- So You Think You Can Dance (season 4) finalists
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This is a list of finalists for season four of the United States version of So You Think You Can Dance.
Joshua Allen
Main article: Joshua AllenJoshua Allen was the overall winner of the Season 4 competition. He was partnered with Katee Shean for the first five weeks of the competition.
Rayven Armijo
Rayven Armijo is a ballet dancer who was eliminated in week 1 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.
Stephen "tWitch" Boss
Stephen "tWitch" Boss is a freestyle dancer from Montgomery, Alabama. He attended Chapman University. He is a huge comic book fan, with his favorite hero being Superman.
tWitch's first appeared on television when he placed second on Star Search behind America's Best Dance Crew group Super Crew's "Do Knock". He was a contestant on The Wade Robson Project, where he came in third place. He 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. He can be seen in the dance number at the platter party and in "You Can't Stop the Beat".
tWitch auditioned for the third season, and made it through 'Vegas Week' but was beaten out by Hokuto "Hok" Konishi when it came to getting a placing in the Top 20. He returned in Season 4 made it all the way to the finale, placing second overall. After the show, tWitch went on to teach at South County Classical Ballet for just over a year now with fellow finalist Katee Shean.
tWitch's most well-known partnership for the show was with Kherington Payne. The duo, also known as "Twitchington", performed many memorable routines and were extremely popular with audiences.
On July 30, 2009, tWitch returned to So You Think You Can Dance with fellow Season 4 contestant Katee Shean to perform their Emmy-nominated piece "Mercy", choreographed by Mia Michaels.
tWitch landed the role of Jason in Step Up 3D (August 6, 2010 release date) and one of the leads, Taz, in Stomp the Yard 2: Homecoming (Fall 2010). He's also been cast as Marcel X in the upcoming superhero movie Perfectus,[1] and will later star in the movie Ushers.[2] He is managed by Nelson Diaz of Diaz Management Group (dance representation is MSA).
tWitch has also been selected as one of the 11 "All Stars" for the 7th season of So You Think You Can Dance.
tWitch spells his name with a capital 'W' and not a capital 't'.[3]
He has a clothing line, 'tWitch Boss Clothing', set to be released in late Summer 2010.[4]
tWitch (credited as Stephen Boss) played a dancer named Russell Leonard in an episode of the FOX comedy-drama Bones that first aired November 4, 2010.[5]
Marquis Cunningham
Marquis Antoine Cunningham (born July 19, 1989) was paired with Susie Garcia and was eliminated in the second week.
He is currently performing in Cirque du Soleil's Viva Elvis in Las Vegas.
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 7 years old. Dorame trained at The Dance Connection dance studio 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[when?] 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 the United States at age 8. She lived in Plymouth, Minnesota for three years before settling in Carrollton, Texas.
Fedoke, a former track and field athlete, 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 in Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts midway into her sophomore year, where she received training in tap, ballet, and jazz. She only had two and a half years of training before making it on to the show. She auditioned with two of her brothers and eventual winner Joshua Allen.
Fedoke was eliminated in the fifth week, but brought back the following week when Jessica King was cut from the show, having been sidelined due to an injury she suffered which, according to her doctor, required four to six weeks of rest.[6] Comfort survived another week before being eliminated in the seventh week, 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.
Comfort was later seen in T-Pain's video "Freeze" and in Ludacris's "What Them Girls Like". She was also featured in Lee Jung Hyun's music video for "Crazy", which was released in Korea in May 2009 and was choreographed by Brian Friedman. Comfort was a dancer in The King of Pop Michael Jackson Tribute Tour in Germany, 2009.[7]
In 2009 she performed uncredited as a reform school girl in the "Bootylicious" number in the "Hairography" episode of the television show Glee.[8] Comfort was also part of the chorus of musical number in "Suits", the 100th episode of How I Met Your Mother in 2009.[9]
Comfort was cast in Season 7 as an All-Star.[10] She has also returned as an All-Star in Season 8.
In 2011, she was featured in the music video for Jason Derulo's hit single "Don't Wanna Go Home" in 2011. Comfort is also set to appear in Honey 2 and the remake of Footloose, both of which are due to be released in 2011.
Susie Garcia
Susana "Susie" Garcia (born 1983) is a high school teacher and salsa dancer from Miami, Florida. Prior to auditioning for Season 4, Suzie use to be a dancer for the Miami Heat. She auditioned in Milwaukee.
Garcia was eliminated in week 2 of the competition with her partner Marquis Cunningham.
Courtney Galiano
Courtney Ann Galiano (born June 12, 1988) is a contemporary dancer from Dix Hills, 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. Galiano attended Manhattan College before transferring to St. Joseph's College[disambiguation needed
] and now studies childhood education. She appeared in the music video for Kat Deluna's single Whine Up. She appeared in a Clearasil/America's Best Dance Crew Sweepstakes commercial. Galiano, along with fellow Season 4 contestants Chelsie Hightower and Katee Shean, modeled for Cliche Cosmetics, an online make-up Web site for dancers.On the Disney Channel, Courtney performed a dance video for the Hannah Montana movie called "Hoedown Throwdown" with Katee Shean, and danced in the movie Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam. She is also in a Jonas Brothers' YouTube video entitled "Bounce".
Galiano also appeared in the SYTYCD: Get Fit fitness DVD. She is also featured in the video "Prende" by Daddy Yankee.
She was cast in Season 7 as an All-Star.
She was also one of the dancers for Vocal Adrenaline in the Glee finale, as well as in the "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" number in "Funk".
On September 20, 2011 she appeared in the Season 3 premier of Glee as a member of the "Skanks".
Chelsie Hightower
Main article: Chelsie HightowerChris Jarosz
Christopher Daniel Jarosz was born July 3, 1986 in Gaithersburg, Maryland. He danced with Comfort Fedoke and was eliminated on June 25, 2008. Jarosz graduated from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas.
He is currently performing in Cirque du Soleil's Viva Elvis in Las Vegas. He was featured in the cast when they performed on Dancing with the Stars, May 4, 2010.
Thayne Jasperson
Thayne Jasperson was born in Provo, UT July 27. He grew up in parts of Wyoming and Utah. He started dance late in life but has been quickly successful in his art. He danced professionally for 6 years with Odyssey Dance Theatre of Utah. He was a Brainiac in "High School Musical." He was a featured dancer in "High School Musical 2" (What Time is it?) and a Dayplayer/ Feat. Dancer in "MTV's American Mall." Thayne was a finalist on the Fox reality TV show "So You Think You Can Dance" season 4. He continued on directly with the SYTYCD national and Canadian tour.
Thayne has also done various musicals as he is a triple threat being able to not only dance...but sing and act as well. He recently[when?] played Ren McCormick in an equity production of Footloose. He has played MungoJerrie (Cats), Courier (1776), Andy Lee (42nd Street) and was the Seasons of Love Soloist in a concert version of (Selections of Rent).
Thayne has done various choreographic work for company Odyssey Dance Theatre as well as Odyssey 2. For his work in Odyssey's "Can Can Club" formerly known as "Moulin Rouge", Thayne received rave reviews from the New York Times, claiming his work to be "INGENOUS!" He continues to teach and choreograph. He has sung the National Anthem at a Utah Jazz vs Chicago Bulls game and for the Roadrunners baseball team.
As of December 2009, Thayne is playing the scarecrow in Oz the Musical.[citation needed] He plays alongside Aundrea Fimbres of Danity Kane, Orlando Brown of That's so Raven, Vonzel of American Idol and Nathaniel Flatt of V-Factory.
Mark Kanemura
Mark Kanemura (born September 17, 1983) is a contemporary dancer from Kaneohe, Hawaii, whose sister taught him his first dance moves.
He was paired with Chelsie Hightower until top 10 week. He was eliminated on July 31, 2008 along with Hightower, his original partner. He has since made an appearance in Lil Mama's music video "Truly in Love".
On July 30, 2009, Kanemura returned to So You Think You Can Dance with his former partner Chelsie Hightower to perform their Emmy-nominated piece, Bleeding Love.
On September 13, 2009, Kanemura appeared on the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards in the Lady Gaga performance of the song "Paparazzi." Mark is also a dancer on Lady Gaga's Monster Ball Tour.[11] Mark can also be seen as a dancer in Gaga's "Telephone", "Alejandro", "Born This Way" and "Judas" music videos, as well as Janet Jackson's "Make Me" music video.
On September 20, 2009, Mark appeared on the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards performing to a choreographed number by Napoleon and Tabitha D'umo.
On December 7, 2009 he was a dancer in Carrie Underwood's: An All-Star Holiday Special.
He was cast in Season 7 as an All-Star.
On September 28, 2010, Mark appeared on the Britney Spears-themed episode of the Fox musical comedy-drama series, Glee, as a dancer in both the "I'm a Slave 4 U" and "Me Against the Music" numbers.
On October 26, 2010, Mark appeared as a back-up dancer for Kylie Minogue on Dancing with the Stars.
Mark has also appeared as a background dancer in several episodes of Nickelodeon's The Fresh Beat Band.
He has appeared as a dancer with Katy Perry to her song "Firework".
Mark has then gone on tour dancing with Lady Gaga on the Monster Ball Tour and is considered as one of Lady Gaga's favorite dancers. Mark also appeared with Lady Gaga on the 2011 season finale episode of Saturday Night Live and also on a string of promotional dates in the UK prior to the release of Lady Gaga's album "Born This Way", Mark also performed with Lady Gaga on the American Idol results show which aired on 25 May 2011, during "The Edge Of Glory" where Mark and Gaga feature as the two most prominent people on the elaborate stage.
Jessica King
For the Wisconsin Senator, see Jessica King (Wisconsin politician)
Jessica Careen King is a dancer from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. An injury during week 6 of the competition forced her to leave the competition early.
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 suffered several broken ribs 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. On July 30, 2009, King returned to the show with her former So You Think You Can Dance partner William Wingfield to perform their Emmy-winning routine "Adam and Eve" choreographed by Tyce Diorio.
She is also backup dancing for Lady Gaga, which can be seen on the 2009 VMA's.
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.
In 2009, Kourtni played the role of Dream Amber in Dirty Step Upstage, an indie-film starring and directed by Amber Moelter.
Gev Manoukian
Gevorg Manoukian (born September 15, 1986) is a 22-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.[12]
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 beating out future season 5 runner up Brandon Bryant. He was paired with Courtney Galiano. He was eliminated in the top 10. Manoukian was also in the MTV musical American Mall.
In November 2010, Gev performed at the 2010 American Music Awards with Pink to her hit song Raise Your Glass.
Kherington Payne
Main article: Kherington PayneKatee Shean
Katee Taira Shean (born May 14, 1988) is a contemporary dancer from San Jose, California. She has been taking formal dance lessons since she was 4 years old and trained at the Teen 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.[when?]
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. Sometime after the So You Think You Can Dance tour, Katee moved to Los Angeles along with Comfort Fedoke and Courtney Galiano.
Shean also auditioned for Season 3 of So You Think You Can Dance but was cut on the final day of Vegas week.[13]
She and Joshua Allen were the only two contestants in their season to make the final four without an appearance in the Bottom 3 couples, or Bottom 4 contestants.[13]
Shean was the second contestant eliminated on the season finale, but as the highest placing female dancer, was awarded $50,000.
On July 30, 2009, Shean returned to So You Think You Can Dance with fellow Season 4 contestant Stephen "tWitch" Boss to perform their Emmy-nominated piece, "Mercy", choreographed by Mia Michaels.
Shean, along with former Season 4 contestants Courtney Galiano and Chelsie Hightower modeled for Cliche Cosmetics, a make-up Web site marketed for dancers.
On September 20, 2009, Katee was reunited with Joshua and appeared on the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards performing to a choreographed number by Napoleon and Tabitha D'umo.
In November, Katee, along with Comfort Fedoke and Kherington Payne performed as reform school girls in the "Bootylicious" number in the "Hairography" episode of the television show Glee.[14]
Katee, along with fellow SYTYCD contestants Courtney Galiano, Kherington Payne and Sara Von Gillern will appear as checkout girls in the upcoming indie-movie musical Leading Ladies, starring Melanie LaPatin and Benji Schwimmer.[15]
In July 2010, Shean temporarily replaced all-star Allison Holker, who was unable to perform due to a rib injury. Shean partnered season 7 contestant Billy Bell, in a broadway routine choreographed by Spencer Liff.
Katee, and fellow Season 4 contestant William Wingfield is set to choreograph and teach the 'choreography round' in the upcoming So You Think You Can Dance (Season 8) audition episodes.
Chelsea Traille
Chelsea Traille (born March 8, 1985) was eliminated during the Top 16 week. She has been dancing since she was 3 years old and is trained in ballet, jazz, and tap. Traille was a special guest on the So You Think You Can Dance national tour. She also performed on the March 17, 2009 episode of Dancing with the Stars during the Macy's Stars of Dance performance. She co-stars as 'Coco' in the movie Burlesque alongside Christina Aguilera and Cher, released fall of 2010. She also took part in music videos for 'All The Right Moves' by OneRepublic, and 'Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)' by Shakira for FIFA 2010.
William Wingfield
William B. Wingfield (born December 25, 1986) is a dancer from Nashville, Tennessee. He started dancing at the age of 9. He has trained with Debbie Allen.[16] 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. Before competing in So You Think You Can Dance, William was a singer and dancer in Celine Dion's show, A New Day, at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas.
On July 30, 2009, Wingfield returned to So You Think You Can Dance with fellow Season 4 contestant and partner Jessica King to perform their (at the time) Emmy-nominated piece "Adam and Eve", choreographed by Tyce Diorio. Diorio proceeded to win the Emmy for his choreography. Adam Shankman has described Will as one of four elite dancers to appear on So You Think You Can Dance, along with Travis Wall, Danny Tidwell and Kayla Radomski. In late 2009, Will joined the cast of In The Heights on Broadway, in which he played the role of Graffiti Pete.[17] Will was also featured on the cover of Dance Magazine's January 2010 issue, in their '25-To-Watch' list.[18]
In August 2010, he performed a dance entitled "Duet" on the Web series Legion of Extraordinary Dancers,[19] which was released on Hulu.[20]
Will, and fellow Season 4 finalist Katee Shean is set to choreograph and teach the 'choreography round' in the upcoming So You Think You Can Dance (Season 8) audition episodes.
Will is managed by Nelson Diaz of Diaz Management Group. He is also represented by Bloc Talent Agency.
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So You Think You Can Dance Seasons Hosts Permanent judges Nigel Lythgoe (2005-present) · Mary Murphy (2007–2009, 2011–present) · Adam Shankman (2009–2010) · Mia Michaels (2010)Guest judges Choreographers Louis van Amstel · Dee Caspary · Dmitry Chaplin · Sean Cheesman · Alex Da Silva · Tyce Diorio · Tabitha and Napoleon D'umo · Brian Friedman · Anya Garnis and Pasha Kovalev · Jean-Marc Généreux · Jason Gilkison · Dan Karaty · Spencer Liff · Nakul Dev Mahajan · Tony Meredith and Melanie LaPatin · Mia Michaels · Ron Montez · Mandy Moore · Mary Murphy · Toni Redpath · Dwight Rhoden and Desmond Richardson · Wade Robson · Doriana Sanchez · Benji Schwimmer · Christopher Scott · Dave Scott · Shane Sparks · Sonya Tayeh · Lil C · Stacey Tookey · Travis WallWinners Nick Lazzarini · Benji Schwimmer · Sabra Johnson · Joshua Allen · Jeanine Mason · Russell Ferguson · Lauren Froderman · Melanie Moore2nd place finalists1 Melody Lacayanga · Travis Wall · Danny Tidwell · Stephen "tWitch" Boss · Brandon Bryant · Jakob Karr · Kent Boyd · Sasha Mallory3rd place finalists1 Jamile McGee · Donyelle Jones · Neil Haskell · Katee Shean · Evan Kasprzak · Kathryn McCormick · Robert Roldan · Marko Germar4th place finalists1 Ashlé Dawson · Heidi Groskreutz · Lacey Schwimmer · Courtney Galiano · Kayla Radomski · Ellenore Scott · AdéChiké Torbert2 · Tadd GadduangOther finalists Other countries Click here for the complete list of contestants.
^1 Only the first season of the show provided an official percentage breakdown of the final vote. For the remaining seasons, second through fourth place finalists are based only on the order in which they were announced, which may not reflect the official vote breakdown.
^2 Season 7 featured only three dancers as finalists at the end of its run. Although Torbert technically finished fourth, he was eliminated the week prior to the finale.Categories:- So You Think You Can Dance
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