So You Think You Can Dance

Name: So You Think You Can Dance
Genre: Reality
Released: 2005-07-20
Cast: Cat Deeley, Stephen 'tWitch' Boss, Matthew Morrison, JoJo Siwa, Maksim Chmerkovskiy

2005 –2024
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Ended
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TV-14

Reality

★ 6.8 TMDB Rating · 79 votes

Dancers selected in open auditions across America take part in a rigorous competition designed to best display their talents, training and personalities to a panel of judges and viewers as they strive to win votes and avoid elimination.

Created by: Simon Fuller, Nigel Lythgoe
Seasons: 18
Episodes: 318
Episode length: ~43m
First aired: Jul 20, 2005
Networks: FOX
Original language: English
Origin: United States

Cast of So You Think You Can Dance

Cat Deeley
Self - Host
Stephen 'tWitch' Boss
Self
Matthew Morrison
Self
JoJo Siwa
Self - Judge
Maksim Chmerkovskiy
Self
Allison Holker
Self - Judge

Seasons

Specials

Sep 2, 2009

2 episodes
Season 1

Jul 20, 2005

12 episodes

Season one features Lauren Sánchez as host, Nigel Lythgoe as the main judge, and Mary Murphy, Dan Karaty, Mia Michaels and Brian Friedman as most frequent guest judges.
Season 2

May 25, 2006

23 episodes

Season two features new host Cat Deeley. The winner of season 2 receives a grand prize of $100,000, a new hybrid SUV, and a one-year contract with Celine Dion's Las Vegas show, A New Day.
Season 3

May 24, 2007

23 episodes
Season 4

May 22, 2008

23 episodes
Season 5

May 21, 2009

23 episodes

Season five sees Nigel Lythgoe and Mary Murphy returning as permanent judges and Cat Deeley returning to host. This is the first season to move the show a new stage and last season to be in CBS Studios.
Season 6

Sep 9, 2009

24 episodes
Season 7

May 27, 2010

23 episodes
Season 8

May 26, 2011

23 episodes

Season eight features the return of Mary Murphy and Nigel Lythgoe as permanent judges and Cat Deeley as host. Also returning is the selection of a Top 20 for the finals, in contrast to season 7's Top 11.
Season 9

May 24, 2012

15 episodes
Season 10

May 14, 2013

18 episodes
Season 11

May 28, 2014

15 episodes

Season eleven again features Lythgoe, and ballroom expert Mary Murphy as the two permanent members of the judge's panel while Cat Deeley continues in her role as host for a tenth consecutive season.
Stage vs. Street

Jun 1, 2015

17 episodes
The Next Generation

May 30, 2016

13 episodes
Back to Basics

Jun 12, 2017

15 episodes

Season fourteen's judge panel once again features series creator Nigel Lythgoe, as well as the return of ballroom expert Mary Murphy, along with new permanent member Vanessa Hudgens joining the panel of judges, while Cat Deeley continues in her role as host for a thirteenth consecutive season.
Season 15

Jun 4, 2018

14 episodes

Season fifteen's judge panel once again features series creator Nigel Lythgoe, as well as the return of ballroom expert Mary Murphy, and Vanessa Hudgens, while Stephen "tWitch" Boss is the new fourth judge during the auditions and the live shows. Cat Deeley continues in her role as host for a fourteenth consecutive season.
Season 16

Jun 10, 2019

15 episodes

The sixteenth season panel of judges again features series creator Nigel Lythgoe, as well as the return of ballroom dance champion and expert Mary Murphy. New to the panel are choreographer Laurieann Gibson and B-boy dancer/choreographer Dominic "D-Trix" Sandoval, who serve as the third and fourth judges during auditions and live shows. Cat Deeley continues in her role as host for a fifteenth consecutive season.
Season 17

May 18, 2022

12 episodes
Season 18

Mar 4, 2024

10 episodes