# List of countries in the Eurovision Young Dancers

Broadcasters from thirty-six countries have participated in the Eurovision Young Dancers since it started in 1985, with winners coming from eleven of those countries. This biennial dance competition organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) was held between members of the union, who participate representing their countries. Broadcasters sent to the competition one young talented dancer or couple aged 16 to 21, with each performing a dance routine of their choice.
Participation in the contest was primarily open to all broadcasters with active EBU membership, with only one entrant per country allowed in any given year. To become an active member of the EBU, a broadcaster has to be from a country which is covered by the European Broadcasting Area –that is not limited only to the continent of Europe–, or is a member state of the Council of Europe. Thus, eligibility was not determined by geographic inclusion within Europe, despite the "Euro" in "Eurovision", nor did it have a direct connection with the European Union.

## Participants

The Eurovision Young Dancers, inspired by the success its counterpart Eurovision Young Musicians, was a biennial competition organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) for European dancers that are aged between 16 and 21. The first edition of the Eurovision Young Dancers, then known as Eurovision Competition for Young Dancers, took place in Reggio Emilia, Italy, on 16 June 1985 and twelve countries took part. Spain won the first edition in 1985, represented by Arantxa Argüelles. Norway, represented by Arne Fagerholt, and Sweden, represented by Mia Stagh and Göran Svalberg, came second and third respectively. The 2019 contest was cancelled, so it was excluded from the table. In October 2020, the EBU ruled out bringing the contest back until further notice.
| Country | Broadcaster(s) | Debut year | Final entry | Entries | Finals | Times qualified | Last final | Wins | Final win |
| Albania | RTSH | 2015 | 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0/1 | N/A | 0 | N/A |
| Armenia | Armenia TV (2003) AMPTV (2013) | 2003 | 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0/2 | N/A | 0 | N/A |
| Austria | ORF | 1987 | 2001 | 5 | 3 | 2/4 | 1995 | 0 | N/A |
| Belarus | BTRC | 2013 | 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0/1 | N/A | 0 | N/A |
| Belgium | VRT (Dutch) RTBF (French) | 1985 | 2005 | 11 | 8 | 6/9 | 2005 | 0 | N/A |
| Bulgaria | BNT | 1991 | 1991 | 1 | 1 | 1/1 | 1991 | 0 | N/A |
| Canada | CBC | 1987 | 1989 | 2 | 1 | 0/1 | 1987 | 0 | N/A |
| Croatia | HRT | 2011 | 2011 | 1 | 0 | 0/1 | N/A | 0 | N/A |
| Cyprus | CyBC | 1989 | 2005 | 9 | 0 | 0/9 | N/A | 0 | N/A |
| Czech Republic | ČT | 1999 | 2017 | 7 | 2 | 2/7 | 2005 | 1 | 2003 |
| Denmark | DR | 1985 | 1993 | 5 | 4 | 2/3 | 1991 | 1 | 1987 |
| Estonia | ERR | 1993 | 2003 | 4 | 2 | 2/4 | 2005 | 0 | N/A |
| Finland | Yle | 1985 | 2005 | 11 | 9 | 7/9 | 2005 | 0 | N/A |
| France | France Télévisions | 1985 | 1999 | 7 | 7 | 5/5 | 1999 | 1 | 1989 |
| Germany | ZDF (1985–2001) WDR (ARD) (2011–2017) | 1985 | 2017 | 13 | 8 | 6/11 | 2013 | 1 | 1999 |
| Greece | ERT | 1993 | 2011 | 8 | 4 | 4/8 | 2005 | 0 | N/A |
| Hungary | MTV | 1995 | 1999 | 3 | 0 | 0/3 | N/A | 0 | N/A |
| Ireland | RTÉ | 2001 | 2001 | 1 | 0 | 0/1 | N/A | 0 | N/A |
| Italy | RAI | 1985 | 1991 | 4 | 2 | 0/2 | 1987 | 0 | N/A |
| Kosovo | RTK | 2011 | 2011 | 1 | 0 | 0/1 | N/A | 0 | N/A |
| Latvia | LTV | 1997 | 2005 | 5 | 5 | 5/5 | 2005 | 0 | N/A |
| Malta | PBS | 2015 | 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0/2 | N/A | 0 | N/A |
| Netherlands | NPO | 1985 | 2015 | 11 | 9 | 7/9 | 2013 | 2 | 2013 |
| Norway | NRK | 1985 | 2017 | 13 | 3 | 1/11 | 2011 | 1 | 2011 |
| Poland | TVP | 1993 | 2017 | 11 | 8 | 8/11 | 2017 | 3 | 2017 |
| Portugal | RTP | 1989 | 2017 | 4 | 0 | 0/4 | N/A | 0 | N/A |
| Romania | TVR | 2003 | 2005 | 2 | 2 | 2/2 | 2005 | 0 | N/A |
| Russia | VGTRK | 1995 | 1995 | 1 | 1 | 1/1 | 1995 | 0 | N/A |
| Slovakia | STV | 1997 | 2015 | 2 | 1 | 1/2 | 1997 | 0 | N/A |
| Slovenia | RTV SLO | 1993 | 2017 | 11 | 3 | 3/11 | 2017 | 0 | N/A |
| Spain | TVE | 1985 | 1999 | 8 | 8 | 6/6 | 1999 | 5 | 1997 |
| Sweden | SVT | 1985 | 2017 | 15 | 11 | 9/13 | 2005 | 1 | 2003 |
| Switzerland | SRG SSR | 1985 | 2003 | 9 | 8 | 6/7 | 2003 | 0 | N/A |
| Ukraine | NTU | 2001 | 2013 | 3 | 1 | 1/3 | 2003 | 1 | 2003 |
| United Kingdom | BBC | 1985 | 2005 | 7 | 5 | 3/5 | 2005 | 1 | 1989 |
| Yugoslavia | JRT | 1987 | 1991 | 3 | 1 | 0/2 | 1987 | 0 | N/A |

### Other EBU members

The following countries had broadcasters eligible to participate in Eurovision Young Dancers, but never made their debut at the contest.
* Andorra – RTVA
* Algeria – EPTV
* Azerbaijan – İTV
* Bosnia and Herzegovina – BHRT
* Egypt – ERTU
* Georgia – GPB
* Iceland – RÚV
* Israel – IBA
* Jordan – JRTV
* Lebanon – TL
* Libya – LNC
* Lithuania – LRT
* Luxembourg – RTL
* Moldova – TRM
* Monaco – GRMC, TMC
* Montenegro – RTCG
* Morocco – SNRT
* North Macedonia – MRT
* San Marino – SMRTV
* Serbia – RTS
* Tunisia – ERTT
* Turkey – TRT
* Vatican City – RV

## Participating countries in the decades

The table lists the participating countries in each decade since the first Eurovision Young Dancers was held in 1985.
Table key :
| # | Debutant | The country made its debut during the decade. |
| 1 | Winner | The country won the contest. |
| 2 | Second place | The country was ranked second. |
| 3 | Third place | The country was ranked third. |
| X | Remaining places | The country placed from fourth to last in the final. |
| † | Non-qualified for the final | The country did not qualify for the final (1989–2017). |
| C | Cancelled | The contest was cancelled after the deadline for submitting songs had passed (2019). |
| | No entry | The country did not enter the contest. |

### 1980s

1985–1989 :
| Country | 1985 | 1987 | 1989 |
| Austria # | | Х | † |
| Belgium # | Х | Х | Х |
| Canada # | | Х | † |
| Cyprus # | | | † |
| Denmark # | Х | 1 | X |
| Finland # | Х | Х | Х |
| France # | Х | Х | 1 |
| Germany # | Х | 3 | Х |
| Italy # | Х | Х | † |
| Netherlands # | Х | Х | Х |
| Norway # | 2 | Х | † |
| Portugal # | | | † |
| Spain # | 1 | Х | Х |
| Sweden # | 3 | X | Х |
| Switzerland # | Х | 2 | Х |
| United Kingdom # | Х | Х | 1 |
| Yugoslavia # | | Х | † |

### 1990s

1991–1999 :
| Country | 1991 | 1993 | 1995 | 1997 | 1999 |
| Austria | | 3 | X | | |
| Belgium | † | † | 3 | 2 | Х |
| Bulgaria # | Х | | | | |
| Cyprus | † | † | † | † | † |
| Czech Republic # | | | | | † |
| Denmark | 3 | † | | | |
| Estonia # | | † | | † | |
| Finland | † | X | † | X | X |
| France | 2 | 3 | Х | | X |
| Germany | Х | Х | † | † | 1 |
| Greece | | † | X | † | X |
| Hungary # | | | † | † | † |
| Italy | † | | | | |
| Latvia # | | | | X | X |
| Netherlands | Х | | | | X |
| Norway | † | † | † | | |
| Poland | | X | X | X | X |
| Portugal | † | | | | |
| Russia # | | | X | | |
| Slovakia # | | | | X | |
| Slovenia | | † | † | † | † |
| Spain | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Sweden | X | X | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Switzerland | Х | 2 | Х | | † |
| United Kingdom | | | | | † |
| Yugoslavia | † | | | | |

### 2000s

2001–2005 :
| Country | 2001 | 2003 | 2005 |
| Armenia # | | † | |
| Austria | † | | |
| Belgium | 2 | † | 3 |
| Cyprus | † | † | † |
| Czech Republic | † | 1 | X |
| Estonia | X | X | |
| Finland | X | X | X |
| Germany | Х | | |
| Greece | † | X | X |
| Ireland # | † | | |
| Latvia | X | X | X |
| Netherlands | 3 | Х | 1 |
| Norway | † | † | † |
| Poland | 1 | † | 2 |
| Romania # | | X | X |
| Slovenia | † | † | † |
| Sweden | X | 1 | Х |
| Switzerland | Х | Х | |
| Ukraine # | † | 1 | |
| United Kingdom | X | † | X |

### 2010s

2011–2019 :
| Country | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 |
| Albania # | | | † | | |
| Armenia | | † | | | |
| Belarus # | | † | | | |
| Croatia # | † | | | | |
| Czech Republic | | † | † | † | |
| Germany | † | 2 | † | † | |
| Greece | † | | | | |
| Kosovo # | † | | | | |
| Malta # | | | † | † | C |
| Netherlands | X | 1 | † | | |
| Norway | 1 | † | † | † | |
| Poland | † | † | 1 | 1 | C |
| Portugal | † | | | † | |
| Slovakia | | | † | | |
| Slovenia | 2 | † | 2 | 2 | |
| Sweden | † | † | † | † | |
| Ukraine | | † | | | |

## Broadcast in non-participating countries

| Country | Broadcaster(s) | Year(s) |
| Iceland | Ríkisútvarpið (RÚV) | 2003 |
| Jordan | Jordan Radio and Television Corporation (JRTV) | 1989 |
| Puerto Rico | Un­known | 2003 |
| Serbia and Montenegro | Udruženje javnih radija i televizija (UJRT) | 2003 |

## List of winners
### By contest

| Year | Date | Host City | Countries | Winner(s) | Performer(s) | Dance |
| 1985 | 16 June | Reggio Emilia | 12 | Spain | Arantxa Argüelles | Unknown |
| 1987 | 31 May | Schwetzingen | 14 | Denmark | Rose Gad Poulsen and Nikolaj Hübbe | Divertissement from La Sylphide |
| 1989 | 28 June | Paris | 17 | France | Agnès Letestu (Contemporary dance) | Grand pas classiqueNotre Dame de Paris |
| 1989 | 28 June | Paris | 17 | United Kingdom | Tetsuya Kumakawa (Classical ballet) | Don QuixoteKolya's variation |
| 1991 | 5 June | Helsinki | 15 | Spain | Amaya Iglesias | Variations from La Grisi |
| 1993 | 15 June | Stockholm | 15 | Spain | Zenaida Yanowsky | Esmeralda |
| 1995 | 6 June | Lausanne | 15 | Spain | Jesús Pastor Sahuquillo and Ruth Miró Salvador | Arrayan Daraxa |
| 1997 | 17 June | Gdynia | 13 | Spain | Antonio Carmena San José | Angelitos Locos |
| 1999 | 10 July | Lyon | 16 | Germany | Stegli Yohan and Katja Wünsche | Cinderella |
| 2001 | 23 June | London | 18 | Poland | David Kupinski and Marcin Kupinski | Brothers |
| 2003 | 4 July | Amsterdam | 17 | Ukraine | Jerlin Ndudi (Ballet) | Le Corsaire |
| 2003 | 4 July | Amsterdam | 17 | Sweden | Kristina Oom and Sebastian Michanek (Modern dance) | Light Beings |
| 2003 | 4 July | Amsterdam | 17 | Czech Republic | Monika Hejduková and Viktor Konvalinka (Youth Jury Choice) | The Twilight Of Innocence |
| 2005 | 24 June | Warsaw | 13 | Netherlands | Milou Nuyens | Snakesense |
| 2011 | 24 June | Oslo | 10 | Norway | Daniel Sarr | Full Force |
| 2013 | 14 June | Gdańsk | 10 | Netherlands | Sedrig Verwoert | The 5th Element |
| 2015 | 19 June | Plzeň | 10 | Poland | Viktoria Nowak | Piece in Old Style |
| 2017 | 16 December | Prague | 8 | Poland | Paulina Bidzińska | La Certa |
| 2019 | Cancelled | Cancelled | 2 | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |

### By country

The table below shows the top-three placings from each contest, along with the years that a country won the contest.
| Country | | | | Total | Years won |
| Spain | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 19851991199319951997 |
| Poland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 200120152017 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 20052013 |
| Sweden | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2003 |
| France | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1989 |
| Germany | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1999 |
| Norway | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2011 |
| Denmark | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1987 |
| Czech Republic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2003 |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1989 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2003 |
| Slovenia | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | — |
| Belgium | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | — |
| Switzerland | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | — |
| Austria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — |