Eurovision Young Dancers 1997

Eurovision Young Dancers 1997
Dates and venue
Semi-final
  • 11 June 1997
Final
  • 17 June 1997
VenueTeatr Muzyczny
Gdynia, Poland
Organisation
OrganiserEuropean Broadcasting Union (EBU)
Production
Host broadcasterTelewizja Polska (TVP)
DirectorDariusz Goczal
Executive producer
  • Barbara Trzeciak-Pietkiewicz
  • Małgorzata Jedynak-Pietkiewicz
Presenters
Participants
Number of entries13
Number of finalists7
Debuting countries
  •  Latvia
  •  Slovakia
Returning countries Estonia
Non-returning countries
  •  Austria
  •  France
  •  Norway
  •  Russia
  •   Switzerland
Participation map
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         Participating countries     Did not qualify from the semi-final     Countries that participated in the past but not in 1997
Vote
Voting systemA professional jury chose the finalists and the top 3 performances
Winning dancers Spain
Antonio Carmena San José

The Eurovision Young Dancers 1997 was the 7th edition of the Eurovision Young Dancers. It consisted of a semi-final on 11 June presented by Grażyna Torbicka and Bogusław Kaczyński, and a final on 17 June 1997 presented by Torbicka and Henk van der Meulen, held at the Teatr Muzyczny in Gdynia, Poland. It was organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Telewizja Polska (TVP).

Dancers representing thirteen countries took part in the competition, with seven of them participating in the televised final. Latvia and Slovakia made their début while five countries (Austria, France, Norway, Russia and Switzerland) decided not to participate. However, France, Switzerland, Norway and, for the first time Ireland, broadcast the event.

The participating broadcasters could send one or two dancers, male or female, who performed one or two dances.

The winner was Antonio Carmena San José representing Spain, with Alain Honorez representing Belgium placing second, and Tim Matiakis representing Sweden placing third.[1] This was the 5th win for Spain in the competition (4th in a row).

Location

Teatr Muzyczny in Gdynia, before its major renovation (2008)

Teatr Muzyczny, a theatre in Gdynia, Poland, was the host venue for the 1997 edition of the Eurovision Young Dancers.[2]

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]

Folk dance group "Bazuny" performed as the interval act.[2]

Participants and results

Preliminary round

Broadcasters from thirteen countries took part in the preliminary round of the 1997 contest, of which seven qualified to the televised grand final. The following participants failed to qualify.[2]

CountryBroadcasterDancerDanceChoreographer
 CyprusCyBCCarolina ConstantinouLa BayadèreM. Petipa
 EstoniaETVMari SavitskiDon Quixote: Quitry VariationsM. Petipa
 GermanyZDFValentina ScagliaLe ConservatoireH.S. Paulli and A. Bournonville
 SloveniaRTVSLOAna KlasnjaPas de deuxG. Balanchine
 HungaryMTVGabor KapinLa SylphideA. Bournonville
 GreeceERTNefeli MarkakiPas de deuxG. Balanchine

Final

Awards were given to the top three participants. The table below highlights these using gold, silver, and bronze. The placing results of the remaining participants is unknown and never made public by the European Broadcasting Union.[1]

R/O Country Broadcaster Dancer(s) Dance Choreographer Result
1  Belgium RTBF Alain Honorez The Sleeping Beauty M. Petipa 2
2  Latvia LTV Viktorija Jansone Sleeping Beauty: Aurora's variation M. Petipa
3  Sweden SVT Tim Matiakis Paquita M. Petipa 3
4  Finland Yle Salla Suominen Romeo and Juliet: Juliet's variation E. Sylvestersen
5  Slovakia STV Roman Lazik La Sylphide A. Bournonville
6  Poland TVP Magdalena Dzięgielewska and Bartosz Anczykowski Paquita - Grand pas de deux F. Capouste
7  Spain TVE Antonio Carmena San José Angelitos Locos J.C. Santamaría 1

Jury members

The jury members consisted of the following:[2]

  •  Russia – Maya Plisetskaya (Head of Jury)
  •  Romania/ France – Gigi Căciuleanu
  •  Italy – Paola Cantalupo
  •  Poland – Katarzyna Gdaniec
  •  Germany – Uwe Scholz
  •  Sweden – Gösta Svalberg
  •   Switzerland – Heinz Spoerli

Broadcasts

The 1997 Young Dancers competition was broadcast in 17 countries.[4] France, Ireland, Norway, and Switzerland broadcast it in addition to the competing countries. Known details on the broadcasts in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations and commentators are shown in the tables below.

Broadcasters in non-participating countries
Country Broadcaster(s) Channel(s) Commentator(s) Ref.
 France France 3
 Ireland RTÉ
 Norway NRK NRK2[d] Arild Erikstad [11]
  Switzerland SRG SSR

See also

Notes and references

Notes

  1. ↑ Delayed broadcast in a shortened format on 26 June at 00:15 (CET)[7]
  2. ↑ Deferred broadcast on 20 July at 22:30 (CET)[8]
  3. ↑ Delayed broadcast on 17 June at 22:00 (CET)[9]
  4. ↑ Delayed broadcast on 17 June at 22:10 (CET)[11]

References

  1. 1 2 "Eurovision Young Dancers 1997: Participants". youngmusicians.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Eurovision Young Dancers 1997: About the show". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  3. 1 2 "Eurovision Young Dancers - Format". youngdancers.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 11 February 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  4. ↑ "Eurovision Young Dancers 1997". Issuu. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  5. ↑ "Dienstag 17. juin | mardi 17 juin" [Tuesday 17 June]. Télé-Revue (in German, French, and Luxembourgish). 11 June 1997. pp. 26–31. Retrieved 24 January 2025 – via National Library of Luxembourg.
  6. ↑ "Radio & televisie zaterdag" [Radio and television Saturday]. De Stem (in Dutch). Breda, Netherlands. 21 June 1997. p. 38. Retrieved 24 January 2025.
  7. 1 2 "L'impartial 25. Juni 1997". www.e-newspaperarchives.ch. Retrieved Apr 21, 2025.
  8. 1 2 "Békés Megyei Hírlap, 1997. július (52. évfolyam, 151-177. szám) | Könyvtár | Hungaricana". library.hungaricana.hu. Retrieved Apr 21, 2025.
  9. 1 2 "Nasjonalbiblioteket". www.nb.no. Retrieved Apr 22, 2025.
  10. ↑ https://smdb.kb.se/catalog/id/001744135
  11. 1 2 "Nasjonalbiblioteket". www.nb.no. Retrieved Apr 22, 2025.
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