So You Think You Can Dance (Season 4) finalists

=Joshua Allen=

Rayven Armijo

Rayven Armijo is a ballet dancer who was eliminated in week one, along with Jamie Bayard.

Jamie Bayard

Jamie Ray Bayard is a Latin ballroom and Swing dancer. He was partnered with Rayven Armijo, who was also eliminated in the first week.

He was a childhood dance partner of season 3's Lacey Schwimmer.

tephen "Twitch" Boss

Stephen "Twitch" Boss is a freestyle dancer from Montgomery, Alabama. He attended Chapman University.

He was a contestant on "The Wade Robson Project", where he came in second place. Boss also choreographed dances for Korean artists, such as Se7en. While his breakout performances occurred on "So You Think You Can Dance", he previously appeared as a dancer in "Hairspray".

Boss auditioned for the third season but was beaten out by Hokuto "Hok" Konishi.

He can be seen in the dance number at the platter party and in "You Can't Stop the Beat." Boss has been teaching at South County Classical Ballet for two years now with fellow finalist, Katee Shean.

Marquis Cunningham

Marquis Antoine Cunningham (born July 19, 1989) was paired with Susie Garcia and was eliminated in the second week.

Matt Dorame

Matthew Patrick Dorame (born April 11, 1986) is a contemporary dancer from Glendale, Arizona. He was eliminated by the judges during Top 14 week along with his partner, Kourtni Lind.

Born in Phoenix, Arizona, he has been dancing since he was seven years old. He trained at a very competitive studio, The Dance Connection, for seven years. Dorame attended Arizona School for the Arts, where he studied ballet for four years, and summer ballet intensives at the American Ballet Theater, Boston Ballet, and The Rock School. He has also been training for the past two years at the prestigious Odyssey Dance Theater along with fellow finalist Thayne Jasperson in Salt Lake City, Utah. He also was featured in the film The American Mall as a dancer/employee.

Comfort Fedoke

Comfort Ogheneruro Fedoke was born May 20, 1988 in Fort Worth, Texas and was raised in Lagos, Nigeria until she returned to Texas at age 8. As a child, she competed in beauty pageants. She has ketchup and ranch dressing with everything she eats.

Fedoke, a former athlete training in track and field, began dancing after an injury forced her out of the competitive sports scene. She learned hip hop dancing from watching videos and then began to session with her brothers to further hone her craft. Her father enrolled her into Booker T. Washington School of the Performing Arts half-way into her sophomore year, where she received training in tap, ballet, and jazz. She only had two and a half years of training before the coming on the show.

She auditioned with two of her brothers and also with fellow contestant and eventual winner Joshua Allen.

Fedoke was eliminated in the fifth week, but brought back the following week when Jessica King was injured and could not continue. In the seventh week she was eliminated, making her the only competitor to be eliminated twice from the competition in any season. She also has the most appearances and most consecutive appearances in the bottom 3 or 4 in the show's history, beating Lauren Gottlieb with a total of 6 times.

After her appearance on the show, Fedoke appeared in Ludacris's music video for What Them Girls Like, where she performed in a dance-off with Chris Brown.

usie Garcia

Susana "Susie" Garcia (b. 1983) is a high school teacher and salsa dancer from Miami, Florida. She auditioned in Milwaukee.

Garcia was eliminated on June 20, 2008.

Courtney Galiano

Courtney Ann Galiano (born June 12, 1988) is a contemporary dancer from Commack, New York. A Knicks City Dancer, she started dancing as Little Bo Peep at the age of 3. She has trained in lyrical dance, tap, jazz, ballet and hip hop. She attended Manhattan College before transferring to St. Joseph's University and now studies childhood education.

Chelsie Hightower

Chelsie Kay Hightower (born July 21, 1989) is a Latin ballroom dancer born in Las Vegas, Nevada, and raised in Orem, Utah. Hightower has worked with many world-renowned choreographers and performed in musical theatre across the United States. She was a U.S. Worlds finalist in 2005 and competed on Team USA. She graduated from Timpanogos High School, then attended Utah Valley University. She was eliminated on July 31, 2008.

Chris Jarosz

Christopher Daniel Jarosz (Born July 3, 1986) danced with Comfort Fedoke. He was eliminated on June 25, 2008.

Thayne Jasperson

Thayne Riley Jasperson (born July 27, 1981) appeared in "High School Musical" and "High School Musical 2" as a featured dancer. He also appeared in MTV's "American Mall" as a featured dancer.

Mark Kanemura

Mark Kenneth Ioane Kanemura (born September 17, 1983) is a contemporary dancer from Honolulu, Hawaii. He was paired with Chelsie Kay Hightower until top 10 week. Kanemura started dancing at the age of 13, after watching Phantom of the Opera. His sister taught him his first dance moves: the running man and the cabbage patch. He was eliminated on July 31, 2008.

Jessica King

Jessica Careen King is a dancer from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. An injury forced her to prematurely leave the competition.

King previously auditioned for "So You Think You Can Dance" in the third season, but did not make the top 20. She re-auditioned and ultimately made the top 20 for Season 4, where she was paired with contemporary dancer William Wingfield. On July 14, 2008, King was reported to have suffered a major injury and was forced to bow out of the competition. Her spot was given to Comfort Fedoke, who had been eliminated the previous week.

King is a Visual Arts Major at Coastal Carolina University and has been taking formal dance lessons within various styles including tap, jazz, ballet, hip hop and contemporary since the age of three.

Kourtni Lind

Kourtni Josephine Lind (born November 9, 1989) is from Forest Lake, Minnesota. She started dancing at age 3, focusing on contemporary, jazz, ballet, and tap. She also trained in musical theatre, pointe, and hip-hop. She auditioned at Milwaukee. She was paired with Matt Dorame and was eliminated on July 3, 2008.

Gev Manoukian

Gevorg Manoukian (born September 15, 1986) is a 21-year-old, Armenian/Russian hip hop and break dancer. Originally from Kazakhstan, Manoukian is now living in Centerville, Utah. He performed in "High School Musical 2". [ [http://www.buddytv.com/articles/so-you-think-you-can-dance/profile/gev-manoukian.aspx Gev Manoukian ] ]

Manoukian first auditioned for season 2 and made it to Vegas, but his lack of versatility kept him out of the top 20. He then auditioned for season 4 and successfully qualified as a finalist, paired with Courtney Galiano. He was eliminated in the top 10.Manoukian was also in the MTV musical American Mall.

Kherington Payne

Kherington Taylor Payne (born January 26, 1990) is a dancer from Placentia, California.

She was born in Whittier, California, and has been taking formal dance lessons since she was 2 years old. Payne took lessons from Eddie Strachan, who has choreographed dances for both Britney Spears and Madonna. She graduated from El Dorado High School on June 10, 2008 and now lives in Placentia, California while pursuing her dancing career. Kherington is also the cousin of The Bolts brothers Addam, Heath, and Austin Farmer.

Katee Shean

Katee Taira Shean (born May 14, 1988) is a contemporary dancer from Orange, California. She has been taking formal dance lessons since she was 4 years old and trained at the Team Dance Company and Atlas School of Dance. She has been teaching at South County Classical Ballet for just over a year now with fellow finalist, Stephen "Twitch" Boss.

Shean was born in San Jose, California and graduated from Pioneer High School in 2006. She currently attends Chapman University, where she is pursuing a double major in leadership and dance and is active in many volunteer organizations.

She, along with Joshua Allen, were the only 2 contestants this season to make the final four without an appearance in the Bottom 3 couples, or Bottom 4 contestants. [http://hyper-stars.blogspot.com/2008/08/so-joshua-can-dance.html Hyper Stars: So Joshua Can Dance ] ]

Shean was the second contestant eliminated on the season finale. However, since she received more votes than Courtney Galiano on the season finale, she was awarded $50,000.

Shean also auditioned for Season 3 of So You Think You Can Dance but was cut on the final day of Vegas week.

Chelsea Traille

Chelsea Traille (born March 8, 1985) was eliminated during the Top 16 week. She is remembered for her love of flowers, as in rehearsal footage, her partner said she stole flowers from gardens, restaurants, and hotels. Along with partner Thayne Jasperson, she was the first person on the Hot Tamale train in season 4. She has been dancing since she was 3 years old and is trained in ballet, jazz, and tap. She will be a special guest on the "So You Think You Can Dance" national tour.

William Wingfield

William B. Wingfield is a dancer from Nashville, Tennessee. He started dancing at the age of 9. He has trained with Debbie Allen at her Los Angeles Debbie Allen Dance Academy. [ [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/print/CTVShows/20080606/sytycd_bio_william_080606/20080606?hub=AllBios&subhub=PrintStory CTV.ca - William Wingfield-SYTYCD Season Four Bio- CTV News, Shows and Sports - Canadian Television ] ] Due to the inclusion of Wingfield in the top 20, Debbie Allen was barred from judging as long as Wingfield remained in the competition. He was voted off of the competition on July 24, 2008, making it to the Top 8. He has been both widely blamed for causing the sole error in the "Imagine" piece with partner Katee Shean and commended for ensuring its flawlessness at the finale.

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