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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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