So You Think You Can Dance
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| So You Think You Can Dance | |
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| Format | Interactive reality game show |
| Created by |  : Simon Fuller: Nigel Lythgoe |
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| Running time | Varies |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Fox |
| Original run | July 20, 2005 – Present |
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So You Think You Can Dance is a television program.
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[edit] Format
Many dance styles have been featured on the audition portion of the show, including jazz, bellydancing, clogging, contemporary, pop, modern, American jive, swing, disco, locking, popping, bboying, old and new school hip-hop, krumping, Paso Doble, quickstep, lyrical, Broadway, Viennese waltz, smooth waltz, Argentine tango, mambo, cha-cha, Cuban rumba, salsa, West Coast Swing, and Lindy Hop. The competition itself includes jazz, contemporary, pop, pop-jazz, Latin-jazz, jive, swing, Lindy Hop, disco, hip-hop, krumping, Paso Doble, quickstep, Broadway, Viennese waltz, smooth waltz, Foxtrot, Argentine Tango, tango, mambo, samba, cha-cha, salsa, West Coast swing, and Cuban rumba. Tap and clogging have been featured during special performances in season 3.
There are at least three judges on each show, two of which are always producer Nigel Lythgoe and choreographer Mary Murphy. The remaining judging seats are a regular rotation of guest professional dancers and choreographers. Guest judges that have appeared on the show include Debbie Allen, Alex Da Silva, Brian Friedman, Jean-Marc Genereux, Dan Karaty, Mia Michaels, Ron Montez, Mandy Moore, Nu Stylz (Olisa Thompson & Cicely Bradley), Wade Robson, Doriana Sanchez, Adam Shankman, and Shane Sparks.
Auditions are filmed and edited for months before the broadcast. The early rounds include multiple bad auditions, in the same vein as Idol, with a majority of dancers getting cut by the judges immediately. Dancers who impress the judges receive an airplane ticket to the next round, held in Las Vegas. If the judges feel that a dancer has potential, but has not yet shown them the level of skill they are looking for, he or she is asked to remain for choreography at the end of the day. Dancers are also sent to the choreography round if they are amazing at a unique style (e.g. breakdancing) and the judges want to see if they can adapt to different styles, as well. The contestants are then taught a short routine they must perform for the judges, who will decide if the dancer will move on to the next round. In Las Vegas, contestants are taught routines in several different styles; at each stage, four judges vote on whether to keep them in the competition. If the judges are split, contestants must 'dance for their lives', that is, perform a solo in their own style. Following these intermediate rounds of cuts, the dancers remaining will be paired into teams and perform a group number where the judges will pick who in the teams are the strongest. Then, the judges choose the top 20 finalists—ten male and ten female dancers—to participate in the studio show, held in front of an audience at CBS Television City in the Fairfax District of Los Angeles.[1]
The format is somewhat similar to that of ABC's Dance Fever, a short-lived 2003 reality show. MuchMusic once aired Dance Fever during the second season of SYTYCD due to the popularity of dance competition programs. The network later broadcasted re-runs of SYTYCD when the second season ended.
[edit] Changes from the first season to subsequent seasons
[edit] Partnerships and styles
In the finals of the first season, the contestants were partnered up and given a dance style, both chosen by a random draw each week. From the rounds of final 14 to final 10, the top vote receiver among the bottom 6 (later bottom 4) dancers was allowed to choose which person they did not want to partner with.
Since the first season, permanent partnerships are formed for the first five weeks of the finals (unless one half of a couple is eliminated). As in the first season, dance styles were assigned randomly. Once the top 10 dancers are chosen, the previous couples are dissolved. New partnerships and dance styles are then assigned randomly each week. Couples perform two dances together on each show, and each individual dancer also performs a solo.
[edit] Airtimes
In its second season, the show began airing two nights a week: a live performance and a results episode. Shows are typically aired Wednesday and Thursday nights at 8:00 PM EST/PST
[edit] Voting
In the first season, the judges chose three couples as the worst of the week, and those six dancers went into an individual dance-off voted on by the viewers. One male and one female contestant were then removed from the competition based on the audience vote.
After the first season, the voting was changed significantly. During the first five weeks of the finals, instead of voting for individuals, the viewers vote for their favorite couple(s) on performance night. On the results show, the three couples that receive the least number of votes are revealed. The six dancers that make up those couples then become eligible for removal by a decision of the judges and must "dance for their lives." One male and one female contestant are removed each week. Although the solo dance-off still occurs, this change significantly reduced its importance, as Lythgoe explicitly stated on the show that the judges' decisions are based on the "entire audition process", not just what occurs in a given week. The dance-off still has some influence on the judges as Lythgoe at times castigated dancers for their poor solo performances, and has on several occasions indicated that a dancer was kept on the show partly due to an exceptional solo.
After the first five weeks of the finals, the voting changes again to a different format. The public votes on individual dancers, and the male and female lowest vote receivers are eliminated each week. In this part of the competition, the judges do not have any direct control of the elimination process.
[edit] Local national versions
Australia: Network Ten began broadcasting an Australian version of the show beginning February 2008. The Grand Finale was held 27th April with Jack being voted Australia's Favourite Dancer.[2] The US version of the show previously aired on the network.
Canada: CTV, which broadcasts the US version, has picked up the rights to the show to make a Canadian Edition of the show.[3]
Denmark: The first season of Kan Du Danse to be broadcast is hosted by Thomas Mygind and freelance dancer Anne Katrine Skole with choreographers Toniah Pedersen, Kenneth Kreutzmann, and Niclas Bendixen on the judging panel.[4]
Finland: The show is called "Tanssi jos osaat"("Dance if you can") and airs on Nelonen.
Germany: There is a version of So You Think You Can Dance, called You Can Dance, from 11 November 2006 - 19 January 2007 on Sat.1. The first winner was the 18-year-old Dennis Jauch.[5]
Greece: Mega Channel in Greece obtained the rights to broadcast its own version of the show during the winter and spring of 2007, following auditions held in Athens, New York City, Melbourne, Munich, and Limassol in late 2006. Auditions in the countries outside of Greece were aimed at Greeks living abroad and could expand if there is a demand in places not currently on the list of auditions. The grand prize is 100,000 euros and a 3-year scholarship to a dance school in London, England. Natalie Fotopoulos, one of the top 10 contestants from Season 2, is now a choreographer.[6]
Israel: "Nolad Lirkod"/"Born to dance" Aired on Channel 2 (Israel) 3 seasons so far. Season 4 is in the works.
Malaysia: Malaysian Broadcaster 8TV has also bought the rights to produce the local version of So You Think You Can Dance. Auditions were held on March 16 - March 17, 2007, and broadcast of the show has begun on April 5.
Malta: The show airs in Malta on LivingTV
Netherlands - The show starts in 2008 on RTL 5.
New Zealand: aired on TV3 in 2005 and only lasted one season.
Norway: The show is called Dansefeber and airs on TVNorge.
Poland: The show is called You can dance - po prostu tańcz (You Can Dance - Just Dance) and is aired on TVN. It is hosted by Kinga Rusin. The first winner was the 26-year-old Maciej "Gleba" Florek, Rafał "Roofi" Kaminski being the runner-up, Anna "Bosa" Bosak - the third. The grand prize of the show is 100 000 zlotych and a three-month scholarship to a Broadway Dance Center in New York City. Season 2 began in March 2008; the season finale aired on June 5th, 2008 one day later than it was schedule, due to technical problems. The second winner was Artur Cieciórski.
South Africa: The show is called Dans! Dans! Dans! ("Dance! Dance! Dance!"), conducted in Afrikaans and airs on KykNET.
Turkey: The show is called Dans eder misin and air on Kanal D.
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