Final 5 June 1991 Executive producer Aarno Cronvall | Director Izan Lewenstam Host broadcaster Yleisradio (YLE) | |
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Venue Helsinki City Theatre, Helsinki, Finland Presenter(s) Taina Elg
Heikki Värtsi | ||
The Eurovision Young Dancers 1991 was the fourth edition of the Eurovision Young Dancers, held at the Helsinki City Theatre in Helsinki, Finland on 5 June 1991. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Yleisradio (YLE), dancers from eight countries participated in the televised final. A total of fifteen countries took part in the competition. Bulgaria made their début while Austria, Canada and United Kingdom withdrew from the contest. However, the Austrian broadcaster ÖRF and the Canadian CBC broadcast the event.
Contents
Each country could send one or two dancers, male or female, who could perform one or two dances.
The non-qualified countries were Belgium, Cyprus, Finland, Italy, Norway, Portugal and Yugoslavia. Amaya Iglesias of Spain won the contest, with France and Denmark placing second and third respectively.
Location
Helsinki City Theatre, was the host venue for the 1991 edition of the Eurovision Young Dancers.
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'.
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.
Preliminary round
A total of fifteen countries took part in the preliminary round of the 1991 contest, of which eight qualified to the televised grand final.
Final
Awards were given to the top three countries. The table below highlights these using gold, silver, and bronze. The placing results of the remaining participants is unknown and never made public by the European Broadcasting Union.
Jury members
The jury members consisted of the following: