In 2008, 4,179 people attempted the Guinness Book Record for the most people simutaneously doing Michael's Thriller Dance. Here's a clip of all the locations in one video from 2008. Last year, Michael watched the Los Angeles event from a heliocopter.
2009--the first year without Michael. Will the record be broken? There are 349 official locations who registered with a goal of 207,000 participants. Articles below: "Before" means articles written before the event, and "After" is to report the event itself.
**Reports vary from an estimated 20,000 to 23,000 participated!!
Another aspect of this event, is to raise money for charities. Possibly the Thrill the World officials will be able to tally a total figure donated in Michael's name.
This wlll be updated often!
DISCLAIMER: The numbers given below are based on media and video accounts. This is not an official accounting or compelation.
United States
California
Bay Area/Northern
Alameda Before Video
Chico Video 200
Marin Before
Oakland Before Video 162
Salinas Before Video
San Jose Before
Santa Cruz Before Another Before Picture
Sausilito Video 62
Yuba City Before After Video
Vallejo Before
Los Angeles Before Video-Nokia A&E Video 3000-6000*
South Bay Before Video
Orange County
Anaheim After 234
(?City) Video 230
San Diego After-FoxNews Video 203
Colorado
Boulder After/Video
Colorado Springs After 100
Denver Video
Gunnison Video
Florida
Jacksonville Before
Miami Before Another Before
North Port Video 62
Ocala Video
Tampa Before After Abt 200**
St Petersburg After Video-Eckerd College 400** Another After
**note: will double check St. Pete/Tampa figures with more reports.
Hawaii
Honolulu Ala Moana Video
Illinois
Chicago After 170 Video Latham
Gurnee (Six Flags)
Schamberg Video
Indiana
Bloomington Before After Video 41
Kentucky
Whitesburg Video
Maine
Lewinston After No Info Given
Gray Video
Maryland
Baltimore Before After
Frederick Before
Leonardtown Before
Mt Rainer Video 87
Oakland Video 157
Massachusetts
Needham Video 58
Michigan
Flint Before
Lansing Video
Mount Pleasant Video
Minnesota
Minneapolis Before
Missouri
Kansas City Cancelled
St Louis Before After 622
Montana
Great Falls After Another After No count given
New Jersey
Newton-St Joesphs Video
New Mexico
Albequerque Video
New York
(Albany cancelled?)
Queens Before
North Carolina
Goldsboro Video
Ohio
Yellow Springs Before Another Before
Oregon
Portland Video
Salem Video
Pennsylvania
Belle Vernon Before
Bethelehem Township Before
Philedelphia Before Video 51
Pittsburg Video
Tennessee
Gatlinburg Video
Knoxville After 63 Video 84
Seymour After
Texas
Austin Before Video
Dallas/Ft Worth Before After Video 300
Houston
San Antonio Video-Six Flags
Vermont
Bennington Moved
Washington
Mill Creek Video Video for Oprah 39
Mt Rainier After
Mount Vernon Video
Redmond Video
Seattle Before Video-careful of audio on this one. LOL
Wisconsin
Milwaulkee Before
Baraboo After
Wyoming
Univ. of Wyoming Video
Outside United States
Argentina
Palermo After 400
Austria
Burgenland Video
Australia Before
Brisbane After 150
Perth Video 419
Sydney-Luna Video
Canada
Calgary Before
Edmonton/Alberta Video
Kenowa After 75
Montreal Practice
Vancouver 230
Ontario Video Video-Cornwall
Toronto Before Video
Ottawa Video
China
Bejing Video
Guiyang-Guizhou Video (GREAT JOB!)
Nanchang Jiangxi Video
Xian Shaanxi Video
Lanzhou Video 33
England
Derby Video 80
Liverpool Before
Somerset, Yeovil Before
Finland
Helsinki Video 89
France
Gourin After Video 700
Rennes Before
Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur Video
Mexico
Mexico Video
Netherlands
Leiden Video
Nigeria
St Catharine's After 92
Turkey
Ankara Bilkent Video 27
Miscellaneous Articles:
Estimated 20,000 set record according to Fox
Six Flags across US and Mexico to join Thrill The World 2009
LimeWire
Blog Misc Links for video After
E! Online
AFP Report-After
Six Flags joined Thrill the World After
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