Changes: Season 16

Revision as of 07:23, 18 September 2019

Season 16

Season Run	June 3, 2019 - September 16, 2019
Judges	Nigel Lythgoe Mary Murphy Laurieann Gibson Dominic Sandoval
Host(s)	Cat Deeley
Winner(s): Bailey Munoz
Origin	Las Vegas, Nevada
Genre(s)	Hip-Hop
Runner-up(s)
Mariah Russell	Contemporary
Chronology
Previous Season	Season 15

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.^[1] 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 'D-Trix' Sandoval. Cat Deeley continues in her role as host for a fifteenth consecutive season.^[2]

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. ^[3]

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.^[4]

Task/style	Music	Choreographer(s)
Hip-Hop	"Boasty" Wiley & Stefflon Don & Sean Paul feat. Idris Elba	Luther Brown
Ballroom	"Free, Free, Free" Pitbull feat. Theron Theron	Emma Slater & Sasha Farber
Contemporary	"Moments Passed" Dermot Kennedy	Talia Favia
Group Dance/ Combo Fusion	"Dance to the Music" Atwater Men's Club feat. Rhett George	Mandy Moore Robert Roldan assisting
Individual Solos	Dancer's choice	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

Dancer	Age	Home Town	Dance Style
Sofia Ghavami	20	Miami, FL	Ballroom
Madison Jordan	21	Lake Elmo, MN	Contemporary
Anna Linstruth	19	Las Vegas, NV	Hip-Hop
Melany Mercedes	24	Bronx, NY	Salsa
Sumi Oshima	26	Kanagawa, Japan	Hip-Hop
Sophie Pittman	18	Collierville, TN	Contemporary
Mariah Russell	18	Nashville, TN	Contemporary
Ashley Sanchez	24	Miami, FL	Ballroom
Nazz Sldryan	21	Glendale, CA	Ballroom
Stephanie Sosa	19	Provo, UT	Latin Ballroom

Male Contestants

Dancer	Age	Home Town	Dance Style
Benjamin Castro	18	Miami, FL	Contemporary
Nathan Cherry	18	Orlando, FL	Hip-Hop
Gino Cosculluela	18	Miami, FL	Contemporary
Eddie Hoyt	19	Boscawen, NH	Tap
Vlad Kvartin	23	Fair Lawn, NJ	Ballroom
Bailey “Bailrok” Munoz	18	Las Vegas, NV	Breaking
Aleksandr Ostanin	30	Odessa, Ukraine	Tap
Ezra Sosa	18	Provo, UT	Latin Ballroom
Brandon Talbott	19	Manassas, VA	Contemporary Ballet
Bryan “Clocks” Volozanin	28	Las Vegas, NV	Hip-Hop

Finals

Top 10

Finalist	Age	Home Town	Dance Style	Placement
Gino Cosculluela	18	Miami, FL	Contemporary	3rd
Bailey “Bailrok” Munoz	18	Las Vegas, NV	Breaking	1st
Sophie Pittman	18	Collierville, TN	Contemporary	4th
Mariah Russell	18	Nashville, TN	Contemporary	2nd
Madison Jordan	21	Lake Elmo, MN	Contemporary	Top 6
Ezra Sosa	18	Provo, UT	Latin Ballroom	Top 6
Anna Linstruth	19	Las Vegas, NV	Hip-Hop	Top 8
Benjamin Castro	18	Miami, FL	Contemporary	Top 8
Stephanie Sosa	19	Provo, UT	Latin Ballroom	Top 10
Eddie Hoyt	19	Boscawen, NH	Tap	Top 10

Season 16 Top 10

Elimination chart

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

**Legend**
Female	Male	Bottom 4 contestants	Bottom 3 contestants	Eliminated

Contestant	Results
Stage:	Finals
Result show date:	8/19	8/26	9/2	9/9 ^[5]	9/16
Gino Cosculluela
Sophie Pittman			Bottom 4
Bailey "Bailrok" Munoz			Bottom 4
Mariah Russell
Madison Jordan		Bottom 4	Elim
Ezra Sosa	Bottom 4	Bottom 4	Elim
Anna Linstruth	Bottom 4	Elim
Benjamin Castro		Elim
Stephanie Sosa	Elim
Eddie Hoyt	Elim

Performance Shows

Main article: Season 16/Performances

References

So You Think You Can Dance Seasons
Season 1 · Season 2 · Season 3 · Season 4 · Season 5 · Season 6 · Season 7 · Season 8 · Season 9 · Season 10 · Season 11 · Season 12 · Season 13 · Season 14 · Season 15 · Season 16 · Season 17

[1] ttps://tvline.com/2019/01/14/so-you-think-you-can-dance-renewed-season-16-fox-sytycd/

[2] ttps://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/entertainment/a27701548/vanessa-hudgens-twitch-so-you-think-you-can-dance-2019/

[3] ttps://tvline.com/2019/01/14/so-you-think-you-can-dance-renewed-season-16-fox-sytycd/

[4] ttps://www.goldderby.com/article/2019/so-you-think-you-can-dance-recap-academy-part-1-live-blog/

[5] No elimination this week

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