The top 20 dancers who’ll be competing for the title of America’s Favorite Dancer on So You Think You Can Dance season nine have been revealed and will be dancing for your votes beginning on Wednesday, July 11th on a two-hour live show. The popular dance competition series has a revamped format this year, with two dancers – one male, one female – taking home the coveted title. Fox has also changed up the format by reducing the show to one night a week and drastically altering the way competitors are eliminated.
Per Fox, here’s the scoop on how the voting will work: The Top 20 will be paired into 10 couples and work with world-renowned choreographers to compose a dance routine representing their assigned genre. After the performances, viewers will have the opportunity to vote for their favorite dancers via phone, text and online.
Then, the following week on Wednesday, the 10 couples will perform again, but in this week’s assigned genre. America’s votes from the previous week will be revealed and at the end of the show, the six finalists comprising the bottom three guys and bottom three girls will be revealed and may be given a chance to perform solo routines. The judges will then decide which dancers stay and which two will be eliminated. If couples are split apart, the dancers who remain will form new couples.
So You Think You Can Dance Finalists:
Alexa Anderson
Hometown: Chandler, AZ
Age: 19
Dance Specialty: Contemporary
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Lindsay Arnold
Hometown: Provo, UT
Age: 18
Dance Specialty: Latin Ballroom
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Witney Carson
Hometown: American Fork, UT
Age: 18
Dance Specialty: Latin Ballroom
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Audrey Case
Hometown: Edmond, OK
Age: 18
Dance Specialty: Jazz
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Janaya French
Hometown: Aurora, CO
Age: 20
Dance Specialty: Lyrical Contemporary
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Eliana Girard
Hometown: West Palm Beach, FL
Age: 21
Dance Specialty: Contemporary Ballet
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Amber Jackson
Hometown: Atlanta, GA
Age: 21
Dance Specialty: Contemporary
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Janelle Issis
Hometown: Birmingham, AL
Age: 24
Dance Specialty: Belly Dancing
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Amelia Lowe
Hometown: Butler, NJ
Age: 18
Dance Specialty: Contemporary
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Tiffany Maher
Hometown: Plantation, FL
Age: 19
Dance Specialty: Jazz
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Daniel Baker
Hometown: Newcastle, Australia
Age: 24
Dance Specialty: Ballet
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Nick Bloxsom-Carter
Hometown: Oak Park, CA
Age: 20
Dance Specialty: Ballroom
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Cole Horibe
Hometown: Honolulu, HI
Age: 26
Dance Specialty: Martial Arts Fusion
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Matthew Kazmierczak
Hometown: Peoria, AZ
Age: 21
Dance Specialty: Contemporary
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Dareian Kujawa
Hometown: St. Paul, MN
Age: 20
Dance Specialty: Contemporary
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George Lawrence II
Hometown: Decatur, GA
Age: 19
Dance Specialty: Contemporary
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Brandon Mitchell
Hometown: Kansas City, KS
Age: 27
Dance Specialty: Stepping
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Cyrus Spencer
Hometown: Duluth, GA
Age: 22
Dance Specialty: Animation/Robotics
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Will Thomas
Hometown: Troy, MI
Age: 19
Dance Specialty: Contemporary
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Chehon Wespi-Tschopp
Hometown: Zurich, Switzerland
Age: 23
Dance Specialty: Ballet
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Source: Fox