Live to Dance

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Live to Dance
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Genre Reality
Presented by Andrew Günsberg
Judges Paula Abdul
Kimberly Wyatt
Travis Payne
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes7
Production
Executive producer Paula Abdul
Production company Reveille Productions
Original release
Network CBS
ReleaseJanuary 4 (2011-01-04) 
February 9, 2011 (2011-02-09)
Related
Got to Dance

Live to Dance is an American television reality television series and dance competition on the CBS network based on the British series Got to Dance . Dancers from all over the country auditioned for Live to Dance in "specially constructed Dance Domes". [1]

Contents

Resembling the British dance competition series Got to Dance , [2] the show was first shown on January 4, 2011, and was headlined by the American Idol judge Paula Abdul as lead judge with Andrew Günsberg as host. Judging alongside Abdul were Kimberly Wyatt, the former member of Pussycat Dolls, and Michael Jackson's long-time choreographer Travis Payne. [3] The show was intended to rival So You Think You Can Dance and unlike most other reality shows, allowed dancers of all ages to compete. [4] The series was not renewed for a second season. [5]

An Australian version was filmed in 2011. However, it never aired due to a scheduling conflict by another reality dance competition series Everybody Dance Now in 2012. [2]

Auditions

Auditions were held in Los Angeles and New York City inside the Dance Dome.

Top 18

 Bold Print means that the contestant was chosen by the judges/viewers to compete in the Semi-Finals via the Dance-Off.
Top 18
D'Angelo & Amanda
Bev & Hap
Jalen
The Vibe
Tap Sounds Underground
Jill & Jacob
Kendall Glover
Jittin' Genius
Dax & Sarah
Dance Town Chaos
Du-Shant Stegall
Shore Thing
Roosevelt Anderson
Austen Acevedo
Dance in Flight
Twitch
Chi-Town Finest Breakers
White Tree Fine Art

Dance-Off

Contestant(s)Result
Kendall GloverJudges' Choice
White Tree Fine ArtViewers' Choice
TheatrixEliminated
Inside the BoxEliminated

Semi-finals

Round 1

OrderContestant(s)Song(s) performed toStarsResult
WyattsAbdulPagne
1The Vibe"Smooth Criminal" by Michael Jackson
Judges' Choice
2Jittin' Genius"I Can Transform Ya" by Chris Brown
"Fancy Footwork" by Chromeo
Eliminated
(Viewers' 2nd)
3Chi-Town Finest Breakers"I Want You Back" by Jackson 5
"The Love You Save" by Jackson 5
"Rappers Delight" by Sugarhill Gang
Eliminated
4Austen Acevedo"Getting Over You" by David Guetta
Eliminated
5Bev & Hap"Boom Boom Pow" by The Black Eyed Peas
Eliminated
6D'Angelo & Amanda"Hip Hip Chin Chin" by Club des Belugas
"Conga" by Gloria Estefan
Viewers' Choice

Round 2

OrderContestant(s)Song(s) performed toStarsResult
WyattsAbdulPagne
1Jalen"U Can't Touch This" by MC Hammer
Eliminated
2Dance in Flight"The Pink Panther Theme" by Henry Mancini
Eliminated
3Twitch"Apologize" by OneRepublic
Viewers' Choice
4Du-Shant Stegall"OMG" by Usher
Eliminated
5Dax & Sarah"Tu Vuò Fà L'Americano" by Renato Carosone / "We No Speak Americano" by Yolanda Be Cool
Eliminated
6White Tree Fine Art"Hallelujah" by Alexandra Burke
Judges' Choice

Round 3

OrderContestant(s)Song(s) performed toStarsResult
WyattsAbdulPagne
1Dance Town Chaos"It's a Man's Man's Man's World" by Seal
Judges' Choice
2Jill & Jacob"Save Me" by Nicki Minaj
Eliminated
3Roosevelt Anderson"Rocketeer" by Far East Movement
Eliminated
4Tap Sounds Underground
Eliminated
5Shore Thing
Eliminated
6Kendall Glover"Firework" by Katy Perry
Viewers' Choice

Finalists

Contestant(s)Number of
Gold Stars
Result
Twitch
3
White Tree Fine Art
3
Third place
The Vibe
2
Kendall Glover
3
Runner-up
Dance Town Chaos
3
D'Angelo & Amanda
3
Winners

Ratings

The series premiere was watched by 10.2 million viewers and was the most watched program of January 4, 2011. [6] It additionally managed to pull a 2.4 in the Adults 18-49 demographic. [7] The second episode, which aired in its normal timeslot of Wednesdays at eight p.m., fell hard from those numbers pulling 7.788 million viewers and a 1.8 in the Adults 18-49 demographic. [8]

EpisodeDateTotal Viewers18-49 Demo
1January 4, 201110.2m2.4
2January 5, 20117.7m1.8
3January 12, 20116.15m1.5
4January 19, 20115.081m1.0
5January 26, 20114.512m1.0
6February 2, 20114.749m0.9
7February 9, 20114.706m0.9

References

  1. "Live to Dance: Paula Abdul Talks "Live to Dance" and Teaming Up with Simon Cowell", Reality TV magazine]
  2. 1 2 "Paula Abdul to launch Live to Dance in Australia" Archived 2011-01-28 at the Wayback Machine , Media Spy, January 23, 2011
  3. Nellie Andreeva (October 13, 2010). "CBS Crowds Paula Abdul's 'Live To Dance'". Deadline . Deadline Publications Ltd. Archived from the original on October 16, 2010. Retrieved December 23, 2010.
  4. Trent (December 12, 2010). "First Look: Paula Abdul's 'Live To Dance'". TV.com . CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on January 10, 2011. Retrieved December 23, 2010.
  5. "EXCLUSIVE: Paula Abdul 'Devastated' After Being Told Show Is Cancelled". Radar Online. February 15, 2011.
  6. TV ratings: 'Live to Dance' has OK start Tuesday; 'V,' ABC returnees soft Archived 2011-01-07 at the Wayback Machine
  7. Gorman, Bill (January 5, 2011). "Tuesday Final Ratings: No Adjustments to 'V', 'Parenthood', 'No Ordinary Family', or Any Other Other Original Episodes". Archived from the original on January 7, 2011. Retrieved January 6, 2011.
  8. Gorman, Bill (January 6, 2011). "TV Ratings Wednesday: ABC Comedies, 'Human Target', 'L&O:SVU' Up; 'Live To Dance', 'Peoples Choice Awards' Tumble". Archived from the original on January 8, 2011. Retrieved January 6, 2011.