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'' premiered on May 25, 2006, with new host

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. On August 16,

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was announced as the winner of season 2 and received the grand prize of $100,000, a new

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, and a one-year contract with

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show, '' A New Day...''. Schwimmer almost did not make the show's top 20 — he was officially first runner-up dancer in case any of the male dancers ran into unforeseen difficulties prior to the start of filming. As it happened, for the second year in a row, Hokuto Konishi was unable to get his visa cleared to work in the U.S. in time for the first taping, and he was cut. Schwimmer took his spot in the Top 20 and fared well from the start, garnering consistent praise from the judges and votes from viewers. Schwimmer and fellow grand finalist Donyelle Jones, who were paired as a couple from the first performance episode, became the first contestants in the show's run never to face elimination from being among the bottom six or bottom four dancers.

Auditions

Auditions were held in New York City; Los Angeles; Chicago; and

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Vegas week

One hundred and sixteen dancers were invited for a week of training to the Aladdin hotel (now

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) in Las Vegas,

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. This training included hip-hop choreography taught by

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choreography taught by Mary Murphy with assistance from

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contestant Artem Chigvinsev, a

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routine taught by

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, and training from

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, who described his choreography as a fusion of jazz and hip-hop. The original group of dancers was eventually whittled down to 41, from which the judges chose their top 20.

Top 20 Contestants

Female Contestants

Male Contestants

Finals

Elimination chart

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, whilst that played after each male elimination was " It's the End of the Road" by

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Performance nights

Week 1 (June 14, 2006)

''Judges'':

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, Mary Murphy and

Dan Karaty Daniel Quinn Karaty (born October 1, 1976) is an American TV personality, actor, producer, dancer and choreographer. He has performed with and/or created routines for pop superstars such as Jessica Simpson, Britney Spears, Kylie Minogue and *N ...

*Couple dances:

Week 2 (June 21, 2006)

''Judges'': Nigel Lythgoe,

and

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) *Couple dances:

Week 3 (June 28, 2006)

''Judges'': Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy, Olisa Thompson and Cicely Bradley *Guest dancer(s): Hop, Swing and a Jump: "Traffic Jam"—Bill Elliott (

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) *Couple dances:

Week 4 (July 5, 2006)

''Judges'': Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy and Dan Karaty *Guest dancer(s):

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and the ''Neph Squad'': "Spaz Meter"—The J-Squad (

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) *Couple dances:

Week 5 (July 12, 2006)

''Judges'': Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy and Brian Friedman *Couple dances:

Week 6 (July 19, 2006)

''Judges'': Nigel Lythgoe, Olisa Thompson, Cicely Bradley and Jean-Marc Généreux *Couple dances: *Solos:

Week 7 (July 26, 2006)

''Judges'': Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy and Dan Karaty *Couple dances:

Week 8 (August 2, 2006)

''Judges'': Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy and Mia Michaels *Couple dances: *Solos:

Week 9 (August 9, 2006)

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) *Duo dances: Solos:

Results shows

Week 1 (June 15, 2006)

*Group dance: Top 20: "

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*Guest dancer(s): Nick Lazzarini: "Pardon Me"—

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) *Bottom 3 couples' solos: *Eliminated: **Erin Ellis **Stanislav Savich *New partners: **None

Week 2 (June 22, 2006)

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*Bottom 3 couples' solos: *Eliminated: **Joy Spears **Jason Williams *New partners: **Dmitry Chaplin and Aleksandra Wojda

Week 3 (June 29, 2006)

*Group dance: Top 16: "Poison"—

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*Bottom 3 couples' solos: *Eliminated: **Aleksandra Wojda **Ben Susak *New partners: **Dmitry Chaplin and Ashlee Nino

Week 4 (July 6, 2006)

*Group dance: Top 14: "

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*Bottom 3 couples' solos: *Eliminated: **Jessica Fernandez **Jaymz Tuaileva *New partners: **None

Week 5 (July 13, 2006)

*Group dance: Top 12: "Born to be Alive"—

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*Bottom 3 couples' solos: *Eliminated: **Ashlee Nino **Musa Cooper *New Partners: **None : now that it was down to the top 10, partners were randomly picked and viewers got to vote on individual dancers.

Week 6 (July 20, 2006)

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*Bottom 4 dancers: **Dmitry Chaplin **Natalie Fotopoulos **Martha Nichols **Ryan Rankine *Eliminated: **Martha Nichols **Dmitry Chaplin

Week 7 (July 27, 2006)

*Group dance: Top 8: "

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) *Musical guest: A medley of " Touch It", "

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*Bottom 4 dancers' solos: *Eliminated: **Allison Holker **Ryan Rankine

Week 8 (August 3, 2006)

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*Solos: **Natalie Fotopoulos: "I Would Die for You"—

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**Heidi Groskreutz: " Hey Mama"—

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**Travis Wall: "Flying Without Wings (A Capella version)"—

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**Benji Schwimmer: "Brown Derby Jump"—

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Week 10 (Finale) (August 16, 2006)

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, Mary Murphy,

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, who appeared via videotape to congratulate the winner *Group dances: ** Top 20 ***"When You Gonna Give It Up To Me"—

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with Dmitry Chaplin and Natalie Fotopoulos ("Magalenha"—

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"—Joan Jett **Donyelle Jones: "I'm Free"—Amber (performer), Amber **Benji Schwimmer: "Never Knew"—The Rocket Summer **Travis Wall: "Wonderful"—

*4th Place **Heidi Groskreutz *3rd Place **Donyelle Jones *Runner-Up: **Travis Wall *Winner: **Benji Schwimmer

Live tour

In 2006, the top 10 contestants went on a performance tour (which is the first sytycd tour). Tickets went on sale August 12

Awards

2007 Emmy Awards

^† Wade Robson and Mia Michaels were joint-winners along with Rob Marshall and John Deluca from ''Tony Bennett: An American Classic''.

Ratings

U.S. Nielsen ratings

Notes

References

External links

Season 2 show synopses at tvgasm.com

Fox.com bios and video clips
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