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USA. It is created and produced by 5678 Media Group. In this dance competition, the teams are challenged to perform different styles of dance to

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music. The various dance forms featured are

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as the Season 2 grand jury. The show follows a format where a dance team is required to submit dance videos online; the selected teams are invited for auditions closest to their home city. Two teams are then selected from each city that move to the semi-finale where they compete against other city winners. This is the competition's main phase which culminates into a grand finale with one champion.

Format

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''The Sounth Asian Insider'' The selected teams are invited to register and participate at the auditions closest to their home city. The contestants are judged in two categories: Junior – 6 to 12 years and Senior – 13+ years. At each audition, the qualifying round jury gives their feedback and scores on the performance and finally selects two teams to move to the Semi-Finale. The jury also reserves the right to pick wild-card entries. The regional winners then compete in the semi-finals and during the grand finale, emerging semi-finalists will be challenged to put forth their best show to win the title of "Dance USA Dance" Season 2 champion. All contestants in the final event are judged on criteria of routine (25%), synchronization (25%),

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(20%), presentation (20%), and voting by broadcast viewing audience (10%).

Season details

Season 1

For the first season, regional competitions were held at six cities namely

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, NJ. The winning teams of the finale were awarded a cash prize, trophies and a bundle prize from various sponsors. Manish Jagwani was the choreographer for all teams.

Host

* Sunny Moza

Judges

* Saroj Khan * Ryan Daniel Beck * Asha Gopal * David Guggino

Finalists

* Exodus Artistry was the winner * Kriya Dance Academy (Adult) was the 1st runner up * Arya Dance Academy (Youth) was the 2nd runner up

Season 2

For this season, the regional rounds were held at 15 cities including Atlanta, Orlando, Washington DC,

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, San Jose, and Seattle. Dance USA Dance partnered with

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for the second season and accepted global video entries from

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. Final 12 teams were competing for a prize money of $15,000.

Host

Sarish Khan

Judges

Regional rounds * Jesse Lee Santos * Shivani & Chaya * Greg Chapkis Finale Judges * Nakul Dev Mahajan * Lauren Gottlieb * Matt Steffanina Winners *Gurus Of Dance Senior (1st Place) *PCIPA Rockstars Junior (1st Place)

References

External links

* * {{Zee TV Programmes Zee TV original programming Dance competition television shows