So You Think You Can Dance Australia | |
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Season 3 | |
Hosted by | Natalie Bassingthwaighte |
Judges | Jason Coleman Matt Lee Bonnie Lythgoe |
Winner | Robbie Kmetoni |
Runner-up | Jessie Hesketh |
Release | |
Original network | Network Ten |
Original release | 31 January – 21 April 2010 |
Season chronology |
Season three of So You Think You Can Dance Australia , the Australian version of the American reality dance-off series So You Think You Can Dance , was hosted by former Rogue Traders vocalist and solo artist Natalie Bassingthwaighte, with Jason Coleman, Matt Lee and Bonnie Lythgoe acting as the judges. [1] It premiered on 31 January 2010. Robbie Kmetoni was announced as the winner on 21 April 2010 and the first season that each of the contestants have all been in the bottom three or four. It was the last season of So You Think You Can Dance Australia to air until the show came back in 2014.
Auditions for the third season were held between September and October 2009 in Perth, Brisbane, Melbourne, Adelaide and Sydney. [2]
Finalist | Age | Home Town | Dance Specialty | Elimination date |
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Jessie Hesketh | 19 | Sydney, NSW | Contemporary | Runner Up |
Ivy Heeney | 23 | Sunbury, VIC | Ballet/Jazz | 3rd Place |
Jess Stokes | 20 | Sydney, NSW | Hip-Hop | 8 April 2010 |
Carly Smith | 21 | Sydney, NSW | Jazz | 1 April 2010 |
Jessica Prince | 21 | Newcastle, NSW | Ballroom | 25 March 2010 (withdrew) |
Renee Ritchie | 20 | Hobart, TAS | Jazz | 18 March 2010 |
Issi Durant | 18 | Sydney, NSW | Contemporary | 11 March 2010 |
Grace Stewart | 21 | Brisbane, QLD | Contemporary/Jazz | 4 March 2010 |
Mikhaela Gregory | 20 | Melbourne, VIC | Jazz | 25 February 2010 |
Ilona Fabiszewski | 28 | Sydney, NSW | Hip-Hop | 18 February 2010 |
Finalist | Age | Home Town | Dance Specialty | Elimination date |
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Robbie Kmetoni | 18 | Sydney, NSW | Contemporary | Winner |
Phillipe Witana | 30 | Brisbane, QLD | Hip-Hop | 4th Place |
Nick Geurts | 21 | Melbourne, VIC | Contemporary | 8 April 2010 |
Kieran McMahon | 18 | Melbourne, VIC | Ballroom/Ballet | 1 April 2010 |
Matt Geronimi | 22 | Sydney, NSW | Ballroom | 25 March 2010 |
Heath Keating | 22 | Mullumbimby, NSW | Contemporary | 18 March 2010 |
Don Napalan | 25 | Sydney, NSW | B-Boying | 11 March 2010 |
Doug De Voogt | 23 | Perth, WA | Jazz | 4 March 2010 |
Gaz Griffiths | 25 | Gold Coast, QLD | B-Boying | 25 February 2010 |
Will Centurion | 31 | Sydney, NSW | Argentine Tango | 18 February 2010 |
Week: | 18/2 | 25/2 | 4/3 | 11/3 | 18/3 | 25/3 | 1/4 | 8/4 | 21/4 | ||||||
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Contestants | Result | ||||||||||||||
Robert Kmetoni | Btm 3 | Winner | |||||||||||||
Jessie Hesketh | Btm 3 | Btm 3 | Runner-Up | ||||||||||||
Ivy Heeney | Btm 3 | 3rd Place | |||||||||||||
Phillipe Witana | Btm 3 | Btm 3 | Btm 4 | 4th Place | |||||||||||
Nick Geurts | Btm 3 | Btm 3 | Btm 3 | Elim | |||||||||||
Jess Stokes | Btm 3 | Btm 3 | Elim | Btm 4 | |||||||||||
Kieran McMahon | Btm 3 | Btm 4 | Elim | ||||||||||||
Carly Smith | Btm 3 | ||||||||||||||
Jessica Prince | Btm 3 | Btm 3 | Btm 4 | WD* | |||||||||||
Matt Geronimi | Btm 3 | Btm 3 | Elim | ||||||||||||
Heath Keating | Btm 3 | Elim | |||||||||||||
Renee Ritchie | Btm 3 | ||||||||||||||
Don Napalan | Elim | ||||||||||||||
Isabella Durant | |||||||||||||||
Doug De Voogt | Elim | ||||||||||||||
Grace Stewart | Btm 3 | ||||||||||||||
Gaz Griffiths | Elim | ||||||||||||||
Mikhayla Gregory | |||||||||||||||
Will Centurion | Elim | ||||||||||||||
Ilona Fabiszewski | |||||||||||||||
No voting this week in order to give the dancers the chance to showcase themselves in their own styles
Judges: Jason Coleman, Bonnie Lythgoe and Matt Lee
Couple | Style | Music | Choreographer |
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Top 10 Girls | Commercial Jazz | "Sweet Dreams"—Beyoncé | Matt Lee |
Don Napalan Gaz Griffiths | Breakdancing | "Apache"—The Sugarhill Gang | Project Moda |
Issi Durant Robbie Kmetoni | Contemporary | "Samson"—Regina Spektor | Debbie Ellis |
Doug De Voogt Ivy Heeney | Broadway | "Run and Tell That"— Hairspray | Adam Williams |
Jessica Prince Kieran McMahon Matt Geronimi Will Centurion | Viennese Waltz | "Never Tear Us Apart"—INXS | Jason Gilkison |
Jess Stokes Illona Fabiszewski Phillipe Witana | Hip hop | "I Can Transform Ya"—Chris Brown featuring Lil Wayne | Juliette Verne |
Nick Geurts Jessie Hesketh Heath Keating Grace Stewart | Contemporary | "Uprising"—Muse | Sarah Boulter |
Carly Cooper Smith Mikhaela Gregory Renee Ritchie | Jazz | "Tik Tok"—Kesha | Marko Panzic |
Top 10 Boys | Pop-Jazz | "We Want Your Soul"—Freeland | Jason Coleman |
Judges: Jason Coleman, Bonnie Lythgoe and Matt Lee
Couple | Style | Music | Choreographer | Results |
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Ilona Fabiszewski Nick Geurts | Jazz | "Telephone"—Lady Gaga featuring Beyoncé | Square Division | Fabiszewski Eliminated |
Jessie Hesketh Matt Geronimi | Contemporary | "I'm Kissing You"—Des'ree | Steven Agisilaou | Bottom 3 |
Jess Stokes Doug De Voogt | Cha-cha-cha | "Love Long Distance"–Gossip | Leeanne Bampton | Safe |
Renee Ritchie Phillipe Witana | Hip hop | "Fallin' Out"—Keyshia Cole | Jesse Rasmussen | Safe |
Grace Stewart Will Centurion | Broadway-Jazz | "You Should Be Dancing"—Bee Gees | Adam Williams | Centurion Eliminated |
Mikhaela Gregory Robbie Kmetoni | Rumba | "Endless Love"—Lea Michele & Matthew Morrison | Trent & Gordana | Safe |
Carly Cooper Smith Kieran McMahon | Contemporary | "Furious Angels"—Rob Dougan | Sarah Boulter | Safe |
Jessica Prince Heath Keating | Lyrical-Jazz | "Empire State of Mind (Part II) Broken Down"—Alicia Keys | Marko Panzic | Safe |
Ivy Heeney Gaz Griffiths | Pasodoble | "Ojos Asi"—Shakira | Carmelo Pizzino | Safe |
Issi Durant Don Napalan | Hip-hop | "Work"—Ciara featuring Missy Elliott | Juliette Verne | Safe |
Judges: Jason Coleman, Bonnie Lythgoe, Matt Lee and Jason Gilkison
Couple | Style | Music | Choreographer | Results |
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Ivy Heeney Gaz Griffiths | Hip hop | "Down"—Jay Sean | Alvin Decastro | Griffiths Eliminated |
Issi Durant Don Napalan | Foxtrot | "Haven't Met You Yet"—Michael Bublé | Carmelo Pizzino | Safe |
Jessica Prince Heath Keating | Contemporary | "Last Request"—Paolo Nutini | Paul White & Anthony Ikin | Bottom 3 |
Jessie Hesketh Matt Geronimi | Jazz | "Starstrukk"—3OH!3 feat. Katy Perry | Project Moda | Safe |
Mikhaela Gregory Robbie Kmetoni | Boogaloo | "Don't Push It, Don't Force It"—Leon Haywood | Nacho Pop | Gregory Eliminated |
Grace Stewart Nick Geurts | Contemporary | "Pretty Wings"—Maxwell | Juliette "Jet" Verne | Safe |
Carly Cooper Smith Kieran McMahon | Broadway Jazz | "The Tennis Song" from City of Angels | Cameron Mitchell | Safe |
Renee Ritchie Phillipe Witana | Paso Doble | "Bohemian Rhapsody"—Queen | Leeanne Bampton | Safe |
Jess Stokes Douglas DeVoogt | Contemporary | "Fireflies"—Owl City | Ame Delves | Safe |
Judges: Jason Coleman, Bonnie Lythgoe, Matt Lee and Mary Murphy
Couple | Style | Music | Choreographer | Results |
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Grace Stewart Nick Geurts | Dancehall | "Rude Boy"—Rihanna | Tianna Canterbury | Stewart eliminated |
Carly Cooper Smith Kieran McMahon | Waltz | "Hushabye Mountain"— Chitty Chitty Bang Bang | Aric & Masha | Bottom 3 |
Jess Stokes Doug De Voogt | Jazz | "My Delirium"—Ladyhawke | Adam Williams | De Voogt eliminated |
Renee Ritchie Phillipe Witana | Contemporary | "Silence"—Selena Cross | Debbie Ellis | Safe |
Jessica Prince Heath Keating | Tango | "Undisclosed Desires"—Muse | Trent & Gordana | Safe |
Jessie Hesketh Matt Geronimi | Hip Hop | "Fortune Teller"—Xavier Rudd | Travers Ross | Safe |
Issi Durant Don Napalan | Contemporary | "Stairway to Heaven"—Led Zeppelin | Sarah Boulter | Safe |
Ivy Heeney Robbie Kmetoni | Jazz | "Bad Romance"—Lady Gaga | Juliette "Jet" Verne | Safe |
Judges: Jason Coleman, Bonnie Lythgoe, Matt Lee and Kelley Abbey
Couple | Style | Music | Choreographer | Results |
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Top 7 Boys | Broadway | "Cool" from West Side Story | Cameron Mitchell | N/A |
Don Napalan Issi Durant | Street Latin/Hip-hop | "Hotel Room Service"— Pitbull | Fabio Robles | Both eliminated |
Heath Keating Jessica Prince | Contemporary | "Daniel"–Joss Stone | Paul Malek | Safe |
Robbie Kmetoni Ivy Heeney | Paso Doble | "Sweet Disposition"—The Temper Trap | Jason Gilkison | Safe |
Kieran McMahon Carly Cooper Smith | Contemporary | "Ne me quitte pas"–Sting | Debbie Ellis | Safe |
Matt Geronimi Jessie Hesketh | Jazz | "Blah Blah Blah"—Ke$ha ft. 3OH!3 | The Squared Division | Bottom 3 |
Phillipe Witana Renee Ritchie | Waltz | "The Wings" from Brokeback Mountain | Leeanne Bampton | Bottom 3 |
Nick Geurts Jess Stokes | Hip Hop (Old School) | "U Can't Touch This"—MC Hammer | Tiana Canterbury | Safe |
Top 7 Girls | Broadway | "Cell Block Tango" from Chicago | Adam Williams | N/A |
Judges: Jason Coleman, Bonnie Lythgoe, Matt Lee
Couple | Style | Music | Choreographer | Results |
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Robbie Kmetoni Ivy Heeney | Contemporary | "Little Lion Man"—Mumford & Sons | Debbie Ellis | Safe |
Bollywood | "Bombay"—Timbaland ft. Amar & Jim Beanz | Ramona Lobo | ||
Heath Keating Jessica Prince | Broadway | "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" from Mary Poppins | Nathan Wright | Keating eliminated |
Hip-hop | "Feeling's Gone"—Basement Jaxx ft. Sam Sparro | Etienne Khoo | ||
Phillipe Witana Renee Ritchie | Hip-hop | "I Question Mark"—Wade Robson | Jason Bird Katie Cesaro | Ritchie eliminated |
Rumba | "Today Was a Fairytale"—Taylor Swift | Anya Garnis Pasha Kovalev | ||
Nick Geurts Jess Stokes | Lyrical jazz | "Summertime"—Peter Gabriel | Aleeta Blackburn | Bottom 3 |
Jive | "On a Mission"—Gabriella Cilmi | Carmelo Pizzino | ||
Kieran McMahon Carly Cooper Smith | Salsa | "Shake It"—The Potbelleez | Luda & Oliver | Safe |
Hip hop | "Ordinary People"—John Legend | Yannus Safandi | ||
Matt Geronimi Jessie Hesketh | Contemporary | "And No More Shall We Part"—Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds | Ludwig | Safe |
Jazz | "When I Grow Up"—Pussycat Dolls | The Squared Division | ||
Judges: Jason Coleman, Bonnie Lythgoe, Matt Lee, Jason Gilkison
Couple | Style | Music | Choreographer | Results |
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Matt Geronimi Carly Cooper Smith | Jazz | "According to You"—Orianthi | Cameron Mitchell | Geronimi eliminated |
Vogue | "Took the Night"—Chelley | Supple | ||
Robbie Kmetoni Jessie Hesketh | Hip-hop | "Talk Show Host"—Radiohead | Jason Bird Katie Cesaro | Safe |
Contemporary | "Heart in a Cage"—The Strokes | Sarah Boulter | ||
Nick Geurts Jessica Prince | Contemporary | "Kings & Queens"—Thirty Seconds to Mars | Paul Malek | Prince in bottom 4 |
Quickstep | "Under My Skin"—Gin Wigmore | Leeanne Bampton | ||
Kieran McMahon Jess Stokes | Samba | "Pop Goes the World"—Gossip | Carmelo Pizzino | McMahon in bottom 4 Stokes eliminated |
Hip-hop | "Put It in a Love Song"—Alicia Keys feat. Beyoncé Knowles | Juliette "Jet" Verne | ||
Phillipe Witana Ivy Keeney | Contemporary | "Colorblind"—Counting Crows | Sher Manu | Safe |
Jazz | "Neutron Dance"—The Pointer Sisters | Project Moda |
Judges: Jason Coleman, Bonnie Lythgoe, Matt Lee
Couple | Style | Music | Choreographer | Results |
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Nick Geurts Jessie Hesketh | Hip hop | "Nobody"—Ne-Yo | Jesse Rasmussen | Both safe |
Cha-cha-cha | "Istanbul 1:26 am"—Orient Expressions | Jason Gilkison | ||
Kieran McMahon Jess Stokes | Foxtrot | "Cry Me a River"—Michael Bublé | Trent & Gordana | McMahon eliminated Stokes in bottom 4 |
Contemporary | "Velvet Pants"—Propellerheads | Larissa McGowan | ||
Phillipe Witana Carly Cooper Smith | Contemporary | "You've Got the Love"—Florence and the Machine | Rafael Bonacela | Witana in bottom 4 Smith eliminated |
Jazz | "I Like That"—Richard Vission, Static Revenger and Luciana | Squared Division | ||
Robbie Kmetoni Ivy Heeney | Broadway | "Mein Herr" from Cabaret | Andrew Hallsworth | Both safe |
Hip-Hop | "Memories"—David Guetta featuring Kid Cudi | Jason Bird & Katie Cesaro |
Note: According to the So You Think You Can Dance Australia website Jessica Prince was forced to leave the competition due to a back injury. Pursuant to the rules, Jess Stokes, as the last female dancer eliminated, was brought back into the competition.
Judges: Jason Coleman, Bonnie Lythgoe, Matt Lee
Couple | Style | Music | Choreographer | Results |
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Top 3 Girls | Hip hop | "Freakum Dress"—Beyoncé | Juliette Verne | |
Nick Geurts Ivy Heeney | Contemporary | "The Flower Duet" | Debbie Ellis | Geurts eliminated |
Lyrical jazz | "Hey Soul Sister"—Train | Paul White Anthony Akin | ||
Robbie Kmetoni Jess Stokes | Hip hop | "In My Head"—Jason Derülo | Jesse Rasmussen | Stokes eliminated |
Jazz | "Heart's A Mess"—Goyte | Project Moda | ||
Phillipe Witana Jessie Hesketh | Tango | "La Cumparsita"—Gerado Matos Rodriguez' | Fabio Robles | Safe |
Contemporary | "Total Eclipse of the Heart"—Tori Amos | Jason Winters | ||
Top 3 Boys | Contemporary | "It's a Man's Man's Man's World"—James Brown | Sarah Boulter | |
Judges: Jason Coleman, Bonnie Lythgoe, Matt Lee and Tyce Diorio
Couple | Style | Music | Choreographer |
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Jessie Hesketh Ivy Heeney Robbie Kmetoni Phillipe Witana | Jazz | "Steppin to the bad side" —Dreamgirls | Tyce Diorio |
Robbie Kmetoni Ivy Heeney | Rumba | "The Prayer"—Celine Dion & Andrea Bocelli | Aric & Masha |
Phillipe Witana Jessie Hesketh | Jazz | "3 words"—Cheryl Cole feat. will.i.am | Adam Williams |
Robbie Kmetoni Phillipe Witana | Hip-hop | "Take Your Shirt Off"—T-Pain | Tiana Canterbury |
Robbie Kmetoni Jessie Hesketh | Contemporary | "Gathering All the Na'vi Clans for Battle" – Avatar | Jacqui Howard |
Phillipe Witana Ivy Heeney | Contemporary | "Love Lost" – The Temper Trap | Ludwig |
Jessie Hesketh Ivy Heeney | Jazz | "Freak Show"—Britney Spears | Squared Division |
Dancer | Style | Music | Result |
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Matt Geronimi | Ballroom | Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough"—Michael Jackson | Safe |
Will Centurion | Argentine Tango | "El Tango de Roxanne"—Moulin Rouge! soundtrack | Eliminated |
Nick Geurts | Contemporary | "Be Somebody"—Kings of Leon | Safe |
Jessie Hesketh | Contemporary | "Wild Horses"—Charlotte Martin | Safe |
Grace Stewart | Jazz | Frozen"—Madonna | Safe |
Ilona Fabiszewski | Hip-Hop | "Ring-a-Ling" —The Black Eyed Peas | Eliminated |
Dancer | Style | Music | Result |
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Heath Keating | Contemporary | "Leave"—Glen Hansard | Safe |
Gaz Griffiths | B-Boy | "Beggin' (District 78 mix)"—Madcon | Eliminated |
Robbie Kmetoni | Contemporary | ”The Cave" -Mumford & Sons | Safe |
Jessica Prince | Ballroom | "Jungle Drum"—Emilíana Torrini | Safe |
Ivy Heeney: "Big Spender (2006 Remix)" —Shirley Bassey | Jazz | Frozen"—Madonna | Safe |
Mikhaela Gregory: "Fever"—Cascada | Jazz | "Ring-a-Ling" —The Black Eyed Peas | Eliminated |
Dancer | Style | Music | Result |
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Carly Cooper Smith | Jazz | "Heavy Cross"—Gossip | Safe |
Grace Stewart | Jazz | "I'm a Slave 4 U"— Britney Spears | Eliminated |
Jess Stokes | Hip-Hop | "Question Existing" — Rihanna | Safe |
Nick Geurts | Contemporary | ”Iris"— The Goo Goo Dolls | Safe |
Kieran McMahon | Ballroom | "What I Like About You" — The Romantics | Safe |
Doug De Voogt | Jazz | "Everyday I Love You Less And Less"— Kaiser Chiefs | Eliminated |
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