United Kingdom in the Eurovision Young Dancers

The United Kingdom has participated in the Eurovision Young Dancers 7 times since its debut in 1985, most recently taking part in 2005. The UK has hosted the contest once, in 2001 and jointly won the contest in 1989.^[1]

United Kingdom
Participating broadcaster	BBC
Participation summary
Appearances	7 (5 finals)
First appearance	1985
Last appearance	2005
Highest placement	1st: 1989
Host	2001

Participation overview

Table key

1	Winner

Year[1]	Entrant	Final	Semi
1985	Maria Almeida[a] and Errol Pickford	-	No semi finals
1987	Paul Liburd	-
1989	Tetsuya Kumakawa	1	-
1991–1997	Did not participate
1999	Lara Glew	Did not qualify	-
2001	Jamie Bond	-	-
2003	Kate Lyons	Did not qualify	-
2005	Alex Jones	-	-
2011–2017	Did not participate

Hostings

Year	Location	Venues	Presenter(s)
2001	London	Linbury Studio Theatre	Deborah Bull

Commentators

Year(s)	Commentator(s)[3]	Channel	Ref.
1985	Humphrey Burton and Annette Page	BBC Two	[2]
1987	Humphrey Burton and Monica Mason		[4]
1989	Judith Mackrell and Richard Alston		[5]
1991–1997	Not broadcast
1999	Deborah Bull	BBC Two	[6]
2001	Deborah Bull and Wayne McGregor	BBC Two (highlights) BBC Knowledge	[7][8][9]
2003	Deborah Bull	BBC Four	[10]
2005			[11]
2011–2017	Not broadcast

See also

• United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest – Senior version of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest.
• United Kingdom in the Eurovision Dance Contest – Dance version of the Eurovision Song Contest.
• United Kingdom in the Eurovision Young Musicians – A competition organised by the EBU for musicians aged 18 years and younger.
• United Kingdom in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest – Singing contest for children aged between 9 and 14.

Notes and references

Notes

1. Shortly before the contest, it was announced that Almeida would replace Viviana Durante.^[2]

References

1. "Country profile: United Kingdom". youngdancers.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
2. "Eurovision Young Dancer of the Year". 13 June 1985. p. 33. Retrieved 1 May 2018 – via BBC Genome.
3. "Eurovision Young Dancers - UKGameshows". www.ukgameshows.com. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
4. "Eurovision Young Dancer". 28 May 1987. p. 33. Retrieved 1 May 2018 – via BBC Genome.
5. "Eurovision Young Dancers' Competition 1989". 29 June 1989. p. 23. Retrieved 1 May 2018 – via BBC Genome.
6. "Summer Dance". 14 August 1999. Retrieved 10 October 2022 – via BBC Genome.
7. "Picking the Winner at Eurovision Young Dancers 2001". 12 July 2001. p. 64. Retrieved 1 May 2018 – via BBC Genome.
8. "Eurovlslon Young Dancers 2001". 21 June 2001. p. 69. Retrieved 1 May 2018 – via BBC Genome.
9. "Eurovislon Young Dancers 2001". 21 June 2001. p. 85. Retrieved 1 May 2018 – via BBC Genome.
10. "Young Dancer". 10 July 2003. p. 56. Retrieved 1 May 2018 – via BBC Genome.
11. "Eurovision Young Dancer". 22 September 2005. p. 63. Retrieved 1 May 2018 – via BBC Genome.

External links

• Eurovision Young Dancers