by Lindsay Strouse 

Season six of So You Think You Can Dance is coming back stronger than ever this year, with higher leaps and crazier tricks than we’ve ever seen before. At the end of a grueling Vegas week filled with highs, lows and more than one or two injuries, the judges finally picked the newest Top 20. This season’s Top 20 is coming with more than just one new style, including three tap dancers and a Krumper. 

Just when the we thought we were looking at SYTYCD’s newest Top 20 dancers, a curveball was thrown in. The beautiful Paula van Open was welcomed by the judges to continue on in the competition, but she unexpectedly turned the offer down for a movie contract. Paula’s dismissal from the show left an open spot for one more girl—just in time for Ashleigh Di Dello to meet with the judges. Ashleigh was given a second chance to continuee with the show, along with her husband, Ryan.

 
The Top 20 dancers include:

 

Name: Channing Cooke
Age: 18
Dance Speciality: Contemporary
Hometown: Haverhill, MA

 

Name: Ariana Debose

Age: 18
Dance Speciality: Contemporary
Hometown: Newbern, NC

 

Name: Ashleigh Di Lello

Age: 26
Dance Speciality: Latin Ballroom
Hometown: Orem, UT

 

Name: Mollee Gray

Age: 18
Dance Speciality: Jazz
Hometown: Orem, UT

 

Name: Karen Hauer

Age: 27
Dance Speciality: Latin Ballroom
Hometown: Valencia, Venezuela

 

Name: Noelle Marsh

Age: 18
Dance Speciality: Contemporary
Hometown: Sanford, NC

 

Name: Pauline Mata

Age: 19
Dance Speciality: Jazz
Hometown, West Covina, CA

Name: Kathryn McCormick

Age: 19
Dance Speciality: Contemporary
Hometown: Augusta, GA

 

Name: Bianca Revels

Age: 20
Dance Speciality: Tap
Hometown: Detroit, MI

 

Name: Ellenore Scott

Age: 19
Dance Speciality: Contemporary/Jazz
Hometown: Santa Cruz, CA

 

Name: Ryan Di Lello

Age: 28
Dance Speciality: Ballroom
Hometown: Springville, UT

 

Name: Russell Ferguson

Age: 20
Dance Speciality: Hip Hop/Krump
Hometown: Boston, MA

 

Name: Kevin Hunte

Age: 23
Dance Speciality: Hip Hop
Hometown: Brooklyn, NY

 

Name: Jakob Karr

Age: 19
Dance Speciality: Contemporary
Hometown: Windermere, FL

 

Name: Legacy Perez

Age: 28
Dance Speciality: Hip Hop/B-Boy
Hometown: Miami, FL

 

Name: Peter Sabasino

Age: 22
Dance Speciality: Tap
Hometown: Philadelphia, PA

 

Name: Victor Smalley

Age: 21
Dance Speciality: Contemporary
Hometown: Miami, FL

 

Name: Nathan Trasoras

Age: 18
Dance Speciality: Contemporary
Hometown: Downey, CA

 

Tune in next Monday, October 26, for a special performance of So You Think You Can Dance: Meet the Top 20 airing at 8 PM ET. Each dancer will showcase their own personal style as well as perform with each other in number’s by some of America’s favorite choreographers. At the end of the episode, judges Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy and Adam Shankman will match each dancer up with a partner for the next night’s show on Tuesday, October 26 at 8 PM ET. 

 

 

(Image courtesy of FOX)

 

 

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