So You Think You Can Dance
So You Think You Can Dance
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So You Think You Can Dance

6.8 / 10
2005
18 seasons
318 episodes
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Dancers selected in open auditions across America take part in a rigorous competition designed to best display their talents, training and personalities to a panel of judges and viewers as they strive to win votes and avoid elimination.

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Seasons

Season one features Lauren Sánchez as host, Nigel Lythgoe as the main judge, and Mary Murphy, Dan Karaty, Mia Michaels and Brian Friedman as most frequent guest judges.

  • Ep 1

    1.Auditions #1 and #2: New York and Chicago

    7.0
    20-07-200585m

    In this two-hour episode, we watched the first and second auditions in both New York and Chicago. We saw the good, the bad, and the ugly. In the first stage of auditions, the thr...

  • Ep 2

    2.Auditions #3: Los Angeles

    7.0
    27-07-200565m

    In this special 90 minute episode, the auditions take place over 2-days in Los Angeles, CA. The dancers perform a number, solo or with a partner, for the producers in order to mov...

  • Ep 3

    3.Hollywood: 50 Compete

    8.0
    03-08-200565m

    The dancers are divided into 5 groups to attend class with each choreographer. Alex's salsa class, Brian's hip-hop class, Dan's hip-hop class, Mia's contemporary class and Mary's b...

  • Ep 4

    4.Hollywood: 50 Cut to 16

    10-08-200565m

    The 26 remaining dancers enter the "judging" room one-by-one as the choreographers tell them whether they have made it to the top 16 or not. As each dancer approaches the table, a...

  • Ep 5

    5.Top 16

    17-08-200543m

    Several of the choreographers are now judges. This includes Mia, Brian and Dan. Joining them to make an even four is Producer Nigel. During the first round, each of the 16 dancer...

  • Ep 6

    6.Top 14

    24-08-200585m

    At the beginning of the episode, 2 dancers from last week are cut. At that point, the competition continues in the same format as last week, except the females pick the partner an...

  • Ep 7

    7.Top 12

    6.0
    31-08-200568m

    At the beginning of the episode, 2 dancers from last week are cut. At that point, the competition continues in the same format as last week, except the males pick the partner and t...

  • Ep 8

    8.Top 10

    07-09-200565m

    At the beginning of the episode, 2 dancers from last week are cut. At that point, the competition continues in the same format as last week, except this week reveals a new twist; w...

  • Ep 9

    9.Top 8

    14-09-200543m

    At the beginning of the episode, 2 dancers from last week are cut. At that point, the competition continues in the same format as last week, except this week reveals a new twist; w...

  • Ep 10

    10.Top 6

    21-09-200543m

    At the beginning of the episode, 2 dancers from last week are cut. At that point, the competition continues in the same format as last week, the females pick their partner, the mal...

  • Ep 11

    11.Top 4

    28-09-200543m

    At the beginning of the episode, 2 dancers from last week are cut. At that point, the competition continues in the same format as last week, only they don’t show the actual “pickin...

  • Ep 12

    12.And The Winner Is...

    05-10-200543m

    The final 16 return for a dance together, and a 'hip-hop chorus line' called Groovaloo perform. Other than that, the episode is made up of clips from previous episodes. Throughou...

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