Eurovision Young Dancers

**Eurovision Young Dancers** (EYD) was a biennial dance competition.

## History

The inaugural Eurovision Young Dancers contest took place on 16 June 1985 in Italy.

On 20 December 2018, the contest was cancelled due to the absence of a broadcaster willing to host the competition, and it was ruled out by the EBU in October 2020.

## Participation

Broadcasters from thirty-siz countries have participated at least once, listed by their debut year:

## Hosting

|Contests|Country|City|Venue|Years|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|style="text-align:center;" rowspan="3"|3|rowspan="3"||Gdynia|Teatr Muzyczny||
|Warsaw|National Theatre||||||
|Gdańsk|Baltic State Opera||||||
|style="text-align:center;" rowspan="4"|2|rowspan="2"||Plzeň|New Theatre||
|Prague|Congress Centre||||||
|rowspan="2"||Paris|Palais des Congrès||||
|Lyon|Opéra de Lyon||||||
|style="text-align:center;" rowspan="8"|1||Reggio Emilia|Teatro Municipale|||
||Schwetzingen|Schwetzingen Palace Theatre|||||
||Helsinki|Helsinki City Theatre|||||
||Stockholm|Dance House|||||
||Lausanne|Palais de Beaulieu|||||
||London|Linbury Studio Theatre|||||
||Amsterdam|Stadsschouwburg|||||
||Oslo|Dance House|||||

## Winners

Sixteen performances have won the Eurovision Young Dancers competition, which are listed below:

### Winners by year

|Contests|Country|City|Venue|Years|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|style="text-align:center;" rowspan="3"|3|rowspan="3"||Gdynia|Teatr Muzyczny||
|Warsaw|National Theatre||||||
|Gdańsk|Baltic State Opera||||||
|style="text-align:center;" rowspan="4"|2|rowspan="2"||Plzeň|New Theatre||
|Prague|Congress Centre||||||
|rowspan="2"||Paris|Palais des Congrès||||
|Lyon|Opéra de Lyon||||||
|style="text-align:center;" rowspan="8"|1||Reggio Emilia|Teatro Municipale|||
||Schwetzingen|Schwetzingen Palace Theatre|||||
||Helsinki|Helsinki City Theatre|||||
||Stockholm|Dance House|||||
||Lausanne|Palais de Beaulieu|||||
||London|Linbury Studio Theatre|||||
||Amsterdam|Stadsschouwburg|||||
||Oslo|Dance House|||||

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## Other websites

- Eurovision Young Dancers – European Broadcasting Union

## Infobox (television)

- **italic title**: no
- **alt name**: Eurovision Competition for Young Dancers
- **genre**: Dance contest
- **country**: List of countries in the Eurovision Young Dancers, List of countries
- **language**: English
- **num episodes**: 15 contests
- **location**: #Hosting, List of host cities
- **runtime**: 90 minutes (2011–2017)
- **company**: European Broadcasting Union
- **related**: Eurovision Young Musicians