The Eurovision Young Dancers 2003 was the tenth edition of the Eurovision Young Dancers, held at the
Stadsschouwburg Theatre in Amsterdam, Netherlands, between 29 June and 4 July 2003. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Nederlandse Programma Stichting (NPS), dancers from ten countries participated in the televised final. A total of seventeen countries took part in the competition therefore a semi-final was held a few days before at the same venue. Armenia and Romania made their début while Austria, Germany and Ireland decided not to participate. Each country could send one or two dancers, male or female, not older than 20. All countries except the host (Netherlands) had to take part in the semi-final.
Location
left|thumb|Stadsschouwburg Theatre
Stadsschouwburg Theatre in Amsterdam, Netherlands was the host venue for the 2003 edition of the Eurovision Young Dancers.
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'.
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.
{| class="wikitable"
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! Country !! Broadcaster !! Dancer(s) !! Dance !! Choreographer
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| || BBC || Kate Lyons || The Girl || M. Baldwin
|-
| || RTBF || Sébastien Tassin || Coppélia || A. Saint-Léon
|-
| || CyBC || Natalia Krekou || After || A. Hatjieftychiou
|-
| || RTVSLO || Anže Škrube || Club Hoppin || D. Popovski
|-
| || ARMTV || Avetik Karapetyan || Rhythm of Spirit || H. Divanyan
|-
| || NRK || Caroline Roca || Afraid of Beauty || P. Touzeau
|-
| || TVP || Jakub Greda || Solo Hip-Hop || A. Grazul and R. Ziolkowski
|}
Final
There were two prizes given this year: one for contemporary dance (awarded to Sweden) and one for classical ballet dance (awarded to Ukraine). A special "young jury" award was given as well by a group of young viewers that were in the audience, this went to contemporary runner-up Czech Republic.
Classical category
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
! scope="col" | Country
! scope="col" | Broadcaster
! scope="col" | Dancer(s)
! scope="col" | Dance
! scope="col" | Choreographer
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Points
! scope="col" | Place
|-style="font-weight:bold; background:gold;"
|
| NTU
| Jerlin Ndudi
| Le Corsaire
| M. Petipa
| style="text-align:center;" | 938
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
|-
|
| ETV
|
| Swan Lake
| M. Petipa
| style="text-align:center;" | 800
| style="text-align:center;" | 3
|-
|
| Yle
|
| rowspan=2| Paquita
| Makarova and M. Petipa
| style="text-align:center;" | 745
| style="text-align:center;" | 5
|-
|
| ERT
| Elenina Nicolaou
| rowspan=3| M. Petipa
| style="text-align:center;" | 716
| style="text-align:center;" | 6
|-
|
| TVR
| Ovidiu Matei Iancu
| Swan Lake
| style="text-align:center;" | 831
| style="text-align:center;" | 2
|-
|
| SRG SSR
| Sarah-Jane Brodbeck
| Don Quixote
| style="text-align:center;" | 793
| style="text-align:center;" | 4
|}
Contemporary category
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
! scope="col" | Country
! scope="col" | Broadcaster
! scope="col" | Dancer(s)
! scope="col" | Dance
! scope="col" | Choreographer
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Points
! scope="col" | Place
|-style="font-weight:bold; background:gold;"
|
| SVT
| Kristina Oom and Sebastian Michanek
| Light Beings
| M. Ek
| style="text-align:center;" | 907
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
|-
|
| ČT
| Monika Hejduková and
| The Twilight Of Innocence
| Kodel and Vágnerová
| style="text-align:center;" | 856
| style="text-align:center;" | 2
|-
|
| NOS
| Joeri Dubbe
| Perfect Skin
| E. Wubbe
| style="text-align:center;" | 781
| style="text-align:center;" | 3
|-
|
| LTV
| Linda Siliņa
| La Primavera
| I. Lapsiņa
| style="text-align:center;" | 777
| style="text-align:center;" | 4
|}
Jury members
The jury members consisted of the following: in 23 countries transmitted the 2003 event. Albania, Croatia, Germany, Iceland, Puerto Rico, and Serbia and Montenegro all broadcast the contest in addition to the competing countries.
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
|+ Broadcasters in participating countries
|-
! scope="col" | Country
! scope="col" | Broadcaster(s)
! scope="col" | Channel(s)
! scope="col" | Commentator(s)
! scope="col" |
|-
! scope="row" |
| colspan="2"|Armenia TV
|
| style="text-align:center" |
|-
! scope="row" |
| RTBF
| La Deux
|
| style="text-align:center" |
|-
! scope="row" |
| CyBC
|
|
|
|-
! scope="row" |
| ČT
| ČT2