List of The Next Step episodes

The following is the list of episodes to Canadian Family Channel original series The Next Step. The series premiered on March 8, 2013. All the titles for the episodes are also a reference to a song title.

Series overview

Season		Episodes	Originally aired (Canadian dates)
			Season premiere	Season finale
	1	14	March 8, 2013 (2013-03-08)	June 7, 2013 (2013-06-07)
	1.5	16	September 20, 2013 (2013-09-20)	January 3, 2014 (2014-01-03)
	2	26	March 7, 2014 (2014-03-07)	TBA

Episodes

Season 1: 2013

This season aired from March 8, 2013 to June 7, 2013.

• Alexandra Beaton, Victoria Baldesarra, Isaac Lupien, Brennan Clost and Lamar Johnson are all absent for one episode.
• Shamier Anderson is absent for three episodes.
• Jordan Clark is absent for ten episodes.

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Director(s)	Writer(s)	Original air date	CAN viewers (millions)
1	1	"Get The Party Started"	Brian K. Roberts	Frank Van Keene	March 8, 2013 (2013-03-08)	3.3
A-troupe and B-troupe dancers audition to earn a place in the A- troupe. We learn that to be in A-troupe dancers have to earn their place. When the third group of dancers are about to start their audition, an unknown dancer named Michelle who just moved from Wisconsin comes in. By this unexpected twist, last year's Dance Captain, Emily feels threatened by Michelle, having her A-troupe all planned out, and not wanting this "random girl" to mess that up. Her best friend Stephanie volunteers to go eavesdrop on Michelle and Kate, the studio owner, but Emily wants to go herself. An odd relationship is then revealed when we find out Eldon is head over heels in love with Emily but she doesn't like him, but Eldon asks her out every day before and after rehearsals. We then learn about the E-girls. They are a clique that had all the girls from A-troupe from last year. Emily is the leader, Tiffany, Stephanie, Giselle (known as Ellie), and Emily's younger sister Riley. Stephanie finds out on her phone that Michelle was named Miss national soloist, the rest of the E-girls are impressed, but Emily just calls her a diva and takes the phone. Michelle says in a confessional later that she does not want anyone to know about this, as she wants to just be accepted for who she is and wants to be treated like everyone else. Title reference: Get the Party Started by Pink
2	2	"Everybody Dance Now"	Brian K. Roberts	Frank Van Keeken and Chloe Van Keeken	March 12, 2013 (2013-03-12)	2.7
A Troupe includes: Emily, Stephanie, Tiffany, Chloe, Riley, James, West, Daniel, Eldon and Michelle. Giselle, unfortunately does not make it into A-troupe. Giselle is later kicked out of E-girls for not being in A-Troupe, as the rules are that all E-girls must be in A-troupe. Emily promises to get Giselle back in A-troupe, and kick Michelle out. As for Chloe, she now becomes part of E-girls. Stephanie tells Michelle before their first dance rehearsal is in Studio B but, Giselle, who is on her way to B-troupe tells her that A-troupe is always in studio A. Stephanie tells us in a confessional she did this so Michelle would be late, and get a bad reputation in A-troupe. It is said by people in A-troupe and as well in a confessional done by James was that James has dated many girls before, including Beth who is now in B-troupe, and uses dancing as an "unfair" advantage to get girls. It is said as well that E-girls is named by Emily, who's name starts with the letter "E" so that's why they are called the E-Girls. Also the E-girls have over 100 of rules, the main one being that you always look out for Emily and fellow E-Girls, also they have a fairly simple hand shake, creating an "E" with their hand, linking it with another E-girl to create an "E" on the top and a "G" on the bottom. Title reference: Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now) by C+C Music Factory
3	3	"Dance, Dance"	Brian K. Roberts	Chloe Van Keeken	March 13, 2013 (2013-03-13)	2.9
Kate and Chris give Michelle a chance to be dance captain considering her being dance captain at her last studio. Each dance captain had to split into a group of 5. But when Chris chooses the groups, Emily is split with Stephanie, her best friend, and Stephanie has to mess up the dance moves to Michelle's dance. Riley feels that Emily and Stephanie's idea shows that Emily is feeling too threatened towards Michelle. Meanwhile James is about to get kicked out of the studio for failing math. Chris says that he will help James and his mom gives him a second chance. West tries to befriend James by randomly putting on dance offs in public. Everyone in A-Troupe starts arguing over who should be dance captain, Kate panics and Chris throws ping pong balls for everyone to clean up. Until West starts dancing in front of James, James starts dancing in response meaning West has won his respect. Eventually everyone starts dancing together, forgetting about the dance captain situation. They realize they are here to dance! Not complain. Title reference: Dance, Dance by Fall Out Boy Absent: Jordan Clark as Giselle Note: First Episode a cast member does not appear in Note: First Episode Giselle does not appear in
4	4	"Rock and a Hard Place"	Brian K. Roberts	Rachael Schaefer	March 14, 2013 (2013-03-14)	2.5
A dance competition is coming up this 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 honest opinion and tells her that its 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. Title reference: Rock and a Hard Place by The Rolling Stones Absent: Jordan Clark as Giselle
5	5	"Steal My Sunshine"	Mitchell T. Ness	Chloe Van Keeken	March 15, 2013 (2013-03-15)	2.8
The A-Troupe members go to the beach for a day off while the E-Girls run Dance Camp for the little kids. 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 and the E-Girls have to find her before dance camp is over. At the end, Riley finds Emily's necklace and the E-girls find the little girl. Title reference: Steal My Sunshine by Len Absent: Jordan Clark as Giselle
6	6	"Good Girls Go Bad"	Frank Van Keeken	Cole Bastedo (story) Rachael Schaefer (teleplay)	March 22, 2013 (2013-03-22)	2.7
The A-Troupe takes a visit to the Elite studio (their major dance competition) to see what they're doing for regionals. West and Daniel stay at the studio and dance while the rest go to Elite. Riley asks James to go along to keep an eye for Michelle as he is the only one she feels she can trust to keep Emily from hurting Michelle . Michelle gets caught at Elite while filming their routine and the rest of the group leave her there. Meanwhile, Daniel & West choreograph a duet together. Title reference: Good Girls Go Bad by Cobra Starship Absent: Shamier Anderson as Chris
7	7	"Love Story"	Brian K. Roberts	Frank Van Keeken	April 19, 2013 (2013-04-19)	3.1
Michelle is still at the Elite studio frightened to be in front of the Elite group. She lies and says she wants to audition for the troupe making Kate become worried about possibly losing her. Riley discovers Emily's plan to push Michelle out of the studio. Riley and James make a plan to replace Emily as dance captain with Michelle. After, the troop does duets. The duets are: West and Stephanie, Tiffany and Daniel, James and Riley, and Eldon is paired up with Michelle after Emily rejected him. Later, James helps Eldon get a date with Emily. After the date, Emily says it was horrible and never wants to go out with him. But, then Eldon expresses his emotion for Emily by doing a flip above her. Emily was amazed and still said no to going out with him. But agrees to be duet partners with him. And Eldon is filled with joy. Title reference: Love Story by Taylor Swift Absent: Jordan Clark as Giselle
8	8	"Just the Two of Us"	Brian K. Roberts	Rachael Schaefer	April 26, 2013 (2013-04-26)	2.7
Eldon realized that he has 2 duet partners Michelle and Emily-leaving Chloe alone. Eldon doesn't know what to do and just keeps the both of them for a while. Meanwhile, West feels Stephanie is being to bossy with the duet. But, they figure it out-West gets his flip and Stephanie gets to be a little bossy. Emily and Michelle figure out that Eldon has two dance parters with them, which leads them to a lot of drama! After, when they perform, Eldon volunteers to go first, choosing Chloe. After everyone performed their duets, and Emily and Michelle have to do a duet front and centre not prepared. Which makes Emily and Kate/Chris mad because its disrespectful to her as dance captain. The groups are: Eldon and Chloe, Daniel and Tiffany, Riley and James, Stephanie and West and lastly, Emily and Michelle. Title reference: Just the Two of Us by Grover Washington, Jr. and Bill Withers Absent: Jordan Clark as Giselle
9	9	"Video Killed the Radio Star"	Brian K. Roberts	Ian Van Den Hurk	May 3, 2013 (2013-05-03)	2.4
Brighter Brightest is coming to make a music video with the A-troupe dancers featured in the video. Meanwhile, Riley is such a huge fan of the band, Brighter Brightest that she stammers when trying the talk to the band. Leading the band to think she's a foreign girl who doesn't know how to speak 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. James admits to having feelings for Riley in an interview while Riley denies it, by the end of the episode you can see that Riley is starting to develop some feelings for James after James gets an autograph from the band as a gift for Riley. Guest stars: Brighter Brightest Title reference: Video Killed the Radio Star by The Buggles Absent: Jordan Clark as Giselle
10	10	"Road To Joy"	Mitchell Ness	Rachael Schaefer	May 10, 2013 (2013-05-10)	2.9
Kate tells Riley to go downtown and pick up the sample costumes for regional's and James goes along with her to spend time with her, James begs Riley to stop and get shrawarmas. But, when they get back on the bus, James doesn't have a transfer. So he rips up Riley's so he can stay with her. So now they have to take a "short cut" through the park where they meet James's "cooky" aunt. In the end, when they're heading back to the studio in the bus, Riley and James hold hands. And James and Riley do get the costumes in time when they impress the owners by dancing. Meanwhile, Stephanie takes photo shoots for her dream of being a 'triple-threat.' Title reference: Road to Joy by Bright Eyes Absent: Alexandra Beaton as Emily, Victoria Baldesarra as Michelle, Jordan Clark as Giselle, Shamier Anderson as Chris, Isaac Lupien as Eldon, Brennan Clost as Daniel and Lamar Johnson as West.
11	11	"Can You Keep A Secret?"	Brian K. Roberts	Rachael Schaefer	May 17, 2013 (2013-05-17)	3.2
The A-troupe auditions for soloists. When Daniel makes soloist, he gets an injury and keeps it a secret from everyone. Michelle figures out Chloe has a job. But, when Chloe is late for soloist auditions, Chloe is late for the auditions so Michelle stand up to Emily for Chloe, giving a speech about how Emily is being a bully before walking out that gives the impression that she is going to elite. But, when Riley and James find her in squeeze, she announces to them that she wants to overthrow Emily's position as dance captain. Title reference: Can you keep A Secret? by The Cab Absent: Jordan Clark as Giselle (Although she is mentioned twice).
12	12	"Get It Together"	Brian K. Roberts	Story by: Cole Bastedo Teleplay by: Chloe Van Keeken	May 24, 2013 (2013-05-24)	3.4
Michelle, Riley and James start planning their dance to overthrow Emily as dance captain. As they create a dance to overthrow her, they get West, and Daniel to join in the dance. 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 dance, 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. During the episode; Emily and Eldon start to get closer, they talk about their families, and hold hands in the juice bar, which makes Michelle upset for a "unknown" reason. Also, Stephanie gets help from Tiffany on her acting capabilities, and when Kate and Stephanie get back from meeting with an agent, Stephanie gets a phone call after she auditions for an acting agent, and gets her first agent. Note: Giselle returns after a 5 episode absence, but only appears in one scene and has one line, also her last appearance this season. Title reference: Get It Together by the Beastie Boys
13	13	"Don't Go Breaking My Heart"	Samir Rehem	Frank Van Keeken	May 31, 2013 (2013-05-31)	3.2
Emily tries to figure out what Michelle's group is doing. Chloe also joins Michelle's group. Eldon tries to prove to the A-Troupe dancers that he and Emily are serious. His plan did not go over well and he ended up ruining all the chances he had with Emily. At the same time he even created more humiliation for himself. Emily apologizes to Eldon after she was harsh to him. Michelle's group decides to invite Eldon into their dance. While they were performing the dance for him, Stephanie finds out about Michelle's dance and tells Emily. Title reference: Don't Go Breaking My Heart by Elton John and Kiki Dee Absent: Jordan Clark as Giselle & Shamier Anderson as Chris
14	14	"Sabotage"	Samir Rehem	Frank Van Keeken	June 7, 2013 (2013-06-07)	3.7
In the summer finale, the E-girls finds out about Michelle's routine. They take Michelle's phone and send mean texts to Emily's phone to get Michelle kicked out. Riley sees them,After Emily tells Kate about it, the truth about Michelle's dance routine is revealed and to settle it, Kate asks for Michelle's group to show their dance routine. Kate and Chris like their dance, and then Michelle becomes the new dance Captain after each person votes for the new dance captain. But Stephanie and Emily leave. Note: Even though Tiffany is in the E-Girls, she rejects Emily's dance and picks Michelle's dance. It is also noted that Eldon picks Michelle's dance instead of Emily's because he said, Emily has hurt me one too many times and then James says Eldon finally has grown up and moved on. Title reference: Sabotage by Beastie Boys Absent: Jordan Clark as Giselle
TBA	15	"Rewind (Season 1 Recap)"	Unknown	Unknown	September 13, 2013 (2013-09-13)	2.1
Riley (Brittany Raymond) recaps the first half season 1 with a preview what will happen with the rest of the season.

Season 1.5: 2013-2014

In this season:

• Giselle, played by Jordan Clark, upgrades from recurring to main role.
• Jordan Clark is absent for one episode.
• Bree Wasylenko is absent for one episode.
• Alexandra Beaton is absent for two episodes.
• Shamier Anderson is absent for two episodes.
• Brennan Clost is absent for eight episodes.
• Regionals will be divided into four episodes.

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Director(s)	Writer(s)	Original air date	CAN viewers (millions)
15	1	"Changes"	Samir Rehem	Frank Van Keeken	September 20, 2013 (2013-09-20)	4.0
Emily and Stephanie struggle with Michelle as the new dance captain. Michelle tries to be friends with Emily since Michelle is dance captain now but Emily rejects her. James gets pulled out of the studio but Michelle convinces James' mom that he focuses on his studies for two weeks to improve his grades in Math with the help from the team. Riley is upset, Riley makes a deal with James that if he gets 70% or higher on his Math exam, she would go on a date with him ,James is overjoyed. The E-Girls are now broken up. Emily rejects Michelle again by not participating in any of the dance rehearsals. Riley and Emily's relationship has hit rock bottom when Emily tells her that they are no longer sisters which upsets Riley very much. Title Reference: Changes by David Bowie Absent: Jordan Clark as Giselle Note: This the first episode Since airing on June 2013
16	2	"Help"	Samir Rehem	Rachael Schaefer and Frank Van Keeken	September 27, 2013	3.2
Michelle's captaincy gets praised by the dancers once again. Everybody gets mad at Emily for being a drama queen and not trying at all. Emily confesses her feelings to Kate about no longer being dance captain and Kate says Emily will gave to work hard so she can still be apart of the team. James is studying crazy-like for Math to upgrade his grades. Eldon is still mad at Emily for how she treated him when he made his grand gesture, but offers to help her with the moves after she confesses she doesn't know them. It is revealed by Emily that she has been a bad dance captain because her moves are the only ones that she knows. Emily is starting to have feelings for Eldon. Emily changes her heart about Michelle as dance captain, finally accepting her. Stephanie decides to act like Emily forgetting Michelle. Michelle decides to change the line positions for the routine so everyone re-auditions for their spots and Emily does really well but Michelle still puts in the back row which angers Eldon. Title Reference: Help by The Beatles Note: Giselle's first appearance since "Get it Together".
17	3	"Forget You"	Samir Rahem	Rachael Schaefer and Frank Van Keeken	October 4, 2013	3.5
Emily confronts Michelle for her placement in the back row saying Michelle put her in the back row because Michelle has a enormous crush on Eldon. Michelle denies this but later admits in the 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 likes her but says behind her back that he hated her, Stephanie overhears this and is embarrassed. Riley begins to make math cue cards for James. But states that they're just friends when confronted by Tiffany. Michelle reveals she will switch Emily and Eldon and everyone disagrees but they let her do it anyway. Then Riley runs in and tells everyone that Emily and Stephanie are leaving the studio shocking and angering everyone. Title Reference: Forget You by Cee Lo Green
18	4	"Brand New"	Patrick Sisam	Frank Van Keeken and Chloe van Keeken	October 11, 2013	3.8
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 in. Emily and Stephanie go to audition for Elite. Riley goes to James's school to teach him Michelle's routine and sees he's stressed out about his upcoming math test.Riley tests 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 the routine and they dance together. It is later revealed that James feels like anythings 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 comes back and asks if she can audition for a-troupe because she did not make it to Elite but Emily did. Title Reference: Brand New by Drake
19	5	"First Date"	Frank Van Keeken	Frank Van Keeken and Chloe Van Keeken	October 18, 2013	3.8
Stephanie is allowed to audition for A-Troupe despite how angry everyone is with her. Despite that she is let in 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 re-joins A-Troupe after he passes his math test with a B+ earning him his a - troupe spot and a date with Riley. Giselle rejoins A-Troupe as well. Michelle and Stephanie agree to create a new regionals routine as Emily might share a-troupes ideas with the people at Elite. 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 the regionals routine and Michelle believes there is something between them. James and Riley go on their first date at the studio where they have food from many different countries, they eat, dance and kiss at the end. Title Reference: First Date by Blink-182 Absent: Alexandra Beaton as Emily
20	6	"We Are Family"	Frank Van Keeken	Frank Van Keeken and Chloe Van Keeken	October 25, 2013	3.6
Riley tries to make her relationship with Emily (as sisters) work. Emily disagrees at first but later on agrees to try to make things right between them. Meanwhile, 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 was in the back row at Elite, but in the end, Amanda and Lucien agree she can be in the middle row after she improves. While Emily and Riley talk, Riley tells Emily she went on a date with James, and she needs advice to know if whether they're in a relationship or not. Emily tells her to be straight up with him and ask. In the end of the episode, while Eldon dances with Michelle (their duet), Riley arrives and reminds him he's supposed to be at a date with Emily. After, he knows he's in love with Michelle. At the very end, Riley pulls James from the group, so she can ask him if they're in a relationship or not, she says she would like to be and then he runs and hugs her. Riley and James are officially a relationship. Title Reference: We Are Family by Sister Sledge Absent: Bree Wasylenko as Kate and Shamier Anderson as Chris Note: First episode that Kate does not appear in.
21	7	"Break Stuff"	Frank Van Keeken	Brian Hartigan and Frank Van Keeken	November 1, 2013	3.9
Giselle and Daniel want to do an overhead lift in the routine called "The Helicopter" 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 lets them do it. Meanwhile, Stephanie gets a role on a tv show, only to find out it is filming the same weekend as regionals. 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 since West left the crew without telling Marcel. At practice when Daniel and Giselle do the helicopter, Daniel badly sprains his ankle and has to leave A-Troupe and will be out indefinitely, not being able to take part in regionals. He is devastated. Title Reference: Break Stuff by Limp Bizkit Absent: Alexandra Beaton as Emily Note: Daniel will not be shown in any more episodes because he hurt his ankle and is out of A-troupe
22	8	"Come Back... Be Here"	Frank Van Keeken	Frank Van Keeken	November 8, 2013	3.4
Michelle tells the A-Troupe members that they need to get Emily to rejoin the studio, they disagree at first but later on agree so they go to elite to convince her to rejoin but she refuses. Amanda and Lucien move Emily up to the front row of their routine. While leaving Amanda says hi to James which earns him a light slap on the arm from a sad Riley. Riley admits its hard to be dating someone who dated lots of girls in the dance community.James has the regionals solo now that Daniel is gone and he just can't get it right, and his math grades begin to slip again. Riley warns him about it but he doesn't care about his grades. Eventually James tells Kate he can't dance the solo anymore and Kate understands so she tries to give it to West, who refuses it. Later Emily overhears Amanda and Lucien plotting to kick her out of elite when regionals come and she leaves. Eldon confesses to Michelle that he wants to be with her, but then Emily comes back and her and Eldon hug but Eldon still wants to be with Michelle who now thinks her and Eldon are not meant to be. Title Reference: Come Back... Be Here by Taylor Swift Absent: Brennan Clost as Daniel Note #1: Daniel is mentioned twice (once by Emily and once by Giselle) Note #2: Daniel is still in the opening credits
23	9	"Dancing in the Street"	Mitchell Ness	Frank Van Keeken	November 15, 2013	3.2
A-troupe assembles a dance battle with "Seeds", West's dance crew. Emily and Stephanie finally make up and become friends again. When "Seeds" arrive at the studio everyone finds out that West dances with "Seeds" and he is forced to pick a crew, and he picks a-troupe. When Emily begins to show true captaincy to the team, Michelle thinks that Emily should be her co-captain. Michelle begins to avoid Eldon because he is dating Emily and she is back now. Ultimately, a-troupe loses the battle against "Seeds" and they are very upset. Back at the studio, Emily takes a stand saying she is happy they lost because now they what they are competing against at Regionals since "Seeds" will be going to Regionals and she offers to buy everyone juice which they accept. Michelle tells Emily she wants Emily to be her co-captain and Emily is very shocked. Title Reference: Dancing In The Street by Martha and the Vandellas Absent: Brennan Clost as Daniel
24	10	"Price Tag"	Mitchell Ness	Frank Van Keeken and Chloe Van Keeken	November 22, 2013	3.5
Emily accepts Michelle's offer to be her co-captain and they agree that they need to create a new Regionals routine. Chloe’s financial problems finally boil over when she is late for a payment again and she confesses to Kate that she has a job. Chloe decides it would be best for her to leave A-Troupe. 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 to give her huge tips, in which she uses to pay for A-Troupe. Title Reference: Price Tag by Jessie J Absent: Brennan Clost as Daniel Note: At the end of the episode when A-Troupe are rehearsing, they are dancing to the song "Stutter" by the band Marianas Trench making it the first time a song is featured on the show that was not written specifically for the show.
25	11	"Bad Moon Rising"	Derby Crewe	Frank Van Keeken	November 29, 2013	3.8
Kate makes A-Troupe hang out with each other as friends instead of just teammates. They play truth or dare, which results in a "Jiley" kiss, but a police officer comes and "arrests James". It turns out that it was a prank involving Giselle's uncle to get back at the boys for scaring Riley. Emily asks Michelle what boy in the studio she would want to date. She says West, even though her real answer is Eldon. Eldon talks to Michelle because he's suspecting that she has feelings for him and he says that he is willing to break up with Emily, but Michelle tells him not to even though it makes her very happy that Eldon is willing to do that. Title Reference: Bad Moon Rising by Creedence Clearwater Revival Absent: Brennan Clost as Daniel
26	12	"Can't Fight This Feeling"	Kim Derko	Frank Van Keeken	December 6, 2013	3.7
Excitement turns to worry when the dancers receive the wrong costumes for Regionals. They try on other costumes from 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 costumes oGiselle picks up but they don't turn out well. Stephanie reveals that she got the part she auditioned for in Break Stuff, but that it films the same week as Regionals. Michelle finally confesses to Eldon that she has feelings for him and wants to be with him, Eldon says he has moved on but says, upsetting Michelle very much. Stephanie ultimately decides to give up the tv show and go to regionals. A-troupe is ready to go to Regionals. Title Reference: Can't Fight This Feeling by REO Speedwagon Absent: Brennan Clost as Daniel and Shamier Anderson as Chris
27	13	"I'm So Excited"	Mitchell Ness	Frank Van Keeken	December 13, 2013	4.2
Regionals are finally here and the competition is heating up. Before A-Troupe leaves, J-Troupe play them a song on instruments to wish them good luck at regionals. Daniel appears as well. Once they arrive, so do Elite who have get the skip the register line since they won last year. Amanda attempts to break A-Troupe apart but fails. When West realizes that "Seeds" is missing a member from their crew, he wants to join them. Everyone in A-Troupe and Marcel, the leader of "Seeds" say no but after a bit convincing, West is allowed to perform with "Seeds." "Seeds" end up scoring 88 out of 100 points from the judges. Just when A-Troupe are about to perform, West arrives and says he hurt his ankle dancing with "Seeds" but he was only joking. As soon as A-Troupe go on stage to perform, the episode ends. Title Reference: I'm So Excited by The Pointer Sisters Note: Daniel's first appearance since "Break Stuff."
28	14	"Fancy Footwork"	Mitchell Ness	Frank Van Keeken	December 20, 2013	4.3
The Next Step finally performs and they score an 86 out of 100. They were competing against Annex Dance Academy in this round, but Annex score an 84 and are eliminated, The Next Step moves on. Elite score a 91. Seeds move onto the next round as well. A-troupe perform in the second round and score an 87 and move to the third round. When a-troupe perform in the third round, Riley's glove gets caught in one of the feathers in her hair bow, causing the feather to fall off. The Next Step scores only an 84 out of 100 and are eliminated. They are all heartbroken, especially Riley who puts to blame on herself. The others encourage her not to blame herself. Especially emily who talks her through it while James consoles her by rubbing her back ,James reminds everyone about the wild card, which means one eliminated group will be brought back to the competition by the judges, this excites everyone especially Riley. The Next Step watch Elite perform, and they score a 94 and they advance to the semi-finals, along with Seeds and Dance inc. A-troupe, Art & Soul and Confidance come on stage to find out who will be the wild card, while waiting Emily notices that Michelle and Eldon are holding hands and is suspicious again. Then the announcer announces that The Next Step is the wild card and they will return to the competitions, and they are ecstatic. They are ready to move on the semi-finals, then finals and win! Title Reference: Fancy Footwork by Chromeo Absent: Brennan Clost as Daniel Note: Certain dance studios mentioned such as: Dance Inc, ConfiDance, Annex Dance Academy, Art and Soul and more are all real dance studios in the Ontario area.
29	15	"This Is How We Do It"	Mitchell Ness	Frank Van Keeken	December 27, 2013	4.7
The Next Step competes in the semi finals against Seeds. Elite won against Dance inc. The Next Step's performance is flawless which gets them a score of 93/100, beating Seeds score of 91/100. Amanda stars to make fun of Emily, who walks away with Riley forcing Eldon to follow her 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 while joking around,riley yells at him in front of the whole group. After Riley pulls James aside and apologizes for yelling at him. they learn that Riley gets stressed more and James is more calm and relaxed in situations. They both agree to try and be more respectful and supportive of the way the other person is. Emily is starting to notice more about Eldon and Michelle's feelings for each other, when Emily mention Elite will have a plane that's a prop. The Next Step votes to retaliate with Eldon and Michelle's duet in their last performance against Elite. Title Reference: This Is How We Do It by Montell Jordan Absent: Brennan Clost as Daniel
30	16	"Winner Takes All"	Mitchell Ness	Frank Van Keeken	January 3, 2014	6.3
The Next Step face off against Elite in the finals of regionals. Eldon reveals to Michelle that he wants to be with her and he lied when he said he had moved on, he promises he will tell Emily after regionals. Just before they perform, Emily begs Eldon to tell her whats going on between him and Michelle and Eldon confesses that he wants to be with Michelle causing him and Emily break up and Emily is upset. Also, Riley and James are talking , while Riley notices Beth. James confronts her on why she's there and she tells him she still loves him. James leaves using the excuse he has to perform. When Riley asks what was said he tells her that she just came to see him perform. James states in an interview he didn't tell Riley about Beth saying she loves him because it would jinx her out and she wouldn't be focused on the routine.They perform their Regional's routine, which was Romeo and Juliet themed, with Michelle and Eldon as Romeo and Juliet. The Next Step wins against Elite Studio and are proclaimed as Regionals winners. Michelle and Emily's relationship remains unknown after Emily gives Michelle the cold stare. Riley jumps into James's arms and hugs her and spins her around in his arms and they kiss on stage in front of everybody including Beth. Title Reference: Winner Takes All by Styx Absent: Brennan Clost as Daniel Note: This is the season finale.
TBA	17	"Rewind (Season 1.5 recap)"	Unknown	Unknown	February 28, 2014	5.3
Riley recaps Season 1.5 with a preview of Season 2. Note: This is the second time Brittany Raymond (Riley) has recapped a season.

Season 2: 2014

Temple Street Productions and Family Channel announced on April 9, 2013 that season two is in production. It premiered on March 7, 2014. It will consist of 26 episodes.

In this season:

• Zac Vran, Taveeta Szymanowicz and Natalie Krill join the cast as Hunter, Thalia and Phoebe respectively.
• Shamier Anderson leaves the cast as Chris.
• Samantha Grecchi and Tamima Pollack-Paris as Stephanie and Tiffany have been degraded from main to reccuring roles

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Director(s)	Writer(s)	Original air date	CAN viewers (millions)
31	1	"Don't Stop the Party "	Unknown	Unknown	March 7, 2014	7.9
32	2	"The Final Cut "	Unknown	Unknown	March 14, 2014	TBA
33	3	"Work it"	Unknown	Unknown	March 21, 2014	TBA
34	4	"It Takes Two"	Unknown	Unknown	March 28, 2014	TBA
35	5	"TBA"	TBD	TBD	2014	TBA
36	6	"TBA"	TBD	TBD	2014	TBA
37	7	"TBA"	TBD	TBD	2014	TBA
38	8	"TBA"	TBD	TBD	2014	TBA
39	9	"TBA"	TBD	TBD	2014	TBA
40	10	"TBA"	TBD	TBD	2014	TBA
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44	14	"TBA"	TBD	TBD	2014	TBA
45	15	"TBA"	TBD	TBD	2014	TBA
46	16	"TBA"	TBD	TBD	2014	TBA
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56	26	"TBA"	TBD	TBD	2014	TBA