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I decided that before the finale I’d post a poll to see who our readers think will win Season 4 of SYTYCD. The list of people is randomized and you can only vote once. Should be interesting to see if this poll predicts the actual winner.

Here are some links to all of my posts where I talked about the top 4 So You Think You Can Dance contestants:
Courtney Gailano
Katee Shean
Twitch
Joshua Allen

I’ll post my SYTYCD predictions this weekend.

Always sad to see any of the dancers leave at this point, but I am happy to say that I predicted that Mark and Chelsie would go home. More on that in a different post, this post is for the music from the top 6 SYTYCD elimination show. As always here’s my link to all the So You Think You Can Dance music.

Group dance: “The Rose” sung by Bette Midler (Choereographer: Mandy Moore)

Guest dancer(s): Lil’ Demon danced to the song “Planet Rock” sung by Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force

Musical guest: “Just Dance”-Lady GaGa

- Original Music Video

Courtney Galiano danced a solo to the song “Almost Lover” - A Fine Frenzy

- Original Music Video
Mark Kanemura danced a solo to the song “Wind It Up (Original Neptunes Mix)” - Gwen Stefani

Katee Shean danced a solo to the song “Beautiful Disaster” - Jon McLaughlin

- Original Music Video
Joshua Allen danced a solo to the song “I Can Make You Dance” - Zapp

Chelsie Hightower danced a solo to the song “The Girl’s Gone Wild” - Travis Tritt

- Original Music Video
Stephen “Twitch” Boss danced a solo to the song “Don’t Worry, Be Happy” - Bobby McFerrin

- Original Music Video

Eliminated:

Chelsie Hightower’s Elimination Music was “Come Home” by OneRepublic

Mark Kanemura’s elimination music was “All I Can See” by Brendon James

As most of you know, I’ve been keeping a list of all the So You Think You Can Dance Season 4 music. I’ve also been adding the links to be able to purchase this music on iTunes. Using the number of times someone has clicked on those links as a ranking, here’s the top 20 most clicked on songs from So You Think You Can Dance season 4. I’ve also included the link to iTunes for the music in case you missed it before.

Anouk
Hotel New York
Lost

The Veronicas
Hook Me Up
Untouched

Nicole Scherzinger
Serena Williams’ Interval Run
Whatever U Like

Timbaland
Shock Value
Come and Get Me (feat. 50 Cent & Tony Yayo)

Charlotte Martin
Stromata
The Dance

Me’Shell Ndegeocello
Bitter
Beautiful

Chayanne
Grandes Exitos
Baila Baila

Leona Lewis
Bleeding Love - Single
Bleeding Love

Busta Rhymes
Don’t Touch Me (Throw Da Water on ‘Em) - Single
Don’t Touch Me (Throw Da Water On ‘Em)

Mario
Go
Skippin’

Gotan Project
Lunático
Mi Confesión

Hot Chip
Made In the Dark
Wrestlers

ADELE
19
Hometown Glory

Nina Storey
Shades
No Man

Robyn
Robyn
Cobrastyle

Mario
How Do I Breathe - Single
How Do I Breathe

Jan A.P. Kaczmarek
Unfaithful
Silence

Carmela Rappazzo
The Girl Who Dreams Out Loud, New Standards
Sweet Contentment

Estelle
Shine
American Boy (feat. Kanye West)

Shahrukh Khan, Arjun Rampal, Deepika Padukone & Shreyas Talpade
Om Shanti Om (Music from the Film)
Dhoom taana

One honorable mention that I’m sure will be on this list because I just posted after tonight’s show is the following:
Mirah
Advisory Committee
The Garden

**Yes, this list is biased to songs that were at the beginning of the season or songs that I posted quicker than others, but the list is interesting nonetheless.

I think this has to be the closest top 6 that has ever happened on SYTYCD. The biggest problem for me is that I don’t have a clear favorite like I did in season 2 and I totally loved Heidi even if I knew she wouldn’t win. It was still exciting because I was cheering for someone. Even last year was interesting for me, because I really didn’t like Danny Tidwell and so I was rooting for whoever would take him down. Thank you Sabra for doing that for me. This year is much harder since I love them all.

All of that said, here’s my take on the SYTYCD Top 6. Please leave your thoughts on them in the comments.

Chelsie Hightower - She reminds me a lot of Heidi, but I must admit that personally she kind of freaks me out that almost every male dancer has said that she acts more like a boy. I like my girls to act like girls. Of course, you never notice it on the dance floor, but I would have been happier if they left that out. She also isn’t nearly as humble as Heidi was at learning new dances and listening to the judges. I think she has a pretty reasonable chance of winning. Not to mention Chelise Hightower, the mormon, should do really well with the mormon vote. Seemed to work for Benji Schwimmer. However, I personally don’t think it will be enough for Chelsie to win SYTYCD.

Courtney Galiano - Courtney has to be the nicest most innocent looking girl that has ever appeared on SYTYCD. I really hate when she’s getting camera close up and does her pouty face. Goes a little bit too far for me. I like the sincerity that she is really afraid of getting sent home, but it just seems way to overblown for me. Her solos haven’t really been anything special to me, but her couples dances have almost all blown me away. Courtney has one of the best looks they’ve had on SYTYCD

Joshua Allen - For some reason Joshua Allen shot straight to the top of my list of favorite dancers near the beginning of this season. I have a feeling it’s his sincere love for dancing and humility in trying to learn new dances. Whatever it is, I think America has seen the same thing. I just hope that Mary and Nigel’s kiss of death tonight won’t cause a surprise and make it so Joshua supporters stop voting for him. Doesn’t he also have a little bit of Donyelle in him? Has any other guy been as big as him?

Katee Shean - The judges have honestly described Katee almost dead on. She really does have a unique quality that is beautiful to watch no matter what dance she’s doing. Amazing to see how far she’s come. It would have been fun to see if her friend could have done the same, but maybe we’ll find out next year. Katee’s had some really tough routines that she’s killed. My only question is whether she’s popular enough with America. I just hope she makes the top 4 so we get to see her dance some more.

Mark Kanemura - I don’t mind throwing Mark a bit of Hawaiian pride since I lived there for a couple years. He’s absolutely unique in his style. The problem I have with Mark is that I can’t remember one thing he’s done that has blown me away. I can’t remember anything bad either, but if he wants to win it all he’s got to WOW us. I can’t remember him ever Wowing me.

Twitch - Good old Twitch. Happy to see him making it this far after all the past failed attempts. America loves and underdog story for the most part, but I honestly don’t see Twitch as a pure underdog. He appeared in Hairspray and choreographed in Asia for a while. All of this said, he’s still fantastic to watch dance his solo. Either him or Joshua are my favorite solos of this bunch. Too bad I don’t think Twitch is going to be able to garner enough votes to win it all. Have no fear, I’m sure he’ll be brought back next year to do some choreography.

What does this all mean? My prediction is a no brainer for the guys. Mark Kanemura is getting sent home. The girls is much harder. I really can’t choose. So, I’ll just go out on a limb and say that Chelsie Hightower is going home (I won’t be surprised if I’m wrong). I mostly guess that, because I’d LOVE to see Katee and Courtney do a dance together in the SYTYCD finale. That makes my predicted top 4:
Courtney Gailano
Katee Shean
Twitch
Joshua Allen

Am I right or wrong?

Some absolutely brilliant couples music for the top 6 on So You Think You Can Dance. The music on So You Think You Can Dance has been better than ever. Take a look at all the So You Think You Can Dance music. Soon I’m hoping to post a list of the most popular music from this season of So You Think You Can Dance so watch for that soon.

Here’s the music for the top 6:

Courtney Galiano and Mark Kanemura danced a Viennese Waltz to the song “The Time of My Life”—David Cook choreographed by Jason Gilkison

Courtney Galiano and Mark Kanemura danced a Jazz to the song “The Garden”—Mirah choreographed by Sonya Tayeh

- Another version? (since I’m told the first one isn’t the one that played on the show)
Katee Shean and Joshua Allen danced a Contemporary to the song “All by Myself”—Celine Dion choreographed by Tyce Diorio

Katee Shean and Joshua Allen danced a Paso Doble to the song “Filet” from Le Rêve choreographed by Jason Gilkison

Chelsie Hightower and Stephen “Twitch” Boss danced a Mambo to the song “Ahora Me Toca a Mi”—Victor Manuelle choreographed by Tony Meredith and Melanie LaPatin

Chelsie Hightower and Stephen “Twitch” Boss danced a Hip-hop to the song “Control”—The Vitamin String Quartet choreographed by Napoleon D’umo and Tabitha D’umo

Lots of good solo music for those interested in doing their own solos. The hard part is deciding which solo is the best. Plus, you can also check for all the previous SYTYCD music.

Chelsie Hightower danced a solo to the song “When I Grow Up”—Pussycat Dolls

- Original music video
Stephen “Twitch” Boss danced a solo to the song “Midas Touch”—Midnight Star

Katee Shean danced a solo to the song “Can’t Stop”—Maroon 5

Joshua Allen danced a solo to the song “Like That”—Memphis Bleek

Courtney Galiano danced a solo to the song “Rock Your Soul”—Elisa

Mark Kanemura danced a solo to the song “Bum Like You”—Robyn

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I previously posted the list of So You Think You Can Dance Tour dates and locations. Below you’ll find the list with the dates and times that tickets will go on sale. I’m also including links to be able to buy So You Think You Can Dance tour tickets online.

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Today I was sent a TV Guide article that has some quotes from Nigel Lythgoe talking about the departure of Will Wingfield from So You Think You Can Dance. The part in quotes is from the article with my commentary in between.

Did the brilliant Will Wingfield exit Fox’s So You Think You Can Dance too soon? Head judge/executive producer Nigel Lythgoe certainly thinks so.

Who cares what Nigel thinks? It’s not his choice anymore it’s America’s.

When the moment of truth arrived during last week’s results show, here’s what the audience didn’t see: Lythgoe putting his head down on the judges’ table as if he couldn’t bear to watch what was going to happen next. Would it be Will or another audience favorite, Twitch, getting the boot?

How funny is this? Nigel acts as if Will getting booted off is wrong. This of course would assume that there’s a right and wrong answer. The fact is that there isn’t. There’s no such thing as right or wrong when we’re talking about a favorite dancer. Especially since Fox has said repeatedly that So You Think You Can Dance is “America’s Favorite Dancer.” Considering Nigel Lythgoe isn’t even an American, then does his opinion really matter in a contest for “America’s Favorite Dancer?” America voted and America decided. It’s great that way and that’s the beauty of America.

When Cat Deeley announced that Will would be going home, the crowd gasped. Widely acknowledged to be the finest all-around dancer this season — and coming off of a sensational pas de deux with Katee Shean and a rousing James Brown imitation in his Wednesday solo routine — nobody saw it coming. After the initial shock, the audience gave a standing ovation. “To me, it’s very much like losing Chris Daughtry or Tamyra Gray from American Idol,” Lythgoe said after the show. “Either one of them leaving — Will or Twitch — was a big disappointment. I really thought Will, Twitch and Joshua would be fighting it out until the end.”

So I must admit. I really actually enjoyed Will’s James Brown imitation. The pas de deux was incredible because of Katee I thought, so no surprises there for me when Will got booted. I can agree that Will is a great dancer, but dancing isn’t just about technique. Will didn’t have that it quality that I think the final three men had and that’s why he’s gone.

Twitch had fallen to his knees, with his back to the audience, when he landed in the bottom two, and had to be comforted by Deeley. “I had words with him,” shares Lythgoe. “I said, ‘Look, you’re in the Top 10. After this, there’s only going to be one winner, so please use the next few weeks just to enjoy yourself.’”

Cat Deeley comforting Twitch was one of the nicest parts of the show. As if we needed another reason to like Cat even more. I also love how Nigel “had words with him.” What a commanding father figure.

Lythgoe says Twitch will probably get the same kind of sympathy vote this week that hip-hopper Comfort got the week prior — before she was sent packing for a second time. Who will be standing at the end? “A boy is gonna be the winner this year,” says Lythgoe. “That’s my gut.”

It’s not about sympathy, but Nigel is right. Twitch fans will not provide sympathy votes, but they will get out and vote more than they ever have before. That spells trouble for Mark Kanemura.

I would normally say I don’t know at this point if a guy or a girl is going to win this year, but Nigel has more than his gut to determine if a guy is going to win. I imagine as producer of the show he’s seen the numbers of votes so I’ll go with him and say a guy will win. Joshua Allen winning So You Think You Can Dance would be a great ending and well deserved.

The following is all the music for the elimination dances and other group dances on SYTYCD top 8. It’s amazing to me how this elimination was the opposite of last week. I was fine with both people getting sent home. Last week I didn’t want to see either person leave.

Here you can find all of the previous SYTYCD music.

Top 8 hip-hop Group dance: “Universal Mind Control” sung by Common

Guest dancer(s): Los Angeles Ballet Pas de deux; (The Man I Love from the ballet Who Cares?)

Musical guest: “Baby” sung by LL Cool J featuring The-Dream debut this new single on So You Think You Can Dance

- Original Music Video

Solos:

Comfort Fedoke: “Like This” sung by Mims

William Wingfield: “Closer” sung by Goapele

Courtney Galiano: “Passion” sung by Kreesha Turner

Stephen “Twitch” Boss: “Hollywood Swinging” sung by Kool and the Gang

Eliminated:

Comfort Fedoke: “Come Home” sung by OneRepublic

William Wingfield: “Love Remains the Same” sung by Gavin Rossdale

- Original Music Video

The following is all the music for the solo dances on SYTYCD. Here you can find all of the previous SYTYCD music or the couples music for SYTYCD.

Comfort Fedoke danced a solo to the song “I Got This Down” sung by Simian Mobile Disco

William Wingfield danced a solo to the song “Get Up Offa That Thing” sung by James Brown

Katee Shean danced a solo to the song “Taking Chances” sung by Celine Dion

Mark Kanemura danced a solo to the song “Creator” sung by Santogold ft. Switch and Freq Nasty

Chelsie Hightower danced a solo to the song “Damaged” sung by Danity Kane

- Original music video
Joshua Allen danced a solo to the song “Shawty Get Loose” sung by Lil’ Mama ft. T-Pain and Chris Brown

- Original music video
Courtney Galiano danced a solo to the song “Where I Stood” sung by Missy Higgins

- Original music video
Stephen “Twitch” Boss danced a solo to the song “Go To Work” sung by Kay L