So You Think You Can Dance: Season 9
Season 9 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Picks up essential narrative continuity directly following the events of So You Think You Can Dance Season 8.
- Character alliances, factions, and personal loyalties undergo significant shifts under escalating stakes.
- Addresses unresolved cliffhangers and thematic mysteries introduced during previous seasons.
- Establishes the primary seasonal conflict that drives serialized character arcs toward the finale.
Episode Guide
Season 9 Progress Shield
Dallas/New York Auditions
May 24, 2012 · 43 min
Now in its ninth season, the hit show So You Think You Can Dance began with auditions in New York City, one of the world's capitals of dance, then moved on to the cowboy capital of
L.A. Auditions
May 30, 2012 · 43 min
After getting off to a raucous start in New York City and Dallas, So You Think You Can Dance continued its search for America's Favorite Dancers as the show hopefuls auditioned at
Atlanta Auditions
Jun 6, 2012 · 43 min
The quest to find America's Favorite Dancer next came to "Hot-lanta" - Atlanta, Georgia. Last year, So You Think You Can Dance found champion Melanie Moore here. So the contestants
Salt Lake City Auditions
Jun 13, 2012 · 43 min
Breathtaking beauty, raw power, and awe-inspiring are just some of the way to describe the Salt Lake City scenery - and the many hopefuls living in and around Utah who were waiting
Vegas Callbacks
Jun 20, 2012 · 43 min
The judges have traveled across the country in search of America's favorite dancer. Tens upon thousands of dancin' fools shook their moneymakers for the chance to join the competit
Top 20 Revealed/Meet the Top 20
Jun 27, 2012 · 43 min
They've strutted their stuff and experienced an emotional roller coaster ride to get this point. Now the 35 remaining dancers who survived Vegas Callbacks have to walk the Green Mi
Top 20 Perform, Part 2
Jul 18, 2012 · 43 min
After competing in an electrifying first live show, the Top 20 performers of Season 9 took to the stage again to dance for their lives and your votes. By the end of the night, we'd
Top 16 Perform
Jul 25, 2012 · 43 min
Last week, the Top 20 dancers were whittled down to 16. On Wednesday night, those 16 competitors did their best to impress, hoping to win over fans and judges before the Top 14 and
Top 14 Perform
Aug 15, 2012 · 43 min
The Top 14 dancers' performances include a tribute to choreographer Mia Michaels, and four finalists are eliminated. Michael Nunn and William Trevitt, choreographers and founders o
10 Perform; 2 Eliminated
Aug 22, 2012 · 43 min
The Top 10 dancers perform with All-Stars from previous seasons, and two more are eliminated. Also: a performance by L.A. Dance Project. "Black Swan" choreographer Benjamin Millepi
Top 8 Perform; 2 Eliminated
Aug 29, 2012 · 43 min
The Top 8 dancers perform with All-Stars from previous seasons, and two more are eliminated. Jesse Tyler Ferguson ("Modern Family") is the guest judge.
Top 6 Perform; 2 Eliminated
Sep 5, 2012 · 43 min
The Top 6 dancers perform with All-Stars from previous seasons, and two more are eliminated. Christine Applegate is the guest judge.