Editing Season 16

{{Season
|image = [[File:S16 Top 10.jpg|250px]]
|seasonrun = June 3, 2019 - September 16, 2019
|judges = [[Nigel Lythgoe]]<br>[[Mary Murphy]]<br>Laurieann Gibson<br>[[Dominic Sandoval]]
|host(s) = [[Cat Deeley]]
|winner(s) = Bailey Munoz
|winnerorigin = Las Vegas, Nevada
|winnergenre(s) = Hip-Hop
|runner-upgenre = Contemporary
|runner-up(s)= [[Mariah Russell]]
|previousseason = [[Season 15]]
|nextseason = [[Season 17]]
}}
'''Season 16''' of ''So You Think You Can Dance'' premiered on June 3, 2019.

==Production==
''So You Think You Can Dance'' is back this season with new judges and a new look.<ref>https://tvline.com/2019/01/14/so-you-think-you-can-dance-renewed-season-16-fox-sytycd/</ref> The judging panel with consist of series creator and executive producer [[Nigel Lythgoe]], as well as the return of ballroom dance expert [[Mary Murphy]]. New to the judging panel as permanent is choreographer Laurieann Gibson, and dancer/choreographer and former contestant [[Dominic Sandoval|Dominic 'D-Trix' Sandoval]]. Cat Deeley continues in her role as host for a fifteenth consecutive season.<ref>https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/entertainment/a27701548/vanessa-hudgens-twitch-so-you-think-you-can-dance-2019/</ref>

==Auditions==
The auditions have been revamped so instead of remote tryouts, the contestants come to the new ''SYTYCD'' Hollywood studio. Initial auditions, for dancers ages 18 to 30, took place in New York on February 9, Dallas on February 12 and Los Angeles on February 23. <ref>https://tvline.com/2019/01/14/so-you-think-you-can-dance-renewed-season-16-fox-sytycd/</ref>

==Academy Week==
The Academy Week starts off with 79 dancers that have made it through with Golden Tickets. Here at the Academy, the dancers learn routines from chorographers in different styles. They have 90-minutes to learn it and then are put in front of the judges. The judges then make one of three decisions for each dancer: "pass" into the next round, "cut" from the competition and sent home or the dancer is made to "dance for their lives". There will be a Final Cut at the end of week in which the Top 10 Girls and Top 10 Guys will be narrowed down into the Top 10.<ref>https://www.goldderby.com/article/2019/so-you-think-you-can-dance-recap-academy-part-1-live-blog/</ref>
{| class="article-table" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" style="text-align:center;" ! scope="col" |!
! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" |Task/style
! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" |Music
! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" |Choreographer(s)
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |Hip-Hop
| style="text-align:center;" |"Boasty"<br />Wiley & Stefflon Don<br />& Sean Paul feat. Idris Elba
| style="text-align:center;" |Luther Brown
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |Ballroom
| style="text-align:center;" |"Free, Free, Free"<br />Pitbull feat. Theron Theron
| style="text-align:center;" |Emma Slater &<br />Sasha Farber
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |Contemporary
| style="text-align:center;" | "Moments Passed"<br />Dermot Kennedy
| style="text-align:center;" |Talia Favia
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |Group Dance/<br />Combo Fusion
| style="text-align:center;" |"Dance to the Music"<br />Atwater Men's Club feat. Rhett George
| style="text-align:center;" |Mandy Moore<br /><small>[[Robert Roldan]] assisting</small>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |Individual Solos
| style="text-align:center;" |Dancer's choice
| style="text-align:center;" | Dancer 
|}

===Top 20===
Just like last season, only the Top 10 will make it to the live show. The first of the two part episode showed the Female Contestants and the second featured the Male Contestants. They were paired with an All-Star and danced outside their styles.
====Female Contestants====
{| class="article-table" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1"
! scope="col" |Dancer
! scope="col" |Age 
! scope="col" |Home Town
! scope="col" |Dance Style
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |Sofia Ghavami
| style="text-align:center;" |20
| style="text-align:center;" |Miami, FL
| style="text-align:center;" |Ballroom
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |Madison Jordan
| style="text-align:center;" |21
| style="text-align:center;" |Lake Elmo, MN
| style="text-align:center;" |Contemporary
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |Anna Linstruth
| style="text-align:center;" |19
| style="text-align:center;" |Las Vegas, NV
| style="text-align:center;" |Hip-Hop
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |Melany Mercedes
| style="text-align:center;" |24
| style="text-align:center;" |Bronx, NY
| style="text-align:center;" |Salsa
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |Sumi Oshima
| style="text-align:center;" |26
| style="text-align:center;" |Kanagawa, Japan
| style="text-align:center;" |Hip-Hop
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |Sophie Pittman
| style="text-align:center;" |18
| style="text-align:center;" |Collierville, TN
| style="text-align:center;" |Contemporary
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |Mariah Russell
| style="text-align:center;" |18
| style="text-align:center;" |Nashville, TN
| style="text-align:center;" |Contemporary
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |Ashley Sanchez
| style="text-align:center;" |24
| style="text-align:center;" |Miami, FL
| style="text-align:center;" |Ballroom
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |Nazz Sldryan
| style="text-align:center;" |21
| style="text-align:center;" |Glendale, CA
| style="text-align:center;" |Ballroom
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |Stephanie Sosa
| style="text-align:center;" |19
| style="text-align:center;" |Provo, UT
| style="text-align:center;" |Latin Ballroom
|}
====Male Contestants====
{| class="article-table" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1"
! scope="col" |Dancer
! scope="col" |Age 
! scope="col" |Home Town
! scope="col" |Dance Style
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |Benjamin Castro
| style="text-align:center;" |18
| style="text-align:center;" |Miami, FL
| style="text-align:center;" |Contemporary
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |Nathan Cherry
| style="text-align:center;" |18
| style="text-align:center;" |Orlando, FL
| style="text-align:center;" |Hip-Hop
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |Gino Cosculluela
| style="text-align:center;" |18
| style="text-align:center;" |Miami, FL
| style="text-align:center;" |Contemporary
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |Eddie Hoyt
| style="text-align:center;" |19
| style="text-align:center;" |Boscawen, NH
| style="text-align:center;" |Tap
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |Vlad Kvartin
| style="text-align:center;" |23
| style="text-align:center;" |Fair Lawn, NJ
| style="text-align:center;" |Ballroom
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | Bailey “Bailrok” Munoz
| style="text-align:center;" |18
| style="text-align:center;" |Las Vegas, NV
| style="text-align:center;" |Breaking
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |Aleksandr Ostanin
| style="text-align:center;" |30
| style="text-align:center;" |Odessa, Ukraine
| style="text-align:center;" |Tap
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |Ezra Sosa
| style="text-align:center;" |18
| style="text-align:center;" |Provo, UT
| style="text-align:center;" |Latin Ballroom
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |Brandon Talbott
| style="text-align:center;" |19
| style="text-align:center;" |Manassas, VA
| style="text-align:center;" |Contemporary Ballet
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |Bryan “Clocks” Volozanin
| style="text-align:center;" |28
| style="text-align:center;" |Las Vegas, NV
| style="text-align:center;" |Hip-Hop
|}

==Finals==
===Top 10===
{| class="article-table" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1"
! scope="col" |Finalist
! scope="col" |Age 
! scope="col" |Home Town
! scope="col" |Dance Style
! scope="col" |Placement
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Bailey Munoz]]
| style="text-align:center;" |18
| style="text-align:center;" |Las Vegas, NV
| style="text-align:center;" |Breaking
| style="text-align:center;" |1st
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Mariah Russell]]
| style="text-align:center;" |18
| style="text-align:center;" |Nashville, TN
| style="text-align:center;" |Contemporary
| style="text-align:center;" |2nd
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Gino Cosculluela]]
| style="text-align:center;" |18
| style="text-align:center;" |Miami, FL
| style="text-align:center;" |Contemporary
| style="text-align:center;" |3rd
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Sophie Pittman]]
| style="text-align:center;" |18
| style="text-align:center;" |Collierville, TN
| style="text-align:center;" |Contemporary
| style="text-align:center;" |4th
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Madison Jordan]]
| style="text-align:center;" |21
| style="text-align:center;" |Lake Elmo, MN
| style="text-align:center;" |Contemporary
| style="text-align:center;" |Top 6
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Ezra Sosa]]
| style="text-align:center;" |18
| style="text-align:center;" |Provo, UT
| style="text-align:center;" |Latin Ballroom
| style="text-align:center;" |Top 6
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Anna Linstruth]]
| style="text-align:center;" |19
| style="text-align:center;" |Las Vegas, NV
| style="text-align:center;" |Hip-Hop
| style="text-align:center;" |Top 8
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Benjamin Castro]]
| style="text-align:center;" |18
| style="text-align:center;" |Miami, FL
| style="text-align:center;" |Contemporary
| style="text-align:center;" |Top 8
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Stephanie Sosa]]
| style="text-align:center;" |19
| style="text-align:center;" |Provo, UT
| style="text-align:center;" |Latin Ballroom
| style="text-align:center;" |Top 10
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |[[Eddie Hoyt]]
| style="text-align:center;" |19
| style="text-align:center;" |Boscawen, NH
| style="text-align:center;" |Tap
| style="text-align:center;" |Top 10
|}

{{Season16Dancers}}

===Elimination chart=== 
*The song for the eliminated contestant was "My Way Up" by Molly Kate Kestner.

{{Elimination Legend16}}
{| class="wikitable" border="3" align="center"
|-
| colspan="1" style="text-align:right;" |''Stage:''
| colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background:#8ab8e6;" |'''Finals'''
|-
| align="right" |''Result show date:''
!8/19
!8/26
!9/2
!9/16
|-
!Contestant
! colspan="5" align="center" |Results
|-
| style="background:cyan;" |Bailey Munoz
|
|
| bgcolor="lightblue" |Bottom 4
|Winner
|-
| style="background:pink;" |Mariah Russell
|
|
|
|Runner-Up
|-
| style="background:cyan;" |Gino Cosculluela 
|
|
|
|3rd Place
|-
| style="background:pink;" |Sophie Pittman
|
|
| bgcolor="lightblue" |Bottom 4
|4th Place
<!--|
| bgcolor="gold" |'''1st Place'''-->
<!--|
| bgcolor="silver" |'''2nd Place'''-->
<!--|
| bgcolor="brown" |<font color="white">'''3rd Place'''</font>-->
<!--|
| bgcolor="palegoldenrod" |'''4th Place'''-->
|-
| style="background:pink;" |Madison Jordan
|
| bgcolor="lightblue" |Bottom 4
| style="text-align:center;background:palegoldenrod;" |'''Elim'''
| colspan="3" bgcolor="#666666" |
|-
| style="background:cyan;" |Ezra Sosa
| bgcolor="lightblue" |Bottom 4
| bgcolor="lightblue" |Bottom 4
| style="text-align:center;background:palegoldenrod;" |'''Elim'''
| colspan="3" bgcolor="#666666" |
|-
| style="background:pink;" |Anna Linstruth
| bgcolor="lightblue" |Bottom 4
| style="text-align:center;background:palegoldenrod;" |'''Elim'''
| colspan="4" bgcolor="#666666" |
|-
| style="background:cyan;" |Benjamin Castro
|
| style="text-align:center;background:palegoldenrod;" |'''Elim'''
| colspan="4" bgcolor="#666666" |
|-
| style="background:pink;" |Stephanie Sosa
| style="text-align:center;background:palegoldenrod;" |'''Elim'''
| colspan="5" bgcolor="#666666" |
|-
| style="background:cyan;" |Eddie Hoyt
| style="text-align:center;background:palegoldenrod;" |'''Elim'''
| colspan="5" bgcolor="#666666" |
|}

===Performance Shows===
{{Main|Season 16/Performances}}

==References==
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