The Eurovision Young Dancers 2011 was the twelfth edition of the

Eurovision Young Dancers The Eurovision Young Dancers (), often shortened to EYD, or Young Dancers, was a biennial dance competition, organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and is broadcast on television throughout Europe. Thirty-seven countries have taken pa ...

, held at the Dance House in

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on 24 June 2011. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK), dancers from ten countries participated in the televised final. and made their début while and returned. Seven countries withdrew from the contest. This was the first edition to be successfully held since , following cancellations in 2009 and 2007. The event was aimed at young dancers aged between 15 and 21, competing in modern dances, be it solo or in couples, as long as they were not professionally engaged.

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of Norway won the contest, with Petra Zupančić of Slovenia placing second (runner-up).

Location

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Dansens Hus (English: ''Dance House'') in

was the host venue for the 2011 edition of the Eurovision Young Dancers.

Format

The format is revamped in 2011 to include a 'final duel' round, with the semi-finals removed due to the low number of participating countries. The televised prime time show consists of dancers who are non-

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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'.

Presenters

Erik Solbakken Erik Solbakken (born 17 November 1984 in Hemsedal) is a Norwegian television presenter. Solbakken hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 together with Haddy Jatou N'jie and Nadia Hasnaoui. Career Solbakken trained as a journalist at Volda U ...

was the host of the 2011 contest. Solbakken previously hosted the

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in Oslo, alongside

Haddy Jatou N'jie Haddy Jatou Njie (formerly N'jie; born 25 June 1979 in Oslo) is a Norwegian singer, songwriter, writer and journalist. Her father is Gambian and her mother is Norwegian. She grew up in Kolbotn near Oslo and is the eldest of five siblings. Her yo ...

and

Nadia Hasnaoui Nadia Hasnaoui ( ar, نادية حسناوي; born 10 June 1963) is a Moroccan-born Norwegian television presenter. Biography Hasnaoui was born in Morocco to a Norwegian mother and Moroccan father. Her maternal grandfather was Nobel Prize–winn ...

Jury panel

Jury members of a professional aspect and representing the elements of

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, and

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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. The jury members consisted of the following: * –

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Fredrik Rydman Fredrik "Benke" Rydman (born 29 August 1974) is one of the members from Bounce Streetdance Company. He was also a judge on the first season of So You Think You Can Dance Scandinavia. Rydman choreographed the opening number at the Eurovision Song C ...

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Ilze Liepa Ilze Marisovna Liepa (russian: Илзе Марисовна Лиепа; born 22 November 1963 in Moscow) is a Russian ballet dancer and actress. She has been a soloist ballerina at the Bolshoi Theatre since 1981. She was invested with the title ...

Participants

Results

Final duel

Broadcasting

The contest was broadcast by the following broadcasters:

References

External links

* {{Eurovision Young Dancers Eurovision Young Dancers by year 2011 in Norway June 2011 events in Europe Events in Oslo 2010s in Oslo