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Joshua Allen Wins So You Think You Can Dance Season 4

Congratulations to Joshua Allen! A well deserved win and I couldn’t be happier. Ever since Joshua made the top 20, there was a certain humility about him that I found very endearing. Looks like America did too.

However, let’s dig a little deeper into why I think Joshua won this year’s So You Think You Can Dance. The fact is that maybe it wasn’t so much what Joshua did, but what others did that led Joshua to the win. For example, I really think that America didn’t like the fact that Twitch was in Hairspray. America loves an underdog and Twitch was the supreme come back kid. Twitch was Rocky coming back for another fight after being knocked down how many years in a row. Unfortunately, I think that his underdog polish was smeared when people found out he’d been in Hairspray.

Katee Shean was a beautiful dancer and certainly a joy to watch. I wonder if she wasn’t too good. I only say that, because she was so good that the judges just absolutely gushed over her. The only question is whether Katee fans just thought Katee had it in the bag and decided not to vote or whether all the gushing over Katee made Twitch and Joshua fans get out and vote even more. Either way, at least Katee went home with $50k. That should ease her pain of being third a little.

Courtney Galiano, well I honestly don’t know why she didn’t do better, but America just didn’t like her as much as the others. My mother absolutely adored her, but unfortunately my mother doesn’t pick up the phone and vote. I guess Courtney needed to target a little bit younger demographic of voters.

Of course, I think Joshua actually was given a gift by the producers of So You Think You Can Dance that pushed him over the top. Joshua was seen as this likable, humble, strong man. As a street dancer he can certainly play the underdog card really well, but yesterday’s episode he hit it out of the park.

During Joshua’s segment he told a true underdog story about a guy (Joshua) who came from humble means, but wanted to dance so much that he’d clean the dance studio in order to pay for lessons. Sounds like something right out of a movie, no? All of America took Joshua under their arms and voted so they could make this great American story have it’s fairy tale ending.

August 8, 2008 I Written By

Just call me Charlie...but where are my angels?

Group Dance Music from the Finale of So You Think You Can Dance

The final installment of music from the 2008 Season of So You Think You Can Dance. A very sad time for all of us. However, when you look back at the long list of SYTYCD music, then at least we can listen to our favorite music from the show to get us by until next year.

Top 20 Group Dance to the song “Boom”—Sin featuring T-Pain (Hip-hop; Choreographer: Shane Sparks)
Mario - Boom (feat. Juvenile) - Single - Boom (feat. Juvenile)
Top 5 Male dancers group dance to the song “Five Guys Named Moe” from Five Guys Named Moe (Broadway; Choreographer: Nigel Lythgoe)
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five - Five Guys Named Moe: Original Decca Recordings, Vol. 2 - Five Guys Named Moe

Robert Muraine & Phillip Chebeeb battle danced to the song “Stronger”—Kanye West
Kanye West - Graduation - Stronger
Stronger – Original Music Video
Mary Murphy & Dmitry Chaplin danced a Samba to the song “Baila, Baila”—Angela Via

Cirque du Soleil/Cast of Criss Angel: Believe danced to the song “Homage to the Rabbits”—Éric Serra; Choreographer: Wade Robson

Debbie Allen Dance Academy featuring Nigel Lythgoe danced to the song “Boogie Wonderland”—Earth, Wind and Fire
Earth, Wind & Fire with The Emotions - Earth, Wind & Fire: Greatest Hits - Boogie Wonderland
Dancers from seasons 1-3 danced to the song “Don’t Stop the Music”—Rihanna
Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded - Don't Stop the Music
Don't Stop the Music – Original Music Video

Elimination Music
Courtney Galiano was eliminated to the song “It’s Only Life”—Kate Voegele
Kate Voegele - Don't Look Away - It's Only Life
Katee Shean was eliminated to the song “From Where You Are”—Lifehouse
Lifehouse - From Where You Are - Single - From Where You Are

August 7, 2008 I Written By

Just call me Charlie...but where are my angels?

Music from the Judges Picks on the SYTYCD Finale

After listing all the music on the 2008 SYTYCD, it’s only fitting that we finish it off with the list of music from the judges picks.

Nigel Lythgoe’s Pick
Katee Shean and Joshua Allen danced Bollywood to the song “Dhoom Taana” from Om Shanti Om choreographed by Nakul Dev Mahajan
Shahrukh Khan, Arjun Rampal, Deepika Padukone & Shreyas Talpade - Om Shanti Om (Music from the Film) - Dhoom taana
Mary Murphy’s Pick
Courtney Galiano and Gev Manoukian danced Rumba to the song “Wishing on a Star”—Rose Royce choreographed by Tony Meredith and Melanie LaPatin
Rose Royce - Rose Royce Greatest Hits - Wishing on a Star
Adam Shankman’s pick
Comfort Fedoke and Stephen “Twitch” Boss danced Hip-hop to the song “Forever”—Chris Brown choreographed by Dave Scott
Chris Brown - Forever - Single - Forever
Forever – Original Music Video
Lil C’s Pick
Chelsie Hightower and Mark Kanemura danced Hip-Hop to the song “Bleeding Love”—Leona Lewis choreographed by Napoleon D’umo and Tabitha D’umo
Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love - Single - Bleeding Love
Leona Lewis - Spirit (Deluxe Version) - Bleeding Love – Original Music Video
Mia Michaels’ Pick
Katee Shean and William Wingfield danced Pas de deux to the song “Imagine”—David Archuleta choreographed by Dwight Rhoden and Desmond Richardson

Adam Shankman’s Pick
Courtney Galiano and Mark Kanemura danced Jazz to the song “The Garden”—Mirah choreographed by Sonya Tayeh
Mirah - Advisory Committee - The Garden
Mary Murphy’s pick
Katee Shean and Stephen “Twitch” Boss danced Contemporary to the song “Mercy”—Duffy choreographed by Mia Michaels
Duffy - Rockferry - Mercy
Mercy – Original Music Video
Debbie Allen’s pick
Kherington Payne and Stephen “Twitch” Boss danced Viennese waltz to the song “A New Day Has Come”—Celine Dion choreographed by Jean-Marc Genereux
Céline Dion - A New Day Has Come - A New Day Has Come
A New Day Has Come – Original Music Video
Nygel Lythgoe’s pick
Katee Shean and Joshua Allen danced Hip-hop to the song “No Air”—Jordin Sparks & Chris Brown choreographed by Napoleon D’umo and Tabitha D’umo
Jordin Sparks & Chris Brown - Jordin Sparks - No Air

Elimination Music
Courtney Galiano was eliminated to the song “It’s Only Life”—Kate Voegele
Kate Voegele - Don't Look Away - It's Only Life
Katee Shean was eliminated to the song “From Where You Are”—Lifehouse
Lifehouse - From Where You Are - Single - From Where You Are

I Written By

Just call me Charlie...but where are my angels?

So You Think You Can Dance (SYTYCD) Finale – Courtney – Solo

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A solo was performed by Courtney Galiano to the song “They Weren’t There” sung by Missy Higgins
Missy Higgins - The Sound of White - They Weren't There

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So You Think You Can Dance (SYTYCD) Finale – Twitch – Solo

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A solo was performed by Stephen “Twitch” Boss to the song “It Was All In Your Mind” sung by Wade Robson
Wade Robson - Wade Robson's Project - Dance Beats, Vol. 1 - It Was All In Your Mind

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So You Think You Can Dance (SYTYCD) Finale – Katee – Solo

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A solo was performed by Katee Shean to the song “Hide and Seek” sung by Imogen Heap
Imogen Heap - Speak for Yourself - Hide and Seek
Hide and Seek – Original Music Video

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So You Think You Can Dance (SYTYCD) Finale – Joshua – Solo

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A solo was performed by Joshua Allen to the song “(Not Just) Knee Deep” sung by Funkadelic
Funkadelic, George Clinton & Parliament - George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic: Live at Montreux 2004 - Not Just Knee Deep

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So You Think You Can Dance (SYTYCD) Finale – Courtney & Katee

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Courtney Galiano and Katee Shean danced a Broadway to the song The Trolley Song sung by Rufus Wainwright choreographed by Tyce Diorio
Rufus Wainwright - Rufus Does Judy At Carnegie Hall - Medley: You Made Me Love You / For Me and My Gal / The Trolley Song – Medley
Rufus Wainwright - Rufus Does Judy At Carnegie Hall - Overture: The Trolley Song / Over the Rainbow / The Man That Got Away – Overture

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So You Think You Can Dance (SYTYCD) Finale – Courtney & Twitch

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Courtney Galiano and Stephen “Twitch” Boss danced a Hip-hop to the song Church sung by T-Pain choreographed by Tabitha D’umo and Napoleon D’umo
T-Pain featuring Teddy Verseti - Epiphany (Deluxe Version) - Church

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So You Think You Can Dance (SYTYCD) Finale – Joshua & Twitch

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Joshua Allen and Stephen “Twitch” Boss danced a Trepak to the song Trepak from Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker Suite choreographed by Youri Nelzine
Denis de Coteau & San Francisco Ballet Orchestra - Nutcracker - Nutcracker: Act 2: Trepak

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