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21:24 > Friday 12th March 2010

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So You Think You Can Dance?

The hit American series, So You Think You Can Dance?, has now come to Britain.

Cat Deeley presents the show to find Britain's best dancer.

Fourteen contestants battle it out each week for the winner to receive £100,000 in prize money in the final week. The contestants are put in front of the judging panel: Nigel Lythgoe, Arlene Phillips, Louise Redknapp and Sisco Gomez.

Who do you think will win?

 

The Contestants

Alastair
Anabel
Charlie
Chloe

Name: Alastair Postlethwaite

Age: 28

Location: Preston

Style: Ballet

Danced Off: Week 5

Name: Anabel Kutay

Age: 26

Location: Manchester

Style: Contemporary

Danced Off: Week 1

Name: Charlie Bruce

Age: 19

Location: Leicester

Style: Jazz

Danced Off: Final Week as the winner

Name: Chloe Campbell

Age: 25

Location: Hanwell

Style: Broadway

Danced Off: Week 2

Chris
Drew
Gavin
Hayley

Name: Chris Piper

Age: 26

Location: London

Style: Jazz

Danced Off: Week 1

Name: Drew McOnie

Age: 24

Location: Birmingham

Style: Contemporary

Danced Off: Week 4

Name: Gavin Tsang

Age: 23

Location: Shrewsbury

Style: Contemporary

Danced Off: Week 2

Name: Hayley Newton

Age: 26

Location: Surrey

Style: Broadway

Danced Off: Week 3

Lizzie
Mandy
Mark
Robbie

Name: Lizzie Gough

Age: 25

Location: London

Style: Hip Hop

Danced Off: Final Week

Name: Mandy Montanez

Age: 31

Location: Maryland, USA

Style: Contemporary

Danced Off: Week 5

Name: Mark Calape

Age: 24

Location: Milton Keynes

Style: Hip Hop

Danced Off: Week 3

Name: Robbie White

Age: 22

Location: Manchester

Style: Contemporary

Danced Off: Final Week - Had to pull out due to a dislocated shoulder.

Tommy
Yanet
   

Name: Tommy Franzen

Age: 28

Location: Sweden

Style: Hip Hop

Danced Off: Final Week

Name: Yanet Fuentes

Age: 27

Location: Cuba

Style: Salsa/ Latin

Danced Off: Week 4

   

 

The Judges and Presenters

Judges

Nigel Lythgoe

Role: Judge

Known for: He was the head judge on the U.S version of the show. He produced Pop Idol in the UK, and American Idol in the U.S and appeared as a judge on Popstars, the ITV production.

Arlene Phillips

Role: Judge

Known for: Appearing as a judge on Strictly Come Dancing, and she was a director and choreographer for Hot Gossip.

Cat Deeley

Role: Presenter

Known for: The U.S hit TV show, So you think you can dance? SM:TV Live with Ant and Dec.

 

 

Have your say

So You Think You Can Dance

Scroll down to meet the celebrities and presenters for the new show So You Think You Can Dance?

Do you think Charlie deserved to win SYTYCD?


 

So You Think You Can Dance Tickets

Tickets for this show are currently fully booked, but you can find out more information here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/showsandtours/shows/shows/dance

Our Other Reality TV Micro-Sites

 

Celebrity Big Brother

Dancing On Ice

 

Links

The official site: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00pj22l

 

Digital Spy Website:

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/so-you-think-you-can-dance/