Street Dance of China: Season 3 (2020)

The best of all seasons so far

Skip season 1 & 2 and go right to season 3. The captains made watching this very enjoyable, unlike the previous seasons which were a lot 'colder'. Jackson, Yibo, Yixing, and Wallace all showed great respect to the dancers which the dancers also return to them. And the dancers themselves show great sportsmanship. No dirty editing (or at least none that I could make out). Heck, even the commercials are fun to watch.
The moments I always go back to include the captains' battles and cypher in episodes 1&2, Tao & Cici's emotional couple dance, the whole water stage episode, and Chun Li's first battle.
The only disappointing part for me is the bias towards certain teams/people. There were certainly many performances that I thought should have won over others (coming from a dancer's perspective myself).

Overall, this show is good for both people with or without dance knowledge.

Edit: I've returned from watching a few episodes of HBDC and I must say that SDC is way better.

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Should be called "Scripted Street Dance of China"

I originally came only to watch Yibo as I'm a big fan but I fell in love with many of the dancers and am now following them on Weibo. And the bond that they all formed, be it the four captains or all four dance teams. They really supported each other through the highs and lows of each episode. Sadly a lot of the battles and picks and rules changed on the fly over each week so people who threw towels each week could barely keep up. The last episode especially had a cruel moment where they pinned Bouboo against Yan Kai and used Yibo's song "Wugan". It was beyond disrespectful and everyone knew what the show was doing. They had more then enough dancers from the other teams to split it fairly. No other team had to dance against one another. But the sweet moment came when Yan Kai still won the entire competition. No matter who the winner was, I wish the show had not played fans and dancers as well as captains for fools. They still had high ratings because of the captains. The dancers knowing something would happen in the finale, many opted out of the resurrection towel dance even though we fans voted for them. I am glad however that friendships and bonds were forged among everyone that will last a lifetime. I just wish that part hadn't left such a sour taste in my mouth and I watched nearly all 7.5 hours of it live.

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