Eurovision Young Dancers 2015

[EDC0708]

Eurovision Young Dancers 2015 will take place on the 19th June 2015 in the new theatre in Plzen, Czech Republic. It will be the first time Czech Republic have hosted a Eurovision event. It will be the 14th edition of EYD.

There need to be 10 participating countries for the event to take place.

The Countries taking part are:

Albania
Czech Republic (host)
Germany
Malta
Norway
Poland
Slovakia
Slovenia
Sweden
The Netherlands

 

[EDC0708]

This is what wiki says about the other possible participating nations, obviously wiki isn't always accurate!

Non participating broadcasters

I think all of these countries have multiple EBU members, so could still participate, just not with these broadcasters.

Belgium (VRT)
Finland (Yle)
Ireland (RTE)
United Kingdom (BBC)

Yet to make decision

Cyprus (CyBC)

Yet to announce participation or withdrawal

Armenia
Belarus
The Netherlands
Ukraine

I really hope they can get 10 participants!

 

[BGN]

Bulgaria might join as well

 

[EDC0708]

Wikipedia has now added Albania as a confirmed country, but they are using a blog as a source, and as anyone can set up a blog, the information may not be reliable. If the story is true, Albania would be a debut entry in the competition. It would be great to see them in the competition!

 

[EDC0708]

Albanian broadcaster RTSH has now confirmed they will debut in this year's contest!
However Croatia's HRT has announced that they will not return to the competition, while Armenia has announced their withdrawal from the event

We've got 8 participants now, just two more needed for the event to run, and we still haven't heard from Belarus, The Netherlands or Ukraine, who took part in the 2013 contest.

 

[EDC0708]

The Netherlands is now a confirmed participant, as it's been added to the young dancers website for the 2015 event. Wikipedia has added Montenegro, but with no source, so that is probably not true. We've got 9 participants now, just one off the minimum number of ten, and we are still waiting for Belarus and Ukraine.

 

[EDC0708]

Belarus has announced their withdrawal
Moldova is apparently in talks to debut

 

[nofuxCZ]

Libor Bouček will be the host

 

[EDC0708]

Slovakia has confirmed their return to the event, for the first time since 1997! Could this lead to Slovakia returning to ESC?
No news about Moldova or Ukraine yet, but with 10 confirmed participants, the event will definitely take place!

 

[EDC0708]

It has now been confirmed that there will be 10 participants in the competition, which means Ukraine has withdrawn.

 

[zoyuxi]

Wow there are hardly any people posting in this thread.

 

[nofuxCZ]

In exactly 2 weeks...

 

[Sean]

http://www.escunited.com/home/eurovision-young-dancers-rehearsals-begin/

Rehearsals have begun

 

[Franco]

Wow! I didn't know this existed. I love dance shows!
Is there a "standard" (ie: not junior) version of it, too?

 

[Leydan]

Wow! I didn't know this existed. I love dance shows!
Is there a "standard" (ie: not junior) version of it, too?

There was, in 2007 & 2008 but they got rid of it in 2009 because there wasn't enough participants.

 

[DanielLuis]

Wow! I didn't know this existed. I love dance shows!
Is there a "standard" (ie: not junior) version of it, too?

There used to be the Eurovision Dance Contest. It had two editions in 2007 and 2008

 

[DanielLuis]

There was, in 2007 & 2008 but they got rid of it in 2009 because there wasn't enough participants.

You won this round, Ashley

 

[Leydan]

You won this round, Ashley

I like how we both came across the comment at the same time in a usually deserted thread..

 

[Franco]

Thanks both of you, [MENTION=12078]AshleyWright[/MENTION] and [MENTION=6762]DanielLuis[/MENTION].

 

[EDC0708]

I enjoy EYD, but thought EDC had a much better format, with more entertaining dances, and the ratings were much higher, but presumably EDC cost a lot more than EYD. Looking foward to tomorrow!