'So You Think You Can Dance' Season 4 Top-20

The oft-painful audition process on FOX's "So You Think You Can Dance" has now concluded and the chosen 20 got to do their 3-second happy dance at the end of Thursday's show. Click 'read more' to see 10 guys and 10 gals who will be battling it out as season 4 performance showdowns begin next Wednesday at 8/7c.


Mark Kanemura (24) is a Contemporary dancer born and raised in Honolulu, HI. Kanemura trained with 24-7 Dance Force in Honolulu and danced at Tokyo Disney. He also directed and choreographed performances on Norwegian Cruise Lines.



Joshua Allen (19) is a Hip Hop/Popping dancer from Fort Worth, TX. Allen hopes to be a professional dancer and recording artist.



Jamie Bayard (22) is a West Coast Swing dancer from Palm Springs, CA, currently living in Norwalk, CA. Bayard graduated from the Orange County High School of the Arts. He was the U.S. Swing Dance champion in 2000 and 2002 and is a professor of Swing and Salsa at Loyola Marymount University.



Marquis Cunningham (18) is a Lyrical/Contemporary dancer born in Cumberland, NC, and raised in Cape Coral, FL. Cunningham began dancing at 14 and trained at the Robin Dawn Academy. He is a graduate of Florida’s North Fort Myers High School and currently resides in New York City.



Thayne Jasperson (27) is a Contemporary dancer who grew up in Springville, UT. Jasperson was a featured dancer in “High School Musical,” and “High School Musical 2.” He danced five years with Odyssey Dance Theatre in Salt Lake City, but has only been dancing six years.



Chris Jarosz (21) is a Lyrical/Contemporary dancer from Gaithersburg, MD, currently living in Dallas, TX. Jarosz grew up training at the Dawn Crafton Dance Center in Gaithersburg and then moved to Dallas in his sophomore year to train at Top Hat Dance Center. Jarosz is now a dance major at Southern Methodist University.



Gev Manoukian (21) is a Hip Hop/Break dancer originally from Kazakhstan and now living in Centerville, UT. Manoukian was a featured dancer in “High School Musical 2.”



Will Wingfield (21) is a Contemporary dancer from Nashville, TN. Wingfield started dancing at age 9 at DC Dance Factory in Nashville, and later moved to Los Angeles to train under Debbie Allen at the Debbie Allen Dance Academy.



Matt Dorame (22) is a Contemporary dancer from Glendale, AZ. He studied for two years at Odyssey Dance Theatre in Salt Lake City.



Twitch Boss (25) is a Freestyle dancer from Montgomery, AL. A career highlight for Boss was performing “Thriller” with Wade Robson on “The Wade Robson Project” in 2003.



Susie Garcia (25) is a Latin/Salsa dancer born in Miami, FL. Garcia graduated with a B.F.A. from New World School of the Arts. She is a high school teacher who previously was a dancer with the Miami Heat for six years. Garcia has performed at the Billboard Latin Music Awards and Latin Grammy Awards, and danced on Shakira’s “Oral Fixation World Tour.”



Rayven Armijo (28) is a Contemporary/Ballet dancer from La Puente, CA. Armijo is a mentor to children and assists them with their educational goals and in dance. Armijo is proud that many have gone on to attend LA County High School for the Performing Arts.



Kherington Payne (18) is a Contemporary/Jazz dancer from Placentia, CA. Payne will graduate from El Dorado High School this summer. She is an avid soccer fan who has played for many years.



Comfort Fedoke (20) is a Hip-Hop dancer raised in Lagos, Nigeria, now living in Dallas, TX. She is a graduate of Booker T. Washington Performing Arts High School. Fedoke was a featured performer for the past few years on “Dallas Dance Club 21,” the local Dallas dance television show.



Kourtni Lind (18) is a Jazz/Contemporary dancer from Forest Lake, MN, currently living in Sherman Oaks, CA. Lind began training in her mother’s dance studio at 3 years old and graduated high school at age 16 so she could begin her career.



Courtney Galiano (19) is a Contemporary dancer from Commack, NY. Though she specializes in Contemporary, Galiano also loves to dance Hip-Hop. She appeared in the music video for Kat De Luna’s “Whine Up” and is a dancer for the New York Knicks.



Katee Shean (20) is a Contemporary dancer from San Jose, CA. Shean is a graduate of Pioneer High School and currently attends Chapman University in Orange, CA. She is pursuing a double major in leadership and dance and is active in many volunteer organizations. Shean trained at the Team Dance Company and Atlas School of Dance.



Jessica King (23) is a Contemporary dancer from Myrtle Beach, SC, where she was born and raised. She is currently attending Coastal Carolina University studying Fine Arts with a minor in Art History. King also teaches dance and performs in local theater.



Chelsea Traille (23) is a Jazz Funk and Contemporary dancer born in Houston, TX, currently living in Flower Mound, TX. Traille graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration/Marketing from the University of Texas, Dallas. She was a dancer with the NBA Mavericks during the 2006-2007 season.



Chelsie Hightower (18) is a Latin dancer born in Las Vegas, NV, and raised in Orem, UT. Hightower has worked with many world-renowned choreographers. She was a U.S. Worlds finalist in 2005 and competed on Team USA.

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Summer's Hottest Shows

I have to admit I am not a sports TV fan. But a fluffy soap, a hot reality contest, and a quality period drama will make temperatures soar this TV summer... At least as Prince Modesty is concerned. Now if only CBS execs promise to keep their trigger-happy fingers away from from the axe, I'll be a happy little coach potato.


SWINGTOWN,
Thursdays at 10, CBS,
Premieres June 5

I have only watched the pilot episode of CBS' soundtrack-heavy sexfest about the recoupling couples of 1970s suburbia, but just seeing Melrose Place's signature stud Grant Show, who is of course sporting a porn mustache here, lure his sexy neighbor Jack Davenport and his swing-curious wife into a hot session of unabashed shenanigans to Gary Wright's "Dream Weaver," was enough to fall in love with the show.

No, "Swingtown" will never fly in puritan America, so no hopes for a 2nd season, but at least I'll have something to look forward to on Thursday nights during the summer drought, that is unless CBS takes the show off the air before it concludes its 13-episode run due to low ratings or conservative backlash. Then again, the networks don't really give into conservative backlash these days, do they? Hallelujah!



SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE,
Wednesdays and Thursdays on FOX,
Already Premiered

Every spring around the time "American Idol" does their overstuffed charity show I realize how quickly bored I have become with the current cycle of the mega-popular but declining singing competition and lose interest in the season climax. And then the most amazing thing happens - a fresh season of "So You Think You Can Dance" begins and I'm glued to FOX Wednesdays all over again.

There is just something incredibly appealing about watching these sexy young people dance their hearts off to coolest tunes on the planet and watching the crazy Mary Murphy crack up and scream and growl. And for every loser of Sex's caliber, there is an amazing prodigy, such as the out-of-this-world L.A. popper Robert Muraine, who closed this year's season premiere.


MAD MEN,
Sundays at 9pm on AMC,
Premieres July 27

Have you already discovered what a great gem this Golden Globe-winning drama about chain-smoking heavy-drinking sex-crazed ad men of 1960s New York is? The AMC series' supposedly accurate portrayal of the era in question (I was born in the 70s, so I can't really tell), along with profound character development is a triumph of great writing, acting and set designing talent behind the show.

A new season promises a small leap into a not so distant future. Creator Matthew Weiner declined to reveal to USA Today how big of a leap it will be, but he did confirm it won't be long enough for the characters to escape their pasts. "The world has changed a little bit... but people don't change," he explained. All season 1 characters will be back.

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Jack Chambers Wins "So You Think You Can Dance" in Australia

We're less than a month away from an all-new season of FOX's blockbuster summer dance contest "So You Think You Can Dance" and I can't contain my excitement especially after seeing these clips of Australia's first SYTYCD winner Jack Chambers who took top honors at last night's series 1 finale on Network Ten.




Following three months of intense competition the Brisbane funk/hip-hop dancer claimed victory over fellow contestant Rhys Bobridge. Both dancers posed for a photo call in Sydney on Monday. Scroll down for some of Jack's most recent performances, and don't forget season 3 of SYTYCD launches on FOX Thursday, May 22.

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And the Winner Is...

AUGUST 17, 2007: The 3rd cycle of FOX's summer talent smash "So You Think You Can Dance?" came to a close last night crowning one of the 4 remaining finalists (Neil Haskell, Lacey Schwimmer, Danny Tidwell and Sabra Johnson) "America's Favorite Dancer." Find out who it was and relieve this season's most memorable moments, after the jump.


Sabra Johnson, who has only been dancing for four years, was named "America's Favorite Dancer" and won the $250,000 first prize after as many as 16 million viewers called in with votes for their favorite contestants after Wednesday's show. Sabra and the remaining top-10 dancers will next begin their 50-city bus tour.





As I tend to my bleeding heart broken into smithereens now that cutiepie Neil lost out on the top title, take a look at some of the best dance routines of the season that some of America's favorite dancers performed again in the final show. "Dance" has of course been renewed for a 4th season and returns in the summer of 2008.

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"So You Think You Can Dance" Cast Revealed

JUNE 8, 2007: The cast of the third cycle of FOX's summer reality contest "So You Think You Can Dance?" was revealed on Thursday evening. Check out the trivia and the promo stills of the hottest dancers on television, after the jump.

Just like last year there are ten guys and ten girls who will be dancing as couples each Wednesday 8-10 p.m. Then on Thursday one guy and one girl (not necessarily a couple) will be cut based on viewers' votes, although the judges have the final say.

TOP 10 GUYS
Cedric Gardner, 23
Danny Tidwell, 23
Dominic Sandaval (D’Trix), 21
Hok Konishi (Hokuto), 22
Jesus Solario (Chuy), 23
Jimmy Arguello, 21
Kameron Bink, 20
Neil Haskell, 20
Pasha Kovalev, 27
Ricky Palomino (Richard), 25

TOP 10 GIRLS
Anya Garnis, 25
Ashlee Langas, 19
Faina Savich, 21
Jaimie Goodwin, 19
Jessi Peralta (Jessica), 24
Lacey Schwimmer, 18
Lauren Gottlieb (Misha), 18
Sabra Johnson, 19
Sara Von Gillern, 23
Shauna Noland, 18

Three of the contestants are related to previous cast members - Lacey Schwimmer is the sister of last year's winner Benji Schwimmer, Danny Tidwell is the adopted brother of last year's runner-up Travis Wall and Faina Savich is the sister of last year's top-20 contestant Stanislav Savich.

Here's what we know about the contestants:

THE GUYS:

Jimmy Arguello, 21, is a Contemporary dancer from Miami, FL. After taking his first dance class in middle school, Jimmy, at first focused on running in track and field, changed directions completely and found his true calling in dance.




Kameron Bink, 20, is a Contemporary/Hip-Hop dancer from Coral Springs, FL. Known for his distinct red-star hair, Kameron brings over 15 years of dance training to the show and hopes the experience will bring him new and exciting opportunities as he pursues a professional dance career.




Cedric Gardner, 23, is a Hip-Hop dancer from New Berlin, WI. He started training at 18 at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, then moved two-years later to Los Angeles, where he received a full scholarship with Monsters of Hip Hop.




Neil Haskell, 20, is a Contemporary Jazz dancer from Clarence Center, NY. Neil is currently training in New York City, where he performed in the play “The Times They are A-Changin’” on Broadway and was named Male Dancer of the Year in 2005 by the American Dance Awards Competition.




Hokuto Konishi, 22, is a B-boy dancer from Los Angeles, CA. Born in Tokyo, Hok spent much of his youth in Oxford, England.





Pasha Kovalev, 27, is a Latin Ballroom dancer from Fort Lee, NJ. Pasha is originally from Russia and has trained with numerous professional ballroom dancers. He has been dancing with partner Anya Garnis, also a finalist, for nine years.



Ricky Palomino (pictured on top), 25, is a Contemporary dancer from Phoenix, AZ. Ricky also enjoys singing (he recently recorded his first CD), and he is a master teacher and choreographer.




Dominic Sandoval, 21, is a B-boy/Hip-Hop dancer from Roseville, CA. Born in Sacramento, he started his hip-hop training in January of this year.




Jesús Solorio, 23, is a Contemporary/Jazz dancer from Paso Robles, CA. Jesús makes his own wine at his family vineyard.




Danny Tidwell, 23, is a Contemporary/Jazz dancer from New York, NY, whose brother Travis Wall was last season’s runner-up. Danny was previously involved with the American Ballet Company.

THE GIRLS:

Anya Garnis, 25, is a Latin Ballroom dancer from New York, NY. Anya has been living in the U.S. for six years after growing up in Russia. She has been dancing with partner Pasha Kovalev, also a finalist, for nine years.




Jaimie Goodwin, 19, is a Contemporary dancer from Virginia Beach, VA. Jaimie danced in competitions with Season Two contestant Travis before coming onto the show.




Lauren Gottlieb, 18, is a Contemporary/Jazz dancer who currently lives in Sherman Oaks, CA. Lauren is originally from Scottsdale, AZ. After moving to California, she landed a spot dancing with Shakira at the Grammy Awards. She has been dancing since she was 2 years old.




Sabra Johnson, 19, is a Contemporary dancer from Roy, UT, with training in Ballet and Jazz. She hopes to pursue dancing as a professional career.




Ashlee Langas, 19, is a Contemporary/Jazz dancer from Tyler, TX. Ashlee has spent her life dancing in all sorts of settings from dance theaters to high school productions.




Shauna Noland, 18, is a Contemporary dancer from North Hollywood, CA. She has been dancing for 15 years and also has an avid love of singing.




Jessi Peralta, 24, is a Hip-Hop dancer from Valley Village, CA. She has danced in front of President Bill Clinton at the Apollo and has performed at Madison Square Garden.




Faina Savich, 21, is a Latin Ballroom dancer from Brooklyn, NY. Following in her brother Stanislav’s footsteps (he was a finalist in Season Two), Faina grew up in Moscow and has been living in the U.S. for six years.




Lacey Schwimmer, 18, is a Swing and International Latin dancer from Redlands, CA. Following in the footsteps of her brother and dance partner, Benji, who won the competition last season, Lacey has her own style which she hopes to showcase this season.




Sara Von Gillern, 23, is a Hip-Hop/B-girl dancer from Ft. Collins, CO. While she started as a journalism major at Colorado College, dancing has always been her main love. She is a dance instructor and was one of 30 people from all over the world selected to be part of the Red Bull: Beat Rider program, which gave her the chance to work with some of the biggest names in the Hip-Hop/Breaking field.

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