Eldon

* Season 2
* Season 1

**Eldon** is a contemporary dancer and is a former member of A-Troupe.

Eldon is long-term member of A-Troupe, even considered the best dancer at the The Next Step Dance Studio until he joined Elite Dance Academy after losing his Nationals solo to Hunter. He became a great asset to Elite and was later promoted to Dance Captain by Lucien.

## Biography

### Before the show

Eldon joined The Next Step when he was five, and met Emily, who he became infatuated with. Two years later, James joined the studio and he became his best friend.

Eldon was a member of Baby Ballet, then J-Troupe. He eventually joined A-Troupe.

Eldon once worked at a pet store, but was fired for eating the free samples.

### Season 1

Eldon remains hopelessly infatuated with Emily who, despite his delusions, does not reciprocate his feelings. After a particularly hostile rejection from Emily, Eldon is approached by Michelle about a secret routine to overthrow Emily as dance captain.

Despite Eldon's anger at Emily for embarrassing him, Eldon rejects joining the group, not know if he can purposely hurt her. Nonetheless, he votes for Michelle over Emily for dance captaincy, deciding that he does need to put Emily behind him.

Eldon sees a new side of Emily while helping her learn choreography and is disappointed for her when she is placed in the back of the routine. While comforting her, Emily says that he deserves to be in the front row and hugs him.

After becoming Michelle's duet partner and spending more time with her, rather than with Emily, Eldon finds himself developing feelings for Michelle. Eventually, Eldon thinks about dating Michelle instead of Emily, which will be easy since she is at another studio. Although, his plans are halted when Emily spontaneously returns to The Next Step.

Eldon notices that Emily has a crush on him and tries to avoid her. He approach Michelle countless times about their relationship, but is ignored. When Michelle finally tells him that she wants to be with him, he lies that he no longer likes her.

At Regionals, Eldon grows closer to Michelle again and promises that after the competition he will begin dating her after Regionals. Before the final routine, Eldon is questioned by Emily about where his heart lies, and is forced to reveal the truth and confess his feelings for Michelle.

Eldon is elated when the team wins the event.

### Season 2

Shortly after Regionals, Eldon got a part-time job at a coffee shop as a barista.

Eldon agrees to keep his relationship with Michelle a secret, but Emily publicly reveals that they are a couple, squashing his intent. Eldon grows wary of Hunter, who Michelle had feelings for while dancing with him in Madison, which fails to subside when he also makes it onto A-Troupe. Eldon agrees to his eventual proposition to a dance battle over Michelle, sure that he will win. Although, he loses, and subsequently avoids Michelle. When confronted about his coldness by Michelle, Eldon breaks up with her.

Eldon decides refocus on Nationals, especially being the team's male soloist for the event. Eldon is angry when he loses the solo to Hunter after a video them competing in the dance battle surfaces, and feels betrayed to discover that Michelle is responsible for showing the video to Kate in the first place.

Eldon is sullen about losing his solo and leaving The Next Step and is left with nowhere to dance. He is offered a spot on Elite Dance Academy by Tess which he takes, as he is desperate to dance, and it provides him the chance of competing at nationals as the Elite Male Soloist. He challenges all the dancers to a dance battle and says if he beats all of them, Lucien has to let him represent Elite as their male soloist. Eldon ultimately beats all of them and is granted the male solo at Nationals.

Eldon grows increasingly hostile to his former peers and friends, especially Hunter and Michelle. He is willing to beat The Next Step at all costs.

Representing Elite, Eldon competes against Hunter in the dance battle competition at the Absolute Dance WildStylz Convention. There the two dance it out as everyone watches them and notice that Eldon has improved greatly since their last dance battle. Eldon ultimately wins the competition, obtaining a five-point advantage for Elite at Nationals. Eldon is then thrilled winning the battle knowing that he beat The Next Step and got even with Hunter.

At Nationals, Eldon must face Daniel in the solo round, made all the more important in that Daniel leaves the studio in the first place because Eldon had the solo over him. Eldon easily wins against Daniel as his team moves on to the next round.

After finding out that Emily has an ankle injury, he is approached by Michelle asking him to help the team and dance in the final round as his name is on The Next Step's roster considering Kate submitted his name before he left. Eldon declines Michelle's request saying that she doesn't deserve his help, and orders her to leave him alone. He is then approached by Hunter who also asks him to help The Next Step, also saying that he's sorry for what he did to him back at the studio and he has all the right to hate him and says that he just wants to be friends like he said he wanted. Eldon ultimately rejects Hunter's request and offer saying that he will never forgive what he did and that he ruined his life and orders him to leave.

Eldon is disappointed but happy for James and West when The Next Step wins the competition but isn't surprised.

### Season 3

After Amanda leaves Elite, Eldon is promoted to dance captain by Lucien and Tess becomes his assistant.