Watch So You Think You Can Dance Season 8 Episode 18 - Top 8 Perform. This will be aired on July 27, 2011 8:00 PM on FOX. This story is sourced from sidereel and TVLinks. So You Think You Can Dance is an American dance reality show and competition that is broadcast on the Fox Network, on Fox Japan, on CTV in Canada, on Living in United Kingdom and Ireland and on Network Ten in Australia.
Episode Preview: The remaining 8 dancers perform, The Top 8 dancers perform. for more complete you can watch it directly on the FOX at 8:00 PM.
Previous Episode's Recap: And the competition begins!! The Top 20 are paired up and perform for the judges and America. This year, America gets to start voting at the top 20. Choreographers include Tyce Diorio, Christopher Scott and Travis Wall. Megan Mullally appears as a special guest judge. America's vote will reveal which three couples from the Top 20 will be in the bottom 3. After the bottom dancers perform solos for the Judges, Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy and special guest judge, Megan Mullally, must decide which guy and which girl will be sent home. Special Musical Performer is Keri Hilton. Special Guest Dancer is Russian Dancer Gennadi Saveliev.
Since no one was sent home last week, the 20 top dancers perform again, hoping to earn America' vote. Because no one when home last week, the vote is even more important because this week two of the three couples in the bottom three with be sent home.
That means, only one couple in the bottom three will survive. Debbie Reynolds joins the judges panel for this show. Routines include hip-hop, jazz, Broadway,Bollywood and Cha-Cha choreographed by such greats as Napoleon and Tabitha Dumo, Jean-Marc Genereux, Mandy Moore, Spencer Liff and more.
Since no one was sent home last week, the judges - Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy and Debbie Reynolds - must select 4 dancers from the bottom six to eliminate. The top 8 couples (top 16 dancers) remained paired together and perform various dance styles including Jazz, Hip-Hop, Foxtrot, Contemporary and Broadway. The dancers are also broken into two groups of eight and each group performs a routine. Choreographers include Napoleon & Tabitha Dumo, Dee Caspary, Tyce Diorio and Sonya Tayeh. Nigel Lythgoe and Mary Murphy are joined on the judges panel with Lil' C and Kristin Chenoweth.
Two dancers will be voted off, leaving 14 dancers. The top 14 dancers perform for the judges and America. Two dancers will be sent home. The top 12 dancers will be revealed. The top 12 dancers perform for the judges and America. Two more dancers are eliminated, revealing the Top 10. The top 10 dancers dance for the judges and America. Two more dancers learn they have been eliminated.
