Season 16/Performances

All performances from Season 16 of So You Think You Can Dance.

Legend

Eliminated

Bottom 4

Bottom 3

2nd Runner-Up

Runner-Up

Winner

Academy Week 1: Top 20 Final Performance

Top 10 Women (July 29, 2019)

Judges: Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy, Dominic "D-Trix" Sandoval, Laurieann Gibson

Dancer	Music	Style	Choreographer(s)	All-Star	Result
Mariah Russell	"La Malanga" Mercadonegro	Salsa	Oksana Platero	Jonathan Platero	Top 5
Melany Mercedes	"Get Silly" V.I.C.	Hip-Hop	Randi & Hef	Fik-Shun Stegall	Eliminated
Ashley Sanchez	"Lovely" Billie Eillish & Khalid	Contemporary	Jaci Royal	Lex Ishimoto	Eliminated
Anna Linstruth	"Backwardz" Junglebae	Jazz	Ray Leper	Marko Germar	Top 5
Madison Jordan	"Bola Rebola" Tropkillaz & J Balvin & Anitta feat. MC Zaac	Cha Cha	Emma Slater & Sasha Farber	Kiki Nyemchek	Top 5
Sofia Ghavami	"Rinse & Repeat" Riton feat. Kah-Lo	Jazz	Spencer Lief	Marko Germar	Eliminated
Sumi Oshima	"Angels" The XX	Contemporary	Talia Favia	Lex Ishimoto	Eliminated
Nazz Sldryan	"Overseas" Desiigner feat. Lil Pump	Hip-Hop	Luther Brown	Fik-Shun Stegall	Eliminated
Sophie Pittman	"Burnin' Up" Jessie J feat. 2 Chainz	Cha Cha	Sharna Burgess	Kiki Nyemchek	Top 5
Stephanie Sosa	"You Say" Lauren Daigle	Contemporary	Mandy Moore	Robert Roldan	Top 5

Top 10 Men (August 5, 2019)

Judges: Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy, Dominic "D-Trix" Sandoval, Laurieann Gibson

Dancer	Music	Style	Choreographer(s)	All-Star	Result
Bailey “Bailrok” Munoz	"Fire on Fire" Sam Smith	Contemporary	Jaci Royal	Lauren Froderman	Top 5
Ezra Sosa	"We Outta Here!" Lil Yachty feat. Young Nudy	Hip-Hop	Luther Brown	Comfort Fedoke	Top 5
Vlad Kvartin	"You Are the Reason" Calum Scott	Contemporary	Mandy Moore	Melanie Moore	Eliminated
Aleksandr Ostanin	"Sax" Fleur East	Cha Cha	Sharna Burgess	Lindsay Arnold	Eliminated
Benjamin Castro	"Papi Chulo. Te Traigo El Mmmm" Lorna	Salsa	Oksana Platero	Koine Iwasaki	Top 5
Bryan “Clocks” Volozanin	"Take It" Dom Dolla	Jazz	Spencer Lief	Jasmine Harper	Eliminated
Brandon Talbott	"Vivir Mi Vida" (Yo Fred Remix) Marc Anthony	Cha Cha	Emma Slater & Sasha Farber	Lindsay Arnold	Eliminated
Nathan Cherry	"Weightless" Adam French	Contemporary	Talia Favia	Melanie Moore	Eliminated
Gino Cosculluela	"That's It (I'm Crazy)" Sofi Tukker	Jazz	Ray Leper	Lauren Froderman	Top 5
Eddie Hoyt	"Treadmill" LightSkinKeisha	Hip-Hop	Randi & Hef	Comfort Fedoke	Top 5

Week 1: Top 10 Perform, Round 1 (August 12, 2019)

Judges: Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy, Dominic "D-Trix" Sandoval, Laurieann Gibson

Group Dance

Dancers	Music	Style	Choreographer(s)
Top 10	"This Is Me" Kesha	Jazz	Mandy Moore
Top 5 Female Dancers	"Saint Honesty" Sara Bareilles	Contemporary	Travis Wall
Top 5 Male Dancers	"Drop" Smokepurpp	Hip-Hop	Luther Brown

Couples Dances

Dancers	Music	Style	Choreographer(s)
Mariah & Bailey	"Love Shack" The B-52's	Jazz	Mandy Moore
Stephanie & Gino	"Ice Me Out" Kash Doll	Hip-Hop	Luther Brown
Anna & Benjamin	"We Run the Night" (Edited) Havana Brown feat. Pitball	Cha Cha	Emma Slater & Sasha Farber
Madison & Ezra	"Lost" Dermot Kennedy	Contemporary	Talia Favia
Sophie & Eddie	"Sushi" Merk & Kremont	Jazz Funk	Brian Friedman

Week 2: Top 10 Perform, Round 2 (August 19, 2019)

Judges: Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy, Dominic "D-Trix" Sandoval, Laurieann Gibson

Group Dance

Dancers	Music	Style	Choreographer(s)
Top 10	"Sign of the Times" Harry Styles	Contemporary	Travis Wall

Couples Dances

Dancers	Music	Style	Choreographer(s)
Stephanie	"Long Tall Sally" Little Richard	Jive	Emma Slater & Sasha Farber
Gino
Sophie	"when the party's over" Billie Eilish	Contemporary	Travis Wall
Eddie
Anna	"Lottery" K CAMP	Hip-Hop	Randi & Hef
Benjamin
Madison	"You Can Leave Your Hat On" Jow Cocker	Jazz	Ray Leeper
Ezra
Mariah	"Tempo" Lizzo feat. Missy Elliott	Hip-Hop	Luther Brown
Bailey

Week 3: Top 8 Perform (August 26, 2019)

Judges: Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy, Dominic "D-Trix" Sandoval, Laurieann Gibson

Group Dance

Dancers	Music	Style	Choreographer(s)
Top 8	"Himno Del Carnaval" District 78 feat. Agina	Salsa	Jonathan & Oksana Platero
Benjamin Gino Madison Mariah	"bad guy" Billie Eilish	Contemporary	Talia Favia
Anna Bailey Sophie Ezra	"Rebirth" Lord KraVon	African Jazz	Sean Cheeseman

Couples Dances

Dancers	Music	Style	Choreographer(s)
Anna & Benjamin	"Maua Taki" Te Vaka	Tahitian	Tiana Liufau
Madison & Ezra	"Space" Dizzee Rascal	Hip-Hop	Randi & Hef
Mariah & Bailey	"Ce Soir?" (Hugel Remix) El Professor feat. Laura White	Cha Cha	Dmitry Chaplin
Sophie & Gino	"You Will Be Found" Dear Evan Hansen (Original Broadway Cast Recording)	Contemporary	KC Monnie
Anna & Benjamin	"I'll Be Seeing You" Tank and the Bangas	Broadway	Al Blackstone
Madison & Ezra	"Después Que Te Fuiste (A Daniel Berardi)" Pepe Motta	Argentine Tango	Leonardo Barrionuevo & Miriam Larici
Mariah & Bailey	"Slide" James Bay	Contemporary	Mandy Korpinen & Elizabeth Petrin
Sophie & Gino	"Trouble" Elvis Presley	Jazz	Jonathan Redavid

Solos

Dancers	Music	Style
Sophie	"Skin" Jamie Woon	Contemporary
Gino	"Burn" Audra Day	Contemporary
Madison	"Cellophane" FKA twigs	Contemporary
Ezra	"Conga" Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine	Cha Cha
Mariah	"Somebody" Emeli Sandé	Contemporary
Benjamin	"Run Boy Run" Woodkid	Contemporary
Anna	"Bellyache" (Marian Hill Remix) Billie Eilish	Hip-Hop
Bailey	"Let's Shut Up & Dance" Jason Derulo, LAY & NCT127	Breaking

Week 4: Top 6 Perform (September 2, 2019)

Judges: Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy, Dominic "D-Trix" Sandoval, Laurieann Gibson

Group Dance

Dancers	Music	Style	Choreographer(s)
Top 6 + All Stars	"DOWN" District 78 feat. Alexandra Senior	Hip-Hop	Phoenix & Pharside
Top 3 Females	"I Can't Stand the Rain" (2015 Remastered Version) Tina Turner	Jazz	Ray Leeper
Top 3 Males	"Amen" (LCV Choir) Amber Run	Contemporary	Talia Favia

Couples Dances

Dancers	Music	Style	Choreographer(s)
Bailey & Koine Iwasaki	"Mambo Italiano" Dean Martin	Broadway	Al Blackstone
Gino & Comfort Fedoke	"Get Up" Ciara feat. Chamillionaire	Hip-Hop	Luther Brown
Madison & Lex Ishimoto	"Can't Rely On You" Paloma Faith	Jazz	Mandy Moore
Sophie & Kiki Nyemchek	"Shape of You" Ed Sheeran	Samba	Pasha Kovalev
Mariah & Fik-Shun Stegall	"We Gonna Win" Miri Ben-Ari & Styles P	Hip-Hop	Misha Gabriel
Ezra & Gaby Diaz	"Ne me quite pas" Jacques Brel	Contemporary	Robert Roldan
Sophie & Gino	"Down With Love" Holly Palmer & Michael Bublé	Broadway	Warren Carlyle
Mariah & Bailey	"Need You Tonight" INXS	Jazz	Ray Leeper
Madison & Ezra	"You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)" Sylvester	Disco	Doriana Sanchez

Solos

Dancers	Music	Style
Mariah	"Loved by You" KIRBY	Contemporary
Ezra	"Runaway Baby" Bruno Mars	Jive
Bailey	"Writing's On the Wall" Sam Smith	Breaking
Madison	"Lost" Anouk	Contemporary
Sophie	"Ain't No Way" Shoshana Bean	Contemporary
Gino	"Missing You" Blake McGrath	Contemporary

Week 5: Top 4 Perform (September 9, 2019)

Judges: Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy, Dominic "D-Trix" Sandoval, Laurieann Gibson

Group Dance

Dancers	Music	Style	Choreographer(s)
Top 4 + All Stars	Medley inspired by the upcoming motion picture CATS	Jazz Fusion	Mandy Moore

Couples Dances

Dancers	Music	Style	Choreographer(s)
Sophie & Gino	"All Nite (Don't Stop)" [Sander Kleinenberg's Everybody Club Mix] Janet Jackson	Jazz	Ray Leeper
Mariah & Bailey	"16 Tons" LeAnn Rimes	Smooth Jazz	Jonathan Redavid
Sophie & Marko Germar	"90 Days" P!nk feat. Wrabel	Contemporary	Talia Favia
Bailey & Comfort Fedoke	"Tell Me When to Go" E-40 feat. Keak Da Sneak	Hip-Hop	Luther Brown
Mariah & Gino	"Bad Boy Good Man" Tape Five feat. Henrik Wager	Quickstep	Sharna Burgess & Artem Chigvintsev
Sophie & Bailey	"Butterfly" Jab Harry Met Sejal (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)	Bollywood	Nakul Dev Mahajan
Gino & Melanie Moore	"Someone You Loved" Lewis Capaldi	Contemporary	Jaci Royal
Mariah & Robert Roldan	"Grey" Ani DiFranco	Contemporary	Mandy Moore
Bailey & Gino	"The Girl From Ipanema" Nat "King" Cole & Gregory Porter	Broadway	Al Blackstone
Mariah & Sophie	"Sally Walker" Iggy Azalea	Hip-Hop	Luther Brown

Solos

Dancers	Music	Style
Gino	"I Didn't Know My Own Strength" Andrea Faustini	Contemporary
Sophie	"Try a Little Tenderness" Ottis Redding	Contemporary
Mariah	"If You Let Me" Sinead Harnett feat. GRADES	Contemporary
Bailey	"Don't Touch Me (Throw Da Water On 'Em)" Busta Rhymes	Breaking

Week 6: Season Finale (September 16, 2019)

Judges: Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy, Dominic "D-Trix" Sandoval, Laurieann Gibson

Group Dance

Dancers	Music	Style	Choreographer(s)
Top 10	"Sizzling" [Radio Edit] (District 78 Remix) Daphni (feat. Paradise)	Jazz	Mandy Moore
Top 10 + All Stars	"Post That" Leikeli47	Hip Hop	Luther Brown