Broadcast from 7 March – 6 June 2012 Venue Poland | Presenter(s) Patricia Kazadi | |
Judges Augustin Egurolla
Michał Piróg
Kinga Rusin Broadcaster TVN
(also TVN HD and TVN HD+1) | ||
The seventh series of You Can Dance - Po prostu Tańcz! premiered on TVN on 7 March 2012. Augustin Egurolla, Michał Piróg and Kinga Rusin returned as judges and Patricia Kazadi presents the show again. The auditions began on 11 December 2011 in Kraków and ended on 12–13 January 2012 in Warsaw.
Contents
- Auditions
- Top 36 dancers
- Returning dancers
- Choreography Camp Casablanca week
- Eliminations during Choreography Camp
- Order of eliminations
- Week 1 Top 14 25 April 2012
- Week 2 Top 12 2 May 2012
- Week 3 Top 10 9 May 2012
- Week 4 Top 8 16 May 2012
- Week 5 Top 6 23 May 2012
- Week 6 Top 4 30 May 2012
- Week 7 Finale Top 2 6 June 2012
- All stars
- Controversy
- First for any So You Think You Can Dance series
- First for You Can Dance Po Prostu Tacz
- References
The winner of the show will receive a three-month scholarship at the International Dance Academy in Los Angeles, the place where many famous artists, including Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber, Rihanna and Britney Spears, train. The winner will also have their personal trainer, who will take care of dancer's abilities and launching career in the United States. In previous years, the main prize was a scholarship at Broadway Dance Center in New York.
Auditions
The auditions were held in five Polish cities. The first day was an open audition, when the producers chose auditionees, who would perform in front of the judges and live audience. The filmed audition with judges took place on the following day. Footage from these auditions was shown in the first five episodes.
Top 36 dancers
During the auditions judges picked 36 dancers. These dancers were taking part in a choreography camp in Santa Cruz.
^1 This dancer was shown in a pre-season sneak peek.
^2 These dancers were shown only in youcandance.tvn.pl website extras.
^3 These dancers earned the tickets after the choreography round.
Returning dancers
This season there were some dancers returning from previous seasons.
Choreography Camp (Casablanca) week
Judges: Agustin Egurolla, Kinga Rusin, Michał Piróg
Eliminations during Choreography Camp
Order of eliminations
Note 1: Because of injury Martyna Andrzejczak had to leave the competition. She was replaced by the female dancer who was eliminated last week - Kinga Mucha. According to So You Think You Can Dance rules she will be allowed to come back next season.
Note 2: Because of injury Mateusz Sobecko had to leave the competition. He was replaced by the male dancer who was eliminated last week - Igor Leonik. According to So You Think You Can Dance rules he will be allowed to come back next season.
Week 1: Top 14 (25 April 2012)
Week 2: Top 12 (2 May 2012)
Week 3: Top 10 (9 May 2012)
Week 4: Top 8 (16 May 2012)
Week 5: Top 6 (23 May 2012)
Week 6: Top 4 (30 May 2012)
Week 7: Finale - Top 2 (6 June 2012)
All-stars
During the season finale all-stars danced with the finalists as the part of the competition. Every dancer was asked which dancer they want to dance with. And the dreams came true, because the top 2 were privileged to dance with their favourite You Can Dance - Po Prostu Tańcz! dancer.
Controversy
In his role as executive judge, Agustin Egurolla has overruled several of the majority decisions of the judges panel over the course of the season. The first of these was a decision to give auditioner Sarah Kukliński a ticket to boot camp, despite opposition from both Kinga Rusin and Michał Piróg. Later, in the Top 8 live show he made a unilateral decision to select Anna Matlewska and Igor Leonik as bottom (dance for your lives) dancers for that week, although the other two judges felt they should be safe. He said he felt Matlewska had only had to prove herself in contemporary styles so far in the competition, mitigating the impressiveness of her performance to that date.