[1] 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.

[3] During the interval a documentary by Finnish journalist Eila-Maija Mirolybov [fi] about the early stages of the competition and the dancers who did not reach the final was broadcast.

[1] Broadcasters from fifteen countries took part in the preliminary round of the 1991 contest, of which eight qualified to the televised grand final.

The placing results of the remaining participants is unknown and never made public by the European Broadcasting Union.

[2] The jury members consisted of the following:[1] The 1991 Young Dancers competition was broadcast in 17 countries including Austria and Canada.