# Eurovision Young Dancers 1993

The Eurovision Young Dancers 1993 was the fifth edition of the Eurovision Young Dancers, held at the Dance House in Stockholm, Sweden, on 15 June 1993. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Sveriges Television (SVT), dancers from eight countries participated in the televised final. A total of fifteen countries took part in the competition. Estonia, Greece, Poland and Slovenia made their début with Austria returning and Bulgaria, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal and Yugoslavia deciding not to participate.
As in 1989 and 1991, a semi-final was held to choose the finalists. The semi-final took place 2 days before the final (13 June 1993). The jury chose the finalists and top 3 performances. The prizes were presented by Princess Christina, the youngest sister of Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden.
The non-qualified countries were Belgium, Cyprus, Finland, Italy, Norway, Portugal and Slovenia. Zenaida Yanowsky of Spain won the contest, with Switzerland and Austria and France placing second and joint third respectively.

## Location

The Dance House in Stockholm, Sweden, was the host venue for the 1993 edition of the Eurovision Young Dancers.

## 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. The overall winner upon completion of the final dances is chosen by the professional jury members.
As in 1991, the interval featured a documentary about the dancers that did not make it to the final.

## Results
### Preliminary round

Broadcasters from fifteen countries took part in the preliminary round of the 1993 contest, of which eight qualified to the televised grand final. The following participants failed to qualify.
| Country | Broadcaster | Dancer(s) | Dance | Choreographer |
| Belgium | RTBF | Rafaella Raschella | The Sleeping Beauty | M. Petipa |
| Cyprus | CyBC | Lia Haraki | Sunrise - Sunset from Out of Silence | N. Loizidu |
| Denmark | DR | Julie Strandberg and Mads Blangstrup | The Flower Festival in Genzano | A. Bournonville |
| Estonia | ETV | Stanislav Jermakov and Luana Georg | The Flower Festival in Genzano | A. Bournonville |
| Greece | ERT | Theodora Bourbou | Esmeralda | M. Petipa |
| Norway | NRK | Kristine Oren | The Snark | S. Edvardsen |
| Slovenia | RTVSLO | Ursa Vidmar | Don Quixote | M. Fokin |

### Final

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.
| Country | Broadcaster | Dancer(s) | Dance | Choreographer | Result |
| Spain | TVE | Zenaida Yanowsky | Esmeralda | M. Petipa | 1 |
| Switzerland | SRG SSR | Kusha Angst | The Corsair | M. Petipa | 2 |
| Austria | ORF | Gregor Hatala | Vayamos al diablo, 5 Tangos | H. van Manen | 3 |
| France | France Télévision | Raphaëlle Delaunay-Belleville | Paquita, 2nd variation” from “Pas de trois | M. Petipa | 3 |
| Finland | YLE | Riina Laurila | Vague Woman from Symphony no. 1 | H. Heikkinen | |
| Germany | ZDF | Jens Weber and Franziska Koch | Tchaikovsky – Pas de Deux | G. Balanchine | |
| Poland | TVP | Anna Sasiadek and Jacek Bres | Esmeralda | A. Vaganova | |
| Sweden | SVT | Ludde Hagberg | Coppelia | A. Saint-Léon | |

## Jury members

The jury members consisted of the following:
* Sweden – Nils-Åke Häggbom [sv] (Head of Jury)
* Sweden – Birgit Cullberg
* Denmark – Frank Andersen
* Romania/ France – Gigi Căciuleanu [ro]
* Italy – Paolo Bortoluzzi [it]
* Germany – Peter Van Dyk
* Spain – María de Ávila
* Switzerland – Heinz Spoerli
* Belgium – Micha van Hoecke [it]
* France – Pierre Lacotte
* Sweden – Elsa-Marianne von Rosen
* Italy – Elisabetta Terabust
* Finland – Jorma Uotinen

## Broadcasts

The 1993 Young Dancers competition was broadcast in at least 15 countries. Known details on the broadcasts in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations and commentators are shown in the tables below.