Judged by Nigel Lythgoe and Mary Murphy, what Fox show features a panel of finalists who dance with and against each other for fan votes?
"first five seasons. At the end of the show, show creator and judge Nigel Lythgoe presented his favorite performance, a contemporary piece choreographed by Tyce Diorio and performed by Melissa Sandvig and Ade Obayomi. In March 2014, Chinese television station CCTV broadcast a promotional episode in which notable all-star dancers from the U.S. and Chinese versions of ""So You Think You Can Dance"" competed directly against one-another as teams. Titled ""Zhōngměi Wǔ Lín Guànjūn Duìkàngsài - Super Dancer Born Tonight"", the show was shot in Las Vegas but never aired on U.S. television. ""So You Think You Can Dance"" premiered"
"at that time. ""Judges"": Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy and Adam Shankman ""Judges"": Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy and Wade Robson ""Judges"": Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy and Mia Michaels <nowiki>*</nowiki> All of the dancers also performed the same, pro-peace themed, solo routine to John Mayer's ""Waiting on the World to Change"" , choreographed by Wade Robson. ""Judges"": Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy and Adam Shankman ""Judges"": Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy and Debbie Allen Solos: ""Judges"": Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy and Dan Karaty ""Judges"" Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy, Dan Karaty, Wade Robson, Shane Sparks and Mia Michaels As in season 2, the top 10"
"Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy, Dan Karaty ""Judges"": Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy, Mia Michaels Judges: Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy, Adam Shankman Judges: Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy, Tabitha and Napoleon D'umo ""Judges:"" Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy, Mia Michaels <nowiki>*</nowiki> Comfort Fedoke and Thayne Jasperson were eliminated by the judges, but Jessica King later had to withdraw from the competition due to injury. She was replaced by Fedoke, the most recent eliminated female. ""Judges:"" Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy, Lil' C ""Judges:"" Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy, Toni Basil ""Judges:"" Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy, Adam Shankman ""Judges:"" Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy, Mandy Moore Mia Michaels"
"audience votes from the night before) is revealed. Show creator and producer Nigel Lythgoe, who also judges on the American version of the show, formed the original core judging panel with former ""Strictly Come Dancing"" judge Arlene Phillips. Lythgoe and Phillips were the only permanent judges in the audition process for the series, but guest judges Sisco Gomez and Louise Redknapp remained on the panel as permanent judges in the live shows. During the second series, Alexandra Burke featured as a guest judge throughout the auditions and Choreographer camp. John Barrowman also appeared as a guest judge on one live"
"see more industry dancers auditioning after the favourable response to the first season of the show. Nigel Lythgoe will make an appearance in this season as a guest judge. He only appeared in the Top 100 week of the auditions. Also, neither Nigel Lythgoe or Bonnie Lythgoe sat next to each other during that stage of auditions due to their divorce in 2007. Green background means the couple won the ""McDonald's I'm lovin it Performance of the Night"" for their dance. Judges: Jason Coleman, Bonnie Lythgoe and Matt Lee Judges: Jason Coleman, Bonnie Lythgoe, Matt Lee and Jason Gilkison Judges:"
"show respectively, and Russian dancer Kristina Rihanoff, who had taken part in the Dancing with the Stars tour. Nicole Cutler was the only professional from the previous series not to return. On 20 December 2008, actor Tom Chambers and his professional partner, Camilla Dallerup were crowned series champions. This was the last series to feature Phillips on the judging panel, as she was controversially replaced by series 5 winner Alesha Dixon for the seventh series. The couples dance each week in a live show. The judges score each performance out of ten (with four judges giving a maximum score of"
"of 2–4 permanent judges, supplemented by occasional guest judges, with the panel sometimes ballooning up to twice or more its normal size for callback episodes or season finales. Executive producer an co-creator of the show Nigel Lythgoe is the only judge to have sat as a permanent member of the panel across all seasons, although ballroom specialist Mary Murphy has also sat as a permanent member of the panel in seven seasons. Other permanent judges have included film director and choreographer Adam Shankman, contemporary choreographer Mia Michaels, pop music and dance icon Paula Abdul, noted youth dancer Maddie Ziegler, music"
"Diorio, the foxtrot with Jean-Marc Généreux, group choreography, contemporary choreography with Mia Michaels, and a final solo for the remaining contestants. Nigel Lythgoe and Mary Murphy were part of the judging panel for the week, along with Debbie Allen, Mia Michaels, Napoleon D'umo and Tabitha D'umo. As in seasons 2 and 3, the finals began with 20 contestants, ten male and ten female. After partners are assigned, couples pick a dance style out of a hat, are rehearsed by a choreographer, and perform their routine. Following the airing of the performances, home viewers vote for their favorite couple. The bottom"
"each team is assigned a different style (which may or may not be their choreographer's specialty) and must put together a routine in that genre and perform it on that week's “Live Show”. At-home viewers then vote via phone for their favorite teams, with the two that pull the least number of votes being forced to participate in a dance-off against one another, with Karaty selecting the winner each week, the losing team being eliminated from competition. After 4 of these shows, the winning team is decided solely by viewer vote. The Ultimate Dance Battle The Ultimate Dance Battle (""TUDB"")"
"""Dicko"" Dickson and Bruno Tonioli have also appeared as guest judges throughout the series, providing feedback and scores as part of their judging role. Pamela Anderson, Damian Whitewood, Olivia Newton-John and Dame Edna Everage have also appeared as guest judges, but providing comments and feedback only. Key: Previous Current The following are the dances performed by couples on ""Dancing with the Stars"". In addition, each couple in the final round performs a dance of any style or combination of styles of their choosing, called ""freestyle"". In late 2005, the winners of series two (Tom Williams) and three (Ada Nicodemou) competed"
"So You Think You Can Dance (U.S. season 7) So You Think You Can Dance is a United States television reality program and dance competition airing on the Fox Broadcasting Company network. Season seven premiered on May 27, 2010. In the August 12 finale, contemporary/jazz dancer Lauren Froderman was named ""America's Favorite Dancer"" and received the grand prize of $250,000, as well as an appearance on the cover of ""Dance Spirit"" magazine and in print advertising for Gatorade. Contemporary dancers Kent Boyd and Robert Roldan were named runner-up and third-place finisher, respectively. Nigel Lythgoe and Adam Shankman returned as permanent"
"for one of the bottom two couples via text messages. In the first three seasons, the lowest two scored couples were sent directly to the public vote. The process is repeated several times until the final five couples are sent directly to a Duel with a new dance style. Then, The final four are divided randomly in two Semifinals where they will compete to advance to the Season Finale. In the Semifinals, three or four previously performed dances are shown again to the judges. They will cast a vote for one of the two couples. At the same time, the"
"and dancer & choreographer Sisco Gomez. Preliminary auditions took place in major UK cities, starting in October 2009, with the first episode being aired on BBC1 in January 2010. There have since been two series with Charlie Bruce and Matt Flint taking the winners' title respectively. Phillips's appointment as judge for the series came soon after the controversy over her departure from ""Strictly Come Dancing"", which prompted media speculation that she would become a judge for ITV1's ""Dancing on Ice"" or Sky1's then upcoming show ""Got to Dance"" (then titled ""Just Dance""), presented by Davina McCall. In July 2017, Phillips"
"has a religious feel to it. Zack is a backup dancer for Disney. He's a backup dancer for ""High School Musical 3"" and is Zac Efron's stand in. With that he also teaches Efron the routines when the HSM3 star cannot show up for rehearsal. Dance War: Bruno vs. Carrie Ann Dance War: Bruno vs. Carrie Ann was an American reality TV show dance competition featuring choreographers Bruno Tonioli and Carrie Ann Inaba, two of the four ""Dancing with the Stars"" judges. Drew Lachey, ""Dancing with the Stars"" season two champion, hosted the show. The show, based on United Kingdom"
"variability in how long couples are kept together and how the at-home-viewer votes are balanced against judge decisions, though ultimately at some point in every season, the judges give up their power to save dancers and eliminations are determined exclusively by viewer votes. The total number of hours shown in a given week during the performance phase of the competition has varied from two to four hours. A season's finale episode is often the most elaborately produced show of a season and features the last performances of the competitors, encore performances of many of the season's most acclaimed routines, guest"
"the audience as it observes their attempts to cope with the challenges of the week—the judge's panel selects their finalists from the remaining dancers, breaking the good or bad news to each dancer. Following the finalist selection process, the show transitions into its regular competition phase, which lasts the rest of the season. The competition stage is divided into 5 weeks (two episodes each, consisting a performance episode and a results show revealing who goes/who stays as the outcome of the at-home-viewer voting), with two contestants eliminated per week. Dancers are paired-up — in some seasons at random, and in"
"of well known celebrities with professional ballroom dancers, who each week compete by performing one or more choreographed routines that follow the prearranged theme for that particular week. The dancers are then scored by a panel of judges. Viewers are given a certain amount of time to place votes for their favorite dancers, either by telephone or (in some countries) online. The couple with the lowest combined score provided by the judges and viewers is eliminated. This process continues until there are only two or three couples left; when they have competed for the last time one couple is declared"
"a colosseum-style duel. During the heats stage of the competition, eight acts would perform during each episode in four duels. Once each duel was complete, the studio audience would vote for the act they think should progress through to the dance duel decider round. During this round, the studio audience would vote again for the two acts they think should win $10,000 and progress through to the finals. During the finals, dance acts would compete for the ultimate prize of $250,000. But there turned out to be no finals, and of course, no winners, due to the show's cancellation. ""Everybody"
"potential 40-point maximum. ""Individual judges' scores in the charts below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Carrie Ann Inaba, Len Goodman, Julianne Hough, Bruno Tonioli."" The couples danced the cha-cha-cha, quickstep, salsa, tango, or Viennese Waltz. At the end, the show paid tribute to season 11 contestant, Florence Henderson who died three days after last season's finale. The couples danced one unlearned dance. Foxtrot, jazz, jive, and paso doble are introduced. Due to a calf muscle injury, Maksim Chmerkovskiy was unable to perform, so Heather Morris danced with troupe member Alan Bersten instead. The"
"is a ratings success averaging around 2 million viewers a week nationally during its peak which places the series number 1 of the entire day. The show pairs celebrities with professional ballroom dancers who each week compete against each other in a dance-off to impress a panel of judges and ultimately the viewing public in order to survive potential elimination. Through telephone and SMS voting, viewers vote for the duo they think should remain in the competition. Judges' scores are combined with the viewer votes when determining which duo is eliminated. The logo used for the first seven series of"
"competition by voting. The bottom two will perform again and then the judges will decide which act they would like to see again in the competition. The season finale consists of the top 4, and in addition to their solos, each also dances several other numbers, while being paired or grouped with the other finalists in such a way that ""everyone dances with everyone."" In addition, during the grand finale, contestants who were eliminated that season come back, and that season's favorite dances are showcased. At the end of the finale, the winner (the competitor with the highest number of"
"combined with the results of a public televote to decide which two couples gave the weakest performance each week. These two couples then dance again, before the judges decide who should leave the competition. Phillips was asked to be a judge for the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) version of the show, ""Dancing with the Stars"", but decided that her loyalties lay with the British version. In 2005 and 2006, Phillips was a judge for the spin-off series ""Strictly Dance Fever"", which was also created by the BBC. The show searched for dancers to join the chorus of a West End"
"called ""couple's choice"", giving a total of 18 dance styles in the competition. The winners were Stacey Dooley and Kevin Clifton. Runners-up Ashley Roberts and Faye Tozer matched Caroline Flack's record in 2014 of scoring perfect 40s for all three dances in the final. Roberts also set a record of achieving the most 40s during a series, with five. On 30 May 2018, the list of professionals returning for the sixteenth series was revealed. Professionals from the last series who did not return included Series 1 winner Brendan Cole and Chloe Hewitt. Graziano Di Prima, Johannes Radebe and Luba Mushtuk"
"this list. According to the traditional 30-point scale. ""Unless indicated otherwise, individual judges scores in the charts below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Carrie Ann Inaba, Len Goodman, Bruno Tonioli."" <nowiki>*</nowiki> The couple performed this dance at the finale The fan voting for Master P and Jerry Rice received some controversy during this season. Master P received very low points from the judges during his time on the show and the fans and judges were disappointed that he outlasted Tatum O'Neal and Giselle Fernandez. Towards the end of the competition, Jerry Rice received"
"crew were asked to leave the studio, which was locked down, before eliminations were announced. ""Judges"": Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy and Dan Karaty ""Judges"": Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy and Mia Michaels ""Judges"": Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy and Debbie Allen ¹ Jessi Peralta was unable to participate in the performance show because she was undergoing medical treatment at the time. Melanie LaPatin danced the Cha-Cha with Pasha instead of Peralta, and only Pasha was credited with the votes for the performance. Peralta was required to perform a solo on the results show, which she was able to do, and was eliminated"
"Dominic Sandoval from Season 3, Courtney Galiano from Season 4, Ade Obayomi from Season 5 and Kathryn McCormick from Season 6. Also featured was the winner of Season 6, Russell Ferguson. So You Think You Can Dance (U.S. season 7) So You Think You Can Dance is a United States television reality program and dance competition airing on the Fox Broadcasting Company network. Season seven premiered on May 27, 2010. In the August 12 finale, contemporary/jazz dancer Lauren Froderman was named ""America's Favorite Dancer"" and received the grand prize of $250,000, as well as an appearance on the cover of"
"in which one couple is voted off each week until three couples are left for the final live show. Voting is done by professional judges and the viewing public, each making up 50% of the total score. The four judges award scores out of ten, while the public phones in to vote for their favourite. During the weeks of the live shows, the couples live together in a ""Dance Mansion"" where they receive intensive training. The show is open to non-professional dancers over the age of 18. Even though Robertson had previously won a similar competition on MTV called ""Shakedown"""
"received positive reviews and was later chosen as a ""Judges' Favorite"" by judge and executive producer Nigel Lythgoe to be performed again during the finale. BuddyTV.com wrote that the routine deserved an Emmy nomination. Although Tabitha and Napoleon were not nominated for ""No Air"", they were nominated for ""Bleeding Love"", another lyrical hip-hop routine performed by Mark Kanemura and Chelsie Hightower which the ""San Francisco Gate"" called a ""great drama from hip-hop choreographers Tabitha and Napoleon D'Umo, danced with chemistry and theatrical flair."" This routine was picked as a ""Judges' Favorite"" by choreographer and judge Christopher ""Lil' C"" Toler. In"
"contestants in individual dance genres. Lythgoe has noted that although fans of the show complained about season 7's format and missed ""the interconnection between people who had never been in competition before,"" ""putting [contestants] with an All-Star lifted their game immensely,"" which informed his decision to combine the two formats and try to ""have the best of both worlds."" This season also marked the first time that the public was able to cast their votes by SMS or online, in addition to calling in, with a limit of 50 votes per viewer. Contestants are listed alphabetically by first name, then"
"and New York, have featured in most seasons. During this stage, dancers perform a brief routine (typically a solo, but duet and group routines are allowed as well) before a panel of dance experts, usually headed by series creator and executive producer Nigel Lythgoe. This panel then decides on-the-spot whether the dancer demonstrated enough ability and performance value to proceed further. If the dancer exhibited exceptional ability in their performance, judges award ""a ticket to Vegas"" (or in more recent seasons ""a ticket to the Academy""), moving them instantly one step forward in the competition. Alternatively, if judges are on"
"group dances and appeared on ""It Takes Two"". On 4 May 2017, Series 7 finalist, Natalie Lowe announced that she would be departing the show. Five days later, Shirley Ballas announced that she would be replacing Len Goodman as head judge. On 21 June 2017, previous series professional champion, Joanne Clifton, as well as Oksana Platero announced that they would also be leaving. The new professionals replacing them are Australian Open champion, Dianne Buswell, Welsh dancer, Amy Dowden, and Ukrainian two-time world champion, Nadiya Bychkova. On 7 August, Nick Grimshaw announced that Mollie King is the first celebrity to be"
"later in the show. On 20 December 2017, previously confirmed celebrity, Aoife Walsh, was forced to pull out of the show due to injury; she was replaced by Alannah Beirne. This table only counts for dances scored on a traditional 30-points scale. The highest and lowest performances in each dance according to the judges' scale are as follows. ""Unless indicated otherwise, individual judges scores in the charts below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Brian Redmond, Loraine Barry, Julian Benson. ""Individual judges scores in the charts below (given in parentheses) are listed in this"
"more once). Additionally, voting is usually then cast for individual dancers rather than couples. Lastly, the judges often give up their power to save dancers until top 6 revealed, and eliminations are determined exclusively by viewer votes, with judges serving in only an advisory capacity. In the final performance show, the remaining dancers typically each dance duets with all of their remaining fellow finalists as well as perform solos and participate in group numbers. The following night's season finale episode is often the most elaborately produced show of a season and features the last performances of the competitors, encore performances"