{{Short description|Television series}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox television | image = Live to Dance Logo.png | caption = | genre = [[Reality television|Reality]] | creator = | based_on = [[Got to Dance]] Created by [[Shine TV]] and [[Princess Productions]] | developer = | writer = | director = Russell Norman | creative_director = | presenter = [[Andrew Günsberg]] | starring = | judges = [[Paula Abdul]]<br>[[Kimberly Wyatt]]<br>[[Travis Payne]] | voices = | narrator = | theme_music_composer = | open_theme = | end_theme = | composer = | country = United States | language = English | num_seasons = 1 | num_episodes = 7 | list_episodes = | executive_producer = [[Elisabeth Murdoch (businesswoman)|Elisabeth Murdoch]]<br>Howard T. Owens<br>Robin Ashbrook<br>Anthony Dominici<br>James Sunderland<br>[[Paula Abdul]] | producer = | editor = | location = | cinematography = | camera = | runtime = | company = [[Reveille Productions]] | channel = [[CBS]] | first_aired = {{Start date|2011|01|04}} | last_aired = {{end date|2011|2|9}} | related = ''[[Got to Dance]]'' }}
'''''Live to Dance''''' is an American television [[reality television]] series and dance competition on the [[CBS]] network based on the British series ''[[Got to Dance]]''. Dancers from all over the country auditioned for ''Live to Dance'' in "specially constructed [[Geodesic Dome|Dance Domes]]".<ref>[http://realitytvmagazine.sheknows.com/2010/12/live-to-dance-paula-abdul-talks-live-to-dance-and-teaming-up-with-simon-cowell/ "''Live to Dance'': Paula Abdul Talks "Live to Dance" and Teaming Up with Simon Cowell"], ''Reality TV'' magazine]</ref>
Resembling the British dance competition series ''[[Got to Dance]]'',<ref name=MediaSpy>[http://www.mediaspy.org/report/2011/01/23/paula-abdul-to-launch-live-to-dance-in-australia "Paula Abdul to launch Live to Dance in Australia"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110128223833/http://www.mediaspy.org/report/2011/01/23/paula-abdul-to-launch-live-to-dance-in-australia/ |date=2011-01-28 }}, ''Media Spy'', January 23, 2011</ref> the show was first shown on January 4, 2011, and was headlined by the ''[[American Idol]]'' judge [[Paula Abdul]] as lead judge with [[Andrew Günsberg]] as host. Judging alongside Abdul were [[Kimberly Wyatt]], the former member of [[Pussycat Dolls]], and Michael Jackson's long-time choreographer [[Travis Payne]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.deadline.com/2010/10/cbs-names-host-panel-for-live-to-dance/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101016045512/http://www.deadline.com/2010/10/cbs-names-host-panel-for-live-to-dance |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 16, 2010 |title=CBS Crowds Paula Abdul's 'Live To Dance' |author=Nellie Andreeva |date=October 13, 2010 |work=[[Deadline Hollywood|Deadline]] |publisher=Deadline Publications Ltd. |accessdate=December 23, 2010}}</ref> The show was intended to rival ''[[So You Think You Can Dance (American TV series)|So You Think You Can Dance]]'' and unlike most other reality shows, allowed dancers of all ages to compete.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tv.com/first-look-paula-abduls-live-to-dance/webnews/237281.html |title=First Look: Paula Abdul's 'Live To Dance' |author=Trent |date=December 12, 2010 |work=[[TV.com]] |publisher=[[CBS Interactive]] |accessdate=December 23, 2010 |archive-date=January 10, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110110235030/http://www.tv.com/first-look-paula-abduls-live-to-dance/webnews/237281.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> The series was not renewed for a second season.<ref>[http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2011/02/exclusive-paula-abdul-devastated-after-being-told-show-cancelled "EXCLUSIVE: Paula Abdul 'Devastated' After Being Told Show Is Cancelled"]. [[Radar Online]]. February 15, 2011.</ref>
An Australian version was filmed in 2011. However, it never aired due to a scheduling conflict by another reality dance competition series ''[[Everybody Dance Now (Australian TV series)|Everybody Dance Now]]'' in 2012.<ref name=MediaSpy/>
==Auditions== Auditions were held in [[Los Angeles]] and [[New York City]] inside the Dance Dome.
==Top 18== :{{Color box|limegreen|border=darkgray}} '''Bold Print''' means that the contestant was chosen by the judges/viewers to compete in the Semi-Finals via the Dance-Off. {| class="wikitable" style="width:20%;" |- ! style="width:3%;"|Top 18 |-maddie zeigler |D'Angelo & Amanda |- |Bev & Hap |- |Jalen |- |The Vibe |- |Tap Sounds Underground |- |Jill & Jacob |- |bgcolor="limegreen"|'''Kendall Glover''' |- |Jittin' Genius |- |Dax & Sarah |- |Dance Town Chaos |- |Du-Shant Stegall |- |Shore Thing |- |Roosevelt Anderson |- |Austen Acevedo |- |Dance in Flight |- |Twitch |- |Chi-Town Finest Breakers |- |bgcolor="limegreen"|'''White Tree Fine Art''' |- |}
===Dance-Off=== {| class="wikitable" style="width:40%;" |- ! style="width:3%;"|Contestant(s) ! style="width:3%;"|Result |- |'''''Kendall Glover''''' |bgcolor="limegreen"|Judges' Choice |- |'''''White Tree Fine Art''''' |bgcolor="limegreen"|Viewers' Choice |- |''Theatrix'' |bgcolor="pink"|Eliminated |- |''Inside the Box'' |bgcolor="pink"|Eliminated |}
==Semi-finals==
===Round 1=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! style="width:5%;" rowspan="2" | Order ! style="width:15%;" rowspan="2" | Contestant(s) ! style="width:41%;" rowspan="2" | Song(s) performed to ! style="width:21%;" colspan="3" | Stars ! style="width:15%;" rowspan="2" | Result |- ! style="width:7%;" | Wyatts ! style="width:7%;" | Abdul ! style="width:7%;" | Pagne |- bgcolor="lightgreen" | style="text-align:center" | 1 | The Vibe | "[[Smooth Criminal]]" by [[Michael Jackson]] | bgcolor="gold" | {{center|★}} | bgcolor="gold" | {{center|★}} | bgcolor="gold" | {{center|★}} | {{center|Judges' Choice}} |- | style="text-align:center" | 2 | Jittin' Genius | "[[I Can Transform Ya]]" by [[Chris Brown (American singer)|Chris Brown]]<br />"[[Fancy Footwork]]" by [[Chromeo]] | bgcolor="gold" | {{center|★}} | bgcolor="gold" | {{center|★}} | bgcolor="gold" | {{center|★}} | bgcolor="lightgrey" | {{center|Eliminated<br />(Viewers' 2nd)}} |- | style="text-align:center" | 3 | Chi-Town Finest Breakers | "[[I Want You Back]]" by [[Jackson 5]]<br />"[[The Love You Save]]" by [[Jackson 5]]<br />"[[Rappers Delight]]" by [[Sugarhill Gang]] | bgcolor="red" | {{center|★}} | bgcolor="gold" | {{center|★}} | bgcolor="red" | {{center|★}} | bgcolor="lightgrey" | {{center|Eliminated}} |- | style="text-align:center" | 4 | Austen Acevedo | "Getting Over You" by [[David Guetta]] | bgcolor="red" | {{center|★}} | bgcolor="red" | {{center|★}} | bgcolor="red" | {{center|★}} | bgcolor="lightgrey" | {{center|Eliminated}} |- | style="text-align:center" | 5 | Bev & Hap | "[[Boom Boom Pow]]" by [[The Black Eyed Peas]] | bgcolor="red" | {{center|★}} | bgcolor="gold" | {{center|★}} | bgcolor="red" | {{center|★}} | bgcolor="lightgrey" | {{center|Eliminated}} |- bgcolor="lightblue" | style="text-align:center" | 6 | D'Angelo & Amanda | "Hip Hip Chin Chin" by [[Club des Belugas]]<br />"[[Conga (song)|Conga]]" by [[Gloria Estefan]] | bgcolor="gold" | {{center|★}} | bgcolor="gold" | {{center|★}} | bgcolor="gold" | {{center|★}} | bgcolor="lightblue" | {{center|Viewers' Choice}} |- |}
===Round 2===
{| class="wikitable" |- ! style="width:5%;" rowspan="2" | Order ! style="width:15%;" rowspan="2" | Contestant(s) ! style="width:41%;" rowspan="2" | Song(s) performed to ! style="width:21%;" colspan="3" | Stars ! style="width:15%;" rowspan="2" | Result |- ! style="width:7%;" | Wyatts ! style="width:7%;" | Abdul ! style="width:7%;" | Pagne |- | style="text-align:center" | 1 | Jalen | "[[U Can't Touch This]]" by [[MC Hammer]] | bgcolor="gold" | {{center|★}} | bgcolor="gold" | {{center|★}} | bgcolor="gold" | {{center|★}} | bgcolor="lightgrey" | {{center|Eliminated}} |- | style="text-align:center" | 2 | Dance in Flight | "[[The Pink Panther Theme]]" by [[Henry Mancini]] | bgcolor="gold" | {{center|★}} | bgcolor="gold" | {{center|★}} | bgcolor="red" | {{center|★}} | bgcolor="lightgrey" | {{center|Eliminated}} |- bgcolor="lightblue" | style="text-align:center" | 3 | Twitch | "[[Apologize (OneRepublic song)|Apologize]]" by [[OneRepublic]] | bgcolor="gold" | {{center|★}} | bgcolor="gold" | {{center|★}} | bgcolor="gold" | {{center|★}} | bgcolor="lightblue" | {{center|Viewers' Choice}} |- | style="text-align:center" | 4 | Du-Shant Stegall | "[[OMG (Usher song)|OMG]]" by [[Usher (singer)|Usher]] | bgcolor="red" | {{center|★}} | bgcolor="red" | {{center|★}} | bgcolor="red" | {{center|★}} | bgcolor="lightgrey" | {{center|Eliminated}} |- | style="text-align:center" | 5 | Dax & Sarah | "[[Tu Vuò Fà L'Americano]]" by [[Renato Carosone]] / {{nowrap|"[[We No Speak Americano]]" by [[Yolanda Be Cool]]}} | bgcolor="gold" | {{center|★}} | bgcolor="gold" | {{center|★}} | bgcolor="red" | {{center|★}} | bgcolor="lightgrey" | {{center|Eliminated}} |- bgcolor="lightgreen" | style="text-align:center" | 6 | White Tree Fine Art | "[[Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen song)#Alexandra Burke|Hallelujah]]" by [[Alexandra Burke]] | bgcolor="gold" | {{center|★}} | bgcolor="gold" | {{center|★}} | bgcolor="red" | {{center|★}} | bgcolor="lightgreen" | {{center|Judges' Choice}} |- |}
===Round 3===
{| class="wikitable" |- ! style="width:5%;" rowspan="2" | Order ! style="width:15%;" rowspan="2" | Contestant(s) ! style="width:41%;" rowspan="2" | Song(s) performed to ! style="width:21%;" colspan="3" | Stars ! style="width:15%;" rowspan="2" | Result |- ! style="width:7%;" | Wyatts ! style="width:7%;" | Abdul ! style="width:7%;" | Pagne |- bgcolor="lightgreen" | style="text-align:center" | 1 | Dance Town Chaos | "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" by Seal | bgcolor="gold" | {{center|★}} | bgcolor="gold" | {{center|★}} | bgcolor="gold" | {{center|★}} | {{center|Judges' Choice}} |- | style="text-align:center" | 2 | Jill & Jacob | "Save Me" by [[Nicki Minaj]] | bgcolor="red" | {{center|★}} | bgcolor="gold" | {{center|★}} | bgcolor="red" | {{center|★}} | bgcolor="lightgrey" | {{center|Eliminated}} |- | style="text-align:center" | 3 | Roosevelt Anderson | "Rocketeer" by [[Far East Movement]] | bgcolor="red" | {{center|★}} | bgcolor="gold" | {{center|★}} | bgcolor="gold" | {{center|★}} | bgcolor="lightgrey" | {{center|Eliminated}} |- | style="text-align:center" | 4 | Tap Sounds Underground | | bgcolor="red" | {{center|★}} | bgcolor="gold" | {{center|★}} | bgcolor="gold" | {{center|★}} | bgcolor="lightgrey" | {{center|Eliminated}} |- | style="text-align:center" | 5 | Shore Thing | | bgcolor="gold" | {{center|★}} | bgcolor="gold" | {{center|★}} | bgcolor="gold" | {{center|★}} | bgcolor="lightgrey" | {{center|Eliminated}} |- bgcolor="lightblue" | style="text-align:center" | 6 | Kendall Glover | "[[Firework (song)|Firework]]" by [[Katy Perry]] | bgcolor="gold" | {{center|★}} | bgcolor="gold" | {{center|★}} | bgcolor="red" | {{center|★}} | bgcolor="lightblue" | {{center|Viewers' Choice}} |}
===Finalists===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:40%;" |- ! style="width:3%;" | Contestant(s) ! style="width:3%;" | Number of<br />Gold Stars ! style="width:3%;" | Result |- | Twitch | {{center|3}} | |- | White Tree Fine Art | {{center|3}} | bgcolor="tan" | Third place |- | The Vibe | {{center|2}} | |- | Kendall Glover | {{center|3}} | bgcolor="silver" | Runner-up |- | Dance Town Chaos | {{center|3}} | |- | '''D'Angelo & Amanda''' | {{center|'''3'''}} | bgcolor="gold" | '''Winners''' |}
==Ratings== The series premiere was watched by 10.2 million viewers and was the most watched program of January 4, 2011.<ref>[http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2011/01/tv-ratings-live-to-dance-has-ok-start-tuesday-v-abc-returnees-soft.html TV ratings: 'Live to Dance' has OK start Tuesday; 'V,' ABC returnees soft] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110107081226/http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2011/01/tv-ratings-live-to-dance-has-ok-start-tuesday-v-abc-returnees-soft.html |date=2011-01-07 }}</ref> It additionally managed to pull a 2.4 in the Adults 18-49 demographic.<ref>{{cite web|last=Gorman|first=Bill|title=Tuesday Final Ratings: No Adjustments to 'V', 'Parenthood', 'No Ordinary Family', or Any Other Other Original Episodes|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/01/05/tuesday-final-ratings-no-adjustment-to-v-parenthood-no-ordinary-family-or-any-other-original-episodes/77444|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110107090918/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/01/05/tuesday-final-ratings-no-adjustment-to-v-parenthood-no-ordinary-family-or-any-other-original-episodes/77444|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 7, 2011|date=January 5, 2011|accessdate=January 6, 2011}}</ref> The second episode, which aired in its normal timeslot of Wednesdays at eight p.m., fell hard from those numbers pulling 7.788 million viewers and a 1.8 in the Adults 18-49 demographic.<ref>{{cite web|last=Gorman|first=Bill|title=TV Ratings Wednesday: ABC Comedies, 'Human Target', 'L&O:SVU' Up; 'Live To Dance', 'Peoples Choice Awards' Tumble|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/01/06/tv-ratings-wednesday-abc-comedies-human-target-l-live-to-dance-peoples-choice-awards-tumble/77452|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110108102133/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/01/06/tv-ratings-wednesday-abc-comedies-human-target-l-live-to-dance-peoples-choice-awards-tumble/77452|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 8, 2011|date=January 6, 2011|accessdate=January 6, 2011}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="width:40%;" |- ! style="width:1%;"|Episode ! style="width:7%;"|Date ! style="width:5%;"|Total Viewers ! style="width:5%;"|18-49 Demo |- | 1 | January 4, 2011 | 10.2m | 2.4 |- | 2 | January 5, 2011 | 7.7m | 1.8 |- | 3 | January 12, 2011 | 6.15m | 1.5 |- | 4 | January 19, 2011 | 5.081m | 1.0 |- | 5 | January 26, 2011 | 4.512m | 1.0 |- | 6 | February 2, 2011 | 4.749m | 0.9 |- | 7 | February 9, 2011 | 4.706m | 0.9 |}
== References == {{reflist}}
== External links == * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110110145017/http://www.cbs.com/primetime/live_to_dance Official Website (via Internet Archive)] * [http://www.paulaabduldanceshow.com/ Official Casting Site] * {{IMDb title|1625330|Live to Dance}} * [http://www.domeguys.com/blog/?p=89 DomeGuys International Blog of Building the Dance Domes]
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