Eurovision Young Dancers 2011

Eurovision Young Dancers 2011
Dates
Final date	24 June 2011
Host
Venue	Dance House, Oslo, Norway[1]
Presenter(s)	Erik Solbakken[2]
Director	Erik Conders
Executive supervisor	Vladislav Yakovlev
Executive producer	Arild Erikstad
Host broadcaster	Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK)[3]
Participants
Number of entries	10
Debuting countries	Croatia  Kosovo
Returning countries	Germany  Portugal
Withdrawing countries	Belgium  Cyprus  Czech Republic  Finland  Latvia  Romania  United Kingdom
Participation map      Participating countries     Did not qualify from the semi final     Countries that participated in the past but not in 2011
Vote
Voting system	Three professional juries choose the top 2 performances, and after the final battle, they choose the winner dancer
Winning dancers	Daniel Sarr, Norway
Eurovision Young Dancers
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The 12th Eurovision Young Dancers final was held in the Dance House in Oslo, Norway in June 24, 2011.

The event was aimed at young dancers aged between 15 and 21, competing in modern dances, be it solo or in couples, as long as they were not professionally engaged.

Broadcasters, for this year's EYD were: NRK (Norway), WDR (Germany), SVT (Sweden), NTR (Netherlands), HRT (Croatia), ERT (Greece), RTVSLO (Slovenia), RTP (Portugal), TVP (Poland), RTK (Kosovo).^[4]

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'.^[5]

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.^[5]

Jury panel

• Michael Nunn
• William Trevitt
• Fredrik Rydman
• Ilze Liepa

Participants

Draw	Country	Broadcaster	Info	Participant	Result
01	Sweden	SVT	[6]	Louise Lind [7]	Out
02	Croatia	HRT	[8]	Grigor Bazdar [9]	Out
03	Germany	WDR	[10]	Joy Kammin [11]	Out
04	Norway	NRK	[12]	Daniel Sarr	Advanced
05	Kosovo	RTK	[13]	Tringa Hysa [14]	Out
06	Netherlands	NTR	[15]	Floor Eimers [16]	Out
07	Poland	TVP	[17]	Adam Myslinski [18]	Out
08	Slovenia	RTVSLO	[19]	Petra Zupančić [20]	Advanced
09	Portugal	RTP	[21]	Ricardo Macedo [22]	Out
10	Greece	ERT	[23]	Spiridoula Magouritsa	Out

Final duel

Country	Broadcaster	Info	Participant	Result
Norway	NRK	[12]	Daniel Sarr	Winner
Slovenia	RTVSLO	[19]	Petra Zupančić [20]	Runner Up

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