So You Think You Can Dance (British series 1)
# So You Think You Can Dance (British series 1)

The 1st series of So You Think You Can Dance premiered on 2 January 2010, beginning with one audition show which showed the auditions, choreography camp and introducing the top 14. Five elimination rounds were followed by a final, with performances and results shown on the same night. The winner's prize was the title "Britain's Favourite Dancer", £100,000 and a trip to Hollywood, where the winner would perform in the US series finale.

The finale of the first series was held on 13 February 2010. Robbie White was injured, and could not perform. Lizzie Gough finished third, Tommy Franzén was the season runner-up, but female jazz dancer Charlie Bruce ended up as the winner.

## Judging panel

Former Strictly Come Dancing judge and choreographer Arlene Phillips and executive producer and creator of the show Nigel Lythgoe made up the original judging panel for series one. Louise Redknapp, Sisco Gomez and Priscilla Samuels were guest judges during the audition stages, alongside Phillips and Lythgoe.

Singer and dancer Louise Redknapp joined the panel as a permanent judge during the 'choreography camp' stage.

Choreographer and dancer Sisco Gomez became the fourth permanent judge. He joined the panel for the live shows, alongside Redknapp, Phillips and Lythgoe.

## Auditions

The preliminary auditions for the first series of the show were held in major cities throughout the UK in October 2009. Participants for the show had to be aged between 18 and 35 and could be amateur dancers or professionals who are not currently engaged in a professional contract. The BBC promoted auditions for the show via its official website.

On 2 January 2010, they aired an audition episode. Audition guest judges were Priscilla Samuels, Sisco Gomez and Louise Redknapp. They showed different dancers all the time, good and bad. First, they showed auditions from London, and then from Manchester.

## Choreography camp

The choreography camp is just like the Vegas week in the US. For this part, Louise Redknapp joined Lythgoe and Phillips as a main judge, and the choreographers were judging when the dancers were dancing their choreography. 100 dancers were invited to the Choreography Camp, and after the group choreographies, there were only 26 dancers in the end, and then, they picked out their top 7 guys and top 7 girls.

## Challenges

| Dancers | Style | Music | Choreographer(s) |
| - | - | - | - |
| All | Foxtrot | "Moondance"—Michael Bublé | James Jordan |
| All | Hip-hop | "Black and Gold"—Sam Sparro | Kate Prince |
| All | Broadway | "America"—West Side Story (Soundtrack) | Stephen Mear |
| All | Contemporary | "Happy"—Leona Lewis | Mark Baldwin |
| All (in groups) | Group choreography | Song picked from a hat | The group |
| All (individual) | Solo | Song chosen by the dancer | The dancer |

## Finals

### Top 14 dancers

**Male contestants**

| Finalist | Age | Home town | Dance style | Elimination date |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Tommy Franzén | 28 | Sweden | Hip-hop | 2nd place |
| Robbie White | 22 | Manchester | Contemporary | Withdrew due to injury |
| Alastair Postlethwaite | 28 | Preston | Ballet | 6 February 2010 |
| Drew McOnie | 24 | London | Musical theatre | 30 January 2010 |
| Mark Calape | 24 | Milton Keynes | Hip-hop | 23 January 2010 |
| Gavin Tsang | 23 | Shrewsbury | Contemporary | 16 January 2010 |
| Chris Piper | 26 | London | Contemporary | 9 January 2010 |

**Female contestants**

| Finalist | Age | Home town | Dance style | Elimination date |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Charlie Bruce | 19 | Leicester | Jazz | 1st place |
| Lizzie Gough | 25 | Southampton | Hip-hop | 3rd place |
| Mandy Montanez | 31 | Maryland, U.S./London | Contemporary jazz | 6 February 2010 |
| Yanet Fuentes | 27 | Cuba | Salsa | 30 January 2010 |
| Hayley Newton | 26 | Guildford | Broadway | 23 January 2010 |
| Chloë Campbell | 25 | Hanwell, London | Jazz | 16 January 2010 |
| Anabel Kutay | 26 | Manchester | Contemporary | 9 January 2010 |

**Elimination chart**

Key :

| Male contestant | Female contestant | Bottom two/four | Eliminated | Withdrew | Runner-Up | Winner |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Date: | 9/1 | 16/1 | 23/1 | 30/1 | 6/2 | 13/2 |
| | Contestant | Results | Results | Results | Results | Results | Results |
| Top 2 | Charlie Bruce | | | | Btm 4 | | Winner |
| Top 2 | Tommy Franzén | | | Btm 4 | | | Runner-Up |
| Top 3 | Lizzie Gough | | | | | Btm 4 | 3rd Place |
| Top 4 | Robbie White | | | | Btm 4 | Btm 4 | Withdrew |
| Top 6 | Alastair Postlethwaite | | Btm 2 | | | Elim | |
| Top 6 | Mandy Montanez | | Btm 2 | Btm 4 | | Elim | |
| Top 8 | Drew McOnie | Btm 2 | | | Elim | | |
| Top 8 | Yanet Fuentes | | | | Elim | | |
| Top 10 | Mark Calape | | | Elim | | | |
| Top 10 | Hayley Newton | Btm 2 | | Elim | | | |
| Top 12 | Gavin Tsang | | Elim | | | | |
| Top 12 | Chloë Campbell | | Elim | | | | |
| Top 14 | Chris Piper | Elim | | | | | |
| Top 14 | Anabel Kutay | Elim | | | | | |

### Performance nights

**Week 1 (9 January 2010)**

* Couple dances:

| Couple | Style | Music | Choreographer(s) | Result |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Mandy Montanez Alastair Postlethwaite | Broadway | "I've Got Rhythm"—Bobby Darin | Stephen Mear | Safe |
| Lizzie Gough Mark Calape | Lyrical Hip-Hop | "Take a Bow"—Rihanna | Kate Prince | Safe |
| Anabel Kutay Drew McOnie | Jive | "Proud Mary"—Tina Turner | Ryan Francois | Anabel Kutay eliminated |
| Chloë Campbell Gavin Tsang | Contemporary | "Why"—Annie Lennox | Mark Balowin | Safe |
| Hayley Newton Chris Piper | Samba | "Mas Que Nada"—Jorge Ben Jor | Carmen Vincelj | Chris Piper eliminated |
| Yanet Fuentes Robbie White | Foxtrot | "Fever"—Michael Bublé | James Jordan | Safe |
| Charlie Bruce Tommy Franzén | Hip-Hop | "The Way I Are"—Timbaland feat. Keri Hilson & D.O.E | Simeon Qsyea | Safe |

* Group dance: Top 14: "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy"—Cami Thompson (Broadway; Choreographer: Stephen Mear)
* Musical guest: "The Way Love Goes"—Lemar (with guest dancers Boy Blue Crew)
* Solos:

| Dancer | Style | Music | Result |
| - | - | - | - |
| Hayley Newton | Contemporary | "Say"—John Mayer | Safe |
| Chris Piper | Contemporary | "Dirty Diana"—Michael Jackson | Eliminated |
| Anabel Kutay | Jazz | "Summertime"—Billie Holiday | Eliminated |
| Drew McOnie | Jazz | "Luck Be a Lady"—Frank Sinatra | Safe |

* Eliminated:
   * Anabel Kutay
   * Chris Piper
* New partners:
   * Hayley Newton and Drew McOnie

**Week 2 (16 January 2010)**

* Couple dances:

| Couple | Style | Music | Choreographer(s) | Result |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Yanet Fuentes Robbie White | Hip-Hop | "Boom Boom Pow"—The Black Eyed Peas | Kenrick Sandy | Safe |
| Chloë Campbell Gavin Tsang | Broadway | "Too Darn Hot"—Ann Miller | Karen Bruce | Both eliminated |
| Hayley Newton Drew McOnie | Contemporary | "Speechless"—Lady Gaga | Rafael Bonachela | Safe |
| Mandy Montanez Alastair Postlethwaite | Cha-Cha | "I Like It Like That"—Peter Rodrigues | Carmen Vincelj | Bottom 2 |
| Charlie Bruce Tommy Franzén | Pop-jazz | "Everybody in Love"—JLS | Frank Gatson | Safe |
| Lizzie Gough Mark Calape | Viennese Waltz | "Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman?"—Bryan Adams | Katya Virshilas | Safe |

* Group dance: Top 12: "Ain't No Other Man"—Christina Aguilera (Jazz; Choreographer: Frank Gatson)
* Musical guest: Broken Heels - Alexandra Burke
* Solos:

| Dancer | Style | Music | Result |
| - | - | - | - |
| Chloë Campbell | Jazz | "Fever"—Patti Drew | Eliminated |
| Gavin Tsang | Contemporary | "Dare You To Move"—Switchfoot | Eliminated |
| Mandy Montanez | Jazz | "Drumming Song"—Florence + the Machine | Safe |
| Alastair Postlethwaite | Ballet | "You Gotta Move"—The Rolling Stones | Safe |

* Eliminated:
   * Chloë Campbell
   * Gavin Tsang

**Week 3 (23 January 2010)**

* Group dances:

| Dancers | Style | Music | Choreographer(s) |
| - | - | - | - |
| Top 5 female | Bollywood | "Jai Ho (You Are My Destiny)"—A. R. Rahman & The Pussycat Dolls | Frank Gatson |
| Top 5 male | Broadway | "Jet Song" from West Side Story | Tyce Diorio |
| Top 10 | Hip-Hop | "Pump It"—The Black Eyed Peas | Simeon Qsyea |

* Couple dances:

| Couple | Style | Music | Choreographer(s) | Result |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Lizzie Gough Drew McOnie | Disco | "Disco Inferno"—The Trammps | Karen Bruce | Safe |
| Mark Calape Mandy Montanez | Contemporary | "Show Me Heaven"—Maria McKee | Henri Oguike | Mark Calape eliminated Mandy Montanez in bottom 4 |
| Yanet Fuentes Tommy Franzén | Salsa | "La Malanga"—Eddie Palmieri | Richard Marcel | Tommy Franzén in bottom 4 |
| Alastair Postlethwaite Hayley Newton | Hip-Hop | "Forever"—Chris Brown | Simeon Osyea | Hayley Newton eliminated |
| Charlie Bruce Robbie White | Contemporary | "This Woman's Work"—Maxwell | Tyce Diorio | Safe |

* Musical guest: "One Shot"—JLS
* Solos: (the dancers that got into the bottom 4, performed the same solo again)

| Dancer | Style | Music | Result |
| - | - | - | - |
| Charlie Bruce | Jazz | "Pop"—'N Sync | Safe |
| Robbie White | Contemporary | "This Is Your Life"—Switchfoot | Safe |
| Hayley Newton | Jazz | "Supermassive Black Hole"—Muse | Eliminated |
| Alastair Poslethwaite | Ballet | "Any Other World"—Mika | Safe |
| Lizzie Gough | Popping | "Comptine d'un autre été : L'après-midi"—Yann Tiersen | Safe |
| Drew McOnie | Broadway | "Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart"—Judy Garland | Safe |
| Mandy Montanez | Jazz | "Cruel Intentions"—Simian Mobile Disco feat. Beth Ditto | Bottom 4 |
| Mark Calape | Lyrical Hip-Hop | "If I Ain't Got You"—Alicia Keys | Eliminated |
| Yanet Fuentes | Salsa | "Crazy"—Pitbull feat. Lil Jon | Safe |
| Tommy Franzén | Breakdance | "Beggin'"—Madcon | Bottom 4 |

* Eliminated:
   * Hayley Newton
   * Mark Calape

**Week 4 (30 January 2010)**

* Group dances:

| Dancers | Style | Music | Choreographer(s) |
| - | - | - | - |
| Top 4 female dancers | Broadway | "Move (You're Steppin' on My Heart)" from Dreamgirls | Stephen Mear |
| Top 4 male dancers | Ballet | "Swan Lake" | Matthew Bourne |
| Top 8 | Pop-jazz | "Relight My Fire (Element Remix)"—Take That | Gareth Walker |

* Couple dances:

| Couple | Style | Music | Choreographer(s) | Result |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Yanet Fuentes Robbie White | Lindy Hop | "It Doesn't Mean a Thing (If it Ain't Got That Swing)"—Billy Banks | Ryan Francois | Yanet Fuentes eliminated Robbie White in bottom 4 |
| Charlie Bruce Drew McOnie | Lyrical hip-hop | "Doesn't Mean Anything"—Alicia Keys | Kate Prince | Charlie Bruce in bottom 4 Drew McOnie eliminated |
| Lizzie Gough Alastair Postlethwaite | Contemporary | "No Air (Acoustic)"—Jordin Sparks & Chris Brown | Rafael Bonachela | Safe |
| Mandy Montanez Tommy Franzén | Broadway | "Gotta Be Something Better Than This"— Sweet Charity | Stephen Mear | Safe |

* Solos: (the dancers that got into the bottom 4, performed the same solo again)

| Dancer | Style | Music | Result |
| - | - | - | - |
| Alastair Postlethwaite | Ballet | "Get It On"—T.Rex | Safe |
| Lizzie Gough | Hip-Hop | "Poker Face"—Lady Gaga | Safe |
| Tommy Franzén | Locking | "Blame It on the Boogie"—Michael Jackson | Safe |
| Mandy Montanez | Contemporary | "Kissing You"—Des'ree | Safe |
| Robbie White | Contemporary | "Wherever You Will Go"—The Calling | Bottom 4 |
| Yanet Fuentes | Salsa | "Let's Get Loud"—Jennifer Lopez | Eliminated |
| Drew McOnie | Broadway | "Call Me"—Blondie | Eliminated |
| Charlie Bruce | Contemporary | "Apologize"—Timbaland feat. OneRepublic | Bottom 4 |

* Musical guest: "Blame It on the Girls"—Mika
* Eliminated:
   * Yanet Fuentes
   * Drew McOnie

**Week 5 (6 February 2010)**

* Couple dances:

| Couple | Style | Music | Choreographer(s) | Result |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Lizzie Gough Robbie White | Broadway | "Hot Honey Rag" from Chicago | Karen Bruce | Bottom 4 |
| Lizzie Gough Robbie White | Hip-Hop | "Mad"—Ne-Yo | Simeon Qsyea | Bottom 4 |
| Mandy Montanez Alastair Postlethwaite | Contemporary | "Fix You"—Coldplay | Lynne Page | Both eliminated |
| Mandy Montanez Alastair Postlethwaite | Paso Doble | "Dies Irae"—Karl Jenkins | Katya Virshilas | Both eliminated |
| Charlie Bruce Tommy Franzén | Jazz | "Circus"—Britney Spears | Sean Cheesman | Safe |
| Charlie Bruce Tommy Franzén | Quickstep | "Do Your Thing"—Basement Jaxx | Karen Hardy | Safe |

* Solos: (the dancers that got into the bottom 4, performed the same solo again)

| Dancer | Style | Music | Result |
| - | - | - | - |
| Charlie Bruce | Jazz | "Conga"—Gloria Estefan | Safe |
| Lizzie Gough | Lyrical Hip-Hop | "Bleeding Love"—Leona Lewis | Bottom 4 |
| Alastair Postlethwaite | Ballet | "Tetsujin" from The Matrix Revolutions | Eliminated |
| Tommy Franzén | Breakdance | Variations from Song and Dance (Andrew Lloyd Webber) | Safe |
| Robbie White | Contemporary | "She's So Lovely"—Scouting For Girls | Bottom 4 |
| Mandy Montanez | Contemporary | "Feeling Good"—Michael Bublé | Eliminated |

* Group dance: Top 6: "Big Spender (Wild Oscar Mix)"—Shirley Bassey (Broadway; Choreographer: Karen Bruce)
* Musical guest: "I Got You"—Leona Lewis
* Eliminated:
   * Mandy Montanez
   * Alastair Postlethwaite

**Week 6 (Finale) (13 February 2010)**

* Group dance:

| Dancers | Style | Music | Choreographer(s) |
| - | - | - | - |
| Top 3 | Pop-Jazz | "I Gotta Feeling"—The Black Eyed Peas | Frank Gatson |
| Top 13 | Jazz | "Bad Romance (Bimbo Jones Remix)"—Lady Gaga | Gareth Walker |

* Couple dances:

| Couple | Style | Music | Choreographer(s) |
| - | - | - | - |
| Lizzie Gough Tommy Franzén | Jazz | "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)"—Eurythmics | Mandy Moore |
| Charlie Bruce Lizzie Gough | Broadway | "All That Jazz"—Catherine Zeta-Jones | Karen Bruce |
| Charlie Bruce Tommy Franzén | Tango | "Tango el Roxanne"—Ewan McGregor | Katya Virshilas |
| Lizzie Gough (finalist) Alastair Postlethwaite (non-competing) | Samba | "Magalenha"—Sérgio Mendes | Ryan Francois |
| Mark Calape (non-competing) Tommy Franzén (finalist) | Hip-Hop | "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger"—Daft Punk | Simeon Qsyea |
| Charlie Bruce (finalist) Drew McOnie (non-competing) | Lyrical | "I Surrender"—Celine Dion | Mandy Moore |

* Solos:

| Dancer | Style | Music |
| - | - | - |
| Lizzie Gough | Hip-Hop | "Don't Stop the Music"—Rihanna |
| Tommy Franzén | Breakdance | "Cry Me A River"—Justin Timberlake |
| Charlie Bruce | Jazz | "Livin' la Vida Loca"—Ricky Martin |

* The judges' favourite routine of the season: Hayley Newton and Drew McOnie: "Speechless"—Lady Gaga (Contemporary; Choreographer: Rafael Bonachela)
* Musical guest: "Morning Sun" Robbie Williams
* Places:
   * 3rd place: Lizzie Gough
   * Runner-up: Tommy Franzén
   * Winner: Charlie Bruce

## Ratings

Overnight ratings are taken from Digital Spy and official ratings are taken from BARB.

| Show | Date | Overnight ratings (millions) | Share | Official ratings (millions) |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Auditions | 2 January | 6.44 | 27.4% | 6.70 |
| Live Show 1 | 9 January | 6.87 | 26.7% | 7.13 |
| Results 1 | 9 January | 5.18 | 20.4% | — |
| Live Show 2 | 16 January | 5.59 | 23.9% | 5.80 |
| Results 2 | 16 January | 5.49 | 21.3% | 5.69 |
| Live Show 3 | 23 January | 5.81 | 25.2% | 5.96 |
| Results 3 | 23 January | 5.38 | 22.2% | 5.62 |
| Live Show 4 | 30 January | 4.62 | 20.7% | 4.83 |
| Results 4 | 30 January | 4.76 | 20.0% | 4.95 |
| Live Show 5 | 6 February | 4.99 | 21.2% | 5.21 |
| Results 5 | 6 February | 4.82 | 20.5% | 5.07 |
| The Final | 13 February | 5.31 | 22.1% | 5.52 |
| The Final Results | 13 February | 5.31 | 22.1% | 6.02 |
| Series average | 2010 | | | |
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