So You Think You Can Dance

Natalie Bassingthwaighte has decided to take her music career in a new direction after announcing that she's quit the band Rogue Traders and is pursuing a solo career.

The former Neighbours star and So You Think You Can Dance host will juggle recordings for her first solo album with the second series of SYTYCDA later this year.

7.30PM SUNDAY / MARCH 30 & 7.30PM MONDAY / MARCH 31

Sunday night will be a spectacular
night of viewing on So You Think You
Can Dance Australia as the Top 10
dancers perform two routines in a bid
to win viewers hearts, and ultimately,
their vote.
The contestants will be required
to dance with a partner as well as
complete a solo performance, giveing
them all an opportunity to showcase
their own personal dance genre, as
well as their ability to grasp a choreographer's
routine and perform it with
skill and fervour.
From this point on, the competition
will become much more fierce, not to
mention physically, emotionally and
mentally draining, as the dancers are
required to conquer numerous routines
each week.
And in a new twist, the fate of the
dancers moves away from the judges
and will now completely rest in the
hands of the Australian public. It is
their votes which will determine who

The stakes are going to be so high and the pressure is going to be so much. Are you ready for the competition?

If you want Australia to love you, then you have to give them everything.

This is going to be Australia's biggest ever dance competition and one that every dancer has been waiting for.

The auditions begin tonight in Perth where hundreds of dancers have lined up for their chance to dance in front of our judges, Bonnie Lythgoe (From the US version of So You Think You Can Dance), Matt Lee and Jason Coleman who have a wealth of exerience between them.

On Thursday November 15 at 7:30pm on TEN the winner of Season Three of SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE is announced in front of a live studio audience.

The final two dancers Sabre Johnson and Danny Tidwell will battle it out on the floor with only one of them walking away with the title of America’s Favourite Dancer and $250,000 to boot!

The finale will also feature group routines by the Top 20, Top 10 and Top 8 dancers.

There will be special guest performances by two memorable auditioners Brandon Norris and diminutive pop/rock dancer Brian Gaynor Keep an eye out for encore performances by the judges favourite couples as well as an animated video 'dance' by Cat Deeley and Nigel Lythgoe.

So You Think You Can Dance Is Looking For People With Incredible Dance Abilities

This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for young Australians (18-35 yrs) to perform to millions and win a professional dance prize, hard cash and the title- Australia's Favourite Dancer. If you have a passion to perform Urban and Street Styles, Classical Technique, Acrobatic Hip-Hop, Commercial Pop-Routenes, Ballet, Contemporary, Traditional, Jazz, Musical Theatre, Avante Garde, Exotic, Lyrical Storytelling, or your own creative fusions it is time to show us your stuff! We want to see it all. Come down and get involved in the most exciting new television event this year...

Contestant Requirements

• You Must be between the ages of 18 and 35 on February 1st 2008 to be eligible.
• Auditions are open to all professional & amateur dancers
• You must be an Australian citizen or permanent resident
• Contestants must be available exclusively to the production for the following periods:
  

7.30PM THURSDAY NOVEMBER 8 ON TEN

4 PERFORM & RESULTS!

It's crunch time for the final four dancers this week as Sabra Johnson, Neil Haskell, Lacey Schwimmer and Danny Tidwell hot foot themselves one step closer to claiming the title of Americas Favourite Dancer and shuffle away with $250,000.

In one of the toughest shows of the series judges Mary Murphy, Nigel Lythgoe and Wade Robson will have the unenviable task of dissecting some of the most ambitious routines ever performed.

The final four contestants will each perform three couple routines and one solo dance.

Four will become two when America vote in the last two dancers to compete in next weeks hotly anticipated grand final.

7.30PM THURSDAY NOVEMBER 1 on TEN

SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE continues its powerhouse ways this week with the remaining six finalists Lauren Gottlieb, Neil Haskell, Sabra Johnson, Pasha Kovalev, Lacey Schwimmer and Danny Tidwell competing to win the title of Americas Favourite Dancer!

By the end of tonights show the final four dancers will be revealed in what is one of the most anticipated shows of the entire series.

The $250,000 prize money is only a few steps away for one of them! And just to make the dancers even more nervous FAME star Debbie Allen returns as a guest judge.

Debbie Allen is an internationally recognised director/choreographer who holds the distinction of having choreographed the Academy Awards a record 10 times, including six in consecutive years. She has directed and choreographed for such artists as Michael Jackson, Mariah Carey, Janet Jackson, Whitney Houston, Gwen Verdon, Lena Horne and Sammy Davis Jr.

SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE
7.30PM THURSDAY OCTOBER 25

8 PERFORM & RESULTS! Dancers and tears are shed tonight as two dancers realise their dreams are over when America decides who the Top 6 dancers in the country are. The final eight dancers Lauren Gottlieb, Neil Haskell, Sabra Johnson, Pasha Kovalev, Dominic Sandoval, Lacey Schwimmer, Danny Tidwell and Sara Von Gillern will compete with excruciatingly difficult routines and by the end of the show the Top 6 will be revealed.

Adam Shankman who is one of the entertainment world's premiere dance and physical comedy choreographers will return as a guest judge. Recently he brought the hit film “Hairspray,” to life with a remarkable collection of talent including John Travolta, Queen Latifah, Michelle Pfeiffer and Christopher Walken.

Look out for a special performance of “Apologize” by One Republic and a guest appearance by African master dancer Titus Fotso.

Thursday October 18 at 7:30pm on TEN

The Top 10 finalists will perform so that America can decide who is good enough to continue to the next round. The females up for elimination tonight with the lowest votes will be Jaimie Goodwin and Lauren Gottlieb while the two males with the fewest votes will be Dominic Sandoval and Kameron Bink.

After a special performance of 'Love Today' by Mika, America’s favourite eight dancers will be revealed.

An Australian version of So You Think You Can Dance will air next year on Channel Ten! Watch out for casting calls for auditions coming shortly. The show spans 12 weeks to find Australia's best all round dancer.

'Nasty' Nigel, the executive producer of So You Think You Can Dance and a former professional dancer has no qualms about telling contestants if they haven't got a chance!

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Does anyone have a favourite yet from any of the three audition shows that we've seen?