Eurovision Young Dancers 1997

Eurovision Young Dancers 1997
Dates
Final date	17 June 1997
Host
Venue	Teatr Muzyczny, Gdynia, Poland [1]
Presenter(s)	Grażyna Torbicka, Bogusław Kaczyński (semi-final) and Henk van der Meulen (final) [2]
Host broadcaster	Telewizja Polska (TVP)
Participants
Number of entries	13
Debuting countries	Slovakia  Latvia
Withdrawing countries	Switzerland  Norway  France  Austria  Russia
Participation map      Participating countries     Did not qualify from the semi final     Countries that participated in the past but not in 1997
Vote
Voting system	A professional jury chose the finalists and the top 3 performances
Winning dancers	Antonio Carmena San José , Spain
Eurovision Young Dancers
◄1995 • 1997 • 1999►

The 7th Eurovision Young Dancers Competition final was held in the Teatr Muzyczny of Gdynia, Poland on June 17, 1997.

A total of 13 countries took part this time on the semi-final that took place on the same venue 6 days before. In that semi-final, 7 countries were chosen for the Great Final, where Spain, with the dancer Antonio Carmena San José, won the Contest.

Four countries withdrew for this Contest (Austria, Switzerland, Norway and France) and 2 new countries took part (Slovakia and Latvia). However, both Switzerland and Norway broadcast it, together with the 13 participating countries and, for the very first time, Ireland.

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

• Maya Plisetskaya (Head of Jury)
• Gigi Caciuleanu
• Paola Cantalupo
• Katarzyna Gdaniec
• Uwe Scholz
• Gösta Svalberg
• Heinz Spoerli

Participant countries

Pos	Country	Name
	Belgium	Alain Honorez
	Cyprus	Carolina Constantinou
	Estonia	Mari Savitski
-	Finland	Salla Suominen
-	Spain	Antonio Carmena San José
-	Latvia	Viktorija Janson
-	Germany	Valentina Scaglia
-	Slovakia	Roman Lazik
-	Slovenia	Ana Klasnja
	Sweden	Tim Matiakis
-	Hungary	Gabor Kapin
-	Greece	Nefeli Markaki
	Poland	Magdalena Dzięgielewska & Bartosz Anczykowski[4]

Winners and Remaining Finalists

Pos	Country	Name
1	Spain	Antonio Carmena San José
2	Belgium	Alain Honorez
3	Sweden	Tim Matiakis
-	Finland	Salla Suominen
-	Latvia	Viktorija Janson
-	Poland	Magdalena Dzięgielewska & Bartosz Anczykowski
-	Slovakia	Roman Lazik

References

3. "Eurovision Young Dancers - Format". youngdancers.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
4. "Bartosz Anczykowski". Teatr Wielki. Retrieved 2012-08-12.