zenaida Yanowsky	Esmeralda	M. Petipa	1
	Template:Esc	SRG SSR	Template:Ill	The Corsair	M. Petipa	2
	Template:Esc	ORF	Template:Ill	Vayamos al diablo, 5 Tangos	H. van Manen	3
	Template:Esc		Template:Ill	Paquita, 2nd variation” from “Pas de trois	M. Petipa	3
	Template:Esc	YLE	Template:Ill	Vague Woman from Symphony no. 1	H. Heikkinen
	Template:Esc	ZDF	Jens Weber and Franziska Koch	Tchaikovsky – Pas de Deux	G. Balanchine
	Template:Esc	TVP	Template:Ill and Jacek Bres	Esmeralda	A. Vaganova
	Template:Esc	SVT	Ludde Hagberg	Coppelia	A. Saint-Léon

Jury members

The jury members consisted of the following:

• Template:Flagu – Template:Ill (Head of Jury)
• Template:Flagu – Birgit Cullberg
• Template:Flagu – Frank Andersen
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• Template:Flagu – Template:Ill
• Template:Flagu – Peter Van Dyk
• Template:Flagu – María de Ávila
• Template:Flagu – Heinz Spoerli
• Template:Flagu – Template:Ill
• Template:Flagu – Pierre Lacotte
• Template:Flagu – Elsa-Marianne von Rosen
• Template:Flagu – Elisabetta Terabust
• Template:Flagu – Jorma Uotinen

Broadcasts

The 1993 Young Dancers competition was broadcast in at least 15 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	Channel(s)	Commentator(s)	Ref(s)
Template:Flagu	ORF
Template:Flagu	RTBF	RTBF1Template:Efn
Template:Flagu	CyBC	RIK 2
Template:Flagu	DR	DR TV	Erik Aschengreen and Niels Oxenvad
Template:Flagu	ETVTemplate:Efn
Template:Flagu	YLE	TV1
Template:Flagu		France 3Template:Efn	Template:Ill
Template:Flagu	ZDFTemplate:Efn
Template:Flagu	ERT	ET1
Template:Flagu	NRK	Template:Efn
Template:Flagu	TVP	TVP2
Template:Flagu	RTVSLO
Template:Flagu	TVE
Template:Flagu	SVT	Kanal 1, TV2
Template:Flagu	SRG SSR
			Template:Ill

Broadcasters and commentators in non-participating countries

Country	Broadcaster	Channel(s)	Commentator(s)	Template:Refh
Template:Flagu	ČT	ČT2Template:Efn
Template:Flagu	RAI	Rai UnoTemplate:Efn	No commentary

See also

• Eurovision Song Contest 1993