Los Angeles Auditions - So You Think You Can Dance Season 9

Some people dream of sandy beaches and palm trees. Others long for a shot of becoming America's favorite dancer. But in Los Angeles, you can have it all.

For the third leg of the audition tour, hundreds of dancers danced in their leg to show up their moves.

ABC's Modern Family actor (portraying Mitchell Pritchett) took a seat beside Mary Murphy (Ballroom expert) and executive producer Nigel Lythgoe to be the guest judge for the LA Auditions.

Alexa Andeson from Chandler, Arizona is a repeater from Season 8. She was so close to the final 20 last season and she's hoping to be given a chance on her 2nd shot this year.

Jontel "Johnny Waaks" Gibson from Portland, Oregon thinks that he was born in the wrong era. 

Ready to show everything she have is an aerial pole dancer Eliana Girard from West Palm Beach, Florida.

Prepare to meet the most outrageous duo in California! James and Nick Aragon, from Los Angeles, California call themselves the Ninja Twins who consider themselves the socialites in L.A. Unfortunately the judges cannot put them through because they're over the age bracket.

They have one of the flashiest auditions in L.A.

Six months ago this girl came home from dance and her bedroom was all packed up and was told by her mom that she couldn't live there anymore. Her bestfriend offered that she live with her and her new family (her bestfriend's family) has been very supportive with her love of dance. Here's Sam Lenarz from LaVerne, California:

Cole Horibe from Honolulu, Hawaii used to resist the idea that his dancing is like Martial Arts but soon took it to his advantage:

One of the most unique auditions in So You Think You Can Dance History is from a Circus performer David Matz from Los Angeles, California:

From Cincinnati, Ohio, Stephen Jacobsen a ballet dancer (for 17 years) was trying to impress the judges with his different kind of ballet.

Jonathan Anzalone from Milan, Italy was able to audition on the 4th Season of SYTYCD. He waited for 4 more seasons before he came back to audition.

Jazz Dancer Jasmine Mason and Contemporary Dancer Marshea Kidd had one of the most shocking stories in 9 seasons:

In the choreography round Robert Roldan took everyone through the steps.

After the choreography round, Sam Lenarz including 20 other dancers were given their tickets to Vegas for the next round of auditions.