EUROVISION YOUNG DANCERS 1985

Eurovision Young Dancers 1985
Eurovision Young Dancers 1985
Dates
Final	16 June 1985
Host
Venue	Teatro Municipale, Reggio Emilia, Italy
Presenter(s)	Carla Fracci; Gheorghe Iancu [ it]
Directed by	Eros Macchi; Nevio Sivini
Executive supervisor	Frank Naef
Executive producer	Ilio Catani
Host broadcaster	Radiotelevisione Italiana (RAI)
Website	youngdancers.tv/event/reggio-emilia-1985
Participants
Number of entries	11
Debuting countries	Belgium; Finland; France; Italy; Netherlands; Norway; Spain; Sweden; Switzerland; United Kingdom; West Germany;
	Participation map frameless}} Participating countries;
Vote
Voting system	A professional jury chose the top 3 participants.
Winning dancers	Spain; Arantxa Argüelles
	Eurovision Young Dancers → 1987

The Eurovision Young Dancers 1985 was the first edition of the Eurovision Young Dancers, held at Teatro Municipale in Reggio Emilia, Italy on 16 June 1985.^[2] Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Radiotelevisione Italiana (RAI), dancers from eleven countries participated in the televised final.

Arantxa Argüelles of Spain won the contest, with Norway and Sweden placing second and third respectively.^[3]

Location

Teatro Municipale (also since the 1980s called the Teatro Municipale Valli due to being named after the actor Romolo Valli), a theatre in Reggio Emilia, Northern Italy was the host venue for the 1985 edition of the Eurovision Young Dancers.^[2]

Following the destruction by fire of the 1741 Teatro Cittadella in April 1851, the new theatre was designed by the architect Cesare Costa and constructed in the neoclassic style between 1852 and 1857.^[4] Its inauguration took place on 21 April 1857 with the performance of the Vittor Pisani by local composer Achille Peri.

Format

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 of the acts then take part in a choreographed group dance during 'Young Dancers Week'.^[5]

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.^[5]

The interval act was a ballet performance from presenters repertoire.^[1]

Results

Final

Awards were given to the top three countries. The table below highlights these using gold, silver, and bronze. The placing results of the remaining participants is unknown and never made public by the European Broadcasting Union.^[3]

Draw	Country	Participant	Place
01	Finland	Anneke Lönnroth	-
02	Spain	Arantxa Argüelles	1
03	Belgium	Ariane van de Vyver and Ben Huys	-
04	Norway	Arne Fagerholt	2
05	France	Christine Landault and Stephane Elizabe	-
06	Netherlands	Jeanette den Blijker and Ruben Brugman	-
07	United Kingdom	Maria Almeida^[a] and Errol Pickford	-
08	Sweden	Mia Stagh and Göran Svalberg	3
09	Italy	Sabrina Vitangeli	-
10	Germany	Stefanie Eckhof	-
11	Switzerland	Xavier Ferla	-

Jury members

The jury members consisted of the following:^[7]

Denmark – Peter Schaufuss (chairman)^[6]
United Kingdom – Alicia Markova
Italy – Paolo Bortoluzzi
Monaco/ Russia — Marika Besobrasova
Brazil – Helba Nogueira

Broadcasting

The 1985 Young Dancers competition was broadcast in at least 11 countries. It was also reportedly broadcast in the Soviet Union via Intervision.^[1]

Broadcasters in participating countries
Country	Broadcaster	Channel(s)	Commentator(s)	Ref(s)
Belgium	BRT	TV2		^[8]
Finland	YLE
France	FR3
Germany	ZDF
Italy	RAI	Rai Tre		^[9]
Netherlands	NOS	Nederland 2	Joop van Zijl	^[8]
Norway	NRK	NRK Fjernsynet^[b]	Jannike M. Falk [ no]	^[10]
Spain	TVE	TVE 2		^[11]
Sweden	SVT	TV2		^[12]
Switzerland	SRG SSR	TSI		^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]
		TSR^[c]	Jean-Pierre Pastori [ fr]
		TV DRS^[c]
United Kingdom	BBC	BBC2	Humphrey Burton and Annette Page	^[17]

Notes and references

Notes

^ Shortly before the contest, it was announced that Almeida would replace Viviana Durante.^[6]
^ Delayed broadcast on 22 June 1985 at 16:25 CEST (14:25 UTC)^[10]
^ ^a ^b Broadcast through a second audio programme on TSI^[15]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "La felicita' sulle punte". Radiocorriere TV (in Italian). 16–22 March 1985. p. 31. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Eurovision Young Dancers 1985: About the show". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Eurovision Young Dancers 1985: Participants". youngmusicians.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
^ Lynn, Karyl Charna, Italian Opera Houses & Festivals, Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2005 ISBN 0-8108-5359-0 p. 235
^ ^a ^b "Eurovision Young Dancers - Format". youngdancers.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 11 February 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Eurovision Young Dancer of the Year - BBC Two England - 16 June 1985". BBC Genome Project. 16 June 1985. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
^ http://cdmyd.mcu.es/cnd/pdf/programa-de-mano-33.pdf ^{[
bare URL PDF]}
^ ^a ^b "radio-televisie". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). Rotterdam, Netherlands. 15 June 1985. p. 7. Retrieved 15 March 2024 – via Delpher.
^ "Domenica - 16 guigno". Radiocorriere TV (in Italian). 16–22 March 1985. p. 51. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Radio - TV". Sarpsborg Arbeiderblad (in Norwegian). Sandefjord, Norway. 22 June 1985. p. 38. Retrieved 20 April 2024 – via National Library of Norway.
^ "Televisión". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Barcelona, Spain. 16 June 1985. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
^ "Dagens radio/TV". Sarpsborg Arbeiderblad (in Norwegian). Sandefjord, Norway. 15 June 1985. p. 41. Retrieved 3 March 2024 – via National Library of Norway.
^ "TV + Radio · Sonntag". Bieler Tagblatt (in German). Biel, Switzerland. 15 June 1985. p. 31. Retrieved 16 March 2024 – via e-newspaperarchives.ch.
^ "Ferneshen – Sonntag 16. Juni". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German). Zürich, Switzerland. 15 June 1985. p. 48. Retrieved 15 March 2024 – via e-newspaperarchives.ch.
^ ^a ^b "TV – dimanche 16 juin". Radio TV8 (in French). Lausanne, Switzerland: Héliographia SA. 13 June 1985. pp. 22–23. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
^ "I programmi televisivi della fine settimana". Popolo e Libertà (in Italian). Bellinzona, Switzerland. 27 May 1986. p. 8. Retrieved 12 March 2024 – via Sistema bibliotecario ticinese [ it].
^ "Eurovision Young Dancer of the Year". 13 June 1985. p. 33. Retrieved 1 May 2018 – via BBC Genome.

External links

Official website

[UK-7] Shortly before the contest, it was announced that Almeida would replace Viviana Durante.^[6]

[12] Delayed broadcast on 22 June 1985 at 16:25 CEST (14:25 UTC)^[10]

[TSI-19] Broadcast through a second audio programme on TSI^[15]

[Radiocorriere_TV-1] "La felicita' sulle punte". Radiocorriere TV (in Italian). 16–22 March 1985. p. 31. Retrieved 12 April 2024.

[Show-2] "Eurovision Young Dancers 1985: About the show". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 5 October 2014.

[Results-3] "Eurovision Young Dancers 1985: Participants". youngmusicians.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 5 October 2014.

[4] Lynn, Karyl Charna, Italian Opera Houses & Festivals, Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2005 ISBN 0-8108-5359-0 p. 235

[EYD_Format-5] "Eurovision Young Dancers - Format". youngdancers.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 11 February 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2015.

[BBC-6] "Eurovision Young Dancer of the Year - BBC Two England - 16 June 1985". BBC Genome Project. 16 June 1985. Retrieved 18 June 2017.

[8] ttp://cdmyd.mcu.es/cnd/pdf/programa-de-mano-33.pdf ^{[
bare URL PDF]}

[AD-9] "radio-televisie". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). Rotterdam, Netherlands. 15 June 1985. p. 7. Retrieved 15 March 2024 – via Delpher.

[10] "Domenica - 16 guigno". Radiocorriere TV (in Italian). 16–22 March 1985. p. 51. Retrieved 12 April 2024.

[Norsk-11] "Radio - TV". Sarpsborg Arbeiderblad (in Norwegian). Sandefjord, Norway. 22 June 1985. p. 38. Retrieved 20 April 2024 – via National Library of Norway.

[13] "Televisión". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Barcelona, Spain. 16 June 1985. Retrieved 16 March 2024.

[14] "Dagens radio/TV". Sarpsborg Arbeiderblad (in Norwegian). Sandefjord, Norway. 15 June 1985. p. 41. Retrieved 3 March 2024 – via National Library of Norway.

[BT-15] "TV + Radio · Sonntag". Bieler Tagblatt (in German). Biel, Switzerland. 15 June 1985. p. 31. Retrieved 16 March 2024 – via e-newspaperarchives.ch.

[Fernsehen-16] "Ferneshen – Sonntag 16. Juni". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German). Zürich, Switzerland. 15 June 1985. p. 48. Retrieved 15 March 2024 – via e-newspaperarchives.ch.

[TV8-17] "TV – dimanche 16 juin". Radio TV8 (in French). Lausanne, Switzerland: Héliographia SA. 13 June 1985. pp. 22–23. Retrieved 3 March 2024.

[18] "I programmi televisivi della fine settimana". Popolo e Libertà (in Italian). Bellinzona, Switzerland. 27 May 1986. p. 8. Retrieved 12 March 2024 – via Sistema bibliotecario ticinese [ it].

[20] "Eurovision Young Dancer of the Year". 13 June 1985. p. 33. Retrieved 1 May 2018 – via BBC Genome.

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