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Learn more- After touring the country and picking up talent from the north, south, east and west, the sixth season of "So You Think You Can Dance" finally settled in Las Vegas for the second round of the competition.
A bunch of judges and choreographers were on hand as 152 hopefuls tried to prove themselves for a spot among the final 20 dancers. Mia Michaels, Debbie Allen, Tyce DiOrio, and Adam Shankman joined Mary Murphy and Nigel Lythgoe for the big round.
The first part of the process had each dancer take the stage alone in front of the judges.
Nathan Trasoras, 18, was the first dancer we saw. The judges actually saw him last season, but he was too young for the competition, so Nigel gave him a ticket for this season.
Contemporary dancer Ellenore Scott put on a memorable display that mixed technique with a bit of comedy and had the judges applauding.
After the first 10 solos, the judges compared notes and sent two dancers home immediately.
Allison Becker and Thomas Hamilton, whose stories of tribulations were featured earlier in the audition round, both failed to make the first cut.
The "controversial" all-male ballroom dancing couple of Jacob Jason and Willem de Vries took the stage and danced together. Jacob wasn't asked to stay, but Willem was and was left to wonder where Jason went after he left without saying anything.
After the first round in Vegas, 41 dancers were gone and 111 dancers were left to take on the next genre: hip hop.
After an hour of rehearsal, dancer after dancer was overwhelmed by the hip-hop round. Early favorite Ryan Kasprzak, the brother of last season's third-place finisher Evan Kasprzak, was out of his comfort zone in the hip-hop genre. The judges were split 3-3 on Ryan, which meant he was still in, but Nigel gave him a stern warning that he needed to work harder.
Choreographer and "Dancing with the Stars" pro Louis Van Amstel came out to put the dancers through the ballroom ringer with a cha cha. And one of them walked away with a bloody nose. Contemporary dancer Billy Bell took a shot to face when his partner's elbow flew right into his face. Billy wasn't allowed back on stage until the bleeding stopped.
Several dancers struggled with the complicated choreography, but crumper Russell Ferguson was "surprisingly comfortable," host Cat Deeley said. He was paired with ballroom specialist Iveta Lukosiute, who was helping him along. Adam Shankman specifically pointed out Russell and Iveta as the hottest couple in the first group as they easily moved on to the next round.
Billy Bell's bleeding finally stopped, but would his limited practice time hurt him?
The ballroom round continued, providing good news for some dancers and bad news for others. Nathan Trasoras from earlier Wednesday night moves on to the next round.
Billy Bell was worried that he was in trouble because he didn't have a chance to practice the dance to music. B Boy "Legacy" was worried that his style wouldn't fit with learning group choreography.
Mary told Legacy his dancing just wasn't good, but gave him a chance to "fight for his life" later in the day. Billy Bell made it through. A few more dancers got the call to fight for their lives with a solo and a last chance to make it through.
Ryan Kasprzak was in trouble with hip-hop and was in the final ballroom group. He knew the pressure was on. Nigel asked Ryan to step forward and reminded him that he was given an extra chance, and he said there was no fluidity to his cha cha and, despite how much the judges loved Ryan's solo skills, he was not asked to move on. He called his brother Evan to make "the call I didn't want to make."
By the end of the night, it was "fight for your life" time for contemporary dancer John Litzler and B Boy "Legacy," and probably a few others.
After John danced, Nigel said he showed "no emotion whatsoever," and gave John a no. Mary and Adam both said yes. Debbie said there were other stronger dancers and said no. Mia said no, as well. It was down to Tyce, who said that dancing for your life "has to look like it's the last time you'll dance -- ever," and said no.
The pressure was starting to get to "Legacy," who was in tears before his solo talking about how badly he wanted to prove himself. The judges seemed into it, and when he finished, Nigel told him that he had to "come up to a certain standard" in other dance genres. Nigel said yes, as did Tyce. Mia called Legacy something that had to be bleeped, and was smiling as she said she was annoyed that he stopped too much during his dancing. But she said yes, as did the rest of the judges.
Teddy Tedholm and New Orleans bouncer Shelby Skipper were sent home by the end of the night.
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