So You Think You Can Dance Australia
Season 1
Season one is hosted by Rogue Traders vocalist Natalie Bassingthwaighte, with Jason Coleman, Matt Lee and Bonnie Lythgoe acting as the judges.
Where to Watch Season 1
24 Episodes
- Top 100 Part 1
E4Top 100 Part 1Joining our three judges is renowned choreographer Kelley Abbey. The rules of the game are as follows: dancers begin by performing group choreography (corry), with the judges assessing dancers individually. Three yes' keeps a dancer in the comp, three nos sends them home. A split vote? Time to dance for your life to stay in the game. On Day One, top Hip Hop/ Boogaloo choreographer Nacho Pop begins putting the dancers through their paces, teaching them a poppin' routine that would have Pharrell Williams himself struggling to keep up! Jaws dropped after rehearsals when five dancers were cut before even officially performing. The Ballet-trained beauty Vanessa picked up the street smart moves fast enough to progress through to Day Two, as did cheeky body piercer Khaly. Security guard Chris (the real man who danced like a real man) split the judges, forcing him to dance for life, as did the emotionally charged Daniell. Chris made it though, but it was the end of the road for Daniell. After Day One, a third of the Top 100 was sent home. Next stop: Ballroom. Hilton and Chanel, Sermsah and Camilla, Kassie and Henry, Steph and Mack. Couples were quickly paired off to begin learning choreographer Jason Gilkinson's sexy, sensual, Latin routine. Ballroom novices were paired with experts, and only the strong would survive. Melbourne choreographer JD aced the routine, getting four enthusiastic thumbs up from the judges, with Kelley enthusing about how fantastic it was to see a hip-hop performer applying himself to Ballroom – such is the spirit of the competition as a whole. But for every contestant who made it through to Day Two, people being sent home left, right and centre. Gabriel's lime dress hid the performer inside and Chris couldn't cut it in Ballroom. But BJ wouldn't take no for an answer, successfully arguing for a chance to dance for his life. Lucky he spoke up: he made it through. The ridiculously lovable b-girl Demi also successfully danced for her - Top 100 Part 2
E5Top 100 Part 2The first few performances had set the bar high, and the judges' comments had reminded our contestants they were looking for emotion and truth in their performances. First on the floor was Kiwi Krumper Josh, with a bevy of babes including blonde bombshell Kassie. The judges had nothing but praise for the girls who all made it through, but while they found Josh witty and clever, they felt he played safe. It was end of Josh's journey. Next up was a group including JD, whose namesake is the taxi driver who dropped him off at an orphanage in Manilla after his parents abandoned him when he was just four-years-old. He performed a heartfelt routine alongside Hilton, Jemma and Jack, all of whom made it through. Camilla has a jazz background, which made her feel less than comfortable with the Hip Hop routine the boys in her group had devised. Despite this, the feisty redhead made it through. Next was a group featuring Sermsah, Rodolfo and Stephanie who along with their other group members discovered while working out a theme for their performance, that they had all lost someone close to them. There routine saw them dancing for those loved ones who have passed on, making the contemporary routine especially moving. Sermsah and Stephanie were through, but it was the end of the line for Rodolfo. After the group corry cuts were made, it was time to whittle 50 dancers down to the Top 20. Those who didn't make the cut were taking the bad news with grace and maturity, and the stakes were so high when indigenous dancer Sermsah took to his place before the judging panel. The judges expressed their fears that this talented dancer wouldn't be able to handle the pressure of a high-stakes competition like Dance, but were their fears enough to eliminate him from the competition? No. Sermsah was through.The versatile Kassie was instructed she must give more of her natural warmth when performing, but she too made it through. Sorono brother Carlo was told he was one of the most - Grand Finale
E24Grand FinaleTrim, taunt and terrific. No, we're not talking about bronzed babes on overpriced exercise bikes in late night infomercials, we're talking about your Top 20! The opening routine was something of a family reunion – well, if your family was made up of the sassiest, slinkiest, shiniest dancers produced by this big brown land of us. Decked out in killer suits, which not only riffed on a 1920s gangster of the Chicago kind but reflected their individual genres as well, we catch up with Courtney, Khaly, Kassy, Hilton, Steph, Marko, Laura, Sermsah, Camilla, J.D., Jemma, Anthony, Henry, Rhiannon, Graeme and Vanessa were all introduced in turn, reminding us of why they were chosen to be part of this incredible competition in the first place. The Matt Lee choreographed extravaganza to Rianna's trademark track, 'Don't Stop the Music' showed off the strengths of all the Top 20. With Ballroom, Hip Hop, Jazz and Contemporary all thrown into the mix, the routine even bought all three judges and choreographers Jason Gilkison, Nacho Pop and Kelley Abbey to the stage! "It was fun – kinda weird actually!" says Kelley in regards to her chance to strut her stuff onstage. "It was weird because you're used to putting them up there and all of a sudden, you're up. But the whole thing was good fun - a less pressured, more relaxed atmosphere." With trips down memory lane cut into the whole show, taking us right back to the very beginning of the audition process, tonight's performance is shot with sweet nostalgia as we remember the characters we've met along the way and the dancers we've grown to love… but the question of everyone's lips was the same – who would walk away with the cash and the kudos? But before we get to that, we're treated to a style we haven't been able to feature on the show because of the rehearsal time required: tap! Industrial, masculine and pulsing with a strong staccato rhythm, Dean Perry and the tip-tapping Tap Dogs made sure we were sitting up and paying
