The 1st series of ''So You Think You Can Dance'' premiered on 2 January 2010, beginning with one audition show which showed the auditions, choreography camp and introducing the top 14. Five elimination rounds were followed by a final, with performances and results shown on the same night. The winner's prize was the title "Britain's Favourite Dancer", £100,000 and a trip to

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, where the winner would perform in the US series finale. The finale of the first series was held on 13 February 2010. Robbie White was injured, and could not perform. Lizzie Gough finished third, Tommy Franzén was the season runner-up, but female jazz dancer Charlie Bruce ended up as the winner.

Judging panel

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'' judge and choreographer

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and executive producer and creator of the show

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made up the original judging panel for series one.

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, Sisco Gomez and Priscilla Samuels were guest judges during the audition stages, alongside Phillips and Lythgoe. Singer and dancer

joined the panel as a permanent judge during the 'choreography camp' stage. Choreographer and dancer Sisco Gomez became the fourth permanent judge. He joined the panel for the live shows, alongside Redknapp, Phillips and Lythgoe.

Auditions

The preliminary auditions for the first series of the show were held in major cities throughout the UK in October 2009. Participants for the show had to be aged between 18 and 35 and could be amateur dancers or professionals who are not currently engaged in a professional contract. The BBC promoted auditions for the show via its official website.Be on a Show - So You Think You Can Dance
/ref> On 2 January 2010, they aired an audition episode. Audition guest judges were Priscilla Samuels, Sisco Gomez and

. They showed different dancers all the time, good and bad. First, they showed auditions from

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, and then from

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Choreography camp

The choreography camp is just like the Vegas week in the US. For this part,

joined Lythgoe and Phillips as a main judge, and the choreographers were judging when the dancers were dancing their choreography. 100 dancers were invited to the Choreography Camp, and after the group choreographies, there were only 26 dancers in the end, and then, they picked out their top 7 guys and top 7 girls.

Challenges

Finals

Top 14 dancers

Male contestants

Female contestants

Elimination chart

Performance nights

Week 1 (9 January 2010)

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"— Cami Thompson (Broadway; Choreographer: Stephen Mear) *Musical guest: " The Way Love Goes"—

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(with guest dancers Boy Blue Crew) *Solos: *Eliminated: **Anabel Kutay **Chris Piper *New partners: **Hayley Newton and Drew McOnie

Week 2 (16 January 2010)

*Couple dances: *Group dance: Top 12: "

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*Solos: *Eliminated: **Chloë Campbell **Gavin Tsang

Week 3 (23 January 2010)

*Group dances: *Couple dances: *Musical guest: " One Shot"—

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*Solos: (the dancers that got into the bottom 4, performed the same solo again) *Eliminated: **Hayley Newton **Mark Calape

Week 4 (30 January 2010)

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*Eliminated: **Yanet Fuentes **Drew McOnie

Week 5 (6 February 2010)

*Couple dances: *Solos: (the dancers that got into the bottom 4, performed the same solo again) *Group dance: Top 6: " Big Spender (Wild Oscar Mix)"—

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(Broadway; Choreographer: Karen Bruce) *Musical guest: " I Got You"—

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*Eliminated: **Mandy Montanez **Alastair Postlethwaite

Week 6 (Finale) (13 February 2010)

*Group dance: *Couple dances: *Solos: *The judges' favourite routine of the season: Hayley Newton and Drew McOnie: " Speechless"—Lady Gaga (Contemporary; Choreographer: Rafael Bonachela) *Musical guest: " Morning Sun"

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*Places: **3rd place: Lizzie Gough **Runner-up: Tommy Franzén **Winner: Charlie Bruce

Ratings

Overnight ratings are taken from

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and official ratings are taken from

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References

External links

* {{So You Think You Can Dance (UK) 2010 British television seasons So You Think You Can Dance (British TV series) no:So You Think You Can Dance (UK) pl:So You Think You Can Dance (Wielka Brytania)