World of Dance (season 3)

The third season of American reality competition television series World of Dance premiered on February 26, 2019, on NBC. Ne-Yo, and Derek Hough returned as the judges for their third consecutive seasons. Access Hollywood co-host Scott Evans replaced Jenna Dewan as the new host.^[1]

World of Dance
Season 3
Hosted by	Scott Evans
Judges	Ne-Yo Jennifer Lopez Derek Hough
Winner	Kings United
Runner-up	Unity LA (Wildcard)
Release
Original network	NBC
Original release	February 26 (2019-02-26) – May 5, 2019 (2019-05-05)
Season chronology
← Previous Season 2 Next → Season 4

Production

Format changes

The required qualifier score to enter the duels increased from 80 to 85. The duels feature a redemption round where the Top 2 eliminated acts (in each division) with the highest score compete head to head for a second chance to advance to The Cuts. In the redemption, the 2 acts compete back to back to the same music. Afterwards, the judges vote to decide which act will advance.

In the Divisional Final, the judges pick one more act to advance to the World Final as a wild card. In the World Final, each act performs once instead of twice.

The guest judge is removed this season.

Show concept

In preparation for season three, handpicked competitors, being talented in any styles of dancing, from qualifying events around the nation and thousands of online submissions, are divided into four divisions:

1. Junior (groups of 1-4, under 18),
2. Upper (groups of 1-4, 18 and older),
3. Junior Team (groups of 5+, under 18) and
4. Upper Team (groups of 5+, 18 and older).

In some cases dancers who didn't apply were directly contacted by the producers or their agents.

Scoring

The judges are scoring in 5 categories. Each category is worth 20 points, with a perfect score of 100:

• Performance (20 points): :)
  • Effort: How many different elements put into the routine without overloading or rushing through it. What was the whole effort to dance the performance by the act.
  • Personality: How characters and personality put into the performance, in the sense of acting to stimulate emotions by the audience, telling a story or framing pictures.
• Technique (20 points):
  • Transitions: How smooth and elegant the transitions from move to move were without lacking a performance moment.
  • Cleanness: How synchronized, ordered by a pattern, precise and committed the movements were within the act.
  • Execution: How flawless the execution of the performance by the act was to the performance song.
• Choreography (20 points):
  • Difficulty: How difficult it was to perform the figures and movements by the act from judges point of view.
  • Musicality: How well pictures, figures and movements were choreographed to the sound and beat of the performance song.
  • Tricks: Are unexpected show elements included by properties, clothing or the bodies of the dancers and how well was it done.
• Creativity (20 points):
  • Originality: How unique, new, fresh and interesting was the performance.
  • Artistic Choices: What styles of dancing were shown and merged. How well was it done regarding basic dance styles and style culture, e.g. costumes, shoes. The performance song and the use of properties are artistic choices as well. How well did they fit to the performance.
  • Dynamics: How energizing and powerful the performance was and how much action was on stage.
• Presentation (20 points):
  • Crowd Appeal: How the crowd around the show stage reacted to the performance.
  • Impact: How memorable, influential and worth talking about it later the performance was.

Judges, host, and mentors

Season 3 host and judges

 

Scott Evans

 

Ne-Yo

 

Jennifer Lopez

 

Derek Hough

Jennifer Lopez, Ne-Yo, and Derek Hough returned as the judges for their third consecutive season. Access Live co-host, Scott Evans replaced original presenter Jenna Dewan as the host for the third season. Evans became the first male host of the show and the first host/judge to be on the show with no prior dancing experience.

This season there were only two mentors in two different rounds. Original host Jenna Dewan, returned as a mentor for the Junior teams in the round of The Cut. Hip hop dancer, choreographer, entertainer, and former So You Think You Can Dance contestant, Stephen "tWitch" Boss served as a mentor for the Divisional Final round.

Dancers

Junior Team (under 18)

Act	Hometown	Dance Style	Qualifier Score	Duel Score	Cut Score	Divisional Final Score	World Final Score	Average Score	Elimination Date	Placement
VPeepz	Manila, Philippines	Hip-Hop	90.3	92.7	98.7	96.0	93.7	94.2	-	4th Place
Dancetown Divas	Miami, FL	Latin Ballroom	87.3	95.0	93.3	95.7		92.8	April 28, 2019	Divisional Final
The Crazy 8's	Anaheim Hills, CA	Contemporary	93.0	93.3	92.3	93.0		92.9	April 28, 2019	Divisional Final
JDC	San Jose, CA	Contemporary	87.3	96.0	91.3	-		91.7	April 14, 2019	The Cut
Elektro Crew	Gilbert, AZ	Hip-Hop	86.3	91.0	90.0	-		89.1	April 14, 2019	The Cut
Get Down District	Rosemead, CA	Whacking	85.0	88.0	88.7	-		87.2	April 14, 2019	The Cut
MKAM	Alhambra, CA	Hip-Hop	89.7	90.7	-	-		90.2	March 24, 2019	The Duels
Battle Droids Crew	Antwerp, Belgium	Breaking	87.0	90.3	-	-		88.7	March 24, 2019	The Duels
West Springfield Dance	Springfield, VA	Hip-Hop	85.0	89.3	-	-		87.2	March 24, 2019	The Duels
Intention	Edmond, OK	Contemporary	87.7	87.0	-	-		87.4	March 24, 2019	The Duels
Movement Society	Calgary, Canada	Contemporary	84.7	-	-	-		84.7	March 3, 2019	Qualifiers
Femp3	San Diego, CA	Hip Hop	84.7	-	-	-		84.7	March 3, 2019	Qualifiers
Kozmic Edge	Guttenberg, NJ	Hip Hop	83.0	-	-	-		83.0	March 10, 2019	Qualifiers
Apprentice	Vancouver, Canada		83.7	-	-	-		83.7	March 10, 2019	Qualifiers
Minibots	Vancouver, Canada	Popping	83.3	-	-	-		83.3	February 26, 2019	Qualifiers

Upper Team (over 18)

Act	Hometown	Dance Style	Qualifier Score	Duel Score	Cut Score	Divisional Final Score	World Final Score	Average Score	Elimination Date	Placement
Kings United	Mumbai, India	Hip-Hop	97.7	99.3	97.7	99.7	100.0	98.88	-	1st place
Unity LA	Los Angeles, CA	Contemporary	95.3	97.0	93.3	98.7	95.7	96.0	-	2nd Place
The Heima	Seoul, South Korea	Breaking	93.7	96.7	97.7	93.3		95.3	April 28, 2019	Divisional Final
Radiance	Los Angeles, CA	Contemporary	88.0	93.7	92.7	-		90.9	April 21, 2019	The Cut
Exiles	Coolidge, AZ	Hip-Hop	88.0	93.0	90.3	-		90.4	April 21, 2019	The Cut
Fuego Dance Crew	San Diego, CA	Hip-Hop	93.7	91.0	89.3	-		91.3	April 21, 2019	The Cut
Motiv Crew	Orlando, FL	Hip-Hop	85.7	90.0	-	-		87.9	April 7, 2019	Duels
Siudy Flamenco	Miami, FL	Flamenco	86.7	89.7	-	-		88.2	April 7, 2019	Duels
Main Guys	Oslo, Norway	Hip-Hop	89.7	89.3	-	-		89.5	April 7, 2019	Duels
Style & Grace	Vancouver, Canada	Hip-Hop	85.0	88.0	-	-		86.5	April 7, 2019	Duels
Guests of Honor	Los Angeles, CA	Hip-Hop	84.3	-	-	-		84.3	March 3, 2019	Qualifiers
Str8jacket	San Mateo, CA	Hip-Hop	83.7	-	-	-		83.7	March 10, 2019	Qualifiers
The Rookies	Nantes, France		83.0	-	-	-		83.0	March 10, 2019	Qualifiers

Upper (over 18)

Act	Hometown	Dance Style	Qualifier Score	Duel Score	Cut Score	Divisional Final Score	World Final Score	Average Score	Elimination Date	Placement
Briar Nolet	Oakville, Canada	Contemporary	87.3	90.3	95.3	95.3	92.7	92.1	-	5th Place
Poppin John	Farmington, NM	Popping	85.3	91.3	95.0	95.0		91.6	April 28, 2019	Divisional Final
Derion & Madison	Los Angeles, CA	Contemporary	90.3	90.0	94.7	92.0		91.7	April 28, 2019	Divisional Final
All Ready	Seoul, South Korea	Hip-hop/Ballroom fusion	88.0	92.3	92.0	-		90.7	April 14, 2019	The Cut
D'Angelo Brothers	San Cesareo, Italy	Tap	87.3	89.7	91.7	-		89.5	April 14, 2019	The Cut
Jonathan Y Jorge	Orlando, Florida & Lima, Peru	Salsa	88.7	90.7	90.7	-		90.0	April 14, 2019	The Cut
Denise & Josh	Toronto, Canada	Contemporary	91.0	90.0	-	-		90.5	March 17, 2019	The Duels
Derek Piquette	Chicopee, MA	Contemporary	91.3	89.3	-	-		90.3	March 17, 2019	The Duels
DD Flection	Bangkok, Thailand	Contemporary	92.0	89.0	-	-		90.5	March 17, 2019	The Duels
Tobias & The Eztwins	Copenhagen, Denmark & Ljubljana, Slovenia	Hip-Hop	92.7	87.3	-	-		90.0	March 17, 2019	The Duels
Erica & Aiden	Los Angeles, CA	Contemporary	84.7	-	-	-		84.7	February 26, 2019	Qualifiers
Alyen & Maria	Cincinnati, OH	Contemporary	84.3	-	-	-		84.3	February 26, 2019	Qualifiers
Skyscrape	Norfolk, VA & Dortmund, Germany	Ballet	83.7	-	-	-		83.7	March 10, 2019	Qualifiers

Junior (under 18)

Act	Hometown	Dance Style	Qualifier Score	Duel Score	Cut Score	Divisional Final Score	World Final Score	Average Score	Elimination Date	Placement
Ellie & Ava	Woodbury, MN	Contemporary	92.3	91.7	95.3	96.0	95.0	94.0	-	3rd Place
Julian & Charlize	Manalapan, NJ & Los Angeles, CA	Hip-Hop	87.0	95.3	93.0	95.7		92.7	April 28, 2019	Divisional Final
Kayla Mak	Rye Brook, NY	Contemporary Ballet	90.3	91.0	93.7	95.3		92.5	April 28, 2019	Divisional Final
Lauren Yakima	Northville, MI	Contemporary	95.7	96.0	91.7			94.4	April 21, 2019	The Cut
Funkanometry	Vancouver Island, Canada	Popping	87.3	91.7	91.3			90.1	April 21, 2019	The Cut
Moving 4ward	Toronto, Canada	Contemporary	86.3	93.0	90.3			89.8	April 21, 2019	The Cut
House of Tap	Santa Ana, CA & San Diego, CA	Tap	85.7	91.3	-			88.5	March 31, 2019	The Duels
Aydin Eyikan	Fairfield, CT	Contemporary	88.3	90.3	-			89.3	March 31, 2019	The Duels
The Trilogy	Maplewood, MN	Contemporary	86.3	90.0	-			88.2	March 31, 2019	The Duels
Audrey & Mia	Chicago, Illinois & Seattle, Washington	Krump	86.3	90.0	-			88.2	March 31, 2019	The Duels
Mya Walters	Peozia, AZ	Contemporary	83.3	-	-			83.3	February 26, 2019	Qualifiers
Ethan & Anastasia	New York, NY		84.3	-	-			84.3	March 3, 2019	Qualifiers
Invictus	Seattle, WA	Ballroom	82.0	-	-			82.0	March 10, 2019	Qualifiers

The Qualifiers

The qualifier round took place between February 26 and March 10, 2019. In season 3, the number of points you need to advance to The Duels is now 85. While seasons 1 and 2, the average points was 80. The qualifier round got harder to get past. Some people from last season would not make it this season.

3Table key

Key	Description
	Contestant(s) did not advance to The Duels

Contestant performances and Judges' score

Date	Name	Division	Performance song	Judges' score
				Ne-Yo	Jennifer	Derek	Average
February 26	Kings United	Upper Team	"Dhakka Laga Bukka Yuva" - A.R Rahman, Karthik, & Mehboob	97	98	98	97.7
	Erica & Aiden	Upper	"Better Now" - Post Malone	84	85	85	84.7
	Funkanometry	Junior	"Shake Your Pants" - Cameo	88	87	87	87.3
	The Crazy 8's	Junior Team	"Keeping Your Head Up" - Birdy (Don Diablo remix)	93	95	91	93.0
	Alyen & Maria	Upper		84	85	84	84.3
	Jonathan y Jorge	Upper	"El Anillo" - Jennifer Lopez	90	87	89	88.7
	Julian and Charlize	Junior	"The Middle" - Zedd, Maren Morris, Grey	87	88	86	87.0
	The Heima	Upper Team	"La La La" - Naughty Boy (ft. Sam Smith)	95	92	94	93.7
	Minibots	Junior Team	"I Can Make Ya" - Fingazz	85	83	82	83.3
	Poppin John	Upper	"Flower Duet" - Lakmé	84	86	86	85.3
	Get Down District	Junior Team	“Wannabe” - Spice Girls				85.0
	West Springfield Dance	Junior Team	“It's Me Snitches” - Swizz Beats				85.0
	Mya Walters	Junior	“My My My” - Troye Sivan	84	84	82	83.3
	Ellie & Ava	Junior	"Cry Pretty" - Carrie Underwood	95	89	93	92.3
	D'Angelo Brothers	Upper	"People Get Up And Drive Your Funky Soul" - James Brown	87	86	89	87.3
	Lauren Yakima	Junior	"(I Just) Died in Your Arms" - Hidden Citizens	97	94	96	95.7
	Elektro Crew	Junior Team	"Yeah!" - Usher (ft. Lil Jon & Ludacris)	87	87	85	86.3
March 3	Kayla Mak	Junior	"Back To Me" - Daya	92	87	92	90.3
	Fuego Dance Crew	Upper Team	"Chambea" - Bad Bunny	92	95	94	93.7
	Motiv Crew	Upper Team	“Everybody Mad” - O.T. Genesis				85.7
	JDC	Junior Team	"Look" - Leikeli47				87.3
	Ethan & Anastasia	Junior	“Love Me Like You Do” - Ellie Goulding				84.3
	Aydin Eyikan	Junior	"In My Blood" - Shawn Mendes	89	87	89	88.3
	All Ready	Upper	"Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps" - The Pussycat Dolls	89	90	85	88.0
	Guests of Honor	Upper Team					84.3
	Exiles	Upper Team	"The Saints" - Andy Mineo	88	87	89	88.0
	Briar Nolet	Upper	"You Should See Me in a Crown" - Billie Eilish	88	86	88	87.3
	VPeepz	Junior Team	”How Low" - Ludacris	89	89	93	90.3
	Movement Society	Junior Team					84.7
	Derion & Madison	Upper	"Genius" - LSD	89	92	90	90.3
	Moving 4ward	Junior	"Hold Back the River" - James Bay	86	86	87	86.3
	Femp3	Junior					84.7
	Dancetown Divas	Junior Team	"La Mordidita" - Ricky Martin (ft. Yotuel)	87	88	87	87.3
	Tobias & The EZTwins	Upper	"For You" - Ramzoid	94	92	92	92.7
	The Trilogy	Junior	"You Say" - Lauren Daigle	87	85	87	86.3
March 10	MKAM	Junior Team	"What You Gon' Do" - Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz (ft. Lil Scrappy)	88	89	92	89.7
	Denise & Josh	Upper	"An Evening I Will Not Forget" - Dermot Kennedy	90	92	91	91.0
	Invictus	Junior	"New Rules" - Dua Lipa				82.0
	The Rookies	Upper Team	"Poison" - Bell Biv Devoe				83.0
	Main Guys	Upper Team	"Taste" - Tyga (ft. Offset)	89	89	91	89.7
	Kozmic Edge	Junior Team	"All The Way Up" - Fat Joe & Remy Ma (ft. French Montana)	83	83	83	83.0
	Unity LA	Upper Team	"Indestructible" - Robyn	97	94	95	95.3
	Str8jacket	Upper Team	"Wall To Wall" - Chris Brown				83.7
	Battle Droids Crew	Junior Team	"The Power" - Snap!	85	87	89	87.0
	Intention	Junior Team	"Piano Man" - Billy Joel	88	88	87	87.7
	Skyscrape	Upper	“Unfaithful” - Rihanna / Concerto Of Beethoven	86	84	81	83.7
	Derek Piquette	Upper	"Remember Who I Was" - James Arthur	90	93	91	91.3
	Audrey & Mia	Junior	"Alive" - Lil Jon, Offset & 2 Chainz	87	87	85	86.3
	House of Tap	Junior	"One Day" - Logic (ft. Ryan Tedder)	85	86	86	85.7
	DD Flection	Upper	"Die Trying" - Michl	90	95	91	92.0
	Siudy Flamenco	Upper Team	"My Immortal" - Evanescence	87	88	85	86.7
	Apprentice	Junior Team					83.7
	Style & Grace	Upper Team	"Goodies" - Ciara	87	85	83	85.0
	Radiance	Upper Team	"Closure" - Hayley Warner	87	87	90	88.0

The Duels

In each round of The Duels, two acts in the same division compete for a spot in The Cut. In each division, the acts with the top scores choose their opponents, then both acts perform back-to-back, receiving feedback from the judges. The act with the higher score moves on to The Cut; the other faces immediate elimination. New in season 3, at the end of each division, the 2 highest scoring eliminated acts will face off in Redemption. The 2 acts will dance to the same song back to back and the judges will decide who will take the last remaining spot in The Cut by majority vote.^[2]

Table key

Key	Description	Key	Description
	Contestant(s) was/were eliminated by a duel		Contestant lost their Duel, but won a Redemption Duel, advancing them to the Cut.

The Qualifiers scores

Rank	Upper		Upper Team		Junior		Junior Team
	Name	Score	Name	Score	Name	Score	Name	Score
1st	Tobias & The EZTwins	92.7	Kings United	97.7	Lauren Yakima	95.7	Crazy 8's	93.0
2nd	DD Flection	92.0	Unity LA	95.3	Ellie & Ava	92.3	VPeepz	90.3
3rd	Derek Piquette	91.3	Fuego Dance Crew	93.7	Kayla Mak	90.3	MKAM	89.7
4th	Denise & Josh	91.0	The Heima	93.7	Aydin Eykin	88.3	Intention	87.7
5th	Derion & Madison	90.3	Main Guys	89.7	Funkanometry	87.3	Dancetown Divas	87.3
6th	Jonathan Y Jorge	88.7	Exiles	88.0	Julian & Charlize	87.0	JDC	87.3
7th	All Ready	88.0	Radiance	88.0	Audrey & Mia	86.3	Battle Droids Crew	87.0
8th	Briar Nolet	87.3	Siudy Flamenco	86.7	Moving 4WARD	86.3	Elektro Crew	86.3
9th	D’Angelo Brothers	87.3	Motiv Crew	85.7	The Trilogy	86.3	Get Down District	85.0
10th	Poppin’ John	85.3	Style & Grace	85.0	House of Tap	85.7	West Springfield Dance Team	85.0

The Duel Picks

Opponent selection proceeded according to rank within each division. Briar Nolet defeated Denise & Josh in the Upper Redemption Duel to advance. The Dancetown Divas defeated MKAM in the Junior Team Division Redemption Duel. Kayla Mak defeated House of Tap on the Junior Division Redemption Duel. Exiles defeated Motiv Crew in the Upper Team division.

Table key

Key	Description	Key	Description	Key	Description
	Contestant(s) was/were eliminated		Contestant lost their Duel, but won a Redemption Duel, advancing them to the Cut.		Contestant lost a Redemption Duel, eliminating them from the competition.

Contestant performances and Judges' scores

Date	Division	Name	Performance song	Judges' score
				Ne-Yo	Jennifer	Derek	Average
March 17	Upper
		Tobias & the EZTwins	"Do Your Thing" - Basement Jaxx & Metropole Orkest	90	83	89	87.3
		D'Angelo Brothers	"Tutti Frutti" - Little Richard	89	90	90	89.7
		Denise & Josh	"More" - Billy Lockett	89	92	89	90.0
		Jonathan y Jorge	"Me Enamoro Mas de Ti" - Tony Succar	90	91	91	90.7
		DD Flection	"Shutter Island" - Jessie Reyez	90	88	89	89.0
		Poppin John	"Who Am I (What's My Name)?" - Snoop Dogg	91	92	91	91.3
		Derek Piquette	"You Found Me" - The Fray	89	89	90	89.3
		Derion & Madison	"Awoo" - Sofi Tukker	91	88	91	90.0
		All Ready	"Who Let the Dogs Out?" - Baha Men	92	93	92	92.3
		Briar Nolet	"Come Fly With Me" - Ruelle	87	90	94	90.3
March 24	Junior Team	VPeepz	"Tambourine" - Eve	92	92	94	92.7
		Battle Droids Crew	"Party Up (Up in Here)" - DMX	90	90	91	90.3
		Get Down District	"When I Grow Up" - Pussycat Dolls	89	88	87	88.0
		Intention	"Quarter Past Midnight" - Bastille	87	88	86	87.0
		MKAM	"M.A.A.D. City" - Kendrick Lamar	92	88	92	90.7
		Elektro Crew	"Dangerous" - Busta Rhymes	93	90	90	91.0
		Dancetown Divas	"Gangsta's Paradise" - 2WEI	96	95	94	95.0
		JDC	"Who You Are" - Jessie J	98	95	95	96.0
		The Crazy 8's	"Peanut Butter Jelly" - Galantis	94	92	94	93.3
		West Springfield Dance	"The Twilight Zone" - Figure feat. Hatch	92	89	87	89.3
March 31	Junior	Ellie & Ava	"Because Of You" - Kelly Clarkson	90	92	93	91.7
		Audrey & Mia	I'm Better - Missy Elliot	91	89	90	90.0
		Kayla Mak	Paint It Black - Ciara	90	90	93	91.0
		Funkanometry	Betta Watch Yo Self - Problem	92	91	92	91.7
		Aydin Eyikan	Youngblood - 5 Seconds Of Summer	91	89	91	90.3
		Moving 4Ward	Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol	94	93	92	93.0
		Julian & Charlize	New Level - A$AP Ferg ft. Future	96	96	94	95.3
		The Trilogy	Perfectly Wrong - Shawn Mendes	89	90	91	90.0
		House Of Tap	Kiss Kiss - Chris Brown (ft. T-Pain)	92	89	93	91.3
		Lauren Yakima	Escalate - Tsar B	97	95	96	96.0
April 7	Upper Team	Fuego Dance Crew	"Just A Little Bit" by 50 Cent	93	91	89	91.0
		Siudy Flamenco	"She Bangs" by Ricky Martin	90	89	90	89.7
		Unity LA	"Hurts" by Emilie Sande	96	97	98	97.0
		Style & Grace	"King's Dead" by Jay Rock, Kendrick Lamar, Future and James Blake	88	88	88	88.0
		Exiles	"Manolo" by Trip Lee feat. Lecrae	95	93	91	93.0
		The Heima	Natural by Imagine Dragons	99	95	96	96.7
		Radiance	"God Is a Woman" by Ariana Grande	93	95	93	93.7
		Main Guys	"X Gon Give It To Ya" by DMX	90	88	90	89.3
		Motiv Crew	"Win" by Jay Rock	90	91	89	90.0
		Kings United	"Malhari" by Vishal Dadlani	100	99	99	99.3

Redemption

Contestant performances and Judges' scores

Division	Advanced	Eliminated	Performance song
				Junior	Kayla Mak	House of Tap	Battle Scars by Lupe Fiasco and Guy Sebastian
Upper Team	Exiles	Motiv Crew	Power by Kanye West
Junior Team	Dancetown Divas	MKAM	Level Up by Ciara
Upper	Briar Nolet	Denise & Josh	Heads Will Roll by Yeah Yeah Yeahs

The Cut

In The Cut, the 24 remaining acts (6 in each division) compete for three 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 3, they face immediate elimination. For this round, each of the judges and special guest, former host, Jenna Dewan, acted as mentors for one of the four divisions; Jenna worked with the Junior Teams, Derek worked with the Upper acts, Ne-Yo worked with the Upper Teams, and Jennifer worked with the Junior acts.

Table key

Key	Description
	Contestant(s) was/were eliminated

The Duels scores

Rank	Upper			Upper Team			Junior			Junior Team
	Name	Score	Cut Rank	Name	Score	Cut Rank	Name	Score	Cut Rank	Name	Score	Cut Rank
1st	All Ready	92.3	4	Kings United	99.3	1	Lauren Yakima	96.0	4	JDC	96.0	4
2nd	Poppin John	91.3	2	Unity LA	97.0	3	Julian and Charlize	95.3	3	Dancetown Divas	95.0	2
3rd	Jonathan Y Jorge	90.7	6	The Heima	96.7	1	Moving 4ward	93.0	6	The Crazy 8's	93.3	3
4th	Briar Nolet	90.3	1	Radiance	93.7	4	Ellie and Ava	91.7	1	VPeepz	92.7	1
5th	Derion & Madison	90.0	3	Exiles	93.0	5	Funkanometry	91.7	5	Elektro Crew	91.0	5
6th	D'Angelo Brothers	89.7	5	Fuego Dance Crew	91.0	6	Kayla Mak	91.0	2	Get Down District	88.0	6

The Cut Scores

Contestant performances and Judges' scores

Date	Division	Name	Performance song	Judges' score
				Ne-Yo	Jennifer	Derek	Average
April 14	Upper
		Jonathan Y Jorge	"El Timbalero" by Valentin Valdes	91	90	91	90.7
		Derion & Madison	"Call Out My Name" by The Weeknd	94	95	95	94.7
		All Ready	"Lacrimosa" by Apashe	92	92	92	92.0
		Briar Nolet	"Ashes" by Celine Dion	93	96	97	95.3
		D'Angelo Brothers	"Hit & Run" by Francis Novotny	90	92	93	91.7
		Poppin John	"Painting Greys" by Emmit Fenn	95	95	95	95.0
	Junior Team	VPeepz	"&Burn" by Billie Eilish ft. Vince Staples	100	98	98	98.7
		Elektro Crew	"Bounce Back" by Big Sean	91	90	89	90.0
		JDC	"Alone" by Halsey	92	89	93	91.3
		The Crazy 8's	"You & Me (Flume Remix)" by Disclosure	91	93	93	92.3
		Get Down District	"What About Your Friends" by TLC	89	89	88	88.7
		Dancetown Divas	"Vogue" by Madonna	93	92	95	93.3
April 21	Junior
		Funkanometry	"Afterhours" by Troyboi ft. Diplo & Nina Sky	93	93	88	91.3
		Lauren Yakima	"Helium" by Sia	91	91	93	91.7
		Moving 4ward	"Come Together" by Joe Cocker	90	91	90	90.3
		Julian and Charlize	"Dance with Me" by 112	94	94	91	93.0
		Kayla Mak	"Take Me to Church" by Hozier	93	94	94	93.7
		Ellie and Ava	"White Flag" by Bishop Briggs	95	95	96	95.3
	Upper Team
		Exiles	"Dum Dum" Tedashii ft. Lecrae	90	90	91	90.3
		The Kings	"Tattad Tattad" by Aditya Narayan	96	99	98	97.7
		Unity LA	"Ribs" by Lorde	93	93	94	93.3
		Fuego Dance Crew	"Gasolina" by Daddy Yankee	90	89	89	89.3
		Radiance	Slow Dancing in a Burning Room" by John Mayer	94	92	92	92.7
		The Heima	"Love Me Again" John Newman	100	95	98	97.7

Divisional Final

In the Divisional Final, the 3 remaining acts in each division square off, with only one act going to the World Final to represent their division. Same as The Cut, each of the judges and special guest, Stephen "tWitch" Boss, became mentors for one of the four divisions. Jennifer mentored the Junior Teams, Derek worked with the Junior acts, Ne-Yo worked with the Upper acts, and tWitch worked with the Upper Teams. One act is also chosen as a Wildcard to compete in the World Finals.

Table key

Key	Description
	Contestant(s) was/were eliminated
	Contestant was the Judge's Wildcard Pick

Contestant performances and Judges' scores

Date	Division	Name	Performance song	Judges' score
				Ne-Yo	Jennifer	Derek	Average
April 28	Upper	Derion & Madison	"Makeba" - Jain	92	91	93	92.0
		Poppin John	"Universal Mind Control" - Common	95	96	94	95.0
		Briar Nolet	"My Prerogative" - Britney Spears	96	93	97	95.3
	Junior Team	The Crazy 8's	"Burn" - Ellie Goulding	94	93	92	93.0
		VPeepz	"Party People" - Nelly feat. Fergie	96	95	97	96.0
		Dancetown Divas	"Run the World (Girls)" - Beyonce	95	96	96	95.7
	Junior	Ellie & Ava	"Head Above Water" - Avril Lavigne	94	95	99	96.0
		Julian & Charlize	"Bad & Boujee" - Migos feat. Lil Uzi Vert	95	96	96	95.7
		Kayla Mak	"Never Tear Us Apart" - Bishop Briggs	94	97	95	95.3
	Upper Team	The Heima	"Born Ready" - Zayde Wølf	92	93	95	93.3
		Unity LA	"Piece by Piece" - Kelly Clarkson	100	96	100	98.7
		Kings United	"Yeh Raat" - Anupama	100	99	100	99.7

World Final

In the World Final, the final 4 division champions plus 1 wildcard compete head to head to win the one million dollar prize. Each team performs one routine and the highest scorer is adjudged the world champion.

Contestant performances and Judges' scores

Date	Division	Name	Performance song	Judges' score
				Ne-Yo	Jennifer	Derek	Average
May 5	Upper	Briar Nolet	Toxic - 2WEI	92	92	94	92.7
	Junior Team	VPeepz	Can't Hold Us - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis ft. Ray Dalton	94	91	96	93.7
	Junior	Ellie & Ava	Knocking on Heavens Door - Raign	94	95	96	95.0
	Upper Team	Unity LA	Pretty Wings - Maxwell	95	94	98	95.7
	Upper Team	Kings United	Aadevadanna Eedevadanna - Sardaar Gabbar Singh	100	100	100	100.0

Table key

Key	Description
	Contestant won the competition
	Contestant placed 2nd
	Contestant placed 3rd
	Contestant placed 4th
	Contestant placed 5th

World Final scores

Upper		Upper Team		Junior		Junior Team		Wildcard
Name	Score	Name	Score	Name	Score	Name	Score	Name	Score
Briar Nolet	92.7	Kings United	100.0	Ellie & Ava	95.0	VPeepz	93.7	Unity LA	95.7

Highest Scoring Dances

Dance act	Division	Round	Music	Scores
Kings United	Upper Team	World Finals	"Aadevadana Eedevadana"—Sardaar Gabbar Singh	100.0 (100, 100, 100)
Kings United	Upper Team	Divisional Finals	"Yeh Raat"—Anupama	99.7 (100, 99, 100)
Kings United	Upper Team	The Duels	"Malhari"—Vishal Dadlani	99.3 (100, 99, 99)
VPeepz	Junior Team	The Cut	"&Burn"—Billie Eilish feat. Vince Staples	98.7 (100, 98, 98)
Unity LA	Upper Team	Divisional Finals	" Piece by Piece"—Kelly Clarkson	98.7 (100, 96, 100)
Kings United	Upper Team	Qualifiers	"Dhakka Laga Bukka Yuva"—A.R Rahman, Karthik & Mehboob	97.7 (97, 98, 98)
Kings United	Upper Team	The Cut	"Tattad Tattad"—Aditya Narayan	97.7 (96, 99, 98)
The Heima	Upper Team	The Cut	"Love Me Again"—John Newman	97.7 (100, 95, 98)
Unity LA	Upper Team	The Duels	"Hurts"—Emilie Sande	97.0 (96, 97, 98)
The Heima	Upper Team	The Duels	"Natural"—Imagine Dragons	96.7 (99, 95, 96)
Lauren Yakima	Junior	The Duels	"Escalate"—Tsar B	96.0 (97, 95, 96)
JDC	Junior Team	The Duels	"Who You Are" — Jessie J	96.0 (98, 95, 95)
VPeepz	Junior Team	Divisional Finals	" Party People"—Nelly feat. Fergie	96.0 (96, 95, 97)
Ellie & Ava	Junior	Divisional Finals	" Head Above Water"—Avril Lavigne	96.0 (94, 95, 99)
Lauren Yakima	Junior	Qualifiers	"(I Just) Died in Your Arms "—Hidden Citizens	95.7 (97, 94, 96)
Dancetown Divas	Junior Team	Divisional Finals	"Run the World (Girls)"—Beyonce	95.7 (95, 96, 96)
Julian & Charlize	Junior	Divisional Finals	"Bad & Boujee"—Migos feat. Lil Uzi Vert	95.7 (95, 96, 96)
Unity LA	Upper Team	World Finals	"Pretty Wings"—Maxwell	95.7 (95, 94, 98)

Ratings

Viewership and ratings per episode of World of Dance

No.	Title	Air date	Rating/share (18–49)	Viewers (millions)
1	"The Qualifiers 1"	February 26, 2019	1.4/6	6.26^[3]
2	"The Qualifiers 2"	March 3, 2019	1.0/4	4.18^[4]
3	"The Qualifiers 3"	March 10, 2019	0.8/4	3.49^[5]
4	"The Duels 1"	March 17, 2019	0.8/4	3.73^[6]
5	"The Duels 2"	March 24, 2019	0.8/4	3.33^[7]
6	"The Duels 3"	March 31, 2019	0.7/3	3.24^[8]
7	"The Duels 4"	April 7, 2019	0.7/3	3.24^[9]
8	"The Cut 1"	April 14, 2019	0.7/3	3.27^[10]
9	"The Cut 2"	April 21, 2019	0.7/3	2.93^[11]
10	"Divisional Final"	April 28, 2019	0.8/4	3.38^[12]
11	"World Final"	May 5, 2019	0.8/3	3.55^[13]

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External links

• All full episodes can currently be watched on NBC World of Dance website, but only officially within the United States due to geographical restrictions
• World of Dance at IMDb
• World of Dance at TV Guide