So You Think You Can Dance - Season 11, Episode 5: Soundtracks

Beginning of the episode: Welcome to L.A.! Montage of dancers who made it through the audition round.

Beginning of the episode, part 2: Cat tries to convince us that callbacks is SUPER hard and dramatic. "Who will rise? Who will fall?! WHO WILL SUCCEED?!!"

Round 1 -- Solos. This is Tanisha Belnap's solo (ballroom).

Round 1 -- Solos. Montage of the 157 applicants doing their thing.

Round 1 -- Solos. In-between solos, Steven Kador is in agony because his girlfriend is giving birth to their son and he's MISSING IT. He's watching her labor on FaceTime.

Round 1 -- Solos. This is where 36 dancers are cut, including Paul "Puppet Man" Brushaber. There were tears and sadness. Note that Steven Kador made it through.

Round 2 -- Hip Hop with Christopher Scott (with help from Jasmine Harper). This scene is showing the remaining 121 dancers learning the piece.

Round 2 -- Hip Hop. This is the actual music of the choreographed piece (not "Turn Down For What") that the dancers performed to.

Round 2 -- Hip Hop. Ballroom dancers show they've got swag. Marcquet, Serge, Tanisha, and Landon all make it through.

Round 2 -- Hip Hop. Caleb Brauner, Megan Mercano, and Franchesca Bass are cut (along with 42 other dancers). 76 dancers will make it to the next round.

Round 2 -- Hip Hop. Jessica Richens "dance for your life" solo (and, don't worry, she makes it easily!)

Round 3 -- Jazz with Sonya Tayeh (with help from George and Amy)

Round 3 -- Jazz. Serge (ballroom), "Johnny Waaks" (Waacker), Jourdan (ballet), Rudy (contemporary), and Zach (tap) all make it through to the next round.

Round 3 -- Jazz. 12 more dancers are eliminated from the competition, including Steven Kadar (hip hop, new father), Marie "Poppins" Bonnevay (French popper), and Shafeek Westbrook (B-boy).

Round 3 -- Jazz. Jaja Vankova "dance for your life" solo. She and 63 other dancers make it to the next round.

Round 4 -- Ballroom with Dmitry Chaplin and Anya Garnis

Round 4 -- Ballroom. Tappers Zach Everheart and Valerie Rockey do fabulously! Lots of others make it through, too - Rudy, Christian, Jessica, Johnny Waacks, and (of course) all the ballroom dancers.

Round 4 -- Ballroom. Emilio Dosal reminisces about his broken nose, which eliminated him from SYTYCD10.

Round 5 -- Contemporary with Travis Wall and Makenzie Dustman. Played when they introduce contemporary round after commercial break.

Round 5 -- Contemporary. This is the actual audition music for this round.

Round 5 -- Contemporary. Montage of dancers ecstatically making it to the next round. Cat says, "this is the most successful contemporary round in years!" (Played after Bridget Whitman is schooled.)

Round 5 -- Contemporary. Bridget Whitman's "Dance For Your Life" solo

Round 6 -- Group Choreography. Played when Cat is explains the rules: the 50 remaining dancers are split into groups of 5 and randomly given music to choreograph. They have all night to prepare.

Round 6 -- Group Choreography. This is one of the group round songs (the group with Ricky Ubeda, Valerie Rockey, and Nick Garcia) but the actual performance wasn't aired, sadly. I bet it was good.:(

Round 6 -- Group Choreography. Performance song for Trenton Williams, Kamille Upshaw, Zack Everhart, Malene Ostergaard, and Johnny Waacks.

Round 6 -- Group Choreography. This was another group dance that wasn't aired; the only person I recognized in the group was Tanisha Belnap.

Round 6 -- Group Choreography. Audition song for "One Love," the group with Carley Blaney, Novien Yarber, Ryan Johnson, Ryan Rickman (??), (all contemporary) and Serena Pav (Latin ballroom).

Round 6 -- Group Choreography. Montage of bad dances following "One Love's" debacle, and the crushed dancers (although only 6 actually got eliminated).

Round 6 -- Group Choreography. Zack and Malene's entire group makes it to the next round; montage of GOOD group dances that make it, too.

Round 7 -- Final Solos. Ricky Ubeda's final statement before the Green Mile.

Round 7 -- Final Solos. Montage of the last 44 dancers performing their solos; also clips of them explaining why they should make it to Top 20. Ricky Ubeda was the only solo fully aired.

Top 20 Reveal: Ricky Ubeda (contemporary), Jessica Richens (jazz), Jacque LeWarne (ballet), Teddy Coffee (hip hop), Stanley Glover (contemporary), and Carly Blaney (contemporary) are all in!

Top 20 Reveal: Jaja Vankova, Novien Yarber, Serena Pav, Armen Way, and Johnny Waacks are all eliminated. Sadness.

Top 20 reveal: Valerie Rockey (tap), Zack Everheart (tap), Jourdan Epstein (ballet), Casey Askew (contemporary), and Emily James (contemporary) are all in!

Top 20 reveal: Landon Anderson reacts to getting cut, and four more dancers join him in Disappointment Land, including Hailee Payne and Justine Lutz. More sadness.

Top 20 reveal: lots of ballroom dancers this year! Tanisha Belnap, Serge Onik, Malene Ostergaard, Brooklyn Fullmer, and Macquet Hill all get the good news after Nick Garcia starts the trend.

Top 20 reveal: Rudy Abreu is the last dancer to make the cut

Round 1 -- Solos. This is Steven Kador's solo (hip hop).

The round-up of the top 20 with their pics at the end of the episode - an instrumental/electronic beat

The song played after Bridget Whitman successfully danced for her life

Round 1 -- Solos. This is where 36 dancers are cut, including Paul "Puppet Man" Brushaber. There were tears and sadness. Note that Steven Kador made it through.

Round 2 -- Hip Hop with Christopher Scott (with help from Jasmine Harper). This scene is showing the remaining 121 dancers learning the piece.

Round 3 -- Jazz with Sonya Tayeh (with help from George and Amy)

Round 4 -- Ballroom with Dmitry Chaplin and Anya Garnis

Round 6 -- Group Choreography. Audition song for "One Love," the group with Carley Blaney, Novien Yarber, Ryan Johnson, Ryan Rickman (??), (all contemporary) and Serena Pav (Latin ballroom).