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'' premiered on May 25, 2006, with new host

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. On August 16,

Benji Schwimmer Benjiman Daniel Schwimmer (born January 18, 1984) is an American professional dancer, choreographer, actor and director. He was the winner of the second season of ''So You Think You Can Dance'' (2006) and has choreographed for both the U.S. a ...

was announced as the winner of season 2 and received the grand prize of $100,000, a new

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, and a one-year contract with

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show, '' A New Day...''. Schwimmer almost did not make the show's top 20 — he was officially first runner-up dancer in case any of the male dancers ran into unforeseen difficulties prior to the start of filming. As it happened, for the second year in a row, Hokuto Konishi was unable to get his visa cleared to work in the U.S. in time for the first taping, and he was cut. Schwimmer took his spot in the Top 20 and fared well from the start, garnering consistent praise from the judges and votes from viewers. Schwimmer and fellow grand finalist Donyelle Jones, who were paired as a couple from the first performance episode, became the fourth contestants in the show's run never to face elimination from being among the bottom six or bottom four contestants, became the second contestants to be in the grand finale, and became the first pair in the show's run never to face elimination from being among the bottom six or bottom four contestants in the grand finale.

Auditions

Auditions were held in New York City; Los Angeles; Chicago; and

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Vegas week

One hundred and sixteen contestants were invited for a week of training to the Aladdin hotel (now

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) in Las Vegas,

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. This training included

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choreography taught by

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choreography taught by Mary Murphy with assistance from

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contestant Artem Chigvinsev, a

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routine taught by

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, and training from

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, who described his choreography as a fusion of jazz and hip-hop. The original group of contestants was eventually whittled down to 41, from which the judges chose their top 20.

Top 20 Contestants

Female Contestants

Male Contestants

Finals

Elimination chart

The song played after each female contestant's elimination was "

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" by

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, whilst that played after each male contestant's elimination was " It's the End of the Road" by

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Performance nights

Week 1 (June 14, 2006)

''Judges'':

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, Mary Murphy and

Dan Karaty Daniel Quinn Karaty (born October 1, 1976) is an American TV personality and dancer. He is a judge and choreographer on several versions of the global dance competition program ''So You Think You Can Dance'', including the American, Australi ...

*Couple dances:

Week 2 (June 21, 2006)

''Judges'': Nigel Lythgoe,

and

*Guest dancer(s): SickStep Crew (now

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): "Canned Heat"—

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(

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) *Couple dances:

Week 3 (June 28, 2006)

''Judges'': Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy, Olisa Thompson and Cicely Bradley *Guest dancer(s): Hop, Swing and a Jump: "Traffic Jam"—Bill Elliott (

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) *Couple dances:

Week 4 (July 5, 2006)

''Judges'': Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy and Dan Karaty *Guest dancer(s):

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and the ''Neph Squad'': "Spaz Meter"—The J-Squad (

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) *Couple dances:

Week 5 (July 12, 2006)

''Judges'': Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy and Brian Friedman *Couple dances:

Week 6 (July 19, 2006)

''Judges'': Nigel Lythgoe, Olisa Thompson, Cicely Bradley and Jean-Marc Généreux *Couple dances: *Top 10 contestant's solos:

Week 7 (July 26, 2006)

''Judges'': Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy and Dan Karaty *Couple dances:

Week 8 (August 2, 2006)

''Judges'': Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy and Mia Michaels *Couple dances: *Top 6 contestant's solos:

Week 9 (August 9, 2006)

''Judges'': Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy and Brian Friedman *Group dance: Top 4: "

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"—

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(Pop; Choreographer:

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) *Duo dances: Top 4 contestant's solos:

Results shows

Week 1 (June 15, 2006)

*Group dance: Top 20: "

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"—

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( Pop-Jazz; Choreographer:

) *Musical guest: "

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"—

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feat.

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*Guest dancer(s):

Nick Lazzarini Nick Lazzarini (born August 4, 1984) is an American dancer. He is best known as the first season winner on the Fox reality show ''So You Think You Can Dance''. He is a trained dancer in jazz, lyrical, hip hop, ballet and modern dance styles. Ea ...

: "Pardon Me"—

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) *Bottom 3 couple’s solos: *Eliminated: **Erin Ellis **Stanislav Savich *New Pairs: **None

Week 2 (June 22, 2006)

*Group dance: Top 18: "

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"—

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(Funk; Choreographer:

) *Musical guest: "

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*Bottom 3 couple’s solos: *Eliminated: **Joy Spears **Jason Williams *New Pairs: **Aleksandra Wojda and Dmitry Chaplin

Week 3 (June 29, 2006)

*Group dance: Top 16: "Poison"—

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"—

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*Bottom 3 couple’s solos: *Eliminated: **Aleksandra Wojda **Ben Susak *New Pairs: **Ashlee Nino and Dmitry Chaplin

Week 4 (July 6, 2006)

*Group dance: Top 14: "

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'' ( Jive; Choreographer: Mary Murphy) *Musical guest: "

Sexy Love "Sexy Love" is a song by American R&B singer Ne-Yo, released on June 6, 2006, as the fourth and final US single, as well as the second and final international single from his debut studio album, ''In My Own Words'' (2006). The song peaked at nu ...

"—

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*Bottom 3 couples' solos: *Eliminated: **Jessica Fernandez **Jaymz Tuaileva *New Pairs: **None

Week 5 (July 13, 2006)

*Group dance: Top 12: "Born to be Alive"—

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(

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; Choreographer: Doriana Sanchez) *Musical guest: "

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"—

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*Bottom 3 couples' solos: *Eliminated: **Ashlee Nino **Musa Cooper *New Pairs: **None : now that it was down to the top 10, pairs were randomly picked and viewers got to vote on individual contestants.

Week 6 (July 20, 2006)

*''Note:'' This week, the contestants performed the same solo twice *Group dance: Top 10: "Ramalama (Bang Bang)"—

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( Pop-Jazz; Choreographer:

) *Musical guest: "

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"—

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*Bottom 4 contestants: **Dmitry Chaplin **Natalie Fotopoulos **Martha Nichols **Ryan Rankine *Eliminated: **Martha Nichols **Dmitry Chaplin

Week 7 (July 27, 2006)

*Group dance: Top 8: " Cell Block Tango" from ''

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; Choreographer:

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) *Musical guest: A medley of " Touch It", " I Love My Chick", and "

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"—

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*Bottom 4 contestant's solos: *Eliminated: **Allison Holker **Ryan Rankine

Week 8 (August 3, 2006)

*Group dance: "

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"—

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; Choreographer:

) *Musical Guest: "

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*Top 6 contestant's solos: **Natalie Fotopoulos: "I Would Die for You"—

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**Heidi Groskreutz: " Hey Mama"—

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**Donyelle Jones: "

"—

**Travis Wall: "Flying Without Wings (A Capella version)"—

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**Ivan Koumaev: "I Question Mark"—

**Benji Schwimmer: "Brown Derby Jump"—

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*Eliminated: **Natalie Fotopoulos **Ivan Koumaev

Week 10 (Finale) (August 16, 2006)

*Judges:

, Mary Murphy,

*Musical guests: **"

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"— Fergie *Special guest:

, who appeared via videotape to congratulate the winner *Group dances: ** Top 20 ***"When You Gonna Give It Up To Me"—

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(ft.

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) (Choreographer: Shane Sparks) ***"Ramalama (Bang Bang)"—

(Choreographer:

) ** Top 10 ***"Cell Block Tango" from ''

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with Heidi Groskreutz ("Black Mambo"—Angel and the Mambokats) **Heidi Groskreutz:

with Travis Wall ("

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) **Donyelle Jones:

with Benji Schwimmer ("You Can't Stop the Beat" from ''

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'') **Travis Wall:

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with Heidi Groskreutz ("The Plaza of Execution" from ''

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'') *Judges' choice: (four of the judges picked their favorite routine) **Mary Murphy:

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with Dmitry Chaplin and Natalie Fotopoulos ("Magalenha"—

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with Allison Holker and Ivan Koumaev ("

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with Travis Wall and Martha Nichols ("

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) **Dan Karaty:

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with Travis Wall and Benji Schwimmer ("Gyrate"—

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**Donyelle Jones: "I'm Free"—

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**Benji Schwimmer: "Never Knew"—

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**Travis Wall: "Wonderful"—

*4th Place **Heidi Groskreutz *3rd Place **Donyelle Jones *Runner-Up: **Travis Wall *Winner: **Benji Schwimmer

Live tour

In 2006, the top 10 contestants went on a performance tour (which is the first sytycd tour). Tickets went on sale August 12

Awards

2007 Emmy Awards

^† Wade Robson and Mia Michaels were joint-winners along with

Rob Marshall Robert Doyle Marshall Jr.http://www.alumni.cmu.edu/s/1410/images/editor_documents/alumnirelations/getinvolved/alumniawards/all_honorees_2018june1.pdf (born October 17, 1960) is an American film and theater director, producer, and choreographer. ...

and John Deluca from ''Tony Bennett: An American Classic''.

Ratings

U.S. Nielsen ratings

Notes

References

External links

Season 2 show synopses at tvgasm.com

Fox.com bios and video clips
* {{DEFAULTSORT:So You Think You Can Dance (Season 2) 2006 American television seasons Season 02 tr:So You Think You Can Dance