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World of Dance is an American reality competition television series executive produced by Jennifer Lopez. The first two seasons were hosted by Jenna Dewan. The third season saw a change in hosts, as Scott Evans hosted season three and four.[1] The series features dance performers, including solo acts and larger groups, representing any style of dance, competing for a grand prize of $1 million.[2] The contestants are scored by judges Jennifer Lopez, Ne-Yo, and Derek Hough.
World of Dance | |
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Genre | Reality competition |
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Opening theme | "Phantom Pt. II" by Justice |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 4 |
No. of episodes | 49 (list of episodes) |
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Running time | 60-120 minutes |
Production companies | Nuyorican Productions World of Dance Universal Television Alternative |
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Network | NBC |
Release | May 30, 2017 – August 12, 2020 |
The series was created in partnership with the World of Dance enterprise, which produces dance competitions and dance lifestyle events in more than 25 countries, spanning the U.S., Europe, South America, and Asia. Videos captured from these events have driven more than 1 billion views online.
The series premiered on NBC on May 30, 2017. The fourth season premiered on May 26, 2020.[3]
In March 2021, the series was canceled after four seasons.[4]
Season 2
While the format for season two remained relatively unchanged, there were a few slight alterations. Season 2 received a 16-episode order,[5] six more than the ten-episode first season. Additionally, this season, a fourth category, Junior Team, was added for acts under 18 with 5 or more members. The qualifier rounds are cut down from a two minutes to a one-minute routine. The Duels routines are cut down from two minutes to 75 seconds. The top three highest-scoring acts in The Cut from each division will move on to The Divisional Final, in season one it was just the top two. The Cut, Divisional and World Final rounds are cut down from a two minutes to a '90 seconds'-routine. In The Cut and Divisional Final guest celebrities are assigned as mentors to each division. On World Final there are intermezzo shows. Season two by Les Twins, Keone & Mari (actually Mariel) Madrid, Kinjaz and Derek Hough.
Season 3
Original host Jenna Dewan left after the conclusion of season two which left the position open. Access Live co-host, Scott Evans took over as host in the third season. The required qualifier score to enter the duels increased from 80 to 85. The duels feature a redemption round where the Top 2 eliminated acts (in each division) with the highest score compete head to head for a second chance to advance to The Cuts. In the redemption, the 2 acts compete back to back to the same music. Afterwards, the judges vote to decide which act will advance.
In the Divisional Final, the judges pick one more act to advance to the World Final as a wild card.[6] In the World Final, each act performs once instead of twice.
The guest judge is removed this season.
Season 4
The team divisions have now been merged within the Junior and Upper divisions so There are now only 2 divisions; Junior Division and Upper Division.
The scoring system was abolished in favor of votes (this applies for Qualifiers and Duels).
In the Qualifiers, contestants need at least two yeses to proceed to the Duels. Judges may also cast a callback vote which gives the contestants a final chance to perform again to advance to the Duels
In the Duels, contestants no longer choose their opponent. Instead, the judges pick who they are battling and is revealed only upon entering the room. Moreover, a guest judge picks who will perform head-to-head in the Redemption Duels.
In the Cut, contestants are no longer separated by division, instead just some uppers and some juniors in each episode. Another point of interest may be the scores were used to figure out which 2 would make it to the world finals, what was unusual was the fact because of this, there was a chance all of the people in the world finals would be from the same division, also a high scoring team didn't get through but a lower scoring one did, again it wouldn't have been a big deal if the 2 leaderboards were combined.
Another change was they removed the Divisional Finals.
In the world finals, a change of knowing your score after your dance instead of all together at the end.
In preparation for season two, handpicked competitors, being talented in any styles of dancing, from qualifying events around the nation and thousands of online submissions, are divided into four divisions: Junior (groups of 1 to 4, under 18), Upper (groups of 1 to 4, 18 and older), Junior Team (groups of 5+, under 18) and Upper Team (groups of 5+, 18 and older). In some cases dancers who didn't apply were directly contacted by the producers or their agents. The below listed processes can change depending on the season being watched or recorded; however, this layout should fill all the general criteria.
The elimination process of the contestants are in four rounds:
In the World Final all four division champions and one wild card will compete for the US$1,000,000 grand prize. In Season 1 and 2 every act performed twice in two separate rounds with the final score being determined by the average score of both rounds. Starting in Season 3, each act only performed once. The contestant(s) with the highest final score being crowned World of Dance champion and winning the US$1,000,000 grand prize.
The judges are scoring in 5 categories. Each category is worth 20 points, with a perfect score of 100:
Jennifer Lopez, who serves as both executive producer and judge, felt that the series would be a return to her roots; Lopez had achieved early fame as a member of In Living Color's dance crew, The Fly Girls. She explained that dance had been her "first form of artistic expression", and that the series "reminded me of all the reasons why I love dance and why I wanted to do this in the first place".[2]
The series premiere was originally scheduled for May 8, 2017 (as a lead-out for The Voice), but was pushed back to May 30, 2017, to serve as a lead-out for the season premiere of America's Got Talent.[8][9] On June 29, 2017, NBC renewed the series for a second season,[10] which premiered on May 29, 2018—once again complementing the next season of America's Got Talent.[11]
In May 2018, prior to its season 2 premiere, World of Dance was renewed for a third season; instead of airing as a summer series, it aired at midseason, premiering on February 26, 2019, before it was moved to a new Sunday night timeslot.[12][13][14] Host Jenna Dewan announced that she would step down from her role as host for season 3. She was eventually replaced by Access Hollywood co-host Scott Evans.[15] The fourth season premiered on May 26, 2020.[16]
On March 15, 2021, the series was canceled after four seasons.[4]
Season | Duration | Episodes | Winner's prize | Finalists | Host | Judging Panel | |||||||
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Premiere | Finale | Winner | Runner-up | Third place | Fourth place | Fifth place | |||||||
1 | May 30, 2017 | August 8, 2017 | 10 | $1,000,000 | Les Twins | Eva Igo | Swing Latino | Keone & Mari | Kinjaz | Jenna Dewan | Ne-Yo | Jennifer Lopez | Derek Hough |
2 | May 29, 2018 | September 12, 2018 | 16 | The Lab | Michael Dameski | Charity & Andres | S-Rank | Karen y Ricardo | |||||
3 | February 26, 2019 | May 5, 2019 | 11 | Kings United | Unity LA | Ellie & Ava | VPeepz | Briar Nolet | Scott Evans | ||||
4 | May 26, 2020 | August 12, 2020 | 12 | MDC 3 | Jefferson and Adrianita | Géométrie Variable | Oxygen | Jake & Chau |
Legend:
Country | Title | TV Network | Seasons and winners | Prize | Hosts | Judges |
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World of Dance Philippines | ABS-CBN | Season 1, 2019: FCPC Baliktanaw | ₱2,000,000 | Luis Manzano Pia Wurtzbach |
Billy Crawford Gary Valenciano Maja Salvador |
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World of Dance Polska | Polsat | Season 1, 2018: Ildar Gaynutdinov | $100,000 | Olga Kalicka Karol Niecikowski |
Michał Malitowski Edyta Herbuś Rafał Kamiński |
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World of Dance Thailand | One31 | Season 1, 2018: DD Flection | ฿1,000,000 | Unknown | |
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Танці. World of Dance | STB | Season 1, 2022: Tymur Putiata & Yevheniya Pindyura (Kids) Yevhen Karyakin (Adults) Twinkles. Creative Dance Family (Teams) |
No prize | Natalia Tatarintseva | Yevhen Kot Tetyana Denisova Maksim Chmerkovskiy (the jury was cut out of the season for Denisova staying in Russia during the country's invasion of Ukraine)[18] |
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World of Dance | NBC | Season 1, 2017: Les Twins Season 2, 2018: The Lab Season 3, 2019: Kings United Season 4, 2020: MDC 3 |
$1,000,000 | Jenna Dewan (1–2) Scott Evans (3–4) |
Jennifer Lopez Ne-Yo Derek Hough |
Note: The year given is the year of the ceremony
Year | Award | Nominee | Result |
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2019 | Outstanding Choreography for Variety or Reality Programming | Melvin "Timtim" Rogador (for "Drop It Like It's Hot", "Headband", "DNA") | Nominated |
Suresh Mukund (for "Malhari", "Yeh Raat", "O Fortuna") | Nominated | ||
Karen Forcano and Ricardo Vega (for "Pegate", "La Malanga", "Caminare") | Nominated | ||
Tessandra Chavez (for "Piece by Piece", "Don't Wanna Think", "Fix You") | Won | ||
Outstanding Hairstyling for a Multi-Camera Series or Special | Dean Banowetz, Meagan Herrera-Schaaf, Cory Rotenberg, Yuko Koach, John McCormick and Melanie Verkins (for "Episode 306") | Nominated | |
2020 | Outstanding Choreography for Variety or Reality Programming | Jefferson Benjumea and Adrianita Avila (for "Dos Jueyes", "El Ray Timbal") | Nominated |
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