About this season
Dancers selected in open auditions across America take part in a rigorous competition designed to best display their talents, training and personalities to a panel of judges and viewers as they strive to win votes and avoid elimination.
Episodes (17)
1. Auditions #1: Memphis and Dallas
Aired 1 June 2015 • 43 min
Annulled on 1 June 2015.
2. Auditions #2: Detroit
Aired 8 June 2015 • 43 min
Auditions continue as the judges search the country for the next dancer to take the crown as America's Favorite! Judges Nigel, Paula, and Jason head to Detroit to check out the best Stage and Street dancers in the Motor City.
3. Auditions #3: New York
Aired 15 June 2015 • 43 min
Judges Nigel, Paula, and Jason take on the Big Apple in hopes of finding some big talent! The judges head to New York to continue their search for America's Favorite Dancer.
4. Auditions #4: New York
Aired 22 June 2015 • 43 min
The search for the next dancer to take the crown heads to the Big Apple! Judges Nigel, Paula, and Jason take on New York to find out which stage and street dancers have what it takes at the final audition stop before callbacks!
5. Vegas Callbacks #1
Aired 29 June 2015 • 43 min
The judges have searched the nation for the best of the best, and now Stage and Street hopefuls head to Vegas for the first round of callbacks.
6. Vegas Callbacks #2 / Top 20 Chosen
Aired 6 July 2015 • 43 min
Callbacks continue in Las Vegas! Watch as the judges handpick the 10 Stage dancers and the 10 Street dancers who have what it takes to make it through the last round of callbacks.
7. Top 20 Perform
Aired 14 July 2015 • 43 min
On the first live show of the season, it's time for the Top 20 dancers to show America they have what it takes to win. Also: a special guest performer takes the stage.
8. Top 20 Perform & Elimination
Aired 20 July 2015 • 43 min
The results of the first vote of the season determines which Stage and Street dancers in the Top 20 will face elimination.
9. A Decade of Dance Special Edition
Aired 21 July 2015 • 43 min
The show celebrates 10 years with live performances by some of the series' favorite dancers and choreographers, as well as present stage and street routines and musical productions from the last ten years.
10. Top 18 Perform & Elimination
Aired 27 July 2015 • 43 min
The Top 18 will perform and two dancers will have to say goodbye.
11. Top 16 Perform & Elimination
Aired 3 August 2015 • 43 min
The top 16 dancers perform; two dancers are eliminated, revealing the top 14.
12. Top 14 Perform & Elimination
Aired 10 August 2015 • 43 min
The competition heats up with a double elimination as dancers from both teams fight to stay in the running to become America's Favorite Dancer.
13. Top 10 Perform & Elimination
Aired 17 August 2015 • 43 min
The top 10 dancers perform in hope of making it to the next round; following an elimination, the top eight dancers are revealed.
14. Top 8 Perform & Elimination
Aired 24 August 2015 • 43 min
The top eight dancers perform with contestants from past seasons; elimination.
15. Top 6 Perform & Elimination
Aired 31 August 2015 • 43 min
The top six dancers perform; four hopefuls advance.
16. Finale Part 1: Top 4 Perform
Aired 7 September 2015 • 43 min
The four remaining dancers perform one last time.
17. Finale Part 2: Winner Chosen
Aired 14 September 2015 • 43 min
Season 12 concludes with the selection of America's Favorite Dancer.