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The fourth season of the American reality competition television series World of Dance premiered on May 26, 2020, on NBC. Ne-Yo, Jennifer Lopez, and Derek Hough returned as the judges for their fourth consecutive seasons. Access Hollywood co-host Scott Evans returned as host for his second season.[1]
The qualifiers were no longer held in the studio; instead, they were recorded in a warehouse with no live audience.[2] In addition, contested were led to believe that the qualifiers were auditions.[3]
The scoring system was abolished in favor of votes; this applied for the qualifiers and duels. Contestants need at least two yeses to proceed to the duels. Judges may also cast a "callback" vote to contestants a final chance to perform again to advance to the duels.
The team divisions were merged within the junior and upper, resulting in only 2 divisions.
In the duels, contestants no longer chose their own opponents. Instead, the judges picked and the contestants only learned of the decision upon entering the room. Additionally, a guest judge picked which contestants performed head-to-head in the redemption duels.
Jennifer Lopez, Ne-Yo, and Derek Hough returned as the judges for their fourth consecutive seasons. Access Live co-host, Scott Evans returned as the host for a second consecutive season.
For the first time in show history there were no guest mentors at any stage of the competition.
| Key | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Contestant(s) came in first in the world final and won the competition | ||
| Contestant(s) didn't win in the world final | ||
| Contestant(s) has/have qualified for the semifinal but didn't make it to the world final | ||
| Contestant(s) was/were chosen for redemption but did not make it to the semifinal | ||
| Contestant(s) has/have qualified for the duels but didn't make it to the semifinal | ||
| Contestant(s) did not advance in the callbacks | ||
| Contestant(s) did not advance in the qualifiers | ||
| Contestant(s) was/were given a callback vote in the qualifiers |
| width=12% | Dance act | width=15% | Hometown | width=12% | Age | width=12% | Dance style | width=12% | Placement | width=12% | Average score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson y Adrianita | Cali, Colombia | 22/26 | Salsa | World final (2nd place) | 95.0 | ||||||
| Geometrie Variable | Montpellier, France | 29-31 | Tutting | World final (3rd place) | 93.7 | ||||||
| Oxygen | Maastricht, Netherlands | 16-27 | Urban | World Final (4th place) | 94.7 | ||||||
| Jake & Chau | San Jose, California | 18/20 | Contemporary | Semifinalist | 95.3 | ||||||
| Kurtis Sprung | Caroga Lake, New York | 26 | Contemporary | Semifinals | 90.3 | ||||||
| UPeepz | Manila, Philippines | 20-30 | Hip-hop | Semifinals | 89.0 | ||||||
| Styles & Emma | Rochester, New York | 17/19 | Contemporary ballet | Redemption | – | ||||||
| Josh & Erica | Los Angeles, California | 22/24 | Urban | The duels | – | ||||||
| Luca & Alessandra | Sicily, Italy | 31/32 | Ballroom | The duels | – | ||||||
| The Rise | Gilbert, Arizona | 17-26 | Hip-hop | The duels | – | ||||||
| Show Stopper | Miami, Florida | – | Hip-hop | Callbacks | – | ||||||
| CBAction | Cordoba, Argentina | – | Hip-hop | Callbacks | – | ||||||
| Pumpfidence | Los Angeles, California | – | Heels | Callbacks | – | ||||||
| Avant Garde Collective | Amsterdam, Netherlands | – | Urban | Callbacks | – | ||||||
| The Williams Fam | Vallejo, California | – | Hip-hop | Qualifiers | – | ||||||
| Indigenous Enterprise | Phoenix, Arizona | – | Indigenous | Qualifiers | – |
| width=12% | Dance act | width=15% | Hometown | width=12% | Age | width=12% | Dance style | width=12% | Placement | width=12% | Average score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MDC 3 | Placentia, California | 14-17 | Contemporary | World final (winner) | 96.2 | ||||||
| Bailey & Kida | Orange County & Sacramento, California | 15/17 | Hip-hop | Semifinals | 93.0 | ||||||
| Keagan Capps | Moore, Oklahoma | 13 | Contemporary | Semifinals | 90.7 | ||||||
| The Young Cast | Levis, Canada | 13-17 | Hip-hop | Semifinals | 90.7 | ||||||
| Savannah Manzel | Lake Elmo, Minnesota | 9 | Jazz/contemporary | Semifinals | 90.3 | ||||||
| GRVMNT | Vancouver, Canada | 11-17 | Hip-hop | Semifinals | 89.7 | ||||||
| James & Harris | Seattle, Washington | 16 | Contemporary | Redemption | – | ||||||
| Chibi Unity | Niigata, Japan | 13-17 | Fusion | The duels | – | ||||||
| 305 | Miami, Florida | 10-15 | Latin ballroom | The duels | – | ||||||
| Maddy Penney | Mesa, Arizona | 15 | Ballet | The duels | – | ||||||
| Project 21 | Yorba Linda, California | – | Jazz | Callbacks | – | ||||||
| The Difference | Carol Stream, Illinois | – | Contemporary | Callbacks | – | ||||||
| The Break Ninjaz | Las Vegas, Nevada | – | Breaking | Qualifiers | – | ||||||
| Gigabots | Vancouver, Canada | – | Popping | Qualifiers | – | ||||||
| Amari Smith | Las Vegas, Nevada | – | Hip-hop | Qualifiers | – | ||||||
| Willis | Bondy, France | – | Afro house | Qualifiers | – | ||||||
| Itty Bitty Crew | Edmonton, Canada | – | Hip-hop | Qualifiers | – | ||||||
| Antonio & Maria | Naples, Italy | – | Latin ballroom | Qualifiers | – |
The qualifiers started on May 26, 2020. In season 4, the contestants need to get at least 2 yeses to advance to the duels instead of the judges scoring the points to the contestant. Contestants who are given a callback vote are given another chance to perform.
| Key | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Contestant(s) did not advance to the duels | ||
| Contestant(s) did not advance straight to the duels, but was given a callback vote | ||
| Judge voted yes | ||
| Judge voted no | ||
| Judge voted callback |
The callbacks occurred on June 23, 2020. The 10 callbacks performed for one of the four spots to head to the duels.
| Key | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Contestant(s) did not advance to the duels | ||
| Judge voted yes | ||
| Judge voted no |
| Date | Name | Division | Performance song | Judges' votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 23 | The Rise | Upper Division | "OMG" – Usher | |
| Project 21 | Junior Division | "Boys" – Lizzo | ||
| Avant Garde Collective | Upper Division | "Summer Presto" – Vivaldi | ||
| CBAction | Upper Division | – | ||
| The Difference | Junior Division | – | ||
| grvmnt | Junior Division | "Outta Your Mind" – Lil Jon | ||
| Pumpfidence | Upper Division | "Love Don't Cost a Thing" – Jennifer Lopez | ||
| Show Stopper | Upper Division | "16 Shots" – Stefflon Don | ||
| 305 | Junior Division | Pica | ||
| The Young Cast | Junior Division | "Children" – Justin Bieber | ||
In the duels, contestants no longer chose their own opponents in this season; this was done by the judges and revealed at the last moment. A guest judge selection the competitors for the head-to-head redemption duels.
Oxygen defeated Styles & Emma in the upper redemption duel to advance. The Young Cast defeated James and Harris in the junior redemption duel to advance.
| Division | Date | Name | Performance song | Ne-Yo | Lopez | D.Hough |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper | June 30 | Jefferson y Adrianita | "El Rey Del Timbal" – Tito Puente | YES | YES | YES |
| Luca & Alessandra | "Drop" – Diplo | NO | NO | NO | ||
| UPeepz | "Hotel Room Service" – Pitbull | NO | YES | YES | ||
| The Rise | "Don't Cha" – The Pussycat Dolls | YES | NO | NO | ||
| Kurtis Sprung | "Bad (James Bay song) | Bad" – James Bay | YES | YES | NO | |
| Styles & Emma | "Someone You Loved" – Lewis Capaldi | NO | NO | YES | ||
| July 14 | Jake & Chau | "Chainsmoking" – Jacob Banks | YES | YES | NO | |
| Josh & Erica | "Bury a Friend" – Billie Eilish | NO | NO | YES | ||
| Géométrie Variable | "Never Be Like You" – Flume | YES | YES | YES | ||
| Oxygen | "Get Up Offa That Thing" – James Brown | NO | NO | NO | ||
| Junior | July 21 | grvmnt | "Godzilla" – Eminem | YES | YES | NO |
| The Young Cast | NO | NO | YES | |||
| 305 | "Confident" – Demi Lovato | NO | NO | NO | ||
| Savannah Manzel | "Soldier" – Fleurie | YES | YES | YES | ||
| Chibi Unity | "Uproar" – Lil Wayne | YES | NO | NO | ||
| MDC 3 | "Never Again" – Kelly Clarkson | NO | YES | YES | ||
| July 28 | Bailey and Kida | "Isis" – Joyner Lucas | YES | NO | YES | |
| James & Harris | "Let Me Go" – NF | NO | YES | NO | ||
| Keagan Capps | "Heart of Glass" – Blondie & Philip Glass | YES | YES | YES | ||
| Maddy Penney | "Maintenant" – Rupa & The April Fishes | NO | NO | NO |
| Division | Advanced | Performance song | Eliminated | Performance song | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper | Oxygen | "Santa Maria" – The Gotan Project | Styles & Emma | "Weight in Gold" – Gallant | |
| Junior | The Young Cast | "Super Bad, Super Slick" – James Brown | James & Harris | "Circles" – Post Malone |
In the semifinals, 6 acts per episode compete for 2 spots in the world final. In each episode, there are 3 upper division and 3 junior division acts.
For the first time, the acts were performed on the World of Dance stage. The scoring system was also returned in this round.
| Upper | Votes | Overall semifinal rank | Junior | Votes | Overall semifinal rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson y Adrianita | 3 | 4 | Keagan Capps | 3 | 7 | |
| Géométrie Variable | 3 | 5 | Savannah Manzel | 3 | 9 | |
| Jake & Chau | 2 | 3 | Bailey & Kida | 2 | 6 | |
| UPeepz | 2 | 12 | GRVMNT | 2 | 11 | |
| Kurtis Sprung | 2 | 9 | MDC 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| Oxygen | 0 | 2 | The Young Cast | 1 | 7 |
| Date | Name | Performance song | Judges' score | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ne-Yo | Jennifer | Derek | Average | |||
| August 4 | ||||||
| The Young Cast | "Bohemian Rhapsody" – David Garrett & Panic! at the Disco | 89 | 90 | 93 | 90.7 | |
| Savannah Manzel | "Dreamweaver" – J2 | 89 | 91 | 91 | 90.3 | |
| Jefferson y Adrianita | "Oh Mayi" – Ricky Campanelli | 92 | 95 | 96 | 94.3 | |
| grvmnt | "Tear Da Roof Off" – Busta Rhymes | 89 | 89 | 91 | 89.7 | |
| Kurtis Sprung | "Monsters" – James Blunt | 89 | 92 | 90 | 90.3 | |
| Géométrie Variable | "Tessellate" – Ellie Goulding | 95 | 94 | 93 | 94.0 | |
| August 11 | ||||||
| Keagan Capps | "Bring Me to Life" – Evanescence | 90 | 90 | 92 | 90.7 | |
| Upeepz | "Bebot" – Black Eyed Peas | 89 | 88 | 90 | 89.0 | |
| Jake & Chau | "Say You Love Me" – Jessie Ware | 96 | 95 | 95 | 95.3 | |
| Bailey & Kida | "Momma I Hit a Lick" – 2 Chainz ft. Kendrick Lamar | 92 | 95 | 92 | 93.0 | |
| Oxygen | "Toccata" – J.S. Bach | 98 | 97 | 94 | 96.3 | |
| MDC 3 | "This Woman's Work" – Maxwell | 94 | 98 | 98 | 96.7 | |
The world final was taped without the studio audience due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4]
| Date | Name | Performance song | Judges' scores | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ne-Yo | Jennifer | Derek | Average | |||
| August 12 | Oxygen | "Sail" – Awolnation | 94 | 91 | 94 | 93.0 |
| MDC 3 | "I Surrender" – Celine Dion | 95 | 95 | 97 | 95.7 | |
| Jefferson y Adrianita | "Celia y Tito" – Celia Cruz and Tito Puente | 94 | 96 | 96 | 95.3 | |
| Géométrie Variable | "You Know You Like It" – AlunaGeorge & DJ Snake | 94 | 92 | 94 | 93.3 | |
| Key | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Contestant won the competition | ||
| Contestant placed 2nd | ||
| Contestant placed 3rd | ||
| Contestant placed 4th |
| Junior | Upper | Upper | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Score | Name | Score | Name | Score | Name | Score | |
| Oxygen | 93.0 | MDC 3 | 95.7 | Jefferson y Adrianita | 95.3 | Géométrie Variable | 93.3 | |
| Dance act | Division | Round | Song | Score | Ne-Yo | Jennifer | Derek | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MDC 3 | Junior | Semifinals | "This Woman's Work" – Maxwell | 96.7 | 94 | 98 | 98 | |
| Oxygen | Upper | Semifinals | "Toccata" – J.S. Bach | 96.3 | 98 | 97 | 94 | |
| MDC 3 | Junior | World Finals | "I Surrender" – Celine Dion | 95.7 | 95 | 95 | 97 | |
| Jefferson y Adrianita | Upper | World finals | "Celia y Tito" – Celia Cruz and Tito Puente | 95.3 | 94 | 96 | 96 | |
| Jake & Chau | Upper | Semifinals | "Say You Love Me" – Jessie Ware | 95.3 | 96 | 95 | 95 |