So You Think You Can Dance

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So You Think You Can Dance is a reality television show franchise in which contestants compete in dance. The first series of the franchise, created by producers producers Simon Fuller and Nigel Lythgoe and produced by 19 Entertainment and Dick Clark Productions, premiered in July of 2005 and has broadcast eight seasons since. Adaptations of the show began airing in other counties in 2006 and to date 22 shows have been produced representing 21 different counties and comprising 57 individual seasons.

[edit] Franchise Index

The following local versions of this program have been broadcast or are in production:

Country/Region Show Title Host Channel First Premiere Seasons Status
 Australia So You Think You Can Dance Australia Natalie Bassingthwaighte Network Ten February 8, 2008 1-2-3 Discontinued
Belgium Netherlands
Benelux 1
So You Think You Can Dance EliZe
An Lemmens & Dennis Weening
VTM
RTL5
September 1, 2009 1-2-3-4 Ongoing
 Canada So You Think You Can Dance Canada Leah Miller CTV September 11, 2008 1-2-3-4 Discontinued
 Denmark2 Kan Du Danse? Thomas Mygind & Anne Katrine Skole TV3 July 20, 2005 1-2 Discontinued
 Finland Dance Suomi Nelonen September 19, 2010 1 Ongoing
 France So You Think You Can Dance TBA (2012) Forthcoming
 Germany 2010 1 Ongoing
 Greece So You Think You Can Dance Vicky Kaya Mega Channel February 1, 2007 1-2 Discontinued
 Israel נולד לרקוד
Nolad Lirkod
Zvika Hadar Channel 2 2009 1 Discontinued
 Lithuania Tu gali šokti Mindaugas Meškauskas TV3 April 11, 2010 1-2 Ongoing
 Malaysia So You Think You Can Dance Juliana Ibrahim & Jehan Miski
Aishah Sinclair (series 2)
8TV April 5, 2007 1-2 Discontinued
 New Zealand 2010 1 Ongoing
 Norway2 Dansefeber Kjetil Tefke
Henriette Lien
TV3 2006 1-2 Discontinued
 Poland You Can Dance: Po prostu tańcz! Kinga Rusin (series 1-5)
Patricia Kazadi (series 6)
TVN September 10, 2007 1-2-3-4-5-
6-7
Ongoing
 Portugal Achas Que Sabes Dançar João Manzarra RTP1 May 30, 2010 1 Ongoing
Norway Sweden Denmark
Scandinavia2
So You Think You Can Dance Scandinavia Norway Henriette Lien
Sweden Kicki Berg
Denmark Vicki Jo
TVNorge (Norway)
Kanal 5
(Sweden)
Kanal 5
(Denmark)
Sweden February 28, 2008
Norway March 13, 2008
Denmark March 13, 2008
1 Discontinued
 South Africa So You Think You Can Dance Sade Giliberti SABC 1 February 7, 2009 1-2 Ongoing
 Turkey Dans Eder misin? Güzide Duran Kanal D
(series 1-3)

FOX(series 4)
aTV(series 5)
2007 1-2-3-4-5 Discontinued / Rebooted
Huysuz'la Dans Eder misin? Seyfi Dursunoğlu Show TV July 6, 2011 1 Ongoing
 Ukraine Танцюють всі!, Everybody Can Dance! Lilia Rebryk & Dmytro Tankovich STB 2007 1-2-3-4 Ongoing
 United Kingdom So You Think You Can Dance Cat Deeley BBC One January 2, 2010 1-2 Discontinued
 United States So You Think You Can Dance Lauren Sánchez (2005)
Cat Deeley (2006–present)
Fox July 20, 2005 1-2-3-4-5-
6-7-8-9
Ongoing

^1 The first season of the Benelux version of So You Think You Can Dance was Netherlands-specific while seasons 2-4 have broadened to represent Belgium as well.
^2 Denmark and Norway each produced their own individual SYTYCD shows, both of which lasted two seasons. A third show was then produced that represented both countries as well as Sweden (So You Think Can Dance Scandinavia), which lasted one season.

[edit] Dance Styles

The following is a non-exhaustive list of dance styles which have been featured on shows within the "So You Think You Can Dance" franchise, with notes on nomenclature between versions and the language they are broadcast in. Only styles featured in choreographed duet or group routines during the competition phase of the show are listed here; styles featured only in solos or auditions are not listed.

Western Classical Styles

  • Contemporary
  • Modern
  • Ballet: Sometimes titlted simply ballet and other times a 'Pas De Deux.'
  • Lyrical

Street and Club Styles

  • Hip-Hop: Typical titled simply "hip-hop", but alternatively "Lyrical Hip-Hop," Oldschool Hip-Hop," "Fast Hip-Hop" and "New Style Hip-Hop"
  • Krump
  • House
  • Locking
  • Popping
  • Stepping
  • Whacking
  • Voguing

Classical Ballroom Styles

  • Waltz: Titled "Waltz," "Vienesse Waltz," "Slow Waltz," "American slow Waltz," or "English Waltz."
  • Tango: Typically titled either a 'Tango' or an "Argentine Tango"
  • Foxtrot: Sometimes also called a "Slowfox."
  • Quickstep

Latin Ballroom Styles

  • Cha-Cha/Cha-Cha-Cha
  • Jive: Including "American Jive" variations.
  • Mambo
  • Paso Doble
  • Rumba: Sometimes simply Rumba, other times further specified as a "Cuban Rumba" or "African Rumba."
  • Salsa: Typically just salsa, but also including one routine designated as a "Street Salsa."
  • Samba: Sometimes "African Smaba"
  • Lambada

Jazz Styles

  • Jazz
  • African/Afro- Jazz
  • Lyrical Jazz
  • Pop-Jazz
  • Latin Jazz
  • Street Jazz
  • Contemporary Jazz
  • Modern Jazz
  • Jazz Funk
  • Funk
  • Pop
  • Afro-Pop
  • Commercial

Broadway/Musical Theatre Styles

  • Broadway
  • Tap Dancing
  • Musical Theater: Sometimes alternatively called "Theatre" or "Theatrical"
  • Can-Can
  • Burlesque

American Social Styles

  • Disco: Including the titles "Disco," "70's Disco," "80's Disco" and "New Disco."
  • Hustle
  • West Coast Swing
  • Lindy Hop
  • Charleston
  • Boogaloo: Sometimes called an "Electric Boogaloo" or "Electric Boogie."
  • Go-Go
  • Rock n' Roll

Regional/Traditional Styles

  • Bollywood
  • Dancehall: Sometimes also labelled "Reggae," "Reggaeton" or "Reggae-Jam."
  • Trepak
  • Kalinka
  • Tahitian
  • Bellydance
  • Malevos
  • Capoeira
  • African/Afro
  • Afro-Cuban
  • Sevillanas
  • Cabera
  • Makulele

Eastern Classical Styles

  • Malaysian classial/contemporary
  • Chinese classical/contemporary
  • Indian classical/contemporary
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