Vegas Week - So You Think You Can Dance Season 9

The open auditions are over. 181 dancers have earned tickets to the next stage. Over the next 4 days, they are going to face 8 ruling rounds:
1. Solos
2. Hip Hop
3. Broadway
4. Jazz
5. Groups
6. Ballroom
7. Contemporary
8. Final Solos

Not everyone will be able to take the pressure. Only 20 dancers will make it to the end of the week and it's not going to be easy.

Judges include:
- Lil'C
- Debbie Allen
- Adam Shankman
- Tyce Diorio
- Mary Murphy
- Nigel Lythgoe

First up is Hampton Williams from Richardson, Texas and he needs to impress the Vegas panel:

Waiting on the wings is 23 year old Jannelle Issis who's excited to rock the stage:

At the end of the solos, 51 dancers were cut.
It's time for Hip Hop and choreographers Comfort and Twitch are not gonna be easy on them.
At the end of the 1st day in Vegas, 97 dancers have made it to the Hip Hop round.

The next challenge is the Broadway round. Ballroom dancers are making it but contemporary dancers are having a hard time. The choreography looks like everybody's pushed to their limits.
Here's team ballroom with the Broadway choreography round:

Over half of the contestants were cut by the end of the Broadway round.
Next is the jazz round, then the Groups round wherein they'd get to pick their own group.
Each group are going to pick their CD in random then start to rehearse.

Here's the best group choreography performance:

The remaining 61 contestants went on to the Ballroom round, 9 were cut and 52 dancers are moving on to the Contemporary round. After everyone has danced the contemporary choreography, some dancers were not able to make it.

All that's left is the final solos. Here are some of the final solos:

35 dancers were able to make it to the Vegas week!