So You Think You Can Dance Australia (season 2)
Season two of So You Think You Can Dance Australia, the Australian version of the American reality dance-off series "So You Think You Can Dance", is hosted by former Rogue Traders vocalist and solo artist Natalie Bassingthwaighte, with Jason Coleman, Matt Lee and Bonnie Lythgoe acting as the judges. It premiered on 1 February 2009. Talia Fowler was announced as the winner on 26 April 2009. Overview. Auditions for the second season were held between September and November 2008 in Perth, Brisbane, Melbourne, Adelaide and Sydney. Judges hope that season  2 will see more industry dancers auditioning after the favourable response to the first season of the show. Nigel Lythgoe will make an appearance in this season as a guest judge. He only appeared in the Top 100 week of the auditions. Also, neither Nigel Lythgoe or Bonnie Lythgoe sat next to each other during that stage of auditions due to their divorce in 2007. Finals. Results table. Performances. Green background means the couple won the "McDonald's I'm lovin it Performance of the Night" for their dance. Week 1 (15 February 2009). Judges: Jason Coleman, Bonnie Lythgoe and  Matt Lee Week 2 (22 February 2009). Judges: Jason Coleman, Bonnie Lythgoe, Matt Lee and Jason Gilkison Week 3 (1 March 2009). Judges: Jason Coleman, Bonnie Lythgoe and Matt Lee Week 4 (8 March 2009). Judges: Jason Coleman, Bonnie Lythgoe, Matt Lee and Mary Murphy Week 5 (15 March 2009). Judges: Jason Coleman, Bonnie Lythgoe, Matt Lee and Kelley Abbey Week 6 (22 March 2009). Judges: Jason Coleman, Bonnie Lythgoe, and Matt Lee Week 7 (29 March 2009). Judges: Jason Coleman, Bonnie Lythgoe, Matt Lee and Jason Gilkison Note:According to the So You Think You Can Dance Australia website  Penny was forced to leave. Penny injured her ribs during a lift in Sunday night’s foxtrot and scans on Tuesday revealed that she not only had bruising but a stress fracture. Pursuant to the rules, Gianne Abbot, as the last female dancer eliminated, was brought back into the competition. With this, Penny became the first contestant that never had the chance to perform a Solo in the entire run of the series. Week 8 (5 April 2009). Judges: Jason Coleman, Bonnie Lythgoe, Matt Lee Week 9: Top 20 Easter Special (12 April 2009). This week was an "Easter Celebration ," special performance show. As a result, there was no competing or voting. The Top 20 returned to perform new dances and all previous group dances were shown again. The Top 4 provided commentary on the group dances and the choreographers. Week 10 (19 April 2009). Judges: Jason Coleman, Bonnie Lythgoe, Matt Lee