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Eurovision Young Dancers 2005

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Eurovision Young Dancers 2005
Date and venue
Final
  • 24 June 2005
VenueNational Theatre
Warsaw, Poland
Organisation
OrganiserEuropean Broadcasting Union (EBU)
Executive supervisorJeroen Depraetere
Production
Host broadcasterTelewizja Polska (TVP)
DirectorJan Dworak [pl]
Executive producerBarbara Trzeciak-Pietkiewicz [pl]
PresenterAgata Konarska [pl]
Participants
Number of entries13
Number of finalists10
Non-returning countries
  •  Armenia
  •  Estonia
  •   Switzerland
  •  Ukraine
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         Participating countries     Did not qualify from the semi-final     Countries that participated in the past but not in 2005
Vote
Voting systemA professional jury chose the finalists and gave points to each performance
Winning dancers Netherlands
Milou Nuyens [nl] (classical dance)
2003 ← Eurovision Young Dancers → 2011
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Eurovision Young Dancers 2005 was the 11th edition of Eurovision Young Dancers, held on 24 June 2005 at the National Theatre in Warsaw, Poland, and presented by Agata Konarska [pl]. It was organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Telewizja Polska (TVP). For this contest, a week of dance master classes replaced the semi-final round in order to select the finalists.

Dancers representing thirteen countries took part in the competition, with ten of them participating in the televised final. Armenia, Estonia, Switzerland and Ukraine decided not to participate.

The winner was Milou Nuyens [nl] representing the Netherlands, with duo Elena Karpuhina and Michał Wylot representing Poland placing second, and Marjorie Lenain representing Belgium placing third.[1] The next edition would eventually be held in 2011, following cancellations in 2007 and 2009.

Location

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National Theatre in Warsaw, Poland

National Theatre, Warsaw in Poland was the host venue for the 2005 edition of Eurovision Young Dancers.[2] This was the second time that TVP had hosted the competition, the first being in 1997. At that time, Poland and France were the only countries to have hosted more than once.

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

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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'.[3]

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. The overall winner upon completion of the final dances is chosen by the professional jury members.[3]

Ocelot - Acrobatic Dance Theatre performed as the interval act.[2] A behind-the-scenes documentary film was commissioned by the EBU to accompany this year's competition. Masters of Performance, produced by Boomtown Media and directed by Thomas Grube, follows the young dancers from across Europe as they prepare to take part in the competition.[4]

Participants and results

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Preliminary round

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The semi-final round was replaced by a week of dance master classes. Florence Clerc [it], Irek Mukhamedov, Christopher Bruce and Piotr Nardelli were the dance teachers selected to work with the participants and choose the ten finalists.[5] The following countries failed to qualify.[2]

CountryBroadcasterDancer(s)DanceChoreographer
 CyprusCyBCJoánna Avraám"La Bayadère"N. Makarova and M. Petipa
 NorwayNRKFransiska Sveinall"Le Corsaire"M. Petipa
 SloveniaRTVSLOAlena Medič"Paquita V"M. Petipa

Final

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Awards were given to the top three participants. 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.[1]

R/O Country Broadcaster Dancer(s) Dance Choreographer Result
1  Romania TVR Robert Stefan Enache Variation of Le Corsaire M. Petipa
2  United Kingdom BBC Alexander Jones Impossible Self L. King
3  Belgium RTBF Marjorie Lenain Esmeralda M. Petipa 3
4  Netherlands NPS Milou Nuyens [nl] Snakesense R. van Berkel 1
5  Czech Republic ČT Šárka Faberová and Pavel Povrazník Paganini Pas de Deux V. Schneiderová
6  Finland Yle Riku Lehtopolku and Mikko Lampinen Could you take some of my weight...? T. Saarinen
7  Latvia LTV Sabīne Guravska Paquita M. Petipa
8  Sweden SVT Danielle Rosengren Grand Pas Classique V. Gsovsky
9  Poland TVP Elena Karpuhina and Michał Wylot May I have a dance R. Komassa 2
10  Greece ERT Eleana Andreoudi Don Quixote M. Petipa

Choreography: Mateusz Polit

Jury members

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The jury consisted of the following members:[2]

Broadcasting

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The 2005 Young Dancers competition was broadcast in at least 14 countries. Known details on the broadcasts in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations and commentators are shown in the tables below.

Broadcasters in participating countries
Country Broadcaster(s) Channel(s) Commentator(s) Ref(s)
 Belgium RTBF La Deux [6]
 Cyprus CyBC
 Czech Republic ČT ČT1 [7]
 Finland Yle TV1[a] Sampo Kivelä [8][9]
 Greece ERT
 Latvia LTV
 Netherlands NPS Nederland 3[b] Han Ebbelaar [nl] and Hadassah de Boer [nl] [10]
 Norway NRK NRK2[c] [11]
 Poland TVP TVP2
 Romania TVR TVR Cultural [12]
 Slovenia RTVSLO
 Sweden SVT SVT2, SVT Europa Camilla Lundberg [sv] [13]
 United Kingdom BBC BBC Four[d] Deborah Bull [14]
Broadcasters in non-participating countries
Country Broadcaster(s)
 Ukraine NTU

See also

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Notes and references

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Notes

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  1. ↑ Deferred broadcast on 26 June at 11:45[8]
  2. ↑ Deferred broadcast on 26 June at 13:00[10]
  3. ↑ The contest was summarised in a documentary broadcast on 6 November at 21:20[11]
  4. ↑ Deferred broadcast, in a shortened format, on 24 September at 20:10 UTC[14]

References

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  1. 1 2 "Eurovision Young Dancers 2005: Participants". youngmusicians.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Eurovision Young Dancers 2005: About the show". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  3. 1 2 "Eurovision Young Dancers - Format". youngdancers.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 11 February 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  4. ↑ "MASTERS OF PERFORMANCE - Boomtown Media | »award winning films & sensible strategies«". boomtownmedia.de. Retrieved Jun 1, 2026.
  5. ↑ "Mistrovské taneční třídy - iVysílání | Česká televize". Retrieved 28 October 2025 – via www.ceskatelevize.cz.
  6. ↑ "BnL Viewer". viewer.eluxemburgensia.lu. Retrieved Jun 1, 2026.
  7. ↑ "Eurovizní soutěž mladých tanečníků 2005 - Eurovizní soutěž mladých tanečníků | Česká televize". www.ceskatelevize.cz. Retrieved Jun 1, 2026.
  8. 1 2 "Riku Lehtopolku ja Mikko Lampinen tanssikisan finaaliin". Kaleva. Retrieved Nov 7, 2025.
  9. ↑ "Eurovision Grand Prix -tanssikilpailu 2005". vintti.yle.fi. Retrieved Nov 7, 2025.
  10. 1 2 "MATINEE - EUROVISION YOUNG DANCERS 2005 | De Schatkamer" – via schatkamer.beeldengeluid.nl.
  11. 1 2 "Ung ballett på "Hovedscenen"". arkiv.nrk.no. Retrieved Jun 1, 2026.
  12. ↑ "Robert Enache va reprezenta Romania la Eurovision Young Dancers - HotNews.ro". May 16, 2005. Retrieved Jun 1, 2026.
  13. ↑ "Välkommen till SMDB". smdb.kb.se. Retrieved Jun 1, 2026.
  14. 1 2 "Eurovision Young Dancer". 22 September 2005. p. 63. Retrieved 1 May 2018 – via BBC Genome.
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