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This is what I’ve been waiting for! Who are you looking forward to seeing again in Vegas? I’ll tell you some of my favorites and ask John and our other writers (and YOU!) to chime in with theirs. As folks have pointed out in comments recently, you can’t always predict who’ll get to the Top 20 or go to the very end when the auditions are over. It’s not always the best dancers who get the most camera time up till this point. And then – WHAM! – a Jeanine just grabs your attention and holds onto it.

Well, let’s see how we do predicting early favorites anyway. I’m going to try to limit myself to two dancers from each city.

Emilie’s Early Favorites List

L.A.: Mollee Gray and Paula van Oppen

Phoenix: Allison Becker

Boston: Teddy Tedholm and Channing Cook

Atlanta: Jessica Jensen and Thomas Hamilton (this one was pretty hard)

New Orleans: Jakob Karr and Diana Drexler

Salt Lake City: Hayley Cloud, Megan Kinney and Leigh Asay (I gave myself 3 here since I only had 1 for Phoenix)

I was a bit prejudiced in favor of the girls. Only three guys took my top slots. And there are 152 dancers going to Vegas, so as John pointed out, we’ve probably only seen half of them.

John? What about you? Who are your early favorites?

There’s no way Salt Lake City audition music can top the New Orleans audition music. But it can try and I’ll enjoy the attempt…

Opening: “Beast” -Nico Vega

In the line: ”Move Like You Gonna Die Soon” -Cobra Starship

Bryan Boyer (b-boy with the short red hair with black stripe): “Everyone Nose” -N.E.R.D.

Tristy Mirci (25 car accidents in 3 years) interview: “Stickshifts and Safety Belts” -Cake

Tristy Mirci audition: “Already Gone” -Kelly Clarkson

Hayley Cloud (orange shirt, herniated disk – my favorite so far): “I Just Don’t Love You Anymore” -Jann Arden

Megan Kinney (Caitlin, from last season’s, sister, they went to Vegas together): “Everybody Knows” -Elizabeth & the Catapult (I just knew it!)

Genise Ridiaz (pink shorts, curly hair): also “Everybody Knows,” (which could have been the Sharon Robinson version, but wasn’t )

Montage of the girls: “Tik Tok” -Ke$ha

Ariana Rowley (burlesque dancers with Voodoo Darlings) interview: “Lady Marmelade” -Bruce Johnson

Ariana Rowley strip routine: “Something Sweet Now” -Dave Tweedie & Oona Garthwaite (you know the deal – we’ll post a link when one’s available)

Iveta Lukoslute (Lithuanian blonde, “money growing on trees”): “Have You Ever Been in Love” -Celine Dion

Choreography: “I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)” -Pitbull

Vegas montage: “Say (Half Past Nine)” -Hot Chelle Rae (Here’s the song on YouTube till we can find a download)

2nd day, in line: “Hummingbird” -Born Ruffians

Pascal Nayigiziki (really delusional spasm dancer): “Weight of the World” -Dave Tweedie & Stephen Bradley

Couple montage: “Partners in Crime” -Poets & Pornstars (not “Wherever We Go” -Newsboys like I thought at first)

Ashleigh & Ryan Di Lello (married couple, former competitors) interview: “You Are the Best Thing” -Ray LaMontagne

Ashleigh & Ryan Di Lello audition: “Poker Face -Lady GaGa

Leigh Asay & Josh Murillo (she lost a toenail, auditioned before and he pulls faces): “Just Dance” -Lady GaGa

Vegas montage: “I’m Alive” -Tina Parol (not on iTunes, but try her song “Who’s Got the Money” in the meantime).

Alright, so there was a lot of really good music in this audition episode. But I missed some of it, especially the montages (girls, going to Vegas, 2nd day opener), so I need all the help I can get.

You can see all the SYTYCD music listed here.

This is the last audition episode. While they’ve been fun (especially New Orleans), I’m excited to move on to Vegas week tomorrow night. Will Salt Lake end the Season 6 auditions with a hoot or a holler?

As most of our readers know, we’ve been listing all of the music from SYTYCD season 6. In fact, we’ve been doing it for a couple seasons. One of my favorite things to do now is to list the most popular music from the latest season of SYTYCD. It’s definitely not a perfect science, but the following is the top 20 songs from the sixth season of So You Think You Can Dance (up until now).

If It Kills Me by Jason Mraz
First Love by Adele
Your Hands by JJ Heller
Elephant In the Room by Richard Walters
Infinity by Guru Josh Project
Take a Look At Me Now (Against All Odds) by The Postal Service
Stay by Katie Thompson
Always Midnight by Pat Monahan
I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho) by Pitbull (was this played again on Season 6 or people still buying it from Season 5?)
Potrero Road by The Mother Hips
Beggin’ by Madcon
To Build a Home by The Cinematic Orchestra
Can’t Help Falling in Love by Ingrid Michaelson
The Dance by Charlotte Martin
Touched by VAST
Black and Gold by Katy Perry
Brass Knuckles by Living Things
This Time by John Legend
Reasons to Love You by Meiko
Wasted Time by Me’Shell Ndegeocello

Check back tonight as we work to list the final SYTYCD audition music from the Salt Lake City auditions.