So You Think You Can Dance Canada
Dance hopefuls from all over the country audition, vying for a boarding pass the Finals Week in Toronto. There, they will work with some of Canada's top choreographers to earn a spot in the Top 20. The dancers will then work in partners and select a different dance style each week, in the hopes gaining the public's votes. Two competitors are eliminated each week during the results shows.
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Seasons
Season 1 of So You Think You Can Dance Canada is a dance reality show and competition that airs on CTV. It is hosted by MuchMusic VJ Leah Miller. The series is based on the original American TV series So You Think You Can Dance. Auditions started April 7, 2008 in Vancouver, British Columbia and ended in Toronto, Ontario on June 8, 2008. The show premiered on September 11, 2008 beginning with the Toronto auditions. The first winner was Nicholas Archambault, with Allie Bertram coming in the runner-up position.
- Ep 1
1.Toronto Auditions
11-09-2008The judges travel across Canada to audition the hopefuls who want to be crowned Canada's favourite dancer.
2.Vancouver/Halifax Auditions
14-09-2008The judges continue their search for Canada's favourite dancer with auditions in Vancouver and Halifax.
3.Calgary/Montreal Auditions
17-09-2008The judges continue their search for Canada's favourite dancer with auditions in Calgary and Montreal.
4.Finals Week
01-10-2008Nearly 200 dancers come to Toronto for the So You Think You Can Dance Canada's Finals Week. They go through 4 days of elimination and the Top 20 dancers are revealed.
5.Top 20 Dance
08-10-2008The top 20 are paired off and begin the competition to find out who will be Canada's favourite dancer. The show starts off with a salsa that is deemed hot by all the judges, and en...
6.Top 20 Results
09-10-2008In the first results show, the top 20 perform together, doing a theatre dance to a Mestre Barrao song. After the voting results are announced, the judges deliberate and announce wh...
7.Top 18 Dance
15-10-2008This week, the top 18 dance some familiar styles such as hip hop, contemporary, and Viennese waltz, and the first ever dance hall routine on a dance show.
8.Top 18 Results
16-10-2008The results are in, and two dancers will be going home, but first the top 18 perform together for the last time, doing a colourful Bollywood number.
9.Top 16 Perform
22-10-2008The top 16 dance everything from Krumping to the dance that is known as 'the kiss of death', the Quick Step. Benji Schwimmer choreographs a routine, and Kenny Ortega, director of H...
10.Top 16 Results
23-10-2008The results are in for the top 16 dancers, but before the results are announced, they perform together for the last time, doing a Viennese Waltz choreographed by judge Jean Marc Ge...
11.Top 14 Perform
29-10-2008The top 14 dance hip hop, jazz, theatre and West Coast Swing, with choreography by some of the judges from this show as well as some of the contestants from season 2 of the America...
12.Top 14 Results
30-10-2008The top 14 take to the stage one last time together, and dance a Halloween-inspired number choreographed by Melissa Williams. After deliberating, the judges send two more dancers h...
13.Top 12 Perform
05-11-2008The top 12 dancers take the stage to be judged by guest judges Rex Harrington and Melissa Williams. The dances performed include the foxtrot, hip hop, salsa, and the first-ever hou...
14.Top 12 Results
06-11-2008The top 12 take the stage for the last time together, dancing a Victorian-themed contemporary routine choreographed by Blake McGrath. After the voting results are revealed, the jud...
15.Top 10 Perform
12-11-2008The top 10 dancers have new partners and new dances to learn, and all dance a solo number in order to gain Canada's votes to become "Canada's Favourite Dancer".
16.Top 10 Results
13-11-2008The top 10 take the stage to perform a contemporary dance choreographed by Mia Michaels, then the results of the voting are announced, and the two dancers with the fewest votes are...
17.Top 8 Perform
19-11-2008Mia Michaels and Dan Karaty take the judges' seat as the top 8 take the stage to dance their way to the finals.
18.Top 8 Results
20-11-2008The top 8 take the stage to dance a Paso Doble choreographed by judge Jean Marc Genereux before hearing the results of the voting that will send two of the dancers home.
19.Top 6 Perform
26-11-2008It's down to six dancers; each one must dance three times for the audience votes, doing two couples' dances and one solo. Guest judges Mary Murphy and Sean Cheesman join the regula...
20.Top 6 Results
27-11-2008The top 6 perform a step routine choreographed by judge Tre Armstrong before the voting results are announced that will tell who is in the finale and who is going home.
21.Top 4 Perform
03-12-2009Natalli, Nico, Allie, and Miles are the last four dancers to compete for the title "Canada's Favourite Dancer". Tonight, they will dance as a group, in couples, and do solos to win...
22.Finale
07-12-2008The top 20 return to the stage to perform favourite dances, and the winner of the title "Canada's Favourite Dancer" is announced.
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