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All performances of Season 6 of So You Think You Can Dance.

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Eliminated Bottom Couples Bottom 2 2nd Runner-Up 1st Runner-Up Winner

Week 1: Top 20[]

Meet the Top 20 Performance Show (October 26, 2009)[]

  • This was only a Showcase and there were no eliminations.

Judges: Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy, Adam Shankman

Group Dances:

Dancers Routine Style Choreographer(s)
Top 20 "Comanche"
The Revels 		Jazz Wade Robson
Amanda Robson
(co-conceived)
Kevin
Legacy
Russell 		"Beggin'"
(District 78 mix)
Madcon 		Hip-Hop Tabitha D'umo
Napoleon D'umo
Ariana
Channing
Jakob
Nathan 		"Crying"
KD Lang 		Contemporary Tyce Diorio
Bianca
Phillip
Peter 		"Take the "A" Train"
Ella Fitzgerald 		Tap Derick K. Grant
Ellenore
Mollee
Pauline 		"On a Cloud"
Platinum Pied Pipers 		Jazz Sonya Tayeh
Billy
Kathryn
Noelle
Victor 		"Viva La Vida"
Coldplay 		Contemporary Mandy Moore
Ashleigh
Karen
Ryan 		"Everything I Can't Have"
Robin Thicke 		Samba Jason Gilkison

Performance/Results Show (October 27, 2009)[]

Judges: Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy, Adam Shankman

  • Due to network conflicts with the World Series, the show was unable to schedule a separate results show for the first two weeks. As a result, no public voting was held on those occasions; after the couples' performances, the judges alone selected four dancers to perform solos, and subsequently eliminated two. The standard format of a performance show followed by voting, with a results show the following night, resumed for the third week of competition.

Couple's Dances:

Dancers Routine Style Choreographer(s)
Channing "Rockin' Robin"
The Jackson 5 		Jive Jason Gilkison
Phillip
Ashleigh "Hit Me With a Hot Note
(And Watch Me Bounce)"
from Sophisticated Ladies 		Broadway Tyce Diorio
Jakob
Ariana "Black and Gold"
Sam Sparro 		Hip-Hop Tabitha D'umo
Napoleon D'umo
Peter
Russell "Vagabond Shoes"
Vic Damone 		Foxtrot Tony Meredith
Melanie LaPatin
Noelle
Melanie LaPatin[1]
Bianca "Wasted Time"
Me'shell Ndegeocello 		Contemporary Travis Wall
Victor
Karen "Push It"
Glee Cast Version 		Cha-Cha Tony Meredith
Melanie LaPatin
Kevin
Ellenore "Arcadia"
Apparat 		Contemporary Jazz Sonya Tayeh
Ryan
Brandon "You Light Up My Life"
Whitney Houston 		Smooth Waltz Jason Gilkison
Pauline
Kathryn "On & On"
Missy Elliott 		Hip-Hop Dave Scott
Legacy
Mollee "Turn the Beat Around"
(Pablo's 12" Remix)
Gloria Estefan 		Disco Doriana Sanchez
Nathan

Bottom 4 Solos:

Dancers Routin Style
Ariana "Darkest Hour"
Charlotte Martin 		Contemporary
Russell "Give the Drummer Sum"
Black Milk 		Krump
Pauline "Magalenha"
Sérgio Mendes 		Jazz
Brandon "Slow Dancing in a Burning Room"
John Mayer 		Hip-Hop

New partners:

  • Pauline Mata and Peter Sabasino

Week 2: Top 18[]

Performance/Results Show (November 3, 2009)[]

Judges: Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy, Adam Shankman

  • Due to network conflicts with the World Series, the show was unable to schedule a separate results show for the first two weeks. As a result, no public voting was held on those occasions; after the couples' performances, the judges alone selected four dancers to perform solos, and subsequently eliminated two. The standard format of a performance show followed by voting, with a results show the following night, resumed for the third week of competition.

Couple's Dances:

Dancers Routine Style Choreographer(s)
Noelle "Move Shake Drop Remix"
DJ Laz, Flo Rida and Casley 		Hip-Hop Jamal Sims
Russell
Ashleigh "At Last"
Etta James 		Viennese Waltz Tony Meredith
Melanie LaPatin
Jakob
Bianca "Maybe God Is Tryin' To Tell You Something"
from The Color Purple 		Broadway Tyce Diorio
Victor
Mollee "Azeem O Shaan Shahenshah"
from Jodhaa Akbar 		Bollywood Nakul Dev Mahajan
Nathan
Channing "Maracatu Funk"
The Samba Squad 		Samba Tony Meredith
Melanie LaPatin
Phillip
Karen "Ice Cream Paint Job"
Dorrough 		Hip-Hop Tabitha D'umo
Napoleon D'umo
Kevin
Kathryn "2 Steps Away"
Patti LaBelle 		Contemporary Stacey Tookey
Legacy
Pauline "Little Green Bag"
George Baker Selection 		Wade Robson Jazz
Peter
Ellenore "Violentango"
Ástor Piazzolla 		Argentine Tango Miriam Larici
Leonardo Barrionuevo
Ryan

Bottom 4 Solos:

Dancers Routin Style
Noelle "For a Reason"
Zhané 		Contemporary
Victor "Narvas"
from The Matrix: Revolutions 		Contemporary
Bianca "Tootsee Roll"
69 Boyz 		Tap
Phillip "Almost Like Being in Love"
Nat King Cole 		Tap

New partners:

  • Channing Cooke and Victor Smalley

Week 3: Top 16[]

Performance Show (November 10, 2009)[]

Judges: Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy, Adam Shankman

Couple's Dances:

Dancers Routine Style Choreographer(s)
Karen & Kevin "Come To Me"
France Joli 		Hustle Maria Torres
Ashleigh & Jakob "Relax"
Frankie Goes to Hollywood 		Jazz Mandy Moore
Pauline & Peter "Hey Baby! (Shake Those Hula Hips)"
Big Kahuna & The Copa Cat Pack 		Quickstep JT Thomas
Tomas Mielnicki
Kathryn & Legacy "I Wan'na Be Like You
(The Monkey Song)"
Swingin' Fireballs 		Broadway Andy Blankenbuehler
Channing & Victor "Be Be Your Love"
(Live at KRCW)
Rachael Yamagata 		Contemporary Stacey Tookey
Ellenore & Ryan "Lost Boiz Anthem"
Tha J-Squad 		Hip-Hop
(Krump) 		Lil' C
Mollee & Nathan "Quimbara"
Celia Cruz and Johnny Pacheco 		Salsa Gustavo Vargas
Noelle & Russell "Frog Dance"
Mickey Hart and Planet Drum 		African Jazz Sean Cheesman

Results Show (November 11, 2009)[]

Guest Dancer(s):

Dancers Routine Style Choreographer(s)
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater "Episodes"
Ulysses Dove 		Contemporary Ballet Ulysses Dove

Group Dance:

Dancers Routine Style Choreographer(s)
Top 16 "Warrior, Pt. 2"
Lloyd Banks 		Hip-Hop Dave Scott

Solos:

Dancers Routine Style
Ellenore[2] "Eleanor"
Alexa Woodward 		Jazz
Ryan "Jump with My Baby"
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy 		Jive
Pauline "Took the Night"
Chelley 		Jazz
Peter -[3] Tap
Karen[4] "Celia y Tito"
Celia Cruz & Tito Puente 		Samba
Kevin "I Question Mark"
Wade Robson 		Hip-Hop

New partners:

  • None

Week 4: Top 14[]

Performance Show (November 17, 2009)[]

Judges: Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy, Adam Shankman

Couple's Dances:

Dancers Routine Style Choreographer(s)
Ashleigh & Jakob "Whatcha Say"
Jason Derülo 		Lyrical Hip-Hop Tabitha D'umo
Napoleon D'umo
Karen & Kevin "If My Friends Could See Me Now"
from Sweet Charity 		Broadway Spencer Liff
Noelle & Russell "Baby (You've Got What It Takes)"
Michael Bublé and Sharon Jones &
The Dap-Kings 		Foxtrot Edward Simon
Channing & Victor "Blackbird"
Bobby McFerrin 		Jazz Tyce Diorio
Kathryn & Legacy "Pursuit"
from Cirque du Soleil 		Paso Doble Tony Meredith
Ellenore & Ryan "Your Ex-Lover Is Dead"
Stars 		Contemporary Travis Wall
Mollee & Nathan "Bad Romance"
Lady Gaga 		Pop-Jazz Laurie Ann Gibson

Results Show (November 18, 2009)[]

Musical guest: "According to You" - Orianthi

Guest Dancer(s):

Dancers Routine Style Choregrapher(s)
Nakul Dev Mahajan and NDM Bollywood Dance Productions "Desi Girl" from Dostana Bollywood Nakul Dev Mahajan

Group Dance:

Dancers Routine Style Choreographer(s)
Top 14 "Aha!"
Imogen Heap 		Contemporary Jazz Wade Robson
Amanda Robson
(Co-Conceived)

Solos:

Dancers Routine Style
Karen "Break on Through (To the Other Side)"
The Doors 		Latin Ballroom
Kevin "Freeze"
T-Pain featuring Chris Brown 		Hip-Hop
Channing "The Face"
RyanDan 		Contemporary
Victor "Baby's Romance"
Chris Garneau 		Contemporary
Mollee "Let Me Think About It"
(Radio Edit)
Ida Corr vs. Fedde le Grand 		Jazz
Nathan "So Insane"
Discovery 		Contemporary

New partners:

  • Karen Hauer and Victor Smalley

Week 5: Top 12[]

Performance Show (November 24, 2009)[]

Judges: Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy, Adam Shankman

Couple's Dances:

Dancers Routine Style Choreographer(s)
Ellenore & Ryan "I've Got To Be a Rug Cutter"
The Boilermaker Jazz Band 		Lindy Hop Carla Heiney
Kathryn & Legacy "So Deep"
Hot Chip 		Jazz Sonya Tayeh
Karen & Victor "Montserrat"
Orquesta del Plata 		Tango Tony Meredith
Melanie LaPatin
Mollee & Nathan "Ring-a-Ling"
The Black Eyed Peas 		Hip-Hop Jamal Sims
Noelle & Russell "Hips Don't Lie"
Shakira 		Samba Tony Meredith
Melanie LaPatin
Ashleigh & Jakob "Time Flies"
Lykke Li 		Lyrical Jazz Sonya Tayeh
Ellenore & Ryan "Razzle Dazzle"
from Chicago 		Broadway Spencer Liff
Kathryn & Legacy "Your Guardian Angel"
The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus 		Viennese Waltz Jean-Marc Généreux
France Mousseau
Karen & Victor "Moving Mountains"
Usher 		Hip-Hop Laurie Ann Gibson
Mollee & Nathan "Cancan Suite"
Offenbach/Ponchielli 		Can-Can Tyce DiOrio
Noelle & Russell "A Case of You"
Diana Krall 		Contemporary Tyce DiOrio
Ashleigh & Jakob "Cha Cha Heels"
(Ralphi Rosario Radio Edit)
Rosabel feat. Jeanie Tracy 		Cha-Cha Jean-Marc Généreux
France Mousseau

Results Show (November 25, 2009)[]

Musical guest: "Give It Up To Me" - Shakira

Guest Dancer(s):

Dancers Routine Style Choreographer(s)
Paloma Herrera Don Quixote: Kitri's Variation (The Fan)
Ludwig Minkus 		Ballet Paloma Herrera

Group Dance:

Dancers Routine Style Choreographer(s)
Top 12 "What's a Girl Gotta Do"
Basement Jaxx feat. Paloma Faith 		Pop-Jazz Napoleon D'umo
Tabitha D'umo

Solos:

Dancers Routine Style
Karen "She Wants to Move"
N.E.R.D. 		Cha-Cha
Victor "Village Attack"
from Blood Diamond 		Contemporary
Mollee[5] "Bulletproof"
La Roux 		Jazz
Nathan "Going Going Gone (Live)"
Stars 		Contemporary
Ellenore[6] "Bottom"
Zap Mama 		Jazz
Ryan "Baila Baila Conmigo"
Missiego 		Samba

New partners:

  • None. Now that only 10 dancers remain, partners are randomly assigned each week and the top 10 will be voted individually.

Week 6: Top 10[]

Performance Show (December 1, 2009)[]

Judges: Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy, Adam Shankman

Couple's Dances:

Dancers Routine Style Choreographer(s)
Noelle & Ryan "Give It to Me Right"
Melanie Fiona 		Hip-Hop Tabitha D'umo
Napoleon D'umo
Ashleigh & Legacy "Poison"
The Prodigy 		Contemporary Garry Stewart
Kathryn & Nathan "Choreography"
Danny Kaye 		Broadway Spencer Liff
Ellenore & Jakob "Four Brothers"
The Manhattan Transfer 		Quickstep Tony Meredith
Melanie LaPatin
Mollee & Russell "It Must Have Been Love"
Roxette 		Lyrical Jazz Mandy Moore
Noelle & Ryan "Jeux d'Eau"
Cirque du Soleil 		Smooth Waltz JT Thomas
Tomas Mielnicki
Ashleigh & Legacy "Slow Down"
Bobby Valentino 		Hip-Hop Dave Scott
Kathryn & Nathan "Walk On By"
Aretha Franklin 		Rumba Tony Meredith
Melanie LaPatin
Ellenore & Jakob "Tore My Heart"
OONA and Dave Tweedie 		Contemporary Sonya Tayeh
Mollee & Russell "Land of 1000 Dances"
Jimmy Barnes 		Jive Anya Garnis
Pasha Kovalev

Solos:

Dancers Routine Style
Mollee "Rock the Beat"
LMFAO 		Jazz
Russell "Outros"
Black Milk 		Krump
Noelle "Every Time It Rains"
Charlotte Martin 		Contemporary
Ryan "Rock You Like a Hurricane"
Scorpions 		Paso Doble
Kathryn "Beautiful"
Bethany Dillon 		Contemporary
Nathan "Golden Train"
Justin Nozuka 		Contemporary
Ellenore "Beatbox Harmonica"
Yuri Lane 		Jazz
Legacy "No Air"
Jordin Sparks & Chris Brown 		Breakdancing
Ashleigh "Batucada Por Favor"
Bob Azzam 		Samba
Jakob "Always Midnight" (Acoustic)
Pat Monahan 		Contemporary

Results Show (December 2, 2009)[]

Musical guest: "I Wanna Rock" - Snoop Dogg (featuring Quest Crew and The Ranger$)

Guest Dancer(s):

Dancers Routine Style Choreographer(s)
The Legion of Extraordinary Dancers "Yellow"
Vitamin String Quartet 		Hip-Hop Harry Shum, Jr., Christopher Scott, and Galen Hooks

Group Dance:

Dancers Routine Style Choreographer(s)
Top 10 "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me"
Billy Joel 		Broadway Tyce Diorio

Solos:

Dancers Routine Style
Noelle "Inside a Boy" (Son Lux Remix)
My Brightest Diamond 		Contemporary
Ryan "Rock You Like A Hurricane"
Scorpions 		Paso Doble
Kathryn "Beautiful"
Bethany Dillon 		Contemporary
Nathan "Pretty Wings"
Maxwell 		Contemporary

Week 7: Top 8[]

Performance Show (December 8, 2009)[]

Judges: Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy, Adam Shankman

Couple's Dances:

Dancers Routine Style Choreographer(s)
Kathryn & Ryan "Last Dance"

(Samantha Ronson remix)
Donna Summer

Disco Doriana Sanchez
Mollee & Jakob "Ordinary Day"
Vanessa Carlton 		Viennese Waltz Jason Gilkison
Ellenore & Legacy "Machine Gun"
Portishead 		Contemporary Travis Wall
Russell & Ashleigh
Rachel[7] 		"Too Much Booty 2"
(Bobby J Remix)
Soundmaster T &

Jah-Rista feat. Korveil

Hip-Hop Shane Sparks
Kathryn & Ryan "Put Your Hands On Me"
Joss Stone 		Cha-Cha Jason Gilkison
Mollee & Jakob "Easy Street"

(Samantha Ronson remix)
from Annie

Broadway Joey Dowling
Ellenore & Legacy "People Are Strange"
(District 78 remix)
The Doors 		Hip-Hop Tabitha D'umo
Napoleon D'umo
Russell & Ashleigh
Alysha[8] 		"Spirit of Rangeela"
from Rangeela 		Bollywood Nakul Dev Mahajan

Solos[9]:

Dancers Routine Style
Jakob "When You Say My Name"
Mario Spinetti 		Contemporary
Mollee "Heartburn"
Alicia Keys 		Jazz
Legacy "Fancy Footwork"
Chromeo 		Breakdance
Ellenore "I Got the Feelin'"
James Brown 		Jazz
Russell "Holiday Buckness"
J-Squad 		Krump
Kathryn "Shadowfeet"
Brooke Fraser 		Contemporary
Ryan "Din Da Da"
Kevin Aviance 		Cha-Cha

Results Show (December 9, 2009)[]

Musical guests:

  • "Nobody" - Wonder Girls
  • "Live Like We're Dying" - Kris Allen

Group Dance:

Dancers Routine Style Choreographer(s)
Top 8 "Pon de Floor"

(Samantha Ronson remix)
Major Lazer feat. Vybz Kartel

Jazz Sonya Tayeh

Solos:

Dancers Routine Style
Legacy "Flashing Lights"
Vitamin String Quartet 		Breakdance
Ellenore "Hajnal"
Venetian Snares 		Jazz
Ryan "Din Da Da"
Kevin Aviance 		Cha-Cha
Mollee "You'll Find A Way"

(Switch & Sinden Remix)
Santigold

Jazz

Week 8: Top 6[]

Performance Show (December 15, 2009)[]

Judges: Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy, Adam Shankman

Couple's Dances:

Dancers Routine Style Choreographer(s)
Kathryn & Ryan "Magalenha"
Sérgio Mendes 		Samba Jason Gilkison
Ellenore & Jakob "I Gotcha"
from Fosse 		Broadway Tyce Diorio
Ashleigh & Russell "Angel Standing By"
Jewel 		Lyrical Jazz Sonya Tayeh
Ellenore & Ryan "Kontact Me"
Boyz Noise 		Jazz Garry Stewart
Ashleigh & Jakob "Let the Good Times Roll"
Chuck Brown & Eva Cassidy 		Foxtrot Jean-Marc Généreux
Ellenore & Russell "Village Attack"
from Blood Diamond 		Paso Doble Jason Gilkison
Kathryn & Jakob "At This Moment"
Michael Bublé 		Contemporary Ballet Dwight Rhoden
Desmond Richardson
Ashleigh & Ryan "I'm There Too"
Michelle Featherstone 		Contemporary Travis Wall
Kathryn & Russell "I Can Transform Ya"
Chris Brown ft. Lil Wayne

and Swizz Beats

Hip-Hop Tabitha D'umo
Napoleon D'umo

Finale (December 16, 2009)[]

Judges: Lil' C, Tyce Diorio, Debbie Allen, Adam Shankman, Mary Murphy, Nigel Lythgoe

Musical guest:

  • "I See You" - Leona Lewis
  • "Whataya Want from Me" - Adam Lambert
  • "I Am" - Mary J. Blige
  • "Louboutins" - Jennifer Lopez

Guest Dancer(s):

Dancers Routine Style
The Groovaloos "Groovaloo Street"
Rapier & Burns 		Hip-Hop

Group Dance:

Dancers Routine Style Choreographer(s)
Top 20 "Scared of Me"
Fedde le Grand featuring Mitch Crown 		Jazz Kelley Abbey

Judge's Choice:

Dancers Routine Style Choreographer(s) Chosen By
Russell
Kevin
Legacy 		"Beggin' (District 78 mix)"
Madcon 		Hip-Hop Tabitha D'umo
Napoleon D'umo 		Lil' C
Ellenore & Jakob "Tore My Heart"
OONA and Dave Tweedie 		Contemporary Sonya Tayeh Adam Shankman
Phillip
Bianca
Peter 		"Take the "A" Train"
Ella Fitzgerald 		Tap Derick K. Grant Nigel Lythgoe
Ashleigh & Ryan "Straight to... Number One
(Duck's Radio Mix)"
Touch and Go 		Jive Ashleigh
Ryan 		Mary Murphy
Kathryn & Jakob "At This Moment"
Michael Bublé 		Contemporary Dwight Rhoden
Desmond Richardson 		Nigel Lythgoe
Mollee & Nathan "Azeem O Shaan Shahenshah"
from Jodhaa Akbar 		Bollywood Nakul Dev Mahajan Tyce Diorio
Ellenore & Legacy "Machine Gun"
Portishead 		Contemporary Travis Wall Adam Shankman
Noelle & Russell[10] "Frog Dance"
Mickey Hart and Planet Drum 		African Jazz Sean Cheesman Debbie Allen
Ariana
Channing
Jakob
Nathan 		"Crying"
KD Lang 		Contemporary Tyce Diorio Lil' C
Kathryn & Russell[11] "I Can Transform Ya"
Chris Brown ft. Lil Wayne and Swizz Beats 		Hip-Hop Tabitha D'umo
Napoleon D'umo 		Mary Murphy
Top 20 "Comanche"
The Revels[12] 		Jazz Wade Robson
Amanda Robson
(co-conceived) 		Nigel Lythgoe

Placement[]

Place Dancer
6th Ryan Di Lello
5th Ashleigh Di Lello
4th Ellenore Scott
3rd Kathryn McCormick
2nd (Runner-up) Jakob Karr
1st (Winner) Russell Ferguson
  1. ↑ Noelle Marsh did not perform on the show due to injury. She would become Ferguson's partner in Week 2.
  2. ↑ A Bottom 2 female dancer was not named
  3. ↑ Peter did his solo A Capella
  4. ↑ A Bottom 2 female dancer was not named
  5. ↑ A Bottom 2 female dancer was not named
  6. ↑ A Bottom 2 female dancer was not named
  7. ↑ Ashleigh Di Lello was paired with Russell Ferguson, but dislocated her shoulder during rehearsal of their Bollywood number and was barred from performing by doctors. As a result, she did not perform a solo and Ferguson danced their two numbers with the choreographers' assistants, Alysha Shroff. Voting for Di Lello was still opened; viewers were urged to consider her previous performances and rehearsal footage in making their choice in voting for her.
  8. ↑ Ashleigh Di Lello was paired with Russell Ferguson, but dislocated her shoulder during rehearsal of their Bollywood number and was barred from performing by doctors. As a result, she did not perform a solo and Ferguson danced their two numbers with the choreographers' assistants, Alysha Shroff. Voting for Di Lello was still opened; viewers were urged to consider her previous performances and rehearsal footage in making their choice in voting for her.
  9. ↑ Ashleigh Di Lello dislocated her shoulder during rehearsal and was barred from performing by doctors. As a result, she did not perform a solo. Voting for Di Lello was still opened; viewers were urged to consider her previous performances and rehearsal footage in making their choice in voting for her.
  10. ↑ As Ferguson injured himself performing in the first Judge's Pick routine, the noted subsequent routines were shown pre-recorded rather than newly performed live.
  11. ↑ As Ferguson injured himself performing in the first Judge's Pick routine, the noted subsequent routines were shown pre-recorded rather than newly performed live.
  12. ↑ As Ferguson injured himself performing in the first Judge's Pick routine, the noted subsequent routines were shown pre-recorded rather than newly performed live.


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