ALLIE, MILES, NATALLI and NICO Become SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE CANADA’s First-Ever Top Four as IZAAK and LISA are Eliminated

- After more than three million votes the Top 4 will take to the stage for the final two-hour performance show, Wednesday, December 3 at 8 p.m. ET on CTV -

- Blake McGrath and Luther Brown join Tré Armstrong and Jean Marc Genereux behind the judge’s desk next week -

- Canada’s favourite dancer will be revealed during a two-hour results show on Sunday, December 7 at 9 p.m. ET -

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Toronto, ON (November 27, 2008) – After a record high of more than three million votes from across the country on Wednesday night, it was revealed live by host Leah Miller on CTV that either ALLIE, MILES, NATALLI or NICO will be named Canada’s favourite dancer as IZAAK and LISA were eliminated from SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE CANADA. The Top 4 dancers will take to the stage and show Canada their moves during a special two-hour performance show on Wednesday, December 3 at 8 p.m. ET on CTV, prior to the live, star-studded two-hour grand finale on Sunday, December 7 at 9 p.m. ET on CTV (visit CTV.ca to confirm local listings).

With voting based solely on individual competitors instead of couples, the Top 6 each had the opportunity to perform a solo of their choice. The performances wouldn’t change the results, and for two competitors, it would be their last chance to perform on the program. Following the solos, host Leah Miller announced that after last night’s countrywide poll, IZAAK Smith, 19, a Hip-Hop and Contemporary dancer from Prince George, BC and LISA Auguste, 27, a Contemporary/Hip-Hop dancer from Rexdale, ON received the lowest number of votes and would be going home.

** Media Note ** – Download new photos from tonight’s broadcast of SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE CANADA at ctvmedia.ca/dance2008.

The Top 6 opened the show with a step dance performance to Gwen Stefani’s “Hollaback Girl” choreographed by SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE CANADA judge Tré Armstrong.

Next week, SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE CANADA guest judges and choreographers Blake McGrath and Luther Brown are back behind the judges desk with Tré Armstrong and Jean Marc Genereux.

Throughout the two-hour performance show, the Top 4 will be performing routines by choreographers familiar to SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE CANADA audiences from this past season: Paul Becker, Sean Cheesman, Sho-tyme, Stacey Tookey, Gustavo Vargas and Melissa Williams. The Top 4 will perform in pairings with each other as they dance seven numbers in total, including boy/girl couples as well as performances with ALLIE and NATALLI and MILES and NICO together. The expanded performance episode will also feature a Top 4 hip-hop group performance choreographed by SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE guest judge and choreographer Dan Karaty.

The Top 4 dancers performing next week on the SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE CANADA stage during the two-hour final performance show on Wednesday, December 3 at 8 p.m. ET on CTV (visit CTV.ca to confirm local listings) are:

ALLIE Bertram, 18, a Ballet dancer from Calgary

MILES Faber, 21, a Popper and Boogaloo dancer from Calgary

NATALLI Reznik, 28, a Hip-Hop/Latin dancer from Toronto

NICO Archambault, 23, a Contemporary/Hip-Hop dancer from Montréal

SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE CANADA’s Top 10 are taking their moves on the road for an historic, 15-city Canadian tour beginning January 30, 2009 in Vancouver. Featuring hit performances from throughout the first season, details regarding on-sale dates and ticket purchasing is available at dance.CTV.ca.

For those who missed this week’s SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE CANADA Performance and Results episodes, catch an encore at a special time this week on MuchMusic Sunday, November 30 at 8 p.m. ET (visit muchmusic.com to confirm local broadcast times).

Highlights from each week’s SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE CANADA episodes are available on demand on the CTV Video Player at CTV.ca. For exclusive footage and clips, information on dancers, judges and choreographers along with image galleries, videos, forums, blogs from the judges and more, visit dance.CTV.ca.

SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE CANADA was created by Simon Fuller and Nigel Lythgoe, and is produced in association with CTV by Danse TV Productions. Sandra Faire and Trisa Dayot are Executive Producers. Ed Robinson is Executive Vice-President, Programming, CTV Inc. Susanne Boyce is President, Creative, Content and Channels, CTV Inc.

Source: CTV Press Release