Everybody Dance Now (Australian TV series)

Everybody Dance Now
Logo for Everybody Dance Now (The dancer shown in the logo differs in each eyecatch)
Genre	Dance competition
Creative director	Jason Gilkison[1]
Presented by	Sarah Murdoch
Judges	Jason Derülo Kelly Rowland
Theme music composer	Robert Clivillés & Freedom Williams
Opening theme	"Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)" by Justice Crew
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	4
Production
Executive producer	Sandra Fulloon[2]
Production location	Melbourne
Running time	120 minutes
Production company	FremantleMedia Australia
Original release
Network	Network Ten
Release	12 August (2012-08-12) – 19 August 2012 (2012-08-19)

Everybody Dance Now was an Australian reality television dance competition that premiered on 12 August 2012 on Network Ten.^[3] The show was produced by FremantleMedia Australia, and hosted by Sarah Murdoch.^[1]

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 would "challenge, train and mentor" their acts.^[4] The teams faced a studio audience in each episode "to do battle in a colosseum-style dance duel."^[4] During the heats stage of the competition, eight acts would perform in each episode, with two acts winning A$10,000 and progressing through to the finals to compete for the ultimate prize of $250,000.

On 21 August 2012, as ratings were dwindling, Network Ten considered changing the weekly schedule for the show, from three half-hour episodes to one full hour episode a week, but when those plans fell through, it decided to cancel the show due to poor ratings.^[5] Remaining prize money was donated to charity.

Everybody Dance Now consisted of two phases: heats and finals.^[4][6] The show was open to dancers of all ages and styles, who were divided into two teams, with each being taken under the guidance of big name entertainment celebrities known as the dance masters, to do battle in a colosseum-style duel.^[4][6] During the heats stage of the competition, eight acts would perform during each episode in four duels.^[7] Once each duel was complete, the studio audience would vote for the act they think should progress through to the dance duel decider round.^[7] 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.^[7] During the finals, dance acts would compete for the ultimate prize of $250,000. But there turned out to be no finals, and of course, no winners, due to the show's cancellation.^{[citation needed]}

Everybody Dance Now was filmed at a location in Melbourne with a live studio audience.^[3][4]

Region/country	Local title	Network	Winners	Judge	Main presenters
Jordan	Everybody Dance Now	JTV 1		Omar Khalifa Hadil Rawashdeh Issa Shamali	Zaid Al-Momani Dounia Mousa
Netherlands	Everybody Dance Now	RTL 4	Season 1, 2013: Justen Beer Season 2, 2014: The Daddies	Jan Kooijman Dan Karaty Lieke van Lexmond	Chantal Janzen
Thailand	Thailand Dance Now เต้น...สุดขั้ว	Channel 3	Season 1, 2013: Unknown	Rattapoom Toekongsap Cris Horwang Samapol Piyapongsiri	Ekkachai Euasangkomsert Borriboon Junrueng