So You Think You Can Dance (Season 3)

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So You Think You Can Dance (Season 3)
Format Interactive reality game show
Created by Simon Fuller
Nigel Lythgoe
Directed by Don Weiner
Starring Cat Deeley
Nigel Lythgoe
Mary Murphy
Country of origin United States
Production
Executive
producer(s)		 Simon Fuller
Nigel Lythgoe
Barry Adelman
Running time Varies
Broadcast
Original channel FOX
Original run May 24, 2007 – August 16, 2007
External links
Official website
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

So You Think You Can Dance is an American television reality program and dance competition airing on the FOX network. Season three premiered May 24, 2007.

Cat Deeley returned for her second consecutive season as host. Nigel Lythgoe returned as a permanent judge, joined this season by choreographer Mary Murphy.[1] The remaining third—and during Vegas Week, fourth—judging spot is filled by a guest judge (see main article).

After 16 million votes were cast, Sabra Johnson was announced on the 16 August finale as the winner of $250,000 and the title of "America's Favorite Dancer."

Contents

[edit] Auditions

Open auditions were held in the following locations:[2]

[edit] Vegas week

As in the previous season, those making the cut moved on to an intensive week of dance training in Las Vegas, Nevada. This season, Vegas week included hip-hop choreography taught by Shane Sparks, samba choreography taught by Mary Murphy with assistance from season two finalist Dmitry Chaplin, and contemporary choreography taught by Mia Michaels. The contestants that survived the cuts following those rounds were divided into groups, asked to randomly select from a box a CD containing one of five possible music types, and choreograph a routine to the song on their chosen disk. The dancers remaining after the group choreography round were asked to perform one last solo, following which the group was whittled down to 34 contestants—17 male, 17 female. From this 34, the judges chose their top 20.

[edit] Finals

[edit] Format

As in season 2, the finals began with 20 contestants, ten male and ten female. After partners are assigned, couples pick a dance style out of a hat, are rehearsed by a choreographer, and perform their routine, which is taped two days prior to airing. Following the airing of the performances, home viewers vote for their favorite couple. The bottom three couples (six dancers overall) are then liable for elimination by the judges on the live, or broadcast on tape delay in the western United States, results show. All six dancers perform a solo, after which the judges eliminate one male and one female contestant. If the eliminated dancers are not from the same couple, their respective partners form a new pair for the following week's performances. Once the field of dancers is narrowed down to the top 10, permanent partnerships dissolve and contestants draw their new partners from a hat each week. The judges no longer have any say in the elimination process; viewers call in to vote for their favorite individual dancer, and the male and female with the lowest number of votes are eliminated each week.

[edit] Recurring theme

Mary Murphy's loud, high pitched scream, reserved for performances she liked best, made a reappearance this season, along with the added element of the "hot tamale train." On the first performance show, Murphy enjoyed Anya Garnis and Danny Tidwell's jive performance so much, she made a metaphor of a "hot tamale train" having "just pulled up and let Anya off the train, special delivery."[3][4] Two weeks later, she gave Sabra Johnson and Dominic Sandoval "two tickets on the hot tamale train" for their outstanding rumba performance.[5] The phrase was regularly referred to by Murphy throughout the rest of the season, sometimes with an added distinction of being in "first class" for truly extraordinary routines. On the week before the final performance show, she brought the metaphor to a close by noting that the "hot tamale train was entering finale station."[6]

[edit] Controversy

The sixth week of competition marked controversy surrounding Emmy-nominated choreographers Wade Robson and Mia Michaels.[7]

The controversy regarding Wade Robson was due to the anti-war solo routine he created for the top 10 contestants. His choreography was meant to be a dance promoting peace, but was considered by some viewers as a political statement against the Iraq War. The dancers wore t-shirts on which they painted words of their own choosing, such as "compassion", "understanding", "unity", and "peace."[8] The following night, Nigel Lythgoe addressed the controversy by stating that the choreography was not in any way meant to be against the troops fighting in the war. He did not wish anyone to be offended by a routine that had words such as "peace" and "compassion" in it. To make light of the moment, Lythgoe joked that he was more upset to have seen the same routine ten times.[9]

The controversy surrounding Mia Michaels was regarding a jacket she wore during the performance show. The garment was a United States Marine Corps Blue Dress jacket with red piping, which only enlisted Marines are able to wear. In addition, a Marine Corps rank insignia was sewn upside-down and in the wrong location on the sleeve. Michaels addressed this by apologizing and stating that a friend of hers had given her the jacket, and that she wore it as a fashion statement, noting that she had no idea of its tradition or that it would offend anyone.

[edit] Elimination chart

The song played for the females' elimination is Ryan Cabrera's "I Will Remember You". The song played for the males' elimination is Audio Adrenaline's "Goodbye".

Contestants are in reverse chronological order of elimination.

Legend
Female Male Bottom 3 couples Bottom 4 contestants
Week: 6/14 6/21 6/28 7/12 7/19 7/26 8/2 8/13² 8/16
Contestant Result
Sabra Johnson Btm 3 Winner
Danny Tidwell Btm 3 Btm 3 Btm 3 Elim
Neil Haskell Btm 3 Btm 3 Btm 4 Elim
Lacey Schwimmer Elim
Pasha Kovalev Btm 3 Elim
Lauren Gottlieb Btm 3 Btm 3 Btm 4 Btm 4 Elim
Dominic Sandoval Btm 3 Btm 4 Elim
Sara Von Gillern Btm 3 Elim
Kameron Bink Elim
Jaimie Goodwin Btm 3 Btm 3 Elim
Hokuto "Hok" Konishi Btm 3 Elim
Anya Garnis Btm 3 Btm 3 Elim
Cedric Gardner Btm 3 Btm 3 Elim
Shauna Noland Btm 3 Elim
Jesús Solorio Elim
Jessi Peralta Btm 3 Elim¹
Jimmy Arguello Elim
Faina Savich Btm 3 Elim
Ricky Palomino Elim
Ashlee Langas Elim

¹ Because Jessi Peralta was unable to participate in the performance show, she had to perform a solo despite not technically being in the bottom three couples.

² Because FOX aired NFL coverage during the regular Thursday time slot, the results broadcast was pre-recorded and moved to the following Monday. In order to keep the results from leaking before the airing, the audience and nonessential crew were asked to leave the studio, which was locked down, before eliminations were announced.

[edit] Performances

Week 1 (13 June 2007)

Judges: Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy, Dan Karaty

Couple Style Music Choreographer
Jaimie Goodwin
Hokuto "Hok" Konishi		 Hip-hop "Tambourine"—Eve Shane Sparks
Anya Garnis
Danny Tidwell		 Jive "Girlfriend"—Avril Lavigne Tony Meredith
Lacey Schwimmer
Kameron Bink		 Contemporary "Dancing"—Elisa Mia Michaels
Sabra Johnson
Dominic Sandoval		 Disco "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)"—Donna Summer & Barbra Streisand Doriana Sanchez
Ashlee Langas
Ricky Palomino		 Argentine Tango "Sentimiento Tango"—Trio Federico-Berlingieri Alex Da Silva
Sara Von Gillern
Jesús Solorio		 Pop-jazz "Cabaret Hoover" from Les Triplettes de Belleville Wade Robson
Jessi Peralta
Pasha Kovalev		 Waltz "Come Away With Me"—Norah Jones Tony Meredith
Faina Savich
Cedric Gardner		 Hip-hop "Get It Shawty"—Lloyd Shane Sparks
Lauren Gottlieb
Neil Haskell		 Salsa "Friday Night Rhythm"—Mazerati 5 Alex Da Silva
Shauna Noland
Jimmy Arguello		 Broadway "Ease On Down the Road" from The Wiz Tyce DiOrio

Week 2 (20 June 2007)

Judges: Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy, Mia Michaels

Couple Style Music Choreographer
Lauren Gottlieb
Neil Haskell		 Hip-hop "The Way I Are"—Timbaland (ft. Keri Hilson and D.O.E.) Dave Scott
Jessi Peralta
Pasha Kovalev		 Jazz "Stiff Jazz"—dZihan & Kamien Tyce DiOrio
Jaimie Goodwin
Hokuto "Hok" Konishi		 Samba "Bang Bang to the Rock 'n' Roll"—Gabin Jean-Marc Genereux
Sabra Johnson
Dominic Sandoval		 Contemporary "I'll Stand by You"—The Pretenders Mandy Moore
Faina Savich
Cedric Gardner		 Foxtrot "You're the Boss"—Elvis Presley & Ann-Margret Hunter Johnson
Lacey Schwimmer
Kameron Bink		 Broadway "Overture/All That Jazz" from Chicago Tyce DiOrio
Anya Garnis
Danny Tidwell		 Viennese Waltz "You and Me"—Lifehouse Hunter Johnson
Shauna Noland
Jimmy Arguello		 Hip-hop "U Sexy Girl"—Fat Man Scoop Dave Scott
Sara Von Gillern
Jesús Solorio		 Paso Doble "We Will Rock You (bonus remix)"—Queen Jean-Marc Genereux

Week 3 (27 June 2007)

Judges: Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy, Debbie Allen

Couple Style Music Choreographer
Sara Von Gillern
Jesús Solorio		 Krump "It's Okay (One Blood)"—The Game Lil C
Shauna Noland
Cedric Gardner		 Contemporary "I Thought We Had"—The Family Stand Mia Michaels
Lacey Schwimmer
Kameron Bink		 Quickstep "Big and Bad"—Big Bad Voodoo Daddy Tony Meredith
Anya Garnis
Danny Tidwell		 Hip-hop "Oh Timbaland"—Timbaland Dan Karaty
Sabra Johnson
Dominic Sandoval		 Rumba "Stickwitu"—The Pussycat Dolls Jean-Marc Genereux
Lauren Gottlieb
Neil Haskell		 Tango "Tanguera"—Sexteto Mayor Jean-Marc Genereux
Jaimie Goodwin
Hokuto "Hok" Konishi		 Jazz "The Chairman's Waltz" from Memoirs of a Geisha Wade Robson
* Melanie LaPatin (Tony Meredith's Assistant)
Pasha Kovalev
 Cha Cha "Let's Get Loud"—Jennifer Lopez Tony Meredith

* Jessi Peralta was unable to perform due to medical issues.

Week 4 (11 July 2007)

Judges: Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy, Adam Shankman

Couple Style Music Choreographer
Lacey Schwimmer
Kameron Bink		 Hustle "Ain't No Mountain High Enough"—Inner Life Maria Torres (dancer)
Shauna Noland
Cedric Gardner		 Mambo "Flauta Y Timbal"—Tito Puente Alex Da Silva
Anya Garnis
Danny Tidwell		 Contemporary "Apologize"— OneRepublic Tyce DiOrio
Sara Von Gillem
Pasha Kovalev		 West Coast Swing "The Rockafeller Skank"—Fatboy Slim Benji Schwimmer (season 2)
Heidi Groskreutz (season 2) assisting
Sabra Johnson
Dominic Sandoval		 Hip-hop "Make It Work"—Ne-Yo Shane Sparks
Jaimie Goodwin
Hokuto "Hok" Konishi		 Waltz "Angel"—Sarah McLachlan Toni Redpath
Lauren Gottlieb
Neil Haskell		 Jazz "Night of the Dancing Flame"-Roisin Murphy Wade Robson

Week 5 (18 July 2007)

Judges: Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy, Wade Robson

Couple Style Music Choreographer
Sabra Johnson
Dominic Sandoval		 Jive "I Do the Jerk"—Ryan Shaw Tony Meredith
Jaimie Goodwin
Hokuto "Hok" Konishi		 Broadway "Mr. Bojangles" from Fosse Tyce DiOrio
Travis Wall (season 2) assisting
Sara Von Gillem
Pasha Kovalev		 Jazz "Body Language"—Queen Mandy Moore
Lauren Gottlieb
Neil Haskell		 Contemporary "Let the Drummer Kick"—Citizen Cope Mia Michaels
Ben Susak (season 2) assisting
Anya Garnis
Danny Tidwell		 Foxtrot "It Had to Be You"—Brian Evans Jean-Marc Genereux
Lacey Schwimmer
Kameron Bink		 Hip-hop "Here I Come"—Fergie Dan Karaty

Week 6 (25 July 2007)

Judges: Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy, Mia Michaels

Couple Style Music Choreographer
Lauren Gottlieb
Pasha Kovalev		 Hip-hop "Fuego"—Pitbull Shane Sparks
Sabra Johnson
Kameron Bink		 Contemporary "Amazing Grace"—Crystal Lewis Tyce DiOrio
Lacey Schwimmer
Danny Tidwell		 Samba "Hip Hip Chin Chin"—Club Des Belugas Dmitry Chaplin (season 2)
Heidi Groskreutz (season 2) assisting
Jaimie Goodwin
Dominic Sandoval		 Viennese Waltz "Man of la Mancha"—Linda Eder Toni Redpath
Sara Von Gillern
Neil Haskell		 Disco "Knock on Wood"—Rachel Stevens Doriana Sanchez

* All of the dancers also performed the same, pro-peace themed, solo routine to John Mayer's "Waiting on the World to Change" Listen (help·info), choreographed by Wade Robson.

Week 7 (1 August 2007)

Judges: Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy, Adam Shankman

Couple Style Music Choreographer
Sara Von Gillern
Danny Tidwell		 Argentine Tango "Whatever Lola Wants"—Sarah Vaughan and Gotan Project Alex Da Silva
Hip-hop "Push It"—Salt-N-Pepa Shane Sparks
Lauren Gottlieb
Dominic Sandoval		 Krump "I Get Money"—50 Cent Lil C
Rumba "Ain't No Sunshine"—Bill Withers Tony Meredith
Lacey Schwimmer
Neil Haskell		 Latin Jazz "Acid"—Ray Barretto Maria Torres (dancer)
Contemporary "Time"—Billy Porter Mia Michaels
Sabra Johnson
Pasha Kovalev		 Broadway "A Wild Wild Party"—from The Wild Party Tyce DiOrio
Quickstep "Mr Pinstripe Suit"—Big Bad Voodoo Daddy Tony Meredith

Week 8 (8 August 2007)

Judges: Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy, Debbie Allen

Couple Style Music Choreographer
Lacey Schwimmer
Pasha Kovalev		 Hip-hop "In The Morning"—Junior Boys Dave Scott
Smooth Waltz "A Daisy In December"—Mick McAuley & Winifred Horan Hunter Johnson
Lauren Gottlieb
Danny Tidwell		 Contemporary "Then You Look at Me"—Céline Dion Mia Michaels
Disco "Don't Leave Me This Way"—The Communards Doriana Sanchez
Sabra Johnson
Neil Haskell		 Jazz "Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)"—Eurythmics Mandy Moore
Paso Doble "España Cañí"—Juan & Gennaro Tony Meredith

Solos:

Week 9 (15 August 2007)

Judges: Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy, Dan Karaty

Special performance: The Top 4 performed a Broadway routine choreographed by Tyce DiOrio to Liza Minnelli's "Mein Herr" from the Cabaret movie soundtrack.

Couple Style Music Choreographer
Sabra Johnson
Neil Haskell		 Hip-hop "Whine Up"—Kat DeLuna (featuring Elephant Man) Shane Sparks
Lacey Schwimmer
Danny Tidwell		 Viennese Waltz "Keep Holding On"—Avril Lavigne Jean-Marc Genereux
Lacey Schwimmer
Sabra Johnson		 Jazz "Koyal (Songbird)"—Nitin Sawhney Wade Robson
Danny Tidwell
Neil Haskell		 Contemporary "Are You the One?"—The Presets Mia Michaels
Lacey Schwimmer
Neil Haskell		 Lindy Hop "Bill's Bounce"—Bill Elliot Swing Orchestra Nick Williams
Kristin Scorci assisting
Sabra Johnson
Danny Tidwell		 Cha-cha "Gotta Get Down (La Negra Tiene Tumbao) [Spanglish Remix]"—Celia Cruz Melanie LaPatin
Tony Meredith assisting

Solos:

[edit] Results shows

Week 1 (14 June 2007)

Week 2 (21 June 2007)

  • Eliminated:
    • Faina Savich
    • Jimmy Arguello
  • New partners:
    • Cedric Gardner and Shauna Noland

Week 3 (28 June 2007)

  • Group dance: "The Lioness Hunt" from The Lion King (Choreographer: Tyce DiOrio)
  • Special Performance: Pasha Kovalev and Jessi Peralta performed the cha cha routine they were unable to originally exhibit due to Peralta's medical issues.
  • Musical guest: "Glamorous"—Fergie (featuring Ludacris)
  • Eliminated:
    • Jessi Peralta
    • Jesús Solario
  • New partners:
    • Pasha Kovalev and Sara Von Gillern

Week 4 (12 July 2007)

  • Eliminated:
    • Cedric Gardner
    • Shauna Noland
  • New partners:
    • None

Week 5 (19 July 2007)

  • Eliminated:
    • Anya Garnis
    • Hokuto "Hok" Konishi
  • New partners:
    • None. Now that only the top ten remain, new partners are randomly assigned each week.

Week 6 (26 July 2007)

  • Eliminated:
    • Jaimie Goodwin
    • Kameron Bink

Week 7 (02 August 2007)

  • Eliminated:
    • Sara Von Gillern
    • Dominic Sandoval

Week 8 (13 August 2007)

  • Group dance: "2:19"—Tom Waits (Choreographer: Wade Robson)
  • Special Performances:
    • Titus Fotso — African Dance Music Ensemble
    • Lil C and the Neph Squad: "Nephz Up"—The J Squad
  • Eliminated:
    • Lauren Gottlieb
    • Pasha Kovalev

Week 9 (Grand Finale) (16 August 2007)

  • Order of elimination
    • Lacey Schwimmer
    • Neil Haskell
    • Danny Tidwell
  • Winner
    • Sabra Johnson

[edit] Live tour

As in season 2, the top 10 contestants embarked on a live tour of the United States. Due to the success of the previous tour, this season's engagement was extended to 10 weeks and visited 50 cities. Tickets went on sale 11 August.[10] On the season finale, Hokuto "Hok" Konishi, Shauna Noland, Anya Garnis, and Jesús Solorio were named as alternate performers in the event of injury to any of the top 10. Noland, Garnis, and Jaimie Goodwin had been replacing Lacey Schwimmer in some of her tour routines because of an injury to her meniscus.

[edit] Broadcast outside of the United States

Australia is currently only the country outside of the United States that airs So You Think You Can Dance on Network Ten which premiered on 27 September 2007. Before the show was aired, commercials were shown with Cat Deeley wearing the same blue dress she wore on the 19th of September's result show with long earrings and her hair tied back, started to broadcast the show to the Australian audience saying "Coming on Ten". Other footage that was shown included Nigel Lithgoe doing a little dance and wearing the same suit on that result show. During the show with the top 20, after the last couple danced, Cat Deeley (still wearing the same dress on the 19th of September's result show) says "Will your favourite dancer make it through to the next round? Don't go anywhere Australia (Deeley doing a little head shake), because the result show is coming up right after this break" [11]. During this time, Australia started to do auditions for So You Think You Can Dance Australia. It has been discovered by fans of the show that Channel 10 has been showing a heavily edited version of SYTYCD Season 3, with the audition shows compressed into two episodes and even leaving whole dances out of the some of the finals shows (the We Will Rock You Paso Doble for example).

The series is currently shown on DSTV Channel 104 across Africa. Currently in the top four. It will finish on 22 November 2007. And it is also being shown in Canada on Muchmusic. In the Middle East, it is being shown on MBC 4. It premiered on 24th of October.

It is also shown on the FOX network in Japan without any editing with the performance and elimination round being shown on the same night. Following the show, Japanese amateur dancers are also shown, usually 4 dancers per week. It is currently showing the top 12 dancers as of 2007 December 30.

SYTYCD is also currently being shown in the UK on LivingTV every Wednesday at 8pm and is repeated throughout the week.

[edit] References

  1. ^ TV Guide (March 8, 2007)
  2. ^ Mitovich, Matt (2007-30-01). Really Now, So You Think You Can Dance?. TV Guide.com. Retrieved on 2007-06-11.
  3. ^ "Episode 307". So You Think You Can Dance. 2007-06-13. No. 7, season 3.
  4. ^ Recap, Season 3, Show 307/308. FOX.com. Retrieved on 2007-08-17.
  5. ^ "Episode 311". So You Think You Can Dance. 2007-06-27. No. 11, season 3.
  6. ^ "Episode 321". So You Think You Can Dance. 2007-08-08. No. 21, season 3.
  7. ^ Starr Seibel, Deborah (2007-07-27). So You Think You Can Dance Backstage Report. TV Guide.com. Retrieved on 2007-08-19.
  8. ^ "Episode 317". So You Think You Can Dance. 2007-06-25.
  9. ^ "Episode 318". So You Think You Can Dance. 2007-06-26.
  10. ^ 2007 Tour. FOX.com. Retrieved on 2007-07-26.
  11. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwJejvpJu3M | footage exclusive to Australia

[edit] External links

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