"You're going to Vegas!" "Come and get your tickets!" "Get your ticket to Vegas!" "Vegas!" "Vegas!" "Vegas!" "Vegas!" "Vegas!" "Vegas!" "Vegas!" "The open auditions are over." "Whoo!" "Vegas, baby." "181 dancers have earned tickets to the next stage, right here in Sin City." "Over the next four days, they're going to face eight grueling rounds." "Ow!" "Aah!" "Aah!" "Do it now!" "No markings." "She's intense." "I can't deal with it!" "This stuff is crazy." "The moves are hard, the partnering's hard." "We're not asking for too much." "Not everyone will be able to take the pressure." "Ooh." "I am pushing myself." "I want this so bad." "I just want some fire." "I can't do it now." "We need dancers who can stand tall." "We're looking for genuine stars." "Oh!" "Outstanding." "You are a genius." "That is fantastic." "That's what I'm talking about." "Only 20 dancers will make it to the end of the week." "That was horrible." "You are dead." "You're going home." "This is so important." "I'm a little pissed off." "I can't go home, please." "And it's not going to be easy." "Them judges." "So tell me, are you ready?" "♪ so you think you can ♪" "♪ dance ♪" "♪ so you think you can ♪" "♪ dance ♪" "♪ so you think you can ♪" "♪ dah dah dah dah ♪" "♪ dah dah dah dah ♪" "♪ so you think you can ♪" "♪ dah dah dah dah ♪" "♪ dah dah dah dah ♪" "♪ so you think you can dance ♪" "It's time for Vegas week to begin, and as usual, there's a packed judging table, featuring king of krump, Lil' C, dance legend Debbie Allen, film director, producer, and choreographer Adam Shankman, sultan of sass Tyce Diorio, and" "of course, our ballroom beauty, Ms. Mary Murphy, and the one and only Mr. Nigel Lythgoe." "Welcome to Las Vegas." "The first thing we're gonna do is get you to do your solos." "The big thing to remember is personality, 'cause you're all great dancers." "We have to find things that separate you." "If your solo doesn't stand up today, we are gonna be asking you to leave the competition that quickly." "There are gonna be massive cuts." "And with that, it was time for Vegas week to begin." "Okay, here we go, then, please." "Settle down." "First up is Hampton "the exorcist" Williams." "Back in Dallas, his audition got the longest standing ovation of the whole tour." "You made Mary Murphy cry." "I think you could be a genius." "Yeah." "Now he needs to impress our Vegas panel if he wants to stay in the competition." "And cue music." "Why am I crying?" "Thank you very much for that." "So we're off to a great start, and over the next half hour, the contestants hit the stage." "If they were going to stay, they needed to make an impression." "After the first ten solos, Nigel stopped everything down." "Slash, slash, slash." "Everybody on stage, please." "Jennifer and Briana, step forward." "We're gonna let you go, I'm afraid." "Thank you so much." "Everybody else, thank you." "We made it?" "Yes!" "So eight dancers, including Hampton, are moving on to the next round." "Whoo, man!" "I made it through solos, man." "But two others were already headed home." "I got cut." "It's just--it's really disappointing to be cut this early." "Waiting in the wings is 23-year-old belly-dancer Janelle Issis." "I'm in Vegas, and I'm about to rock it onstage, and I'm the only belly-dancer here, so get excited." "And cue music." "All right." "All right." "I love her." "Yeah!" "Yeah." "Yes." "Oh, oh!" "Only in America." "Only in America." "That's what we said about her." "If only she were sexy." "And as the round went on, it became apparent that this was going to be a very special season." "Ow." "Whoo!" "Made it to Vegas." "I mean, I am in Vegas." "Oh, my gosh, that's so crazy." "But the judges were ruthless, and by the end of the round, 51 dancers, including martial arts hip-hopper Tim Conkle, were headed home." "Bye, friends." "I'll miss you." "It was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and I've enjoyed every second of it." "Coming up, it's time for the choreography rounds to begin." "Do it now!" "You're gonna question me?" "Sharp, one!" "Aah!" "You better bring it." "And as the tears flow..." "It's not only hearts that are going to be broken." "Is she gonna be okay?" "The competition gets brutal." "That was horrible." "You're going home." "That was an epic fail." "I'm dying!" "I want to show you something!" "And as the talent shines through..." "Amazing." "That's what I'm talking about." "This one's yours to lose." "Only the strong will survive." "Ooh!" "He's not moving." "♪ Dah dah dah dah ♪" "♪ so you think you can dance ♪" "♪ Dah dah dah dah ♪" "♪ so you think you can dance ♪" "It's 5 P.M. in Vegas." "The solos are over, and more than a quarter of the contestants are already headed home." "Bye, season nine." "I guess not this time, but next time." "Those that remain are about to face their first round of choreography." "We're ready for hip hop." "Whoo!" "And choreographers twitch and comfort aren't gonna be easy on them." "You can do it." "This is Vegas, baby, let's go!" "Season nine, we're bringing something totally different for the hip-hop game." "This whole dance is about the groove and the funk." "Totally different style." "It's from ATL and it's sunky." "You can expect to see energy, you can expect to see character, you can expect to see people breathing really, really..." "Hard." "Basically, if you're not sweating with this routine, you're not..." "Doing it right." "This year, we saw more incredible hip-hop dancers than ever before, including Hampton and Atlanta's Dragon House crew." "Roommates Andre..." "It's absolutely beyond magical." "Boris... you are mesmerizing." "And Cyrus..." "I'll stab you in the eye!" "Let's go, Dragon House!" "They all made it straight to Vegas..." "We're going to Vegas, baby!" "Whoo!" "Which means that this is the first time in the competition that they've had to pick up someone else's choreography." "They barely started going through the steps, and already," "Hampton's heading to the stage." "What's happening?" "Um, the choreography is just a little bit too fast for me." "Uh, I never trained to do anything like that, so-- so, have you never been choreographed before?" "No, sir." "Well, I think every one of us thinks that you are absolutely incredible at what you do." "You had three on the panel today crying and in tears." "I apologize to all of y'all." "What are you apologizing for?" "You did more than dance." "You really touched us." "Yeah, absolutely." "And we say thank you for that." "Yep." "All right." "And with that, Hampton bows out of the competition." "This was an amazing, amazing opportunity." "I'm so thankful." "I just wish I didn't let people down." "Meanwhile, back in the lobby, Andre from Dragon House was also having problems." "It's not looking too good." "Like, I don't even--I don't know what else to say." "It's definitely the hardest thing I've ever had to do." "How did you get down now?" "Um, you go, um... even though it's hip hop, it feels foreign to me." "So what are you gonna do?" "Are you gonna get up there and talk to the judges and just say," ""look, I can't do it"?" "No, I'm just gonna just leave." "I'm gonna be up there like this." "I don't know the steps." "How can I do it, man?" "So already, two of our standout hip-hop dancers have gone." "And as performances begin, Boris will have to prove himself in the first group." "I'm like, man, I gotta make it through." "It's hard, but I'm gonna try my best." "And cue music." "I mean, he does it, but it's just not right." "Okay, Boris, step forward." "You know, it's all right, saying this is hip hop and you should have been better at it, but you're a popper." "But you didn't even have a feel for it, I'm afraid, uh, and this is the area that we expect you to be good in." "I'm sorry, we're not gonna continue with you." "And I'm really sorry 'cause I'm such a supporter of Dragon House, man." "We love him." "You're fantastic-- we love you." "At what you do, and that's why this program is always so difficult." "All right, well done." "I'm sorry." "I'm disappointed, but it's not gonna stop me." "I'ma still keep--keep trying." "So it was the end of the road for Boris." "Joining him on the flight out of Vegas was praying mantis Gene Lenardo." "That's it." "I got buck, and now I'm going home." "And mother of two, Bree Hafen." "Honey, thank you so much." "It's the end of the road." "I have two beautiful kids to go home to, 'cause truthfully, in my life, that's what really matters most." "But many of the non-hip-hop dancers proved that they could get buck." "I'm sorry to say that you're all gonna have to endure us for one more day." "You're all through." "Put a smile on your face." "You're all going to the next round." "I made it through the pop one." "If you think they were good, so were the other three couples that were with them." "They're all through." "Get off the stage." "Whoo!" "Whoo-hoo!" "Day two, here I come, ehhh." "Who's got the swag?" "I do." "By 8 P.M., 97 had made it through the hip-hop round." "Hip hop is my thing, man." "You already know." "But one group still hadn't performed." "Without the support of his two dragon house roommates, it was finally Cyrus' turn." "I'm a popper animated robot." "And I don't do hip hop, so-- right, we're kind of both struggling here, but-- but we're helping each other out." "Cue music." "We're reaching here, let me just be honest." "No, no, but--but it's true, though." "You're reaching, y'all are reaching, and let's just do this, 'cause this is what it is." "There's no other alternative." "So we're doing this now?" "Mm-hmm." "Come closer together, please." "Congratulations, everybody, you're through." "Nice round." "Well done." "Good." "Oh, my God." "What?" "What?" "It felt great." "I'm so glad that I made it through." "Ehhhhhh, Dragon House made it through the first choreograph." "Nnh-nnh-nnh." "Coming up, is this the most difficult Broadway round we've ever had?" "This is crazy." "This routine is so hard." "It's a bitch." "The ballroom girls are giving it all they've got." "You're so amazing." "But the contemporary dancers are having a tough time." "I'm getting tired of saving you." "And later, it's group night, and the pressure is on." "I'm disappointed in myself." "♪ Dah dah dah dah ♪" "♪ so you think you can dance ♪" "♪ Dah dah dah dah ♪" "♪ so you think you can dance ♪" "This is so you think you can dance." "Welcome back to Vegas week." "It's early morning on day two, and the contestants are grabbing some breakfast and getting themselves psyched up..." "Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey!" "Before getting set for the next challenge." "This is Broadway!" "Broadway!" "So, good morning." "Welcome to day two." "Tyce, they're yours." "Let's go." "It's 2 A.M." "It's dancers in a club." "They took a break to drink some water." "There's something in the water." "All of a sudden, something happens, and then they go pow!" "And that's what makes them all just, like, lust after each other." "It's so fast." "And this routine, honestly, is so hard." "Oh!" "It's a bitch." "The choreography looked like it was going to push everybody to the limit." "Two girls well out of their comfort zones were ballroom dancers Whitney Carson and Lindsay Arnold." "Both of them were standouts at the Salt Lake City auditions." "Whoo-hoo!" "On to Vegas!" "Vegas!" "Aah!" "Aah!" "And after arriving in Vegas..." "Aah!" "They were just as excited to find out they were roommates." "And as it turns out, this isn't the first time they've met." "We've known each other since we were nine years old, and we've been dancing ever since then." "Um, we're just really good friends." "Yeah." "Team ballroom." "Team ballroom, whoo!" "Are you excited?" "Yeah, I'm ready to go, dude." "We got it, bro." "Mmnh." "And team ballroom are both in the first group to perform." "Okay, here we go." "Cue music." "All right, that worked for me." "Good." "This is a question, right here." "It's not a question of..." "Thank you, and you're moving on." "Good work." "And that seemed to set the tone for the morning, as the dancers gave the judges a real Broadway buzz." "You're so amazing." "Thank you." "I like it, I like it, I like it." "You two, go sit down." "And line after line were making it through." "You're all staying." "Thank you." "I made it." "You're all going through, yes." "What is happening here?" "Tricks, thank you for bringing that crazy character with you." "Wow." "You're all staying." "This is what I want, people, this is what I want." "See you in the next round." "By 12:00, the atmosphere in the theater was upbeat, and" "Alexa Anderson was getting ready to perform." "Last season, she was the final person cut before top 20." "Alexa, you are not in our top 20 this year." "Since then, I've learned to relax and breathe, and it's helped me improve, and I just hope that they can see that today." "I need to be on the show this year." "This year is my year, and it's gonna happen." "And cue music." "She's so unbelievable, but there's nothing happening." "From him?" "Her." "No, there's nothing in her face." "Oh, nothing in her face." "We told her this last time." "She could be everything." "Yeah, I'm sick--I'm sick of saving her." "Who?" "I'm sick of saving her." "She's a great dancer." "Alexa, can you step forward?" "Honey, I just actually said, "I'm getting tired of saving you," because you are so frustrating because you have so much going on, and you are-- brilliant." "You could be up, like, the star winner of the show, and we're debating putting you through because you are dead." "You are giving us absolutely no light." "How can we get you to do it?" "Is it nerves?" "Uh, maybe I--I wasn't too nervous." "I was actually kind of excited this time, so-- dance like you want it, honey, because--okay?" "And I want to see you connect with your partner, because you can." "You have it, okay?" "Step back." "Thank you." "Joseph and Trey, please step forward." "What can I say?" "Just not quite there, you know?" "Thank you." "Thank you, guys." "Good job." "You're staying." "Thank you." "I've been, um, taking what they said to me last year to heart, and--and it just scares me that, um, the same thing that happened last year could happen again." "Alexa had scraped through." "Teddy, can you step forward, please?" "But Broadway's combination of choreography and character acting..." "We think you're very good but, uh, we do think there's more growth to be had here in this situation." "I just encourage you to continue to discover and find more." "Thank you so much for your work." "Proved too much for Vegas veteran Teddy Tedholm..." "Yeah, clearly, it's disappointing, so-- that was horrible." "And 23 other dancers." "I just don't get it." "You were asked to be characters and you're dancing." "It is the end of the journey for you here." "I can't please the judges and" "I don't really know how to fix it, apparently, so why come back and waste my time?" "I just hate hearing the word "no."" "I just love to be reprimanded in public." "It just sucks, like, really bad." "I'm never coming back to this." "See you never." "After the break..." "let's go!" "Sonya's holding nothing back in her hard-hitting jazz routine." "Oh!" "Are you all right, darling?" "Then, later, Vegas week goes from bad to worse for Alexa." "I'm dying!" "I want to show you something!" "♪ Dah dah dah dah ♪" "♪ so you think you can dance ♪" "♪ Dah dah dah dah ♪" "♪ so you think you can dance ♪" "Welcome back to So You Think You Can Dance." "We're midway through the second day, and already, well over half of the contestants have been cut, and jazz choreographer" "Sonya Tayeh has a question for the 82 that remain." "Are you ready to fight for your right to stay?" "Yeah!" "Let's go!" "This jazz routine is focused on strength, aggression, texture, and musicality." "She's intense." "She's working us over right now." "No markings." "Let's do it again." "Keep the movement real." "I want amazing." "Let's go, two, come on." "Already struggling to keep up is hip-hop dancer Shafeek" "Westbrook." "We first met the high-flying b-boy in New York, and in Vegas, he was doing great, right up until the last round." "That was horrible." "You're getting lots of cheers and applause." "I don't know why." "But after scraping through, things aren't getting any better in jazz." "There's too many people onstage." "How are we doing all these lines and kicking?" "It's too, like" "meanwhile, his partner, Danielle Dominguez, is trying to encourage him." "Just mark it for now." "You'll get it." "I'll do it." "You can do it, you can do it." "It, whatever." "They get what they get." "She stood out in Atlanta for her weird diet and quirky dancing." "I think Sonya would just love working with you." "I love her." "But now that she's finally getting the chance to work with" "Sonya, Shafeek is bringing her down." "I tried to help him out, tried to get him in a, you know, positive mindset, but it wasn't really working." "You ready?" "Why the he keep trying?" "Don't he got a partner?" "Hello." "Well, he needs to practice with-- so what?" "Yay!" "After an hour, the dancers had to clear the stage." "I'm about to leave." "You're about to leave?" "Yeah." "Tell me, what's the problem?" "Group one onstage." "I'm about to get voted" "It was time for the performances to begin, and joining Shafeek and Danielle in the first group was Rachel" "Applehans, who grabbed the judges' attention in Utah." "I think that if some things in my life were a little different, I would move to Salt Lake City." "Here we go." "And cue music." "Mmm!" "That was nice." "Whoa, whoa, what's all that?" "Oh, Shafeek, what's all that at the end there?" "Yeah, I don't need to know you messed up." "What are you showing me for?" "If I didn't see it, how do I know you messed up?" "Okay?" "Uh, listen up, please." "Shafeek, come forward." "Rachel, come forward." "There's lots of things that need to be polished." "I think, Shafeek, the attitude needs to be adjusted." "It's gonna be a no for us today." "We're gonna let you go." "So Rachel and Shafeek are the only dancers cut, and as" "Danielle celebrates..." "I got in." "My partner got cut, unfortunately, but I'm glad what" "I did was enough, so I'm happy." "Rachel decides she's not going without a fight." "This is everything to me." "This is my passion." "I know I belong up here." "I know I do." "And I'm not that technical, and I'm not as trained as these beautiful dancers, but I have so much passion and fire, and I promise you, I am a star." "I promise you." "It's here." "Uh, do you want to see her dance for her life?" "Yes." "Adam?" "No." "Yes." "Hmm, yes." "I'll say yes." "I would have been no." "It doesn't matter." "You've got enough yeses." "So Rachel has been given one last chance to stay in the competition." "She'll be dancing a solo at the end of the round." "But Shafeek wasn't interested in second chances." "I'm better than all them who on the show." "Twitch, busta, I'm better than all them." "I smoke Lil' C." "Matter of fact, Lil' C cool." "I will smoke Nigel." "I'm not coming back, ever." "I don't give a about TV." "TV come to me." "Meanwhile, back in the theater, the jazz round was claiming more victims." "I wanted to see a little bit more fight." "It's a bit of a disappointment to get cut now." "Fear was in your eyes." "You need to kind of find that conviction a little bit more, so we're gonna let you guys go." "By 5:30 P.M., more girls than guys had been cut, and despite already making it through," "Danielle was back onstage, helping contemporary dancer" "Giovanni Allen with his audition." "And cue music." "She got hit on the head." "I don't think she's okay." "I don't think she's okay." "She's just been hit badly." "Are you all right, darling?" "Breathe, honey." "Are you okay?" "She took a hit, man." "You were supposed to kick over her head, not into her face." "Thank you." "We're gonna let you go." "Thank you very much for coming down." "As Giovanni leaves, Danielle gets assessed by the medic." "It's been a tough couple of hours in the theater, but it hasn't dampened Amelia Lowe's spirits." "I'm feeling really amped about this." "This is my--this is my jam." "I love this." "Amelia's silent movie-inspired performance got her a ticket in New York..." "And she's getting her teeth into Vegas week." "I'm really gonna try and, rrrr, get down with it, 'cause this is my stuff." "This is like the meat." "I love this." "This is like a hearty steak." "Also in her group is Cyrus, who lost his Dragon House crewmates in yesterday's hip-hop round." "But with no formal dance training, will he really be able to master Sonya's choreography?" "There's a lot of technique involved, which is hurting me right now, but I'm gonna still push through, give it my all, and we'll see what happens." "For jazz, he's been partnered with ballroom dancer Lindsay" "Arnold." "And cue music." "Straight line, please." "Just checking with you now." "Lindsay, you're ballroom." "Wow." "Get off that stage." "Well done." "I made it again." "Amelia, come forward." "Right now, we're split." "You need to search for that fire in your gut to find some dynamics, so I would like to see you dance for your life." "So Amelia will get the chance to stay in the competition by dancing a solo at the end of the round." "Cyrus, have you ever had contemporary experience before?" "No, ma'am, I've never taken a class." "Okay, so we need to get into some classes, because the lines are not there." "So take that in, all of you, okay?" "You're through, go ahead." "Thank you." "You're through." "You are through." "You did it." "Proper." "Can you believe it?" "I can't believe it." "It's kind of amazing." "That's, like, beyond amazing." "The jazz round is over." "Meanwhile, after checking out" "Danielle, the medical team has become concerned." "Squeeze my hand." "Squeeze." "They're not taking any chances." "Still to come, two girls dance for their lives, with one last chance." "It's a no for us." "We're gonna let you go." "And then the dancers take on the dreaded group round." "I can't deal with it anymore." "Then don't!" "We are--we are done." "I know that I can get on the show and I know that I can do it." "I'm just shocked by what I saw there." "I can't deal with this!" "♪ Dah dah dah dah ♪" "♪ so you think you can dance ♪" "♪ Dah dah dah dah ♪" "♪ so you think you can dance ♪" "Welcome back to so you think you can dance, where night has fallen on the second day of Vegas week." "The jazz round is over and 15 more dancers have been cut, and two contestants are hanging on by a thread." "Amelia Lowe and Rachel Applehans didn't impress with Sonya's choreography, but they've been given one last chance." "Everything now depends on them dancing solo to stay in the competition." "First up is Rachel." "Do you know what you're gonna do now, for your solo?" "I do." "I'm gonna stay very true to the burlesque style." "I am going to give them every ounce of character and heart and drive and really show them that I am actually fighting for my life." "Cue music." "Thank you." "Okay." "No." "No." "Sorry." "I'm sorry." "With four nos, it's the end of the line." "Rachel, some of us have talked about that you're whole appeal is just sex, and so what you did just now kind of went that way, just so you know." "So next time, put on more clothes and dance." "You are beautiful, you are sexy." "You don't have to show us anything." "We see that." "Take that note and work on that." "All right, we hope we see you again." "Good luck, good, thank you." "So the jazz round had claimed another victim." "I went out fighting, and I'm so proud." "I know I'm a star, and I'm going to be back." "And the pressure was on for Amelia." "Going into this round, I thought this was gonna be a slice of cake." "I was feeling really confident with this, and then Sonya's like, dropped a, pfft, bomb on me." "She was like, "I want you to dance for your life."" "I'm gonna go out there, and I'm just gonna try and make her a really big fan of me, so she understands who I am, and hopefully it'll be enough to get me through this round." "Okay, and cue music." "I just want to get my hands on her." "Mmm, yes." "Okay, calm down." "Okay." "Yes." "Thank you." "I-I totally get it." "It's so beautiful." "Yes, thank you." "It's a no for me." "And it's a no because I don't understand how you can have that wonderful talent and this wonderful ability to lift our spirits with watching you dance, which you do, and yet you can't do that when you're given other routines to do." "You've got to find some way of embodying what you've just done there in somebody else's routines." "You're a beautiful artist." "It's a yes for me." "Yes." "It's a yes." "Yes and, by the way, thank you." "Oh, thank you." "Oh, my goodness." "I hope you listened to what Nigel said." "You are so majestic." "Yes for me." "Thank you, and I promise, tomorrow, you will see a different animal out here." "I am so ready to make you love me, every one of you." "Thank you." "Can I go?" "Yes, you can go, girl." "I will survive another day of Vegas week." "I am so--I'm a wreck right now." "But Amelia will have to compose herself quickly, because the night is far from over." "Ladies and gentlemen, do you know what the next challenge is?" "Yes." "Group routine." "Whoo!" "You are going to pick a piece of music at random." "You then have all through the night to work on choreographing a routine to show to the judges first thing tomorrow morning." "The twist, however, this year is..." "Uh-oh." "You get to pick your own group." "Good night." "See you later." "The dancers then took to the lobby to form groups of five or six." "We need one person." "We got our group." "We got our group." "This is a good group." "This is a good group." "Hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo!" "Let's go, whoo!" "Then each group selected a cd at random." "So that's the one?" "Yeah." "And found out what they'd be dancing to." "Then it was down to business." "Things started off well, and for the first couple of hours, everybody seemed to be getting along." "But as the night went on and fatigue set in..." "I can't deal with it anymore." "I'm done." "D-O-N, done." "These newly-formed friendships were pushed to their limits." "Aah!" "With the performances only hours away..." "I know that I can be on the show, and I know that I can do it." "Not everyone will survive." "I can't deal with it!" "Ooh!" "He's not moving." "♪ Dah dah dah dah ♪" "♪ so you think you can dance ♪" "♪ Dah dah dah dah ♪" "♪ so you think you can dance ♪" "It's 7 A.M. at day three, here in Vegas, and after an exhausting night, the groups are finally filing back into the theater..." "I had about 2 1/2, 3 hours of sleep last night." "So tired." "They've got just a half an hour to put the finishing touches on their routines..." "N-T-L, no." "As the judges are taking their seats and getting set for another long day." "Here we go." "All right." "The first group to take the stage includes ballet dancer" "Daniel Baker, alongside contemporary dancers Audrey Case and Danielle Dominguez." "Yesterday, Danielle was injured while trying to help out a fellow dancer in the jazz round." "After eight hours in the hospital, she was finally cleared to return well after midnight, but by then, all of the groups had formed and been working together for over two hours." "Hey, would you guys take me?" "Yes, yes, yes, yes." "Super late;" "I will stay in the back and do whatever." "That changes our whole idea, but we'll work it out." "We're alive again." "Despite letting her join, some of the group members had reservations." "We already had an idea and concept planned, and then we accepted Danielle, so we started over." "I feel like I might have messed them up a little bit, honestly." "Just 'cause I came in late, they had to change their whole concept, and I feel really, really horrible about that." "We don't know what we're doing still." "Right now, we're just hoping to get finished tonight, but we still have to make sure everyone's doing the exact same thing." "Kind of scary." "Two hours later, the routine is still unfinished, but exhaustion has set in." "We just want to kind of give up, but we don't want to give up." "They decide to get some sleep, but not everyone's on board." "Just for the record, going to bed is a bad idea." "Cue music." "Now, under-rehearsed and tired, it's time for them to perform in front of the judges." "Wow." "Come on down." "I thought that was terrible." "You just weren't together at any one point." "You should all be sent home." "That really, really wasn't good enough." "Step back, please, to the center of the stage." "There's gonna be a slice." "Okay, come forward, please." "Charlie, Danielle, I'm sorry, it's the end of the road today." "Thank you very much for all your work." "Thank you very much." "Thank you." "You did a really great job, Danielle." "So Danielle's injury may have cost her her place in the competition." "I think I could have done so, so much better." "While I was learning everything, my head was hurting, and I'm very disappointed in myself, but no excuses." "And as the morning went on, more dancers joined her." "Step forward please, Leroy." "Nigewan." "That was an epic fail." "After all the hard work..." "I'm sorry." "One bad performance was enough to end their season nine dreams." "It was just totally forgettable." "Taylor, I'm sorry, we're gonna let you go today." "Thank you so much." "I'm sad to leave, but I'm happy I got to be here." "Even the dancers who made it through had a tough time watching their group-mates go home." "We just worked so hard for it, and it's like I'm disappointed in myself." "By 11:30, the mood in the theater was downbeat, but ballet dancer Aubrey Klinger and her group weren't going to let it get them down." "Hi." "Hi." "Hey." "Hello." "What's your group name?" "The high schoolers." "Why are you called the high schoolers?" "'Cause we're going to prom." "And I'm the only girl." "Let's see it." "Cool, here's the prom." "Let's do it." "Wow." "Cue music." "Work." "That's what I'm talking about." "Oh, yes." "Whoo!" "I'd have to say, that was one of the best group pieces since" "I've been in Vegas a number of times." "Thank you." "This was so smart." "Yeah." "Whose concept was the idea of the--Aubrey, you're a genius." "Oh, thank you." "Because you really made it work for everybody, just with the concept." "Thank you." "You're like a little mini Mia Michaels for me." "Like, I--yeah." "You've got that sort of, you know, look at me, I'm gonna throw myself here, and goodness knows what's gonna happen." "It's always beautiful." "Thank you." "Uh, so it's a yes to all of you." "To prom we go." "And with that, the mood in the theater began to change..." "We did it, we did it, we did it." "As group after group hit the stage and won over the judges." "That is fantastic." "You're through." "Whitney, I love you." "I can't let anybody go." "This was just too good." "Race!" "Whoo!" "By 1:00 in the afternoon, it was time for the final group to take the stage." "We are..." "Wolf pack!" "And it included three dancers who'd made it to the end of" "Vegas week in previous seasons-- Dres Reid, Adrian Lee, and Alexa" "Anderson." "Last season, Dres and Alexa were let go during the final set of decisions." "I'm very sorry to say that you're not gonna be moving forward with us." "You are not in our top 20 this year." "And in season seven, it was particularly hard for Adrian Lee when Mary came to his house with the news." "I'm sorry to say you are not in the show this year." "It was a wonderful week, and I couldn't ask for anything more." "We feel like there's a high expectation for our final product onstage, because we've been here in years past, and I definitely think we're gonna live up to that expectation." "And this morning, Alexa knows she'll have to bring it after the warning she received in the Broadway round." "Even though we're tired and we're a little bit run down, we're excited to get up there." "We're gonna show 'em everything we've got." "Cue music." "Oh." "Okay." "What you got, Debbie?" "Yeah, well, the wolf pack, honey." "Y'all were packing." "That was lovely." "I really enjoyed it." "Tyce." "Thank you." "Okay, I don't want to seem like a bitch here." "Alexa, there's a lot of great dancers in here, but I just feel like the--the lights are on and nobody's home, and I'm not enamored by your beauty anymore now." "Now I'm past it." "I'm not moved by that anymore." "What does all this mean to you?" "'Cause you don't say much." "When I'm dancing, I'm thinking about, like, showing myself to you." "You demand attention." "I'm not leaving here until you see me." "Yeah." "Alexa, go to someplace you've never been before." "Take a huge risk." "Oh, I know, I can" " I just want some fire." "I'm dying to give this to you guys." "Like, trust me." "Even when you say that." "Say, "I'm dying!" "I want to show you something!" "I can do it!"" "Some fire, some fight." "You say something." ""I'm dying."" "I want to be on the show, and I know that I have what it takes to be on the show." "You know, I know that it can do this, and-- and?" "I'm not--just not listening to you guys." "There we go." "I'm racking my brain, and I am pushing myself, and last year, I was so afraid, and now I feel like I've moved away from that and now I'm just trying to push harder to get exactly where" "you guys know I can be, and I know that I can get there." "I know that I can be on the show and I know that I can do it." "You just have done--you have just released emotion." "Exactly." "Jeez." "Good God." "And that's what we want in your dancing, to release emotion." "Just dance." "Listen to the music and just dance, and you're gonna do great." "Mm-hmm." "I promise you, you will do great." "All right." "Okay, Alexa?" "Breathe." "Suck it in." "Breathe." "Now go and sit down." "Thank you very much." "We did it." "Being singled out like that and given the critiques, um, it definitely just adds more fuel to the flame." "I mean, I'm gonna keep pushing." "I think, after all that hard work, I think we definitely deserve some fun in the sun." "Pool!" "Yeah, yeah." "And with that, they headed to the pool to celebrate with the other contestants who'd made it through." "Vegas, Vegas, Vegas!" "After the break, Vegas picks up the pace..." "One, two, three." "Hit this one." "And while some keep up..." "Fantastic." "No, not you." "One favorite is stopped dead in their tracks." "We all want to see you dance for your life." "I just want to go home." "♪ Dah dah dah dah ♪" "♪ so you think you can dance ♪" "Welcome back to so you think you can dance, where the remaining 61 contestants have changed out of their swimwear for the penultimate round of choreography." "Everybody's exhausted after working through the night, but the intensity isn't going to let up anytime soon, as choreographer Jason Gilkison takes them through a cha-cha." "One, two, three." "You can't fake chemistry in this dance." "Talk to each other with your bodies." "I want the girls to be sassy, cheeky, sexy." "The guys have got to be there for the girls all the time." "This cha-cha needs chemistry." "Otherwise, this cha-cha won't work." "But it wasn't just the chemistry that worried Cyrus." "What is he doing?" "Everybody said ballroom was gonna be hard and, um, I see why." "Despite his lack of training, he's refusing to be intimidated." "Each round is either, you're gonna do it or you're not." "Here, you don't know, so it's-- it's scary every time I go up there." "But with the practice over, it was time to face the judges." "And cue music." "You didn't know I could do that, did you?" "Straight line, straight line." "Leo and Amber, step forward." "Keep walking." "You're through." "Yes!" "Christiani and Ted, well done." "You're both through." "Thank you." "Samaria, couldn't take my eyes off you then." "Fantastic job, well done." "You're through to the next round." "Thank you." "Cyrus." "Come on down." "You've seemed to really, really struggle that time through, with the cha-cha." "We all want to see you dance for your life." "Thank you so much." "I would love to dance for my life." "Okay." "Good luck." "Yeah." "So Cyrus heads off to prepare for his make-or-break solo." "Go get some clothes." "Somebody goin' in." "Thought y'all seen something." "Y'all ain't seen nothin'." "I'm ready to go." "But as the round went on, not everybody was lucky enough to get a second shot." "I'm afraid it's not good news for you today." "This'll be the end." "I'm sorry." "And the chance of making top 20 disappeared for Amber Williams..." "Country hip-hopper Asher Walker..." "That's the end of the road for me." "And Dee Tomasetta." "I wanted this so bad." "I guess this year wasn't my year." "Okay, I love you." "Mwah!" "Mwah." "Despite the cuts onstage, Aubrey Klinger was coming into the ballroom round full of confidence." "We are gonna get on Mary Murphy's hot tamale train." "We are going to work it." "In the group round, she excelled." "Aubrey, you're like a little Mia Michaels for me." "Thank you so much." "And she's hoping for more of the same in ballroom." "Yeah." "Mmm." "And cue music." "You didn't know I could do that, did you?" "Thank you." "Straight line." "I'm--I was not a fan of her at all." "Yeah." "I don't like her." "Mm-hmm." "Here we go, here we go." "Aubrey, please step forward." "It's bad news." "I'm afraid you didn't quite make it through that challenge." "I'm really sorry." "This is the end for you today." "Sorry." "Okay." "I've been auditioning for four years, and I can't get work." "I can't get a job." "I don't know what I'm doing wrong." "It's a devastating end to the week for Aubrey." "But back onstage, the round was getting into its stride..." "And as expected, the ballroom dancers were killing it." "Whitney, that was spectacular stuff." "Congratulations." "I'm so excited about you in this competition." "Thank you." "But there were some surprise standouts, including Dallas' zombie hip-hopper Stephan Stewart." "You were so incredibly rhythmic." "You really brought it in that routine." "Congratulations, you're through." "And ballet dancer Keon Wespecha and Eliana Girard." "Your feet and legs were fantastic." "Totally through." "Wow." "Easy, through." "Well done." "The whole group, you're all through." "Yeah." "Even though I was so bad?" "Shh!" "Oh, no, no, no, no, not you." "No, we didn't say yes to you, did we?" "Did we say--?" "Oh, we did." "Watching the celebrations, knowing she needed a standout moment of her own, was Alexa Anderson." "After her breakdown in the group round, she'll need to dig deep for the ballroom." "Last year, when I got the routine, 'cause I-I kind of crumbled and I lost it, and I feel like, this time, I'm actually strong enough to rise to the occasion and actually get" "where I need to be." "At 6 P.M., she took the stage in the final group of the day." "And cue music." "Alexa!" "Alexa!" "Alexa!" "Yo!" "Whoo!" "Didn't know I could do that, did you?" "Wow." "Thank God she did something." "Alexa, come forward." "One of the best for me today." "Yeah." "Thank you." "Really, really something." "Congratulations, well done." "You're through." "Considering, uh, you know, we've been on at you all the time about personality and everything, the first thing" "Jason had said was, "wow, look at that girl's personality."" "You shone." "Yeah, well done." "You've got a little star by your name." "Thank you." "You're through." "Thank you." "Very proud, very proud." "Keep it up." "Keep that up, huh?" "Hallelujah." "Oh, goodness." "And that was it for the ballroom round." "Aah!" "And while Alexa heads off to celebrate her breakthrough moment, Cyrus has one final chance to prove he's good enough to join her." "They want me to dance for my life." "Yeah." "I'm--I'm gonna." "You seem--you seem cool about it." "It's the fire in me." "Like, I get to be myself, 100%." "Do you not feel a bit nervous about it?" "Do you not feel--?" "There's no better feeling than being myself." "I cannot wait, cannot wait to show the judges what I got." "Here we go, everybody." "Cue music." "♪ Dah dah dah dah ♪" "♪ so you think you can dance ♪" "♪ Dah dah dah dah ♪" "♪ so you think you can dance ♪" "Welcome back to the show." "51 dancers have safely navigated their way through ballroom, but one dancer still has it all to do." "Untrained street dancer Cyrus Spencer has one final chance at a spot in the next round." "When you present yourself, somebody either gonna love you or they're gonna hate you." "Cyrus." "I got something the world needs to see." "It's time for Cyrus to dance for his life." "Cue music." "I would have to be at a chiropractor for the rest of my life if I tried to do one thing." "Oh!" "Y-y-y-y-y-y-yes." "Yes for me." "Yes." "Lord have mercy, yes." "18 yeses right here." "That was extra buck!" "Oh!" "Yes!" "Thank y'all so much." "So Cyrus has made it." "I'm glad they liked my style." "I don't even want to get to that point anymore." "I need to go ahead and step my game up." "Apparently, there's another level of hard that I ain't working, and I need to get there." "It's 9 P.M. on the most exhausting day of their lives..." "lookit." "But the remaining dancers still face one final choreography challenge." "I maybe got two hours of sleep last night, and I can't believe we're doing another round." "There are 52 people left." "Getting closer, closer, closer." "Please, go and get yourselves ready now." "You have got contemporary." "Taking them through the steps is our homegrown choreographer Travis Wall." "You have to leave everything here." "This is the moment you dance for your life, yeah?" "This is the last round to get here, so" "They have one hour to get the steps down." "Hit this one." "And through, go, go." "Four, five, six, through." "Be there for her." "This stuff is crazy." "I don't even know what to do right now." "Technically, I'm looking for perfection." "Get those legs up." "The moves are hard, the partnering's hard, the emotion's hard." "This is the last round." "If you want to make the show, you've got to make it past this round." "Three rounds of choreography have pushed everyone to the breaking point." "It's been a really long day, and I'm going on two hours of sleep, so I'm starting to get delirious." "I'll feel so much better when it's done, and whether I go home or I stay." "Finally, it's time to perform, but first, Nigel has an announcement." "We're not making any decisions at this point, uh, because we want to see everybody." "We'll talk to you again later." "Thank you very much." "The dancers won't find out until the end of the day who's in and who's out." "But as the performances began, it became clear that whatever those decisions were..." "Cue music." "These dancers were there for each other." "She's so amazing." "Every movement that she takes is--is a breath of passion, it really is." "Glitch just made me cry." "He used himself and made that beautiful." "You're great." "She's great." "I'm really lucky to be dancing with her." "Every person in this building is amazing at what they do." "Thank you." "The performances were over, and suddenly..." "listen up." "Can you all hear me?" "Nigel calls dancers to the stage." "Lindsay Arnold, come to the stage, Janelle Issis." "Trenton, come to the stage." "Daniel Baker, Whitney Carson." "Jill Johnson, Amelia, Luciana, Cyrus, Tiffany." "♪ dah dah dah dah ♪" "♪ so you think you can dance ♪" "♪ Dah dah dah dah ♪" "♪ so you think you can dance ♪" "Welcome back to so you think you can dance." "Everybody has just performed Travis wall's choreography." "Now 34 of the remaining dancers have been called to the stage." "Congratulations, you're all through this round." "So nearly two-thirds of the dancers have made it through to the final day of Vegas week." "I didn't even expect to get this far, and now that I have, it's like a dream come true." "Season nine, season nine!" "Whoo!" "Oh, my God!" "I've made it so incredibly far." "I am, like, this close to being in the top." "Whoo!" "But there were still 18 dancers left in the theater." "Everybody here, we're not sure of." "We're just not sure." "It's that simple." "So, um, we're gonna ask you to do it one more time, please." "And cue music." "But this late in the game, changing the judges' minds was a tough challenge." "Uh, we're not going to ask either of you to stay with us." "I'm proud of myself because I made it this far." "I had such an amazing time." "This was, like, the best experience of my whole entire life." "Be very proud of yourselves for getting this far, but this is the end of the journey." "Just to make it this far, um, it's a blessing." "I know mom's proud." "I know she is." "One group was left to perform, and it included an unlikely partnership between contemporary dancer Joshua" "Alexander and krumper Mariah Spears." "Joshua came to us in Atlanta, and the judges didn't even bother with a critique, while Mariah's hardcore style surprised us in Salt Lake City." "It says you like to ride horses." "All those rough days in the stable, yo." "Being a girl hip-hopper, I'm so excited to be here still." "It's an amazing experience." "Yes, she's the only one, and she's blonde." "But I'm so blessed to work with him." "He's amazing, so we'll see." "Let's do it." "Cue music." "Actually, you know who I like?" "This girl in the front?" "Yeah." "The hip-hop girl." "Thank you." "Straight line, thank you." "I like the hip-hop girl." "I don't--I don't care for her." "Joshua, Abigail, come forward, please." "Be happy." "You're through to the next round." "I just can't even talk." "So Joshua is moving on, but for Mariah..." "You four, I'm sorry, it's the end of the road tonight." "There was bad news." "After a long, long day, the remaining contestants can finally head to bed." "Let's go to bed, please." "Let's go." "We need to go to bed." "Good night, Lindsay." "Shut up." "All that's left is the final solos, and the dancers head into the theater to prepare." "I'm really excited to see what everybody's gonna do." "It's a--it's a good day." "And Joshua Alexander is determined to have a new trick to show the judges." "Ooh." "You all right?" "You okay?" "Call the medic on-site." "Call the medic." "You all right?" "Don't shake him." "Don't shake him." "He's not moving." "We've got the medic." "♪ dah dah dah dah ♪" "♪ so you think you can dance ♪" "♪ Dah dah dah dah ♪" "♪ so you think you can dance ♪" "Welcome back to Vegas week." "Joshua's accident has shaken everybody." "It's scary." "But in the theater, the final challenge is about to begin without him." "Every dancer will perform a solo and tell the judges why they deserve a spot in the top 20." "After an emotional week, Alexa Anderson is first onstage." "Cue music." "Really?" "Yes." "If I can be on the show, I will be growing in front of America." "And I want that, more than anything." "I want America to see that, and I want my family to see that." "Power." "Excellent." "Great." "Thank you, Alexa." "After that, each dancer took the stage and gave their all." "I want to be on the show, 'cause, uh, I love to entertain." "I like making people happy." "I've worked hard, and I deserve this, and I can make it." "I don't want it to stop here." "This journey has to keep going." "Yes, girl." "Whoo!" "I want to touch people's lives the way this show has touched mine." "Oh!" "I've got so much inside of me, and if you give me the chance to show it, I know I won't let you down." "The judges had some tough decisions to make..." "That was nasty!" "And there was still one solo left." "Keon, here we go, and..." "He's something else." "Cue music." "Oh!" "Whoa!" "Whoo!" "Whoa!" "Oh!" "I'm a ballet dancer, and just watching the people who've been on the show, like, I'm so jealous of everyone's different styles, and I wish I could break out of the ballet mindset..." "And be--be myself, and--and enjoy how I move." "Whoo!" "That was great, dude!" "That face!" "He is not from this planet, and I love him." "And with that, the solos were over." "It's been a lot this week, but I wish I could do it all over again." "I just really hope to make it past, into the top 20." "Fingers crossed." "Then Nigel calls all the boys to the stage." "Okay, listen up, please." "Okay, well, thank you for some of the best solos I've ever seen at this stage of the competition." "They've been very, very enjoyable." "I have apologies to give from all of us to some of the people now that we are not gonna ask to stay with us..." "And it's because we are releasing great dancers." "Trey, will you step forward?" "Dres, will you step forward?" "Adrian Lee, will you step forward?" "Brandon Dumlao." "This is the cruelest cut of all, because you are brilliant." "We want to thank you all for coming this time around." "Thank you." "I'm really proud of myself and what I've done this week." "Unfortunately, what I brought to the table wasn't what they're looking for." "Now it's the girls' turn." "We decided this year, in order to keep the program moving forward, to look for uniqueness in our dancers." "We are not always going for the best dancers." "I'll tell you now, uh, we are not gonna be cutting any of the girls." "Congratulations." "Congratulations." "Well done." "Good luck to you all." "So 35 dancers have made it to the end of Vegas week..." "And it was time to celebrate." "Yo, we about to party like rock stars to celebrate this week." "Whoo!" "Season nine, season nine, season nine, season nine!" "Next week, the judges pick the top 20." "It's about to get ugly." "Who's in?" "You're in our top 20!" "And who's out?" "It breaks my heart." "I don't deserve this." "Plus, after knocking himself out in Vegas, has Joshua's accident cost him the competition?" "Then, as the top 20 are revealed... they dance together on our stage for the very first time." "And we start things off with a bang."