Semi-final 29 June 2003 Presenter(s) Aldith Hunkar | Final 4 July 2003 Number of entries 17 | |
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Venue Stadsschouwburg, Amsterdam, Netherlands Host broadcaster Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS) | ||
The Eurovision Young Dancers 2003 was the tenth edition of the Eurovision Young Dancers, held at the Stadsschouwburg Theatre in Amsterdam, Netherlands between 29 June and 4 July 2003. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS), dancers from ten countries participated in the televised final. A total of seventeen countries took part in the competition. Armenia and Romania made their début while Austria, Germany and Ireland withdrew from the contest.
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The semi-final took place on 29 June 2003. Each country could send one or two dancers, male or female, not older than 20. All countries except the host (Netherlands) had to take part in the semi final.
The non-qualified countries were Armenia, Belgium, Cyprus, Norway, Poland, Slovenia and United Kingdom. Kristina Oom and Sebastian Michanek of Sweden won the contemporary dance prize, with Jerlin Ndudi of Ukraine winning the classical dance prize. Monika Hejduková and Viktor Konvalinka of Czech Republic won the 'Youth Jury Choice' award.
Location
Stadsschouwburg Theatre in Amsterdam, Netherlands was the host venue for the 2003 edition of the Eurovision Young Dancers. The building is in the neo-Renaissance style dating back to 1894, and is the former home of the National Ballet and Opera.
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 seventeen countries took part in the preliminary round of the 2003 contest, of which ten qualified to the televised grand final.
Final
There were 2 prizes given this year: one for contemporary dance and one for classical dance. A special "young jury" award was given as well by a group of young viewers that were in the audience.
Jury members
The jury members consisted of the following: