A PRIMETIME Saturday night TV series got off to a flying start when dancers from Ringwood’s Shake took to the stage.

Ross and Travis, two of the street dance school’s top performers, wowed the coaches and the audience with an energetic and entertaining street dance routine.

They had been introduced by two seven-year-old boys, who are their pupils at Shake.

Watching the dancers and their every move from behind a mirror on The Greatest Dancer were the four Dance Captains, Cheryl, Matthew Morrison, Oti Mabuse and Todrick Hall. But it’s the audience who holds the power.

If they are impressed by the audition, they will vote to open the mirror, if 75 percent of the audience vote yes, the mirror will open and the dancer will make it through to the next stage of the competition.

Ross and Travis were excited to see the mirror open mid-way through their routine to big cheers from the crowd and the dance captains. Todrick Hall said: “I didn’t feel like I was at a competition, I felt like I was at Ross and Travis Live”.

Introducing the pair were Solly and Rome, aged seven. The youngsters brought lots of laughter as they cheekily introduced the dancers and ran up on stage with host Jordan Banjo to join the boys and host Alesha Dixon, to congratulate them at the end of their performance.

Ross and Travis have been dancers at street dance school Shake for many years and this year were part of their team who became UDO World Street Dance Champions. The boys trained for several weeks with teachers Rachel King and Ryan Nembhard leading up to their audition.

The dancers are now waiting to see if they will be chosen as one of the 12 acts selected for live shows. Travis said “It was an incredible experience auditioning for the show, especially with my best friend. We had so much fun performing and are so grateful for all the amazing messages we have been sent since appearing on Saturday night. To make the live shows would be a dream come true.”