''So You Think You Can Dance'' is an American television reality program and dance competition airing on the

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network. Season seven premiered on May 27, 2010. In the August 12 finale,

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/jazz contestant Lauren Froderman was named "America's Favorite Dancer" and received the grand prize of $250,000, as well as an appearance on the cover of ''Dance Spirit'' magazine and in print advertising for

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dancer Kent Boyd was named runner-up.

Judging panel

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and

Adam Shankman Adam Michael Shankman (born November 27, 1964) is an American film director, producer, writer, dancer, author, actor, and choreographer. He was a permanent judge on seasons 6–7 of the television program ''So You Think You Can Dance (American TV ...

returned as permanent judges and

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returned to host. Mary Murphy stepped down from her judging position, but guest judged during Las Vegas week and made an appearance at the finale.

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became the third permanent judge for this season. During the auditions, various guest judges joined Lythgoe, including Shankman and Michaels along with others. This was Michaels' only season as a permanent judge. It was announced in early 2011 that Murphy would return as a permanent judge for season 8. Michaels left because she felt she didn't fit well on the panel and wanted to do her own work without being linked to the show.SYTYCD Judge: Why I'm Leaving the Show
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Auditions

Open auditions

Las Vegas week

''Judges:'' Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy, Adam Shankman, Toni Redpath, Lil' C, Tyce Diorio Day 1 kicks off with individual solos, Day 2 is hip-hop, Day 3 is cha-cha, Day 4 is broadway, Day 5 is group routines, Day 6 is Contemporary, and the final day is individual solos. The Las Vegas callbacks were held at Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in

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Finals

Format changes

Executive producer Nigel Lythgoe has stated numerous format changes for this season. Instead of naming a top 20 to compete in the finals, the show planned on selecting a top 10 - they ended up accepting an extra contestant to create a top 11. The contestants were informed of their inclusion in the finals by the judges either traveling to each dancer's home or personally telephoning them to reveal their fate. This is in contrast to previous seasons where the contestants walked down a long corridor to face the judging panel. Rather than partnering up the contestants with each other, partners were chosen at random each week from a pool of All-Stars composed of top dancers that have appeared in previous seasons of the show, and the competitors performed in their All-Star partners' specialized style. Additionally, rather than eliminating a pair of contestants each week, contestants were voted on as individuals from the beginning of the competition, and only one was eliminated per week. Only three contestants were featured in the finale, as opposed to the usual four. On June 16, 2010—the first performance show—host Cat Deeley revealed that the phone numbers viewers needed to dial to vote for their favorite contestant(s) were changed to 1-888-6BEST## from the usual 1-888-TEMPO##, ## being the numerical order of the contestant. This year also marks the first season in which, just like the results shows in all seasons prior, the performance shows were aired

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, as opposed to being taped earlier in the week. This is also the first season to be broadcast in

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Top 11 contestants

Female contestants

Male contestants

Elimination chart

Performance shows

The dancers that are marked in bold are contestants.

Meet the Top 11 (June 10, 2010)

*Performances:

Week 1 (June 16, 2010)

*Performances:

Week 2 (June 23, 2010)

*Performances:

Week 3 (June 30, 2010)

*Performances: *Solos:

Week 4 (July 7, 2010)

*Performances: * Shean was asked to step in due to an injury sustained by Allison Holker. * Marla, the assistant choreographer, was asked to step in due to contestant Alex Wong sustaining an injury during rehearsal that would force his withdrawal from the competition. *Alex would have done the foxtrot with Anya, but due to his injury, it was cancelled.

Week 5 (July 14, 2010)

*Performances: *Ashley was supposed to do a rumba routine with Pasha, but due to her injury, it was cancelled.

Week 6 (July 21, 2010)

*Guest Judge:

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*Performances: *Billy was to be partnered with Courtney, unfortunately, the routine was cancelled due to his injury. He was still able to perform the following week. *Solos:

Week 7 (July 28, 2010)

*Guest Judge: Toni Redpath *Performances: *Solos:

Week 8 (August 4, 2010)

*Guest Judge: Tyce Diorio *Group dance (Top 4): "The Crapshooter's Dance" from ''

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'' *Performances:

Week 9 (August 11, 2010)

*Solos:

Result shows

Results show musical performances

Week 1 (June 17, 2010)

*Group dance: Top 11: " Acapella"—

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; Choreographer: Tessandra Chavez) *Guest dancer(s): Keith Roberts and Karine Plantadit *Bottom 3 contestant's solos:

Week 2 (June 24, 2010)

*Group dance: Top 10: " Royal T"—

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feat.

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; Choreographer: Sonya Tayeh) *Guest dancer(s): RemoteKontrol featuring Bryan Gaynor dancing to Eskimo's "Agnus Dei" *Bottom 3 contestant's solos:

Week 3 (July 1, 2010)

*Group dance: Top 9: " O Fortuna" from ''

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; Choreographer: Jamel Gaines) *Guest dancer(s): ** Viva Elvis (Cirque du Soleil) **All-Stars Courtney Galiano & Mark Kanemura - "The Garden" from Season 4 *Bottom 3 contestant's solos: Sullivan chose to dance

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Week 4 (July 8, 2010)

*Group dance: "When We Dance"— Sting (

; Choreographer:

) *Guest dancer(s): **Touring cast of ''

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'': "96,000" from ''In the Heights'' (Choreographer: Andy Blankenbuehler) **All-Stars Pasha & Anya - Cha-Cha from Season 3 Auditions; Song: "Magic Carpet Ride"—Mighty Dub Katz *Bottom 3 contestant's solos: Wong sustained an injury to his

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during rehearsal and was unable to perform during the show on 7/7/2010. He was therefore automatically placed in the bottom 3 and in danger of elimination. Due to the seriousness of the injury, Wong needed surgery and 3 months of recuperation and was forced to leave the competition, causing both Bell and Galvan to be safe to continue into the next week.

Week 5 (July 15, 2010)

*Group dance: "Charleston" from '' Billion Dollar Baby'' ( Broadway; Choreographer: Tyce Diorio) *Guest dancer(s): **Fernando Martín-Gullans and Lauren Vayser from Mary Murphy's Champion Ballroom Academy (" Jailhouse Rock"—

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); Jive **Jamar Roberts and Rachael McLaren from the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater ("Gravity's Angel"—

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; Choreographer: Dave Scott;

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) *Bottom 3 contestant's solos: Galvan sustained an injury to a rib on Monday July 12, 2010. Unable to perform, she was automatically placed in the bottom 3 for the week.

Week 6 (July 22, 2010)

*Group dance: " All That Jazz"—

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; Choreographer: Kelley Abbey *Guest dancer(s): **Soloists Yuriko Kajiya and Jared Matthews from American Ballet Theatre-Don Quixote Act III Grand Pas de Deux **DJ Smart-Contemporary **All-Stars Lauren & Neil - Jazz from Season 3 " Night of the Dancing Flame" -

*Bottom 3 contestant's solos: The judges chose not to eliminate anyone, which means that two people are to be eliminated in week seven.

Week 7 (July 29, 2010)

*Group dance: " Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic"— Sting (

; Choreographer:

) *Guest dancer(s): Cast of '' Step Up 3D'', to "Already Taken" by

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, " My Own Step (Theme from Step Up 3D)" by Roscoe Dash &

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featuring Fabo and "This Instant" by Sophia Fresh featuring T-Pain *Bottom 3 contestant's solos:

Week 8 (August 5, 2010)

*Group dance (All-Stars): "Drumming Song"— Florence & the Machine (

; Choreographer: Dee Caspary) *Guest dancer(s): Desmond Richardson ("

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) *Solos:

Week 9 (Finale) (August 12, 2010)

*Judges: Tyce Diorio,

, Stacey Tookey, Mary Murphy,

*Guest dancers: ** Quest Crew ("Suzy"—

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) **The Manzari Brothers and 7-year-old Luke ( Tap) ;* Lil' C and Season 6's winner Russell Ferguson ( Krumping; "Hazardous"—Buckmouth) :*'' SYTYCD U.K.'' winner Charlie Bruce and Neil Haskell ("I Surrender"—

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; Choreographer:

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and Stephen "Twitch" Boss in tribute to Alex Wong ("Outta Your Mind"—

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; Choreographers: Tabitha and Napoleon D'umo) *Group dances:

=Judges' picks

= *Eliminated **Robert Roldan *Runner-up **Kent Boyd *Winner **Lauren Froderman

All-Stars Dance Pool

The All-Stars Dance Pool features some of the best and most popular contestants that have been featured on previous seasons. They acted as pairs for the top eleven contestants this season, and rotated every week. Each of the dancers represents one specific style of dance and only danced in ''that genre'' with a partner. They did not choreograph any routines but learned them just as the contestants did. * Allison had an old back injury flare up so for this dance she was replaced by Season 4's Katee Shean (3rd Place) * McCormick was asked to step in for competing contestant Ashley Galvan, who suffered a rib injury and was unable to compete. * Boss was asked to step in for competing contestant Billy Bell, who suffered a knee injury and did not compete. : This contestant was eliminated this week. : This contestant was in the bottom 2 this week : This contestant was in the bottom 3 this week. : This contestant did not perform this week due to injury making it the dancer's routine with all-star cancelled. : Due to a pair's injury, this All-star stepped in to perform with the injured pair's contestant partner. : This All-Star did not perform this week and had someone else step in for them. : This All-Star did not perform this week. : This contestant won the competition

Tour

The SYTYCD 2010 Season 7 tour took place in 40 cities across the US, creating many sold-out shows. It took place from the end of September to the end of November. The dancers from Season 7 for the tour were Lauren Froderman, Kent Boyd, Robert Roldan, AdéChiké Torbert, Billy Bell, Jose Ruiz, and Ashley Galvan. The all-stars for the tour were Allison Holker from Season 2,

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from Season 3, Courtney Galiano from Season 4, Ade Obayomi from Season 5 and Kathryn McCormick from Season 6. Also featured was the winner of Season 6, Russell Ferguson.

Ratings

U.S. Nielsen ratings

Notes

References

External links

Official "So You Think You Can Dance" Website
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Judging panel

Auditions

Open auditions

Las Vegas week

Finals

Format changes

Top 11 contestants

Female contestants

Male contestants

Elimination chart

Performance shows

Meet the Top 11 (June 10, 2010)

Week 1 (June 16, 2010)

Week 2 (June 23, 2010)

Week 3 (June 30, 2010)

Week 4 (July 7, 2010)

Week 5 (July 14, 2010)

Week 6 (July 21, 2010)

Week 7 (July 28, 2010)

Week 8 (August 4, 2010)

Week 9 (August 11, 2010)

Result shows

Results show musical performances

Week 1 (June 17, 2010)

Week 2 (June 24, 2010)

Week 3 (July 1, 2010)

Week 4 (July 8, 2010)

Week 5 (July 15, 2010)

Week 6 (July 22, 2010)

Week 7 (July 29, 2010)

Week 8 (August 5, 2010)

Week 9 (Finale) (August 12, 2010)

=Judges' picks

All-Stars Dance Pool

Tour

Ratings

U.S. Nielsen ratings

See also

Notes

References

External links