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"SYTYCD" Season 16 Recap: Let The Academy Begin!

“Welcome to the real world, kids.” —Laurieann Gibson, Disher of Hard Truths But seriously! Welcome to The Academy, that magical/terrible place where choreography comes hard and fast, meltdowns are par for the course, someone is bound to get injured, and the cuts are absolutely brutal—every. single. time. After approximately 14 million weeks of individual auditions, […]

"SYTYCD" Season 16 Recap: The End of Auditions!

To quote old-lady Rose Dawson from Titanic: OK, so maybe it hasn’t really been a full 84 years since Season 16 of “So You Think You Can Dance” first graced our screens. But it kinda feels like it, right? The entire summer so far has been dedicated to auditions! Along the way—five episodes, not 84 […]

Taylor Sieve on Dance Crushes and Her Celeb Doppelgänger

Pretty much the entire world fell for Taylor Sieve’s gorgeously fluid contemporary stylings during Season 14 of “So You Think You Can Dance.” By that point, Sieve, who ultimately earned third place on the show, was a familiar face on the competition scene: She’d won several titles, including Senior Female Best Dancer at the 2016 […]

"SYTYCD" Season 16 Recap: The Auditions Continue

It’s usually right around the third or fourth week of “So You Think You Can Dance” audition rounds that we start itching for the live shows. Sure, the auditions are fun, inspiring, and entertaining, but at a certain point, we reach audition saturation. (And the live shows are just so good and feature so much […]

"SYTYCD" Season 16 Recap: The Promise of a Powerful Episode

In many teasers, FOX promised this would be a “powerful” episode of “So You Think You Can Dance.” We have to admit that we didn’t take that super seriously. We assumed it just meant we’d get one or two emotional contemporary routines sandwiched between the b-boys and the LOL-worthy auditions. But oh, man: The teasers […]

"SYTYCD" Season 16 Recap: A "Bad Girl," a Kidnapping, and a Baby B-Boy

It’s the second week of auditions in L.A., and everyone’s feeling feisty! (Well, Laurieann’s feeling feisty, that’s for sure.) As the search for America’s Favorite Dancer continues, here’s what was awesome about Week 2. Sumi Oshima, 26, Japan, Hip Hop Dance unites us. ✌️ #SYTYCD https://t.co/JerecpEsWM — SYTYCD (@SYTYCD)1560215182.0 Sumi’s life hasn’t been easy. Her […]

"SYTYCD" Season 16 Recap: The Auditions Begin

A slow-motion, battement-filled opening montage set to music from The Greatest Showman can only mean one thing: To quote the hostess with the mostest, the ever-fabulous Cat Deeley, “Welcome! to So You Think You Can Dance!” The OG dance competition show is back and, as always, promising to be better than ever. For the show’s […]