So You Think You Can Dance Australia | |
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Season 4 | |
Hosted by | Carrie Bickmore |
Judges | Paula Abdul Shannon Holtzapffel Jason Gilkison Aaron Cash |
Winner | Michael Dameski |
Runner-up | Lauren Seymour |
Release | |
Original network | Network Ten |
Original release | 9 February – 1 May 2014 |
Season chronology |
Season four 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 Carrie Bickmore with Paula Abdul, Shannon Holtzapffel, Jason Gilkison and Aaron Cash acting as the judges.
The season consisted of 13 episodes in total. Weeks 1-3 were audition episodes, producing the Top 20 dancers who went on to appear in the performance episodes from Week 4 onwards.
As of season four onwards, the weekly results show, a staple of the series in seasons 1-3, has been cut from the show format and that only one episode will air each week as of the fourth season.
Auditions for the fourth season were held between September and October 2013 in Perth, Brisbane, Melbourne, Adelaide and Sydney.
Finalist | Age | Home State | Dance Specialty | Elimination date |
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Lauren Seymour | 22 | NSW | Lyrical Jazz | Runner-Up |
Renelle Jones | 23 | NSW | Jazz | 4th Place |
Ashleigh Tavares | 20 | NSW | Jazz | 24 April 2014 |
Eden Petrovski | 20 | NSW | Contemporary | 17 April 2014 |
Zoey Black | 22 | NSW | Jazz | 10 April 2014 |
Maddie Peat | 19 | NSW | Ballet | 3 April 2014 |
Yukino McHugh | 20 | NSW | Urban | 27 March 2014 |
Nadiah Idris | 26 | VIC | Dancehall | 20 March 2014 |
Sally Hare | 28 | NSW | Hip-hop | 9 March 2014 |
Kathaleen Fisher | 19 | NSW | Latin/Ballroom | 2 March 2014 |
Finalist | Age | Home State | Dance Specialty | Elimination date |
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Michael Dameski | 18 | NSW | Contemporary | Winner |
Jay Johns | 21 | NSW | Tap/Hip-hop | 3rd Place |
Sam Malseed | 18 | SA | Contemporary/Lyrical | 24 Apr 2014 |
Youngkwang "Blond" Joung | 30 | NSW | Break boy | 17 Apr 2014 |
Patric Kuo | 20 | NSW | Urban | 10 April 2014 |
Stephen Perez | 20 | NSW | Jazz | 3 April 2014 |
Chris Tsattalios | 21 | NSW | Commercial Jazz | 27 March 2014 |
Jordan Turner | 20 | NSW | Contemporary | 20 March 2014 |
Joel Rasmussen | 27 | QLD | Hip-hop | 9 March 2014 |
Thabang Baloyi | 21 | NSW | Ballroom | 2 March 2014 |
Week: | 2/3 | 9/3 | 20/3 | 27/3 | 3/4 | 10/4 1 | 17/4 | 24/4 | 1/5 | ||||
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Contestants | Result | ||||||||||||
Michael Dameski | Btm 6 | Btm 4 | Winner | ||||||||||
Lauren Seymour | Btm 6 | 1st | Runner-Up | ||||||||||
Jay Johns | Btm 6 | 3rd | 3rd Place | ||||||||||
Renelle Jones | Btm 6 | Btm 6 | Btm 6 | 3rd | 4th Place | ||||||||
Sam Malseed | 2nd | Elim | |||||||||||
Ashleigh Tavares | Btm 4 | ||||||||||||
Youngkwang "Blond" Joung | Btm 6 | Btm 6 | Btm 6 | 1st | Elim | ||||||||
Eden Petrovski | 2nd | ||||||||||||
Patric Kuo | Btm 6 | Btm 6 | Elim | ||||||||||
Zoey Black | Btm 6 | Btm 6 | |||||||||||
Stephen Perez | Btm 6 | Elim | |||||||||||
Maddie Peat | Btm 6 | ||||||||||||
Chris Tsattalios | Btm 6 | Elim | |||||||||||
Yukino McHugh | Btm 6 | Btm 6 | |||||||||||
Jordan Turner | Elim | ||||||||||||
Nadiah Idris | Btm 6 | ||||||||||||
Joel Rasmussen | Btm 6 | Elim | |||||||||||
Sally Hare | |||||||||||||
Thabang Baloyi | Elim | ||||||||||||
Kathaleen Fisher | |||||||||||||
Couple | Style | Music | Choreographer | Result |
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Top 10 Boys | Hip-hop | "#ThatPower"—will.i.am feat. Justin Bieber | Matt Lee | |
Lauren Seymour Renelle Jones | Contemporary-Jazz | "She Wolf"—David Guetta feat. Sia | Stephen Tannos | Both Safe |
Youngkwang "Blond" Joung Jay Johns Joel Rasmussen Nadiah Idris | Mixed Urban | "Do You Love Me"—The Contours | Christopher Scott | Rasmussen in Bottom 3 Idris in Bottom 3 |
Jordan Turner Eden Petrovski Maddie Peat | Contemporary | "Heart Cry" (Remix, extended version) — Drehz | Sarah Boulter | All Safe |
Kathaleen Fisher Thabang Baloyi | Latin Ballroom | "Where Have You Been"—Rihanna | Gleb Savchenko and Elena Samodanova | Both Eliminated |
Top 20 | Jazz | "Shine My Shoes" - Robbie Williams (Live Guest Performer) | Jason Gilkison | |
Patric Kuo Sally Hare Yukino McHugh | Hip hop | "Talk Dirty"—Jason Derulo feat. 2 Chainz | Tiana Canterbury | All Safe |
Zoey Black Ashleigh Tavaras Stephen Perez Chris Tsattalios | Jazz | "Mamma Knows Best"—Jessie J | Marko Panzic | Black in Bottom 3 Perez in Bottom 3 |
Michael Dameski Sam Malseed | Contemporary | "Brother"—Matt Corby | Debbie Ellis | Both Safe |
Top 10 Girls | Contemporary | "Young & Beautiful"—Lana Del Rey | Christopher Scott |
Couple | Style | Music | Choreographer | Results |
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Ashleigh Tavaras Jay Johns | Jazz | "Happy"— Pharrell Williams | Simon Lynn | Both safe |
Eden Petrovski Youngkwang "Blond" Joung | Lyrical-Jazz | "Everybody Wants to Rule the World"— Lorde | Stephen Tannos | Joung in Bottom 3 |
Sally Hare Jordan Turner | Contemporary | "Addicted to you"— Avicii | Jason Winters | Hare in Bottom 3 |
Lauren Seymour Patric Kuo | Lyrical hip-hop | "Fast Car"— Tracy Chapman | Christopher Scott | Both Safe |
Chris Tsattalios | Samba | "Natalie"— Bruno Mars | Aric & Masha | Fisher eliminated |
Yukino McHugh Stephen Perez | Broadway-Jazz | "Sing, Sing, Sing"— Benny Goodman Orchestra | Cameron Mitchell | McHugh in Bottom 3 |
Maddie Peat | Viennese Waltz | "Unchained Melody"— The Righteous Brothers | Craig & Sriani | Peat Safe |
Renelle Jones Joel Rasmussen | Zouk-Lambada | "Climax"— Usher | Larissa & Kadu | Both in Bottom 3 |
Nadiah Idris Michael Dameski | Hip hop | "Twerk It"— Busta Rhymes feat. Nicki Minaj | Tiana Canterbury | Both safe |
Zoey Black Sam Malseed | Contemporary | "Forever Young"— Audra Mae | Paul Malek | Both Safe |
Couple | Style | Music | Choreographer | Results |
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Maddie Peat Chris Tsattalios | Contemporary | "My Love" — Sia | Sarah Boulter | Both safe |
Renelle Jones | Jazz | "FU" — Miley Cyrus feat. French Montana | Renee Ritchie | Rasmussen eliminated |
Eden Petrovski Youngkwang "Blond" Joung | Paso Doble | "Bring Me to Life" — Evanescence | Elena Samodanova | Both safe |
Nadiah Idris Michael Dameski | Cha-cha | "Timber" — Ke$ha feat. Pitbull | Anya Garnis | Both in Bottom 3 |
Jordan Turner | Hip-hop | "As Long as You Love Me" — Justin Bieber feat. Big Sean | Alvin DeCastro | Hare eliminated |
Yukino McHugh Stephen Perez | Urban | "Dark Horse" — Katy Perry feat. Juicy J | Parris Goebel | McHugh in Bottom 3 |
Sam Malseed Zoey Black | Bollywood | "1 2 3 4 Get on the Dance Floor" — Chennai Express (Original Soundtrack) | Ramona Lobo | Black in Bottom 3 |
Ashleigh Tavaras Jay Johns | Contemporary | "One" — Damien Rice | Debbie Ellis | Both Safe |
Lauren Seymour Patric Kuo | Jazz | "Land of a Thousand Dances" ( The Sapphires ) — Jessica Mauboy | Adam Williams | Kuo in Bottom 3 |
Guest Tina Arena - Reset All
Couple | Style | Music | Choreographer | Results |
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Eden Petrovski Youngkwang "Blond" Joung | Contemporary | "Say Something" - A Great Big World feat. Christina Aguilera | Debbie Ellis | Joung in Bottom 3 |
Renelle Jones | Broadway | "Ladies' Choice" (from Hairspray) - Zac Efron | Michael Ralph | Turner eliminated |
Maddie Peat Chris Tsattalios | Quickstep | "Bang Bang" - will.i.am | Leanne Bampton | Both in Bottom 3 |
Yukino McHugh Stephen Perez | Jazz | "Locked Out of Heaven" - Bruno Mars | Adrian Ricks | McHugh in Bottom 3 |
Lauren Seymour Patric Kuo | Viennese Waltz | "I Won't Give Up" - Jason Mraz | Anya Garnis | Both Safe |
Sam Malseed Zoey Black | Contemporary | "Unconditionally" - Katy Perry | Marco Panzic | Both Safe |
Ashleigh Tavares Jay Johns | Lyrical hip-hop | "Hold On, We're Going Home" - Drake feat. Majid Jordan | Parris Goebel | Johns in Bottom 3 |
Michael Dameski | Jazz | "Crazy" - Alice Russell | Stephen Tannos | Idris eliminated |
Couple | Style | Music | Choreographer | Results |
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Patric Kuo Lauren Seymour | Contemporary | "The Power of Love" — Gabrielle Aplin | Natalie Weir | Both in Bottom 3 |
Eden Petrovski Youngkwang "Blond" Joung | Hip-hop | "Let Me Love You (Until You Learn to Love Yourself)" — Ne-Yo | Juliette Verne | Joung in Bottom 3 |
Maddie Peat | Jazz | "Call Me Maybe" — Carly Rae Jepsen | Mitchell Woodcock | Tsattalios eliminated |
Jay Johns Ashleigh Tavares | Rumba | "Stay" — Rihanna feat. Mikky Ekko | Anya Garnis | Both Safe |
Stephen Perez | Jazz | "Titanium" — David Guetta feat. Sia | Stephen Tannos | McHugh eliminated |
Sam Malseed Zoey Black | Jive | "Footloose" — Kenny Loggins | Giselle Peacock | Both Safe |
Renelle Jones Michael Dameski | Contemporary | "Let Her Go" — Passenger | Paul Malek | Jones in Bottom 3 |
Theme: Same Gender - The contestants will be dancing routines with a partner of the same gender.
Couple | Style | Music | Choreographer | Results |
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Eden Petrovski Renelle Jones | Broadway | "Mr. Bojangles" — Fosse | Adam Williams | Both Safe |
Patric Kuo Jay Johns | Hip-hop | "Give It Up Or Turn It Loose" — James Brown | Charles Bartley | Kuo in bottom 2 |
Ashleigh Tavares | Contemporary | "Higher Love" [ broken anchor ] — James Vincent McMorrow | Jason Winters | Peat eliminated |
Zoey Black Lauren Seymour | Hip-hop | "MATANGI" — M.I.A. | Jesse Rasmussen | Black in bottom 2 |
Michael Dameski Youngkwang "Blond" Joung | Contemporary | "How It Ends" — DeVotchKa | Debbie Ellis | Dameski in Bottom 2 |
Sam Malseed | Tango | "Tango De Los Asesinos (Assassin's Tango)" — John Powell | Fabio Robles Ana André | Perez eliminated |
Couple | Style | Music | Choreographer | Results |
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Renelle Jones Michael Dameski | Jazz | "Die Another Day" — Madonna | Mitchell Woodcock | Both Bottom 2 |
Ashleigh Tavares | Cha-cha | "Move" — Little Mix | Aric & Masha | Kuo eliminated |
Lauren Seymour Youngkwang "Blond" Joung | Contemporary | "Threads of Silence" — Karise Eden | Paul Malek | both safe |
Eden Petrovski Sam Malseed | Hip-hop | "The Other Side" — Jason Derulo | Jesse Rasmussen | both safe |
Jay Johns | Contemporary | "Wild Horses" - Natasha Bedingfield | Brendan Yeates | Black eliminated |
Top 5 Girls | Jazz | "Grown Woman" - Beyoncé | Marko Panzic | |
Top 5 Boys | Contemporary | "Wake Me Up" - Avicii | Debbie Ellis | |
Couple | Style | Music | Choreographer | Results |
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Michael Dameski | Jazz | "Come into My Head" - Kimbra | Stephen Tannos | Dameski safe |
Renelle Jones Jay Johns | Contemporary | Amazing Grace — Destiny's Child | Penelope Mullen | both Safe |
Ashleigh Tavares | Swing | "Swing Set" - Jurassic 5 | Shannon & Lochlan | Joung eliminated |
Lauren Seymour Sam Malseed | Contemporary | "My Heart Will Go On" - Céline Dion* 4 | Jacqui Howard | both safe |
Renelle Jones Jay Johns | Paso Doble | El Tango De Roxanne — Moulin Rouge! | Aric Yegudkin & Masha Belash | both Safe |
Michael Dameski | Foxtrot | "Get Here" - Oleta Adams | Natalie Lowe | Petrovski eliminated |
Lauren Seymour Sam Malseed | Hip hop | OMG — Usher feat. will.i.am | Alvin De Castro | both safe |
Ashleigh Tavares | Contemporary | Dark Paradise — Lana Del Rey | Steven Watson & Sarah Boulter | Joung eliminated |
Couple | Style | Music | Choreographer |
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The Top 6 | Contemporary | "Undan Hulu" — Ólafur Arnalds | Travis Wall Channing Cooke |
Lauren Seymour Jay Johns | Hip-hop | "Get Up Offa That Thing"/"Release the Pressure"— James Brown | Jesse Rasmussen |
Renelle Jones | Samba | "L'Hotel De Californie" — The Cat Empire | Trent Whiddon Gordana Grandosek-Whiddon |
Michael Dameski | Jazz | "The Beautiful People" — Marilyn Manson | Matt Lee Kate Wormald |
Lauren Seymour | Contemporary | "In This Shirt" — The Irrepressibles | Debbie Ellis |
Jay Johns | Contemporary | "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" — Jennifer Hudson (Dreamgirls Soundtrack) | Sarah Boulter |
Renelle Jones Michael Dameski | Contemporary | "Lay Me Down" — Sam Smith | Travis Wall Channing Cooke |
Dancers | Style | Music | Choreographer |
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The Top 4 | Jazz | "Applause"—Lady Gaga | Squared Division |
Lauren Seymour Michael Dameski | Contemporary | "Falling Slowly"—Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová | Debbie Ellis |
Renelle Jones Jay Johns | Viennese Waltz | "At This Moment"—Michael Bublé | Aric & Masha |
Renelle Jones Lauren Seymour | Broadway | "I'm a Woman"—Smokey Joe's Cafe | Matt Lee |
Michael Dameski Jay Johns | Martial arts/Contemporary | "Invictus"—Patrick Mazzolo | Sarah Boulter |
The Top 20 | Jazz | "Dream Medley"—Paula Abdul | Matt Lee |
The Top 20 5 | Lindy Hop | "Jumpin' Jack"—Big Bad Voodoo Daddy | Jason Gilkison |
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