Dancers audition in New York and Chicago in the hopes of making it to Hollywood. Short videos introduce many of the contestants and their home lives.
Dancers in Los Angeles try to impress the judges in either solo dances or with partners. Those who survive the first round of auditions are given choreography to perform in an attempt to narrow the talent pool.
The auditions continue until the pool of contestants is narrowed down to 24 finalists.
The top 24 contestants perform for the judges.
Of the 24 dancers from the previous episode, 8 are eliminated, leaving 16 dancers in the competition.
Kamilah, Nick, Michelle, Jonnis, Ashle, Jamile, Sandra, Artem, Snow, Allan, Melissa, Ryan, Melody, Craig, Destini, and Blake continue their quest to win the competition.
Two more contestants are eliminated.
Sandra and Jonnis are the latest contestants eliminated from the competition. Snow, Jamile, Destini, Blake, Melody, Craig, Michelle, Nick, Ashle, Artem, Kamilah, Allan, Melissa, and Ryan perform for the judges.
Craig and Michelle are eliminated from the competition. Blake, Ashle, Artem, Melissa, Allan, Melody, Ryan, Snow, Jamile, Destini, Nick, and Kamilah perform for the judges.
Snow and Allan are eliminated from the competition. Melissa, Artem, Kamilah, Nick, Melody, Ryan, Destini, Jamile, Ashle, and Blake perform for the judges.
Destini and Ryan are eliminated from the competition. Nick, Kamilah, Blake, Melody, Artem, Ashle, Jamile, and Melissa perform for the judges.
Artem and Melissa are eliminated from the competition. Blake, Kamilah, Melody, Nick, Ashle, and Jamile perform for the judges.
Blake and Kamilah are eliminated from the competition. Melody, Nick, Jamile, and Ashle perform four dances in the hopes of winning the top prize.
Nick Lazzarini beats out the competition to win the first season of "So You Think You Can Dance."