Eurovision Young Dancers 2013

Eurovision Young Dancers 2013
Dates
Final	14 June 2013
Host
Venue	Baltic Opera House, Gdańsk, Poland[1]
Presenter(s)	Tomasz Kammel
Executive supervisor	Vladislav Yakovlev
Executive producer	Robert Kamyk
Host broadcaster	Telewizja Polska (TVP)
Participants
Number of entries	10
Debuting countries	Belarus
Returning countries	Armenia  Czech Republic  Ukraine
Withdrawing countries	Croatia  Greece  Kosovo  Portugal
Participation map      Participating countries     Did not qualify from the semi final     Countries that participated in the past but not in 2013
Vote
Voting system	Three professional juries choose the top 2 performances, and after the final battle, they choose the winner dancer.
Winning dancers	Netherlands Sedrig Verwoert
Eurovision Young Dancers
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The Eurovision Young Dancers 2013 was the thirteenth edition of the Eurovision Young Dancers, held at the Baltic Opera House in Gdańsk, Poland on 14 June 2013.^[2] Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Telewizja Polska (TVP), dancers from ten countries participated in the televised final. Belarus made their début while Armenia, Czech Republic and Ukraine returned. Four countries withdrew from the contest.^[2]

The event is aimed at young dancers aged between 16 and 21, competing in modern dances, be it solo or in couples, as long as they were not professionally engaged.^[2]

Sedrig Verwoert of the Netherlands won the contest, with Felix Berning of Germany placing second (runner-up).^[3]

Location

Baltic Opera House

The chosen venue by the host broadcaster TVP was the Baltic Opera House in Gdańsk. The stage was designed by Michał Białousz.^[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]

Participants

Results

Draw	Country	Participant	Dance	Choreographer	Result
01	Armenia	Vahagn Margaryan	"Blind Alley"[6]	Arsen Mehrabyan	Out
02	Belarus	Yana Shtangey	"Esmeralda variation"[7]	Marius Petipa	Out
03	Netherlands	Sedrig Verwoert	"The 5th Element"[8]	Marco Gerris	Advanced
04	Sweden	Stephanie Liekola Isla	"Entrapped"[9]	Mauro Rojas	Out
05	Ukraine	Nikita Vasylenko	"The Legend of Spartacus"[10]	Tetyana Denysova	Out
06	Czech Republic	Adéla Abdul Khalegová	"Love Under Pressure"[11]	Adéla Abdul Khalegová	Out
07	Poland	Kristóf Szabó[12]	"My Life and Love Might Still Go on in Your Heart""[13]	Katarzyna Kubalska	Out
08	Norway	Julie Schartum Dokken	"Moment"[14]	Julie Schartum Dokken	Out
09	Slovenia	Patricija Crnkovič[15]	"Passion"[16]	Dimitrij Popovski	Out
10	Germany	Felix Berning[17]	"Home"[18]	Felix Landerer & Felix Berning	Advanced

Final Duel

Country	Participant	Dance	Result
Germany	Felix Berning	"Home"	Runner up
Netherlands	Sedrig Verwoert	"The 5th Element"	Winner

Broadcasting

The contest was broadcast by the following broadcasters:^[19]

Date of broadcast[19]	Country[19]	Station[19]
14 June 2013	Armenia	ARMTV
	Belarus	BTRC
	Czech Republic	ČT2 (45-minute delay)
	Norway	NRK1 (5-minute delay)
	Poland	TVP Kultura
	Rest of the world	www.youngdancers.tv
	Ukraine	NTU
15 June 2013	Poland	TVP 2
	Sweden	SVT2
18 June 2013	Belgium	VRT OP12
23 June 2013	Netherlands	NED 2
30 June 2013	Slovenia	RTVSLO2
7 July 2013	Germany	WDR Fernsehen

Jury members

The jury members consisted of the following:^[2]

•  Poland – Krzysztof Pastor
•  Germany – Nadia Espiritu
•  New Zealand/ United Kingdom – Cameron McMillan

See also

• European Broadcasting Union
• Eurovision Song Contest 2013
• Eurovision Young Dancers
• Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2013

References

1. "GDANSK TO HOST EUROVISION YOUNG DANCERS". EBU. 2012-10-01. Retrieved 2012-10-04.
2. "Eurovision Young Dancers 2013: About the show". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
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4. "Presenting de 2013 Stage". EBU. Retrieved 2013-06-09.
5. "Eurovision Young Dancers - Format". youngdancers.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
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13. "Country profile: Poland". EBU. Retrieved 2013-06-09.
14. "Country profile: Norway". EBU. Retrieved 2013-06-09.
15. "Słowenia wybrała reprezentanta do Gdańska". eurowizja.org. Retrieved 2013-02-20.
16. "Country profile: Slovenia". EBU. Retrieved 2013-06-09.
17. "It's Felix for Germany!". youngdancers.tv. 2013-03-16.
18. "Country profile: Germany". EBU. Retrieved 2013-06-09.
19. "Where to watch Young Dancers 2013?". youngdancers.tv. 13 June 2013. Retrieved 31 August 2016.