Eurovision Young Dancers 2003

Eurovision Young Dancers 2003
Dates and venue
Semi-final
  • 2 July 2003
Final
  • 4 July 2003
VenueStadsschouwburg
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Organisation
OrganiserEuropean Broadcasting Union (EBU)
Executive supervisorSarah Yuen
Production
Host broadcasterNederlandse Programma Stichting (NPS)
DirectorRoss MacGibbon
Executive producerHenk van der Meulen
PresenterAldith Hunkar
Participants
Number of entries17
Number of finalists10
Debuting countries
  •  Armenia[a]
  •  Romania
Non-returning countries
  •  Austria
  •  Germany
  •  Ireland
Participation map
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         Participating countries     Did not qualify from the semi-final     Countries that participated in the past but not in 2003
Vote
Voting systemA professional jury chose the finalists and gave points to each performance
Winning dancers
  •  Sweden
    Kristina Oom and Sebastian Michanek (contemporary dance)
  •  Ukraine
    Jerlin Ndudi (classical dance)
  •  Czech Republic
    Monika Hejduková and Viktor Konvalinka (Youth Jury Choice)

The Eurovision Young Dancers 2003 was the 10th edition of the Eurovision Young Dancers. It consisted of a semi-final on 2 July and a final on 4 July 2003, held at the Stadsschouwburg Theatre in Amsterdam, Netherlands, and presented by Aldith Hunkar. It was organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Nederlandse Programma Stichting (NPS).

Dancers representing seventeen countries took part in the competition, with ten of them participating in the televised final. Armenia and Romania made their début while Austria, Germany and Ireland decided not to participate.[1] This was the first EBU event to feature a representative from Armenia, who would subsequently debut at both the Eurovision Song Contest and Junior Eurovision Song Contest, three and four years later respectively.

Each participating broadcaster 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.

Duo Kristina Oom and Sebastian Michanek representing Sweden won the contemporary dance prize, with Jerlin Ndudi representing Ukraine winning the classical dance prize. Duo Monika Hejduková and Viktor Konvalinka representing Czech Republic won the 'Youth Jury Choice' award.[2]

Location

Stadsschouwburg Theatre

Stadsschouwburg Theatre in Amsterdam, Netherlands was the host venue for the 2003 edition of the Eurovision Young Dancers.[3] The building is in the neo-Renaissance style dating back to 1894, and is the former home of the National Ballet and Opera.[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. The overall winner upon completion of the final dances is chosen by the professional jury members.[5] All participants received a medal, designed by Dutch artist Dinie Besems.[1]

There was no interval act this year, with footage of previous contest winners and an offstage interview with Agnès Letestu, winner of the contemporary dance prize in 1989, broadcast instead.

Participants and results

Preliminary round

Broadcasters from seventeen countries took part in the preliminary round of the 2003 contest, of which ten qualified to the televised grand final. The following participants failed to qualify.[3][6]

CountryBroadcasterDancer(s)DanceChoreographer
 United KingdomBBCKate LyonsThe GirlM. Baldwin
 BelgiumRTBFSébastien TassinCoppéliaA. Saint-Léon
 CyprusCyBCNatalia KrekouAfterA. Hatjieftychiou
 SloveniaRTVSLOAnže ŠkrubeClub HoppinD. Popovski
 ArmeniaARMTVAvetik KarapetyanRhythm of SpiritH. Divanyan
 NorwayNRKCaroline RocaAfraid of BeautyP. Touzeau
 PolandTVPJakub GredaSolo Hip-HopA. Grazul and R. Ziolkowski

Final

There were two prizes given this year: one for contemporary dance (awarded to Sweden) and one for classical ballet dance (awarded to Ukraine). A special "young jury" award was given as well by a group of young viewers that were in the audience, this went to contemporary runner-up Czech Republic.[3][7]

Classical category

Country Broadcaster Dancer(s) Dance Choreographer Points Place
 Ukraine NTU Jerlin Ndudi Le Corsaire M. Petipa 938 1
 Estonia ETV Maria Seletskaja Swan Lake M. Petipa 800 3
 Finland Yle Tiina Myllymäki Paquita Makarova and M. Petipa 745 5
 Greece ERT Elenina Nicolaou M. Petipa 716 6
 Romania TVR Ovidiu Matei Iancu Swan Lake 831 2
  Switzerland SRG SSR Sarah-Jane Brodbeck Don Quixote 793 4

Contemporary category

Country Broadcaster Dancer(s) Dance Choreographer Points Place
 Sweden SVT Kristina Oom and Sebastian Michanek Light Beings M. Ek 907 1
 Czech Republic ČT Monika Hejduková and Viktor Konvalinka The Twilight Of Innocence Kodel and Vágnerová 856 2
 Netherlands NOS Joeri Dubbe Perfect Skin E. Wubbe 781 3
 Latvia LTV Linda Siliņa La Primavera I. Lapsiņa 777 4

Jury members

The jury members consisted of the following:[3]

  •  Russia – Vladimir Vasiliev
  •  Germany – Susanne Linke
  •  Italy – Paola Cantalupo
  •  Netherlands – Derrick Brown
  •  United States – Liz Imperio

Broadcasting

26 national broadcasters[8] in 23 countries transmitted the 2003 event.[9] Albania, Croatia, Germany, Iceland, Puerto Rico, and Serbia and Montenegro all broadcast the contest 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 participating countries
Country Broadcaster(s) Channel(s) Commentator(s) Ref(s)
 Armenia Armenia TV [10]
 Belgium RTBF La Deux [11]
 Cyprus CyBC
 Czech Republic ČT ČT2[b] [12]
 Estonia ETV[c] [13]
 Finland Yle TV1 [14]
 Greece ERT
 Latvia LTV
 Netherlands NOS Nederland 3 [15]
 Norway NRK NRK1[d] [16]
 Poland TVP TVP2
 Romania TVR TVR 2
 Slovenia RTVSLO
 Sweden SVT SVT1, SVT2, SVT Europa Agneta Bolme Börjefors [17][18]
  Switzerland DRS SF 1[e] [19]
TSR
TSI
 Ukraine NTU Pershyi Yuri Stanishevsky
 United Kingdom BBC BBC Four[f] Deborah Bull [20]
Broadcasters in non-participating countries
Country Broadcaster(s) Ref(s)
 Albania RTVSH
 Croatia HRT
 Germany 3sat[g] [21]
 Iceland RÚV
 Kosovo RTK
 Puerto Rico
 Serbia and Montenegro UJRT

See also

Notes and references

Notes

  1. ↑ 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
  2. ↑ Delayed broadcast on 25 October[12]
  3. ↑ Deferred broadcast on 11 July at 22:30 EET[13]
  4. ↑ Deferred broadcast on 13 August at 19:30 CEST[16]
  5. ↑ Deferred broadcast on 6 July at 23:05 CEST[19]
  6. ↑ Deferred broadcast on 12 July at 19:00 UTC[20]
  7. ↑ Deferred broadcast on 2 August at 11:15 CET[21]

References

  1. 1 2 "10th Eurovision Young Dancers". EBU. 13 February 2013. Archived from the original on 13 February 2013. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  2. ↑ "Eurovision Young Dancers 2003: Participants". youngmusicians.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Eurovision Young Dancers 2003: About the show". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  4. ↑ Martin Dunford (2010). The Rough Guide to The Netherlands. Penguin. p. 74. ISBN 978-1-84836-882-8.
  5. 1 2 "Eurovision Young Dancers - Format". youngdancers.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 11 February 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  6. ↑ "Eurovision Young Dancers 2003". 10 October 2004. Archived from the original on 10 October 2004. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  7. ↑ "Eurovision Young Dancers Awards Ukrainian and Swedish winners". 7 July 2003. Archived from the original on 24 December 2004. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  8. ↑ "Eurovision Young Dancers 2003". 2 June 2011. Archived from the original on 2 June 2011. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  9. ↑ "2003 Countries Broadcastrs" (PDF). young-dancers.com. 25 June 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 March 2004. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  10. ↑ Rau, Oliver (19 July 2003). "'Armenia to participate in Song Contest 2004'". ESCToday. Archived from the original on 3 November 2013.
  11. ↑ "BnL Viewer". viewer.eluxemburgensia.lu. Retrieved Jun 1, 2026.
  12. 1 2 "Eurovizní soutěž mladých tanečníků 2003 - Eurovizní soutěž mladých tanečníků | Česká televize". www.ceskatelevize.cz. Retrieved Jun 1, 2026.
  13. 1 2 "Maria Seletskaja jõudis Tantsu-Eurovisiooni finaali". Kultuur. Jul 3, 2003. Retrieved Nov 7, 2025.
  14. ↑ "Tiina Myllymäki pääsi EBU:n tanssikilpailun finaaliin". Kaleva. Retrieved Nov 7, 2025.
  15. ↑ "Algemeen Dagblad". July 4, 2003 – via Delpher.
  16. 1 2 "Prestisjefylt dansekonkurranse". arkiv.nrk.no. Retrieved Jun 1, 2026.
  17. ↑ "Välkommen till SMDB". smdb.kb.se. Retrieved Jun 1, 2026.
  18. ↑ "Välkommen till SMDB". smdb.kb.se. Retrieved Jun 1, 2026.
  19. 1 2 https://www.e-newspaperarchives.ch/?a=d&d=FZG20030705-01.2.103
  20. 1 2 "Young Dancer". 10 July 2003. p. 56. Retrieved 1 May 2018 – via BBC Genome.
  21. 1 2 https://www.e-newspaperarchives.ch/?a=d&d=TGZ20030802-01.2.32
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