As tonight's So You Think You Can Dance season finale came to a conclusion, Cat named America's favorite dancer. But before that point we got to see highlight reels as well as a bunch of this season's favorite dances performed again.
The show opened with the top 20 performing The Wiz group routine from earlier in the season. It was just as great this time as it was the first time. Then each of the judges got to request their favorite routines of the season. Adam wanted to see Jeanine and Phillip's hip hop routine from the first episode. It was choreographed by Tabitha and Napoleon and was performed to the song Mad. Then, Janette and Brandon danced the Argentine tango after Nigel requested it. We then saw Asuka and Vitolio's waltz, choreographed by Louis, after Debbie claimed it was her favorite. Mary then said her favorite from the season was the Travis Wall choreographed routine performed by Jeanine and Jason. Mia then said her favorite performance was the Louis choreographed samba performed by Max and Kayla. We also got the opportunity to rewatch the Calle Ocho top 16 group performance. This was the hip hop/samba fusion, which Debbie admitted was also a standout for her. Lil C's favorite was the Bollywood routine Jason and Caitlin performed week one. Also performed was Randi and Evan's butt dance, which was choreographed by Mia and requested by Adam. Mary said one of her other faves was Jeanine and Brandon's paso doble from the night before, also choreographed by Louis. Nigel's other favorite routine was the Mia choreographed addiction dance performed by Kayla and Kupono. Tyce, who got limited face time tonight, said his favorite dance was the Doriana disco routine Janette and Brandon performed. We also had the opportunity to watch the Tyce choreographed breast cancer dance performed by Melissa and Ade after Mia requested a repeat.
As a special treat we also got to see the top eight perform the Mia choreographed Chorus Line dance and the six judges - Mia, Tyce, Debbie, Mary, Adam and Nigel - joined in for a few eight counts at the end. They didn't do too much, but they looked happy and the audience seemed to love it.
But the real reason for tonight's two hour episode was to name a winner. So let me get to the results. From the top we heard that last night a record amount - 21.6 million - of votes were cast. About one hour into the episode we learned that Kayla was the fourth place dancer. A while later we found out that in third place was Evan. This left Jeanine and Brandon as the top two, which is exactly like Nigel predicted. As the show came to a close, Jeanine was named America's favorite dancer! I said yesterday that anyone could win and I would be pleased, but honestly, based on the last few weeks, Jeanine was the stand out. She flourished in recent weeks and truly showed America what a wonderful dancer she is.
Well, another season comes to an end, which makes me sad. But the great news is that we won't have to wait long for a new season. In about a month SYTYCD begins airing its sixth season as a part of Fox's fall schedule. I cannot wait. For now, what did you think of the episode? Were you happy to see some of the season's best performances again? And, more importantly, do you think the best dancer won? Leave it here.
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