Season 11

Season 11
Season Run	May 28, 2014 - September 3, 2014
Judges	Nigel Lythgoe Mary Murphy
Host(s)	Cat Deeley
Winner(s): Ricky Ubeda
Origin	Miami, Florida
Genre(s)	Contemporary
Runner-up(s)
Valerie Rockey	Tap
Chronology
Previous Season	Season 10
Next Season	Season 12

Season 11 of So You Think You Can Dance premiered on May 28, 2014. Ricky Ubeda was crowned America's Favorite Dancer, with Valerie Rockey as runner-up.

Production

Instead of the usual Vegas Week, callbacks were instead held in Pasadena, California. Unlike the two previous seasons which crowned two winners, this season returned to only having one winner. America's Favorite Dancer will be awarded $250,000, a chance to grace the cover of Dance Spirit magazine, and a role in the Broadway Musical On the Town. For the first time in all eleven seasons, there was no telephone voting this year. All voting was limited to online or via an app.

Auditions

Air Date	Venue	City	Audition Date	Guest judge
June 18, 2014	Fox Theater	Atlanta, Georgia	January 13, 2014	Lil Buck Jenna Dewan-Tatum
June 11, 2014	Merriam Theater	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	January 20, 2014	Misty Copeland Billy Porter
May 28, 2014	Ernest N. Morial Convention Center	New Orleans, Louisiana	January 31, 2014	Wayne Brady
May 28, 2014 June 4, 2014	Oriental Theater	Chicago, Illinois	February 27, 2014	Jenna Elfman Fabrice Calmels
June 4, 2014 June 11, 2014	Orpheum Theatre	Los Angeles, California	March 23, 2014	Christina Applegate

Pasadena/LA Week

44 dancers remained after judges made cuts following each round of choreography. The judges were Lythgoe, Mary Murphy, Adam Shankman, tWitch, Irina Dvorovenko, and Tara Lipinski.

Task/style	Music	Choreographer(s)
Individual solo	Dancer's choice	Dancer
Hip-hop	"#thatPOWER" - will.i.am	Christopher Scott
Jazz	"F For You" - Disclosure ft. Mary J. Blige	Sonya Tayeh
Cha-cha-cha	"Timber" - Pitbull ft. Kesha	Anya Garnis & Dmitry Chaplin
Contemporary	"Lay Me Down" - Sam Smith	Travis Wall
Group routines	Chosen at random by the dancers from a selection on songs	Dancers
Individual solo (last chance)	Dancer's choice	Dancer

Finals

Top 20

Female Contestants

Finalist	Age	Home Town	Dance style	Placement
Valerie Rockey	20	Indianapolis, Indiana	Tap	Runner-up
Jessica Richens	18	Yorba Linda, California	Jazz	3rd Place
Jacque LeWarne	18	Clive, Iowa	Ballet	Top 6
Tanisha Belnap	20	Payson, Utah	Latin Ballroom	Top 8
Bridget Whitman	20	Tempe, Arizona	Contemporary	Top 10
Carly Blaney	19	Wyckoff, New Jersey	Contemporary	Top 14
Emily James	21	North Kingstown, Rhode Island	Contemporary	Top 14
Brooklyn Fullmer	18	Provo, Utah	Latin Ballroom	Top 16
Jourdan Epstein	24	Plymouth, Minnesota	Ballet	Top 18
Malene Ostergaard	25	Aarhus, Denmark	Latin Ballroom	Top 20

Male Contestants

Finalist	Age	Home Town	Dance style	Placement
Ricky Ubeda	18	Miami, Florida	Contemporary	Winner
Zack Everhart	20	Kennesaw, Georgia	Tap	4th Place
Casey Askew	19	Seattle, Washington	Contemporary
Rudy Abreu	19	Miami, Florida	Contemporary	Top 8
Emilio Dosal	23	Houston, Texas	Hip-hop/Popping	Top 10
Serge Onik	26	Upper Saddle River, New Jersey	Latin Ballroom	Top 14
Teddy Coffey	19	Rochester, New York	Hip-hop/Tap	Top 14
Marcquet Hill	18	South Jordan, Utah	Latin Ballroom	Top 16
Stanley Glover	19	Chicago, Illinois	Contemporary	Top 18
Nick Garcia	18	Miami, Florida	Latin Ballroom	Top 20

All-Stars

Just like the previous two seasons, this season featured a combination of the Top 20 format and the All-star format from season 7. During weeks 5 and 6, different all-stars from past seasons came and partnered up with a contestant for that week. The all-stars, their respective seasons, genre, and partners were:

All-star	Season	Genre(s)	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Finale
Nick Lazzarini	1	Contemporary		Tanisha
Allison Holker	2	Contemporary		Rudy
Anya Garnis	3	Ballroom			Ricky
Jaimie Goodwin		Contemporary		Ricky
Comfort Fedoke	4	Hip-hop		Casey
Stephen "tWitch" Boss		Hip-hop	Jessica	Jacque	Valerie
William Wingfield		Modern		Jessica	Jacque
Ade Obayomi	5	Contemporary/Modern	Valerie		Jessica
Brandon Bryant		Contemporary	Bridget
Kathryn McCormick	6	Contemporary	Casey			Ricky
Ryan Di Lello		Ballroom	Tanisha	Valerie
Lauren Froderman	7	Contemporary	Ricky
Robert Roldan		Contemporary/Jazz				Jessica
Chehon Wespi-Tschopp	9	Ballet	Jacque
Aaron Turner	10	Tap				Valerie
						Zack
Amy Yakima		Contemporary	Zack
Fik-Shun Stegall		Hip-hop			Zack
Jasmine Harper		Contemporary/Hip-hop	Emilio
Jenna Johnson		Ballroom	Rudy
Makenzie Dustman		Contemporary		Zack	Casey

Elimination Chart

Contestants are listed in reverse chronological order of elimination.

Legend

Female

Male

Bottom 4 contestants

Injury

Bottom 6 contestants

Week:	7/9	7/16	7/23	7/30	8/6	8/13	8/20	9/3
Contestant	Result
Jessica Richens				Btm 6
Ricky Ubeda
Valerie Rockey
Zack Everhart			Btm 6		Btm 4
Casey Askew	Btm 6			Btm 6		Btm 4	Elim
Jacque LeWarne					Btm 4	Btm 4
Rudy Abreu						Elim
Tanisha Belnap			Btm 6
Emilio Dosal		Btm 6			Elim
Bridget Whitman		Btm 6	Btm 6
Serge Onik	Btm 6		Btm 6	Elim
Carly Blaney
Teddy Coffey		Btm 6
Emily James		Btm 6
Marcquet Hill			Elim
Brooklyn Fullmer	Btm 6
Stanley Glover		Elim
Jourdan Epstein	Btm 6
Nick Garcia	Elim
Malene Ostergaard

Performance Shows

Main article: Season 11 performances