So You Think You Can Dance

So You Think You Can Dance is a dance competition television show, that first premiered in 2001. The show features a format where dancers from a variety of styles enter open auditions held in a number of major cities to showcase their unique style and talents and, if allowed to move forward, then are put through additional rounds of auditions to test their ability to adapt to different styles. At the end of this process, a small number of dancers are chosen as 'finalists' who move on to compete in the competition's main phase where they will perform solo, duet and group dance numbers in a variety of styles in competition for the votes of the broadcast viewing audience which, combined with the input of a panel of judges, determines which dancers will advance to the next stage from week to week. The number of finalists has varied as determined by a season's format, but has typically been 20 contestants.
==Series Details==
Season	Dates 	Host 	Permanentjudges 	Number of finalists in first live show	Number of contestants eliminated per week	Number of contestants remaining in finale	Point at which judge eliminations end
1 	Summer 2001	Cat Deeley	Nigel LythgoeMary MurphyMia MichaelsAdam Shankman	20 	2 	4 	Top 10
==Seasons==
===Grand Finalists===
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|bgcolor="pink"|Aphrodite Mary(Contemporary Jazz)
|bgcolor="pink"|Catherine McBride(Contemporary)
|bgcolor="cyan"|Kyle Ulce(Popping)
|bgcolor="cyan"|Sam Cross(Jazz)
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