So You Think You Can Dance (2005)

Episode Overview

The panel of judges now includes choreographers Mia, Brian, and Dan, alongside Producer Nigel, rounding them out to four. In the initial round, 16 dancers perform in pairs, with the male dancer drawing the name of a female partner from a hat. Each duo then dances to a style selected by the female dancer from another hat. Afterward, the judges identify the three lowest-scoring couples for elimination. In the second round, these six dancers—one male and one female from each couple—each perform a 45-second solo. Following the show, viewers can vote for their favorite dancer, resulting in one male and one female being eliminated based on the lowest votes. The pairs in the first round include Kamilah and Jonnis in hip-hop, Michelle and Nick in mambo, Ashle and Jamille in jive, Sandra and Artem in lyrical, Snow and Allan in hip-hop, Melissa and Ryan in mambo, Melody and Craig in jive, and Destini and Blake