The second season of American reality competition television series World of Dance premiered May 29, 2018, on NBC.
Season 2 was taped between January and March 2018 at Universal Studios Hollywood; about two months before first airing.
Additionally, this season, a fourth category, Junior Team, was added for acts under 18 with 5 or more members.
This season by Les Twins, Keone & Mari (actually Mariel) Madrid, Kinjaz and Derek Hough.
In preparation for season two, handpicked competitors, being talented in any styles of dancing, from qualifying events around the nation and thousands of online submissions, are divided into four divisions: In some cases dancers who didn't apply were directly contacted by the producers or their agents.
The elimination process of the contestants are in four rounds: In the World Final all four division champions will compete for the US$1,000,000 grand prize.
The contestant(s) with the highest final score will be crowned World of Dance champion 2018 and will win the US$1,000,000 grand prize.
[5] Tony Award winner Savion Glover, collaborated with judge Jennifer Lopez with the Junior Team division.
[6][7] The list of contestants who made it to The Duels is published by NewsWeek, except Elektro Elite and ThaMOST (s.below).
In each round of the Qualifiers, the dance acts performed a 1-minute routine in front of the judges and a live studio audience.
The act with the highest average at the end of the duel moves on to the next round; the other faces immediate elimination.
The winner of the World Finals was determined by the judges combined average scores from both performances.
4th: S-Rank (93.5) 3rd: Charity & Andres (94.3) 2nd: Michael Dameski (96.0) 1st: The Lab (97.5) ^1 Misty Copeland joined the Judges panel for Divisional Final round