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So You Think You Can Dance Australia (season 4)
Season four of '' So You Think You Can Dance Australia'', the Australian version of the American reality dance-off series '' So You Think You Can Dance'', was hosted by Carrie Bickmore with Paula Abdul, Shannon Holtzapffel, Jason Gilkison and Aaron Cash acting as the judges. The season consisted of 13 episodes in total. Weeks 1-3 were audition episodes, producing the Top 20 dancers who went on to appear in the performance episodes from Week 4 onwards. As of season four onwards, the weekly results show, a staple of the series in seasons 1-3, has been cut from the show format and that only one episode will air each week as of the fourth season. Auditions Auditions for the fourth season were held between September and October 2013 in Perth, Brisbane, Melbourne, Adelaide and Sydney. Top 20 Finalists Female contestants Male contestants Results table Performance Shows Week 4: Top 20 (23 February 2014) Week 5: Top 20 (2 March 2014) * Group Dance: " Radioactive" – Ima ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carrie Bickmore
Carrie Bickmore (born 3 December 1980) is an Australian talk show and current affairs Gold Logie award-winning television and radio presenter. Early life Bickmore was born in Adelaide, South Australia, in 1980, but moved to Perth, Western Australia, with her family at an early age. Bickmore attended the Anglican girls' school Perth College and then later attended Curtin University of Technology where she studied journalism, graduating in 2000. She moved to Melbourne, Victoria, in 2001 to pursue a career in media. Career Radio Bickmore started her career as a newsreader on 92.9FM in Perth where she began as an emergency fill-in for a sick colleague. Her father Brian Bickmore was a radio announcer on that station at the time and later took up management positions in the Austereo network. After this she was appointed as a regular newsreader for the station. In 2001, Bickmore became the afternoon newsreader for radio station Nova 100 in Melbourne and in 2002 she became the co- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Guetta
Pierre David Guetta ( , ; born 7 November 1967) is a French DJ and music producer. He has over 10 million album and 65 million single sales globally, with more than 10 billion streams. In 2011, 2020 and 2021, Guetta was voted the number one DJ in the ''DJ Mag'' Top 100 DJs poll. In 2013, ''Billboard'' crowned "When Love Takes Over" as the number one dance-pop collaboration of all time. Born and raised in Paris, he released his first album, '' Just a Little More Love'', in 2002. Later, he released ''Guetta Blaster'' (2004) and '' Pop Life'' (2007). Guetta achieved mainstream success with his 2009 album ''One Love'' which included the hit singles "When Love Takes Over", "Gettin' Over You", "Sexy Bitch" and "Memories", the first three of which reached number one in the United Kingdom. The 2011 follow-up album, ''Nothing but the Beat'', continued this success, containing the hit singles "Where Them Girls At", "Little Bad Girl", " Without You", "Titanium" and " Turn Me On". In 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2 Chainz
Tauheed K. Epps (born September 12, 1977), known professionally as 2 Chainz (or Tity Boi), is an American rapper. Born and raised in College Park, Georgia, he initially gained recognition as one-half of the Southern hip hop duo Playaz Circle, alongside his longtime friend and fellow rapper Earl "Dolla Boy" Conyers. The duo was signed to fellow Georgia-based rapper Ludacris' Disturbing tha Peace label, and are best known for their debut single " Duffle Bag Boy" (featuring Lil Wayne). In February 2012, Epps signed a solo record deal with Def Jam Recordings, an imprint of Universal Music Group. The following August, he released his debut studio album ''Based on a T.R.U. Story'' on August 14, 2012, to commercial success despite mixed reviews. The album spawned three successful singles: " No Lie" (featuring Drake), " Birthday Song" (featuring Kanye West), and " I'm Different", all of which charted in the top 50 of the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and were certified Gold or higher by the R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jason Derulo
Jason Joel Desrouleaux (born September 21, 1989), known professionally as Jason Derulo (; formerly stylized as Derülo), is an American singer and songwriter."Jason Joel Desrouleaux – About This Person – Movies & TV" NYTimes.com. Retrieved July 16, 2010. Since the start of his solo recording career in 2009, he has sold over 30 million singles and has achieved eleven platinum singles including " Wiggle", " Talk Dirty", " |
Hip-hop Dance
Hip hop dance is a range of street dance styles primarily performed to hip hop music or that have evolved as part of hip hop culture. It is influenced by a wide range of styles that were created in the 1970s and made popular by dance crews in the United States. The television show ''Soul Train'' and the 1980s films '' Breakin''', '' Beat Street'', and ''Wild Style'' showcased these crews and dance styles in their early stages; therefore, giving hip-hop dance mainstream exposure. The dance industry responded with a commercial, studio-based version of hip-hop—sometimes called "new style"—and a hip-hop influenced style of jazz dance called "jazz-funk". Classically trained dancers developed these studio styles in order to create choreography from the hip-hop dances that were performed on the street. Because of this development, hip-hop dance is practiced in both dance studios and outdoor spaces. The commercialization of hip-hop dance continued into the 1990s and 2000s with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robbie Williams
Robert Peter Williams (born 13 February 1974) is an English singer and songwriter. He found fame as a member of the pop group Take That from 1990 to 1995, and achieved commercial success after launching a solo career in 1996. His debut studio album, ''Life thru a Lens'', was released in 1997, and included his signature song, "Angels". His second album, ''I've Been Expecting You'', featured the songs "Millennium" and " She's the One", his first number one singles. His discography includes seven UK No. 1 singles, and all but one of his 14 studio albums have reached No. 1 in the UK. Six of his albums are among the top 100 biggest-selling albums in the UK, with two of them in the top 60, and he gained a Guinness World Record in 2006 for selling 1.6 million tickets in a single day during his Close Encounters Tour. Williams has received a record 18 Brit Awards, winning Best British Male Artist four times, Outstanding Contribution to Music twice, an Icon Award for his lasting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jazz Dance
Jazz dance is a performance dance and style that arose in the United States in the mid 20th century. Jazz dance may allude to vernacular jazz about to Broadway or dramatic jazz. The two types expand on African American vernacular styles of dance that arose with jazz music. Vernacular jazz dance incorporates ragtime moves, Charleston, Lindy hop and mambo. Popular vernacular jazz dance performers include The Whitman Sisters, Florence Mills, Ethel Waters, Al Minns and Leon James, Frankie Manning, Norma Miller, Dawn Hampton, and Katherine Dunham. Dramatic jazz dance performed on the show stage was promoted by Jack Cole, Bob Fosse, Eugene Louis Faccuito, and Gus Giordano. The term 'jazz dance' has been used in ways that have little or nothing to do with jazz music. Since the 1940s, Hollywood movies and Broadway shows have used the term to describe the choreographies of Bob Fosse and Jerome Robbins. In the 1990s, colleges and universities applied to the term to classes offered by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elena Samodanova
Elena may refer to: People * Elena (given name), including a list of people and characters with this name * Joan Ignasi Elena (born 1968), Catalan politician * Francine Elena (born 1986), British poet Geography * Elena (town), a town in Veliko Tarnovo Province, Bulgaria ** Elena Municipality * Elena (village), a village in Haskovo Province Film and television * ''Elena'' (2011 film), a 2011 Russian film * ''Elena'' (2012 film), a Brazilian film * ''Elena'' (TV series), a Mexican telenovela * '' Elena of Avalor'', an American TV series * '' Daniele Cortis'', a 1947 Italian film also known as ''Elena'' Music * ''Elena'' (Cavalli), a 1659 opera by Francesco Cavalli * ''Elena'' (Mayr), an 1814 opera by Mayr * "Elena" (song), a 1979 song by The Marc Tanner Band * ''Elena'', an EP by Puerto Muerto Other * ''Elena'' (play), a Cebuano play by Vicente Sotto * Extra Low ENergy Antiproton ring, a storage ring in the Antiproton Decelerator facility at CERN * Hurricane Elena ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rihanna
Robyn Rihanna Fenty ( ; born February 20, 1988) is a Barbadian singer, actress, and businesswoman. Born in Saint Michael and raised in Bridgetown, Barbados, Rihanna auditioned for American record producer Evan Rogers who invited her to the United States to record demo tapes. After signing with Def Jam in 2005, she soon gained recognition with the release of her first two studio albums, ''Music of the Sun'' (2005) and '' A Girl Like Me'' (2006), both of which were influenced by Caribbean music and peaked within the top ten of the US ''Billboard'' 200 chart. Rihanna's third album, ''Good Girl Gone Bad'' (2007), incorporated elements of dance-pop and established her status as a sex symbol in the music industry. The chart-topping single "Umbrella" earned Rihanna her first Grammy Award and catapulted her to global stardom. She continued to mix pop, dance, and R&B genres on her next studio albums, ''Rated R'' (2009), '' Loud'' (2010), ''Talk That Talk'' (2011), and ''Unapolog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Where Have You Been
"Where Have You Been" is a song by Barbadian singer Rihanna, from her sixth studio album, ''Talk That Talk'' (2011) serving as the fifth single. The song was written by Ester Dean, Geoff Mack, Lukasz "Dr. Luke" Gottwald, Henry "Cirkut" Walter, and Calvin Harris, with production handled by the latter three. "Where Have You Been" was released as the third international single on April 17, 2012. The track is a dance-pop and techno house song that draws influence from trance, R&B and hip hop. It is backed by "hard, chilly synths" and contains an electro-inspired breakdown sequence. The song's lyrics interpolate Geoff Mack's 1959 song "I've Been Everywhere" and speak of a woman who is searching for a partner who will sexually please her. "Where Have You Been" was met with positive reviews from most music critics, who likened the song to ''Talk That Talk''s lead single, "We Found Love". The track performed well on major international charts. In the United States, "Where Have ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ballroom Dance
Ballroom dance is a set of partner dances, which are enjoyed both socially and competitively around the world, mostly because of its performance and entertainment aspects. Ballroom dancing is also widely enjoyed on stage, film, and television. ''Ballroom dance'' may refer, at its widest definition, to almost any recreational dance with a partner. However, with the emergence of dance competition (now known as Dancesport), two principal schools have emerged and the term is used more narrowly to refer to the dances recognized by those schools. * The International School, originally developed in EnglandFranks A.H. 1963. ''Social dance: a short history''. Routledge & Kegan Paul, London. and now regulated by the World Dance CouncilWDC and the World DanceSport FederationWDSF, is most prevalent in Europe. It encompasses two categories, Standard and Latin, each of which consist of five dances—International Waltz, International Tango, International Viennese Waltz, International Slow F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
