List of The Next Step episodes

Last updated December 30, 2025

The Next Step is a Canadian teen drama series created by Frank van Keeken and produced by Temple Street Productions. Shot in a dramatic mockumentary style, the series focuses on a group of dancers who attend the Next Step Dance Studio.^[1]

Series overview

Season	Episodes	Originally released (Canada)
Season	Episodes	First released	Last released	Network
1	30	March 8, 2013 (2013-03-08)	January 3, 2014 (2014-01-03)	Family Channel
2	34	March 7, 2014 (2014-03-07)	January 2, 2015 (2015-01-02)
3	30	March 16, 2015 (2015-03-16)	December 11, 2015 (2015-12-11)
4	40	February 15, 2016 (2016-02-15)	May 12, 2017 (2017-05-12)
5	20	May 26, 2017 (2017-05-26)	December 13, 2017 (2017-12-13)
6	26	September 29, 2018 (2018-09-29)	April 7, 2019 (2019-04-07)
Special	2	December 21, 2019 (2019-12-21)		YouTube
7	24	April 10, 2020 (2020-04-10)	September 18, 2020 (2020-09-18)	CBC Gem
8	27	September 26, 2022 (2022-09-26)	November 24, 2022 (2022-11-24)	YTV
9	22	May 13, 2024 (2024-05-13)	June 17, 2024 (2024-06-17)
10	20	June 30, 2025 (2025-06-30)	July 12, 2025 (2025-07-12)

Episodes

Season 1 (2013–14)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original UK air date	Original Can. air date
Part 1
1	1	"Get the Party Started"	Brian K. Roberts	Frank van Keeken	April 7, 2014 (2014-04-07)	March 8, 2013
The dancers of A- and B-Troupe must audition to earn a spot in A-Troupe, and are divided into four groups by Kate and Chris. When the fourth group of dancers are about to start their audition, an unknown dancer named Michelle, who has just moved from Madison, Wisconsin, enters the studio to audition. The previous year's dance captain, Emily, feels threatened by the arrival of Michelle. Kate speaks to Michelle in her office – Kate is delighted to let Michelle audition, as Michelle was dance captain at her previous studio as well as being Miss National Soloist.
2	2	"Everybody Dance Now"	Brian K. Roberts	Frank van Keeken and Chloe van Keeken	April 8, 2014 (2014-04-08)	March 12, 2013
Giselle does not make it into A-Troupe, and is later removed from Emily's E-Girls clique for not being in A-Troupe. Emily promises to get Giselle back in A-troupe. West and Chloe are promoted to A-Troupe, and Chloe joins the E-Girls upon her promotion. Her family are not rich and she is worried about not being able to keep up with the girls shopping trips. Stephanie lies to Michelle about where rehearsals are, so Michelle is late and in trouble with the adult leaders. Despite this, they offer Michelle the dance captaincy - but she says no, worried about being too new. The adults ask Michelle and Emily to train two dancer groups to show their abilities as captains. James has dated Beth who is now in B-Troupe, and Amanda, who is now at Elite which is a rival studio.
3	3	"Dance, Dance"	Brian K. Roberts	Chloe van Keeken	April 9, 2014 (2014-04-09)	March 13, 2013
Tired of the fighting, Kate and Chris give Michelle the opportunity to compete to be dance captain versus Emily, since Michelle had been dance captain at her previous studio. Each dance captain candidate has to choreograph a dance for half the members of A Troupe. But when Chris chooses the groups, Emily is not in the same group as Stephanie, her best friend. Stephanie sabotages Michelle's team dance for Emily. Kate is unimpressed with Michelle's team's effort, and all the dancers in A-Troupe start to argue over who should be dance captain. Riley feels Stephanie's behavior shows that Emily is feeling overly threatened by Michelle. Kate begins to panic at the arguing, so Chris throws out ping pong balls for the group to clean up, but eventually everyone starts dancing together, forgetting about the dance captain situation. Meanwhile, James is about to get kicked out of the studio for failing math. Chris says that he will help James with math, so James' mom gives him a second chance. West tries to befriend James by randomly staging dance-offs with him in public.
4	4	"Rock and a Hard Place"	Brian K. Roberts	Rachael Schaefer	April 10, 2014 (2014-04-10)	March 14, 2013
A dance competition is coming up that 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 his 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.
5	5	"Steal My Sunshine"	Mitchell T. Ness	Chloe van Keeken	April 11, 2014 (2014-04-11)	March 15, 2013
The A-Troupe members go to the beach for a day off while the E-Girls run Dance Camp for the younger children in the "Baby Ballet" class, which freaks Chloe out. 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 on Chloe's watch, and the E-Girls have to find her before dance camp is over. With the help of her fellow dancers, Riley is able to find Emily's necklace after borrowing a beachgoer's metal detector, while the E-Girls find the missing girl, Margie.
6	6	"Good Girls Go Bad"	Frank van Keeken	Story by : Cole Bastedo Teleplay by : Rachael Schaefer	April 14, 2014 (2014-04-14)	March 22, 2013
At Emily's insistence, the A-Troupe visits the Elite studio to see what Elite is doing for regionals. West and Daniel stay back at The Next Step to rehearse dancing, as does Riley, while the rest go to Elite. Riley asks James to go along to keep an eye out for Michelle as he is the only one she feels she can trust to keep Emily from scheming against Michelle. Michelle gets caught by Elite's dance troupe, captain Amanda, and coach Lucien, while filming their routine. When Stephanie reports back that Michelle has been caught by Elite, the rest of the group leaves her there at Emily's suggestion. After fighting over studio space, Daniel and West end up choreographing a duet together.
7	7	"Love Story"	Brian K. Roberts	Frank van Keeken	April 21, 2014 (2014-04-21)	April 19, 2013
Upon their return to The Next Step, Riley confronts Emily and the others, and Emily reveals they abandoned Michelle at Elite when Michelle got caught. This makes Riley angry, and she confronts Emily about being threatened by Michelle. Having been caught by Elite in their studio, Michelle is frightened and embarrassed. In confessional, Michelle admits she volunteered to film some of Elite's dancing to try to make a friendship with Emily. Michelle pretends to audition for Elite as a cover story, and Elite considers recruiting her. Kate and Chris order A-Troupe to pair up, to work on duets routines, but just as they notice Michelle missing, Michelle returns to the studio declaring that she had just been at Elite. Kate is worried Michelle plans to leave the studio, but Michelle assures her that this is not the case. Riley discovers Emily's plan to push Michelle out of the studio, and she and James begin to plan to replace Emily with Michelle as dance captain, but Michelle refuses their offer. Eldon finally gets Emily to go out on a date, a "pity date", with him, but it does not go well.
8	8	"Just the Two of Us"	Brian K. Roberts	Rachael Schaefer	April 28, 2014 (2014-04-28)	April 26, 2013
Eldon, having agreed to be both Michelle's and Emily's duet partners, realizes that he has feelings for both of them. But neither Michelle nor Emily know that Eldon is also the duet partner of the other. Chloe has no dance partner for the duets. Stephanie is very bossy with her duet partner West, which just makes West want to quit the duet, though West eventually talks Stephanie into compromising. Stephanie tells Kate that she wants to become a "triple-threat", meaning Stephanie wants to pursue acting and singing as well as dance. When Michelle and Emily both demand that Eldon choose one of them, he instead does a duet with neither of them, but with Chloe instead.
9	9	"Video Killed the Radio Star"	Brian K. Roberts	Ian Van Den Hurk	May 5, 2014 (2014-05-05)	May 3, 2013
The band Brighter Brightest is coming to make a music video with the A-Troupe dancers featured in the video. Riley is such a huge fan of Brighter Brightest that she stammers incoherently when trying the talk to the band, leading the band to think she's a foreign girl who doesn't speak any 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 to create a great routine for the music video. James admits to having feelings for Riley in confessional, while Riley denies it but may be changing her mind after James gets an autograph from the band for her as a gift.
10	10	"Road to Joy"	Mitchell Ness	Rachael Schaefer	May 12, 2014 (2014-05-12)	May 10, 2013
Kate tasks Riley with going downtown to pick up the costumes for regionals, and James insists on going along, solely to spend time with her. On the way, he begs Riley to stop and get shawarmas. But, when they get back on the bus, James doesn't have a transfer, and when Riley presents her transfer to the bus driver, James rips her transfer in order to force Riley to stay with him. James insists that they take a shortcut through the park where they encounter James's "kooky" aunt which delays them further. When they finally arrive at the costume shop, it is closed and Riley goes off on James. They manage to get the costumes after-hours, when they impress the owners with their dancing. As they head back to the studio on the bus, Riley and James hold hands. Kate arranges a photo shoot for Stephanie, to further her dream of being a "triple threat", but Stephanie is stiff and the shoot goes badly at first. But when Kate, Tiffany and Chloe suggest that Stephanie start dancing to loosen up, the shoot starts to go well.
11	11	"Can You Keep a Secret?"	Brian K. Roberts	Rachael Schaefer	May 19, 2014 (2014-05-19)	May 17, 2013
The A-Troupe auditions for soloists for regionals begin. While Daniel earns the solo, he injures his ankle during his audition routine, but keeps it a secret from everyone. Michelle figures out Chloe has a job, and when Chloe is late for soloist auditions, Emily goes off on Chloe in an unnecessarily mean diatribe. Michelle stands up for Chloe to Emily, giving a speech about how Emily is being a bully before walking out. This gives the impression that Michelle is going to Elite. But, when Riley and James find her in Squeezed, she announces to them that she has decided that she will join them in trying to overthrow Emily as dance captain for the good of the team.
12	12	"Get It Together"	Brian K. Roberts	Story by : Cole Bastedo Teleplay by : Chloe van Keeken	May 26, 2014 (2014-05-26)	May 24, 2013
Michelle, Riley and James start planning a new choreographed dance routine for regionals, to replace Emily's routine which is perceived as boring and traditional, and use this to overthrow Emily as dance captain. As they start to choreograph their routine, they get West and Daniel to join in the dance, as they also think Michelle's routine is superior and that she would be a much better dance 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 new choreography, 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. Emily and Eldon start to get closer, as they talk about their families, and hold hands in the juice bar. Seeing this makes Michelle upset for an "unknown" reason. Also, Stephanie gets help from Tiffany on her acting skills. After Kate and Stephanie return from meeting with an acting agent, Stephanie gets a phone call confirming that she has gotten her first agent.
13	13	"Don't Go Breaking My Heart"	Samir Rehem	Chloe van Keeken	June 2, 2014 (2014-06-02)	May 31, 2013
Emily tries to figure out what Michelle's group of dancers is doing. After Emily once again bullies her, Chloe also joins Michelle's group. Eldon tries to prove to the A-Troupe dancers that he and Emily are serious, by publicly declaring his feelings for Emily in front of everyone. His plan does not go well, and Emily feels humiliated, and she lashes out at Eldon in front of A-Troupe declaring that she will "never be his girlfriend". In confessional, Emily later admits that she regrets being so harsh with Eldon. After his public humiliation by Emily, Michelle's group decides to invite Eldon into their dance. While they are performing their dance for Eldon, Stephanie searches for Chloe and discovers Michelle's and the others performing their dance routine for Eldon, and runs to tell Emily.
14	14	"Sabotage"	Samir Rehem	Frank van Keeken	June 9, 2014 (2014-06-09)	June 7, 2013
The E-Girls have found out about Michelle's rival routine. Stephanie takes Michelle's phone and sends mean texts to Emily's phone in order to frame Michelle for bullying, in order to get her kicked out of The Next Step. Riley sees this, and hides Michelle's phone so it won't be found. James takes his big math test, but after trying to lie to Riley about it, admits that he likely failed his exam, which means James' mother will pull him out of The Next Step. Emily tells Kate about Michelle's alleged bullying, and the truth about Michelle's alternate dance routine is revealed in response. To settle it, Kate asks for Michelle's group to perform their choreographed dance routine, and then have A-Troupe vote on which routine, and thus which dance captain, they choose. Kate and Chris like Michelle's routine. A-Troupe then votes for captain, and Michelle wins 8–2, with only Stephanie and Emily voting for Emily to remain as captain. Heartbroken at the rejection and the perceived betrayal, and after Kate tells Emily that she doesn't want to hear any complaints over the result, Emily and Stephanie exit the studio.
Part 2
15	15	"Changes"	Samir Rehem	Frank van Keeken	September 10, 2014 (2014-09-10)	September 20, 2013
Emily and Stephanie struggle with Michelle as the new dance captain, and the E-Girls clique is now dead, with Stephanie even rejecting Tiffany. Michelle attempts to befriend Emily, as Michelle doesn't want a bad relationship with Emily, but Emily rejects Michelle's overture. James is about to be pulled out of the studio by his mother, but Michelle convinces her to allow James to forgo dancing for two weeks so that James can focus on his studies to improve his grades in math – if James improves his grades, his mother agrees to allow him to return to The Next Step at the end of the two weeks. Riley is also upset – she makes a deal with James that if he gets 70% or higher on his Math exam, she will go on a date with him. James is overjoyed by this development. Emily refuses to properly participate in Michelle's new choreography in any of the dance rehearsals. Riley's and Emily's relationship hits rock bottom when Emily tells Riley that they are "no longer sisters".
16	16	"Help"	Samir Rehem	Frank van Keeken and Rachael Schaefer	September 17, 2014 (2014-09-17)	September 27, 2013
Michelle's captaincy gets praised by the dancers once again. Everybody gets mad at Emily for not trying during practice at all. Emily confesses her feelings to Kate about no longer being Dance Captain, and Kate tells Emily that she will have to work hard so she can still be a part of the team. James is studying math hard to improve his grades. Eldon is still mad at Emily for how she treated him, but offers to help Emily learn the new choreography after she confesses that she is unable to master it. In confessional, Emily admits that she has been a bad dance captain, because she was rejecting others' suggestions and tailoring the choreography to her specific skills as a dancer. Emily is starting to have feelings for Eldon during their practice sessions. She decides to finally accept Michelle as dance captain. Michelle decides to change the line positions for the routine and has everyone re-audition for their spots. Stephanie will not accept Michelle, and fails to show up for the auditions. With Eldon's help, Emily actually does well in her audition, but Michelle still puts Emily in the back row, which destroys Emily's desire to work with Michelle.
17	17	"Forget You"	Samir Rahem	Rachael Schaefer	September 24, 2014 (2014-09-24)	October 4, 2013
Emily confronts Michelle about her placement in the back row, saying Michelle put her in the back row just because Michelle has an enormous crush on Eldon. Michelle denies this, but later admits in 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 pretends to like her, but behind her back declares that Stephanie was awful – Stephanie overhears this and is embarrassed and tries to leave but is called back. Riley makes math cue cards for James, but states that they are just friends when confronted about it by Tiffany. Michelle reveals she will switch Emily and Eldon and everyone disagrees but they let her do it anyway. Emily does not know about this, and she and Stephanie go to audition at Elite. At The Next Step, Riley runs into rehearsal and declares that Emily and Stephanie are leaving the studio, surprising and angering everyone.
18	18	"Brand New"	Patrick Sisam	Chloe van Keeken	October 1, 2014 (2014-10-01)	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 back into A-Troupe. Emily and Stephanie perform their auditions for Lucien and Amanda at Elite. Riley goes to James' school to teach him Michelle's routine and sees that he is stressed out about his upcoming math test. Riley quizzes 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 James 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 enters and asks if she can audition for A-Troupe because she did not make it at Elite. But Emily did, leaving Stephanie behind.
19	19	"First Date"	Frank van Keeken	Chloe Van Keeken	March 8, 2013 (2013-03-08)	October 18, 2013
Stephanie is allowed to audition for A-Troupe despite how angry everyone is with her. Despite this, Stephanie is readmitted 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 passes his math test with a B+, earning him his readmission into A-Troupe, and a date with Riley. Giselle successfully auditions back into A-Troupe as well. Michelle and Stephanie agree to create a new regionals routine as Emily might share A-Troupe's choreography with Elite's troupe. 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 regionals, and Michelle believes there is something between them. James and Riley go on their first date at the studio, where James' theme for the date is food from many different countries – they eat, dance, and kiss at the end.
20	20	"We Are Family"	Frank van Keeken	Story by : Chloe van Keeken Teleplay by : Chloe van Keeken and Brian Hartigan	March 8, 2013 (2013-03-08)	October 25, 2013
Riley tries to repair her relationship with her sister, but Emily initially resists. Later, Emily agrees to try to make things right between them. 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 is in the back row at Elite, but Amanda and Lucien agree she can move to the middle row after Emily seemingly improves. When Emily and Riley talk, Riley tells Emily she went on a date with James, and she needs advice to know if they're in a relationship or not. Emily tells her to be straight with James and ask him. While Eldon dances his duet with Michelle, Riley arrives and reminds him he's supposed to be at a date with Emily. This lets Eldon know that he is in love with Michelle, not Emily. Riley pulls James aside, so she can ask him if they're in a relationship or not – Riley declares that she would like to be, and James runs and hugs her. Riley and James are officially in a relationship.
21	21	"Break Stuff"	Frank van Keeken	Brian Hartigan	March 8, 2013 (2013-03-08)	November 1, 2013
Giselle and Daniel want to do an overhead lift called "the helicopter" in the routine, 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 allows them do the lift. Meanwhile, Stephanie gets a role on a television show, only to find out it is filming the same weekend as the regionals competition. 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 at The Next Step, since West left the crew without telling Marcel. When demonstrating the routine to Kate, Daniel and Giselle attempt the helicopter lift, and Daniel badly sprains his ankle. He has to leave A-Troupe, as he will be out indefinitely, and will not being able to take part in regionals. Daniel is devastated.
22	22	"Come Back... Be Here"	Frank van Keeken	Rachael Schaefer	March 8, 2013 (2013-03-08)	November 8, 2013
Michelle declares that they need to get Emily to back in order to compete at regionals. After initial resistance, the others agree. A-Troupe goes to Elite to convince Emily to rejoin The Next Step, but Emily refuses, as she has moved up to the front row at Elite. Amanda says "hi" to James, and in confessional, Riley admits that it is difficult, as James has dated so many girls. With Daniel out, James has the regionals solo, but he can't get it right. James' grades begin to slip again, but he only cares about getting the solo right. Eventually James tells Kate he can't do the solo, as it is too much. Kate tries to give the solo to West, but West refuses out of loyalty to James. Emily secretly overhears Amanda and Lucien plotting to kick her out of Elite just before regionals – getting Emily to join Elite was just a ploy to sabotage The Next Step. Eldon confesses to Michelle that he wants to be with her. Just then, Emily returns to The Next Step, and she and Eldon hug. But Eldon now wants to be with Michelle, who thinks Emily and Eldon are not meant to be.
23	23	"Dancing in the Street"	Mitchell Ness	Chloe van Keeken	March 8, 2013 (2013-03-08)	November 15, 2013
A-Troupe agree to a dance battle with "Seeds", West's former dance crew. Emily and Stephanie finally make up and become friends again. When Seeds arrive at The Next Step, everyone finds out that West used to dance with Seeds. West is forced to pick a crew to dance with, and he picks The Next Step. Emily begins to captain A-Troupe in areas Michelle falters at, and Michelle contemplates bringing Emily on as her co-captain. Michelle begins to avoid Eldon because he is still dating Emily, and Emily is back at The Next Step. A-Troupe loses the street dance battle to Seeds, and they are upset. Back at the studio, Emily declares that she is happy that they lost, because now they are competing against Seeds at regionals and know they need to get better. She offers to buy all of A-Troupe a juice, which they accept. Michelle pulls Emily aside to tell Emily that she wants Emily to be her co-captain. Emily is shocked.
24	24	"Price Tag"	Mitchell Ness	Chloe van Keeken	November 22, 2013 (2013-11-22)	TBA
Emily accepts Michelle's offer to be co-captain of A-Troupe, and they agree that they need to create a new routine for regionals. Chloe's financial problems finally boil over when she is late for a payment with Kate again, and Chloe confesses to Kate that she has a job on the side in order to pay for The Next Step and regionals. Chloe decides it would be best for her to leave A-Troupe, as she is unable to pull her weight, financially. 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 – initially it seems they are only there to give Chloe a hard time, but they all end up giving her huge tips, which she uses to pay for regionals. Chloe rejoins A-Troupe.
25	25	"Bad Moon Rising"	Derby Crewe	Story by : Cole Bastedo Teleplay by : Frank van Keeken	November 29, 2013 (2013-11-29)	TBA
A-Troupe is practicing for regionals, and Emily says they can all go home as a reward. Chris and Kate enter to suggest that they should just have a night where they hang out at the studio as friends. A-Troupe begins by playing "truth or dare". Later, Kate wants to put a movie on – there is a dance-off to pick the movie, with James winning – he gives the choice to Riley. Afterwards, they return to "truth or dare". Emily challenges Michelle, who chooses "truth", and Emily asks who Michelle would like to date in A-Troupe. Michelle picks West, not wanting to expose her secret crush on Eldon. Eldon later tells Michelle that he wants to break up with Emily, but Michelle says that would tear the team apart. The girls and boys tell ghost stories – the loser has to pay for pizza. Stephanie's attempt fails, but West tells a story about The Next Step's former history as a chicken factory – in a chicken costume, James scares Riley, so the boys win. The girls retaliate with several pranks on the boys, including having a cop show up and arrest James. The guys are shocked at being double-pranked, as the cop is Giselle's uncle and Kate is in on it.
26	26	"Can't Fight This Feeling"	Kim Derko	Rachael Schaefer	December 6, 2013 (2013-12-06)	TBA
Excitement turns to worry when the wrong costumes for regionals are delivered to The Next Step. A-Troupe try on other costumes found in 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 the costumes Giselle picks up but they don't pass muster either. Stephanie reveals that she got the part she auditioned for in Break Stuff, but that it films the same week as regionals – Stephanie is informed she must make a choice. Michelle finally confesses to Eldon that she has feelings for him and wants to be with him, but Eldon says he has moved on, greatly upsetting Michelle. Stephanie ultimately decides to give up the television show and go to the regionals with The Next Step.
27	27	"I'm So Excited"	Mitchell Ness	Frank van Keeken	December 13, 2013 (2013-12-13)	TBA
Regionals are about to begin. Before A-Troupe leaves The Next Step, a recovering Daniel and J-Troupe play them a song to wish them good luck. Once The Next Step arrives at the venue for regionals, so does Elite, who get to skip registration since Elite won last year. Amanda attempts to break A-Troupe apart but fails. When West realizes that Seeds is missing a member from their crew and will not be able to compete, he wants to perform with them so they don't forfeit. Everyone in A-Troupe, and Marcel the captain of Seeds, says no. But after a bit of convincing, West is allowed to perform with Seeds. Seeds end up scoring 88 out of 100 points from the judges, and advance to the next round. Just as A-Troupe are about to perform, West barely arrives in time and says he hurt his ankle dancing with Seeds – but West is only joking with them. A-Troupe take the stage to perform.
28	28	"Fancy Footwork"	Mitchell Ness	Frank van Keeken	December 20, 2013 (2013-12-20)	TBA
A-Troupe does their first routine in regionals competition, and they manage to advance to the second round. Then they advance to the third. But in the third round, one of Riley's gloves gets caught in a feather on her hairbow near the end of their routine, and their performance suffers some. The Next Step ends up getting eliminated in the round, and the dancers are all heartbroken, especially Riley who blames herself. But Emily and the rest tell Riley it is not her fault. James reminds them all that they could be given the wild-card spot which will allow them to advance to the semifinals. The rest are excited by the prospect. The Next Step is called back onstage, along with two other eliminated dance troupes. It is announced that The Next Step is chosen as the wild-card group, and they will advance to the semifinal round. Everyone is ecstatic.
29	29	"This Is How We Do It"	Mitchell Ness	Frank van Keeken	December 27, 2013 (2013-12-27)	TBA
The Next Step competes in the semifinals against Seeds. The Next Step's performance is nearly flawless which gets them a score of 93/100, narrowly beating Seeds' score of 91/100, and advancing them to the finals. In the other semifinals, Elite easily beats Dance Inc. After Elite's win, Amanda starts to make fun of Emily, who walks away with Riley, forcing Eldon to follow 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 for joking around, and Riley yells at him in front of the whole group. Riley later pulls James aside and apologizes for yelling at him – she admits to getting stressed, while James is calm and relaxed in these situations. They both agree to try to be more respectful and supportive of the way the other person is. Emily is starting to notice Eldon's and Michelle's feelings for each other as they practice. Emily mentions to the troupe that Elite will have a plane as a prop in their finals routine. The Next Step votes to counter that by showcasing Eldon's and Michelle's duet in their finals performance against Elite.
30	30	"Winner Takes All"	Mitchell Ness	Frank van Keeken	January 3, 2014 (2014-01-03)	TBA
The Next Step is about to face off against Elite in the finals. Eldon reveals to Michelle that he wants to be with her and had lied when he said he had moved on. Eldon promises to tell Emily after regionals. Before performing, Emily begs Eldon to tell her the truth, and Eldon confesses to wanting to be with Michelle. Emily is heart-broken and furious, but has to focus on the performance. James notices Beth backstage, and confronts her on being there – Beth tells James she still loves him. When Riley asks what Beth said, James doesn't tell her, so she won't be distracted during their performance. Elite performs their airplane-themed routine first. The Next Step then perform a Romeo and Juliet-themed routine, with Eldon and Michelle as Romeo and Juliet being the centerpiece. In confessional, Emily says that everything has been handed to Michelle, including the one thing Emily always thought she would have. The Next Step beats Elite Studio in the finals, and are proclaimed regionals champions. After winning, Emily snatches the trophy away and shoots Michelle a cold stare. Riley jumps into James' arms and they hug and kiss onstage in front of everybody, including Beth.

Season 2 (2014–15)

↑ The episode "Rewind" was broadcast out of order, but chronologically it belongs between "You Love Me" and "What Dreamers Do".

Season 3 (2015)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original Can. air date	Original UK air date

Bertrand, Ginger (July 12, 2012). "Principal photography starts on THE NEXT STEP a new tween drama from Temple Street Productions for Family Channel". Astral. Retrieved January 6, 2013.

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No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original Can. air date	Original UK air date

[2] The episode "Rewind" was broadcast out of order, but chronologically it belongs between "You Love Me" and "What Dreamers Do".

[1]