So You Think You Can Dance is a

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and competition aired on 8TV. Premiered on 5 April 2007, it is based on the original

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version of the same name. It has a similar premise to the American Idol series of singing competitions, with nationwide auditions leading to the discovery of the next big star. The organizers of ''So You Think You Can Dance'' held one audition in Kuala Lumpur. The contestants that are picked go through callbacks and the Top 20 perform on a live show. This follows a weekly elimination hereafter. The

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n version of ''So You Think You Can Dance'' had completed its inaugural season with Muhammad Haslam Abdul Rahman Rubaee as the champion. The show was hosted by Juliana Ibrahim and Jehan Miskin; the latter only joined the cast since episode 9.

Casts

Host

* Juliana Ibrahim – actress in '' Realiti'' and '' Impian Illyana'', appeared in SYTYCD since Episode 1 * Jehan Miskin – actor and TV host, appeared in SYTYCD since Episode 9

Judges

Permanent

* Pat Ibrahim – choreographer of Puteri Gunung Ledang the Musical * Ramli Ibrahim – dance choreographer and artistic director of

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* Judimar Hernandez –

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-born choreographer and

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performer

Stylist

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Guests

* Yannus Sufandi – Stage Performer for international artists and support acts such as ARIA'S Awards (Australian Music Awards), RUMBA 2002 Aust Tour,

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Promo Tour,

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Promo Tour and

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Music Videos, and many more, choreographer for TV commercials Samsung, 7UP, etc.
''Appeared in Callbacks, Boot Camp, Top 12, Top 8 and Top 6 Competitions'' Also as the Artistic Director/Choreographer of the Show * Jeff Thacker – executive producer of

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''Appeared in Auditions'' * Linda Jasmine – ex-choreographer for

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''Appeared in Week 1 of Competitions'' *

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– star of ''Puteri Gunung Ledang'' (the

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''Appeared in Weeks 2 and 3 of Competitions'' Note: Juliana, Pat and Ramli Ibrahim are not related to each other.

Choreographers

The following is the list of choreographers whose involvement in the competition are as shown on TV, followed by their specialties. * Azwa – Malaysian Contemporary * Patricia Calzadilla –

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* Choo Teng Kuang –

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* Farah Sulaiman –

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* Fasilito –

* Luisa Lau –

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, jive,

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* Amy Len – Chinese contemporary * Loh Poh Choo – Contemporary * William Lor – Paso doble, jive * Umesh Shetty –

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* Manuela Oliveira –

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, street jazz,

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, Also the Artistic Director * Peter Ong – Latin dances * Ichiro and Dawn Uchida –

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* Michael Xavier Voon –

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* Yannus Sufandi –

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Season 1

The Top 20 Contestants

Auditions (aired 5 April 2007)

Auditions were held on 16 and 17 March the same year, with Pat, Judimar and guest Jeff Thacker to judge the participants' dancing skills. Participants who displayed a good degree of potential to them would be recalled to the Callbacks (if their skills are debatable) or qualify directly to the Boot Camp (if they greatly impressed the judges during the auditions).

Callbacks (aired 12 April 2007)

Out of 500 people taking part in the two days of preliminary auditions, only seven participants were directly headed to the Boot Camp while 80 others were given an extra test in the Callbacks. Pat Ibrahim and Judimar Hernandez returned as judges, this time alongside two other faces, Yannus Sufandi and Ramli Ibrahim. After going through versatility and pairing-up tests, only 40 of them qualified to the Boot Camp – 20 male and 20 female, inclusive of the seven who qualified directly from the auditions.

Boot Camp (aired 19 April 2007)

The Top 40 were tested on their versatility in various dances and cohesiveness in the competition. The first day of Boot Camp saw the Top 40 practising four different genres of dance under the guide of four choreographers:

(Yannus Sufandi),

(Umesh Nair),

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(Manuela Oliveira), and

(Patricia Calzadilla). After each of the four

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sessions they needed to perform what they had learnt from it. The second day witnessed the contestants doing solo performances, attempting to display "a different side" of theirs to impress the judges for entering the Top 20. At the nightfall of the second day, the judges announced the Top 20. A notable scene in the aftermath of the results involved one of the rejected ones who broke down to tears, lamenting to have failed to fulfil the last wish of a best friend who he said as to "be dying" that night.

Competition (aired 3 May 2007 onwards)

Competitions are broadcast live from Ruums KL on Thursdays from 9.30pm (GMT+8). In each of these nights, contestants perform in pairs (each of one male and one female) in Round 1 to impress the judges as well as the audience in the club and at home. The judges will select the four weakest performers (six in later episodes) to perform in solo within 30 seconds each in Round 2 to garner viewers' votes in order to remain in the competition. Unlike the American version, in which judges select the worst-performing pairs, in here the worst-performing individual contestants were selected. Viewers are given about 20 minutes including the solo performances. After that, the show goes into a 15-minute break, in which a Quickie Dance Special is broadcast live from Sri Pentas and Ruums KL. The one male and one female contestants with the lowest votes leave the competition. The Grand Finale was scheduled to be held on 29 June, in Ruums KL.

Week 1 (3 May 2007)

A top 10 contestant from season 2 of the American version,

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made a special performance before the results were announced. ;;Round 1 *Jo and Shake:

*Nikki and Yuz:

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*Noor and Alam:

*Orange and Vish:

*Alice and Chris:

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*Azzy and Jimmy: Contemporary *Becky and Dennis:

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*Brancy and Sean: Malaysian contemporary *Davina and Firul:

*Sue and Isaac: Hip-hop ;;Round 2 #Alice #Shake (''eliminated'') #Azzy (''eliminated'') #Vish

Week 2 (10 May 2007)

;;Round 1 *Nikki and Yuz: Contemporary *Sue and Isaac: Hip-hop *Brancy and Sean:

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*Jo and Jimmy: Malaysian contemporary *Noor and Alam: Paso Doble *Orange and Vish: Salsa *Becky and Dennis: Jive *Davina and Firul:

*Alice and Chris: Street jazz ;;Round 2 #Davina (''eliminated'') #Sean (''eliminated'') #Alice #Chris The contestants performed their first group performance before the announcement of Round 2 results, dancing Malaysian contemporary to the music of ''Mahaguru'' by

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Week 3 (17 May 2007)

;;Round 1 *Alice and Chris: Malaysian contemporary *Nikki and Yuz: Hip-hop *Noor and Alam: Contemporary *Brancy and Firul: Malaysian contemporary *Jo and Jimmy:

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*Becky and Dennis:

*Sue and Isaac:

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*Orange and Vish:

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;;Round 2 #Chris (''eliminated'') #Alice (''eliminated'') #Jimmy #Becky

Week 4 (24 May 2007)

This show witnessed the contestants' second group performance throughout the competition, which was performed at the beginning of the show. ;;Round 1 *Orange and Vish: Malaysian contemporary *Nikki and Yuz: Broadway *Sue and Isaac: Contemporary *Becky and Dennis:

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*Noor and Alam: Hip-hop *Brancy and Firul:

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*Jo and Jimmy:

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;;Round 2 #Orange (''eliminated'') #Vish (''eliminated'') #Nikki #Isaac

Week 5 (aired 31 May 2007)

This week witnessed the addition of Jehan Miskin to complement Juliana as hosts of the show, the first themed night, Malaysiana, which dancers performed contemporary versions of Malaysian ethnic dances, and the judges' decision to have a Bottom 6 instead of a Bottom 4, citing the need to reflect "a fiercer competition". ;;Round 1 *Becky and Dennis: Malay contemporary *Brancy and Firul: Chinese contemporary *Sue and Isaac: Indian contemporary *Noor and Alam: Chinese contemporary *Nikki and Yuz: Malay contemporary *Jo and Jimmy: Indian contemporary ;;Round 2 #Isaac (''eliminated'') #Alam #Noor #Jimmy #Becky #Jo (''eliminated'')

Week 6 (aired 7 June 2007)

In this week, the couplings were reshuffled, i.e. each contestant has a new partner; and each couple performed two routines. The night was also noted by the judges as the worst of all the performance nights; only Noor and Yuz's second routine managed to impress them. ;;Round 1 *Sue and Firul: #Street jazz #Indian contemporary *Brancy and Dennis: #Mambo #Hip-hop *Noor and Yuz #

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#Malay contemporary *Nikki and Alam #Hip-hop #Salsa *Becky and Jimmy #Malay contemporary #Dancehall ;;Round 2 #Brancy #Firul (''eliminated'') #Nikki #Dennis #Becky (''eliminated'') #Alam

Week 7 (aired 14 June 2007)

;;Round 1 *Sue and Jimmy #Contemporary #

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*Brancy and Dennis #Street jazz #Samba *Noor and Yuz #Broadway #Malay contemporary *Nikki and Alam #Contemporary #Hip-hop ;;Round 2 #Brancy #Jimmy (''eliminated'') #Nikki (''eliminated'') #Noor #Alam #Dennis

Week 8 (aired 21 June 2007)

In the semi-final show, the voting lines were opened from the beginning of the show and contestants could choose their choreographers for their solo routine. The judges gave all six of them positive reviews on their performances. After the elimination was announced, the lines were re-opened for the grand finals. ;;Round 1 *Sue and Alam – Contemporary *Brancy and Dennis – Samba *Noor and Yuz: Latin ? ;;Round 2 #Sue: Malay contemporary #Alam: Contemporary #Dennis: Hip-hop #Brancy: Contemporary #Yuz: Indian contemporary (''eliminated'') #Noor: Contemporary (''eliminated'')

Grand Finals (aired 29 June 2007)

The night began with the resurfacing of memories of the competition as told by the judges and recap footages taken throughout the competition. The Top 4, Alam, Dennis, Sue and Brancy, performed two pair routines (including the first time there were same-gender pairs) and one solo each. The Grand Finals was also graced by the other 16 contestants who were eliminated in the previous eight weeks, as well as guest performances by a

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troupe choreographed by Judimar Hernandez,

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and the Kartel, and

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and his bhangra drummers. At 10.20pm, Alam was declared Malaysia's Best Dancer, clinching RM50,000 cash and a role in a theatre project by Tiara Jacquelina. ;;Round 1 *Dennis and Alam – Hip-hop *Sue and Brancy – Street jazz *Sue and Dennis – Foxtrot *Brancy and Alam – Malay contemporary ;;Round 2 #Alam –

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#Dennis –

#Sue –

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/Tango #Brancy – Broadway jazz

External links

''So You Think You Can Dance'' official websiteSYTYCD Malaysia Forum
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