So You Think You Can Dance

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.

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	2008-02-08	1-2-3	Discontinued
Benelux	So You Think You Can Dance	EliZe An Lemmens & Dennis Weening	VTM RTL5	2009-09-01	1-2-3-4	Ongoing
Canada	So You Think You Can Dance Canada	Leah Miller	CTV	2008-09-11	1-2-3-4	Discontinued
Denmark	Kan Du Danse?	Thomas Mygind & Anne Katrine Skole	TV3	2006	1-2	Discontinued
Finland	Dance Suomi		Nelonen	2010-09-19	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	2007-02-01	1-2	Discontinued
Israel	נולד לרקוד Nolad Lirkod	Zvika Hadar	Channel 2	2009	1	Discontinued
Lithuania	Tu gali šokti	Mindaugas Meškauskas	TV3	2010-04-11	1-2	Ongoing
Malaysia	So You Think You Can Dance	Juliana Ibrahim & Jehan Miski Aishah Sinclair (series 2)	8TV	2007-04-05	1-2	Discontinued
New Zealand				2010	1	Ongoing
Norway	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	2007-09-10	1-2-3-4-5- 6-7	Ongoing
Portugal	Achas Que Sabes Dançar	João Manzarra	RTP1	2010-05-30	1	Ongoing
Scandinavia	So You Think You Can Dance Scandinavia	Henriette Lien Kicki Berg Vicki Jo	TVNorge (Norway) Kanal 5 (Sweden) Kanal 5 (Denmark)	2008-02-28 2008-03-13 2008-03-13	1	Discontinued
South Africa	So You Think You Can Dance	Sade Giliberti	SABC 1	2009-02-07	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	2011-07-06	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	2010-01-02	1-2	Discontinued
United States	So You Think You Can Dance	Lauren Sánchez (2005) Cat Deeley (2006–present)	Fox	2005-07-20	1-2-3-4-5- 6-7-8-9	Ongoing

^1 Year/Month/Day
^2 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.
^3 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.

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