The Ultimate Dance Battle
| The Ultimate Dance Battle | |
|---|---|
| Created by | Dan Karaty |
| Presented by |
Dan Karaty Sean D'Hondt Lieke van Lexmond |
| Judges | Dan Karaty |
| Country of origin | Netherlands and Flanders |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 10 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Dan Karaty and Rudolf Polderman |
| Running time | 1 - 2 hours |
| Production company(s) | RTL Productions and Double Tap Media |
| Release | |
| Original network |
RTL 5 2BE |
| Original release | March 27, 2011 – present |
| External links | |
| Website | |
The Ultimate Dance Battle (TUDB) is a Dutch and Flemish dance competition and reality show for professional level choreographers and dancers. In The Netherlands the show airs on the Dutch television network RTL 5, and in Belgium on the Flemish channel 2BE. American choreographer Dan Karaty (who has participated in various production and judging roles on other talent competitions, including So You Think You Can Dance, The X-Factor, and Holland's Got Talent) is credited as creator and executive producer of The Ultimate Dance Battle series and he also serves as its main officiator. The show is presented by Sean D'Hondt and Lieke van Lexmond. Choreographer Isabelle Beernaert and her team "Heart2Beat" won the first season of the series in spring of 2011.
The show diverges from standard dance competition shows in that the choreographers participating are as much contestants as the dancers. A season begins with an audition phase during which choreographers pick and vie with one another for dancers from a common talent pool in order to form teams with which they will tackle routines from different dance genres, including hip-hop, modern, ballet, ballroom, and jazz. Each week, viewer votes determine which two teams will compete in a sudden death battle and Karaty decides which team survives to compete in the next round. The winning team receives a 50,000 Euro prize package which is split between the choreographer and dancers, with half going to the former and 5,000 to each dancer in the team. The contestant status of the choreographer, the professional status of the dancers and an increased focus on behind-the-scenes drama differentiate The Ultimate Dance Battle from the other dance-themed show Karaty participates in, So You Think You Can Dance.
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