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This article is about the dance battles at the start of Season 3. You may be looking for the Halloween-themed dance battleson the Aftershow or the regular dance battles on the Aftershow. You can find the disambiguation page here.
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The Competition (occasionally referred to unofficially as the "dance battles") is an event set at the beginning of Season 3. It is engineered by Lucien after he gives Kate and Phoebe no option but to fold to his demands of a merger between Elite Dance Academy and The Next Step Dance Studio ahead of Internationals, and is ultimately a vehicle to form the team who will go; the dancers of both studios partake in a series of one-on-one dance battles, with the winners of each making up the twelve members of the team. Unbeknownst to the members of The Next Step, Lucien secretly plans to use this as a way to build a new faction of Elite Dance Academy.

History[]

The Competition is firstly proposed at the latter of "Rewind," upon Kate's studio having been bought, although vaguely. It turns out that Lucien is the one who bought the building, and that it was a ploy for the mere purpose of holding this competition.

There are 12 Next Step dancers and 12 Elite dancers that take part. Their names are put into a hat; two names are pulled out, with the two dancers having to take part in a dance battle. The person who gets the most votes after the battle has a spot on the Internationals team and the other one is immediately kicked out. Since Michelle will have to be absent for the competition, Lucien makes a proposal prior to the day of the battles: for Michelle to be on the team, she counts as an Elite win. Believing that she will need Michelle on the team, Kate agrees.[1] There is yet another catch, that although still unknown by the dancers, is negotiated between Kate, Phoebe, and Lucien: if seven TNS dancers make it onto the team, Kate gets to keep the studio, and if seven Elite dancers make the team, Lucien gets the studio. Ultimately, Kate wins the bet.

Upon hearing about the competition, Eldon immediately quits the team, but returns after receiving word that Daniel will be competition on Elite's team.[2] Although most of the battles run smoothly, Lucien, Daniel and Tess stage a secret plan: when James's name is picked, Lucien creates a diversion, giving Daniel and Tess a window to switch the hat with one presumed to only consist of Riley's name. To this day, these three are the only individuals who are aware of the plot.[3]

Rules[]

  • Two competitiors names are pulled out of a hat, the competitors can be any dancer including two members of the same troupe.
  • The winner of the two is on the Internationals team.
  • If one or both competitors opt out, they are automatically off the team.

Competitors[]

As Michelle is already confirmed to be on the Internationals team, each studio submits eleven dancers, who will battle against each other until half of them are left.

The Next Step Dance Studio[]

Main article: The Next Step Dance Studio

*Michelle is technically the twelfth member of The Next Step's team for the battles; however, as she cannot attend the competition, she is given a guaranteed spot on the team, but counts as a win for Elite instead of The Next Step.

Elite Dance Academy[]

Main article: Elite Dance Academy

*This dancer brings Elite's team up to twelve members. However, presumably due to Michelle being declared an Elite win, she does not ultimately get to compete for a place on the Internationals team.

Rounds[]

Names that are underlined are the victors.

With the addition of Michelle as an Elite Win, the score was 4-8 TNS.

Competition songs[]

Gallery[]

Kathy Riley season 3 episode 13 "Look at that painting!"

To view the The Competition gallery, click here.


References[]

  1. "Secrets." Wikia. Retrieved on November 8, 2015.
  2. "Game, Set, and Match." Wikia. Retrieved on November 8, 2015.
  3. "Let the Games Begin." Wikia. Retrieved on November 8, 2015.
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