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  • 2005
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  • 2005
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Summary From FOX, the creators of American Idol and the producers of American Bandstand and The American Music Awards comes So You Think You Can Dance.In its sophomore season, this show is offering the winner a one year contract for Celine Dion's Vegas show, a brand new car and $100K cash. Contestants perform a particular style of dance each we...

  • 2005
  • TV-PG
  • FOX
  • 2005
  • TV-PG
  • FOX
So You Think You Can Dance
19 Seasons
Season 1 Premiere: 2005
Metascore Generally Unfavorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews
31
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 65 User Ratings
6.5
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Summary From FOX, the creators of American Idol and the producers of American Bandstand and The American Music Awards comes So You Think You Can Dance.In its sophomore season, this show is offering the winner a one year contract for Celine Dion's Vegas show, a brand new car and $100K cash. Contestants perform a particular style of dance each we...

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19 Seasons

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Cat Deeley

Self - Hostess, Self - Host, Self - Guest Judge

Nigel Lythgoe

Self - Judge

Mark Thompson

Announcer

Mary Murphy

Self - Judge, Self - Choreographer, Choreographer

Mia Michaels

Self - Judge, Self - Choreographer, Self - Guest Judge

Adam Shankman

Self - Judge, Self - Guest Judge, Self

Tyce Diorio

Self - Choreographer, Self - Guest Judge, Self - Judge

Stephen Boss

Self, Self - Judge, Self - All-Star

Travis Wall

Self - Choreographer, Self - Contestant, Self

Kathryn McCormick

Self - All-Star, Self, Self - Dancer

Tabitha Dumo

Self - Choreographer, Self - Guest Judge, Self

Allison Holker

Self - Dancer, Self, Self - All-Star, Self - Contestant, Self - Judge, Choreographer, Self - Alumni, Self - Guest Performer

Izabela Rai

Choreographer

Napoleon Dumo

Self - Choreographer, Self - Guest Judge, Self

Courtney Platt

Self, Self - Dancer, Choreographer, Self - All-Star, Self - Co-Choreographer, Self - Co-choreographer

Stacey Tookey

Self - Choreographer, Self - Guest Judge, Self - Judge

Comfort Fedoke

Self, Self - Dancer, Self - All-Star, Self - Judge, Choreographer, Self - Audience Member, Self - Backup Dancer

Sonya Tayeh

Self - Choreographer, Self - Guest Judge, Self, Self - Judge

Ade Obayomi

Self, Self - Dancer, Self - All-Star, Self - Backup Dancer

Mandy Moore

Self - Choreographer, Choreographer, Self - Guest Judge

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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews
31
13% Positive
1 Review
25% Mixed
2 Reviews
63% Negative
5 Reviews

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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews
31
13% Positive
1 Review
25% Mixed
2 Reviews
63% Negative
5 Reviews

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75
Jun 28, 2013
It's always good to see dancing that's dancing and not a montage of repositioned limbs.
By Tom Gliatto FULL REVIEW
60
Jul 17, 2013
Though the voice-over narration could have been more informative, the biggest drawback in the first two episodes was producer Nigel Lythgoe functioning as the Donald Trump of dance by firing dancers right and left. [30 Jul 2005]
FULL REVIEW
40
Jul 17, 2013
As a director, Nigel Lythgoe works the judge's reaction shots, often forgetting wallflowers enjoy watching the dancers, not other wallflowers. [22 Jul 2005]
By Laura Fries FULL REVIEW
20
Jul 17, 2013
This show, so far, cannot match 'Dancing With the Stars'; it's dour, lead-footed, mean, downbeat. [22 Jul 2005]
By Virginia Heffernan FULL REVIEW
10
Jul 17, 2013
I'm not sure who's watching this dreary dance competition, and less sure why. ... So You Think You Can Dance is Fox's failed attempt to attach American Idol-esque importance to the dance genre. It tries for glittery glamour but is dragged down in procedure. Dancing with the Stars made dancing look fun, which I've always thought was the idea. [17 Aug 2005]
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0
Jul 17, 2013
Ineptitude haunted "Dance" from the very beginning, when the host made it sound as though various rounds of competition had already been completed and that what we were watching was a documentary about "So You Think You Can Dance," not the show itself. Camerawork was so poor that dancers occasionally vanished out of the frame, and Lythgoe was featured in so many reaction shots that it was sometimes hard to remember who was onstage. [21 Jul 2005]
By Tom Shales FULL REVIEW
0
Jul 17, 2013
Easily takes the crown as the current Worst Show on Television. ... Like 'American Idol,' 'SYTYCD' is self-important, flashy and deeply stupid.
By Heather Havrilesky FULL REVIEW

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User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 65 User Ratings
6.5
71% Positive
46 Ratings
2% Mixed
1 Rating
28% Negative
18 Ratings

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User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 65 User Ratings
6.5
71% Positive
46 Ratings
2% Mixed
1 Rating
28% Negative
18 Ratings

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Production Company:
  • 19 Television
  • 20th Century Fox Television
  • Dick Clark Productions
Initial Release Date: 2005
Number of seasons: 19 Seasons
Rating: TV-PG
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Awards

Primetime Emmy Awards
• 17 Wins & 73 Nominations
Teen Choice Awards
• 3 Wins & 19 Nominations
Critics Choice Television Awards
• 2 Wins & 7 Nominations

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