List of The Next Step episodes

The following is the list of episodes to Canadian Family Channel original series The Next Step. The series premiered on March 8, 2013. All the titles for the episodes are also a reference to a song title.

On April 9, 2013, the series was renewed for a second season, which started production in summer 2013 and premiered on March 7, 2014. On May 5, 2014, the series was renewed for a third season, with production resuming in summer 2014. It premiered on March 16, 2015. On April 16, 2015, it was announced that The Next Step will be returning for a fourth season.

Series overview

Season		Episodes	Originally aired
			First aired	Last aired
	1	14	March 8, 2013 (2013-03-08)	June 7, 2013 (2013-06-07)
		16	September 20, 2013 (2013-09-20)	January 3, 2014 (2014-01-03)
	2	14	March 7, 2014 (2014-03-07)	June 6, 2014 (2014-06-06)
		16	September 12, 2014 (2014-09-12)	January 2, 2015 (2015-01-02)
	3	14	March 16, 2015 (2015-03-16)	April 2, 2015 (2015-04-02)
		16	September 11, 2015 (2015-09-11)	TBA

Episode list

Season 1 (2013–14)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	1	"Get The Party Started"	Brian K. Roberts	Frank Van Keeken	March 8, 2013 (2013-03-08)
The A- and B-Troupe dancers audition to earn a place in A-Troupe. We learn that to be in A-Troupe, dancers have to earn their place. When the fourth group of dancers are about to start their audition, an unknown dancer named Michelle who just moved from Madison, Wisconsin comes in. By this unexpected twist, last year's Dance Captain, Emily feels threatened by Michelle. Kate talks to Michelle in her office and tells her she would be happy to audition. Meanwhile, Emily's best friend, Stephanie, volunteers to go eavesdrop on Michelle and Kate, the studio owner, but Emily wants to go herself. An odd relationship is formed with Eldon and Emily but she doesn't like him, but Eldon asks her out every day before and after rehearsals for over 5 years. We then learn about the E-Girls. They are a clique that had all the girls from A-Troupe from last year. Emily is the leader, Tiffany, Stephanie (Emily's best friend), Giselle (known as Ellie), and Emily's younger sister Riley. Stephanie finds searches for information about Michelle on her phone, and everyone learns that Michelle was once named Miss National Soloist. The E-Girls are impressed, but Emily just calls her a diva and returns the phone after viewing it for proof. Michelle says in a confession later that she does not want anyone to know about this, as she wants to just be accepted for who she is and wants to be treated like everyone else. Emily does not agree and thinks she's a show off.
2	2	"Everybody Dance Now"	Brian K. Roberts	Frank Van Keeken and Chloe Van Keeken	March 12, 2013 (2013-03-12)
Giselle unfortunately does not make it into A-Troupe. Giselle is later removed from the E-girls for not being in A-Troupe, as the rules are that all E-girls must be in A-Troupe. Emily promises to get Giselle back in A-troupe, and kick Michelle out. Chloe later becomes part of the E-Girls. Stephanie tells Michelle before their first dance rehearsal is in Studio B but, Giselle, who is on her way to B-Troupe tells her that A-Troupe is always in Studio A. Stephanie tells us in a confessional she did this so Michelle would be late, and get a bad reputation in A-Troupe. It is said by people in A-Troupe and as well in a confession done by James was that James has dated many girls before, including Beth who is now in B-Troupe,and Amanda, who was at Elite. He uses dancing as an "unfair" advantage to get girls. It is said as well that E-girls is named by Emily, whose name starts with the letter "E" so that's why they are called the E-Girls. Also the E-girls have over 100 rules, the main one being that you always look out for fellow E-Girls, also they have a fairly simple hand shake, creating an "E" with their hand, linking it with another E-girl to create an "E" on the top and a "G" on the bottom.
3	3	"Dance, Dance"	Brian K. Roberts	Chloe Van Keeken	March 13, 2013 (2013-03-13)
Kate and Chris give Michelle a chance to be dance captain considering her being dance captain at her last studio. Each dance captain had to split into a group of 5. But when Chris chooses the groups, Emily is split with Stephanie, her best friend, and Stephanie has to mess up the dance moves to Michelle's dance. Riley feels that Emily and Stephanie's idea shows that Emily is feeling too threatened towards Michelle. Kate yells at Michelle for deciding that their dance was ready, where Michelle argues saying that Stephanie agreed that she was ready. Emily was once again dance captain. Meanwhile, James is about to get kicked out of the studio for failing math. Chris says that he will help James and his mom gives him a second chance. West tries to befriend James by randomly putting on dance offs in public. Everyone in A-Troupe starts arguing over who should be dance captain, Kate panics and Chris throws ping pong balls for everyone to clean up. Until West starts dancing in front of James, James starts dancing in response meaning West has won his respect. Eventually everyone starts dancing together, forgetting about the dance captain situation. They realize they are here to dance, not to complain. Absent: Jordan Clark as Giselle
4	4	"Rock and a Hard Place"	Brian K. Roberts	Rachael Schaefer	March 14, 2013 (2013-03-14)
A dance competition is coming up this weekend so Kate and Chris think they should decide the dance line positions. Emily persuades them to let her make the decision, which leads her to putting Michelle in the back row. After Riley finds out that Emily lied to A-Troupe about having the list reviewed by Kate and Chris, she approaches James and asks him if he thinks her being in the front over Michelle is fair, he gives her honest opinion and tells her that it is not. So she switches her front line position with Michelle in the middle of a rehearsal. Emily is outraged that her sister betrayed her, and the E-Girls vote to kick Riley out of their clique. Also, Daniel choreographs a routine for J-troupe, while Tiffany uses J-Troupe to mess with him. Absent: Jordan Clark as Giselle
5	5	"Steal My Sunshine"	Mitchell T. Ness	Chloe Van Keeken	March 15, 2013 (2013-03-15)
The A-Troupe members go to the beach for a day off while the E-Girls run Dance Camp for the little kids. At the beach, Riley loses Emily's necklace and the group has to find it before they leave the beach. Meanwhile, one of the little kids at dance camp gets lost and the E-Girls have to find her before dance camp is over. At the end, Riley finds Emily's necklace and the E-girls find the little girl. Absent: Jordan Clark as Giselle
6	6	"Good Girls Go Bad"	Frank Van Keeken	Cole Bastedo (story) Rachael Schaefer (teleplay)	March 22, 2013 (2013-03-22)
The A-Troupe takes a visit to the Elite studio (their major dance competition) to see what they're doing for Regionals. West and Daniel stay at the studio and dance while the rest go to Elite. Riley asks James to go along to keep an eye for Michelle as he is the only one she feels she can trust to keep Emily from hurting Michelle . Michelle gets caught at Elite while filming their routine and the rest of the group leave her there, where she pretends to audition as a cover up. Elite consider recruiting her. Meanwhile, Daniel & West choreograph a duet together. The episode ends as Michelle worries in a confessional. When Kate realizes Michelle was late, she called her over to have a chat about what she overheard the dancers saying. She then tells Emily that Michelle may leave the studio because of how unhappy she was, although Michelle said that it was purely to spy. Absent : Shamier Anderson as Chris
7	7	"Love Story"	Brian K. Roberts	Frank Van Keeken	April 19, 2013 (2013-04-19)
Michelle is still at the Elite studio, frightened to be in front of the Elite group. She is so embarrassed to be caught in front of the whole Elite group. Michelle volunteered to film some of Elite's dancing to try to gain a friendship with Emily. Meanwhile James is worrying because Riley had asked him to make sure Michelle doesn't get caught because of Emily . Riley discovers Emily's plan to push Michelle out of the studio. Riley and James make a plan to replace Emily as dance captain with Michelle by making a new better dance to throw over Emily. Michelle has feelings for Eldon and he likes her. In rehearsals Michelle suggests that she and Eldon should do a duet together to try to gain some time to be alone and get to know him better. Kate decides that it is a good idea and they go and practice in studio B.
8	8	"Just the Two of Us"	Brian K. Roberts	Rachael Schaefer	April 26, 2013 (2013-04-26)
Eldon realized that he has both feelings for Emily and Michelle but wants to go with Michelle because after practicing their duet he realized that Michelle is a great person.
9	9	"Video Killed the Radio Star"	Brian K. Roberts	Ian Van Den Hurk	May 3, 2013 (2013-05-03)
Brighter Brightest is coming to make a music video with the A-Troupe dancers featured in the video. Meanwhile, Riley is such a huge fan of the band Brighter Brightest that she stammers when trying the talk to the band. Leading the band to think she's a foreign girl who doesn't know how to speak English. James and Riley are caught bickering and told they have a lot of chemistry and are going to be the center of the music video. The female and male dancers split up after arguments where the boys are making animal noises and acting childishly. Eventually they join back together creating a great dance. James admits to having feelings for Riley in an interview while Riley denies it, by the end of the episode you can see that Riley is starting to develop some feelings for James after James gets an autograph from the band as a gift for Riley.
10	10	"Road To Joy"	Mitchell Ness	Rachael Schaefer	May 10, 2013 (2013-05-10)
Kate tells Riley to go downtown and pick up the sample costumes for Regionals and James insists on going solely to spend time with her, so he begs Riley to stop and get shawarmas. But, when they get back on the bus, James doesn't have a transfer. So when Riley presents her transfer to the bus driver, James rips her transfer in order to stay together. So now they have to take a shortcut through the park where they meet James's "kooky" aunt. When they finally arrive at the shop, it is closed and Riley goes off at James, resulting in her giving him advice on how to master a dance move. In the end, when they're heading back to the studio in the bus, Riley and James hold hands. And James and Riley do get the costumes in time when they impress the owners by dancing. Meanwhile, Stephanie takes photo shoots for her dream of being a "triple threat", which doesn't go well at first, but when she starts dancing it goes really well.
11	11	"Can You Keep A Secret?"	Brian K. Roberts	Rachael Schaefer	May 17, 2013 (2013-05-17)
The A-Troupe auditions for soloists begin. When Daniel earns the solo, he gets an injury and keeps it a secret from everyone. Michelle figures out Chloe has a job. But, when Chloe is late for soloist auditions, Michelle stands up to Emily for Chloe, giving a speech about how Emily is being a bully before walking out that gives the impression that she is going to Elite. But, when Riley and James find her in Squeezed, she announces to them that she decided that she would finally overthrow Emily's position as dance captain in order to show Emily how mean she really is.
12	12	"Get It Together"	Brian K. Roberts	Story by: Cole Bastedo Teleplay by: Chloe Van Keeken	May 24, 2013 (2013-05-24)
Michelle, Riley and James start planning their dance to overthrow Emily as dance captain. As they create a dance to overthrow her, they get West, and Daniel to join in the dance as they think Michelle would be a much better captain. When the group is late for rehearsals, Emily suspects something is up. After Emily rejects Chloe's dance move, Michelle, Riley, James, West, and Daniel show Chloe the dance, and ask her if she wants to join. Chloe immediately says no, and leaves upset at them for trying to overthrow Emily, her fellow E-Girl. During the episode, Emily and Eldon start to get closer, they talk about their families, and hold hands in the juice bar, which makes Michelle upset for an "unknown" reason. Also, Stephanie gets help from Tiffany on her acting capabilities, and when Kate and Stephanie get back from meeting with an agent, Stephanie gets a phone call after she auditions for an acting agent, and gets her first agent.
13	13	"Don't Go Breaking My Heart"	Samir Rehem	Frank Van Keeken	May 31, 2013 (2013-05-31)
Emily tries to figure out what Michelle's group is doing. Chloe also joins Michelle's group. Eldon tries to prove to the A-Troupe dancers that he and Emily are serious. His plan did not go over well and he ended up ruining all the chances he had with Emily. At the same time he even created more humiliation for himself. Emily apologizes to Eldon after she was harsh to him. Michelle's group decides to invite Eldon into their dance. While they were performing the dance for him, Stephanie finds out about Michelle's dance and tells Emily.
14	14	"Sabotage"	Samir Rehem	Frank Van Keeken	June 7, 2013 (2013-06-07)
In the summer finale, the E-Girls finds out about Michelle's routine. They take Michelle's phone and send mean texts to Emily's phone to get Michelle kicked out. Riley sees them and she hides Michelle's phone. After Emily tells Kate about it, the truth about Michelle's dance routine is revealed and to settle it, Kate asks for Michelle's group to show their dance routine. Kate and Chris like their dance, and then Michelle becomes Captain after each person votes for the new dance captain. But Stephanie and Emily leave.
—	—	"Rewind (Season 1 Recap)"	Unknown	Unknown	September 13, 2013 (2013-09-13)
Riley (Brittany Raymond) recaps the first half season 1 with a preview what will happen with the rest of the season.
15	15	"Changes"	Samir Rehem	Frank Van Keeken	September 20, 2013 (2013-09-20)
Emily and Stephanie struggle with Michelle as the new dance captain. Michelle tries to be friends with Emily since Michelle doesn't want a bad relationship with Emily, but Emily rejects her. James gets pulled out of the studio but Michelle convinces James' mom that he focuses on his studies for two weeks to improve his grades in Math with the help from the team. Riley is upset; Riley makes a deal with James that if he gets 70% or higher on his Math exam, she would go on a date with him; James is overjoyed. The E-Girls are now broken up. Emily rejects Michelle again by not participating in any of the dance rehearsals. Riley and Emily's relationship has hit rock bottom when Emily tells her that they are no longer sisters. Riley is very upset after Emily says they are not sisters.
16	16	"Help"	Samir Rehem	Rachael Schaefer and Frank Van Keeken	September 27, 2013
Michelle's captaincy gets praised by the dancers once again. Everybody gets mad at Emily for being a drama queen and not trying at all. Emily confesses her feelings to Kate about no longer being Dance Captain. Kate says Emily will have to work hard so she can still be a part of the team. James is studying hard for math to improve his grades. Eldon is still mad at Emily for how she treated him when he made his grand gesture, but offers to help her with the moves after she confesses she doesn't know them. It is revealed by Emily that she has been a bad dance captain because her moves are the only ones that she knows. Emily is starting to have feelings for Eldon. Emily changes her heart about Michelle as dance captain, finally accepting her. Stephanie decides to act like Emily forgetting Michelle. Michelle decides to change the line positions for the routine so everyone re-auditions for their spots and Emily does really well but Michelle still puts in the back row, which angers Eldon.
17	17	"Forget You"	Samir Rahem	Rachael Schaefer and Frank Van Keeken	October 4, 2013
Emily confronts Michelle for her placement in the back row, saying Michelle put her in the back row because Michelle has a enormous crush on Eldon. Michelle denies this but later admits in the confessional that she does have a "little" crush on him. Eldon comforts Emily and after they talk a little, they share a kiss. Eldon talks to Michelle about Emily's line placement and Michelle promises she will switch Emily and Eldon's positions. Meanwhile, Stephanie auditions for a commercial and the director likes her but says behind her back that he hated her; Stephanie overhears this and is embarrassed. Riley begins to make math cue cards for James, but states that they're just friends when confronted by Tiffany. Michelle reveals she will switch Emily and Eldon and everyone disagrees but they let her do it anyway. Then Riley runs in and tells everyone that Emily and Stephanie are leaving the studio, shocking and angering everyone just as the episode ends.
18	18	"Brand New"	Patrick Sisam	Frank Van Keeken and Chloe van Keeken	October 11, 2013
A-Troupe decides to hold auditions for two new dancers to replace Emily and Stephanie. They let B-Troupe members audition and Giselle is desperate to make it in. Emily and Stephanie go to audition for Elite. Riley goes to James' school to teach him Michelle's routine and sees he's stressed out about his upcoming math test. Riley tests him and he gets all of the answers right. When she asks for a high five to congratulate him, he pulls her in for a hug instead. She then teaches the routine and they dance together. It is later revealed that James feels like anything is possible with Riley and is happy that she sticks by him and believes in him. Eldon goes to Elite to see how Emily is doing and she promises that even if they are at different studios, they will always be together. But just as Kate and Chris are about to reveal the two new A-Troupe dancers, Stephanie comes back and asks if she can audition for A-Troupe because she did not make it to Elite but Emily did, leaving her behind, betraying her and ruining their friendship.
19	19	"First Date"	Frank Van Keeken	Frank Van Keeken and Chloe Van Keeken	October 18, 2013
Stephanie is allowed to audition for A-Troupe despite how angry everyone is with her. Despite that, she is let in and cries happy tears when she makes it. Later James walks in to see Riley dancing a solo to a song called "Where Did Everybody Go?", and it stirs him up a little. He re-joins A-Troupe after he passes his math test with a B+, earning him his A-Troupe spot and a date with Riley. Giselle rejoins A-Troupe as well. Michelle and Stephanie agree to create a new Regionals routine as Emily might share A-Troupes ideas with the people at Elite. After choreographing it, Daniel begins to mark the routine, Kate tells him he needs to work harder or his solo will be taken away. Daniel practices alone and states that his injury is much better now. Michelle and Eldon choreograph a duet together for the Regionals routine and Michelle believes there is something between them. James and Riley go on their first date at the studio where they have food from many different countries, they eat, dance and kiss at the end. Absent: Alexandra Beaton as Emily
20	20	"We Are Family"	Frank Van Keeken	Frank Van Keeken and Chloe Van Keeken	October 25, 2013
Riley tries to make her relationship with Emily as sisters work out. Emily disagrees at first but later on agrees to try to make things right between them. Meanwhile, Eldon takes Emily on a date, but Emily doesn't like the food he brings, so they decide to talk. That makes Eldon like Michelle a bit more. Emily was in the back row at Elite, but in the end, Amanda and Lucien agree she can be in the middle row after she improves. While Emily and Riley talk, Riley tells Emily she went on a date with James, and she needs advice to know if whether they're in a relationship or not. Emily tells her to be straight up with him and ask. In the end of the episode, while Eldon dances their duet with Michelle, Riley arrives and reminds him he's supposed to be at a date with Emily. After, he knows he's in love with Michelle. At the very end, Riley pulls James from the group, so she can ask him if they're in a relationship or not, she says she would like to be and then he runs and hugs her. Riley and James are officially in a relationship.
21	21	"Break Stuff"	Frank Van Keeken	Brian Hartigan and Frank Van Keeken	November 1, 2013
Giselle and Daniel want to do an overhead lift in the routine called "The Helicopter" but Kate says no because it is too risky. They talk to Michelle and she lets them show it to her. They do and Michelle loves it and lets them do it. Meanwhile, Stephanie gets a role on a television show, only to find out it is filming the same weekend as Regionals. Also, West runs into a member from his former dance crew, Marcel, and he doesn't want Marcel to know that he is in A-Troupe since West left the crew without telling Marcel. At practice when Daniel and Giselle do the helicopter, Daniel badly sprains his ankle and has to leave A-Troupe and will be out indefinitely, not being able to take part in Regionals. He is devastated.
22	22	"Come Back... Be Here"	Frank Van Keeken	Frank Van Keeken	November 8, 2013
Michelle tells the A-Troupe members that they need to get Emily to rejoin the studio; they disagree at first but later on agree so they go to Elite to convince her to rejoin but she refuses. Amanda and Lucien move Emily up to the front row of their routine. While leaving, Amanda says "hi" to James which earns him a light slap on the arm from a sad Riley. Riley admits it is hard to be dating someone who dated lots of girls in the dance community. James has the Regionals solo now that Daniel is gone and he just can't get it right, and his math grades begin to slip again. Riley warns him about it but he doesn't care about his grades. Eventually James tells Kate he can't dance the solo anymore and Kate understands so she tries to give it to West, who refuses it. Later Emily overhears Amanda and Lucien plotting to kick her out of Elite when Regionals come and she leaves. Eldon confesses to Michelle that he wants to be with her, but then Emily comes back and her and Eldon hug but Eldon still wants to be with Michelle who now thinks her and Eldon are not meant to be.
23	23	"Dancing in the Street"	Mitchell Ness	Frank Van Keeken	November 15, 2013
A-Troupe assembles a dance battle with "Seeds", West's dance crew. Emily and Stephanie finally make up and become friends again. When Seeds arrive at the studio, everyone finds out that West dances with Seeds and he is forced to pick a crew, and he picks A-Troupe. When Emily begins to show true captaincy to the team, Michelle thinks that Emily should be her co-captain. Michelle begins to avoid Eldon because he is dating Emily and she is back now. Ultimately, A-Troupe loses the battle against Seeds and they are very upset. Back at the studio, Emily takes a stand saying she is happy they lost because now they what they are competing against at Regionals since Seeds will be going to Regionals and she offers to buy everyone juice which they accept. Michelle tells Emily she wants Emily to be her co-captain and Emily is very shocked.
24	24	"Price Tag"	Mitchell Ness	Frank Van Keeken and Chloe Van Keeken	November 22, 2013
Emily accepts Michelle's offer to be her co-captain and they agree that they need to create a new Regionals routine. Chloe’s financial problems finally boil over when she is late for a payment again and she confesses to Kate that she has a job. Chloe decides it would be best for her to leave A-Troupe. Co-Captains Michelle and Emily decide to work together and encourage the team to help Chloe. The team goes to the restaurant Chloe works in to give her huge tips, in which she uses to pay for A-Troupe.
25	25	"Bad Moon Rising"	Derby Crewe	Frank Van Keeken	November 29, 2013
It starts off with the troupe practicing the routine then Emily says the energy was great so we can all go home then Chris and Kate inform them that since they all worked so hard they should have a fun night where they hang out as friends not team mates so they all come and play a fun game called machine then play truth or dare where Riley asks West what's his biggest secret. Which he says is witnessing a robbery then West dares Stephanie to order a juice with Tiffany being the hands but when they all go Tiffany puts lipstick on Stephanie then they all come back and Kate wants to put a movie on so they have to dance to pick and James wins but gives his choice to Riley then after the movie they play truth or dare. Tiffany dares James to kiss Riley then James dare's Emily to do the salteen cracker challenge then Emily dares Michelle which guy does she like she said West then later Eldon went up to Michelle and say's he wants to break up with Emily and Michelle says if you break up with her now it will tear the team apart then they tell ghost stories girls against boys whoever gets freaked out has to pay. First Stephanie tells a story which the guys have heard of and then west tells a story about chickens which Riley is frightened of and then James pops out in a chicken costume and scares Riley then the girls prank the guys by putting hot sauce on the pizza which the boys figured out. Then a cop comes and arrests James. The girls then reveal it was a joke. The guys were shocked that they were double pranked. The cop was actually Giselle's uncle and Kate was part of the prank.
26	26	"Can't Fight This Feeling"	Kim Derko	Frank Van Keeken	December 6, 2013
Excitement turns to worry when the dancers receive the wrong costumes for Regionals. They try on other costumes from studio B, where James puts a chicken costume on and scares Riley, who is scared of chickens. Riley later says that he defiantly lost brownie points on that joke. They also try on costumes Giselle picks up but they don't turn out well. Stephanie reveals that she got the part she auditioned for in Break Stuff, but that it films the same week as Regionals. Michelle finally confesses to Eldon that she has feelings for him and wants to be with him, Eldon says he has moved, upsetting Michelle very much. Stephanie ultimately decides to give up the TV show and go to the Regionals. A-Troupe is ready to go to Regionals.
27	27	"I'm So Excited"	Mitchell Ness	Frank Van Keeken	December 13, 2013
Regionals are finally here and the competition is heating up. Before A-Troupe leaves, J-Troupe play them a song on instruments to wish them good luck at Regionals. Daniel appears as well. Once they arrive, so do Elite who get the skip the register line since they won last year. Amanda attempts to break A-Troupe apart but fails. When West realizes that Seeds is missing a member from their crew, he wants to join them. Everyone in A-Troupe and Marcel, the leader of Seeds, say no. But after a bit convincing, West is allowed to perform with Seeds. Seeds end up scoring 88 out of 100 points from the judges. Just when A-Troupe are about to perform, West arrives and says he hurt his ankle dancing with"Seeds, but he was only joking. As soon as A-Troupe go on stage to perform, the episode ends.
28	28	"Fancy Footwork"	Mitchell Ness	Frank Van Keeken	December 20, 2013
A-Troupe does their first Regionals routine and they manage to advance to the next round and the third. But in the third round, One of Riley's gloves gets caught in a feather on her bow and their performance goes awry. The Next Step ends up getting eliminated and they are all heartbroken, especially Riley who blames herself for it but everyone else tells her not to. Then James reminds them that they could be given the wild-card spot that will allow them to return, exciting everyone. When they are called back onstage later with two other dance troupes, the announcer announces that The Next Step is the wild-card group and they will return to the competition and everyone is ecstatic. ConfiDance, Annex Dance Academy, Art and Soul and more are all real dance studios in the Ontario area.
29	29	"This Is How We Do It"	Mitchell Ness	Frank Van Keeken	December 27, 2013
The Next Step competes in the semifinals against Seeds. Elite won against Dance Inc. The Next Step's performance is flawless which gets them a score of 93/100, beating Seeds' score of 91/100. Amanda starts to make fun of Emily, who walks away with Riley, forcing Eldon to follow her since she is his girlfriend. Eldon and Emily talk it through and when Emily goes to kiss Eldon he moves away. James gets on Riley's nerves while joking around so Riley yells at him in front of the whole group. After Riley pulls James aside and apologizes for yelling at him. They learn that Riley gets stressed more and James is more calm and relaxed in situations. They both agree to try and be more respectful and supportive of the way the other person is. Emily is starting to notice more about Eldon and Michelle's feelings for each other, when Emily mention Elite will have a plane that's a prop. The Next Step votes to retaliate with Eldon and Michelle's duet in their last performance against Elite.
30	30	"Winner Takes All"	Mitchell Ness	Frank Van Keeken	January 3, 2014
The Next Step face off against Elite in the finals of Regionals. Eldon reveals to Michelle that he wants to be with her and he lied when he said he had moved on, he promises he will tell Emily after regionals. Just before they perform, Emily begs Eldon to tell her whats going on between him and Michelle and Eldon confesses that he wants to be with Michelle causing him and Emily break up and Emily is upset. Also, Riley and James are talking, while Riley notices Beth. James confronts her on why she's there and she tells him she still loves him. James leaves using the excuse he has to perform. When Riley asks what was said he tells her that she just came to see him perform. James states in an interview he didn't tell Riley about Beth saying she loves him because it would jinx her out and she wouldn't be focused on the routine. They perform their Regionals routine, which was Romeo and Juliet themed, with Michelle and Eldon as Romeo and Juliet. The Next Step wins against Elite Studio and are proclaimed as Regionals winners. Michelle and Emily's relationship remains unknown after Emily gives Michelle the cold stare. Riley jumps into James' arms and hugs her and he spins her around in his arms and they kiss on stage in front of everybody including Beth.
—	—	"Rewind (Season 1.5 recap)"	Unknown	Unknown	February 28, 2014
Riley recaps Season 1.5 with a preview of Season 2.

Season 2 (2014–15)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
31	1	"Don't Stop the Party"	Unknown	Unknown	March 7, 2014
After winning Regionals, The Next Step throws A-Troupe a party. Michelle and Eldon's relationship is revealed to the rest of the team, when Emily announces it at the party Kate is not happy and calls emily,Eldon and michelle to discuss the love triangle. Riley becomes jealous as Beth begins flirting with James. When the party is finished Amanda suddenly arrives, saying that she's there to audition for A-Troupe. The team ask what she means about auditioning and she explains to them about the challenge. Emily and Michelle discuss if whether or not they will do the challenge its a yes so later A-Troupe then finds out that they have to re-audition for A-Troupe's Nationals team, along with dancers from other studios. After seeing Amanda getting kicked off Elite at the mall, Michelle lets Amanda audition for A-Troupe. Hunter, a boy from Wisconsin, who is under the impression that Michelle is his girlfriend, arrives, making Eldon jealous. When Michelle tells Hunter that she has a boyfriend and has moved on, him and Emily form a scheme so that Emily can get Eldon back and Hunter can get Michelle back. Chris tells Kate he is leaving The Next Step to become co-owner of a rival dance studio. Kate's sister, Phoebe, becomes the new head choreographer. The Next Step holds re-auditions for A-Troupe after Phoebe is introduced. Even two J-Troupe members audition. The Top 20 is revealed to be Michelle, Emily, Eldon, Hunter, Riley, James, Chloe, Amanda, Noah, Richelle, Thalia, Daniel, Giselle, Stephanie, Tiffany, West, Beth, Kas, Morgan and Jake. The episode ends with Phoebe teaching the Top 20 the new choreography, which is much harder than most of the dancers expected.
32	2	"The Final Cut"	Unknown	Unknown	March 14, 2014
33	3	"Work It"	Unknown	Unknown	March 21, 2014
34	4	"It Takes Two"	Unknown	Unknown	March 28, 2014
35	5	"What'll I Do"	Unknown	Unknown	April 4, 2014
36	6	"Never Enough"	Unknown	Unknown	April 11, 2014
37	7	"I Hope I Get It"	Unknown	Unknown	April 18, 2014
38	8	"Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better"	Unknown	Unknown	April 25, 2014
39	9	"Time to Move On"	Unknown	Unknown	May 2, 2014
40	10	"The Truth Comes Out"	Unknown	Unknown	May 9, 2014
41	11	"Sing"	Unknown	Unknown	May 16, 2014
42	12	"You're the One That I Want"	Unknown	Unknown	May 23, 2014
43	13	"Hazy Shade of Winter"	Unknown	Unknown	May 30, 2014
44	14	"Game On"	Unknown	Unknown	June 6, 2014
45	15	"Make a Plan To Love Me"	Unknown	Unknown	September 12, 2014
46	16	"Sacrifice"	Unknown	Unknown	September 19, 2014
47	17	"Heartbreaker"	Unknown	Unknown	September 26, 2014
48	18	"Hello Trouble"	Unknown	Unknown	October 3, 2014
49	19	"Lost"	Unknown	Unknown	October 10, 2014
50	20	"Better Than This"	Unknown	Unknown	October 17, 2014
51	21	"Under Pressure"	Unknown	Unknown	October 24, 2014
52	22	"Just Dance"	Unknown	Unknown	November 7, 2014
53	23	"Water It"	Unknown	Unknown	November 14, 2014
54	24	"Run This Town"	Unknown	Unknown	November 21, 2014 (2014-11-21)
55	25	"Re-Match"	Unknown	Unknown	November 28, 2014 (2014-11-28)
56	26	"Old Friends"	Unknown	Unknown	December 5, 2014 (2014-12-05)
57	27	"I Don't Know"	Unknown	Unknown	December 12, 2014 (2014-12-12)
58	28	"What You Waiting For?"	Unknown	Unknown	December 19, 2014 (2014-12-19)
59	29	"You Love Me"	Unknown	Unknown	December 26, 2014 (2014-12-26)
60	30	"What Dreamers Do"	Unknown	Unknown	January 2, 2015 (2015-01-02)

Season 3 (2015)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
61	1	"Coming Home?"	Unknown	Unknown	March 15, 2015 (2015-03-15)
A-Troupe is reunited after their Nationals win, but the celebrations are short lived. The team must find a new place to dance, or make a big sacrifice; James helps plan his aunt's wedding Note: Culture Shock went bankrupt and is now a coffee shop called Hidalgos.
62	2	"Game, Set, and Match"	Unknown	Unknown	March 16, 2015 (2015-03-16)
Kate decides to finally tell the dancers the truth, which is Lucien has bought the building and is insisting that they merge with Elite. They first think that they go one on one with Elite, but it could be Elite vs Elite, Elite vs The Next Step or even worse, The Next Step vs The Next Step. Eldon is deeply horrified by the thought of going against his own team, so leaves A-Troupe. Lucien meets up with Daniel in a park and tells him he has the opportunity to join a team going to internationals if he does everything he says, and Daniel agrees. Thalia finds Eldon in the music room, and Eldon tells her he is not ready to come back to A-Troupe. She tells the rest of A-Troupe, and James says he will try and get him back. Michelle is having a hard time trusting Amanda after the past, but when she spies on her talking to Elite and overhears her saying she's with The Next Step, she says she trusts her now. Daniel visits the next step and tells A-Troupe he's with Elite. James finds this as a way to get Eldon back(because Eldon beat Daniel in the Male Soloist category in Nationals) and Eldon comes back. The team is now ready to take on Elite.
63	3	"Secrets"	Unknown	Unknown	March 17, 2015 (2015-03-17)
Emily learns that she will not be able to dance for at least 8 months. She confides in Stephanie and swears her to secrecy. Not wanting Emily to hurt herself Stephanie tells Riley that Emily is unable to dance. Riley confronts Emily who is still insistent to dance so Riley tells A-troupe and Miss Kate meaning Emily is knocked off the team. Lucien makes a deal with Miss Kate that Michelle gets to automatically go through to internationals but she is counted as an Elite team member because she has the Miss National Soloist title.
64	4	"Let the Games Begin"	Unknown	Unknown	March 18, 2015 (2015-03-18)
Dancers compete one on one for a spot on the internationals team. Hunter goes first, and picks Eldon's name. They have to go against each other and Eldon wins, which means Hunter is off the team. Daniel and Lucien come up with a plan to eliminate more of the next step dancers by placing them against each other. When James is called out to dance Lucien creates a diversion allowing Daniel to switch the names in the hat. When James picks out a name from the hat he is shocked to find out that he will have to compete against Riley for a place at internationals.
65	5	"The Fallout"	Unknown	Unknown	March 19, 2015 (2015-03-19)
The episode starts with James and Riley practicing their solo's to compete for a spot at internationals. Riley confesses to James that she would prefer not go to internationals rarther that competing agaist him. James convinces her to dance full out for the team and he also promises to do the same. Riley dances her solo and keeps her promise but when james gets up to do his solo he relises that Riley deserves to have the spot over him and so he walks out. Riley is shocked and mad as he did not keep his promise. After talking to Eldon, Riley realises that james did it to make a good thing out of a bad situation and he did it because he loves her. She goes to find James who is practicing in the music room and she tells him that she loves him and she knows why he did what he did.
66	6	"The Times They Are a Changin'"	Unknown	Unknown	March 20, 2015 (2015-03-20)
Giselle faces a familiar opponent in her battle when she dances against Daniel, fortunately she wins; Chloe defends her place on the team. Tess and Amanda go head to head when Amanda wins she is the seventh dancer to win, the ownership of The Next Step is decided Kate is the owner.
67	7	"Your New Beginning"	Unknown	Unknown	March 23, 2015 (2015-03-23)
The new Elite members (Cierra, Max and Shantel) are having a hard time adjusting to life in A-Troupe, as well as Noah (Who moved up from J-Troupe) James plans a surprise for Riley for when she gets her braces off, which is giving her corn on the cob. Eldon sees, and gets an idea to give Thalia a corn on the cob as well. Shantel and Giselle, as well as Max and West and Noah and Cierra, have to work on a duet to bond with one another. Max and West and Noah and Cierra do fantastic, but Shantel and Giselle fail.
68	8	"I'm Your Captain"	Unknown	Unknown	March 24, 2015 (2015-03-24)
Michelle resigns as dance captain, saying she it isn't fair if she isn't fully committed to the team, so Kate chooses Giselle for the new dance captain. Shantel challenges Giselle for the dance captain position, so they each make a trio and whoever wins is the dance captain. Shantel leads the contemporary dance with Noah, Thalia and West, whilst Giselle does the hip-hop dance with Max, Eldon and Chloe. James needs to find a suit for Aunt Kathy's wedding in his Uncle Enzo's shop. It is going terribly, so Riley helps him out. Giselle wins the trio challenge, which means she is the new dance captain, so Shantel leaves A-Troupe.
69	9	"The Nutcracker Prince"	Unknown	Unknown	March 25, 2015 (2015-03-25)
Eldon challenges West to audition for Le Ballet de la Raine Touring company for The Nutcraker, so West asks for Chloe's help. Chloe goes along with West to audition for moral support, and they make the final round. West doesn't get in, but he is very happy for Chloe who is offered a part. Seeing as Shantel left, there is one more space on A-Troupe, and James is offered the space, but doesn't think he is very committed as he is with his band. At the end, James rejoins A-Troupe and everyone is happy, except Chloe, who has to make a big choice; The Nutcracker or Internationals?
70	10	"Can't Fight This Feeling"	Unknown	Unknown	March 26, 2015 (2015-03-26)
Thalia is starting to get feelings for Eldon, but wanders if him and Michelle are really over each other. Meanwhile, Richelle is bothered by Noah and Abi getting along so well, because she likes Noah. Thalia talks to Michelle about her and Eldon, and Michelle says she is pretty close with him and they are good friends. Thalia then talks Eldon about Michelle and says they have chemistry. This bothers her and then she runs away. Michelle thinks Thalia was asking her about Eldon because he still likes her, so she confronts him and then realizes that Thalia was asking that because she likes him. After that, Michelle tells Thalia that her and Eldon are not getting back together and doesn't even like him like that, and is totally fine with them, so Thalia goes to Eldon and watches him do a dance. When he finishes, they both say they really like each other and hold hands. Meanwhile, Chloe still has no idea what to do about the decision she has to make, West tells her to follow her dream but she doesn't want to let the team down.
71	11	"Marry Me"	Unknown	Unknown	March 27, 2015 (2015-03-27)
James finally meets his aunt's fiance, and discovers he is the crazy guy that was his driving instructor from when he was completing the list of tasks for Riley. Riley is very scared of him, and James says he is beyond weird. Elsewhere, Thalia helps Eldon teach the J-Troupe acro class and they grow closer when they perform a duet for them. Also Michelle has trouble adjusting to her parents divorce and thinks that it is all her fault. Aunt Kathy's wedding preparations are not going well, as Arthur has no best man and the band couldn't make it. James offers to be Arthur's best man and play the wedding with his band. The wedding is a huge success and him and Riley have a lot of fun.
72	12	"Do The Right Thing"	Unknown	Unknown	March 30, 2015 (2015-03-30)
Chloe is growing more and more worried as she has no idea what to to about her decision. Meanwhile, seeing as they are getting along so well, Thalia goes to Eldon in Hidalgos and asks him if he would like to go to a concert with her. Eldon makes up weird excuses because he needs to do 30 pirouettes before he can go out with her. Chloe gets guilty when Miss Kate says she has no idea what she would do without her. Thalia confronts Eldon about what's been going on, so he takes her to James and he explains about the 30 pirouettes. West tells Chloe that if she doesn't take the job offer, she would be letting down the next step. West helps Eldon with his problem, but he is getting sick from all the constant spinning. Chloe finally makes a decision, and tells Miss Kate she has accepted the offer. Miss Kate is very proud of her and says she is following her dream and will miss her a lot. Eldon has given up doing 30 pirouettes, Thalia sees him on the floor and tells him he is doing a really good job. She helps him up and then they start practicing pirouettes together. Chloe is dancing in studio A one last time, and Margie appears. They do a ballet piece together, and Margie waves goodbye and disappears in glitter.
73	13	"Put You First"	Unknown	Unknown	March 31, 2015 (2015-03-31)
James forgets about his anniversary with Riley, so gives her a half eaten box of chocolates. He tells her he has a huge surprise for her later, and Riley tells him she has something big for him too, when actually they have nothing for each other. Meanwhile, Giselle, Thalia and Amanda are practicing a trio to be prepared for internationals, but Amanda has to go to help her mom. Max helps Giselle and Thalia with spacing and they come up with a new trio, so Kate replaces Amanda with Max. West and Eldon see Noah catch a glass of milk while he is talking to Cierra, so they test his catching skills in Hidalgos, and he can also catch while facing the other way. They the test his dodging skills, and he can dodge while flipping. They finally test his senses in the dark, he is blindfolded and West, Eldon and Cierra are wearing night vision goggles but he still catches them very quickly. James creates a song for Riley with his band for her present, and she loves it. Riley puts a huge canvas in studio A and lots of paint. They splash each other with paint and dance together, and have a great anniversary.
74	14	"I Hope I Get It"	Unknown	Unknown	April 1, 2015 (2015-04-01)
With Chloe gone, the team needs to find a twelfth dancer for internationals. They hold B-Troupe auditions with Skylar, Abi, Shannon, Jake and Stephanie(thanks to Emily's motivation) auditioning. Daniel makes a surprise return saying he is there to audition, claiming the Next Step can't win internationals without him. They all audition, and Stephanie does amazing, so she is the twelfth member and rejoins A-Troupe. Michelle contemplates returning to Madison with her mom after talking to Hunter on video chat. meanwhile back at the studio, auditions start for the one spot to fill in for Chloe. the whole A troupe gets to decide who makes it in. Everyone chooses Stephanie.
75	15	"The New Girl in Town"	Unknown	Unknown	April 2, 2015 (2015-04-02)
With Stephanie joining A-Troupe to complete the Internationals Team, the team is very excited and ready to take on internationals. All of A-Troupe is very happy with their team for internationals. Whilst they are all having fun, a dancer from England arrives called Ella who is a part of the internationals exchange program arrives and Riley must mentor her. Riley immediately doesn't like her because she plays a prank on her along with Noah and West, and later plays a prank on Max in Hidalgos. Amanda gets chosen for the exchange program and has to go to Sweden, but Amanda doesn't want to go. Amanda wants to swap with West so West can go to Sweden but Miss Kate explains Amanda is the Alternate for the Internationals Team and will only compete if someone else from A-Troupe can't. Eldon is practicing 30 pirouettes in Studio A with Thalia, but is stuck on 14. Ella and Riley walk in, and Ella offers to help, saying if he does 24 she will kiss him. Thalia doesn't mind at this point, but when he does 24 pirouettes and Ella actually does kiss him, she gets very annoyed and tells Riley she is going to give Eldon more motivation. Giselle needs some help with being a good dance captain, so Michelle gathers some J-Troupers to act out scenarios, but Giselle ends up making the studio "bankrupted 19 times, many injuries and even a deportation". Richelle feels bad for her, so she gives her the dance captain diary that Emily gave her. Thalia drags West into studio A and asks Eldon if he wants to see something, then kisses West twice in front of him. She tells Eldon to spin and he does 9 pirouettes, so she tells him he is disappointing. Riley sees Ella wrapping James' drum kit in bubble wrap and thinks it's funny, so joins in. At the end of the episode, Riley, Eldon and Thalia visit Michelle at her house as she is helping her mom pack. They give her muffins and say goodbye to her. Michelle says later that as hard as it is saying goodbye to her friends, she doesn't know how she'll say goodbye to her mom and may be saying goodbye to them for the last time. She feels really sad and wonders what it would be like to say bye to the next step.
76	16	"Sweet Spot"	Unknown	Frank Van Keekan.	September 11, 2015 (2015-09-11)
James is preoccupied with his band and can't devote time to his duet with Riley for Internationals, so Ella helps her let loose. Meanwhile, Eldon and Thalia try to uncover the studio's sweet spots.
77	17	"Square Dance"	Unknown	Frank Van Keekan	September 17, 2015 (2015-09-17)
As the tension from Internationals mounts, Riley and Ella help the group relax by tricking them into learning square dancing. Meanwhile, Noah has trouble as he works to improve his dancing abilities.