For the (yes, I'll say it again) first time ever on SYTYCD, the first Top 20 episode will not be the start of the competition, as usual. Instead, a "special" called "So You Think You Can Dance: Meet the Top 20" will air Monday, October 26, at 8/7 central on FOX, before the actual competition - eliminations and all - starts on Tuesday.
Monday's episode will allow the Top 20 dancers to make their debut performances - solos in their own styles and genres as well as choreographed group dances - and will allow viewers the chance to meet the dancers they'll soon be voting for before the competition begins.
While I'm not sure how necessary this "special" is, it will be nice to get a chance to get to know the dancers better before voting. The beginning of the competition is always tough because the viewers only know a lot about a select few of the Top 20 dancers - what they know being based on the little bits they saw from auditions/Vegas week. This results in some dancers being voted for over others, purely because the viewers know them and like their personalities, which doesn't give the little known dancers a fair chance to become known by showing off their talents and personalities.
Ok, so I think it's necessary after all. I'm just slightly upset that I'll have to miss it.
At the end of the show, the three judges for the night - Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy, and Adam Shankman - will pair the Top 20 dancers up with the partners they'll be dancing with for the first half of the competition. And I'm assuming tonight's episode isn't live, since that would give the dancers only one day to rehearse with their partners - and for the first time. And I guess the fact that there is a preview of tonight's performances should have also been a clue...
This is where I would have inserted a video of the preview that's been airing on FOX, but the internet failed to provide me one. So, instead, here's a look at the Top 20 photoshoot:
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