The first season of the Philippine reality dance competition World of Dance Philippines premiered on January 12, 2019, on ABS-CBN. Billy Crawford, Maja Salvador, and Gary Valenciano serve as the judges, with Luis Manzano and Pia Wurtzbach as hosts. The winning dance act received a prize of â±2,000,000 and a chance to compete in World of Dance USA.
The inaugural season ended on April 7, 2019, with the FCPC Baliktanaw from the Team Division hailed as the winner.
An online show hosted by Maymay Entrata, Riva Quenery and AC Bonifacio titled World of Dance Online is aired simultaneously with the main show on World of Dance Philippines' Facebook and YouTube accounts.
Edward Barber, Awra Briguela, Jervi Li (also known as KaladKaren Davila) Jeremy Glinoga and Ylona Garcia served as guest hosts in the absence of the main hosts.
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The qualifier round took place between January 12, 2019, and February 17, 2019. In each round of the Qualifiers, the dance acts performed a 2-minute routine in front of the judges and a live audience. They were scored by the judges based on the following criteria: Performance, Technique, Choreography, Creativity & Presentation. Each criterion is worth 20 points with a perfect score of 100. For the dance act to move forward, they must receive an average score of 80 or higher.
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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, and Presentation. The act with the highest average at the end of the duel moves on to the next round, the other faces immediate elimination.
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In The Cut, the 27 remaining acts compete for three spots in each of their divisions. As each dance act competes, their average score is displayed on a leaderboard for their division. Once a dance act's score falls out of the top 3, they face immediate elimination. For this round, each of the judges serve as mentors for one of the three divisions. Crawford mentored the Upper division; Salvador mentored the Junior division; and Valenciano worked with the Team division.
Asaf Goren withdrew from the competition due to an injury.
The Team division was split into two episodes due to time constraints.
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In the Divisional Final, the 3 remaining acts in each division face each other. Only one act per division proceeded to the World Final. In this round, Salvador served as the mentor for the Team division, Crawford for the Junior division, and Valenciano for the Upper division.
The Junior division performances were split into two episodes â the first two in the Saturday episode and the last one in the Sunday episode.
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In the World Final, the division champions competes head-to-head for the 2-million-peso grand prize. The dance acts compete in two rounds. In the first round, the assigned mentor chooses their performance song. In the second round, the dance act chooses their own song for the performance.
Valenciano mentored Luka & Jenalyn; Salvador mentored Ken San Jose; and Crawford mentored FCPC Baliktanaw.
Unlike other franchises, this round incorporates public vote in determining the winner. The viewers serve as the fourth judge. The viewers' vote will be converted to the 0âÂÂ100 point scale. The viewers may vote through SMS and online. A maximum of one vote per method is implemented.
After all performances in each round, the voting lines were opened for the whole commercial break only. The voting lines were also closed after the commercial break and the scores were shown on a leaderboard.
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Galawang Pinoy was a post-season concert that was aired on April 13 and 14, 2019. It featured performances from the contestants, hosts and judges, as well as special guest performers including OPM singers Kyla and Yeng Constantino.