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The Best Episodes of So You Think You Can Dance Season 9

Every episode of So You Think You Can Dance Season 9 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of So You Think You Can Dance Season 9!

The Best Episodes of So You Think You Can Dance Season 9

Dancers selected in open auditions across America take part in a rigorous competition designed to best display their talents, training and personalities to a panel...
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    8.3/10(20 votes)

    #1 - Top 20 Revealed/Meet the Top 20

    S9:E6

    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 Mile to find out if they've made it into this season's Top 20. It's time to find out which of your favorites are in and who's going home, as we celebrate So You Think You Can Dance's 200th episode!

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  2. Background image for Top 14 Perform
    7.9/10(15 votes)

    #2 - Top 14 Perform

    S9:E10

    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 of the modern dance troupe Ballet Boyz, are the guest judges.

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    7.9/10(15 votes)

    #3 - 10 Perform; 2 Eliminated

    S9:E11

    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 Millepied is the guest judge.

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    7.9/10(15 votes)

    #4 - Top 8 Perform; 2 Eliminated

    S9:E12

    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.

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    7.9/10(20 votes)

    #5 - Winners Chosen

    S9:E15

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  6. Background image for Top 20 Perform, Part 2
    7.8/10(16 votes)

    #6 - Top 20 Perform, Part 2

    S9:E8

    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 find out which four dancers would be going home after last week's vote.

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    7.7/10(15 votes)

    #7 - Top 16 Perform

    S9:E9

    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 the names of the two dancers going home tonight were announced at the end of the show.

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    7.5/10(17 votes)

    #8 - Salt Lake City Auditions

    S9:E4

    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 for their chance to earn that Golden Ticket to Las Vegas.

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    7.5/10(16 votes)

    #9 - Vegas Callbacks

    S9:E5

    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 competition. Almost 200 have made it to the next step on their journey: the Las Vegas callback round. For the next four days, these dancers would strive to survive the massive cuts in Sin City and earn a spot in Season 9's Top 20.

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    7.5/10(22 votes)

    #10 - Top 20 Perform

    S9:E7

    The first official night of Season 9 competition.

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    7.4/10(21 votes)

    #11 - L.A. Auditions

    S9:E2

    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 the Orpheum Theater in Los Angeles.

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    7.4/10(18 votes)

    #12 - Atlanta Auditions

    S9:E3

    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 and judges had high hopes for the Peach State's most populous city.

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    7.2/10(15 votes)

    #13 - Top 6 Perform; 2 Eliminated

    S9:E13

    The Top 6 dancers perform with All-Stars from previous seasons, and two more are eliminated. Christine Applegate is the guest judge.

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    7.0/10(18 votes)

    #14 - Top 4 Perform

    S9:E14

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    6.8/10(22 votes)

    #15 - Dallas/New York Auditions

    S9:E1

    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 the world, Dallas, for more auditions.

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Season 9 Ratings Summary

"Top 20 Revealed/Meet the Top 20" is the best rated episode of "So You Think You Can Dance" season 9. It scored 8.3/10 based on 20 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 6/27/2012. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "Top 14 Perform".