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Eurovision Young Dancers 1989

The Eurovision Young Dancers 1989 was the 3rd edition of the Eurovision Young Dancers, held on 28 June 1989 at the Palais des Congrès in Paris, France, and presented by Zizi Jeanmaire and Alain Duault [fr]. It was organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster France Régions 3 (FR3).

Eurovision Young Dancers 1989
Date and venue
Final
  • 28 June 1989
VenuePalais des Congrès
Paris, France
Organisation
OrganiserEuropean Broadcasting Union (EBU)
Executive supervisorFrank Naef [sv]
Production
Host broadcasterFrance Régions 3 (FR3)
DirectorDirk Sanders [fr]
Executive producerJosette Affergan
PresentersZizi Jeanmaire
Alain Duault [fr]
Participants
Number of entries17
Number of finalists10
Debuting countries
  •  Cyprus
  •  Portugal
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         Participating countries     Did not qualify from the semi-final
Vote
Voting systemA professional jury awarded two main prizes and two special prices for classical dance and contemporary dance
Winning dancers
1987 ← Eurovision Young Dancers → 1991
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Dancers representing seventeen countries took part in the competition, with ten of them participating in the televised final. Cyprus and Portugal made their debut at the contest.

The participating broadcaster could send one or two dancers, male or female, that could not be older than 19. Each dancer was free to participate in any of these two categories: classical dancing or contemporary, modern or jazz dancing. The pas de deux performances could not be longer than ten minutes, while the variations could not be longer than five minutes. There were four awards that year: contemporary dancing prize, classical dancing prize and two jury's special prizes (also for contemporary and classical dance).

Agnès Letestu representing France won the contemporary dance prize, with Tetsuya Kumakawa representing the United Kingdom winning the classical ballet prize.[1]

Location

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Palais des Congrès in Paris (2007)

The Palais des congrès de Paris, a concert venue, convention centre and shopping mall in the 17th arrondissement of Paris, France, was the host venue for the 1989 edition of the Eurovision Young Dancers.[2]

The venue was built by French architect Guillaume Gillet, and was inaugurated in 1974. The venue hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 1978. Nearby the venue are Bois de Boulogne and the affluent neighbourhood of Neuilly-sur-Seine. The closest métro and RER stations are Porte Maillot and Neuilly – Porte Maillot, accessible via the lower levels of the building.

Format

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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 the dancers then take part in a choreographed group dance during 'Young Dancers Week'.[3]

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.[3]

The opening act was "Mon truc en plumes" performed by host Zizi Jeanmaire with her dancers and for the interval "Concerto en Ré" by L'École du Ballet de l'Ópera de Paris.[2]

Participants and results

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Due to time restrictions, a semi-final was held to select the ten performers for the final.[2]

Preliminary round

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Broadcasters from sixteen countries took part in the preliminary semi-final round of the 1989 contest, of which ten qualified to the televised grand final. The following participants failed to qualify.[2]

CountryBroadcasterDancer(s)
 ItalyRAIDanilo Mazzota
 CyprusCyBCHélène O'Keefe
 CanadaCBCCherice Barton
 YugoslaviaJRTDino Baksa
 PortugalRTPAna Lacerda
 NorwayNRKHilde Olsen
 AustriaORFJürgen Wagner

Final

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Participants and results[4]
CountryBroadcasterDancer(s)Dance(s)Prize
 FranceFR3Agnès LetestuGrand pas classique
Notre Dame de Paris		Contemporary Dance Prize
 United KingdomBBCTetsuya KumakawaDon Quixote: Kolya's variationClassical Ballet Prize
  SwitzerlandSRG SSRChristina McDermottLe Corsaire
Esmeralda		Jury's special prize (Classical)
 SpainTVEMaría Giménez and Igor YebraArraigoJury's special prize (Contemporary)
 BelgiumRTBFGéraldine BoussartLa Crevèche
 DenmarkDRRachel Hester and Martin VedelPavane
 FinlandYLEPetri ToivanenDon Quichotte
Norbotten
 NetherlandsNOSGaby Baars and Léon PronkBruicheath
 SwedenSVTMarie Lindqvist3rd act of Sleeping Beauty
Paquita
 GermanyZDFPatrick BeckerVaslaw
Daphnis et Chloé

Jury members

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The jury members consisted of the following:[2]

Broadcasts

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The 1989 Young Dancers competition was broadcast in 19 countries including Jordan and Bulgaria.[2][5] Known details on the broadcasts in each country, including the specific broadcasting stations and commentators are shown in the tables below.

Broadcasters in participating countries
Country Broadcaster Channel(s) Commentator(s) Ref(s)
 Austria ORF FS2[a] Karl Musil [de] [6]
 Belgium RTBF Télé 21 [7]
 Canada TV5 TV5 Québec Canada[b] [8]
 Cyprus CyBC RIK [9]
 Denmark DR DR TV Niels Oxenvad [10]
 France FR3 [11]
TV5 TV5 Europe [12]
 Germany 3sat Jens Wendland [6]
ZDF[c] [13]
 Italy RAI Rai Tre[d] [14]
 Netherlands NOS Nederland 3 Joop van Zijl and Jan Linkens [15][16]
 Norway NRK NRK Fjernsynet Eyvind Solås [17]
 Spain TVE TVE 2 [18]
 Sweden SVT Kanal 1[e] [17]
  Switzerland SRG SSR SRG Sportkette [de] Verena Hoehne [19][20]
SSR Chaîne Sportive [de] Jean-Pierre Pastori [fr] [21]
TSI Canale Sportivo [de] [22]
 United Kingdom BBC BBC2 Judith Mackrell and Richard Alston [23]
 Yugoslavia JRT TV Beograd 2 [24]
TV Zagreb 2 [25]
Broadcasters and commentators in non-participating countries
Country Broadcaster Channel(s) Commentator(s) Ref.
 Bulgaria BT BT 1[f] [26]

See also

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Notes and references

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Notes

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  1. ↑ Deferred broadcast at 23:00 (CET)[6]
  2. ↑ Deferred broadcast on 4 August at 10:00 (EDT)[8]
  3. ↑ Delayed broadcast in a shortened format on 9 July at 23:00 (CET)[13]
  4. ↑ Deferred broadcast at 23:00 (CET)[14]
  5. ↑ Deferred broadcast at 21:40 CET (20:40 UTC)[17]
  6. ↑ Delayed broadcast on 20 December at 22:10 (EEST)[26]

References

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  1. ↑ "Eurovision Young Dancers 1989: Participants". youngmusicians.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Eurovision Young Dancers 1989: About the show". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 24 February 2018. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  3. 1 2 "Eurovision Young Dancers - Format". youngdancers.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 11 February 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  4. ↑ "Troisieme Tournoi Eurovision des Jeunes Danseurs".
  5. ↑ "Eurovision Young Dancers 1989". Issuu. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  6. 1 2 3 "Fernsehen" [Television]. Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German). Zurich, Switzerland. 28 June 1989. p. 32. Retrieved 24 January 2025 – via E-newspaperarchives.ch.
  7. ↑ "TV–programma's" [TV programmes]. De Standaard (in Dutch). Brussels, Belgium. 28 June 1989. p. 23. Retrieved 2 October 2025 – via BelgicaPress [nl].
  8. 1 2 "vendredi 4 août" [Friday 4 August]. Le Soleil Télé. Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. 29 July – 4 August 1989. pp. 18–19. Retrieved 4 December 2024 – via Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec.
  9. ↑ "Δείτε απόψε..." [Watch tonight...]. I Simerini (in Greek). Nicosia, Cyprus. 28 June 1989. p. 6. Retrieved 16 March 2024 – via Press and Information Office [el].
  10. ↑ "Alle tiders programoversigter – Onsdag den 28. juni 1989" [All-time programme overviews – Wednesday 28th June 1989]. DR. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
  11. ↑ "Mercredi 28 juin" [Wednesday 28 June]. L'Est éclair [fr] (in French). Saint-André-les-Vergers, France. 28 June 1989. p. 30. Retrieved 15 November 2024 – via Aube en Champagne.
  12. ↑ "Mittwoch, 28. Juni | Mercredi, 28 juin" [Tuesday 31 May]. Agenda (in French, German, and Luxembourgish). Vol. 45, no. 25. Luxembourg City, Luxembourg. 24–30 June 1989. pp. 26–29. Retrieved 27 January 2025 – via National Library of Luxembourg.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. 1 2 "Bieler Tagblatt 6. Juli 1989". www.e-newspaperarchives.ch. Retrieved Apr 23, 2025.
  14. 1 2 "Mercoledì 28 giugno" [Wednesday 28 June]. Radiocorriere TV (in Italian). Vol. 66, no. 26. 30 April – 6 May 1989. pp. 98–101, 103–105. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  15. ↑ "radio•televisie". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). Rotterdam, Netherlands. 28 June 1989. p. 7. Retrieved 3 March 2024 – via Delpher.
  16. ↑ "Twee Nederlandse dansers in finale Eurovisiewedstrijd" [Two Dutch dancers in the Eurovision final]. De Volkskrant (in Dutch). Amsterdam, Netherlands. 28 June 1989. p. 15. Retrieved 27 January 2025 – via Delpher.
  17. 1 2 3 "TV onsdag". Sarpsborg Arbeiderblad (in Norwegian). Sandefjord, Norway. 28 June 1989. p. 45. Retrieved 16 March 2024 – via National Library of Norway.
  18. ↑ "Televisión" [Television]. La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 28 June 1989. p. 88. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
  19. ↑ "TV + Radio". Bieler Tagblatt (in German). Biel, Switzerland. 28 June 1989. p. 35. Retrieved 16 March 2024 – via e-newspaperarchives.ch.
  20. ↑ "Wettbewerb junger Tänzer" [Competition of Young Dancers]. Thuner Tagblatt (in German). Bern, Switzerland. 28 June 1989. p. 18. Retrieved 21 April 2024 – via e-newspaperarchives.ch.
  21. ↑ "Mercredi 28 juin". Radio TV8 (in French). Lausanne, Switzerland: Héliographia SA. 28 June 1989. pp. 39–40. Retrieved 16 March 2024 – via Scriptorium.
  22. ↑ "Programmi radio TV". Gazzetta Ticinese (in Italian). Bellinzona, Switzerland. 28 June 1989. p. 8. Retrieved 12 March 2024 – via Sistema bibliotecario ticinese [it].
  23. ↑ "Eurovision Young Dancers' Competition 1989". 29 June 1989. p. 23. Archived from the original on March 16, 2024. Retrieved 1 May 2018 – via BBC Genome.
  24. ↑ "Televizija" [Television]. Borba (in Serbo-Croatian). Belgrade, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia. 28 June 1989. p. 14. Retrieved 25 May 2024 – via Belgrade University Library.
  25. ↑ "TV Zagreb – srijeda, 28. lipnja – drugi program" [TV Zagreb – Saturday 28 June – second program]. Glas Podravine (in Serbo-Croatian). Koprivnica, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia. 23 June 1989. p. 9. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
  26. 1 2 "Телевизия" [Television]. Rabotnichesko Delo (in Bulgarian). Sofia, Bulgaria. 20 December 1989. p. 8. Retrieved 9 March 2025 – via Arcanum Newspapers [hu].
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