Every month there are approximately 47 Dance Challenge or a Dance Off videos that are uploaded to social media websites. Dance challenge dance off videos are graded marked and points are awarded to them and one video or many videos may go viral each month depending on their high total and final score and the grading marking scoring system is what i will describe and talk more about now and i will tell you about the Dance Challenge Scoresheet Score Card Rubric, and the really well done and best videos go on to reach and achieve viral video status. If a dance challenge video does achieve viral status, this generally happens within 30 days after the video is uploaded to a social media site and then after it is also distributed at least 1 time by the content creator and owner of the video. For a dance challenge dance off video to even have a chance to go viral, distribution show sharing must happen by way of posting the video publicly to a group or page or individual persons own wall as a status update or to an owned profile page and / or by sharing the video in a “reasonably public manner” on a social media site by some other method. Videos considered for selection in this viral video process should not only be distributed and shared as a “story” or in “story form” or in any other temporary file upload and distribution network file format where the video content is removed from public view after a time period of 24 hours, for example.
Sharing a video in a “reasonably public manner” means that the video is not set to “private” or shared only from a private page that has fewer than 1000 likes, follows, or followers or where the social media site group itself is set to “private” or where an individual must “join” a group or page and answer any questions asked by the group or page administrator at all or where approval of the answers to any questions is required by the same administrator. These features detract from and decrease public viewership and audience engagement.
Please see my earlier post that has to do with properly setting your video content to read-only and for more information about how to fill out the property value fields such as title and star rating.
What is the definition of a viral video? A viral video gets at least 40,000 unique views and each person who views the video watches more than 20% of the video in whole or in part. This is the definition of what it means to go viral in context of a viral video. Forty thousand people or more have viewed and watched at least 20 percent or 1/5th of the whole video thing. The number 40,000 is sometimes written out as 40K or 40000 or 40 thousand in some formats of tracking and reporting viewership and watchers and lookers on social media websites.
Dance and Style Element Categories that have had some success in the year 2021 are:
- Ballroom Dancing and Hipster Ballroom Dancing
- Tap Dancing
- Highland Dance
- Lyrical
- Jazz Dance
- Contemporary Dance
- Musical Theater
- Ballet
- Jive
- Jig and Jigging
- Gymnastics Tumbling Floor Other Apparatus excluding Balance Beam
- Water Ballet / Synchronized Swimming / Diving / Pool Work and Wet Work / Shore Work and Dry Work
- Cheer and Cheerleading elements are allowed
| Music Song Selection Sound Volume Sound Quality Mix and Master | Scored out of a Maximum of 12 Points |
| Theme Overall Costume / Dress / Attire Hair and Make-up Set / Setting / Props | Scored out of a Maximum of 10 Points |
| Complexity / Difficulty of the Routine | Scored out of a Maximum of 2 Points |
| Musicality / Choreography | Scored out of a Maximum of 25 Points |
| Creativity / Originality / Uniqueness | Scored out of a Maximum of 12 Points |
| Technique / Execution / Synchronization / Team Form | Scored out of a Maximum of 20 Points |
| Communication and Live Audience Engagement | Scored out of a Maximum of 25 Points |
| Safety | Scored out of a Maximum of 5 Points |
| Showmanship / Sportsmanship | Scored out of a Maximum of 5 Points |
| Overall Effect and Impression, including: Suitability for PG audiences Adherence to the Terms and Conditions of the individual social media site, application, or platform Compliance with Fair Use Policies about bandwidth and Best Practices and Guidelines that apply to using the internet at all | Scored out of a Maximum of 10 Points |
Bonus Points Allocation
Bonus Points will be awarded as follows and they will be added to the total and final score.
Bonus Points will be awarded based on the number of individuals seen on camera in the video:
| 1 Person | 1 Bonus Point |
| 2 People | 9 Bonus Points |
| 3 People | 4 Bonus Points |
| 4 – 10 People | 2 Bonus Points |
| 11 People | 8 Bonus Points |
| 12 – 15 People | 5 Bonus Points |
| 16 – 20 People | 18 Bonus Points |
| More than 20 People | 2 Bonus Points |
4 Bonus Points will be awarded if and when the following key phrase is used in the post, share now, share feed, caption, or description of the video:
Video Dance Challenge (month)(year)
Example: Video Dance Challenge April 2024
9 Bonus Points will be awarded if and when the following tag or hashtag is used with the post, description, share now, share feed, or caption for the video:
(month)(year)DanceChallenge
Example: #April2024DanceChallenge
Video Content and Composition
Videos that contain a subtle visual or audio reference to “The List” on www.jenniferjoybrenleynyhof.com or to any of the topics written about or mentioned on any of the my journal entry pages on this website, may be awarded up to 10 Bonus Points.
Up to 12 Bonus Points will be awarded for video editing that is stylistic and true to form and flare including filter, crop, and cut-to components.
Video Length
| 0:01 – 00:59 | Videos that are 59 seconds or less and this means they are just under one minute long | 4 Bonus Points |
| 1:00 – 1:29 | Videos that range in length from one minute to one minute and 29 seconds | 5 Bonus Points |
| 1:30 – 1:59 | Videos that range in length from one minute and thirty seconds to one minute and 59 seconds | 6 Bonus Points |
| 2:00 – 2:39 | Videos that range in length from 2 minutes to 2 minutes and 39 seconds | 16 Bonus Points |
| 2:40 – 3:00 | Videos that range in length from 2 minutes and 40 seconds to 3 minutes | 11 Bonus Points |
| > 3:01 | Videos that are longer than 3 minutes and 1 second | 0 Bonus Points |
An additional 2 Bonus Points will be awarded if the video is uploaded and distributed to 2 of the 9 social media sites, applications, or platforms that allow and accept video content that is 3:00 minutes in duration per the Terms and Conditions or site-wide policy.
Audio Content
With regards to audio content and the allocation of bonus points, strict attention must be paid to all applicable copyright laws and respect for any and all copyrighted content must be maintained and assured.
| Top Album Sales in the Last 100 Days | 6 Bonus Points |
| Top Streaming Albums in the Last 500 Days | 4 Bonus Points |
| Soundtracks All Time Best Hits | 8 Bonus Points |
| Top Electronic Dance Music Songs in the Last 100 Days | 4 Bonus Points |
| Hottest Country Songs in Last 100 Days | 9 Bonus Points |
Jennifer Joy Brenley Nyhof 