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The Greatest Dancer
GenreDance competition
Created bySyco
Directed byJulia Knowles
Presented by
Starring
Judges
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series2
No. of episodes8 (as of 23 February 2019)
Production
Executive producers
  • Amelia Brown
  • Nigel Hall
  • Louise Hutchinson
Producers
  • Iain Peckham
  • Clara Marshall
Production locationsICC Birmingham (auditions)
LH2 Studios (live shows)
Running time60–70 minutes
Production companies
Original release
NetworkBBC One
Release5 January 2019 (2019-01-05) –
present
Related
Rising Star

The Greatest Dancer is a British dance competition television series created by Simon Cowell and produced by Syco Entertainment. The first BBC programme created by Cowell, The Greatest Dancer sees previously undiscovered dance acts perform live weekly for Cheryl, Oti Mabuse, Matthew Morrison and Todrick Hall (the "Dance Captains") and a studio audience in a competition to win £50,000 and a chance to perform on Strictly Come Dancing. The receptionist in the first series was Amelia Wilson before being replaced by Curtis Pritchard.[1]

The first series aired on BBC One on Saturdays from 5 January to 23 February 2019 and was won by 14-year-old solo dancer Ellie Fergusson from Livingston, West Lothian, who was mentored by Mabuse.[2] A second series premiered on 4 January 2020.[3] On 8 August 2019, it was confirmed that Curtis Pritchard would join the 2020 series as the new receptionist.[4] Also in 2020, Todrick Hall joined the show as the fourth Dance Captain.

Series overview

  • Series 1: 5 January – 23 February 2019 (8 episodes)
    • Auditions: 5–26 January 2019
    • Live shows: 2–23 February 2019
  • Series 2: 4 January 2020 – present (TBC episodes)
    • Auditions: 4–25 January 2020
    • Live shows: 1 February 2020

Series 1 (2019)

Format

A non-televised pilot for the show was filmed in February 2018 at Hammersmith Apollo in London.[5]

Auditions

The auditions took place at ICC Birmingham in August 2018[6] and were divided into three episodes, with one episode aired each Saturday from 5 to 19 January 2019. Auditioning acts were allowed to consist of any number of members, and each person participating was required to be at least 7 years old.[7] Each auditioning act performed in front of a one-way mirror and each audience member had a light to turn on during each audition that they liked; only acts for whom at least 75 percent of the audience turned on their lights would qualify for the callbacks.[8] The format was adapted from the Israeli television music competition franchise Rising Star.[9]

Callbacks

The callbacks episode aired on 26 January. From the acts that had qualified for the callbacks, the Dance Captains selected nine as finalists, with each Dance Captain mentoring three acts.

Live Challenge

Each Saturday from 2 to 16 February, the remaining acts performed to stay in the competition. Each act was assigned a different theme of dance, while each audience member had a light to turn on during each performance that they liked. After all acts had performed, the public were given the opportunity to vote for their favourite acts. The first live show saw the act that received the fewest votes eliminated, while the second and third shows each saw the two least popular acts eliminated, leaving four to compete in the final show.

Final

The final took place on 23 February. Each of the four remaining acts made a collaboration with their respective Dance Captain, and the act that received the fewest votes from the public was eliminated. The three remaining acts then each performed a reprise of the dance they performed in the auditions stage. The act that received the most votes from the public was crowned the winner and received £50,000 and a chance to perform on the next series of Strictly Come Dancing.

Live show details

Acts

Act[10] No. of
members 		Hometown Genre Dance Captain Result
Ellie 1 Livingston Contemporary Oti Mabuse Winner
on 23 February 2019
Harry & Eleiyah 2 Various Contemporary Cheryl Runners-up
on 23 February 2019
KLA 8 South Wales Latin formation Oti Mabuse
James & Oliver 2 Hatfield, Hertfordshire Contemporary Matthew Morrison Fourth place
on 23 February 2019
Dane Bates Collective 9 Various Contemporary Cheryl Eliminated
on 16 February 2019
Frobacks 4 London Street Cheryl
Company Jinks 14 Various Commercial Matthew Morrison Eliminated
on 9 February 2019
Prospects Fraternity 13 London Street Matthew Morrison
The Globe Girls 5 London Commercial Oti Mabuse Eliminated
on 2 February 2019

Week 1 (2 February)

Week 2 (9 February)

Week 3: Semi-final (16 February)

Week 4: Final (23 February)

Dance 1: Performance with Dance Captain (one act eliminated)
Dance 2: Reprise of audition dance

Series 2 (2020)

The second series started on 4 January 2020. In a change from last year, at the end of each week a different coach was chosen to pick an act from that week to join their team. The choices were as follow:

Heats

Week 1

Cheryl was selected to choose a Greatest Dancer of the Day.

Act No. of
members 		Genre Song Result
Ross and Travis 2 Street "Everybody Jump"/"Will 2K"/"I Wanna Dance with Somebody" Advanced to Callbacks
Los Rumberos 6 Latin Advanced to Callbacks
Lily and Joseph 2 Contemporary "Rise Up" Cheryl's Greatest Dancer of the Day
Sam and Mash 2 Afro Dance "Dangote"/"Karaoke" Eliminated - 70%
Tom 1 Contemporary "Turning Tables" Advanced to Callbacks
Giovanni 1 Northern Soul Advanced to Callbacks
Waack This Way 8 Street "In the Hall of the Mountain King" Eliminated - 15%
Soar Kids 12 Street "Finesse" Advanced to Callbacks
Patrick and Laura 2 Irish Dance "I Want It That Way" Advanced to Callbacks
Miss J 1 Street "The Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy"/"Pyro Ting"/"Hey Mama/"16 Shots" Advanced to Callbacks
Dinkie Flowers 1 Tap "Singin' in the Rain"/"Hawaii Five-O theme" Advanced to Callbacks
Harrison 1 Contemporary "Enter the Circus"/"Game of Survival" Advanced to Callbacks

Week 2

Todrick Hall was selected to choose a Greatest Dancer of the Day.

Act No. of
members 		Genre Song Result
Michael and Jowita 2 Latin "Lollipop"/"Rock Around the Clock"/"Hey! Baby"/"Jump, Jive an' Wail" Advanced to Callbacks
JJ Acrobatics 16 Acro Dance "Toxic" Advanced to Callbacks
Jake O'Shea 1 Irish Dance "Traditional Irish Music"/"Diva" Advanced to Callbacks
Womanhood 5 Commercial "Ain't Your Mama" Eliminated - 41%
Ainsley Ricketts 1 Contemporary "Shine On You" Todrick's Greatest Dancer of the Day
Aimee 1 Modern Jazz "Rain Dance" Advanced to Callbacks
DN12 15 Commercial "Wind It Up"/"Spice Up Your Life"/"Heads Will Roll" Advanced to Callbacks
Vale 16 Contemporary Advanced to Callbacks
Tony and Mandy 2 Latin American "Let's Get Loud" Eliminated - 45%
Renako Collective 5 Contemporary "Human" Advanced to Callbacks

Auditions 3

Matthew Morrison was selected to choose a Greatest Dancer of the Day.

Act No. of
members 		Genre Song Result
Dancepoint 16 Contemporary "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" Advanced to Callbacks
Laurence Cooke 1 Street "Feel Good Inc." Eliminated - 73%
The Queens 7 Jazz "Does Your Mother Know" Advanced to Callbacks
Hannah 1 Contemporary "Here with Me" Matthew's Greatest Dancer of the Day
Ryan 1 Commercial "Look What You Made Me Do" Advanced to Callbacks
Young Dream Chasers 12 Street "Phenomenal Woman" Advanced to Callbacks
Tom and Jo 2 Latin "Muevete Duro" Advanced to Callbacks
Resilience 4 Ballet "Power" Eliminated - 74%
Darius and DJ G 2 Commercial "In the Morning"/"Flowers" Advanced to Callbacks
Jordan Crouch 1 Contemporary "All of Me" Advanced to Callbacks
Brothers of Dance 9 Contemporary "Wicked Game" Advanced to Callbacks

Auditions 4

Oti Mabuse was selected to choose a Greatest Dancer of the Day.

Act No. of
members 		Genre Song Result
Dark Angels 12 Hip-hop

The Final 12

Act No. of
members 		Hometown Genre Mentor Result
Ainsley Ricketts 1 London Contemporary Todrick Hall TBA
Brothers of Dance 9 Various Contemporary Cheryl Cole
Dancepoint 16 Glasgow Contemporary Todrick Hall
Dark Angels 12 Bristol Hip-hop Oti Mabuse
Hannah 1 Sussex Contemporary Matthew Morrison
Harrison 1 Liverpool Contemporary Matthew Morrison
Lily and Joseph 2 Sunderland Contemporary Cheryl Cole
Michael and Jowita 2 London Latin Oti Mabuse
Ross and Travis 2 Portsmouth and Bournemouth Street Matthew Morrison
Vale 16 Stockport Contemporary Oti Mabuse
Ryan 1 Sandhurst Commercial Todrick Hall Eliminated
on 1 February 2020
The Queens 7 London Jazz Cheryl Cole

Lives

Week 1

Order Act Song(s) Challenge Theme Studio Vote Result
1 Dancepoint "Friend Like Me" Pantomime
89.9%
 Safe
2 Michael and Jowita "Kissing You" Shakespeare
90.5%
 Safe
3 Harrison "Somebody's Watching Me" Royalty
94.2%
 Safe
4 The Queens "A Nice Cup of Tea"/"I Believe in a Thing Called Love" Afternoon Tea
48.4%
 Eliminated
5 Ainsley Ricketts "No Light, No Light" Weather
95.5%
 Safe
6 Lily and Joseph "Runaway Baby" Seaside
95.2%
 Safe
7 Vale "Arrival of the Birds" Queueing
88.9%
 Safe
8 Ross and Travis "Boasty"/"Tragedy"/"Big for Your Boots"Cry Me a River"/"Where Are Ü Now"/"O Fortuna" Secret Agents
97.0%
 Safe
9 Hannah "Lost Without You" Telephone Box
94.2%
 Safe
10 Dark Angels "Earthquake"/"Shutdown"/"Dance Off"/"High Hopes" House of Commons
92.1%
 Safe
11 Ryan "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'"/"Soul Bossa Nova"/"Work It Out" The Sixties
74.6%
 Eliminated
12 Brothers of Dance "Red Right Hand"/"Glory" Peaky Blinders
97.8%
 Safe

Judges, receptionist and presenters

Overview

Key
  Presenter of The Greatest Dancer
  Receptionist of The Greatest Dancer
  Judge of The Greatest Dancer
Cast member Series
1 2
Alesha Dixon
Jordan Banjo
Amelia Wilson
Curtis Pritchard
Cheryl
Matthew Morrison
Oti Mabuse
Todrick Hall

Presenters

On 19 July 2018, it was announced that Alesha Dixon and Jordan Banjo would host the programme.

2019-present

Dance panel

On 10 August 2018, it was announced that the show ("Judges") were Cheryl, Matthew Morrison and Oti Mabuse. For the 2020 series, dancer Todrick Hall joined as the fourth judge.

  • Dance Captains gallery
  • Cheryl (2019-Present)
    Cheryl (2019-Present)
  • Matthew Morrison (2019-Present)
    Matthew Morrison (2019-Present)
  • Oti Mabuse (right) (2019-Present)
    Oti Mabuse (right) (2019-Present)
  • Todrick Hall (2020–present)
    Todrick Hall (2020–present)

References

  1. ^ Bond, Kimberley (9 March 2019). "Who is The Greatest Dancer receptionist Amelia Wilson?". Radio Times. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
  2. ^ "Millions tune in to watch Lothians teenager Ellie Fergusson win The Greatest Dancer". www.scotsman.com. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
  3. ^ Warner, Sam (23 February 2019). "The Greatest Dancer will return for a second series on BBC One". Digital Spy. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  4. ^ "Curtis Pritchard joins BBC One's The Greatest Dancer". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
  5. ^ "Cheryl stars in BBC talent show pilot". BBC News. 15 February 2018. Retrieved 3 February 2019 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  6. ^ Probert, Sarah (10 August 2018). "Why people are queuing outside ICC in Birmingham this morning". birminghammail. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  7. ^ "About the Show". BBC. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  8. ^ Warner, Sam (12 January 2019). "The Greatest Dancer's Jordan Banjo tells off audience". Digital Spy. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
  9. ^ "The Greatest Dancer: How does it work? Everything you need to know about Cheryl's new show". 5 January 2019.
  10. ^ "The Final 9". BBC. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
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