The show was hosted by Davina McCall, with Ashley Banjo and Kimberly Wyatt as judges.

[5] There were five stages to the competition: Viewers in both Ireland and the United Kingdom could vote via Phone, Red Button (through Sky TV only) or via the official iPhone application, which was introduced in the second series.

A second series of Got to Dance began with a special "Warm Up" show that was broadcast on 19 December 2010 then fully on 2 January 2011.

The prize money for the second series was £250,000, the largest cash give-away on a television talent show (at the time).

At the Callbacks, the judges could not decide between eight of the acts so they organised a dance-off to fill the last four semi-final places.

The judges awarded gold stars to the acts they believed deserved a place in the final.

For the first time in a UK entertainment program, viewers could vote using a specially designed application for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.

Producer auditions took place during July & August 2011 in Glasgow, Newcastle, Liverpool, Manchester, Cardiff, Birmingham, Bristol, London and Dublin.

The auditions took place between 13 September and 2 October 2012, in a brand new and bigger dome which can hold up to 760 audience members.

Starting in this series, all acts must receive 3 gold stars from the judges to progress onto the shortlist.

[7] Producer audition dates:[8] The live semi-finals for Got to Dance 2013 began on Sunday 10 February 2013.

In this series, the semi-finals were stripped across one week (similar to Britain's Got Talent)[10] and the judges mentored contestants throughout the competition.

[11] Series 2 winners Chris and Wes returned to Got to Dance and were joined by Joe Sugg to form the Backstage/Online team.

[12] Producer auditions for Got to Dance 2014 took place during March and April 2014 in London, Birmingham, Cardiff, Manchester, Newcastle, Glasgow and Dublin.

This fund, worth £15,000, was to be distributed amongst auditionees that the judges felt weren't yet good enough to progress in the competition, but who they felt had real potential, and was to be used to enable them to develop and cultivate their dance skills through professional tuition.

A Polish version premiered 2 March 2012 on Polsat, titled Got to Dance - Tylko Taniec.

Johanna Klum hosts the show while Palina Rojinski, Nikeata Thompson and Howard Donald are the judges.