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50 free The Next Step trivia questions with answers — trivia quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
The Next Step follows the dancers of one studio as they audition, fall out, make up and fight their way through regionals, nationals and internationals. Filmed like a documentary, with every dancer confiding in the camera, it ran for ten seasons and built a loyal audience far beyond Canada. This quiz concentrates on the seasons fans search for most, one to six: the battles for the captaincy, the rival studios and double agents, the romances and break-ups, the routines that won or missed a title, and the actors behind A-Troupe's best-known faces. It is written for viewers who grew up with the series and want to test how much they remember, season by season. Every answer comes with a short explanation, so even a wrong guess tells you something about the story.
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Q 01In The Next Step, how are first dance captain Emily and her A-Troupe teammate Riley related to each other?
Sisters
Sisters Emily and Riley fall out badly in season 1. When Riley backs Michelle for captain, Emily tells her they are "no longer sisters" before the pair slowly make up.
Q 02The Next Step's studio scenes and downtown street shots, including Yonge Street, are filmed in which Canadian city?
Toronto
Toronto doubles as the home of the studio, with filming starting there in July 2012. The building shown from outside as The Next Step stands on Colborne Street.
Q 03The Next Step's dancers confide straight to camera, a mock-documentary style borrowed from which kind of TV?
Reality shows
Reality shows gave the drama its look: scripted scenes are cut with confessional interviews, as if a crew were following a real studio. Its scripted spin-offs kept the same format.
Q 04In season 3 of The Next Step, A-Troupe flies to which Florida city to compete at internationals?
Miami
Miami hosts the contest, and the trip is eventful before a step is danced. Riley is left with a big restaurant bill, and three of the boys get stranded on a broken-down Everglades airboat.
Q 05Alfie, who joins The Next Step's A-Troupe in season 4, turns out to be a prince of which European country?
Switzerland
Switzerland sends its ambassador to fetch "Prince Alfred" home, and she even offers Riley money to let him go. Riley refuses and shows her Alfie rehearsing instead.
Q 06Which animal is Riley terrified of in The Next Step, a fear James exploits by jumping out in costume?
Chickens
Chickens scare Riley so much that the boys use them to win a ghost-story contest. West claims the studio was once a chicken factory, then James appears dressed as one.
Q 07In The Next Step, James says Eldon must be able to do 30 of which dance move before he can date?
Pirouettes
Pirouettes become Eldon's obsession for much of season 3. He turns down a concert date because he is nowhere near 30, then out-spins seven rivals at internationals.
Q 08James is nearly pulled out of The Next Step in season 1 because he is failing which school subject?
Math
Math almost ends James's dancing, so Riley makes him a deal: score 70% or higher on the exam and she will go on a date with him. He passes with a B+.
Q 09Which BBC service airs The Next Step in Britain and ran the talent show Taking the Next Step?
CBBC
CBBC held auditions on Taking the Next Step, a talent show that ran for two seasons from 2016. Its young winners earned guest roles on the Canadian drama itself.
Q 10Which rival studio, coached by Lucien, loses the season 1 regionals final to The Next Step and later merges with it?
Elite
Elite arrives at the season 1 regionals as reigning champion and performs an airplane-themed routine in the final. By season 4, Lucien has shut the studio down.
Q 11Which Canadian network premiered The Next Step in March 2013, setting its record for an original series debut?
Family Channel
Family Channel drew at least 574,000 viewers for the first episode, its highest-rated original series premiere. It aired the first six seasons before the drama moved to streaming.
Q 12Which actor, who went on to Disney's Zombies films, plays original A-Troupe dancer James in The Next Step?
Trevor Tordjman
Trevor Tordjman had to pull out of the UK leg of the cast's 2017 live tour because he was filming Zombies. He plays James as a main character for the first four seasons.
Q 13Michelle arrives in the first episode of The Next Step having just moved from Madison in which US state?
Wisconsin
Q 21Emily lands badly at the end of The Next Step's season 2 nationals semifinal, injuring which part of her body?
Knee
Knee trouble keeps Emily out of the final and off the dance floor for at least eight months. It also costs her a place on the season 3 internationals team.
Q 22What is the name of James's band in The Next Step, which also titles a spin-off series about young musicians?
Lost & Found
Lost & Found plays at Aunt Kathy's wedding in season 3, with James stepping in as best man. He leaves A-Troupe after internationals to play with the band full-time.
Q 23Which country does The Next Step beat in a tie-breaking duet to win the season 3 internationals title?
Sweden
Wisconsin is where Michelle was dance captain and Miss National Soloist at her old studio. Her mother moves back to Madison in season 3 when her parents divorce.
Q 14Which hip-hop move does James finally land during his nationals duet with Riley in season 2 of The Next Step?
The B-Twist
The B-Twist was the move a guest choreographer told James he was not ready for, so he left it out of the boys' group routine. Riley tells him to go for it just before their duet.
Q 15Which love story is the theme of The Next Step's winning routine in the season 1 regionals final?
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet puts Eldon and Michelle centre stage as the lovers, just after Eldon admits to Emily that he wants to be with Michelle. Emily still dances, then snatches the trophy.
Q 16Knocked out in round three of the season 1 regionals, how does The Next Step still reach the semifinals?
As the wild-card pick
As the wild-card pick, chosen from three eliminated troupes, The Next Step gets a second life. The slip that cost them came when Riley's glove caught on a feather in her hairbow.
Q 17What does James organise at the mall in season 2 of The Next Step to persuade Michelle to rejoin the studio?
A flash mob
A flash mob of hundreds of people wins Michelle back after she quits dance for the debate club. It is the last task on the list Riley sets James to prove himself.
Q 18Which dancer from Madison arrives in season 2 of The Next Step believing Michelle is still his girlfriend?
Hunter
Hunter is Michelle's childhood friend, and he schemes with Emily to split her from Eldon. The plan backfires when Emily and Hunter fall for each other instead.
Q 19Which rival dance captain joins The Next Step in season 2 while secretly plotting to keep the team from nationals?
Amanda
Amanda frames Emily for stealing the nationals money, but a five-dollar bill a child had drawn on exposes her. She still saves the team in the final as a registered alternate.
Q 20How does The Next Step's A-Troupe earn free nationals uniforms from designer Zoltan in season 2?
Modelling in his show
Modelling in his show replaces the catwalk models stuck in Milan, so Zoltan waives a bill of $78,325.19. The team's car wash had raised just $27.
Sweden started the final with a five-point head start, earned when its male soloist beat Eldon. That turned The Next Step's 97 to 92 win into a tie, settled by Riley and James.
Q 24Which exchange dancer from England befriends Riley, then steals her entire solo at internationals in The Next Step?
Ella
Ella admits she will do whatever it takes for her team, and she still takes the Miss International Soloist title. Riley gets her revenge when A-Troupe beats England in the semifinal.
Q 25Which ballet does Chloe leave The Next Step to perform in season 3 after winning a place with a touring company?
The Nutcracker
The Nutcracker offer comes after Chloe auditions only to keep untrained West company. He is cut, she gets in, and she returns in season 6 as a ballet choreographer.
Q 26Which rule do organisers add to a group round at internationals in season 3 of The Next Step, making Noah vital?
Dancing blindfolded
Dancing blindfolded suits Noah, who can catch things without looking, so Michelle gives up her place in the routine for him. England gets round the rule by entering only two dancers.
Q 27Which Canadian pop singer plays a concert for the dancers at nationals in season 2 of The Next Step?
Shawn Desman
Shawn Desman is Emily's idol, so she joins a scavenger hunt to win concert passes. West gets the final photo with him by posing as a celebrity called "Compass" to skip the queue.
Q 28Which actress plays Michelle, the newcomer who becomes dance captain in season 1 of The Next Step?
Victoria Baldesarra
Victoria Baldesarra stayed in the main cast for the first six seasons and came back for the tenth and last. She also joined the 2026 Legacy world tour as Michelle.
Q 29Which actor went from playing hip-hop dancer West in The Next Step to Henry in HBO's The Last of Us?
Lamar Johnson
Lamar Johnson earned an Emmy nomination for the guest role and won a Canadian Screen Award for his lead performance in the film Brother.
Q 30Which The Next Step star won So You Think You Can Dance Canada before playing the flexible Giselle?
Jordan Clark
Jordan Clark won the contest's fourth season before the drama began. She first wanted to be a gymnast, and her mother enrolled her in dance only so she could learn acro.