So You Think You Can Dance | |
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Created by | |
Original work | So You Think You Can Dance (American TV series) |
Years | 2005–present |
Films and television | |
Television series | So You Think You Can Dance (independent international versions, see below) |
Miscellaneous | |
Genre | Reality television |
First aired | 20 July 2005 |
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.