So You Think You Can Dance

So You Think You Can Dance
Seasons	17
Episodes	317
First premiered	July 20, 2005
Last aired	present

So You Think You Can Dance is an American reality television dance competition created by American Idol producers Simon Fuller and Nigel Lythgoe.

Show Description

• Each season, hundreds of dancers from around the country audition in various cities to get called up in Las Vegas for a chance at a spot in the Top 20, where they perform each week for the TV audience to decide who is truly "America's Favorite Dancer."

Episode List

• The following is a list of episodes of So You Think You Can Dance. As of February 2024, the show currently has 307 episodes across 17 seasons. The series has been renewed through Season 18.

Season 1 (2005)

No.		Prod.	Premiere date	Title	Notes
1	1	101/102	July 20, 2005	Episode 101/102
2	2	103	July 27, 2005	Episode 103
3	3	104	August 3, 2005	Hollywood: 50 Compete
4	4	105	August 10, 2005	Hollywood: 50 Cut to Top 16
5	5	106/107	August 17, 2005	Episode 106/107
6	6	108	August 24, 2005	Episode 108
7	7	109	August 31, 2005	Episode 109
8	8	110	September 7, 2005	Episode 110
9	9	111	September 14, 2005	Episode 111
10	10	112	September 21, 2005	Episode 112
11	11	113	September 28, 2005	Episode 113
12	12	114	October 5, 2005	Episode 114

Season 2 (2006)

No.		Prod.	Premiere date	Title	Notes
13	1	201/202	May 25, 2006	Auditions #1 and #2: New York and Chicago
14	2	204	May 31, 2006	Auditions #3: Los Angeles
15	3	203	June 1, 2006	Auditions #4: Chicago
16	4	205	June 7, 2006	Las Vegas Callback #1
17	5	206	June 8, 2006	Las Vegas Callback #2
18	6	207/208	June 14, 2006	Top 20 Perform
19	7	207/208A	June 15, 2006	2 of 20 Voted Off Live
20	8	209/210	June 21, 2006	Top 18 Perform
21	9	209/210A	June 22, 2006	2 of 18 Voted Off
22	10	211/212	June 28, 2006	Top 16 Perform
23	11	211/212A	June 29, 2006	2 of 16 Voted Off
24	12	213/214	July 5, 2006	Top 14 Perform
25	13	213/214A	July 6, 2006	2 of 14 Voted Off
26	14	215	July 12, 2006	Top 12 Perform
27	15	215A	July 13, 2006	2 of 12 Voted Off Live
28	16	216/217	July 19, 2006	Top 10 Perform
29	17	216/217A	July 20, 2006	2 of 10 Voted Off Live
30	18	218	July 26, 2006	Top 8 Perform
31	19	218A	July 27, 2006	2 of 8 Voted Off
32	20	219	August 2, 2006	Top 6 Perform
33	21	219A	August 3, 2006	2 of 6 Voted off Live
34	22	220	August 9, 2006	Top 4 Perform
35	23	220A	August 16, 2006	Finals/Winner

Season 3 (2007)

No.		Prod.	Premiere date	Title	Notes
36	1	301	May 24, 2007	Auditions #1
37	2	302/303	May 30, 2007	Auditions #2 and #3: Los Angeles and Chicago
38	3	304	May 31, 2007	Auditions #4
39	4	305	June 6, 2007	Las Vegas Call-Backs #1
40	5	306	June 7, 2007	Las Vegas Call-Backs #2 (Top 20 Chosen)
41	6	307/308	June 13, 2007	Top 20 Perform
42	7	307A/308A	June 14, 2007	2 of 20 Voted Off Live
43	8	309/310	June 20, 2007	Top 18 Perform
44	9	309A/310A	June 21, 2007	2 of 18 Voted Off
45	10	311/312	June 27, 2007	Top 16 Perform
46	11	311A/312A	June 28, 2007	2 of 16 Voted Off
47	12	313	July 11, 2007	Top 14 Perform
48	13	313A	July 12, 2007	2 of 14 Voted Off
49	14	314	July 18, 2007	Top 12 Perform
50	15	314A	July 19, 2007	2 of 12 Voted Off
51	16	315	July 25, 2007	Top 10 Perform
52	17	315A	July 26, 2007	2 of 10 Voted Off
53	18	316	August 1, 2007	Top 8 Perform
54	19	316A	August 2, 2007	2 of 8 Voted Off
55	20	317	August 8, 2007	Top 6 Perform
56	21	317A	August 9, 2007	2 of 6 Voted Off
57	22	318/319	August 15, 2007	Top 4 Perform
58	23	318A/319A	August 16, 2007	Winner Announced

Season 4 (2008)

No.		Prod.	Premiere date	Title	Notes
59	1	401/402	May 22, 2008	Season Premiere, Part 1
60	2	403/404	May 28, 2008	Season Premiere, Part 2
61	3	405/406	May 29, 2008	Auditions Episode
62	4	407/408	June 4, 2008	Auditions Episode
63	5	409/410	June 5, 2008	Las Vegas Round
64	6	411/412	June 11, 2008	Top 20 Perform
65	7	411A/412A	June 12, 2008	2 of 20 Voted Off
66	8	413/414	June 18, 2008	Top 18 Perform
67	9	413A/414A	June 19, 2008	2 of 18 Voted Off
68	10	415/416	June 25, 2008	Top 16 Perform
69	11	415A/416A	June 26, 2008	2 of 16 Voted Off
70	12	417/418	July 2, 2008	Top 14 Perform
71	13	417A/418A	July 3, 2008	2 of 14 Voted Off
72	14	419/420	July 9, 2008	Top 12 Perform
73	15	419A/420A	July 10, 2008	2 of 12 Voted Off
74	16	421/422	July 16, 2008	Top 10 Perform
75	17	421A/422A	July 17, 2008	2 of 10 Voted Off
76	18	423/424	July 23, 2008	Top 8 Perform
77	19	423A/424A	July 24, 2008	2 of 8 Voted Off
78	20	425	July 30, 2008	Top 6 Perform
79	21	425A	July 31, 2008	2 of 6 Voted Off
80	22	426/427	August 6, 2008	Top 4 Perform
81	23	426A/427A	August 7, 2008	Winner Announced

Season 5 (2009)

No.		Prod.	Premiere date	Title	Notes
82	1	501/502	May 21, 2009	Season Premiere, Part 1
83	2	503/504	May 27, 2009	Season Premiere, Part 2
84	3	505/506	May 28, 2009	Episode 505/506
85	4	507/508	June 3, 2009	Vegas Callbacks #1
86	5	509	June 4, 2009	Vegas Callbacks #2 (Top 20 Chosen)
87	6	510/511	June 10, 2009	Top 20 Perform
88	7	510/511A	June 11, 2009	2 of 20 Voted Off
89	8	512/513	June 17, 2009	Top 18 Perform
90	9	512/513A	June 18, 2009	2 of 18 Voted Off
91	10	514/515	June 24, 2009	Top 16 Perform
92	11	514/515A	June 25, 2009	2 of 16 Voted Off
93	12	516/517	July 1, 2009	Top 14 Perform
94	13	516A/517A	July 2, 2009	2 of 14 Voted Off
95	14	518/519	July 8, 2009	Top 12 Perform
96	15	518A/519A	July 9, 2009	2 of 12 Voted Off
97	16	520/521	July 15, 2009	Top 10 Perform
98	17	520A/521A	July 16, 2009	2 of 10 Voted Off
99	18	522/523	July 22, 2009	Top 8 Perform
100	19	522A/523A	July 23, 2009	2 of 8 Voted Off
101	20	524/525	July 29, 2009	Top 6 Perform
102	21	524A/525A	July 30, 2009	2 of 6 Voted Off
103	22	526	August 5, 2009	Top 4 Perform
104	23	526A	August 6, 2009	Winner Announced

Season 6 (2009)

No.		Prod.	Premiere date	Title	Notes
105	1	601	September 9, 2009	Audition Episode #1
106	2	602	September 16, 2009	Audition Episode #2
107	3	603	September 23, 2009	Audition Episode #3
108	4	604	September 29, 2009	Audition Episode #4
109	5	605	September 30, 2009	Audition Episode #5
110	6	606	October 6, 2009	Audition Episode #6
111	7	607	October 7, 2009	Las Vegas Round
112	8	608	October 14, 2009	Las Vegas Round
113	9	609	October 21, 2009	Las Vegas Round/Top 20 Chosen
114	10	610	October 26, 2009	Meet the Top 20
115	11	611/612	October 27, 2009	Top 20 Perform
116	12	613/614	November 3, 2009	Top 18 Perform
117	13	615/616	November 10, 2009	Top 16 Perform
118	14	615A/616A	November 11, 2009	2 of 16 Voted Off
119	15	617/618	November 17, 2009	Top 14 Perform
120	16	617A/618A	November 18, 2009	2 of 14 Voted Off
121	17	619/620	November 24, 2009	Top 12 Perform
122	18	619A/620A	November 25, 2009	2 of 12 Voted Off
123	19	621/622	December 1, 2009	Top 10 Perform
124	20	621A/622A	December 2, 2009	2 of 10 Voted Off
125	21	623/624	December 8, 2009	Top 8 Perform
126	22	623A/624A	December 9, 2009	2 of 8 Voted Off
127	23	625	December 15, 2009	Top 6 Perform
128	24	625A	December 16, 2009	Winner Announced

Season 7 (2010)

No.		Prod.	Premiere date	Title	Notes
129	1	701/702	May 27, 2010	Auditions #1 and #2
130	2	703/704	June 2, 2010	Auditions #3 and #4
131	3	705/706	June 3, 2010	Auditions #5 and #6 / Vegas Callbacks, Part 1
132	4	707/708	June 9, 2010	Vegas Callbacks, Pt. 2
133	5	709	June 10, 2010	Meet The Top 11
134	6	710/711	June 16, 2010	Top 11 Perform
135	7	710A/711A	June 17, 2010	1 of 11 Voted Off
136	8	712/713	June 23, 2010	Top 10 Perform
137	9	712A/713A	June 24, 2010	1 of 10 Voted Off
138	10	714/715	June 30, 2010	Top 9 Perform
139	11	714A/715A	July 1, 2010	1 of 9 Voted Off
140	12	716/717	July 7, 2010	Top 8 Perform
141	13	716A/717A	July 8, 2010	1 of 8 Voted Off
142	14	718/719	July 14, 2010	Top 7 Perform
143	15	718A/719A	July 15, 2010	1 of 7 Voted Off
144	16	720/721	July 21, 2010	Top 6 Perform
145	17	720A/721A	July 22, 2010	1 of 6 Voted Off
146	18	722/723	July 28, 2010	Top 5 Perform
147	19	722A/723A	July 29, 2010	1 of 5 Voted Off
148	20	724/725	August 4, 2010	Top 4 Perform
149	21	724A/725A	August 5, 2010	1 of 4 Voted Off
150	22	726/727	August 11, 2010	Top 3 Perform
151	23	726A/727A	August 12, 2010	Winner Announced

Season 8 (2011)

No.		Prod.	Premiere date	Title	Notes
152	1	801/802	May 26, 2011	Auditions #1 and #2: Atlanta and the Bay Area
153	2	803/804	June 1, 2011	New York and Salt Lake City Auditions
154	3	805	June 2, 2011	Los Angeles Auditions
155	4	806/807	June 8, 2011	Las Vegas Callbacks
156	5	808/809	June 9, 2011	Top 20 Revealed/Meet the Top 20 Performances
157	6	810/811	June 15, 2011	Top 20 Perform
158	7	810A/811A	June 16, 2011	2 of 20 Voted Off
159	8	812/813	June 22, 2011	Top 18 Perform
160	9	812A/813A	June 23, 2011	2 of 18 Voted Off
161	10	814/815	June 29, 2011	Top 16 Perform
162	11	814A/815A	June 30, 2011	2 of 16 Voted Off
163	12	816/817	July 6, 2011	Top 14 Perform
164	13	816A/817A	July 7, 2011	2 of 14 Voted Off
165	14	818/819	July 13, 2011	Top 12 Perform
166	15	818A/819A	July 14, 2011	2 of 12 Voted Off
167	16	820/821	July 20, 2011	Top 10 Perform
168	17	820A/821A	July 21, 2011	2 of 10 Voted Off
169	18	822/823	July 27, 2011	Top 8 Perform
170	19	822A/823A	July 28, 2011	2 of 8 Voted Off
171	20	824/825	August 3, 2011	Top 6 Perform
172	21	824A/825A	August 4, 2011	2 of 6 Voted Off
173	22	826/827	August 10, 2011	Season Finale, Part 1
174	23	826A-B/827A-B	August 11, 2011	Season Finale, Part 2

Season 9 (2012)

No.		Prod.	Premiere date	Title	Notes
175	1	901	May 24, 2012	Dallas and New York Auditions
176	2	902	May 30, 2012	Los Angeles Auditions
177	3	903	June 6, 2012	Atlanta Auditions
178	4	904	June 13, 2012	Salt Lake City Auditions
179	5	905	June 20, 2012	Las Vegas Callbacks
180	6	906	June 27, 2012	Top 20 Revealed / Meet the Top 20 Performances
181	7	907	July 11, 2012	Top 20 Perform
182	8	908	July 18, 2012	Top 20 Perform, Part 2
183	9	909	July 25, 2012	Second Live Performance / Second Elimination
184	10	910	August 15, 2012	Top 14 Perform / Third Elimination
185	11	911	August 22, 2012	Top 10 Perform, 2 Eliminated
186	12	912	August 29, 2012	Top 8 Perform, 2 Eliminated
187	13	913	September 5, 2012	Top 6 Perform, 2 Eliminated
188	14	914	September 11, 2012	Top 4 Perform
189	15	915	September 18, 2012	Winners Chosen

Season 10 (2013)

No.		Prod.	Premiere date	Title	Notes
190	1	1001A	May 14, 2013	Audition City #1
191	2	1001B	May 15, 2013	Audition City #2
192	3	1002	May 21, 2013	Auditions #2
193	4	1003	May 28, 2013	Auditions #3
194	5	1004	June 4, 2013	Auditions #4
195	6	1005	June 11, 2013	Vegas Callbacks
196	7	1006	June 18, 2013	Meet the Top 20
197	8	1007	June 25, 2013	Top 20 Perform
198	9	1008	July 2, 2013	Top 20 Perform, 2 Eliminated
199	10	1009	July 9, 2013	Top 18 Perform, 2 Eliminated
200	11	1010	July 23, 2013	Top 16 Perform, 2 Eliminated
201	12	1011	July 30, 2013	Top 14 Perform, 2 Eliminated
202	13	1012	August 6, 2013	Top 12 Perform, 2 Eliminated
203	14	1013	August 13, 2013	Top 10 Perform, 2 Eliminated
204	15	1014	August 20, 2013	Top 8 Perform, 2 Eliminated
205	16	1015	August 27, 2013	Top 6 Perform, 2 Eliminated
206	17	1016	September 3, 2013	Top 4 Perform
207	18	1017	September 10, 2013	Winners Chosen

Season 11 (2014)

No.		Prod.	Premiere date	Title	Notes
208	1	1101	May 28, 2014	Auditions #1 - New Orleans and Chicago
209	2	1102	June 4, 2014	Auditions #2 - Chicago and Los Angeles
210	3	1103	June 11, 2014	Auditions #3 - Los Angeles and Philadelphia
211	4	1104	June 18, 2014	Auditions #4 - Atlanta
212	5	1105	June 25, 2014	Pasadena Callbacks
213	6	1106	July 2, 2014	First Live Performance Show; Meet the Top 20 Performances
214	7	1107	July 9, 2014	Top 20 Perform, 2 Eliminated
215	8	1108	July 16, 2014	Top 18 Perform, 2 Eliminated
216	9	1109	July 23, 2014	Top 16 Perform, 2 Eliminated
217	10	1110	July 30, 2014	Top 14 Perform + Eliminations
218	11	1111	August 6, 2014	Top 10 Perform + Eliminations
219	12	1112	August 13, 2014	Top 8 Perform + Elimination
220	13	1113	August 20, 2014	Top 6 Perform + Elimination
221	14	1114	August 27, 2014	Top 4 Perform
222	15	1115	September 3, 2014	Winner Announced

Season 12 (Stage vs. Street) (2015)

No.		Prod.	Premiere date	Title	Notes
223	1	1201	June 1, 2015	Auditions #1: Memphis and Dallas
224	2	1202	June 8, 2015	Auditions #2: Detroit
225	3	1203	June 15, 2015	Auditions #3: New York
226	4	1204	June 22, 2015	Auditions #4: New York
227	5	1205	June 29, 2015	Vegas Callbacks #1
228	6	1206	July 6, 2015	Vegas Callbacks #2 / Top 20 Chosen
229	7	1207	July 13, 2015	Top 20 Perform
230	8	1208	July 20, 2015	Top 20 Perform + Elimination
231	9	1209	July 27, 2015	Top 18 Perform + Elimination
232	10	1210	August 3, 2015	Top 16 Perform Live + Elimination
233	11	1211	August 10, 2015	Top 14 Perform + Elimination
234	12	1212	August 17, 2015	Top 10 Perform + Elimination
235	13	1213	August 24, 2015	Top 8 Perform + Elimination
236	14	1214	August 31, 2015	Top 6 Perform + Elimination
237	15	1215	September 7, 2015	Finale, Part 1: Top 4 Perform
238	16	1216	September 14, 2015	Finale, Part 2: Winner Chosen

Season 13 (The Next Generation) (2016)

No.		Prod.	Premiere date	Title	Notes
239	1	1301	May 30, 2016	Auditions #1
240	2	1302	June 6, 2016	Auditions #2
241	3	1303	June 13, 2016	Auditions #3
242	4	1304	June 20, 2016	Academy #1
243	5	1305	June 27, 2016	Academy #2
244	6	1306/1307	July 11, 2016	Top 10 Perform
245	7	1308/1309	July 18, 2016	Top 10 Perform + Elimination
246	8	1310/1311	July 25, 2016	Top 9 Perform + Elimination
247	9	1312/1313	August 1, 2016	Top 8 Perform + Elimination
248	10	1314/1315	August 22, 2016	Top 6 Perform + Elimination
249	11	1316/1317	August 29, 2016	Top 5 Perform + Elimination
250	12	1318/1319	September 5, 2016	Top 4 Perform
251	13	1320/1321	September 12, 2016	Winner Chosen

Season 14 (2017)

No.		Prod.	Premiere date	Title	Notes
252	1	1401	June 12, 2017	Los Angeles Auditions #1
253	2	1402	June 19, 2017	Los Angeles Auditions #2
254	3	1403	June 26, 2017	New York Auditions #1
255	4	1404	July 10, 2017	New York Auditions #2
256	5	1405	July 17, 2017	Academy Week #1
257	6	1406	July 24, 2017	Academy Week #2
258	7	1407	July 31, 2017	Academy Week #3
259	8	1408/1409	August 7, 2017	Top 10 Perform, Part 1
260	9	1410/1411	August 14, 2017	Top 10 Perform, Part 2
261	10	1412/1413	August 21, 2017	Top 9 Perform
262	11	1414/1415	August 28, 2017	Top 8 Perform
263	12	1416/1417	September 4, 2017	Top 7 Perform
264	13	1418/1419	September 11, 2017	Top 6 Perform
265	14	1420/1421	September 18, 2017	Top 4 Perform
266	15	1422/1423	September 25, 2017	The Finale

Season 15 (2018)

No.		Prod.	Premiere date	Title	Notes
267	1	1501	June 4, 2018	Auditions #1
268	2	1502	June 11, 2018	Auditions #2
269	3	1503	June 18, 2018	Auditions #3
270	4	1504	June 25, 2018	Auditions #4
271	5	1505	July 9, 2018	Academy Week #1
272	6	1506	July 16, 2018	Academy Week #2
273	7	1507	July 23, 2018	Top Ten Women
274	8	1508	July 30, 2018	Top Ten Men
275	9	1509/1510	August 6, 2018	Meet the Top 10
276	10	1511/1512	August 13, 2018	Top 10 Perform
277	11	1513/1514	August 20, 2018	Top 8 Perform
278	12	1515/1516	August 27, 2018	Top 6 Perform
279	13	1517/1518	September 3, 2018	Top 4 Perform
280	14	1519/1520	September 10, 2018	Finale

Season 16 (2019)

No.		Prod.	Premiere date	Title	Notes
281	1	1601	June 3, 2019	Judges Auditions #1
282	2	1602	June 10, 2019	Judges Auditions #2
283	3	1603	June 17, 2019	Judges Auditions #3
284	4	1604	June 24, 2019	Judges Auditions #4
285	5	1605	July 8, 2019	Judges Auditions #5
286	6	1606	July 15, 2019	Academy, Part 1
287	7	1607	July 22, 2019	Academy, Part 2
288	8	1608	July 29, 2019	Final Cut - The Top Ten Girls
289	9	1609	August 5, 2019	Final Cut - The Top Ten Guys
290	10	1610	August 12, 2019	Top 10 Perform
291	11	1611	August 19, 2019	Top 10 Perform, Round 2
292	12	1612/1613	August 26, 2019	Top 8 Perform
293	13	1614/1615	September 2, 2019	Top 6 Perform
294	14	1616/1617	September 9, 2019	Top 4 Perform
295	15	1618/1619	September 16, 2019	Live Finale Winner Announced

Season 17 (2022)

No.		Prod.	Premiere date	Title	Notes
296	1	1701	May 18, 2022	Dance is Back! Auditions Show 1
297	2	1702	May 25, 2022	Auditions Show 2
298	3	1703	June 1, 2022	Auditions Show 3
299	4	1704	June 8, 2022	The Big Cut - Choreography Round
300	5	1705	June 15, 2022	The Dancers Dozen
301	6	1706	June 22, 2022	Girls Night Out
302	7	1707	June 29, 2022	Around the World
303	8	1708	July 13, 2022	Turn Back Time
304	9	1709	July 20, 2022	Starry Starry Night
305	10	1710	July 27, 2022	Head 2 Head
306	11	1711	August 3, 2022	The Final Cut
307	12	1712	August 10, 2022	The Season 17 Finale

Season 18 (2024)

No.		Prod.	Premiere date	Title	Notes
308	1	1801	March 4, 2024	Auditions: Day 1
309	2	1802	March 11, 2024	Auditions: Day 2
310	3	1803	March 18, 2024	Auditions: Day 3
311	4	1804	March 25, 2024	The Final Audition: Top Ten Revealed
312	5	1805	April 15, 2024	Challenge #1: Music Videos
313	6	1806	April 22, 2024	Challenge #2: Broadway
314	7	1807	April 29, 2024	Challenge #3: Movies
315	8	1808	May 6, 2024	Challenge #4: On Tour
316	9	1809	May 13, 2024	Challenge #5: Brand Challenge
317	10	1810	May 20, 2024	The Finale

Specials

No.	Premiere date	Title	Notes
1	September 2, 2009	The Fifteen Best Performances Ever	Compilation of the top 15 performances from the past five seasons.
2	July 21, 2015	A Decade of Dance	Live special celebrating the tenth anniversary of the series.