Got to Dance, originally titled Just Dance,^[1] is a British dance competition that was broadcast on Sky 1 in the United Kingdom from 20 December 2009 to 28 December 2014. Auditions for the show were held in specially built "Dance Domes" and are open to all dance acts of any age, style or size but must be of an amateur level.

The show was hosted by Davina McCall, with Ashley Banjo and Kimberly Wyatt as judges. In series 1 to 3, Adam Garcia was a judge but was replaced by Aston Merrygold in series 4.^[2] However, on 31 January 2014, Merrygold announced that he would be leaving the show.^[3] Garcia returned as a judge for series 5 in 2014.^[4] Since series 2, the prize money is £250,000 for the winning act. On 24 October 2014, it was announced that series 5 would be the last.^[5]

There were five stages to the competition:

• Stage 1: Producers' auditions (these auditions decide who will perform in front of the judges, but they are not broadcast or acknowledged on the show)
• Stage 2: Judges' auditions
• Stage 3: Callbacks (some acts may have to perform again at this stage for a place in the semi-finals)
• Stage 4: Live Semi-finals (each act performs in one semi-final, with only two advancing to the final, three in series 5)
• Stage 5: Live Final

Auditions for the first series were held in October 2009 in Edinburgh, Manchester and London.

The winning act, 10-year-old Akai, won the £100,000 prize money.^{[citation needed]}

A second series of Got to Dance began with a special "Warm Up" show that was broadcast on 19 December 2010 then fully on 2 January 2011. The prize money for the second series was £250,000, the largest cash give-away on a television talent show (at the time).

The format of the second series of Got to Dance was slightly different to the first series. There were eight audition shows followed by four live semi-finals, and a live final at Olympia, London on 27 February 2011 in front of an audience of 6,000 people. The dance dome auditions for the series were held in Glasgow, Dublin & London.

The winning act, Chris and Wes, won the £250,000 prize money.

Series 3 started on 1 January 2012. Producer auditions took place during July & August 2011 in Glasgow, Newcastle, Liverpool, Manchester, Cardiff, Birmingham, Bristol, London and Dublin. Filming took place in various stages from July 2011 – March 2012. The dance domes auditions again took place in London, Glasgow and Dublin.

A special "Warm Up" show was broadcast on 18 December 2011. The series fully began on 1 January 2012, with the next episode the following day. Seven audition shows were aired followed by a "Home Visits" episode and one 30-minute episode featuring the "Callback" performances.

A new show, Got to Dance: Auditions Uncut aired weekdays at 6pm and was narrated by Will Best. As the name suggests, the show featured uncut auditions from the main show and others which were not shown.

The winning act, Prodijig, won the £250,000 prize money.

Series 4 started in January 2013. Producer auditions took place during July and August 2012. This year, auditions in front of the judges took place at Clapham Common in London. No judges' auditions were held in Glasgow or Dublin. The auditions took place between 13 September and 2 October 2012, in a brand new and bigger dome which can hold up to 760 audience members.

Starting in this series, all acts must receive 3 gold stars from the judges to progress onto the shortlist.

Aston Merrygold replaced Garcia on the judging panel. Jordan Banjo and Perri Kiely were the backstage team for series 4. They also provided the voice overs for many of the episodes of Got to Dance: Auditions Uncut.^[7]

Producer audition dates:^[8]

Series 5 began airing on 9 August 2014,^[9] with McCall continuing as host. Banjo and Wyatt returned as judges for a fifth time and Garcia returned after his absence in series 4, replacing Merrygold. In this series, the semi-finals were stripped across one week (similar to Britain's Got Talent)^[10] and the judges mentored contestants throughout the competition. Six acts from each team progressed to the live rounds. Auditions for this series took place at the Roundhouse concert venue in Camden, London between 6–11 May 2014. This is the first and only time that the dance domes have not been used.^[11] Series 2 winners Chris and Wes returned to Got to Dance and were joined by Joe Sugg to form the Backstage/Online team.^[12]

Producer auditions for Got to Dance 2014 took place during March and April 2014 in London, Birmingham, Cardiff, Manchester, Newcastle, Glasgow and Dublin.

Producer audition dates:^[13]

The second series saw the introduction of the bursary fund. This fund, worth £15,000, was to be distributed amongst auditionees that the judges felt weren't yet good enough to progress in the competition, but whom they felt had real potential, and was to be used to enable them to develop and cultivate their dance skills through professional tuition.

Episode ratings from BARB.^[16] They do not include viewings on Sky 1 +1.

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Current and upcoming versions include:^[17]

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Country	Local title	Presenter(s)	Judges	Channel	Seasons/Series
Australia	Got to Dance	Andrew Günsberg	—	Fox8	Cancelled in 2012
Finland	Pakko Tanssia	Satu Tuomisto Jani Toivola	Sami Saikkonen Saana Akiola Dennis Nylund	Yle TV2	Season 1: 2 March – 4 May 2013
France  Monaco	Got to Dance: Le Meilleur Danseur	Sandrine Corman	David Carreira Mia Frye Stephane Jarny	TMC	Season 1: 24 June – 12 August 2015
Germany	Got to Dance	Johanna Klum (1–2) Alexandra Simone Maurer (3)	Palina Rojinski (1–3) Nikeata Thompson (1–2) Howard Donald (1–2) Marvin A. Smith (3) Anton Zetterholm (3)	ProSieben (1–3) Sat.1 (1–2)	Season 1: 20 June – 5 July 2013 Season 2: 17 July – 14 August 2014 Season 3: 13 August – 24 September 2015
Poland	Got to Dance – Tylko Taniec	Maciej Dowbor Katarzyna Kępka (1–2) Anna Głogowska (3–4)	Joanna Liszowska Michał Malitowski Alan Andersz Krystyna Mazurówna (1–2) Anna Jujka (3–4) Filip Czeszyk (1–2, Guest) Kimberly Wyatt (3–4, Guest)	Polsat	Season 1: 3 March – 11 May 2012 Season 2: 7 September – 9 November 2012 Season 3: 1 March – 3 May 2013 Season 4: 13 September – 22 November 2013
Romania	Romania Danseaza	George Papagheorghe Andreea Balan	Mihai Bendeac (1) Connect-r (2) Monica Petrica CRBL	Antena 1	Season 1: March – May 2013 Season 2: Spring 2014
United States	Live to Dance	Andrew Günsberg	Paula Abdul Travis Payne Kimberly Wyatt	CBS	Season 1: 4 January – 9 February 2011
Vietnam	Got to Dance Vietnam: Vũ điệu đam mê	Khánh Thi	Trần Ly Ly Dumbo Alfredo Torres Minh Hằng	VTV3	Season 1: 14 September – 28 December 2013

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