World of Dance (season 1)

The first season of American reality dance competition World of Dance premiered May 30, 2017, on NBC. Jennifer Lopez, Ne-Yo, and Derek Hough served as the judges, with Jenna Dewan serving as host. Hip hop dancers Les Twins, from Paris, France, were crowned as the winners of the $1,000,000 prize on August 8, 2017. Fourteen-year-old contemporary dancer Eva Igo and Latin/Swing group Swing Latino were named first runner-up and second runner-up respectively.

World of Dance
Season 1
Broadcast fromMay 30 (2017-05-30) –
August 8, 2017 (2017-08-08)
Judges
Host(s)Jenna Dewan
BroadcasterNBC
Winner
Les Twins
OriginParis, France
Genre(s)Hip Hop
Runner-up
Eva Igo (Junior)

Dancers

Junior (under 18)
Dance act Age(s) Hometown Dance style Elimination date Placement
Eva Igo 14 Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota Contemporary – World Final (2nd Place)
Diana Pombo 11 Miami, Florida Contemporary August 1, 2017 Divisional Final
The Mihacevich Sisters 12–16 Brunswick, Ohio Contemporary July 18, 2017 The Cut
ImmaBEAST – Los Angeles, California Hip-Hop July 18, 2017 The Cut
The Lab – West Covina, California Hip-Hop July 18, 2017 The Cut
D'Angelo and Amanda 16/17 Miami, Florida Ballroom July 11, 2017 The Duels
Mini ReQuest12 – Auckland, New Zealand Hip-Hop July 11, 2017 The Duels
Boys of Temecula – Temecula, California Jazz June 27, 2017 The Duels
The Posse – San Jose, California Contemporary June 27, 2017 The Duels
KynTay – Alberta, Canada Hip-Hop/Jazz June 20, 2017 The Duels
801 Squad – Orem, Utah – June 13, 2017 Qualifiers
JJ and Joey – Johnston, Rhode Island – June 6, 2017 Qualifiers
Kaeli and Brandon – Ashburn, Virginia – June 6, 2017 Qualifiers

Upper (18 and over, up to 4 members)
Dance Act Age Hometown Dance style Elimination date Placement
Les Twins 28 Paris, France Hip-Hop – 1st Place
Keone and Mari Madrid 29/31 San Diego, California Urban Dance August 1, 2017 Divisional Final
Luka & Jenalyn 19/16 Toronto, Ontario Cabaret Ballroom July 25, 2017 The Cut
Du-Shaunt "Fik-Shun" Stegall 22 Las Vegas, Nevada Freestyle Street Dancer July 25, 2017 The Cut
Pasión – Santa Barbara, California Flamenco July 25, 2017 The Cut
DNA (Denys Drozdyuk and Antonina Skobina) – New York City, New York Ballroom July 11, 2017 The Duels
Kings Unite12 – Los Angeles, California Hip-Hop July 11, 2017 The Duels
Kyle Van Newkirk 20 Morrill, Nebraska Tap June 27, 2017 The Duels
Nick Daniels 18 Miami, Florida Contemporary June 20, 2017 The Duels
Quick Style – Oslo, Norway Hip-Hop June 20, 2017 The Duels
Trent Jeray – Memphis, Tennessee – June 13, 2017 Qualifiers
Vibration – Miami, Florida – June 13, 2017 Qualifiers

Team (18 and over, 5–15 members)
Dance Act Age Hometown Dance style Elimination date Placement
Swing Latino – Cali, Colombia Salsa – World Final (3rd Place)
Kinjaz – Los Angeles, California Urban Dance August 1, 2017 Divisional Final
Ian Eastwood and the Young Lions – Los Angeles, California Urban Dance July 25, 2017 The Cut
Chapkis Dance Family – Suisun City, California Hip-Hop July 25, 2017 The Cut
Super Cr3w – Las Vegas, Nevada B-Boy July 25, 2017 The Cut
Jabbawockeez – Las Vegas, Nevada Hip-Hop July 11, 2017 The Duels
Rhythmatic12 – New York City, New York Tap July 11, 2017 The Duels
Rouge1 – Los Angeles, California Hip-Hop/Jazz July 11, 2017 The Duels
Stroll Groove1 – Los Angeles, California Stepping July 11, 2017 The Duels
Royal Flux1 – Los Angeles, California Contemporary June 27, 2017 The Duels
Miami All-Stars – Miami, Florida Latin Jazz June 20, 2017 The Duels
Fuze – Los Angeles, California – June 6, 2017 Qualifiers
Nxt Lvl – Myrtle Beach, South Carolina Clogging May 30, 2017 Qualifiers

^1 Despite their Qualifier performance not being shown, this act's hometown and dance style were made available on the World of Dance website.
^2 MiniRequest, Kings Unite & Rhythmatic were the only groups not to have a full performance featured during their time on the show.

Qualifiers

In each round of the Qualifiers, the dance acts will perform a 2-minute routine in front of the judges and a live audience. They will be scored by the judges in 5 categories: Performance, Technique, Choreography, Creativity & Presentation. Each category is worth 20 points with a perfect score of 100. For the dance act to progress forward, they must receive an average score of 80 or higher.

Color key:

       Contestant was eliminated

Part 1: May 30
Order Name Division Performance Song Judges' Score
Ne-Yo Jennifer Derek AVERAGE
1 Super Cr3w Team "Viva La Vida" – Coldplay 87 89 88 88
2 D'Angelo & Amanda Junior "Run Boy Run" – Woodkid 90 88 87 88.3
3 Les Twins Upper "Free" – 6LACK 95 96 96 95.7
4 Nxt Lvl Team "Move" – Luke Bryan 73 78 80 77
5 Keone & Mari Upper "Happy" – C2C 85 83 87 85
6 Kinjaz Team "High For This" – Ellie Goulding 89 92 92 91
7 Diana Pombo Junior "Bird Set Free" – Sia 88 92 89 89.7

Part 2: June 6
Order Name Division Performance Song Judges' Score
Ne-Yo Jennifer Derek AVERAGE
1 The Lab Junior "Bad Boy for Life" – Puff Daddy 90 92 92 91.3
2 Fik-Shun Upper "Unsteady (Erich Lee Gravity Remix)" – X Ambassadors 90 92 91 91
3 Miami All Stars Team "Dance Again" – Jennifer Lopez 79 82 82 81
4 Luka & Jenalyn Upper "You Don't Own Me ft. G-Eazy" – Grace 83 89 88 86.7
5 Kaeli & Brandon Junior - - - - 77.7
6 Fuze Team - - - - 77.3
7 JJ & Joey Junior - 77 78 79 78
8 Quick Style Upper "Jolene" – Dolly Parton 85 88 87 86.7
9 Nick Daniels Upper "Secrets" – OneRepublic 85 89 87 87

Part 3: June 13
Order Name Division Performance Song Judges' Score
Ne-Yo Jennifer Derek AVERAGE
1 Jabbawockeez Team "Still Feelin' It" – Mistah F.A.B 85 89 86 86.7
2 The Mihacevich Sisters Junior "Warrior" – Demi Lovato 82 90 89 87
3 Boys of Temecula Junior "Canned Heat" – Jamiroquai – – – 80.3
4 KynTay Junior "Panda" – Desiigner – – – 85.7
5 Kyle Van Newkirk Upper "Don't Wanna Know" – Maroon 5 ft. Kendrick Lamar – – – 80.7
6 Chapkis Dance Family Team "All the Way Up" – Fat Joe and Remy Ma – – – 89
7 Pasión Upper – – – – 87.7
8 The Posse Junior "Scars To Your Beautiful" – Alessia Cara 81 88 83 84
9 Swing Latino Team "Bemba Colora" – Celia Cruz 87 91 90 89.3
10 Ian Eastwood and the Young Lions Team "Chunky" – Bruno Mars 81 86 84 83.7
11 Vibration Upper – – – – 78
12 801 Squad Junior "Fireball" – Pitbull ft. John Ryan 79 78 81 79.3
13 Trent Jeray Upper "Love You Now" – John Legend 77 82 79 79.3
14 DNA Upper "Powerful" – Major Lazer 82 88 88 86
15 Eva Igo Junior "River" – Bishop Briggs 85 89 90 88

The Duels

In each round of The Duels, two acts in the same division compete for a spot in the next round. In each division, the acts with the top qualifying scores choose their opponents, then both acts perform back-to-back, receiving feedback from the judges. After each performance, the judges will score them in the 5 categories: Performance, Technique, Creativity, Choreography & Presentation. Unlike the Qualifiers, only the final average for each act is shown. The act with the highest average at the end of the duel moves on to the next round, the other faces immediate elimination.

Song Not Shown -
Episode Order Division Dance Act Performance Song Judges Score Winner
Part 1
(June 20)		 1 Upper Fik-Shun "Fragile" – Tech N9ne 90.7 Fik-Shun
Nick Daniels "Wicked Game" – Raign 87.7
2 Team Swing Latino "Pa Lante" – Jose Aguirre 91.7 Swing Latino
Miami All-Stars "Jumpin' Jack" – Voodoo Daddy 88.3
3 Junior KynTay "Bang Bang" – Jessie J ft. Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj 82.7 Eva Igo
Eva Igo "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" – Juliet Simms 89.0
4 Upper Keone & Mari "Like Real People Do" – Hozier 91.3 Keone & Mari
Quick Style "Guidance" – Travis Scott 89.3
Part 2
(June 27)		 1 Junior The Posse "In the Name of Love" – Martin Garrix 86.0 Diana Pombo
Diana Pombo "Rise" – Katy Perry 91.3
2 Team Super Cr3w "Workin' Day And Night" – Michael Jackson 89.0 Super Cr3w
Royal Flux "Brother" – Matt Corby 86.3
3 Junior The Lab "All I Do Is Win" – DJ Khaled 89.7 The Lab
Boys of Temecula "Shut Up and Dance" – Walk the Moon 84.7
4 Upper Kyle Van Newkirk "Classic Man" – Jidenna 86.0 Les Twins
Les Twins "Deep in the Bottom (of Africa)" – Monique Bingham 92.0
Part 3
(July 11)		 1 Team Kinjaz "Change (Kinja Bang)" – TroyBoi 91.3 Kinjaz
Stroll Groove "My Prerogative" – Bobby Brown 81.3
2 Upper Luka & Jenalyn "Don't Let Me Down" – The Chainsmokers 88.7 Luka & Jenalyn
DNA "Love Runs Out" – OneRepublic 80.3
3 Junior Mini Request – 85.7 Immabeast
Immabeast "Juice" – AD 86.0
4 Upper Kings Unite – 83.7 Pasión
Pasión "Code Name Vivaldi" – The Piano Guys 87.3
5 Team Rhythmatic – 86.3 Chapkis Dance Family
Chapkis Dance Family "Get Like Me" – Nelly 88.7
6 Junior D'Angelo & Amanda "Hip Hip Chin Chin" – Club Des Belugas 78.7 The Mihacevich Sisters
The Mihacevich Sisters "Unstoppable" – Sia 81.0
7 Team Rouge "Trini Dem Girls" – Nicki Minaj 80 Ian Eastwood and The Young Lions
Jabbawockeez "Scenario" – A Tribe Called Quest 84.7
Ian Eastwood and the Young Lions "Hot in Herre" – Nelly 85.7

The Cut

In The Cut, the 15 remaining acts compete for two spots in each of their divisions. As each dance act competes, their final score is displayed on a leaderboard for their division. Once a dance act's score falls out of the top 2, they face immediate elimination. For this round, each of the judges became mentors for one of the divisions; Jennifer worked with the Juniors, Derek worked with the Upper acts and Ne-Yo worked with the Teams. Guest judge Misty Copeland joined the panel for this segment.

Song/Score Not Shown -
Episode Order Division Dance Act Performance Song Judges' Score
Ne-Yo Jennifer Misty Derek AVERAGE
Part 1
(July 18)		 1 Junior Diana Pombo "Rise Up" – Andra Day 91 93 94 90 92
2 ImmaBEAST "Look At Me Now" – Chris Brown – – – – 84.2
3 The Mihacevich Sisters "Beautiful Thing" – Grace VanderWaal 84 85 85 88 85.5
4 The Lab "Disco Inferno" – 50 Cent 87 84 85 88 86
5 Eva Igo "Creep" – Ember Island 90 92 95 93 92.5
6 Team Swing Latino "Welcome To The Party" – Har-You Percussion Group 91 93 93 93 92.5
7 Super Cr3w "Let It Go" – James Bay 86 85 89 95 88.8
Part 2
(July 25)		 1 Team Kinjaz "No Limit" – Usher 93 90 96 95 93.5
2 Chapkis Dance Family "Work Bitch" – Britney Spears – – – – 85.8
3 Ian Eastwood and the Young Lions "Have Mercy" – Eryn Allen Kane 83 89 93 91 89
4 Upper Luka & Jenalyn "The Hills" – The Weeknd 82 80 80 80 80.5
5 Fik-Shun "7 Years" – Lukas Graham 84 86 82 85 84.2
6 Pasión "Livin' La Vida Loca" – Ricky Martin – – – – 78.8
7 Les Twins "Never Know" – 6LACK 90 94 98 92 93.5
8 Keone & Mari "Darkness And Light" – John Legend ft. Brittany Howard 94 92 94 93 93.2

Divisional Final

In the Divisional Final, the 2 remaining acts in each division square off, with only one act going to the World Final to represent their division. Continuing from the previous round, each of the 3 judges acted as mentors for the divisions; Jennifer worked with the Teams, Ne-Yo worked with the Upper acts and Derek worked with the Juniors. Keone and Mari were awarded the first and only 100 score of the entire season by Ne-Yo during the Divisional Final.

Order Division Dance Act Performance Song Judges' Score
Ne-Yo Jennifer Derek AVERAGE
1 Team Kinjaz "Work Song" – Hozier 91 91 95 92.3
2 Swing Latino "Gracias A La Vida" – Mercedes Sosa 95 95 94 94.7
3 Upper Keone & Mari "The Way You Look Tonight" – Frank Sinatra 100 90 95 95
4 Les Twins "Some Minds" – Flume ft. Andrew Wyatt 99 99 95 97.7
5 Junior Diana Pombo "Wild Things" – Alessia Cara 90 89 89 89.3
6 Eva Igo "Ready Or Not" – Mischa "Book" Chillak ft. Esthero 96 97 97 96.7

World Final

In the World Final, the final 3 acts competed head to head to win the one million dollar prize. As with the previous 2 rounds, the judges became mentors for each of the finalists; Jennifer worked with Les Twins, Derek worked with Swing Latino and Ne-Yo worked with Eva. Each of the 3 finalists performed twice; The first performance's music was chosen by one of the judges and the second was chosen by the finalist. After each performance, the final scores were displayed on a leaderboard. The winner of the World Finals was determined by the judges combined average scores from both performances. After the final performances, Les Twins were announced as the winners of World of Dance; their final combined score of 93.8 just barely edged out Eva Igo by 0.1 points.

Order Dance Act Performance Song Judges' Score
Ne-Yo Jennifer Derek AVERAGE
1 Les Twins "Stole The Show" – Kygo ft. Parson James 92 92 95 93
2 Swing Latino "Conga" – Gloria Estefan 91 89 95 91.7
3 Eva Igo "In the Air Tonight" – Natalie Taylor 90 90 93 91
4 Eva Igo "Alive" – Sia 95 96 98 96.3
5 Swing Latino "Magdalena, Mi Amor (Quimbara)" – DLG (Dark Latin Groove) 93 95 96 94.7
6 Les Twins "Scream" – Michael Jackson 94 97 93 94.7

Final Scores

Les Twins (93.8)

Eva Igo (93.7)

Swing Latino (93.2)

Contestants who appeared on other shows

Highest Scoring Dances
Name Division Round Judges' Scores
Ne-Yo Jennifer Misty Derek AVERAGE
Les Twins Upper Divisional Final 99 99 – 95 97.7
Eva Igo Junior Divisional Final 96 97 – 97 96.7
Eva Igo Junior World Final 95 96 – 98 96.3
Les Twins Upper Qualifiers 95 96 – 96 95.7
Keone & Mari Upper Divisional Final 100 90 – 95 95
Swing Latino Team Divisional Final 95 95 – 94 94.7
Swing Latino Team World Final 93 95 – 96 94.7
Les Twins Upper World Final 94 97 – 93 94.7
Kinjaz Team The Cut 93 90 96 95 93.5
Les Twins Upper The Cut 90 94 98 92 93.5
Keone & Mari Upper The Cut 94 92 94 93 93.3
Les Twins Upper World Final 92 92 – 95 93

Ratings
Show Episode title First air date Timeslot (EDT) Rating
(18–49)		 Share
(18–49)		 Viewers
(millions)		 Nightly
rank
1 The Qualifiers 1 May 30, 2017 Tuesday 10:00 p.m. 2.4 9 9.71[1] 2
2 The Qualifiers 2 June 6, 2017 1.9 7 8.42[2] 2
3 The Qualifiers 3 June 13, 2017 1.9 8 8.04[3] 2
4 The Duels 1 June 20, 2017 1.8 7 7.61[4] 2
5 The Duels 2 June 27, 2017 1.8 8 7.51[5] 2
6 The Duels 3 July 11, 2017 1.7 7 7.08[6] 2
7 The Cut 1 July 18, 2017 1.6 7 6.91[7] 2
8 The Cut 2 July 25, 2017 1.6 7 6.88[8] 2
9 Divisional Final August 1, 2017 1.7 7 7.00[9] 2
10 World Final August 8, 2017 1.9 8 8.00[10] 2

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