World of Dance season 1

Did You Know?

• MiniRequest, Kings Unite, and Rhythmatic were the only groups not to have a full performance featured during their time on the show.
• Keone and Mari were awarded the first and only 100 score of the entire season by Ne-Yo during the Divisional Final.
• Guest judge Misty Copeland joined the panel for The Cut segment.

The Duels

In The Duels, two acts from the same division compete for a spot in the next round. The acts with the top qualifying scores in each division choose their opponents. Both acts perform back-to-back and receive feedback from the judges, who score them in five categories: Performance, Technique, Creativity, Choreography, and Presentation. Only the final average for each act is shown. The act with the higher average advances; the other is eliminated.

World Final

In the World Final, the three finalists competed head to head for the $1,000,000 prize. Each judge mentored one finalist: Jennifer with Les Twins, Derek with Swing Latino, and Ne-Yo with Eva Igo. Each finalist performed twice—once to music chosen by a judge and once to their own choice. The winner was determined by the judges' combined average scores from both performances. Les Twins won with a combined score of 93.9, edging out Eva Igo (93.7) and Swing Latino (93.2).

Contestants who appeared on other shows

Several dancers from the season had appeared on other competition shows. Nick Young, founder of Rhythmatic, competed on Season 8 of So You Think You Can Dance, making the Top 20. Audrey Case of Royal Flux competed on Season 9, making the Top 10. Du-Shaunt 'Fik-Shun' Stegall won Season 10 of So You Think You Can Dance.

Diana Pombo auditioned for Season 13 but was cut in callbacks. Denys Drozdyuk of DNA won Season 3 of So You Think You Can Dance Canada; DNA also auditioned for the US version in Season 12 and were eliminated in callbacks. Les Twins competed on Season 3 of Incroyable Talent. Jabbawockeez debuted on Season 2 of America's Got Talent and were eliminated in Las Vegas callbacks.

Jabbawockeez won Season 1 of America's Best Dance Crew, and Super Cr3w won Season 2. Kinjaz and Super Cr3w both reached the finals of Season 8 of America's Best Dance Crew, placing 2nd and 3rd respectively. Ian Eastwood of Ian Eastwood and the Young Lions competed as a member of Mos Wanted Crew on Season 7 of America's Best Dance Crew. D'Angelo and Amanda appeared on Season 8 of America's Got Talent, reaching the Top 12; Amanda also placed 4th on Season 1 of Abby's Ultimate Dance Competition. Nick Daniels appeared on Dance Moms as part of the candy apples team.