So You Think You Can Dance Season 6 – Salt Lake City Auditions – VIDEO

By On 10/06/2009 · 13 Comments · In So You Think You Can Dance

The final audition episode, from Salt Lake City, UT, aired tonight on So You Think You Can Dance. None of the dancers featured tonight really grabbed me, except Hayley Cloud a strong and amazing dancer, who managed to recover fully from a recent herniated disc injury.

The rest? Meh. Mia Michaels is the guest choreographer.

Tomorrow, the Vegas rounds begin and will continue through next week.

Salt Lake City highlights (and Video)


Hayley Cloud – 19 0 Springfield MO – She’s an incredibly strong dancer, but her stocky build isn’t very “So You Think You Can Dance”. I’d love to see her advance, but I don’t think she will. Haley did make it straight to Vegas. That’s a good thing. – VIDEO

A quick glimpse at a couple of girls who advance to Vegas – Megan Kinney -19 – Annapolis MD (She auditioned Season 5 and is the sister of S5 Top 20 contestant Caitlin Kinney) and Genise Ruidiaz – 20 – Las Vegas, NV – VIDEO

Ariana Rowley – 21 – Salt Lake City, UT – Burlesque shows in Utah? Who knew? Ariana is a local burlesque performer who confuses stripping with dancing.   But I’m sure she did auditioned, knowing she’d get Tee Vee time.   Ariana performs the old fashioned tease rather than modern stripping, making it suitable for television.   Nigel is of course, mesmerized, Mary and Mia not so much. Mia says yes to choreography, just for the schadenfreude.   Needless to say, Ariana does not make it to Vegas. – VIDEO

Iveta Lukosiute – 29 – Woodside, NY – An immigrant from Lithuania, this ballroom dancer’s lovely and elegant dance moves had Mary nearly turning on the waterworks. Iveta was sent straight to Vegas. – VIDEO

Ashleigh & Ryan Di Lello – 26 & 28 – Orem, UT – A pair of married ballroom dancers, the judges love Ryan, but find Ashleigh fake, and lacking in the ability to connect to her partner. After choreography, the judges advance them both to Vegas, no doubt to play them off each other for awesome Tee Vee drama. – VIDEO

Leigh Asay – 20 – South Springville, UT and Josh Murillo – 22 – Orem, UT – These ballroom dancers are fine–until Leigh loses a toenail, which she doesn’t notice until she’s finished her routine. Then, it’s grossness, blood everywhere, and the judges freaking out. Leigh begins to feel pain when the medic tapes up her toe. Maybe the judges feel sorry for her, but they send her straight to Vegas. Josh goes to choreography, but is not advanced. – VIDEO

 
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  • http://twitter.com/cara_lee pj

    I haven’t watched a single auditon. I think I’m going to try to do that with AI, too.

  • AZIdolFan

    i really liked this episode. ryan the ballroom dancer was hot! his wife was very fake. i can’t wait until tomorrow for vegas!!!!

  • http://www.myspace.com/jmomsblog J

    I love Hayley, she really can dance and she is beautiful, I think she will go far if not win. thanks for posting the videos. :-D

  • mgk

    Don’t we already have spoilers for who made the top 32, or something like that?

    I really liked Hailey. The move she did at the end was insane and she has a similar build as last year’s winner to me.

  • http://myspace.com/girlgeek mj

    she has a similar build as last year’s winner to me.

    I dunno, I think Hayley is stockier, and bigger breasted.

  • http://www.fatladysings.us TFLS

    It used to be almost impossible to be considered a serious dancer if you were more generously figured (I’d sometimes get turned away before I could even audition). Now at least it’s not an automatic elimination. Mia references this quite a lot (she’s more my generation of dancer, so I know she’s experienced this). There are lots of roadblocks out there to begin with – looking outside the norm doesn’t help. I’d really like to see that prejudice disappear. Good is good – short or tall, large breasted or not. Hayley moved beautifully – though there were more gymnastics than dance in her audition (IMO). Lots of potential there, however (very lyrical and explosive – a dynamic combination). I hope she does well in Vegas.

  • butte009

    Speaking of Mia – she showed up on the Canadian version last night with her hair shaved off. :lol: She raved that their Top 4 girls are the best that she’s seen in her 5 years with the show. And I’d have to agree with her. They are all very strong. If I find the clip I’ll post it.

    And one of the Top 8 performed his solo to Mad World a la Lambert. :)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8OUb17Zpg0

  • Dr. Tracey

    It was kind of a so so night for me. I hope Brian does come back next year after taking some lessons in other styles because he was fun to watch.
    Mr. Di Lello grabbed me more than Mrs. so I hope he makes it, I agreed with Nigel that she seemed fake.
    Thank God they sent the stripper packing, I was worried there for just a moment.

  • mgk

    I can’t believe the judges loved Ryan Di Lello so much. His wife wasn’t alone in making the creepy and over exaggerated faces. He looks like a shark up there.

  • emme

    I don’t think that haley is stocky. I think that she is shorter with much bigger breasts. But the fact that she can fly around and look so graceful carrying those breasts around is amazing.
    I think that they will keep her…I can’t imagine the ratings when they put her in those skimpy costumes for all the Latin dances.
    Go Haley…represent!

  • floridaboy8703

    Um…. MJ

    I don’t know where you have been but Season 2 FINALIST Donyelle had one of those stocky builds and it didn’t stop her from being one of the best and most versatile dancers of her season.

    So please spare us the “she has a stocky” build crap stories. If she can dance she can dance. You act like she’s obese or something. So she is chest heavy. Didn’t stop her dancing so why should it even matter or merit mention?

  • Danielle

    Haley was my favorite last night; I really hope she makes it far. Also, normally I hate the bad auditions, but my sister and I couldn’t stop laughing at that Pascal guy. (Although that may have had something to do with lack of sleep…)

  • butte009

    Here’s a picture of Mia’s new hair (or lack thereof) :)

    http://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20091005/160_top8_judges_20091005.jpg