Auditions

The auditions for the first series took place at ICC Birmingham in August of the previous year^[7] and were divided into three episodes in 2019, and four in 2020, airing each Saturday. Auditioning acts were allowed to consist of any number of members, and each person participating was required to be at least 7 years old.^[8] Each auditioning act performed in front of a one-way mirror and each audience member had a light to turn on during each audition that they liked; only acts for whom at least 75 percent of the audience turned on their lights would qualify for the callbacks.^[9] The format was adapted from the Israeli television music competition franchise Rising Star.^[10] In the second series, at the end of each audition show, one Dance Captain chose their 'Greatest Dancer Of The Day', an act of their choice which advances straight to the live shows.

Callbacks

The callbacks aired as a separate show in 2019, and immediately after the fourth round of auditions in 2020. From the acts that had qualified for the callbacks, the Dance Captains each selected three to join their team (or two in the second series as they had each already chosen a 'Greatest Dancer Of The Day' for their team previously).

Live Challenge

Each Saturday, the final acts performed to stay in the competition. Each act was assigned a different challenge, which they had to incorporate into their performance. Much like the auditions, each audience member had a light to turn on during each performance that they liked. After all acts had performed, the public were given the opportunity to vote for their favourite acts. Either one or two acts were voted off each week, eventually leaving four to compete in the final show.

Final

Each of the four acts in the final firstly perform a collaboration with their respective Dance Captain, and the act that received the fewest votes from the public finished in fourth place. The three remaining acts then each performed a reprise of the dance they performed in the auditions stage. The act that received the most votes from the public was crowned the winner and received £50,000 and a chance to perform on the next series of Strictly Come Dancing.^{[citation needed]}

Live show details

Auditions

The Final 12

Live Challenge Shows

Overview

Key

  Presenter of The Greatest Dancer

  Receptionist of The Greatest Dancer

  Dance Captain of The Greatest Dancer

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Presenters

On 19 July 2018, it was announced that Alesha Dixon and Jordan Banjo would host the programme.

• Presenters gallery
• Alesha Dixon (2019–20)
• Jordan Banjo (2019–20)

Dance panel

On 10 August 2018, it was announced that the show's Dance Captains were Cheryl, Matthew Morrison and Oti Mabuse. For the 2020 series, dancer Todrick Hall joined as the fourth Dance Captain.^[12]

• Dance Captains gallery
• Cheryl (2019–20)
• Matthew Morrison (2019–20)
• Todrick Hall (2020)