List of countries in the Eurovision Young Dancers explained

Broadcasters from thirty-six countries have participated in the Eurovision Young Dancers since it started in 1985, with winners coming from eleven of those countries. This biennial dance competition organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) was held between members of the union, who participate representing their countries. Broadcasters sent to the competition one young talented dancer or couple aged 16 to 21, with each performing a dance routine of their choice.

Participation in the contest was primarily open to all broadcasters with active EBU membership, with only one entrant per country allowed in any given year. To become an active member of the EBU, a broadcaster has to be from a country which is covered by the European Broadcasting Area –that is not limited only to the continent of Europe–, or is a member state of the Council of Europe.^[1] Thus, eligibility was not determined by geographic inclusion within Europe, despite the "Euro" in "Eurovision", nor did it have a direct connection with the European Union.

Participants

The Eurovision Young Dancers, inspired by the success its counterpart Eurovision Young Musicians, was a biennial competition organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) for European dancers that are aged between 16 and 21. The first edition of the Eurovision Young Dancers, then known as Eurovision Competition for Young Dancers, took place in Reggio Emilia, Italy, on 16 June 1985 and eleven countries took part.^[2] won the first edition in 1985, represented by Arantxa Argüelles., represented by Arne Fagerholt, and, represented by Mia Stagh and Göran Svalberg, came second and third respectively.^[3] The 2019 contest was cancelled, so it will be excluded from the table.

Table key

	Inactivecountries which participated in the past but did not appear in the final contest
	Ineligiblecountries whose broadcasters have been suspended from the European Broadcasting Union and are therefore ineligible to participate
	Formercountries which previously participated but no longer exist

Country^[4]	Broadcaster(s)^[5]	Debut year	Final entry	Entries	Finals	Times qualified	Last final	Wins	Final win
	RTSH			1	0	0/1	N/A	0	N/A
	AMPTV			2	0	0/2	N/A	0	N/A
	ORF			5	3	2/4		0	N/A
◇	BTRC			1	0	0/1	N/A	0	N/A
	VRT (Dutch) RTBF (French)			11	8	6/9		0	N/A
	BNT			1	1	1/1		0	N/A
	CBC			2	1	0/1		0	N/A
	HRT			1	0	0/1	N/A	0	N/A
	CyBC			9	0	0/9	N/A	0	N/A
	ČT			7	2	2/7		1
	DR			4	3	2/3		1
	ERR			4	2	2/4		0	N/A
	Yle			11	9	7/9		0	N/A
	France Télévisions			7	7	5/5		1
	ZDF (1985–2001) WDR (ARD) (2011–17)			13	8	6/11		1
	ERT			8	4	4/8		0	N/A
	MTV			3	0	0/3	N/A	0	N/A
	RTÉ			1	0	0/1	N/A	0	N/A
	RAI			4	2	0/2		0	N/A
	RTK			1	0	0/1	N/A	0	N/A
	LTV			5	5	5/5		0	N/A
	PBS			2	0	0/2	N/A	0	N/A
	NPO			11	9	7/9		2
	NRK			13	3	1/11		1
	TVP			11	8	8/11		3
	RTP			4	0	0/4	N/A	0	N/A
	TVR			2	2	2/2		0	N/A
◇	VGTRK			1	1	1/1		0	N/A
	STV			2	1	1/2		0	N/A
	RTV SLO			11	3	3/11		0	N/A
	TVE			8	8	6/6		5
	SVT			15	11	9/13		1
	SRG SSR			9	8	6/7		0	N/A
	NTU			3	1	1/3		1
	BBC			7	5	3/5		1
	JRT			3	1	0/2		0	N/A

Other EBU members

The following countries had broadcasters eligible to participate in Eurovision Young Dancers, but never made their debut at the contest.^[4]

Participating countries in the decades

The table lists the participating countries in each decade since the first Eurovision Young Dancers was held in 1985.

Table key

	Debutant	The country made its debut during the decade.
	Winner	The country won the contest.
	Second place	The country was ranked second.
	Third place	The country was ranked third.
	Remaining places	The country placed from fourth to last in the final.
	Non-qualified for the final	The country did not qualify for the final (1989–2017).
	Cancelled	The contest was cancelled after the deadline for submitting songs had passed (2019).
	No entry	The country did not enter the contest.

1980s

1985–1989
Country
#		Х	†
#	Х	Х	Х
#		Х	†
#			†
#		1	X
#	Х	Х	Х
#	Х	Х	1
#	Х	3	Х
#	Х	Х	†
#	Х	Х	Х
#	2	Х	†
#			†
#	1	Х	Х
#	3	X	Х
#	Х	2	Х
#	Х	Х	1
#		Х	†

1990s

1991–1999
Country
		3	X
	†	†	3	2	Х
#	Х
	†	†	†	†	†
#					†
	3	†
#		†		†
	†	X	†	X	X
	2	3	Х		X
	Х	Х	†	†	1
		†	X	†	X
#			†	†	†
	†
#				X	X
	Х				X
	†	†	†
		X	X	X	X
	†
#			X
#				X
		†	†	†	†
	1	1	1	1	3
	X	X	2	3	2
	Х	2	Х		†
					†
	†

2000s

2001–2005
Country
#		†
	†
	2	†	3
	†	†	†
	†	1	X
	X	X
	X	X	X
	Х
	†	X	X
#	†
	X	X	X
	3	Х	1
	†	†	†
	1	†	2
#		X	X
	†	†	†
	X	1	Х
	Х	Х
#	†	1
	X	†	X

2010s

2011–2019
Country
#			†
		†
#		†
#	†
		†	†	†
	†	2	†	†
	†
#	†
#			†	†	C
	X	1	†
	1	†	†	†
	†	†	1	1	C
	†			†
			†
	2	†	2	2
	†	†	†	†
		†

Broadcast in non-participating countries

Country	Broadcaster(s)	Year(s)
Iceland	Ríkisútvarpið (RÚV)	2003^[6]
Jordan	Jordan Radio and Television Corporation (JRTV)	1989^[7]
Puerto Rico		2003^[8]

List of winners

By contest

Year	Date	Host City	Countries	Winner(s)	Performer(s)	Dance
	16 June	Reggio Emilia	11		Arantxa Argüelles
	31 May	Schwetzingen	14		Rose Gad Poulsen and Nikolaj Hübbe	Divertissement from "La Sylphide"
	28 June	Paris	17		Agnès Letestu (Contemporary dance)	rowspan="2"
					Tetsuya Kumakawa (Classical ballet)
	5 June	Helsinki	15		Amaya Iglesias	Variations from "La Grisi"
	15 June	Stockholm	15		Zenaida Yanowsky	"Esmeralda"
	6 June	Lausanne	15		Jesús Pastor Sahuquillo and Ruth Miró Salvador	"Arrayan Daraxa"
	17 June	Gdynia	13		Antonio Carmena San José	"Angelitos Locos"
	10 July	Lyon	16		Stegli Yohan and Katja Wünsche	"Cinderella"
	23 June	London	18		David Kupinski and Marcin Kupinski	"Brothers"
	4 July	Amsterdam	17		Jerlin Ndudi (Ballet)	"Le Corsaire"
					Kristina Oom and Sebastian Michanek (Modern dance)	"Light Beings"
					Monika Hejduková and Viktor Konvalinka (Youth Jury Choice)	"The Twilight Of Innocence"
	24 June	Warsaw	13		Milou Nuyens	"Snakesense"
	24 June	Oslo	10		Daniel Sarr	"Full Force"
	14 June	Gdańsk	10		Sedrig Verwoert	"The 5th Element"
	19 June	Plzeň	10		Viktoria Nowak	"Piece in Old Style"
	16 December	Prague	8		Paulina Bidzińska	"La Certa"
	2

By country

The table below shows the top-three placings from each contest, along with the years that a country won the contest.

Country				Total	Years won
	5	0	1	6
	3	1	0	4
	2	0	1	3
	1	2	2	5
	1	1	1	3
	1	1	1	3
	1	1	0	2
	1	0	1	2
	1	0	0	1
	1	0	0	1
	1	0	0	1
	0	3	0	3	rowspan="4"
	0	2	2	4
	0	2	0	2
	0	0	1	1

See also

• List of countries in Eurovision Choir
• List of countries in the Eurovision Song Contest
• List of countries in the Eurovision Dance Contest
• List of countries in the Eurovision Young Musicians
• List of countries in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

Notes and References

1. Web site: Admission. European Broadcasting Union. EBU. 12 April 2017.
2. Web site: Eurovision Young Dancers. ebu.ch. European Broadcasting Union. 8 March 2015.
3. Web site: 1st Eurovision Young Dancers 1985. youngdancers.tv. European Broadcasting Union. 8 March 2015.
4. Web site: List of EBU Active Members. ebu.ch. European Broadcasting Union. 27 October 2014. 6 June 2014.
5. Web site: Eurovision Young Dancers. 22 June 2017. www.ebu.ch.
6. Web site: Eurovision Young Dancers 2003. 2 June 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110602020150/http://www.ebu.ch:80/news/press_archive/press_breves_145_Eurovisiondancers.php. 3 May 2018. 2011-06-02.
7. Web site: Eurovision Young Dancers 1989. 6 December 2012 . Issuu. 2 May 2018.
8. Web site: 25 June 2003 . 2003 Countries Broadcastrs . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20040331044323/http://www.young-dancers.com:80/participate/2003_Countries_Broadcastrs.pdf . 2004-03-31 . 3 May 2018 . young-dancers.com.