Season 4

Season 4
Season Run	May 22, 2008 – August 7, 2008
Judges	Nigel Lythgoe Mary Murphy
Host(s)	Cat Deeley
Winner(s): Joshua Allen
Origin	Forth Worth, Texas
Genre(s)	Hip-hop
Runner-up(s)
Stephen "tWitch" Boss	Hip-hop/Popping/Locking
Chronology
Previous Season	Season 3
Next Season	Season 5

Season 4 of So You Think You Can Dance premiered on May 22, 2008. Joshua Allen was crowned America's Favorite Dancer, with Stephen "tWitch" Boss as runner-up.

Production

For the first time, New York City was not a stop on the audition tour. This was the first season to have Salt Lake City, Utah as one of the audition stops. One of the Top 20 finalists, William Wingfield, was trained under Debbie Allen at her dance academy in Nashville, Tennessee. Due to this, Allen was ineligible to be a guest judge until Wingfield was eliminated.

Auditions

Venue	City	Audition Date	Guest Judge
McFarlin Memorial Auditorium	Dallas, Texas	January 17-19, 2008	Adam Shankman
Charleston Music Hall	Charleston, South Carolina	January 31-February 2, 2008	Tyce Diorio
Capitol Theatre	Salt Lake City, Utah	February 4–7, 2008	Mandy Moore
Atlas Performing Arts Center	Washington, D.C.	February 21–23, 2008	Dan Karaty
Orpheum Theatre	Los Angeles, California	March 6–8, 2008	Mia Michaels
The Milwaukee Theatre	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	March 20–22, 2008	Tabitha and Napoleon D'umo

Vegas Week

The Vegas callbacks were held at the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino. The judges were Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy, Debbie Allen, Mia Michaels, and Tabitha and Napoleon D'umo.

Task/style	Music	Choreographer(s)
Individual solo	Dancer's choice	Dancer
Hip-Hop	"Shawty Get Loose" Lil Mama ft. T-Pain and Chris Brown	Tabitha and Napoleon D'umo
Broadway	"This Joint is Jumping" from Ain't Misbehavin'	Tyce Diorio
Foxtrot	"Call Me Irresponsible" Michael Bublé	Jean-Marc Généreux and France Mousseau
Group routines	Chosen at random by the dancers from a selection on songs	Dancers
Contemporary	"Mic Check" Imogen Heap	Mia Michaels
Individual solo (last chance)	Dancer's choice	Dancer

Finals

Top 20

Female Contestants

Finalist	Age	Home Town	Dance style	Placement
Katee Shean	19	San Jose, California	Contemporary	3rd
Courtney Galiano	19	Commack, New York	Contemporary/Jazz	4th
Chelsie Hightower	18	Orem, Utah	Latin Ballroom	Top 6
Comfort Fedoke	18	Fort Worth, Texas	Hip-hop	Top 8
Kherington Payne	18	Placentia, California	Contemporary Jazz	Top 10
Jessica King	24	Myrtle Beach, South Carolina	Contemporary	N/A (left due to injury)
Kourtni Lind	18	Forest Lake, Minnesota	Contemporary	Top 14
Chelsea Traille	23	Flower Mound, Texas	Contemporary Jazz	Top 16
Susie Garcia	24	Miami, Florida	Salsa	Top 18
Rayven Armijo	28	La Puente, California	Ballet	Top 20

Male Contestants

Finalist	Age	Home Town	Dance Style	Placement
Joshua Allen	18	Fort Worth, Texas	Hip-hop	Winner
Stephen "tWitch" Boss	25	Montgomery, Alabama	Hip-hop	Runner-up
Mark Kanemura	24	Honolulu, Hawaii	Jazz	Top 6
William Wingfield	21	Nashville, Tennessee	Contemporary/African Jazz	Top 8
Gev Manoukian	22	Salt Lake City, Utah	Breakdance	Top 10
Thayne Jasperson	27	Provo, Utah	Contemporary	Top 12
Matt Dorame	24	Glendale, California	Contemporary	Top 14
Chris Jarosz	22	Gaithersburg, Maryland	Contemporary	Top 16
Marquis Cunningham	18	Cape Coral, Florida	Contemporary	Top 18
Jamie Bayard	22	Palm Springs, California	Latin Ballroom/Swing	Top 20

Season 4 Top 20

Chelsea Traille

Chelsie Hightower

Chris Jarosz

Comfort Fedoke

Courtney Galiano

Gev Manoukian

Jamie Bayard

Jessica King

Joshua Allen

Katee Shean

Kherington Payne

Kourtni Lind

Mark Kanemura

Marquis Cunningham

Matt Dorame

Rayven Armijo

tWitch Boss

Susie Garcia

Thayne Jasperson

William Wingfield

Elimination Chart

Contestants are listed in reverse chronological order of elimination.

• The songs used for eliminated contestants varied throughout the competition.

Legend

Female

Male

Bottom 3 couples

Bottom 4 contestants

Injury

Week:	6/12	6/19	6/26	7/03	7/10	7/17	7/24	7/31	8/07
Contestant	Result
Joshua Allen									WINNER
Stephen "Twitch" Boss					Btm 3		Btm 4		Runner-Up
Katee Shean									Third
Courtney Galiano				Btm 3			Btm 4		Fourth
Mark Kanemura						Btm 4		Elim
Chelsie Hightower
William Wingfield	Btm 3				Btm 3		Elim
Comfort Fedoke		Btm 3	Btm 3	Btm 3	Elim	Btm 4
Gev Manoukian				Btm 3		Elim
Kherington Payne					Btm 3
Jessica King	Btm 3				Btm 3	WD
Thayne Jasperson		Btm 3	Btm 3	Btm 3	Elim
Matt Dorame	Btm 3		Btm 3	Elim
Kourtni Lind	Btm 3		Btm 3
Chris Jarosz		Btm 3	Elim
Chelsea Traille		Btm 3
Marquis Cunningham		Elim
Susie Garcia
Jamie Bayard	Elim
Rayven Armijo

^1Katee Shean was awarded $50,000 for being America's favorite female dancer.
^3 Jessica King suffered an injury that resulted in her being unable to continue in the competition. She was medically withdrawn.
^2 Due to Jessica King being withdrawn, Comfort Fedoke replaced her as she was the most recent female competitor eliminated.

Performance Shows

Main article: Season 4/Performances