The 8th Eurovision Young Dancers Competition final was held in the Opera of Lyon, France on July 10, 1999.
A total of 16 countries took part this time on the semi-final that took place on the same venue 6 days before. In that semi-final, 10 countries were chosen for the Great Final, where Germany, with the dancing cople Katja Wünsche and Stegli Yohan, won the contest.
Four countries returned this year (the host country France, Switzerland, United Kingdom and Netherlands) and a new country took part (Czech Republic). However, two countries withdrew (Russia and Slovakia). A total of 20 countries broadcast the event, including Ireland and Croatia.
Agnes Letestu, the 1989 Eurovision Young Dancers winner, commented this year's contest for the host broadcaster France 3.
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'.[2]
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.[2]
Jury Panel
Participant countries
Winners and Remaining Finalists
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 [1]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Czech Republic
France
United Kingdom
Switzerland
Netherlands
Slovakia
Stegli Yohan & Katja Wünsche, Germany
Boris Eifman (Head of Jury)
Meryl Tankard
Jean-Christophe Maillot
Tero Saarinen
Vicente Sáez
Victoria Maragopoulou
Germany
Belgium
Cyprus
Spain
Finland
France
Greece
Hungary
Latvia
Netherlands
Poland
Czech Republic
Slovenia
Sweden
Switzerland
.svg){kind=link}