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Live to Dance

{{Short description|Television series}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}

{{Infobox television

| image = Live to Dance Logo.png

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| genre = Reality

| creator =

| based_on = Got to Dance Created by Shine TV and Princess Productions

| developer =

| writer =

| director = Russell Norman

| creative_director =

| presenter = Andrew Günsberg

| starring =

| judges = Paula Abdul
Kimberly Wyatt
Travis Payne

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| country = United States

| language = English

| num_seasons = 1

| num_episodes = 7

| list_episodes =

| executive_producer = Elisabeth Murdoch
Howard T. Owens
Robin Ashbrook
Anthony Dominici
James Sunderland
Paula Abdul

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| company = Reveille Productions

| channel = CBS

| first_aired = {{Start date|2011|01|04}}

| last_aired = {{end date|2011|2|9}}

| 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".[http://realitytvmagazine.sheknows.com/2010/12/live-to-dance-paula-abdul-talks-live-to-dance-and-teaming-up-with-simon-cowell/ "Live to Dance: Paula Abdul Talks "Live to Dance" and Teaming Up with Simon Cowell"], Reality TV magazine]

Resembling the British dance competition series Got to Dance,[http://www.mediaspy.org/report/2011/01/23/paula-abdul-to-launch-live-to-dance-in-australia "Paula Abdul to launch Live to Dance in Australia"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110128223833/http://www.mediaspy.org/report/2011/01/23/paula-abdul-to-launch-live-to-dance-in-australia/ |date=2011-01-28 }}, Media Spy, January 23, 2011 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.{{cite web |url=https://www.deadline.com/2010/10/cbs-names-host-panel-for-live-to-dance/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101016045512/http://www.deadline.com/2010/10/cbs-names-host-panel-for-live-to-dance |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 16, 2010 |title=CBS Crowds Paula Abdul's 'Live To Dance' |author=Nellie Andreeva |date=October 13, 2010 |work=Deadline |publisher=Deadline Publications Ltd. |accessdate=December 23, 2010}} 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.tv.com/first-look-paula-abduls-live-to-dance/webnews/237281.html |title=First Look: Paula Abdul's 'Live To Dance' |author=Trent |date=December 12, 2010 |work=TV.com |publisher=CBS Interactive |accessdate=December 23, 2010 |archive-date=January 10, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110110235030/http://www.tv.com/first-look-paula-abduls-live-to-dance/webnews/237281.html |url-status=dead }} The series was not renewed for a second season.[http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2011/02/exclusive-paula-abdul-devastated-after-being-told-show-cancelled "EXCLUSIVE: Paula Abdul 'Devastated' After Being Told Show Is Cancelled"]. Radar Online. February 15, 2011.

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.

Auditions

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

Top 18

:{{Color box|limegreen|border=darkgray}} Bold Print means that the contestant was chosen by the judges/viewers to compete in the Semi-Finals via the Dance-Off.

class="wikitable" style="width:20%;"
style="width:3%;"|Top 18
maddie zeigler

|D'Angelo & Amanda

Bev & Hap
Jalen
The Vibe
Tap Sounds Underground
Jill & Jacob
bgcolor="limegreen"|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
bgcolor="limegreen"|White Tree Fine Art

=Dance-Off=

class="wikitable" style="width:40%;"
style="width:3%;"|Contestant(s)

! style="width:3%;"|Result

Kendall Glover

|bgcolor="limegreen"|Judges' Choice

White Tree Fine Art

|bgcolor="limegreen"|Viewers' Choice

Theatrix

|bgcolor="pink"|Eliminated

Inside the Box

|bgcolor="pink"|Eliminated

Semi-finals

=Round 1=

class="wikitable"
style="width:5%;" rowspan="2" | Order

! style="width:15%;" rowspan="2" | Contestant(s)

! style="width:41%;" rowspan="2" | Song(s) performed to

! style="width:21%;" colspan="3" | Stars

! style="width:15%;" rowspan="2" | Result

style="width:7%;" | Wyatts

! style="width:7%;" | Abdul

! style="width:7%;" | Pagne

bgcolor="lightgreen"

| style="text-align:center" | 1

| The Vibe

| "Smooth Criminal" by Michael Jackson

| bgcolor="gold" | {{center|★}}

| bgcolor="gold" | {{center|★}}

| bgcolor="gold" | {{center|★}}

| {{center|Judges' Choice}}

style="text-align:center" | 2

| Jittin' Genius

| "I Can Transform Ya" by Chris Brown
"Fancy Footwork" by Chromeo

| bgcolor="gold" | {{center|★}}

| bgcolor="gold" | {{center|★}}

| bgcolor="gold" | {{center|★}}

| bgcolor="lightgrey" | {{center|Eliminated
(Viewers' 2nd)}}

style="text-align:center" | 3

| Chi-Town Finest Breakers

| "I Want You Back" by Jackson 5
"The Love You Save" by Jackson 5
"Rappers Delight" by Sugarhill Gang

| bgcolor="red" | {{center|★}}

| bgcolor="gold" | {{center|★}}

| bgcolor="red" | {{center|★}}

| bgcolor="lightgrey" | {{center|Eliminated}}

style="text-align:center" | 4

| Austen Acevedo

| "Getting Over You" by David Guetta

| bgcolor="red" | {{center|★}}

| bgcolor="red" | {{center|★}}

| bgcolor="red" | {{center|★}}

| bgcolor="lightgrey" | {{center|Eliminated}}

style="text-align:center" | 5

| Bev & Hap

| "Boom Boom Pow" by The Black Eyed Peas

| bgcolor="red" | {{center|★}}

| bgcolor="gold" | {{center|★}}

| bgcolor="red" | {{center|★}}

| bgcolor="lightgrey" | {{center|Eliminated}}

bgcolor="lightblue"

| style="text-align:center" | 6

| D'Angelo & Amanda

| "Hip Hip Chin Chin" by Club des Belugas
"Conga" by Gloria Estefan

| bgcolor="gold" | {{center|★}}

| bgcolor="gold" | {{center|★}}

| bgcolor="gold" | {{center|★}}

| bgcolor="lightblue" | {{center|Viewers' Choice}}

=Round 2=

class="wikitable"
style="width:5%;" rowspan="2" | Order

! style="width:15%;" rowspan="2" | Contestant(s)

! style="width:41%;" rowspan="2" | Song(s) performed to

! style="width:21%;" colspan="3" | Stars

! style="width:15%;" rowspan="2" | Result

style="width:7%;" | Wyatts

! style="width:7%;" | Abdul

! style="width:7%;" | Pagne

style="text-align:center" | 1

| Jalen

| "U Can't Touch This" by MC Hammer

| bgcolor="gold" | {{center|★}}

| bgcolor="gold" | {{center|★}}

| bgcolor="gold" | {{center|★}}

| bgcolor="lightgrey" | {{center|Eliminated}}

style="text-align:center" | 2

| Dance in Flight

| "The Pink Panther Theme" by Henry Mancini

| bgcolor="gold" | {{center|★}}

| bgcolor="gold" | {{center|★}}

| bgcolor="red" | {{center|★}}

| bgcolor="lightgrey" | {{center|Eliminated}}

bgcolor="lightblue"

| style="text-align:center" | 3

| Twitch

| "Apologize" by OneRepublic

| bgcolor="gold" | {{center|★}}

| bgcolor="gold" | {{center|★}}

| bgcolor="gold" | {{center|★}}

| bgcolor="lightblue" | {{center|Viewers' Choice}}

style="text-align:center" | 4

| Du-Shant Stegall

| "OMG" by Usher

| bgcolor="red" | {{center|★}}

| bgcolor="red" | {{center|★}}

| bgcolor="red" | {{center|★}}

| bgcolor="lightgrey" | {{center|Eliminated}}

style="text-align:center" | 5

| Dax & Sarah

| "Tu Vuò Fà L'Americano" by Renato Carosone / {{nowrap|"We No Speak Americano" by Yolanda Be Cool}}

| bgcolor="gold" | {{center|★}}

| bgcolor="gold" | {{center|★}}

| bgcolor="red" | {{center|★}}

| bgcolor="lightgrey" | {{center|Eliminated}}

bgcolor="lightgreen"

| style="text-align:center" | 6

| White Tree Fine Art

| "Hallelujah" by Alexandra Burke

| bgcolor="gold" | {{center|★}}

| bgcolor="gold" | {{center|★}}

| bgcolor="red" | {{center|★}}

| bgcolor="lightgreen" | {{center|Judges' Choice}}

=Round 3=

class="wikitable"
style="width:5%;" rowspan="2" | Order

! style="width:15%;" rowspan="2" | Contestant(s)

! style="width:41%;" rowspan="2" | Song(s) performed to

! style="width:21%;" colspan="3" | Stars

! style="width:15%;" rowspan="2" | Result

style="width:7%;" | Wyatts

! style="width:7%;" | Abdul

! style="width:7%;" | Pagne

bgcolor="lightgreen"

| style="text-align:center" | 1

| Dance Town Chaos

| "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" by Seal

| bgcolor="gold" | {{center|★}}

| bgcolor="gold" | {{center|★}}

| bgcolor="gold" | {{center|★}}

| {{center|Judges' Choice}}

style="text-align:center" | 2

| Jill & Jacob

| "Save Me" by Nicki Minaj

| bgcolor="red" | {{center|★}}

| bgcolor="gold" | {{center|★}}

| bgcolor="red" | {{center|★}}

| bgcolor="lightgrey" | {{center|Eliminated}}

style="text-align:center" | 3

| Roosevelt Anderson

| "Rocketeer" by Far East Movement

| bgcolor="red" | {{center|★}}

| bgcolor="gold" | {{center|★}}

| bgcolor="gold" | {{center|★}}

| bgcolor="lightgrey" | {{center|Eliminated}}

style="text-align:center" | 4

| Tap Sounds Underground

|

| bgcolor="red" | {{center|★}}

| bgcolor="gold" | {{center|★}}

| bgcolor="gold" | {{center|★}}

| bgcolor="lightgrey" | {{center|Eliminated}}

style="text-align:center" | 5

| Shore Thing

|

| bgcolor="gold" | {{center|★}}

| bgcolor="gold" | {{center|★}}

| bgcolor="gold" | {{center|★}}

| bgcolor="lightgrey" | {{center|Eliminated}}

bgcolor="lightblue"

| style="text-align:center" | 6

| Kendall Glover

| "Firework" by Katy Perry

| bgcolor="gold" | {{center|★}}

| bgcolor="gold" | {{center|★}}

| bgcolor="red" | {{center|★}}

| bgcolor="lightblue" | {{center|Viewers' Choice}}

=Finalists=

class="wikitable" style="width:40%;"
style="width:3%;" | Contestant(s)

! style="width:3%;" | Number of
Gold Stars

! style="width:3%;" | Result

Twitch

| {{center|3}}

|

White Tree Fine Art

| {{center|3}}

| bgcolor="tan" | Third place

The Vibe

| {{center|2}}

|

Kendall Glover

| {{center|3}}

| bgcolor="silver" | Runner-up

Dance Town Chaos

| {{center|3}}

|

D'Angelo & Amanda

| {{center|3}}

| bgcolor="gold" | Winners

Ratings

The series premiere was watched by 10.2 million viewers and was the most watched program of January 4, 2011.[http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2011/01/tv-ratings-live-to-dance-has-ok-start-tuesday-v-abc-returnees-soft.html TV ratings: 'Live to Dance' has OK start Tuesday; 'V,' ABC returnees soft] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110107081226/http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2011/01/tv-ratings-live-to-dance-has-ok-start-tuesday-v-abc-returnees-soft.html |date=2011-01-07 }} It additionally managed to pull a 2.4 in the Adults 18-49 demographic.{{cite web|last=Gorman|first=Bill|title=Tuesday Final Ratings: No Adjustments to 'V', 'Parenthood', 'No Ordinary Family', or Any Other Other Original Episodes|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/01/05/tuesday-final-ratings-no-adjustment-to-v-parenthood-no-ordinary-family-or-any-other-original-episodes/77444|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110107090918/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/01/05/tuesday-final-ratings-no-adjustment-to-v-parenthood-no-ordinary-family-or-any-other-original-episodes/77444|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 7, 2011|date=January 5, 2011|accessdate=January 6, 2011}} 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.{{cite web|last=Gorman|first=Bill|title=TV Ratings Wednesday: ABC Comedies, 'Human Target', 'L&O:SVU' Up; 'Live To Dance', 'Peoples Choice Awards' Tumble|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/01/06/tv-ratings-wednesday-abc-comedies-human-target-l-live-to-dance-peoples-choice-awards-tumble/77452|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110108102133/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/01/06/tv-ratings-wednesday-abc-comedies-human-target-l-live-to-dance-peoples-choice-awards-tumble/77452|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 8, 2011|date=January 6, 2011|accessdate=January 6, 2011}}

class="wikitable" style="width:40%;"
style="width:1%;"|Episode

! style="width:7%;"|Date

! style="width:5%;"|Total Viewers

! style="width:5%;"|18-49 Demo

1

| January 4, 2011

| 10.2m

| 2.4

2

| January 5, 2011

| 7.7m

| 1.8

3

| January 12, 2011

| 6.15m

| 1.5

4

| January 19, 2011

| 5.081m

| 1.0

5

| January 26, 2011

| 4.512m

| 1.0

6

| February 2, 2011

| 4.749m

| 0.9

7

| February 9, 2011

| 4.706m

| 0.9

References

{{reflist}}

External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20110110145017/http://www.cbs.com/primetime/live_to_dance Official Website (via Internet Archive)]
  • [http://www.paulaabduldanceshow.com/ Official Casting Site]
  • {{IMDb title|1625330|Live to Dance}}
  • [http://www.domeguys.com/blog/?p=89 DomeGuys International Blog of Building the Dance Domes]

Category:2011 American television series debuts

Category:2011 American television series endings

Category:Dance competition television shows

Category:CBS reality television shows

Category:American English-language television shows

Category:American television series based on British television series