Got To Dance
| Got to Dance | |
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| Genre | Dance competition |
| Presented by | Davina McCall |
| Judges |
Ashley Banjo Adam Garcia Kimberly Wyatt Aston Merrygold |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom Ireland |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 5 |
| No. of episodes | 71 (inc. 5 "Warm Up" shows) |
| Production | |
| Location(s) |
Auditions: Various cities (2010–12) Clapham Common (2013) Roundhouse (2014) Live shows: Pinewood Studios (2010–12) Shepperton Studios (2013) Earls Court (2014) Final: Olympia, London (2011–13) Earls Court (2014) |
| Running time | 30–90 mins |
| Production company(s) |
Princess Productions Shine Limited |
| Release | |
| Original network | Sky 1 |
| Picture format | 16:9 (1080i HDTV) |
| Original release | 20 December 2009 – 28 December 2014 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows |
Got to Dance: Auditions Uncut International versions |
| External links | |
| www |
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Got to Dance, originally titled Just Dance, is a British dance competition that was broadcast on Sky 1 in the United Kingdom and Ireland 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 is 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. However, on 31 January 2014, Merrygold announced that he would be leaving the show. Garcia returned as a judge for series 5 in 2014. Since series 2, the prize money is £250,000 for the winning act. On 24 October 2014, it was announced that the show had been cancelled by Sky after five series.
There are five stages to the competition:
Viewers in both Ireland and the United Kingdom can vote via Phone, Red Button (through Sky TV only) or via the official iPhone application, which was introduced in the second series. Viewers can vote for free using their website, which was introduced in the fourth series.
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.
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.
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