So You Think You Can Dance

So You Think You Can Dance
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Original workSo You Think You Can Dance (American TV series)
Years2005–present
Films and television
Television seriesSo You Think You Can Dance (independent international versions, see below)
Miscellaneous
GenreReality television
First aired20 July 2005; 19 years ago (2005-07-20)

So You Think You Can Dance is a franchise of reality television shows in which contestants compete in dance. The first series of the franchise, created by Idols producers Simon Fuller and Nigel Lythgoe, premiered in July 2005 and has broadcast seventeen seasons since. Adaptations of the show began airing in other countries in late 2005 and to date 30 localized adaptations have been produced, representing 41 countries and comprising more than ninety individual seasons.