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So You Think You Can Dance is an American
dance reality show and competition that
is broadcasted on the
Fox Network in the U.S. and Japan,
on CTV and Much Music
in Canada,
on Living, in Italy on Fox life (US Version), in United
Kingdom and Ireland, on Network
Ten in Australia, on AXN in India,
on MBC 4 in the Middle East, on TVN
in Poland, on MNET Series in South
Africa and on KTN in Kenya.
The show was created
by Idol's Simon Fuller
and Nigel Lythgoe
and is produced by 19
Entertainment and Dick Clark Productions. All types
of dance backgrounds are encouraged to
audition. Salsa, ballroom,
hip hop, street dancing, contemporary, and
jazz, ballet
and many other types of dancers
can be seen auditioning for a chance to win the grand
prize.
SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE COMPETITIONS:
Dancers audition
for a ticket to Vegas. During season
one, the 50 top dancers were assigned
to groups, each of which spent time working with five
different choreographers for a week, at the
end of which the choreographers chose the
top 16.
Every season after
the first has been of a format where the competitors
at the Vegas callbacks dance choreography
in front of the judges who pick the top
20 based on their performances. After the
first season, the format changed from dancers
switching partners every week to one where
the top 20 keep the same partner
until the show has reached ten finalists. Between the top 20 and the top 10, viewer's vote is based on the couple, rather than the individual.
Once the show has
reached ten dancers, the dancers
randomly pick their partner's name from a hat as
well as their style(s) of dance. As well, during
the top ten finals, each dancer
does a solo, and the viewers have
an opportunity to vote on competitors individually,
rather than in pairs. When the season finale comes
around, everyone dances with everyone. Both guys
dance with each other, both girls dance with each
other, and both girls dance with
both guys. In the results show of the season finale,
the judges pick their favorite
dancer of the season and the dancers re-enact it;
(obviously not a dance that that judge choreographed).
There are special guest-star performances,
and surprise appearances.
There are
Five Seasons in United States alone, with the 5th season being auditioned currently.
A mixture of contestants is chosen for the show, ranging from unknown
street dancers to winners of national championships. All contestants have to work their way through a rigorous audition
process, and, over the course of the show,
are assigned different dance
styles and partners
each week to test their versatility. So
You Think You Can Dance holds auditions in
major cities across the U.S., looking
for the top dancers in each city.
Season
6 [Coming Soon...]
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