Everybody Dance Now is an Australian television dance competition that aired on Network Ten. The first season premiered on 12 August 2012. The show was hosted by Sarah Murdoch, while Jason Derülo and Kelly Rowland served as dance masters. On 21 August 2012, Network Ten cancelled Everybody Dance Now due to poor ratings.
Format
Everybody Dance Now was open to solo acts, duos and groups of any age, style or size. They were divided into two teams, with each being led by the dance masters Jason Derülo and Kelly Rowland, who challenged, trained and mentored their acts. Each team had a dance captain; Team Kelly had Marco Pantic and Team Jason had Amy Campbell. The teams would face a studio audience in each episode "to do battle in a colosseum-style dance duel". During the heats stage of the competition, eight acts would perform during each episode in four duels. Once each of the duels are complete, the studio audience would vote for the act they think should progress through to the dance duel decider round. During this round, the studio audience would vote again for the two acts they think should win $10,000 and progress through to the finals. During the finals, dance acts would compete for the ultimate prize of $250,000.
Auditions Audition city Date Audition venueBrisbane 2–3 June 2012 Brisbane Convention and Exhibition CentreAdelaide 8 June 2012 Ridley Centre, Adelaide ShowgroundsPerth 10 June 2012 Perth Convention and Exhibition CentreMelbourne 16–17 June 2012 Melbourne Exhibition CentreSydney 23–24 June 2012 Badgery Pavilion, Sydney Showgrounds
Heats Episode 1 (12 August 2012) Key – Team Jason – Team Kelly
Duels Order Dance Acts Winning Acts 1 Tannos + Choice Swagamama Tannos + Choice 2 Prolifique Boylesque Boylesque 3 Nobel Lakaev Paradizo Nobel Lakaev 4 Julz & Annalisa Dave Coombs Dave Coombs Dance Duel Decider Order Winning Acts Through to Finals 1 Dave Coombs Boylesque Boylesque 2 Nobel Lakaev Tannos + Choice Tannos + Choice
Notes Jason Derülo performed a medley of his songs "It Girl", "Pick Up the Pieces" and "Breathing".
Episode 2 (13 August 2012) Key – Team Jason – Team Kelly
Duels Order Dance Acts Winning Acts 1 Saea Banyana Bianca Mackail Saea Banyana 2 Mamas Boyz Reece and Kieran Reece and Kieran 3 Singh Sabha Bhangra Salt Entertainment Singh Sabha Bhangra 4 Rick Stix Liam and Tamika Liam and Tamika Dance Duel Decider Order Winning Acts Through to Finals 1 Saea Banyana Singh Sabha Bhangra Saea Banyana 2 Reece and Kieran Liam and Tamika Liam and Tamika
Episode 3 (14 August 2012) Key – Team Jason – Team Kelly
Duels Order Dance Acts Winning Acts 1 Machismo Silizium Machismo 2 Emily Seymour Attitude Attitude 3 Drumstick Acro Yoga Drumstick 4 Beat The Streets Jin Wu Koon Beat The Streets Dance Duel Decider Order Winning Acts Through to Finals 1 Drumstick Attitude Drumstick 2 Machismo Beat The Streets Beat The Streets
Episode 4 (19 August 2012) Key – Team Jason – Team Kelly
Duels Order Dance Acts Winning Acts 1 Michael Flores Deja Crew Michael Flores 2 Lucid Steven and Giselle Steven and Giselle 3 Flexation The Dying Art Society The Dying Art Society
Dance Duel Decider Order Winning Acts Through to Finals 1 Michael Flores Steven and Giselle The Dying Art Society The Dying Art Society
Ratings The premiere episode of Everybody Dance Now, which aired simultaneously during the Nine Network's coverage of the 2012 Summer Olympics, was watched by 598,000 viewers. The second episode was watched by 304,000 viewers, lower than How to Train Your Dragon which aired on the Seven Network's digital channel 7mate. David Knox of TV Tonight noted that the ratings were also lower than the numbers pulled by The Voice (U.S.) and Excess Baggage on the Nine Network's digital channel Go!. On 14 August 2012, Network Ten's Chief Sales Officer Barry O'Brien told advertising publication B&T that he was disappointed with the show's ratings, saying "we think the format deserved better. Clearly we are coming out of the washout and the distraction of the Olympics." O'Brien also said that the future of Everybody Dance Now "hasn't been decided yet". The third episode ratings picked up slightly from the previous episode with 324,000 viewers. The fourth episode was watched by 385,000 viewers.
# Episode Original airdate Timeslot Viewers 1 "Heats 1" Sunday – 598,000 2 "Heats 2" Monday – 304,000 3 "Heats 3" Tuesday – 324,000 4 "Heats 4" Sunday – 385,000
References
External links Everybody Dance Now at Network Ten