Eurovision Young Dancers 1999

Eurovision Young Dancers 1999
Dates
Final date	10 July 1999
Host
Venue	Opéra de Lyon, Lyon, France [1]
Presenter(s)	Alex Taylor [1]
Host broadcaster	France 3
Participants
Number of entries	16
Debuting countries	Czech Republic
Returning countries	France  United Kingdom   Switzerland  Netherlands
Withdrawing countries	Slovakia
Participation map      Participating countries     Did not qualify from the semi final     Countries that participated in the past but not in 1999
Vote
Voting system	A professional jury chose the finalists and the top 3 performances
Winning dancers	Stegli Yohan & Katja Wünsche, Germany
Eurovision Young Dancers
◄1997 • 1999 • 2001►

The 8th Eurovision Young Dancers Competition final was held in the Opera of Lyon, France on July 10, 1999.

A total of 16 countries took part this time on the semi-final that took place on the same venue 6 days before. In that semi-final, 10 countries were chosen for the Great Final, where Germany, with the dancing cople Katja Wünsche and Stegli Yohan, won the contest.

Four countries returned this year (the host country France, Switzerland, United Kingdom and Netherlands) and a new country took part (Czech Republic). However, two countries withdrew (Russia and Slovakia). A total of 20 countries broadcast the event, including Ireland and Croatia.

Agnes Letestu, the 1989 Eurovision Young Dancers winner, commented this year's contest for the host broadcaster France 3.

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'.^[2]

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.^[2]

Jury Panel

• Boris Eifman (Head of Jury)
• Maguy Marin
• Meryl Tankard
• Jean-Christophe Maillot
• Tero Saarinen
• Vicente Sáez
• Victoria Maragopoulou

Participant countries

Country	Name
Germany	Katja Wünsche & Stegli Yohan
Belgium	Frederik Deberdt
Cyprus	Dafni Mouyiassi
Spain	Clara Blanco
Finland	Aarne Ruutu
France	Emmanuel Eggermont & Juliette Roudet
United Kingdom	Lara Glew
Greece	Maria Boubouli
Hungary	Attila Bongar
Latvia	Elza Leimane
Netherlands	Ernst Meisner
Poland	Marta Wojtaszewska & Marcin Krajewski
Czech Republic	Lukas Slavicky & Zuzana Zahradnikova
Slovenia	Ana Klasnja
Sweden	Nathalie Nordquist
Switzerland	Laetitia Guggi

Winners and Remaining Finalists

Pos	Country	Name
1	Germany	Katja Wünsche & Stegli Yohan
2	Sweden	Nathalie Nordquist
3	Spain	Clara Blanco
-	Belgium	Frederik Deberdt
-	Finland	Aarne Ruutu
-	France	Emmanuel Eggermont & Juliette Roudet
-	Greece	Maria Boubouli
-	Latvia	Elza Leimane
-	Netherlands	Ernst Meisner
-	Poland	Marcin Krajewski

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