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So You Think You Can Dance (2005 — present) is an American reality dance competition. It is broadcast on the Fox Network (USA), Fox Japan, CTV (Canada), Living (UK and Ireland), and Network Ten (Australia). The series first premiered on July 20, 2005 and has a similar premise to the American Idol series of singing competitions, with nationwide auditions leading to the discovery of the next big star. There are now spin off versions of the show in Ukraine, Canada, Greece, Poland, Malaysia, Norway, The Netherlands, South Africa and Australia. Other countries are in the works as well.
[edit] Season 5
[edit] Top 10 Perform [5.16]
- Comments Debbie Allen made as a guest judge.
- Debbie Allen: "This experience tonight says that this show has gone beyond being a competition. It is a conversation. It is a conversation that is connecting a community of dance around the world. This is truly evangelizing dance in a way that nothing else has."
- Debbie Allen: "Tonight we've gone from Bollywood to Paso Doble and now to Africa. What's so important about this dance style being apart of this show is that it is the origin of hip hop, jazz, all of those wonderful styles that we love so much. This is the mother of them all."
[edit] Season 4
[edit] Top 16 Perform [4.10]
- Comment Adam Shankman made as a guest judge in response to a dance choreographed by Tabitha and Napoleon D'umo.
- Adam Shankman:"The great thing about this show is that we've really explored a totally new thing which is lyrical hip hop and you guys nail it. This show has shown that hip hop is just a completely legitimate beautiful genre in and of its own and you can tell such beautiful and heart breaking stories."
[edit] Finale [4.23]
- Comment Robert "Mr. Fantastic" Muraine made about the live popping battle he participated in with Phillip "Pacman" Chbeeb.
- Robert Muraine:"I want to give much respect to Phillip and to everyone that had us here and everything. This is the first televised popping battle and it's a honor to be apart of that and I want to thank everybody."
- At its best, the show provides a kind of kicky fun, the good side of cheesy. But it’s also outdated and perpetuates many stereotypes about what constitutes good dance (speed is in, subtlety is out), what language is used to describe it and how training makes boring dancers.
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