# World of Dance season 1

The first season of American reality dance competition World of Dance premiered May 30, 2017, on NBC. Jennifer Lopez, Ne-Yo, and Derek Hough served as the judges, with Jenna Dewan serving as host. Hip hop dancers Les Twins, from Paris, France, were crowned as the winners of the $1,000,000 prize on August 8, 2017. Fourteen-year-old contemporary dancer Eva Igo and Latin/Swing group Swing Latino were named first runner-up and second runner-up respectively.

## Dancers
### Junior (under 18)

| Dance act | Age(s) | Hometown | Dance style | Elimination date | Placement | Average Score | Qualifier | Duel | Cut | Divisional Final | World Final |
| Eva Igo | 14 | Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota | Contemporary | – | World Final (2nd Place) | 92.3 | 88.0 | 89.0 | 92.5 | 96.7 | 93.7 |
| Diana Pombo | 11 | Miami, Florida | Contemporary | August 1, 2017 | Divisional Final | 90.6 | 89.7 | 91.3 | 92.0 | 89.3 | – |
| The Mihacevich Sisters | 12–16 | Brunswick, Ohio | Contemporary | July 18, 2017 | The Cut | 84.5 | 87.0 | 81.0 | 85.5 | – | – |
| ImmaBEAST | – | Los Angeles, California | Hip-Hop | July 18, 2017 | The Cut | – | – | 86.0 | 84.2 | – | – |
| The Lab | – | West Covina, California | Hip-Hop | July 18, 2017 | The Cut | 89.0 | 91.3 | 89.7 | 86.0 | – | – |
| D'Angelo and Amanda | 16/17 | Miami, Florida | Ballroom | July 11, 2017 | The Duels | 83.5 | 88.3 | 78.7 | – | – | – |
| Mini ReQuest | – | Auckland, New Zealand | Hip-Hop | July 11, 2017 | The Duels | – | – | 85.7 | – | – | – |
| Boys of Temecula | – | Temecula, California | Jazz | June 27, 2017 | The Duels | 82.5 | 80.3 | 84.7 | – | – | – |
| The Posse | – | San Jose, California | Contemporary | June 27, 2017 | The Duels | 85.0 | 84.0 | 86.0 | – | – | – |
| KynTay | – | Alberta, Canada | Hip-Hop/Jazz | June 20, 2017 | The Duels | 84.2 | 85.7 | 82.7 | – | – | – |
| 801 Squad | – | Orem, Utah | – | June 13, 2017 | Qualifiers | 79.3 | 79.3 | – | – | – | – |
| JJ and Joey | – | Johnston, Rhode Island | – | June 6, 2017 | Qualifiers | 78.0 | 78.0 | – | – | – | – |
| Kaeli and Brandon | – | Ashburn, Virginia | – | June 6, 2017 | Qualifiers | 77.7 | 77.7 | – | – | – | – |

### Upper (18 and over, up to 4 members)

| Dance act | Age(s) | Hometown | Dance style | Elimination date | Placement | Average Score | Qualifier | Duel | Cut | Divisional Final | World Final |
| Les Twins | 28 | Paris, France | Hip-Hop | – | 1st Place | 94.4 | 95.7 | 92.0 | 93.5 | 97.7 | 93.8 |
| Keone and Mari | 29/31 | San Diego, California | Urban Dance | August 1, 2017 | Divisional Final | 91.3 | 85.0 | 91.3 | 93.2 | 95.0 | – |
| Luka & Jenalyn | 19/16 | Toronto, Ontario | Cabaret Ballroom | July 25, 2017 | The Cut | 85.3 | 86.7 | 88.7 | 80.5 | – | – |
| Fik-Shun | 22 | Las Vegas, Nevada | Freestyle Street Dancer | July 25, 2017 | The Cut | 88.6 | 91.0 | 90.7 | 84.2 | – | – |
| Pasión | – | Santa Barbara, California | Flamenco | July 25, 2017 | The Cut | 84.6 | 87.7 | 87.3 | 78.8 | – | – |
| DNA | – | New York City, New York | Ballroom | July 11, 2017 | The Duels | 83.2 | 86.0 | 80.3 | – | – | – |
| Kings Unite | – | Los Angeles, California | Hip-Hop | July 11, 2017 | The Duels | – | – | 83.7 | – | – | – |
| Kyle Van Newkirk | 20 | Morrill, Nebraska | Tap | June 27, 2017 | The Duels | 83.4 | 80.7 | 86.0 | – | – | – |
| Nick Daniels | 18 | Miami, Florida | Contemporary | June 20, 2017 | The Duels | 87.4 | 87.0 | 87.7 | – | – | – |
| Quick Style | – | Oslo, Norway | Hip-Hop | June 20, 2017 | The Duels | 88.0 | 86.7 | 89.3 | – | – | – |
| Trent Jeray | – | Memphis, Tennessee | – | June 13, 2017 | Qualifiers | 79.3 | 79.3 | – | – | – | – |
| Vibration | – | Miami, Florida | – | June 13, 2017 | Qualifiers | 78.0 | 78.0 | – | – | – | – |

### Team (18 and over, 5–15 members)

| Dance act | Age(s) | Hometown | Dance style | Elimination date | Placement | Average Score | Qualifier | Duel | Cut | Divisional Final | World Final |
| Swing Latino | – | Cali, Colombia | Salsa | – | World Final (3rd Place) | 92.4 | 89.3 | 91.7 | 92.5 | 94.7 | 93.2 |
| Kinjaz | – | Los Angeles, California | Urban Dance | August 1, 2017 | Divisional Final | 92.0 | 91.0 | 91.3 | 93.5 | 92.3 | – |
| Ian Eastwood and the Young Lions | – | Los Angeles, California | Urban Dance | July 25, 2017 | The Cut | 86.1 | 83.7 | 85.7 | 89.0 | – | – |
| Chapkis Dance Family | – | Suisun City, California | Hip-Hop | July 25, 2017 | The Cut | 87.8 | 89.0 | 88.7 | 85.8 | – | – |
| Super Cr3w | – | Las Vegas, Nevada | B-Boy | July 25, 2017 | The Cut | 88.6 | 88.0 | 89.0 | 88.8 | – | – |
| Jabbawockeez | – | Las Vegas, Nevada | Hip-Hop | July 11, 2017 | The Duels | 85.7 | 86.7 | 84.7 | – | – | – |
| Rhythmatic | – | New York City, New York | Tap | July 11, 2017 | The Duels | – | – | 86.3 | – | – | – |
| Rouge | – | Los Angeles, California | Hip-Hop/Jazz | July 11, 2017 | The Duels | – | – | 80.0 | – | – | – |
| Stroll Groove | – | Los Angeles, California | Stepping | July 11, 2017 | The Duels | – | – | 81.3 | – | – | – |
| Royal Flux | – | Los Angeles, California | Contemporary | June 27, 2017 | The Duels | – | – | 86.3 | – | – | – |
| Miami All-Stars | – | Miami, Florida | Latin Jazz | June 20, 2017 | The Duels | 84.7 | 81.0 | 88.3 | – | – | – |
| Fuze | – | Los Angeles, California | – | June 6, 2017 | Qualifiers | 77.3 | 77.3 | – | – | – | – |
| Nxt Lvl | – | Myrtle Beach, South Carolina | Clogging | May 30, 2017 | Qualifiers | 77.0 | 77.0 | – | – | – | – |
^1 Despite their Qualifier performance not being shown, this act's hometown and dance style were made available on the World of Dance website. Therefore, these acts do not have a determined average score.
^2 MiniRequest, Kings Unite & Rhythmatic were the only groups not to have a full performance featured during their time on the show.

## Qualifiers

In each round of the Qualifiers, the dance acts will perform a 2-minute routine in front of the judges and a live audience. They will be scored by the judges in 5 categories: Performance, Technique, Choreography, Creativity & Presentation. Each category is worth 20 points with a perfect score of 100. For the dance act to progress forward, they must receive an average score of 80 or higher.
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### Part 1: May 30

| Order | Name | Division | Performance Song | Judges' Score | Judges' Score | Judges' Score | Judges' Score |
| Order | Name | Division | Performance Song | Ne-Yo | Jennifer | Derek | AVERAGE |
| 1 | Super Cr3w | Team | "Viva La Vida" – Coldplay | 87 | 89 | 88 | 88.0 |
| 2 | D'Angelo & Amanda | Junior | "Run Boy Run" – Woodkid | 90 | 88 | 87 | 88.3 |
| 3 | Les Twins | Upper | "Free" – 6LACK | 95 | 96 | 96 | 95.7 |
| 4 | Nxt Lvl | Team | "Move" – Luke Bryan | 73 | 78 | 80 | 77.0 |
| 5 | Keone & Mari | Upper | "Happy" – C2C | 85 | 83 | 87 | 85.0 |
| 6 | Kinjaz | Team | "High For This" – Ellie Goulding | 89 | 92 | 92 | 91.0 |
| 7 | Diana Pombo | Junior | "Bird Set Free" – Sia | 88 | 92 | 89 | 89.7 |

### Part 2: June 6

| Order | Name | Division | Performance Song | Judges' Score | Judges' Score | Judges' Score | Judges' Score |
| Order | Name | Division | Performance Song | Ne-Yo | Jennifer | Derek | AVERAGE |
| 1 | The Lab | Junior | "Bad Boy for Life" – Puff Daddy | 90 | 92 | 92 | 91.3 |
| 2 | Fik-Shun | Upper | "Unsteady (Erich Lee Gravity Remix)" – X Ambassadors | 90 | 92 | 91 | 91.0 |
| 3 | Miami All Stars | Team | "Dance Again" – Jennifer Lopez | 79 | 82 | 82 | 81.0 |
| 4 | Luka & Jenalyn | Upper | "You Don't Own Me ft. G-Eazy" – Grace | 83 | 89 | 88 | 86.7 |
| 5 | Kaeli & Brandon | Junior | - | - | - | - | 77.7 |
| 6 | Fuze | Team | - | - | - | - | 77.3 |
| 7 | JJ & Joey | Junior | - | 77 | 78 | 79 | 78.0 |
| 8 | Quick Style | Upper | "Jolene" – Dolly Parton | 85 | 88 | 87 | 86.7 |
| 9 | Nick Daniels | Upper | "Secrets" – OneRepublic | 85 | 89 | 87 | 87.0 |

### Part 3: June 13

| Order | Name | Division | Performance Song | Judges' Score | Judges' Score | Judges' Score | Judges' Score |
| Order | Name | Division | Performance Song | Ne-Yo | Jennifer | Derek | AVERAGE |
| 1 | Jabbawockeez | Team | "Still Feelin' It" – Mistah F.A.B | 85 | 89 | 86 | 86.7 |
| 2 | The Mihacevich Sisters | Junior | "Warrior" – Demi Lovato | 82 | 90 | 89 | 87.0 |
| 3 | Boys of Temecula | Junior | "Canned Heat" – Jamiroquai | – | – | – | 80.3 |
| 4 | KynTay | Junior | "Panda" – Desiigner | – | – | – | 85.7 |
| 5 | Kyle Van Newkirk | Upper | "Don't Wanna Know" – Maroon 5 ft. Kendrick Lamar | – | – | – | 80.7 |
| 6 | Chapkis Dance Family | Team | "All the Way Up" – Fat Joe and Remy Ma | – | – | – | 89.0 |
| 7 | Pasión | Upper | – | – | – | – | 87.7 |
| 8 | The Posse | Junior | "Scars To Your Beautiful" – Alessia Cara | 81 | 88 | 83 | 84.0 |
| 9 | Swing Latino | Team | "Bemba Colora" – Celia Cruz | 87 | 91 | 90 | 89.3 |
| 10 | Ian Eastwood and the Young Lions | Team | "Chunky" – Bruno Mars | 81 | 86 | 84 | 83.7 |
| 11 | Vibration | Upper | – | – | – | – | 78.0 |
| 12 | 801 Squad | Junior | "Fireball" – Pitbull ft. John Ryan | 79 | 78 | 81 | 79.3 |
| 13 | Trent Jeray | Upper | "Love You Now" – John Legend | 77 | 82 | 79 | 79.3 |
| 14 | DNA | Upper | "Powerful" – Major Lazer | 82 | 88 | 88 | 86.0 |
| 15 | Eva Igo | Junior | "River" – Bishop Briggs | 85 | 89 | 90 | 88.0 |

## The Duels

In each round of The Duels, two acts in the same division compete for a spot in the next round. In each division, the acts with the top qualifying scores choose their opponents, then both acts perform back-to-back, receiving feedback from the judges. After each performance, the judges will score them in the 5 categories: Performance, Technique, Creativity, Choreography & Presentation. Unlike the Qualifiers, only the final average for each act is shown. The act with the highest average at the end of the duel moves on to the next round, the other faces immediate elimination.
Qualifying Acts :
| Rank | Upper | Upper | Team | Team | Junior | Junior |
| Rank | Name | Score | Name | Score | Name | Score |
| 1 | Les Twins | 95.7 | Kinjaz | 91.0 | The Lab | 91.3 |
| 2 | Fik-Shun | 91.0 | Swing Latino | 89.3 | Diana Pombo | 89.7 |
| 3 | Pasión | 87.7 | Chapkis Dance Family | 89.0 | D'Angelo & Amanda | 88.3 |
| 4 | Nick Daniels | 87.0 | Super Cr3w | 88.0 | Eva Igo | 88.0 |
| 5 | Luka & Jenalyn | 86.7 | Jabbawockeez | 86.7 | The Mihacevich Sisters | 87.0 |
| 6 | Quick Style | 86.7 | Ian Eastwood and the Young Lions | 83.7 | KynTay | 85.7 |
| 7 | DNA | 86.0 | Royal Flux | – | The Posse | 84.0 |
| 8 | Keone & Mari | 85.0 | Rouge | – | Immabeast | – |
| 9 | Kyle Van Newkirk | 80.7 | Miami All-Stars | 81.0 | Boys of Temecula | 80.3 |
| 10 | Kings Unite | – | Stroll Grove | – | Mini ReQuest | – |
| 11 | – | – | Rhythmatic | – | – | – |
| Song Not Shown | - |
| Episode | Order | Division | Dance Act | Performance Song | Judges Score | Winner |
| Part 1 (June 20) | 1 | Upper | Fik-Shun | "Fragile" – Tech N9ne | 90.7 | Fik-Shun |
| Part 1 (June 20) | 1 | Upper | Nick Daniels | "Wicked Game" – Raign | 87.7 | Fik-Shun |
| Part 1 (June 20) | 2 | Team | Swing Latino | "Pa Lante" – Jose Aguirre | 91.7 | Swing Latino |
| Part 1 (June 20) | 2 | Team | Miami All-Stars | "Jumpin' Jack" – Voodoo Daddy | 88.3 | Swing Latino |
| Part 1 (June 20) | 3 | Junior | KynTay | "Bang Bang" – Jessie J ft. Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj | 82.7 | Eva Igo |
| Part 1 (June 20) | 3 | Junior | Eva Igo | "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" – Juliet Simms | 89.0 | Eva Igo |
| Part 1 (June 20) | 4 | Upper | Keone & Mari | "Like Real People Do" – Hozier | 91.3 | Keone & Mari |
| Part 1 (June 20) | 4 | Upper | Quick Style | "Guidance" – Travis Scott | 89.3 | Keone & Mari |
| Part 2 (June 27) | 1 | Junior | The Posse | "In the Name of Love" – Martin Garrix | 86.0 | Diana Pombo |
| Part 2 (June 27) | 1 | Junior | Diana Pombo | "Rise" – Katy Perry | 91.3 | Diana Pombo |
| Part 2 (June 27) | 2 | Team | Super Cr3w | "Workin' Day And Night" – Michael Jackson | 89.0 | Super Cr3w |
| Part 2 (June 27) | 2 | Team | Royal Flux | "Brother" – Matt Corby | 86.3 | Super Cr3w |
| Part 2 (June 27) | 3 | Junior | The Lab | "All I Do Is Win" – DJ Khaled | 89.7 | The Lab |
| Part 2 (June 27) | 3 | Junior | Boys of Temecula | "Shut Up and Dance" – Walk the Moon | 84.7 | The Lab |
| Part 2 (June 27) | 4 | Upper | Kyle Van Newkirk | "Classic Man" – Jidenna | 86.0 | Les Twins |
| Part 2 (June 27) | 4 | Upper | Les Twins | "Deep in the Bottom (of Africa)" – Monique Bingham | 92.0 | Les Twins |
| Part 3 (July 11) | 1 | Team | Kinjaz | "Change (Kinja Bang)" – TroyBoi | 91.3 | Kinjaz |
| Part 3 (July 11) | 1 | Team | Stroll Groove | "My Prerogative" – Bobby Brown | 81.3 | Kinjaz |
| Part 3 (July 11) | 2 | Upper | Luka & Jenalyn | "Don't Let Me Down" – The Chainsmokers | 88.7 | Luka & Jenalyn |
| Part 3 (July 11) | 2 | Upper | DNA | "Love Runs Out" – OneRepublic | 80.3 | Luka & Jenalyn |
| Part 3 (July 11) | 3 | Junior | Mini Request | – | 85.7 | Immabeast |
| Part 3 (July 11) | 3 | Junior | Immabeast | "Juice" – AD | 86.0 | Immabeast |
| Part 3 (July 11) | 4 | Upper | Kings Unite | – | 83.7 | Pasión |
| Part 3 (July 11) | 4 | Upper | Pasión | "Code Name Vivaldi" – The Piano Guys | 87.3 | Pasión |
| Part 3 (July 11) | 5 | Team | Rhythmatic | – | 86.3 | Chapkis Dance Family |
| Part 3 (July 11) | 5 | Team | Chapkis Dance Family | "Get Like Me" – Nelly | 88.7 | Chapkis Dance Family |
| Part 3 (July 11) | 6 | Junior | D'Angelo & Amanda | "Hip Hip Chin Chin" – Club des Belugas | 78.7 | The Mihacevich Sisters |
| Part 3 (July 11) | 6 | Junior | The Mihacevich Sisters | "Unstoppable" – Sia | 81.0 | The Mihacevich Sisters |
| Part 3 (July 11) | 7 | Team | Rouge | "Trini Dem Girls" – Nicki Minaj | 80.0 | Ian Eastwood and The Young Lions |
| Part 3 (July 11) | 7 | Team | Jabbawockeez | "Scenario" – A Tribe Called Quest | 84.7 | Ian Eastwood and The Young Lions |
| Part 3 (July 11) | 7 | Team | Ian Eastwood and the Young Lions | "Hot in Herre" – Nelly | 85.7 | Ian Eastwood and The Young Lions |

## The Cut

In The Cut, the 15 remaining acts compete for two 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 2, they face immediate elimination. For this round, each of the judges became mentors for one of the divisions; Jennifer worked with the Juniors, Derek worked with the Upper acts and Ne-Yo worked with the Teams. Guest judge Misty Copeland joined the panel for this segment.
The Duels scores :
| Rank | Upper | Upper | Upper | Team | Team | Team | Junior | Junior | Junior |
| Rank | Name | Score | Cut Rank | Name | Score | Cut Rank | Name | Score | Cut Rank |
| 1 | Les Twins | 92.0 | 1 | Swing Latino | 91.7 | 2 | Diana Pombo | 91.3 | 2 |
| 2 | Keone & Mari | 91.3 | 2 | Kinjaz | 91.3 | 1 | The Lab | 89.7 | 3 |
| 3 | Fik-Shun | 90.7 | 3 | Super Cr3w | 89.0 | 4 | Eva Igo | 89.0 | 1 |
| 4 | Luka & Jenalyn | 88.7 | 4 | Chapkis Dance Family | 88.7 | 5 | Immabeast | 86.0 | 5 |
| 5 | Pasión | 87.3 | 5 | Ian Eastwood and the Young Lions | 85.7 | 3 | The Mihacevich Sisters | 81.0 | 4 |
| Song/Score Not Shown | - |
| Episode | Order | Division | Dance Act | Performance Song | Judges' Score | Judges' Score | Judges' Score | Judges' Score | Judges' Score |
| Episode | Order | Division | Dance Act | Performance Song | Ne-Yo | Jennifer | Misty | Derek | AVERAGE |
| Part 1 (July 18) | 1 | Junior | Diana Pombo | "Rise Up" – Andra Day | 91 | 93 | 94 | 90 | 92.0 |
| Part 1 (July 18) | 2 | Junior | ImmaBEAST | "Look At Me Now" – Chris Brown | – | – | – | – | 84.2 |
| Part 1 (July 18) | 3 | Junior | The Mihacevich Sisters | "Beautiful Thing" – Grace VanderWaal | 84 | 85 | 85 | 88 | 85.5 |
| Part 1 (July 18) | 4 | Junior | The Lab | "Disco Inferno" – 50 Cent | 87 | 84 | 85 | 88 | 86.0 |
| Part 1 (July 18) | 5 | Junior | Eva Igo | "Creep" – Ember Island | 90 | 92 | 95 | 93 | 92.5 |
| Part 1 (July 18) | 6 | Team | Swing Latino | "Welcome To The Party" – Har-You Percussion Group | 91 | 93 | 93 | 93 | 92.5 |
| Part 1 (July 18) | 7 | Team | Super Cr3w | "Let It Go" – James Bay | 86 | 85 | 89 | 95 | 88.8 |
| Part 2 (July 25) | 1 | Team | Kinjaz | "No Limit" – Usher | 93 | 90 | 96 | 95 | 93.5 |
| Part 2 (July 25) | 2 | Team | Chapkis Dance Family | "Work Bitch" – Britney Spears | – | – | – | – | 85.8 |
| Part 2 (July 25) | 3 | Team | Ian Eastwood and the Young Lions | "Have Mercy" – Eryn Allen Kane | 83 | 89 | 93 | 91 | 89.0 |
| Part 2 (July 25) | 4 | Upper | Luka & Jenalyn | "The Hills" – The Weeknd | 82 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 80.5 |
| Part 2 (July 25) | 5 | Upper | Fik-Shun | "7 Years" – Lukas Graham | 84 | 86 | 82 | 85 | 84.2 |
| Part 2 (July 25) | 6 | Upper | Pasión | "Livin' La Vida Loca" – Ricky Martin | – | – | – | – | 78.8 |
| Part 2 (July 25) | 7 | Upper | Les Twins | "Never Know" – 6LACK | 90 | 94 | 98 | 92 | 93.5 |
| Part 2 (July 25) | 8 | Upper | Keone & Mari | "Darkness And Light" – John Legend ft. Brittany Howard | 94 | 92 | 94 | 93 | 93.2 |

## Divisional Final

In the Divisional Final, the 2 remaining acts in each division square off, with only one act going to the World Final to represent their division. Continuing from the previous round, each of the 3 judges acted as mentors for the divisions; Jennifer worked with the Teams, Ne-Yo worked with the Upper acts and Derek worked with the Juniors. Keone and Mari were awarded the first and only 100 score of the entire season by Ne-Yo during the Divisional Final.
The Cut Scores :
| Rank | Upper | Upper | Team | Team | Junior | Junior |
| Rank | Name | Score | Name | Score | Name | Score |
| 1 | Les Twins | 93.5 | Kinjaz | 93.5 | Eva Igo | 92.5 |
| 2 | Keone & Mari | 93.2 | Swing Latino | 92.5 | Diana Pombo | 92.0 |
| Order | Division | Dance Act | Performance Song | Judges' Score | Judges' Score | Judges' Score | Judges' Score |
| Order | Division | Dance Act | Performance Song | Ne-Yo | Jennifer | Derek | AVERAGE |
| 1 | Team | Kinjaz | "Work Song" – Hozier | 91 | 91 | 95 | 92.3 |
| 2 | Team | Swing Latino | "Gracias A La Vida" – Mercedes Sosa | 95 | 95 | 94 | 94.7 |
| 3 | Upper | Keone & Mari | "The Way You Look Tonight" – Frank Sinatra | 100 | 90 | 95 | 95.0 |
| 4 | Upper | Les Twins | "Some Minds" – Flume ft. Andrew Wyatt | 99 | 99 | 95 | 97.7 |
| 5 | Junior | Diana Pombo | "Wild Things" – Alessia Cara | 90 | 89 | 89 | 89.3 |
| 6 | Junior | Eva Igo | "Ready Or Not" – Mischa "Book" Chillak ft. Esthero | 96 | 97 | 97 | 96.7 |

## World Final

In the World Final, the final 3 acts competed head to head to win the one million dollar prize. As with the previous 2 rounds, the judges became mentors for each of the finalists; Jennifer worked with Les Twins, Derek worked with Swing Latino and Ne-Yo worked with Eva. Each of the 3 finalists performed twice; The first performance's music was chosen by one of the judges and the second was chosen by the finalist. After each performance, the final scores were displayed on a leaderboard. The winner of the World Finals was determined by the judges combined average scores from both performances. After the final performances, Les Twins were announced as the winners of World of Dance; their final combined score of 93.9 just barely edged out Eva Igo by 0.2 points.
| Order | Dance Act | Performance Song | Judges' Score | Judges' Score | Judges' Score | Judges' Score |
| Order | Dance Act | Performance Song | Ne-Yo | Jennifer | Derek | AVERAGE |
| 1 | Les Twins | "Stole The Show" – Kygo ft. Parson James | 92 | 92 | 95 | 93.0 |
| 2 | Swing Latino | "Conga" – Gloria Estefan | 91 | 89 | 95 | 91.7 |
| 3 | Eva Igo | "In the Air Tonight" – Natalie Taylor | 90 | 90 | 93 | 91.0 |
| 4 | Eva Igo | "Alive" – Sia | 95 | 96 | 98 | 96.3 |
| 5 | Swing Latino | "Magdalena, Mi Amor (Quimbara)" – DLG (Dark Latin Groove) | 93 | 95 | 96 | 94.7 |
| 6 | Les Twins | "Scream" – Michael Jackson & Janet Jackson | 94 | 97 | 93 | 94.7 |

### Final Scores

Les Twins (93.9)
Eva Igo (93.7)
Swing Latino (93.2)

## Contestants who appeared on other shows

* Several members of various dance acts have competed on the American version of So You Think You Can Dance. Nick Young, founder of Rhythmatic, competed on Season 8, making the Top 20. Audrey Case of Royal Flux competed on Season 9, making the Top 10. Du-Shaunt "Fik-Shun" Stegall is the male winner of Season 10. Diana Pombo auditioned for Season 13, getting cut in the callbacks.
* Denys Drozdyuk of DNA is the winner of Season 3 of So You Think You Can Dance Canada. DNA also auditioned for the US version in Season 12, where both were eliminated in the callbacks.
* Les Twins competed on Season 3 of Incroyable Talent.
* Jabbawockeez debuted on Season 2 of America's Got Talent. They were eliminated in the Las Vegas callbacks.
* Jabbawockeez & Super Cr3w have competed and won their respective seasons of America's Best Dance Crew. JabbaWockeez won Season 1 and Super Cr3w won Season 2.
* Kinjaz & Super Cr3w both competed on Season 8 of America's Best Dance Crew, reaching the finals (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. They were eliminated after reaching the Top 12. Amanda also competed in Abby's Ultimate Dance Competition season 1 placing 4th.
* Nick Daniels appeared on Dance Moms as a part of the candy apples team.

## Highest Scoring Dances

| Name | Division | Round | Judges' Scores | Judges' Scores | Judges' Scores | Judges' Scores | Judges' Scores |
| Name | Division | Round | Ne-Yo | Jennifer | Misty | Derek | AVERAGE |
| Les Twins | Upper | Divisional Final | 99 | 99 | – | 95 | 97.7 |
| Eva Igo | Junior | Divisional Final | 96 | 97 | – | 97 | 96.7 |
| Eva Igo | Junior | World Final | 95 | 96 | – | 98 | 96.3 |
| Les Twins | Upper | Qualifiers | 95 | 96 | – | 96 | 95.7 |
| Keone & Mari | Upper | Divisional Final | 100 | 90 | – | 95 | 95.0 |
| Swing Latino | Team | Divisional Final | 95 | 95 | – | 94 | 94.7 |
| Swing Latino | Team | World Final | 93 | 95 | – | 96 | 94.7 |
| Les Twins | Upper | World Final | 94 | 97 | – | 93 | 94.7 |
| Kinjaz | Team | The Cut | 93 | 90 | 96 | 95 | 93.5 |
| Les Twins | Upper | The Cut | 90 | 94 | 98 | 92 | 93.5 |
| Keone & Mari | Upper | The Cut | 94 | 92 | 94 | 93 | 93.3 |
| Les Twins | Upper | World Final | 92 | 92 | – | 95 | 93.0 |

## Ratings

| Show | Episode title | First air date | Timeslot (EDT) | Rating (18–49) | Share (18–49) | Viewers (millions) | Nightly rank |
| 1 | The Qualifiers 1 | May 30, 2017 | Tuesday 10:00 p.m. | 2.4 | 9 | 9.71 | 2 |
| 2 | The Qualifiers 2 | June 6, 2017 | Tuesday 10:00 p.m. | 1.9 | 7 | 8.42 | 2 |
| 3 | The Qualifiers 3 | June 13, 2017 | Tuesday 10:00 p.m. | 1.9 | 8 | 8.04 | 2 |
| 4 | The Duels 1 | June 20, 2017 | Tuesday 10:00 p.m. | 1.8 | 7 | 7.61 | 2 |
| 5 | The Duels 2 | June 27, 2017 | Tuesday 10:00 p.m. | 1.8 | 8 | 7.51 | 2 |
| 6 | The Duels 3 | July 11, 2017 | Tuesday 10:00 p.m. | 1.7 | 7 | 7.08 | 2 |
| 7 | The Cut 1 | July 18, 2017 | Tuesday 10:00 p.m. | 1.6 | 7 | 6.91 | 2 |
| 8 | The Cut 2 | July 25, 2017 | Tuesday 10:00 p.m. | 1.6 | 7 | 6.88 | 2 |
| 9 | Divisional Final | August 1, 2017 | Tuesday 10:00 p.m. | 1.7 | 7 | 7.00 | 2 |
| 10 | World Final | August 8, 2017 | Tuesday 10:00 p.m. | 1.9 | 8 | 8.00 | 2 |