Eurovision Young Dancers 2003

Eurovision Young Dancers 2003
Dates
Final date	4 July 2003
Host
Venue	Stadsschouwburg, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Presenter(s)	Aldith Hunkar [1]
Host broadcaster	Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS)
Participants
Number of entries	10
Debuting countries	Armenia[2]  Romania
Withdrawing countries	Austria  Ireland  Germany
Participation map      Participating countries     Did not qualify from the semi final     Countries that participated in the past but not in 2003
Vote
Voting system	A professional jury chose the finalists and gave points to each performance
Winning dancers	Kristina Oom & Sebastian Michanek , Sweden (contemporary dance) and Jerlin Ndudi, Ukraine (classical dance)
Eurovision Young Dancers
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The 10th Eurovision Young Dancers Competition was held in the Stadsschouwburg Theatre in Amsterdam, Netherlands between June 29 and July 4, 2003.

A total amount of 17 countries took part in the competition: they were almost the same countries as in 2001, with the only exceptions of Ireland (that withdrew from the contest) and Armenia, who wanted to take part for the first time, but failed to make it to the final.

There were 2 prices given this year: one for contemporary dance and one for classical dance. A special "young jury" award was given as well by a group of young viewers that were in the audience.

Each country could send one or two dancers, male or female, not older than 20. All countries except the host (Netherlands) had to take part in the Semi Final.

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

• Vladimir Vasiliev
• Susanne Linke
• Paola Cantalupo
• Derrick Brown
• Liz Imperio

Non-qualified countries

United Kingdom	Kate Lyons
Belgium	Sébastien Tassin
Cyprus	Natalia Krekou
Slovenia	Anže Škrube
Armenia	Avetik Karapetyan
Norway	Caroline Roca
Poland	Jakub Greda

Winners and Remaining Finalists

Prize	Country	Name
Classical	Ukraine	Jerlin Ndudi
Modern	Sweden	Kristina Oom & Sebastian Michanek
Youth Jury's choice	Czech Republic	Monika Hejduková & Viktor Konvalinka
-	Estonia	Maria Seletskaja
-	Finland	Tiina Myllymäki
-	Greece	Elenina Nicolaou
-	Latvia	Linda Siliņa
-	Netherlands	Joeri Dubbe
-	Romania	Ovidiu Matei Iancu
-	Switzerland	Sarah-Jane Brodbeck

2. Armenia took part for the first time in the Semi Final since they did not reach the final. Their debut in a Final of the Young Dancers contest took place in 2013
3. "Eurovision Young Dancers - Format". youngdancers.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 8 March 2015.