Eurovision Young Dancers 1999

Eurovision Young Dancers 1999
Dates
Semi-final4 July 1999
Final10 July 1999
Host
VenueOpéra de Lyon, Lyon, France
Presenter(s)Alex Taylor
Directed byGuy Darmet
Executive producer
  • Gilbert Plique
  • Michele Banaletti
Host broadcasterFrance 3
Websiteyoungdancers.tv/event/lyon-1999 Edit this at Wikidata
Participants
Number of entries16
Debuting countries Czech Republic
Returning countries
Non-returning countries
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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
1997 ← Eurovision Young Dancers → 2001

The Eurovision Young Dancers 1999 was the eighth edition of the Eurovision Young Dancers, held at the Opéra de Lyon, in Lyon, France, on 10 July 1999.[1] Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster France 3, dancers from ten countries participated in the televised final. A total of sixteen countries took part in the competition. Czech Republic made their début while host country France, Netherlands, Switzerland and United Kingdom returned. Estonia and Slovakia decided not to participate.[1]

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 semi-final that took place in the same venue 6 days before the final (4 July 1999).[1]

The non-qualified countries were Cyprus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovenia, Switzerland and United Kingdom. Katja Wünsche and Stegli Yohan of Germany won the contest, with Sweden and Spain placing second and joint third respectively.[2]

  1. ^ a b c "Eurovision Young Dancers 1999: About the show". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  2. ^ "Eurovision Young Dancers 1999: Participants". youngmusicians.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 5 October 2014.