World of Dance season 3 explained

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Host:	Scott Evans
Winner:	Kings United
Runner Up:	Unity LA (Wildcard)

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NBC

The third season of American reality competition television series World of Dance premiered on February 26, 2019, on NBC. Ne-Yo, and Derek Hough returned as the judges for their third consecutive seasons. Access Hollywood co-host Scott Evans replaced Jenna Dewan as the new host.^[1]

Production

Format changes

The required qualifier score to enter the duels increased from 80 to 85. The duels feature a redemption round where the Top 2 eliminated acts (in each division) with the highest score compete head to head for a second chance to advance to The Cuts. In the redemption, the 2 acts compete back to back to the same music. Afterwards, the judges vote to decide which act will advance.

In the Divisional Final, the judges pick one more act to advance to the World Final as a wild card. In the World Final, each act performs once instead of twice.

The guest judge is removed this season.

Show concept

In preparation for season three, handpicked competitors, being talented in any styles of dancing, from qualifying events around the nation and thousands of online submissions, are divided into four divisions:

Junior (groups of 1-4, under 18),
Upper (groups of 1-4, 18 and older),
Junior Team (groups of 5+, under 18) and
Upper Team (groups of 5+, 18 and older).

In some cases dancers who didn't apply were directly contacted by the producers or their agents.

Scoring

The judges are scoring in 5 categories. Each category is worth 20 points, with a perfect score of 100:

Performance (20 points): :)
- Effort: How many different elements put into the routine without overloading or rushing through it. What was the whole effort to dance the performance by the act.
- Personality: How characters and personality put into the performance, in the sense of acting to stimulate emotions by the audience, telling a story or framing pictures.
Technique (20 points):
- Transitions: How smooth and elegant the transitions from move to move were without lacking a performance moment.
- Cleanness: How synchronized, ordered by a pattern, precise and committed the movements were within the act.
- Execution: How flawless the execution of the performance by the act was to the performance song.
Choreography (20 points):
- Difficulty: How difficult it was to perform the figures and movements by the act from judges point of view.
- Musicality: How well pictures, figures and movements were choreographed to the sound and beat of the performance song.
- Tricks: Are unexpected show elements included by properties, clothing or the bodies of the dancers and how well was it done.
Creativity (20 points):
- Originality: How unique, new, fresh and interesting was the performance.
- Artistic Choices: What styles of dancing were shown and merged. How well was it done regarding basic dance styles and style culture, e.g. costumes, shoes. The performance song and the use of properties are artistic choices as well. How well did they fit to the performance.
- Dynamics: How energizing and powerful the performance was and how much action was on stage.
Presentation (20 points):
- Crowd Appeal: How the crowd around the show stage reacted to the performance.
- Impact: How memorable, influential and worth talking about it later the performance was.

Judges, host, and mentors

Jennifer Lopez, Ne-Yo, and Derek Hough returned as the judges for their third consecutive season. Access Live co-host, Scott Evans replaced original presenter Jenna Dewan as the host for the third season. Evans became the first male host of the show and the first host/judge to be on the show with no prior dancing experience.

This season there were only two mentors in two different rounds. Original host Jenna Dewan, returned as a mentor for the Junior teams in the round of The Cut. Hip hop dancer, choreographer, entertainer, and former So You Think You Can Dance contestant, Stephen "tWitch" Boss served as a mentor for the Divisional Final round.

Dancers

Junior Team (under 18)!Act!Hometown!Dance Style!Qualifier Score!Duel Score!Cut Score!Divisional Final Score!World Final Score!Average Score!Elimination Date!Placement

VPeepz

Manila, Philippines

Hip-Hop

90.3

92.7

98.7

96.0

93.7

94.2

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-|bgcolor=#C145FF |4th Place|-|Dancetown Divas|Miami, FL|Latin Ballroom|87.3|95.0|93.3|95.7||92.8|bgcolor=lightgreen |April 28, 2019|bgcolor=lightgreen |Divisional Final|-|The Crazy 8's|Anaheim Hills, CA|Contemporary|93.0|93.3|92.3|93.0||92.9|bgcolor=lightgreen |April 28, 2019|bgcolor=lightgreen |Divisional Final|-|JDC|San Jose, CA|Contemporary|87.3|96.0|91.3|-||91.7|bgcolor=lightblue |April 14, 2019|bgcolor=lightblue |The Cut|-|Elektro Crew|Gilbert, AZ|Hip-Hop|86.3|91.0|90.0|-||89.1|bgcolor=lightblue |April 14, 2019|bgcolor=lightblue |The Cut|-|Get Down District|Rosemead, CA|Whacking|85.0|88.0|88.7|-

87.2

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April 14, 2019

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The Cut

MKAM

Alhambra, CA

Hip-Hop

89.7

90.7

-|-||90.2|bgcolor=violet| March 24, 2019|bgcolor=violet| The Duels|-|Battle Droids Crew|Antwerp, Belgium|Breaking|87.0|90.3|-

-||88.7|bgcolor=violet| March 24, 2019|bgcolor=violet| The Duels|-|West Springfield Dance|Springfield, VA|Hip-Hop|85.0|89.3|-|-||87.2|bgcolor=violet| March 24, 2019|bgcolor=violet| The Duels|-|Intention|Edmond, OK|Contemporary |87.7|87.0|-|-||87.4|bgcolor=violet| March 24, 2019|bgcolor=violet| The Duels|-|Movement Society|Calgary, Canada|Contemporary |84.7|-|-|-||84.7|bgcolor=salmon |March 3, 2019|bgcolor=salmon |Qualifiers|-|Femp3|San Diego, CA|Hip Hop |84.7|-|-|-||84.7|bgcolor=salmon |March 3, 2019|bgcolor=salmon |Qualifiers|-|Kozmic Edge|Guttenberg, NJ|Hip Hop|83.0|-|-|-||83.0|bgcolor=salmon |March 10, 2019|bgcolor=salmon |Qualifiers|-|Apprentice|Vancouver, Canada||83.7|-|-|-||83.7|bgcolor=salmon |March 10, 2019|bgcolor=salmon |Qualifiers|-|Minibots|Vancouver, Canada|Popping|83.3|-

-|-||83.3|bgcolor=salmon |February 26, 2019|bgcolor=salmon |Qualifiers|}

Upper Team (over 18)!Act!Hometown!Dance Style!Qualifier Score!Duel Score!Cut Score!Divisional Final Score !World Final Score !Average Score!Elimination Date!Placement
Kings United	Mumbai, India	Hip-Hop	97.7	99.3	97.7	99.7	100.0	98.88	bgcolor=#D4AF37	-

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1st place

Unity LA

Los Angeles, CA

Contemporary

95.3

97.0

93.3

98.7

95.7

96.0

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-|bgcolor=#C0C0C0 |2nd Place|-|The Heima|Seoul, South Korea|Breaking|93.7|96.7|97.7|93.3||95.3|bgcolor=lightgreen |April 28, 2019|bgcolor=lightgreen |Divisional Final |-|Radiance|Los Angeles, CA|Contemporary|88.0|93.7|92.7| -||90.9|bgcolor=lightblue |April 21, 2019|bgcolor=lightblue |The Cut|-|Exiles|Coolidge, AZ|Hip-Hop|88.0|93.0|90.3| -||90.4|bgcolor=lightblue |April 21, 2019|bgcolor=lightblue |The Cut|-|Fuego Dance Crew|San Diego, CA|Hip-Hop|93.7|91.0|89.3| -||91.3|bgcolor=lightblue |April 21, 2019|bgcolor=lightblue |The Cut|-|Motiv Crew|Orlando, FL|Hip-Hop|85.7|90.0|-| -||87.9|bgcolor=violet|April 7, 2019|bgcolor=violet|Duels |-|Siudy Flamenco|Miami, FL|Flamenco|86.7|89.7|-

88.2

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April 7, 2019

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Duels

Main Guys

Oslo, Norway

Hip-Hop

89.7

89.3

-| -||89.5|bgcolor=violet|April 7, 2019|bgcolor=violet|Duels|-|Style & Grace|Vancouver, Canada|Hip-Hop|85.0|88.0|-| -||86.5|bgcolor=violet|April 7, 2019|bgcolor=violet|Duels|-|Guests of Honor|Los Angeles, CA|Hip-Hop|84.3|-|-| -||84.3|bgcolor=salmon |March 3, 2019|bgcolor=salmon |Qualifiers|-|Str8jacket|San Mateo, CA|Hip-Hop|83.7|-

-| -||83.7|bgcolor=salmon |March 10, 2019|bgcolor=salmon |Qualifiers|-|The Rookies|Nantes, France||83.0|-|-| -||83.0|bgcolor=salmon |March 10, 2019|bgcolor=salmon |Qualifiers|}

Upper (over 18)!Act!Hometown!Dance Style!Qualifier Score!Duel Score!Cut Score!Divisional Final Score!World Final Score !Average Score!Elimination Date!Placement

Briar Nolet

Oakville, Canada

Contemporary

87.3

90.3

95.3

92.7

92.1

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-|bgcolor=#8BFFF1 |5th Place|-|Poppin John|Farmington, NM|Popping|85.3|91.3|95.0|95.0||91.6|bgcolor=lightgreen |April 28, 2019|bgcolor=lightgreen |Divisional Final|-|Derion & Madison|Los Angeles, CA|Contemporary|90.3|90.0|94.7|92.0||91.7|bgcolor=lightgreen |April 28, 2019|bgcolor=lightgreen |Divisional Final |-|All Ready|Seoul, South Korea|Hip-hop/Ballroom fusion|88.0|92.3|92.0|-

90.7

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April 14, 2019

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The Cut

D'Angelo Brothers

San Cesareo, Italy

Tap

87.3

89.7

91.7

-||89.5|bgcolor=lightblue |April 14, 2019|bgcolor=lightblue |The Cut|-|Jonathan Y Jorge|Orlando, Florida
& Lima, Peru|Salsa|88.7|90.7|90.7|-

90.0

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April 14, 2019

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The Cut

Denise & Josh

Toronto, Canada

Contemporary

91.0

90.0

-||90.5| bgcolor="violet" |March 17, 2019| bgcolor="violet" |The Duels|-|Derek Piquette|Chicopee, MA|Contemporary|91.3|89.3| -|-||90.3| bgcolor="violet" |March 17, 2019| bgcolor="violet" |The Duels|-|DD Flection|Bangkok, Thailand|Contemporary|92.0|89.0| -|-||90.5| bgcolor="violet" |March 17, 2019| bgcolor="violet" |The Duels|-|Tobias & The Eztwins|Copenhagen, Denmark
& Ljubljana, Slovenia|Hip-Hop|92.7|87.3| -|-

90.0

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March 17, 2019

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The Duels

Erica & Aiden

Los Angeles, CA

Contemporary

84.7

-|-||84.7|bgcolor=salmon |February 26, 2019|bgcolor=salmon |Qualifiers|-|Alyen & Maria|Cincinnati, OH|Contemporary|84.3| -|-

-||84.3|bgcolor=salmon |February 26, 2019|bgcolor=salmon |Qualifiers|-|Skyscrape|Norfolk, VA & Dortmund, Germany|Ballet|83.7| -|-|-||83.7|bgcolor=salmon |March 10, 2019|bgcolor=salmon |Qualifiers|-|}

Junior (under 18)!Act!Hometown!Dance Style!Qualifier Score!Duel Score!Cut Score!Divisional Final Score !World Final Score !Average Score!Elimination Date!Placement

Ellie & Ava

Woodbury, MN

Contemporary

92.3

91.7

95.3

96.0

95.0

94.0

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-|bgcolor=#cd7f32 |3rd Place|-|Julian & Charlize|Manalapan, NJ &<br>Los Angeles, CA|Hip-Hop|87.0|95.3|93.0|95.7||92.7|bgcolor=lightgreen |April 28, 2019|bgcolor=lightgreen |Divisional Final |-|Kayla Mak|Rye Brook, NY|Contemporary Ballet|90.3|91.0|93.7|95.3||92.5|bgcolor=lightgreen |April 28, 2019|bgcolor=lightgreen |Divisional Final |-|Lauren Yakima|Northville, MI|Contemporary|95.7|96.0|91.7|||94.4|bgcolor=lightblue |April 21, 2019|bgcolor=lightblue |The Cut|-|Funkanometry|Vancouver Island, Canada|Popping|87.3|91.7|91.3|||90.1|bgcolor=lightblue |April 21, 2019|bgcolor=lightblue |The Cut|-|Moving 4ward|Toronto, Canada|Contemporary|86.3|93.0|90.3|||89.8|bgcolor=lightblue |April 21, 2019|bgcolor=lightblue |The Cut|-|House of Tap|Santa Ana, CA
& San Diego, CA|Tap|85.7|91.3| -|||88.5|bgcolor=violet |March 31, 2019|bgcolor=violet |The Duels|-|Aydin Eyikan|Fairfield, CT|Contemporary |88.3|90.3| -|||89.3|bgcolor=violet |March 31, 2019|bgcolor=violet |The Duels|-|The Trilogy|Maplewood, MN|Contemporary|86.3|90.0| -|||88.2|bgcolor=violet |March 31, 2019|bgcolor=violet |The Duels|-|Audrey & Mia|Chicago, Illinois &<br>Seattle, Washington|Krump|86.3|90.0| -|||88.2|bgcolor=violet |March 31, 2019|bgcolor=violet |The Duels|-|Mya Walters|Peozia, AZ|Contemporary|83.3| -| -|||83.3|bgcolor=salmon |February 26, 2019|bgcolor=salmon |Qualifiers|-|Ethan & Anastasia |New York, NY||84.3| -| -|||84.3|bgcolor=salmon |March 3, 2019|bgcolor=salmon |Qualifiers|-|Invictus|Seattle, WA|Ballroom|82.0| -| -|||82.0|bgcolor=salmon |March 10, 2019|bgcolor=salmon |Qualifiers|}

The Qualifiers

The qualifier round took place between February 26 and March 10, 2019. In season 3, the number of points you need to advance to The Duels is now 85. While seasons 1 and 2, the average points was 80. The qualifier round got harder to get past. Some people from last season would not make it this season.

Contestant performances and Judges' score
Date	Name	Division	Performance song	Judges' score
Date	Name	Division	Performance song	Ne-Yo	Jennifer	Derek	Average
February 26	Kings United	Upper Team	"Dhakka Laga Bukka Yuva" - A.R Rahman, Karthik, & Mehboob	97	98	98	97.7
	Erica & Aiden	Upper	"Better Now" - Post Malone	84	85	85	84.7
	Funkanometry	Junior	"Shake Your Pants" - Cameo	88	87	87	87.3
	The Crazy 8's	Junior Team	"Keeping Your Head Up" - Birdy (Don Diablo remix)	93	95	91	93.0
	Alyen & Maria	Upper		84	85	84	84.3
	Jonathan y Jorge	Upper	"El Anillo" - Jennifer Lopez	90	87	89	88.7
	Julian and Charlize	Junior		87	88	86	87.0
	The Heima	Upper Team	"La La La" - Naughty Boy (ft. Sam Smith)	95	92	94	93.7
	Minibots	Junior Team	"I Can Make Ya" - Fingazz	85	83	82	83.3
	Poppin John	Upper	"Flower Duet" - Lakmé	84	86	86	85.3
	Get Down District	Junior Team	“Wannabe” - Spice Girls				85.0
	West Springfield Dance	Junior Team	“It's Me Snitches” - Swizz Beats				85.0
	Mya Walters	Junior	“My My My” - Troye Sivan	84	84	82	83.3
	Ellie & Ava	Junior	"Cry Pretty" - Carrie Underwood	95	89	93	92.3
	D'Angelo Brothers	Upper	"People Get Up And Drive Your Funky Soul" - James Brown	87	86	89	87.3
	Lauren Yakima	Junior	"(I Just) Died in Your Arms" - Hidden Citizens	97	94	96	95.7
	Elektro Crew	Junior Team	"Yeah!" - Usher (ft. Lil Jon & Ludacris)	87	87	85	86.3
March 3	Kayla Mak	Junior	"Back To Me" - Daya	92	87	92	90.3
	Fuego Dance Crew	Upper Team	"Chambea" - Bad Bunny	92	95	94	93.7
	Motiv Crew	Upper Team	“Everybody Mad” - O.T. Genesis				85.7
	JDC	Junior Team	"Look" - Leikeli47				87.3
	Ethan & Anastasia	Junior	“Love Me Like You Do” - Ellie Goulding				84.3
	Aydin Eyikan	Junior	"In My Blood" - Shawn Mendes	89	87	89	88.3
	All Ready	Upper	"Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps" - The Pussycat Dolls	89	90	85	88.0
	Guests of Honor	Upper Team					84.3
	Exiles	Upper Team	"The Saints" - Andy Mineo	88	87	89	88.0
	Briar Nolet	Upper	"You Should See Me in a Crown" - Billie Eilish	88	86	88	87.3
	VPeepz	Junior Team	”How Low" - Ludacris	89	89	93	90.3
	Movement Society	Junior Team					84.7
	Derion & Madison	Upper	"Genius" - LSD	89	92	90	90.3
	Moving 4ward	Junior	"Hold Back the River" - James Bay	86	86	87	86.3
	Femp3	Junior					84.7
	Dancetown Divas	Junior Team	"La Mordidita" - Ricky Martin (ft. Yotuel)	87	88	87	87.3
	Tobias & The EZTwins	Upper	"For You" - Ramzoid	94	92	92	92.7
	The Trilogy	Junior	"You Say" - Lauren Daigle	87	85	87	86.3
March 10	MKAM	Junior Team	"What You Gon' Do" - Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz (ft. Lil Scrappy)	88	89	92	89.7
	Denise & Josh	Upper	"An Evening I Will Not Forget" - Dermot Kennedy	90	92	91	91.0
	Invictus	Junior	"New Rules" - Dua Lipa				82.0
	The Rookies	Upper Team	"Poison" - Bell Biv Devoe				83.0
	Main Guys	Upper Team	"Taste" - Tyga (ft. Offset)	89	89	91	89.7
	Kozmic Edge	Junior Team	"All The Way Up" - Fat Joe & Remy Ma (ft. French Montana)	83	83	83	83.0
	Unity LA	Upper Team	"Indestructible" - Robyn	97	94	95	95.3
	Str8jacket	Upper Team	"Wall To Wall" - Chris Brown				83.7
	Battle Droids Crew	Junior Team	"The Power" - Snap!	85	87	89	87.0
	Intention	Junior Team	"Piano Man" - Billy Joel	88	88	87	87.7
	Skyscrape	Upper		86	84	81	83.7
	Derek Piquette	Upper	"Remember Who I Was" - James Arthur	90	93	91	91.3
	Audrey & Mia	Junior	"Alive" - Lil Jon, Offset & 2 Chainz	87	87	85	86.3
	House of Tap	Junior	"One Day" - Logic (ft. Ryan Tedder)	85	86	86	85.7
	DD Flection	Upper	"Die Trying" - Michl	90	95	91	92.0
	Siudy Flamenco	Upper Team	"My Immortal" - Evanescence	87	88	85	86.7
	Apprentice	Junior Team					83.7
	Style & Grace	Upper Team	"Goodies" - Ciara	87	85	83	85.0
	Radiance	Upper Team	"Closure" - Hayley Warner	87	87	90	88.0

The Duels

In each round of The Duels, two acts in the same division compete for a spot in The Cut. In each division, the acts with the top scores choose their opponents, then both acts perform back-to-back, receiving feedback from the judges. The act with the higher score moves on to The Cut; the other faces immediate elimination. New in season 3, at the end of each division, the 2 highest scoring eliminated acts will face off in Redemption. The 2 acts will dance to the same song back to back and the judges will decide who will take the last remaining spot in The Cut by majority vote.^[2]

Rank! scope="col" colspan="2"
Name	Score	Name	Score	Name	Score	Name	Score
Upper	Upper Team		Junior		Junior Team
1st	Tobias & The EZTwins	92.7	Kings United	97.7	Lauren Yakima	95.7	Crazy 8's	93.0
2nd	DD Flection	92.0	Unity LA	95.3	Ellie & Ava	92.3	VPeepz	90.3
3rd	Derek Piquette	91.3	Fuego Dance Crew	93.7	Kayla Mak	90.3	MKAM	89.7
4th	Denise & Josh	91.0	The Heima	93.7	Aydin Eykin	88.3	Intention	87.7
5th	Derion & Madison	90.3	Main Guys	89.7	Funkanometry	87.3	Dancetown Divas	87.3
6th	Jonathan Y Jorge	88.7	Exiles	88.0	Julian & Charlize	87.0	JDC	87.3
7th	All Ready	88.0	Radiance	88.0	Audrey & Mia	86.3	Battle Droids Crew	87.0
8th	Briar Nolet	87.3	Siudy Flamenco	86.7	Moving 4WARD	86.3	Elektro Crew	86.3
9th	D’Angelo Brothers	87.3	Motiv Crew	85.7	The Trilogy	86.3	Get Down District	85.0
10th	Poppin’ John	85.3	Style & Grace	85.0	House of Tap	85.7	West Springfield Dance Team	85.0

The Duel Picks

Opponent selection proceeded according to rank within each division. Briar Nolet defeated Denise & Josh in the Upper Redemption Duel to advance. The Dancetown Divas defeated MKAM in the Junior Team Division Redemption Duel. Kayla Mak defeated House of Tap on the Junior Division Redemption Duel. Exiles defeated Motiv Crew in the Upper Team division.

Contestant performances and Judges' scores
Date	Division	Name	Performance song	Judges' score
Date	Division	Name	Performance song	Ne-Yo	Jennifer	Derek	Average
March 17	Upper
		Tobias & the EZTwins	"Do Your Thing" - Basement Jaxx & Metropole Orkest	90	83	89	87.3
		D'Angelo Brothers	"Tutti Frutti" - Little Richard	89	90	90	89.7
		Denise & Josh	"More" - Billy Lockett	89	92	89	90.0
		Jonathan y Jorge	"Me Enamoro Mas de Ti" - Tony Succar	90	91	91	90.7
		DD Flection	"Shutter Island" - Jessie Reyez	90	88	89	89.0
		Poppin John	"Who Am I (What's My Name)?" - Snoop Dogg	91	92	91	91.3
		Derek Piquette	"You Found Me" - The Fray	89	89	90	89.3
		Derion & Madison	"Awoo" - Sofi Tukker	91	88	91	90.0
		All Ready	"Who Let the Dogs Out?" - Baha Men	92	93	92	92.3
		Briar Nolet	"Come Fly With Me" - Ruelle	87	90	94	90.3
March 24	Junior Team	VPeepz	"Tambourine" - Eve	92	92	94	92.7
		Battle Droids Crew	"Party Up (Up in Here)" - DMX	90	90	91	90.3
		Get Down District	"When I Grow Up" - Pussycat Dolls	89	88	87	88.0
		Intention	"Quarter Past Midnight" - Bastille	87	88	86	87.0
		MKAM	"M.A.A.D. City" - Kendrick Lamar	92	88	92	90.7
		Elektro Crew	"Dangerous" - Busta Rhymes	93	90	90	91.0
		Dancetown Divas	"Gangsta's Paradise" - 2WEI	96	95	94	95.0
		JDC	"Who You Are" - Jessie J	98	95	95	96.0
		The Crazy 8's	"Peanut Butter Jelly" - Galantis	94	92	94	93.3
		West Springfield Dance	"The Twilight Zone" - Figure feat. Hatch	92	89	87	89.3
March 31	Junior	Ellie & Ava	"Because Of You" - Kelly Clarkson	90	92	93	91.7
		Audrey & Mia	"I'm Better" - Missy Elliot	91	89	90	90.0
		Kayla Mak	"Paint It Black" - Ciara	90	90	93	91.0
		Funkanometry	"Betta Watch Yo Self" - Problem	92	91	92	91.7
		Aydin Eyikan	"Youngblood" - 5 Seconds Of Summer	91	89	91	90.3
		Moving 4Ward	"Chasing Cars" - Snow Patrol	94	93	92	93.0
		Julian & Charlize	"New Level" - A$AP Ferg ft. Future	96	96	94	95.3
		The Trilogy	Perfectly Wrong - Shawn Mendes	89	90	91	90.0
		House Of Tap	Kiss Kiss - Chris Brown (ft. T-Pain)	92	89	93	91.3
		Lauren Yakima	Escalate - Tsar B	97	95	96	96.0
April 7	Upper Team	Fuego Dance Crew	"Just A Little Bit" by 50 Cent	93	91	89	91.0
		Siudy Flamenco	"She Bangs" by Ricky Martin	90	89	90	89.7
		Unity LA	"Hurts" by Emilie Sande	96	97	98	97.0
		Style & Grace	"King's Dead" by Jay Rock, Kendrick Lamar, Future and James Blake	88	88	88	88.0
		Exiles	"Manolo" by Trip Lee feat. Lecrae	95	93	91	93.0
		The Heima	"Natural" by Imagine Dragons	99	95	96	96.7
		Radiance	"God Is a Woman" by Ariana Grande	93	95	93	93.7
		Main Guys	"X Gon Give It To Ya" by DMX	90	88	90	89.3
		Motiv Crew	"Win" by Jay Rock	90	91	89	90.0
		Kings United	"Malhari" by Vishal Dadlani, from Bajirao Mastani	100	99	99	99.3

Redemption

Contestant performances and Judges' scores
Division	Advanced	Eliminated	Performance song
Division	Advanced	Eliminated	Performance song	Junior	Kayla Mak	House of Tap	Battle Scars by Lupe Fiasco and Guy Sebastian
Upper Team	Exiles	Motiv Crew	Power by Kanye West
Junior Team	Dancetown Divas	MKAM	Level Up by Ciara
Upper	Briar Nolet	Denise & Josh	Heads Will Roll by Yeah Yeah Yeahs

The Cut

In The Cut, the 24 remaining acts (6 in each division) compete for three spots in each of their divisions. As each dance act competes, their final score is displayed on a leaderboard for their division. Once a dance act's score falls out of the top 3, they face immediate elimination. For this round, each of the judges and special guest, former host, Jenna Dewan, acted as mentors for one of the four divisions; Jenna worked with the Junior Teams, Derek worked with the Upper acts, Ne-Yo worked with the Upper Teams, and Jennifer worked with the Junior acts.

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Name	Score	Cut Rank	Name	Score	Cut Rank	Name	Score	Cut Rank	Name	Score	Cut Rank
Upper	Upper Team			Junior			Junior Team
1st	bgcolor=Pink	All Ready	92.3	4	Kings United	99.3	1	bgcolor=Pink	Lauren Yakima	96.0	4	bgcolor=pink	JDC	96.0	4
2nd	Poppin John	91.3	2	Unity LA	97.0	3	Julian and Charlize	95.3	3	Dancetown Divas	95.0	2
3rd	bgcolor=pink	Jonathan Y Jorge	90.7	6	The Heima	96.7	1	bgcolor=pink	Moving 4ward	93.0	6	The Crazy 8's	93.3	3
4th	Briar Nolet	90.3	1	bgcolor=pink	Radiance	93.7	4	Ellie and Ava	91.7	1	VPeepz	92.7	1
5th	Derion & Madison	90.0	3	bgcolor=pink	Exiles	93.0	5	bgcolor=pink	Funkanometry	91.7	5	bgcolor=pink	Elektro Crew	91.0	5
6th	bgcolor=Pink	D'Angelo Brothers	89.7	5	bgcolor=pink	Fuego Dance Crew	91.0	6	Kayla Mak	91.0	2	bgcolor=pink	Get Down District	88.0	6

The Cut Scores

Date! rowspan="2"
Ne-Yo	Name	Performance song	Jennifer	Derek	Average
Division	Name	Performance song	Judges' score
April 14	Upper
		Jonathan Y Jorge	"El Timbalero" by Valentin Valdes	91	90	91	90.7
		Derion & Madison	"Call Out My Name" by The Weeknd	94	95	95	94.7
		All Ready	"Lacrimosa" by Apashe	92	92	92	92.0
		Briar Nolet	"Ashes" by Celine Dion	93	96	97	95.3
		D'Angelo Brothers	"Hit & Run" by Francis Novotny	90	92	93	91.7
		Poppin John	"Painting Greys" by Emmit Fenn	95	95	95	95.0
	Junior Team	VPeepz	"&Burn" by Billie Eilish ft. Vince Staples	100	98	98	98.7
		Elektro Crew	"Bounce Back" by Big Sean	91	90	89	90.0
		JDC	"Alone" by Halsey	92	89	93	91.3
		The Crazy 8's	"You & Me (Flume Remix)" by Disclosure	91	93	93	92.3
		Get Down District	"What About Your Friends" by TLC	89	89	88	88.7
		Dancetown Divas	"Vogue" by Madonna	93	92	95	93.3
April 21	Junior
		Funkanometry	"Afterhours" by Troyboi ft. Diplo & Nina Sky	93	93	88	91.3
		Lauren Yakima	"Helium" by Sia	91	91	93	91.7
		Moving 4ward	"Come Together" by Joe Cocker	90	91	90	90.3
		Julian and Charlize	"Dance with Me" by 112	94	94	91	93.0
		Kayla Mak	"Take Me to Church" by Hozier	93	94	94	93.7
		Ellie and Ava	"White Flag" by Bishop Briggs	95	95	96	95.3
	Upper Team
		Exiles	"Dum Dum" Tedashii ft. Lecrae	90	90	91	90.3
		The Kings	"Tattad Tattad" by Aditya Narayan	96	99	98	97.7
		Unity LA	"Ribs" by Lorde	93	93	94	93.3
		Fuego Dance Crew	"Gasolina" by Daddy Yankee	90	89	89	89.3
		Radiance	Slow Dancing in a Burning Room" by John Mayer	94	92	92	92.7
		The Heima	"Love Me Again" John Newman	100	95	98	97.7

Divisional Final

In the Divisional Final, the 3 remaining acts in each division square off, with only one act going to the World Final to represent their division. Same as The Cut, each of the judges and special guest, Stephen "tWitch" Boss, became mentors for one of the four divisions. Jennifer mentored the Junior Teams, Derek worked with the Junior acts, Ne-Yo worked with the Upper acts, and tWitch worked with the Upper Teams. One act is also chosen as a Wildcard to compete in the World Finals.

Table key
Key	Description
	Contestant(s) was/were eliminated
	Contestant was the Judge's Wildcard Pick

Contestant performances and Judges' scores
Date	Division	Name	Performance song	Judges' score
Date	Division	Name	Performance song	Ne-Yo	Jennifer	Derek	Average
April 28	Upper	bgcolor=lightgreen	Derion & Madison	"Makeba" - Jain	92	91	93	92.0
		bgcolor=lightgreen	Poppin John	"Universal Mind Control" - Common	95	96	94	95.0
		Briar Nolet	"My Prerogative" - Britney Spears	96	93	97	95.3
	Junior Team	bgcolor=lightgreen	The Crazy 8's	"Burn" - Ellie Goulding	94	93	92	93.0
		VPeepz	"Party People" - Nelly feat. Fergie	96	95	97	96.0
		bgcolor=lightgreen	Dancetown Divas	"Run the World (Girls)" - Beyonce	95	96	96	95.7
	Junior	Ellie & Ava	"Head Above Water" - Avril Lavigne	94	95	99	96.0
		bgcolor=lightgreen	Julian & Charlize	"Bad & Boujee" - Migos feat. Lil Uzi Vert	95	96	96	95.7
		bgcolor=lightgreen	Kayla Mak	"Never Tear Us Apart" - Bishop Briggs	94	97	95	95.3
	Upper Team	bgcolor=lightgreen	The Heima	"Born Ready" - Zayde Wølf	92	93	95	93.3
		bgcolor=#D891EF	Unity LA	"Piece by Piece" - Kelly Clarkson	100	96	100	98.7
		Kings United	"Yeh Raat" - Anupama	100	99	100	99.7

World Final

In the World Final, the final 4 division champions plus 1 wildcard compete head to head to win the one million dollar prize.Each team performs one routine and the highest scorer is adjudged the world champion.

Contestant performances and Judges' scores
Date	Division	Name	Performance song	Judges' score
Date	Division	Name	Performance song	Ne-Yo	Jennifer	Derek	Average
May 5	Upper	Briar Nolet	"Toxic" - 2WEI	92	92	94	92.7
	Junior Team	VPeepz	"Can't Hold Us" - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis ft. Ray Dalton	94	91	96	93.7
	Junior	Ellie & Ava	"Knocking on Heaven's Door" - Raign	94	95	96	95.0
	Upper Team	Unity LA	"Pretty Wings" - Maxwell	95	94	98	95.7
	Upper Team	Kings United	"Aadevadanna Eedevadanna" - Sardaar Gabbar Singh	100	100	100	100.0

Table key
Key	Description
	Contestant won the competition
	Contestant placed 2nd
	Contestant placed 3rd
	Contestant placed 4th
	Contestant placed 5th

Upper! scope="col" colspan="2"
Name	Score	Name	Score	Name	Score	Name	Score	Name	Score
Upper Team	Junior		Junior Team		Wildcard
bgcolor=#8BFFF1	Briar Nolet	92.7	bgcolor=#D4AF37	Kings United	100.0	bgcolor=#cd7f32	Ellie & Ava	95.0	VPeepz	93.7	bgcolor=#C0C0C0	Unity LA	95.7

Highest Scoring Dances

Dance act	Division	Round	Music	Scores
Kings United	Upper Team	World Finals	"Aadevadana Eedevadana"—Sardaar Gabbar Singh	100.0 (100, 100, 100)
Kings United	Upper Team	Divisional Finals	"Yeh Raat"—Anupama	99.7 (100, 99, 100)
Kings United	Upper Team	The Duels	"Malhari"—Vishal Dadlani	99.3 (100, 99, 99)
VPeepz	Junior Team	The Cut	"&Burn"—Billie Eilish feat. Vince Staples	98.7 (100, 98, 98)
Unity LA	Upper Team	Divisional Finals	"Piece by Piece"—Kelly Clarkson	98.7 (100, 96, 100)
Kings United	Upper Team	Qualifiers	"Dhakka Laga Bukka Yuva"—A.R Rahman, Karthik & Mehboob	97.7 (97, 98, 98)
Kings United	Upper Team	The Cut	"Tattad Tattad"—Aditya Narayan	97.7 (96, 99, 98)
The Heima	Upper Team	The Cut	"Love Me Again"—John Newman	97.7 (100, 95, 98)
Unity LA	Upper Team	The Duels	"Hurts"—Emilie Sande	97.0 (96, 97, 98)
The Heima	Upper Team	The Duels	"Natural"—Imagine Dragons	96.7 (99, 95, 96)
Lauren Yakima	Junior	The Duels	"Escalate"—Tsar B	96.0 (97, 95, 96)
JDC	Junior Team	The Duels	"Who You Are" — Jessie J	96.0 (98, 95, 95)
VPeepz	Junior Team	Divisional Finals	"Party People"—Nelly feat. Fergie	96.0 (96, 95, 97)
Ellie & Ava	Junior	Divisional Finals	"Head Above Water"—Avril Lavigne	96.0 (94, 95, 99)
Lauren Yakima	Junior	Qualifiers	"(I Just) Died in Your Arms "—Hidden Citizens	95.7 (97, 94, 96)
Dancetown Divas	Junior Team	Divisional Finals	"Run the World (Girls)"—Beyonce	95.7 (95, 96, 96)
Julian & Charlize	Junior	Divisional Finals	"Bad & Boujee"—Migos feat. Lil Uzi Vert	95.7 (95, 96, 96)
Unity LA	Upper Team	World Finals	"Pretty Wings"—Maxwell	95.7 (95, 94, 98)

External links

All full episodes can currently be watched on NBC World of Dance website, but only officially within the United States due to geographical restrictions

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Notes and References

Web site: NBC Sets Premiere Dates For New Dramas ‘Enemy Within’ & ‘The Village’, Return For ‘Good Girls’, ‘The Voice’, ‘World Of Dance’. Nellie Andreeva,Erik. Pedersen. Nellie. Andreeva. Erik. Pedersen. 18 December 2018.
Web site: Derek Hough Just Announced A Major Plot Twist For ‘World Of Dance’ Season 3. Gainsburg. Marissa. 2019-03-17. Women's Health. en-US. 2019-10-14.