Final 24 June 2005 Host broadcaster Telewizja Polska (TVP) | Presenter(s) Agata Konarska Number of entries 13 | |
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Venue National Theatre, Warsaw, Poland Interval act Ocelot - Acrobatic Dance Theatre | ||
The Eurovision Young Dancers 2005 was the eleventh edition of the Eurovision Young Dancers, held at the National Theatre in Warsaw, Poland on 24 June 2005. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Telewizja Polska (TVP), dancers from ten countries participated in the televised final. A total of thirteen countries took part in the competition. Armenia, Estonia, Switzerland and Ukraine withdrew from the contest. The next edition would eventually be held in 2011, following cancellations in 2007 and 2009.
Contents
The non-qualified countries were Cyprus, Norway and Slovenia. Milou Nuyens of Netherlands won the contest, with host country Poland and Belgium placing second and third respectively.
Location
National Theatre, Warsaw in Poland was the host venue for the 2005 edition of the Eurovision Young Dancers.
It was founded in 1765, during the Polish Enlightenment, by that country's last monarch, Stanisław August Poniatowski. The theatre shares the Grand Theatre complex at the Theatre Square in Warsaw with another national venue, the Poland's National 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 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 thirteen countries took part in the preliminary round of the 2005 contest, of which ten qualified to the televised grand final. The following countries failed to qualify.
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.
Choreography: Mateusz Polit
Jury members
The jury members consisted of the following: