Eurovision Young Dancers 1999

Eurovision Young Dancers 1999
Dates and venue
Semi-final
  • 4 July 1999
Final
  • 10 July 1999
VenueOpéra de Lyon
Lyon, France
Organisation
OrganiserEuropean Broadcasting Union (EBU)
Production
Host broadcasterFrance 3
DirectorGuy Darmet
Executive producer
  • Gilbert Plique
  • Michele Banaletti
PresenterAlex Taylor
Participants
Number of entries16
Number of finalists10
Debuting countries Czech Republic
Returning countries
  •  France
  •  Netherlands
  •   Switzerland
  •  United Kingdom
Non-returning countries
  •  Estonia
  •  Slovakia
Participation map
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         Participating countries     Did not qualify from the semi-final     Countries that participated in the past but not in 1999
Vote
Voting systemA professional jury chose the finalists and the top 3 performances
Winning dancers Germany
Stegli Yohan and Katja Wünsche

The Eurovision Young Dancers 1999 was the 8th edition of the Eurovision Young Dancers. It consisted of a semi-final on 4 July and a final on 10 July 1999, held at the Opéra de Lyon, in Lyon, France, and presented by Alex Taylor. It was organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster France 3.

Dancers representing sixteen countries took part in the competition, with ten of them participating in the televised final. Czech Republic made their début (their first participation in any Eurovision event, with the country debuting at the Eurovision Young Musicians the following year and the flagship Eurovision Song Contest in 2007) while host country France, Netherlands, Switzerland and United Kingdom returned. Estonia and Slovakia decided not to participate.

Both single dancers and couples younger than 20 could enter the competition, male or female. Single dancers had to perform 2 pieces of maximum 10 minutes in total, while couples could choose to perform 1 or 2 dances, but in total no longer than 10 minutes as well.

The winner was duo Katja Wünsche and Stegli Yohan representing Germany, with Nathalie Nordquist representing Sweden placing second, and Clara Blanco representing Spain placing third.[1]

Location

Opéra de Lyon in 2021

Opéra de Lyon, in Lyon, France, was the host venue for the 1999 edition of the Eurovision Young Dancers.[2]

The Opéra Nouvel (Nouvel Opera House) in Lyon, France, is the home of the Opéra National de Lyon. The original opera house was re-designed by the distinguished French architect, Jean Nouvel between 1985 and 1993 in association with the agency of scenography dUCKS scéno and the acoustician Peutz. Serge Dorny was appointed general director in 2003.

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. The overall winner upon completion of the final dances is chosen by the professional jury members.[3]

The interval act was a performance by the hip-hop dance group "Kä-fig".[2]

Participants and results

Preliminary round

Broadcasters from sixteen countries took part in the preliminary round of the 1999 contest, of which ten qualified to the televised grand final. The following participants failed to qualify.[2]

CountryBroadcasterParticipantDanceChoreographer
 CyprusCyBCDafni MouyiassiThe Sleeping BeautyM. Petipa
 United KingdomBBCLara GlewLa BayadèreM. Petipa
 HungaryMTVAttila BongarLe CorsaireM. Petipa
 Czech RepublicČTLukáš Slavický and Zuzana ZahradnikovaDon QuixoteM. Petipa
 SloveniaRTVSLOAna KlašnjaVariation of GiselleJ. Coralli and J. Perrot
  SwitzerlandSRG SSRLaetitia GuggiLa BayadèreM. Petipa

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  Greece ERT Maria Boubouli Don Quixote M. Petipa
2  Netherlands NPS Ernst Meisner La fille mal gardée J. Dauberval
3  Spain TVE Clara Blanco Variation of Giselle J. Coralli and J. Perrot 3
4  France France Télévision Emmanuel Eggermont and Juliette Roudet Les Chiens J. Bouvier and R. Obadia
5  Poland TVP Marta Wojtaszewska and Marcin Krajewski Stars & Stripes G. Balanchine
6  Latvia LTV Elza Leimane Esmeralda J. Perrot
7  Finland Yle Aarne Ruutu La Sylphide (James variation) A. Bournonville
8  Germany ZDF Katja Wünsche and Stegli Yohan Cinderella J. Neumeier 1
9  Belgium RTBF Frederik Deberdt La Sylphide A. Bournonville
10  Sweden SVT Nathalie Nordquist Flower Festival in Genzano A. Bournonville 2

Jury members

The jury members consisted of the following:[2]

Broadcasting

A total of 20 countries broadcast the 1999 event, including Croatia, Ireland, Norway and Russia. Known details on the broadcasts in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations and commentators are shown in the tables below.

Broadcasters in participating countries
Country Broadcaster(s) Channel(s) Commentator(s) Ref.
 Belgium RTBF La Deux [4]
 Cyprus CyBC
 Czech Republic ČT
 Finland Yle TV1 [5]
 France France Télévision France 3[a] Alain Duault and Agnes Letestu [6]
Canal+ Mezzo
 Germany ZDF[b] [7]
 Greece ERT
 Hungary MTV M2[c] [8]
 Latvia LTV
 Netherlands NPO Nederland 3[d] [9][10]
 Poland TVP
 Slovenia RTVSLO
 Spain TVE
 Sweden SVT SVT1[e] Bim Clinell [11][12]
  Switzerland DRS SF2 [13]
TSR TSR 2 Philippa de Rothen [14]
TSI
 United Kingdom BBC BBC Two[f] Deborah Bull [15]
Broadcasters in non-participating countries
Country Broadcaster(s)
 Croatia HRT
 Ireland RTÉ
 Norway NRK
 Russia RTR

See also

Notes and references

Notes

  1. ↑ Deferred broadcast at 23:05 (CET)[6]
  2. ↑ Delayed broadcast in a shortened format on 12 September at 23:50 (CET)[7]
  3. ↑ Deferred broadcast on 1 August at 21:00 (CET)[8]
  4. ↑ Delayed two-part broadcast, in a shortened format, on 12 and 19 July at 21:19 and 21:26 (CET) respectively
  5. ↑ Deferred broadcast on 10 July at 21:15 (CET)[11]
  6. ↑ Delayed broadcast, in a shortened format on 14 August at 16:35; contest featured as part of the programme Summer Dance, which in this episode documented the UK participant's journey to the contest.[15]

References

  1. 1 2 "Eurovision Young Dancers 1999: Participants". youngmusicians.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Eurovision Young Dancers 1999: 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. ↑ "BnL Viewer". viewer.eluxemburgensia.lu.
  5. ↑ "Nasjonalbiblioteket". www.nb.no. Retrieved Oct 9, 2025.
  6. 1 2 "Finale depuis l'Opéra de Lyon".
  7. 1 2 "Freiburger Nachrichten 11. September 1999". www.e-newspaperarchives.ch. Retrieved Apr 21, 2025.
  8. 1 2 "Tv műsor – 1999. augusztus 1. – Vasárnap – Ano Blog". Dec 2, 2022. Archived from the original on 2 December 2022. Retrieved Apr 21, 2025.
  9. ↑ "Algemeen Dagblad". July 12, 1999 – via Delpher.
  10. ↑ "Algemeen Dagblad". July 19, 1999 – via Delpher.
  11. 1 2 "Nasjonalbiblioteket".
  12. ↑ "Välkommen till SMDB". smdb.kb.se.
  13. ↑ "Walliser Bote 10. Juli 1999". www.e-newspaperarchives.ch. Retrieved Apr 21, 2025.
  14. ↑ "La liberté 10. Juli 1999". www.e-newspaperarchives.ch. Retrieved Apr 21, 2025.
  15. 1 2 "Summer Dance". 14 August 1999. Retrieved 10 October 2022 – via BBC Genome.
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