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competition that airs on the

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network. The first season premiered on July 20, 2005, with

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in her only season as host,

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as the main judge, and Mary Murphy,

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and

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as most frequent guest judges.

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was crowned America's Favorite Dancer on October 5, 2005, with 37.7% of the votes.

Auditions

Locations

The main auditions for this season were held in following cities:

Format

Audition contestants had one minute to impress the judges. A contestant deemed to be not good enough was sent straight home, otherwise, they were sent to a choreography round. After that, the judges decided the fifty contestants that got through to the

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week. Minimum age for contestants was 18; maximum was 30.

Hollywood week

''Judges:'' Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy,

, Alex Da Silva Hollywood week was held in

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. 25 female contestants and 25 male contestants (each gender) were invited to participate in the callback auditions. This number was cut down to 8 female contestants and 8 male contestants, a total of 16 contestants (both gender) that came through to the live shows. Hollywood week included the following rounds, cuts were made at the end:

Finals

Top 16 contestants

Female contestants

Male contestants

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'' ; he is choreographer for those contestants who are sent to choreography.

Elimination chart

Performance nights

Week 1 (August 17, 2005)

''Judges:''

and

*Couple dances: *Bottom 3 contestant's solos: *Eliminated: **Sandra Colton **Jonathan "Jonnis" Tannis

Week 2 (August 24, 2005)

''Judges:'' Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy, Dan Karaty and Brian Friedman *Couple dances: *Bottom 3 contestant's solos: *Eliminated: **Michelle Brooke **Craig DeRosa

Week 3 (August 31, 2005)

''Judges:'' Mia Michaels, Brian Friedman, Mary Murphy and Nigel Lythgoe *Couple dances: *Bottom 2 contestant's solos: *Eliminated: **Snejana "Snow" Urbin **Allan Frias

Week 4 (September 7, 2005)

''Judges:'' Brian Friedman, Mia Michaels, Nigel Lythgoe and Dan Karaty *Couple dances: *Bottom 2 contestant's solos: *Eliminated: **Destini Rogers **Ryan Conferido

Week 5 (September 14, 2005)

''Judges:'' Dan Karaty, Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy and Brian Friedman *Couple dances: *Bottom 2 contestant's solos: *Eliminated: **Melisa Vella **Artem Chigvintsev

Week 6 (September 21, 2005)

''Judges:'' Mia Michaels, Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy and Dan Karaty *Couple dances: *Top 6 contestant's solos: *Eliminated: **Kamilah Barrett **Blake McGrath

Week 7 (September 28, 2005)

''Judges:'' Brian Friedman, Mia Michaels, Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy and Dan Karaty *Duo dances: *Top 4 contestant's solos: *Freestyle round: Top 4: "Music"— John Miles

Week 8 (Finale) (October 5, 2005)

''Judges:'' Brian Friedman, Mia Michaels, Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy and Dan Karaty *Group dance: Top 16: "

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; Choreographer:

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) *Guest dancers: *Top 4's favorite routines: *Places:

Ratings

U.S. Nielsen ratings

Notes

References

External links

So You Think You Can Dance's Official Website
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