Eurovision Young Dancers 1987 | |
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Dates | |
Final | 31 May 1987 |
Host | |
Venue | Schlosstheater, Schwetzingen, Germany |
Presenter(s) | Margot Werner |
Directed by | Hugo Käch |
Executive supervisor | Frank Naef |
Executive producer | Harro Eisele |
Host broadcaster | Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) |
Website | youngdancers |
Participants | |
Number of entries | 14 |
Debuting countries | |
Non-returning countries | None |
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Vote | |
Voting system | A professional jury chose the top 3 participants. |
Winning dancers | Denmark Rose Gad Poulsen and Nikolaj Hübbe |
The Eurovision Young Dancers 1987 was the second edition of the Eurovision Young Dancers, held at the Schlosstheater Schwetzingen, Germany on 31 May 1987.[1] Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF), dancers from fourteen countries participated in the televised final. Austria, Canada, Denmark and Yugoslavia made their debut at the contest, while Belgium and Netherlands competed together with a joint entry.[1]
For the first time ever, the Canadian broadcaster CBC (an EBU associate member), joined the show with its participant, making it the only Eurovision event to feature a country from North America, and the only EBU event to feature an associate member as a participant prior to Australia's debut at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2015. The participant countries could send one or two dancers, male or female, that could not be older than 20. Each entry consisted in one or two dances with no rules or limitations regarding the style. The dances could not be longer than 5 minutes (for soloists) or 10 minutes (for couples).[1]
Rose Gad Poulsen and Nikolaj Hübbe of Denmark won the contest, with Switzerland and West Germany placing second and third respectively.[2]