The show shares many style and format elements with other entries in the So You Think You Can Dance franchise, including the general premise of challenging dancers from a wide variety of stylistic backgrounds to tackle a variety of dance genres. A season begins with open auditions, held throughout the Ukraine, where hopeful contestants perform before a judge's panel of dance experts. From this initial talent pool, 100 dancers are selected to attend extensive workshops and testing over the course of a week in Yalta. From these 100 dancers, 20 are ultimately chosen to take part in the live performance shows. Over successive weeks, these finalists must dance duets, solos, and group routines in a variety of styles in order to stay in the competition, with one male and one female dancer being eliminated each week through a combination of at-home-viewer voting and judge panel decisions until a Top 4 finale, when the champion is crowned.
Seasons overview
Season One
Top 20:Victoria Martynova, Dennis Hrystyuk, Lydia Shramko, Mariam Turkmenbayeva, Mikhail Smagin, Sergei Rudenko, Maxim Pekniy, Alexander Ostanin, Dennis Mirhoyazov, Daria Malikova, Vadim Lyashchenko, Alexander Leshchenko, Natalie Krotova, Eugene Cote, Lyubov Zarembo, Yana Dudnik,Olga Holdys, Maria Bezyakina,Nicholay Boychenko, Oleg Zhezhel.
Season Two
Top 20: Victoria Skytska, Catherine Buhtyyarova,Ilona Gvozdeva, Yaroclava Slonova, Artyom Volosov, Andrey Hlushyk, Artem Gordeev, Roman Dmytryk, Valentine Marynyna, Alyona Perepelytsa, Igor Horbonos,Andrei Gutsal, Sergei Zmiyok, Alina Nizyayeva, Vitaliy Zagoruyko, Eugene Karjakin,Katerina Karjakina, Natalia Lihaj,Inna Mazurenko, Oleg Patrakov. Choreographers:Tomilchenko Constantine, Tatyana Denisova, Gorbach Roman, Tone Hreten, Mitchell, Toyvonen, Zadorozhna.
Season Three
Top 20: Anna Tesla, Fedor Hashalov, Eugenia Khramova, Evgeny Panchenko, Tisato Ishikawa, Maxim Orobets, Maxim Cherkasy, Julia Sahnevych, Eugene Kulakovskiy, Elena Pul, Konstantin Koval, Dariya Olkhovska, Makar Kilivnik, Martha Zhyr, Anton Kyba, Adriana Kostetska, Nikita Eryomin, Angela Karasyova, Anton Davidenko, Eugenia Dekhtyarenko, Alexander Gerashchenko Choreographers: Ringing Hreten Derek Mitchell, David Moore, Oksana Zadorozhna, Taras Melnik, Joey Doulinh, Roman Gorbach, Tabitha and Napoleon D'Umo -, Yuri Vasyutyak, Radu Poklitaru, Yaakko Toyvonen, Igor Soronovych, Shelley Hetchinson, Michael Shvondt, Jason and Claire Beytel, Michael Smagin, Mandy Moore, Aysi Siula.
Season Four
Top 20: Sergey Poyarkov, Rodion Farhshatov, Maria Kozlova, Maxim Bochahin, Julia Kudynova, Lydia Soklanova, Tisato Ishikawa, Elijah Vermenych, Alexander Proyschov, Vitaly Savchenko, Anastasia Rychkova, Galina Pyeha, Anastasia Sergeev, Catherine Bilyavska, Anatoly Sachivko, Elena Ignatieff, Vasil Kozar, Zoe Sahanenko, Vitaly Galkin, Ivan Drozdov.
Season Five
Top 22: Alysa Zaitseva, Anna Edinak, Anton Rybalchenko, Vlad Korsunenko, Ekatherina Gubskaya, Nikita Vasilenko, Polina Bokova, Angelica Nikolayeva, Oleksiy Kucherenko, Artem Shoshin, Alexander Volkov, Danila Sitnikov, Dmitry Chopenko, Ildar Tagirov, Svetlana Cambur, Sonia Gevorkyan, Sophya Chaudhary, Tatiana Danilevskaya, Olga Shapovalova, Julian Turcanu, Eugene Rogozenko, Jeanna Terentyeva.
Season Six
Top 22: Alysa Dotsenko, Elena Holovan, Ilya Kiselnikov, Alexander Semenov, Irina Kreydina, Oleg Klevakin, Andrei Kalugin, Valeria Fefilova, Anastasia Kolisnichenko, Anton Panufnik, Elizaveta Ospischeva, Julia Lad, Olga Trehub, Anastasia Yavorskaya, Eghert Soren Nõmm, Dmitry Shchebet, Dmitry Oleynikov, Ulyana Holoviy, Sergei Avakian, Nikita Kravchenko, Yana Zaets, Vladimir Rakov.
Season Seven
Top 22: Anna Levchenko, Vitaliy Novikov, Ekatherina Klishina, Mishel Tinjo, Alyona Anufrieva, Nazar Grabar, Ekatherina Barvinskaya, Boris Shipulin, Elena Belokon, Oleg Tatarinov, Marta Brizhan, Sergei Drugov, Yuliana Dyakiv, Sergei Osirnyi, Natalya Pechernaya, Alexander Alshanov, Nadezhda Appolonova, Dmitry Maslennikov, Anna Nikolenko-Bashtovaya, Ilya Padzina, Yana Abraimova, Daniel Sibilli
Season Eight
Top 22: Tatyana Ogurtsova, Dmitry Pozovny, Stanislav Turmovich, Jane Sytenko, Kristina Zayats, Vladimir Galenko, Marina Mazepa, Timofey Pendik, Darya Koval, Roman Nevinchanyi, Stephaniya Mfunu, Ilya Chizhik, Tatyana Vytsup, Ildar Gainutdinov, Bahtiyar Ibragimov, Alexandra Borodina, Anna Korostelyova, Viktor Tomashek, Vladislav Hristyuha, Ilya Miroshnichenko, Elina Antonova
Season Nine
Top 16: Bogdan Urkhov, Ayhan Shinzhin, Andrey Kirillin, Ilona Fedorko, Liuba Mironets, Vlad Kurochka, Alyona Kordoban, Vasil Dipchikov, Vlad Litvinenko, Nikita Mitrofanov, Eva Uvarova, Emily Moskalenko, Michele Nocca, Mihai Ungureanu, Kai Lin, Ekatherina Firsova
Season 10 (Битва сезонів)
Casting
Semifinals
Max. point — 25. Min. point — 10. If you want togo to Final, you must take min. 20 points.
Final
Season 11. Belarus/Russia/Ukraine
Halffinal
Max. point — 20. Min. point — 8. If you want to go to Final, you must take min. 16 points.