List of countries in the Eurovision Young Dancers

Participation since 1985:

  Entered at least once

  Never entered, although were eligible to do so

  Competed as a part of another country (Yugoslavia), but never as a sovereignty

Number of participating countries in Eurovision Young Dancers from 1985 to 2017

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 eleven 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 will be excluded from the table.

Table key

†	Inactive – countries which participated in the past but did not appear in the final contest
◇	Ineligible – countries whose broadcasters have been suspended from the European Broadcasting Union and are therefore ineligible to participate
‡	Former – countries which previously participated but no longer exist

Country	Broadcaster(s)	Debut year	Final entry	Entries	Finals	Times qualified	Last final	Wins	Final win
Albania	RTSH	2015		1	0	0/1	N/A	0	N/A
Armenia	AMPTV	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		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		1	1	1/1	1991	0	N/A
Canada	CBC	1987	1989	2	1	0/1	1987	0	N/A
Croatia	HRT	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	1987	1993	4	3	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) (2011–17)	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		1	0	0/1	N/A	0	N/A
Italy	RAI	1985	1991	4	2	0/2	1987	0	N/A
Kosovo	RTK	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		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 #		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	†

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

List of winners

By contest

Year	Date	Host City	Countries	Winner(s)	Performer(s)	Dance
1985	16 June	Reggio Emilia	11	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)	Unknown
				United Kingdom	Tetsuya Kumakawa (Classical ballet)
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"
				Sweden	Kristina Oom and Sebastian Michanek (Modern dance)	"Light Beings"
				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		2	Cancelled

By country

Map showing each country's number of Young Dancers wins up to and including 2017

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	1985 1991 1993 1995 1997
Poland	3	1	0	4	2001 2015 2017
Netherlands	2	0	1	3	2005 2013
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

See also

• List of countries in Eurovision Choir
• List of countries in the Eurovision Song Contest
• List of countries in the Eurovision Dance Contest
• List of countries in the Eurovision Young Musicians
• List of countries in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest