Eurovision Young Dancers 2015 | |
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Dates | |
Final | 19 June 2015 |
Host | |
Venue | New Theatre, Plzeň, Czech Republic |
Presenter(s) | Libor Bouček |
Directed by | Michael Cech |
Executive supervisor | Vladislav Yakovlev |
Executive producer | Vítězslav Sýkora |
Host broadcaster | Česká televize (ČT) |
Participants | |
Number of entries | 10 |
Debuting countries | |
Returning countries | |
Withdrawing countries | |
Vote | |
Voting system | Three professional juries choose the top 2 performances, and after the final battle, they choose the winning dancer. |
Winning dancers |
Viktoria Nowak Poland |
The Eurovision Young Dancers 2015 was the fourteenth edition of the Eurovision Young Dancers competition. The final was held in the New Theatre in Plzeň, Czech Republic on 19 June 2015. This was the first time that the Czech national broadcaster, Česká televize (ČT), had organised a Eurovision event. The event is aimed at young dancers aged between 16 and 21, competing in modern dances, be it solo or in couples, as long as they were not professionally engaged. Ten countries participated in the 2015 contest; with Albania and Malta making their début; Slovakia returning after an eighteen-year break; and Armenia, Belarus, and Ukraine withdrawing.
On 24 April 2014, the Czech city of Plzeň, was selected as the host city for the 2015 edition of the biennial Eurovision Young Dancers. The reasons behind this decision was to coincide the Young Dancers event alongside the European Capital of Culture, of which the city were organisers of a series of cultural events with a strong European dimension.
In November 2014, it was announced that the host broadcaster for the Czech Republic, Česká televize (ČT), had selected the New Theatre as the venue for the contest. The building first opened on 1 September 2014, showcasing a performance of Bedřich Smetana's The Bartered Bride, and has "state of the art" technology for a theatre of its kind. The 2015 Eurovision Young Dancers took place on 19 June 2015.