So You Think You Can Dance Canada (season 2)

Season of television series

Season 2 of So You Think You Can Dance Canada is a dance reality show and competition that airs on CTV. It is hosted by ETalk correspondent and former MuchMusic VJ Leah Miller.

The series is based on the original American TV series So You Think You Can Dance. Auditions started April 4, 2009 in Vancouver, British Columbia, and ended in Montreal, Quebec on May 26, 2009.

The show premiered on August 11, 2009. With Fox Broadcasting Company announcing the season six premiere of So You Think You Can Dance on September 9, 2009, both shows aired concurrently. Changes to the season included the winner receiving $100,000, the title of Canada’s favourite dancer, and both the winner and runner-up both received a 2010 Mazda 3 Sport. Repeats of the performance and results show aired a week later on MuchMusic. On October 25, 2009, Tara-Jean Popowich was announced as “Canada’s Favourite Dancer”, winning the grand prize; the runner-up was Vincent Desjardins.

Auditions

Open auditions for this season were held in the following locations:

Audition Venue	City	Date	Guest Judge(s)
The Centre in Vancouver for Performing Arts	Vancouver, British Columbia	April 4, 2009	Luther Brown and Mary Murphy
Winspear Centre	Edmonton, Alberta	April 7, 2009	Luther Brown and Stacey Tookey
Imperial Theatre	Saint John, New Brunswick	April 21, 2009	Melissa Williams and Sean Cheesman
Metro Toronto Convention Centre	Toronto, Ontario	May 18, 2009	Luther Brown and Mary Murphy
Théâtre Saint-Denis	Montreal, Quebec	May 26, 2009	Lil’ C and Mia Michaels

Finals Week

The Top 2300 callbacks were held in the beginning of August 2009, at York University in Toronto, Ontario. 190 dancers were invited to participate in the callback auditions. This number was cut to 46 dancers, 23 male and 23 female, in the course of the week by Jean-Marc Genreux, Tre Armstrong, Blake McGrath, and Luther Brown, before the announcement of the season’s top 20 contestants. Finals week included the following rounds, with cuts made after each:

Finals

Elimination chart

Legend

Female

Male

Bottom 3 couples

Bottom 4 contestants

	Week:	08/26	09/02	09/09	09/16	09/23	09/30	10/07	10/14	10/25
	Contestant	Result
Top 4	Tara-Jean Popowich									WINNER
	Vincent Desjardins	Btm 3		Btm 3	Btm 3					Runner-Up
	Jayme Rae Dailey				Btm 3	Btm 3				3rd Place
	Everett Smith							Btm 4		4th Place
Top 6	Emanuel Sandhu								Elim
	Melanie Mah			Btm 3		Btm 3	Btm 4	Btm 4
Top 8	Cody Bonnell			Btm 3		Btm 3	Btm 4	Elim
	Kim Gingras
Top 10	Austin Di Iulio	Btm 3	Btm 3			Btm 3	Elim
	Amy Gardner	Btm 3		Btm 3	Btm 3
Top 12	Daniel Dory				Btm 3	Elim
	Corynne Barron		Btm 3
Top 14	Danny Lawn				Elim
	Natalie Lyons
Top 16	Nicolas Bégin		Btm 3	Elim
	Jenna-Lynn Higgins		Btm 3
Top 18	Anthony Grafton		Elim
	Melanie Buttarazzi	Btm 3
Top 20	Taylor James	Elim
	Tatiana Parker

Top 20 Contestants

Women

Finalist	Age	Home Town	Dance Style	Elimination date
Tara-Jean Popowich	20	Lethbridge, Alberta	Contemporary	Winner
Jayme Rae Dailey	21	Montreal, Quebec	Contemporary	3rd Place
Melanie Mah	19	Richmond Hill, Ontario	Contemporary	October 14, 2009
Kim Gingras	23	Montreal, Quebec	Hip-Hop	October 6, 2009
Amy Gardner	21	Calgary, Alberta	Contemporary	September 30, 2009
Corynne Barron	18	Edmonton, Alberta	Ballet	September 23, 2009
Natalie Lyons	23	Halifax, Nova Scotia	Krump	September 16, 2009
Jenna-Lynn Higgins	18	Ajax, Ontario	Jazz	September 9, 2009
Melanie Buttarazzi	22	Woodbridge, Ontario	Ballroom	September 2, 2009
Tatiana Parker	21	Toronto, Ontario	Hip-Hop	August 26, 2009

Men

Finalist	Age	Home Town	Dance Style	Elimination date
Vincent Desjardins	20	Trois-Rivières, Quebec	Ballroom	Runner-up
Everett Smith	25	Glen Morris, Ontario	Tap	4th Place
Emanuel Sandhu	28	Vancouver, British Columbia	Ballet	October 14, 2009
Cody Bonnell	19	Unionville, Ontario	Hip-Hop	October 6, 2009
Austin Di Iulio	19	Mississauga, Ontario	Contemporary	September 30, 2009
Daniel Dory	23	Montreal, Quebec	Hip-Hop	September 23, 2009
Danny Lawn	21	Brockville, Ontario	Contemporary	September 16, 2009
Nicolas Bégin	24	Montreal, Quebec	B-Boying	September 9, 2009
Anthony Grafton	24	Calgary, Alberta	Ballroom	September 2, 2009
Taylor James	22	Vancouver, British Columbia	Contemporary	August 26, 2009

Finals

Performances

Week 1 (August 25, 2009)

Judges: Jean-Marc Généreux, Tré Armstrong, Blake McGrath, Luther Brown

Week 2 (September 1, 2009)

Judges: Jean-Marc Généreux, Tré Armstrong, Luther Brown, Mary Murphy

Week 3 (September 8, 2009)

Judges: Jean-Marc Généreux, Tré Armstrong, Sean Cheesman, Melissa Williams

Week 4 (September 15, 2009)

Judges: Jean-Marc Généreux, Tré Armstrong, Karen Kain, Dan Karaty

Week 5 (September 22, 2009)

Judges: Jean-Marc Généreux, Tré Armstrong, Rex Harrington, Mia Michaels

Week 6 (September 29, 2009)

Judges: Jean-Marc Généreux, Tré Armstrong, Blake McGrath, Luther Brown

Week 7 (October 6, 2009)

Judges: Jean-Marc Généreux, Tré Armstrong, Dan Karaty, Mia Michaels

Week 8 (October 13, 2009)

Judges: Jean-Marc Généreux, Tré Armstrong, Rex Harrington, Mary Murphy

• Top 3 girls: “Concerto for 2 Violins in D Minor, BWV 1043: II. Largo Ma non Tanto (J.S. Bach)”—The Scottish Ensemble/Jonathan Rees (Contemporary, Choreographer: Mia Michaels)
• Top 3 boys: “Get Up Offa That Thing”—James Brown (Suave-Funk; Choreographer: Gustavo Vargas)

Week 9 (October 20, 2009)

Judges: Jean-Marc Généreux, Tré Armstrong, Blake McGrath, Luther Brown

Results shows

Week 1 (August 26, 2009)

• New partners:
  • Melanie Buttarazzi and Austin Di Iulio

Week 2 (September 2, 2009)

• New Partners:
  • Corynne Barron and Austin Di Iulio

Week 3 (September 9, 2009)

Week 4 (September 16, 2009)

Week 5 (September 23, 2009)

Once dancers make it into the top ten, new partners are assigned randomly.

Week 6 (September 30, 2009)

Week 7 (October 7, 2009)

Week 8 (October 14, 2009)

Week 9 (October 25, 2009)

Judges: Jean-Marc Généreux, Tré Armstrong, Blake McGrath, Luther Brown, Rex Harrington, Kenny Ortega

Judges’ picks

• Everett Smith
• Jayme Rae Dailey

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