Eurovision Young Dancers 1991

Eurovision Young Dancers 1991
Dates
Final date	5 June 1991
Host
Venue	Helsinki City Theatre, Helsinki, Finland [1]
Presenter(s)	Taina Elg & Heikki Värtsi[2]
Host broadcaster	Yleisradio (YLE)
Participants
Number of entries	15
Debuting countries	Bulgaria
Withdrawing countries	Canada  Austria  United Kingdom
Participation map      Participating countries     Did not qualify from the semi final     Countries that participated in the past but not in 1991
Vote
Voting system	A professional jury chose the top 3 participants.
Winning dancers	Amaya Iglesias, Spain
Eurovision Young Dancers
◄1989 • 1991 • 1993►

The 4th Eurovision Young Dancers Competition final was held in Helsinki, Finland on 5 June 1991.

One new country took part in this edition (Bulgaria) and three countries withdrew (Austria, Canada and United Kingdom). However, the Austrian broadcaster ÖRF and the Canadian CBC broadcast the event.

Each country could send one or two dancers, male or female, who could perform one or two dances. A total of 15 countries took part in this edition, but only 8 made it to the final, where the top 3 countries (winner, second and third positions) were chosen.

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'.^[3]

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. Once all the jury votes have been counted, the two participants which received the highest total of points progress to a final round. The final round consists of a 90-second 'dual', were each of the finalists perform a 45-second random dance-off routine. The overall winner upon completion of the final dances is chosen by the professional jury members.^[3]

Jury Panel

• Jorma Uotinen (Head of Jury)
• Josette Amiel
• Frank Andersen
• Gigi Gheorghe Caciuleanu
• Peter Van Dyk
• André-Philippe Hersin
• Heinz Spoerli
• Gösta Svalberg
• Víctor Ullate

Participant countries

Pos	Country	Name
-	Italy	Alen Bottaini
-	Belgium	Vanessa Eertmans
-	Spain	Amaya Iglesias
-	Finland	Titta-Tuulia Karhunen & Pasi Sinisalo
-	Denmark	Johan Kobborg
-	Netherlands	Boris de Leeuw
-	Portugal	Sonia Lima
-	Switzerland	Sarah Locher
-	Norway	Ingrid Trøite Lorentzen
-	Bulgaria	Diliana Nikiforova
-	Cyprus	Eleni O’Keefe
-	Yugoslavia	Ana Pavlovic
-	Sweden	Kim Saveus
-	France	Emmanuel Thibault
-	Germany	Celia Volk

Winners and Finalists

Pos	Country	Name
1	Spain	Amaya Iglesias
2	France	Emmanuel Thibault
3	Denmark	Johan Kobborg
-	Bulgaria	Diliana Nikiforova
-	Germany	Celia Volk
-	Netherlands	Boris de Leeuw
-	Sweden	Kim Saveus
-	Switzerland	Sarah Locher

3. "Eurovision Young Dancers - Format". youngdancers.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 8 March 2015.