Eurovision Young Dancers 2001

Eurovision Young Dancers 2001
Dates
Final date	23 June 2001
Host
Venue	Linbury Studio Theatre, London, United Kingdom [1]
Presenter(s)	Deborah Bull[1]
Director	Ross MacGibbon
Executive producer	Bob Lockyer
Host broadcaster	British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Interval act	Symbiont(s) by Wayne McGregor
Participants
Number of entries	17
Debuting countries	Ukraine  Ireland
Returning countries	Austria  Estonia  Norway
Withdrawing countries	France  Spain  Hungary
Participation map      Participating countries     Did not qualify from the semi final     Countries that participated in the past but not in 2001
Vote
Voting system	A professional jury chose the finalists and the top 3 performances
Winning dancers	David & Marcin Kupinski, Poland
Eurovision Young Dancers
◄1999 • 2001 • 2003►

The 9th Eurovision Young Dancers Competition was held at the Linbury Studio Theatre of the Royal Opera House in London, United Kingdom between June 18 and June 23, 2001.

In the 2001 edition, 17 countries took part, including Austria and Estonia (who returned to the contest) and the newcomers Ukraine and Ireland (the Irish broadcaster RTÉ had broadcast the event in the past as well). Three countries withdrew this year: Spain, Hungary and France.

Each country could send one or two performers, male and female, not older than 20, who could perform one or two dances. The dancers could choose between classical and contemporary dance.

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

• Matthew Bourne (Head of Jury)
• Amanda Miller
• Maina Gielgud
• Samuel Wuersten
• Monique Veaute

Participant countries

Germany	Thiago Bordin
Belgium	Jeroen Verbruggen
Cyprus	Marina Kyriakidou
Austria	Rainer Krenstetter
Finland	Johanna Nuutinen
Ireland	Sarah Reynolds
United Kingdom	Jamie Bond
Greece	Olga Tsimourta & Tina Nassika
Estonia	Sergei Upkin
Latvia	Anna Novikova
Netherlands	Golan Yosef & Maartje Hermans
Poland	David & Marcin Kupinski
Czech Republic	Marek Kašparovský & Jiří Pokorný
Slovenia	Eva Gasparic
Sweden	Johan Thelander & Elizaveta Penkova
Switzerland	Sarah Kora Dayanova
Ukraine	Leonid Sarafanov

Winners and Remaining Finalists

Pos	Country	Name
1	Poland	Dawid Kupinski & Marcin Kupinski
2	Belgium	Jeroen Verbruggen
3	Netherlands	Maartje Hermans & Golan Yosef
-	Cyprus	Marina Kyriakidou
-	Estonia	Sergei Upkin
-	Finland	Johanna Nuutinen
-	Germany	Thiago Bordin
-	Greece	Olga Tsimourta & Tina Nasika
-	Sweden	Johan Thelander & Elizaveta Penkóva
-	United Kingdom	Jamie Bond

References

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