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Time again to check out the videos from the SYTYCD UK top 6. You can find their performances embedded below. I’m sure that they’re out of order. Sorry about that. However, I did try and make sure that the results stuff was in the right order. Just some of the judges comments might sound off since the performances aren’t in the right order. Enjoy!

As always, you can find the music from this episode of SYTYCD UK here.

The SYTYCD UK top 6 danced a group Broadway number to the song “Big Spender” choreographed by Karen Bruce

Music for Group Numbers:
Lizzie Gough and Robbie White danced Broadway to the song “Hot Honey Rag” —Chicago
Lizzie Gough and Robbie White danced Hip-Hop to the song “Mad” —Neyo
Mandy Montanez and Alastair Postlethwaite danced Contemporary to the song “Fix You” —Coldplay
Mandy Montanez and Alastair Postlethwaite danced Paso Doble to the song “Dies Irae” —Karl Jenkins
Charlie Bruce and Tommy Franzén danced Jazz to the song “Circus” —Britney Spears
Charlie Bruce and Tommy Franzén danced Quickstep to the song “Do Your Thing” —Basement Jaxx

Music for Solos:
Charlie Bruce danced Jazz to the song “Conga” —Gloria Estefan
Lizzie Gough danced Lyrical Hip-Hop to the song “Bleeding Love” —Leona Lewis
Alastair Postlethwaite danced to the song Ballet to the song “Tetsujin” by Juno Reactor vs. Don Davis from The Matrix Revolutions
Tommy Franzén Breakdanced to the song Variations from Song and Dance (Andrew Lloyd Webber)
Robbie White danced Contemporary to the song
Mandy Montanez danced Contemporary to the song

Special Musical Guest was Leona Lewis singing “I Got You”

By Alice Claridge

HUNDREDS of young Hobart dancers have been wowed by four of Australia’s favourite dancers this week.

Girls and boys from five to 25 years of age have been showing off their moves at a workshop being run by contestants from the television show So You Think You Can Dance.

Since leaving the show Hilton Dennis, BJ Rorke, Sean Robinson and Stephen Tannos have formed their own business, which is taking them around the country for the workshops.

Tannos, 21 of Sydney said the group had been impressed by the dancers attending at Moonah (Tasmania).

“It’s been really great. I think it’s the best workshop we’ve done so far,” Tannos said.

“The dancers are of a really high calibre, and they are really committed.

“I love that they are so eager to learn and try new styles of dancing.”

The workshop, which concludes today, covered tap, jazz, contemporary, hip-hop and break dancing.

“Our styles are quite blended, so I think the students have benefited from something a bit new,” Tannos said.

“Hobart dancers have got as much potential as those in Sydney.”

Source: The Mercury (Tasmania)

Matt – Sydney, NSW – 22 – Ballroom/Latin
Robbie – Sydney, NSW – 18 – Contemporary/Ballet
Will – Sydney, NSW – 31 – Ballroom/Latin
Heath – Mullumbimby, QLD – 22 – Contemporary/Ballet
Jessie H – Sydney, NSW – 19 – Comptemporary/Ballet
Don – Sydney, NSW – 25 – Hip-Hop
Issi – Sydney, NSW – 18 – Contemporary/Ballet
Carly – Sydney, NSW – 21 – Jazz/Broadway
Renee – Hobart, TAS – 20 – Contemporary/Ballet
Jess S – Sydney, NSW – 20 – Contemporary/Ballet
Phillipe – Brisbane, QLD – 30 – Hip-Hop
Ilona – Sydney, NSW – 28 – Hip-Hop
Mikhaela – Melbourne, VIC – 20 – Jazz/Broadway
Doug – Perth, WA – 23 – Jazz/Broadway
Kieran – Melbourne, VIC – 18 – Ballroom/Latin
Jessica P – Newcastle, NSW – 21 – Ballrooom/Latin
Gaz – Gold Coast, QLD – 25 – Hip-Hop
Nick – Melbourne, VIC – Contemporary/Ballet
Ivy – Sunbury, VIC – Contemporary/Ballet
Grace – Brisbane, QLD – Contemporary/Ballet

If you visit the Link below you can click on Dancers and you can exclusively see the live full final auditions that was shown last night in Australia.

There will be a special shown next Wednesday night with the Top 20 Preparation special to be shown where the competitors will be taking part in workshops and also BTS stuff on the photoshoot. The official competition starts the week after on Wednesday not Sunday.

There is a couple of more articles I found today be expecting to post those very soon.

Source: Network Ten

Taken from Tasmania’s The Advocate. Tasmania hasn’t had a Top 20 contestant in the past 2 seasons and 2 of them have made it into the Top 100 could they both make it into the Top 20? well we’ll find out who makes the cut tonight in ‘Top 100 Week’.

By Elspeth Powell

A STAR was born in Devonport.

This year’s season of So You Think You Can Dance is only just underway, but The Advocate has a good feeling that contestant James Elmer’s Tasmanian roots will see him go far.

The self-taught hip hop dancer was born in Devonport and is now living in Cairns with his well-known Coastal parents.

Most of James’ direct family still live on the Coast.

Monday night’s program on TDT 5 showed the Devonport- born James blitz the Brisbane auditions to make it to the final 100 in Sydney.

His father, Don Elmer, formerly of Latrobe, said he thought it was James’ straightforward and comic nature that got him through.

“It resembles where he came from,” Mr Elmer said.

“I have a lot of traits that people say are very Tasmanian,” James said.

Devonport’s Angela Elmer- Lomax agrees with her nephew.

“He’s just funny and really laidback,” she said.

“He’s tenacious without a doubt.”

And it seems that good old Tassie sense of humour is evident in other members of James’ family.

“Make sure you write that his uncle taught him everything he knows,” said his uncle Stewart Lomax.

While the larrikin in James may be a family trait as well as a Tasmanian one, dancing is a skill he has all to himself.

“Although Angela has a dance after a few drinks,” joked grandmother Nancy Elmer.

Mrs Elmer’s partner, Eric Wells, said he thought James was naturally gifted.

“He walked out like he’d been in front of the cameras for years,” Mr Wells said.

Mrs Elmer lived with James for three months when he was four years old.

“He was a gem,” she said.

“He used to sing every day.”

James discovered dancing when he needed to find an extra subject at school.

“I didn’t have very much motivation at school. I picked up the subject because there was a girl I liked in that class,” he said.

“Dancing was his escape,” Mrs Elmer-Lomax said.

Regardless of the outcome of the competition, James plans to keep dancing in the future.

“It’s pretty locked in,” he said.

Renee who is also the Tasmania was the one that audtioned in the Gold Coast auditions where she broke down in front of the judges about her body image

Source: The Advocate (Tasmania)

Here’s some photos that were in the paper:

I’m also myself a girl from Devonport so I’ll keep an eye on this boy in the near future.

Some interesting things were posted on Twitter today, so I thought I’d round up a few of the tidbits for you. Here we go.

Billy_Bell
I might have got my first rejection from an auditon today… yay! haha about 2 hours ago

adammshankman
PS: the dancers fr oscars were picked today. A lot of familiar sytycders will b there, and unbelievable new talent. Going to be SICK. about 2 hours ago

[Here's a piece from SYTYCDism that says more about which dancers. Travis, Kayla, Kathryn and Russell!]

LaurenGottlieb
I need your help. Im looking for new music to choreograph to! Let me know if you got something you think is my style http://is.gd/7zXTf about 6 hours ago

itsjeaninemason
True love!! @alohakupono and I! http://twitpic.com/112v3f about 7 hours ago

Here’s Kupono’s response, from later in the day:

alohakupono
Awwwwwwww, I MiSs my DUMPLiNG @itsjeaninemason and I LoooooooVE that I’m playing w/your hair in the PHOtO… CLASSiC US ; ) about 6 hours ago

And here’s the picture she Tweeted:

Broadway:

Locking:

Source: BBC on You Tube

Yanet Exit Interview:

Recap:

Drew Exit Interview:

More Rehearsal Footage:

Source: BBC on You Tube

I apologize to those that have been waiting for the SYTYCD UK top 8 videos. Now you can watch the online streaming video of SYTYCD UK on the YouTube videos below. Emilie has also posted the songs from this episode of SYTYCD UK. Note: this is divided into 24 clips.

Thanks to McPhee for helping me out when I was slacking.