So You Think You Can Dance (American season 16) Top Ten finalists
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These are the Top Ten finalists of So You Think You Can Dance (American season 16), the sixteenth season of So You Think You Can Dance which aired in 2019. The Top Ten contestants are:[lower-alpha 1]
Female contestants[edit]
| Finalist | Age | Home town | Dance style | Placement |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madison Jordan | 21 | Lake Elmo, Minnesota | Contemporary | |
| Anna Linstruth | 19 | Las Vegas, Nevada | Hip-Hop | |
| Sophie Pittman | 18 | Collierville, Tennessee | Contemporary | |
| Mariah Russell | 19 | Nashville, Tennessee | Contemporary | |
| Stephanie Sosa | 19 | Salt Lake City, Utah | Ballroom |
Male contestants[edit]
| Finalist | Age | Home town | Dance style | Placement |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benjamin Castro | 18 | Miami, Florida | Contemporary | |
| Gino Cosculluela | 18 | Miami, Florida | Contemporary | |
| Eddie Hoyt | 19 | Boscawen, New Hampshire | Tap | |
| Bailey Munoz | 18 | Las Vegas, Nevada | B-Boy | |
| Ezra Sosa | 18 | Provo, Utah | Ballroom |
Elimination chart[edit]
Contestants are listed in chronological order of elimination (TBD).
| Female | Male | Bottom 4 contestants | Eliminated |
| Result show date: | 8/19 | 8/26 | 9/2 | 9/9 | 9/16 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contestant | Results | ||||||||
| Benjamin Castro | |||||||||
| Madison Jordan | |||||||||
| Gino Cosculluela | |||||||||
| Anna Linstruth | |||||||||
| Eddie Hoyt | |||||||||
| Sophie Pittman | |||||||||
| Bailey Munoz | |||||||||
| Mariah Russell | |||||||||
| Ezra Sosa | |||||||||
| Stephanie Sosa | |||||||||
Biographies[edit]
Benjamin Castro[edit]
- Benjamin Castro: 18, from Miami, Florida, is a contemporary dancer.[1] He was born in Chile, and immigrated when he was two.[2] He is close to his large extended family.[2]
Gino Cosculluela[edit]
- Gino Cosculluela: 18, from Miami, Florida, is a contemporary dancer.[1] His brother and sister are both professional dancers.[2] He’s been dancing since he was very young, including on Dance Moms.[3]
Eddie Hoyt[edit]
- Eddie Hoyt: 19, from Buscawen, New Hampshire, is a tap dancer.[1] He was homeschooled and had few friends as a child.[2] On last year’s show he came out as gay, and made it to the top twenty.[4] He moved to Utah to become the tap director at Center Stage Performing Arts Studio in Orem.[2][2]
Madison Jordan[edit]
- Madison Jordan: 21, from Lake Elmo, Minnesota, is a contemporary dancer.[5] She has been living with alopecia which has toughened her.[2]
Anna Linstruth[edit]
- Anna Linstruth: 19, from Las Vegas, Nevada, is a hip hop dancer.[5] She was born and raised in Lancaster, California, where she helped raise horses.[2] She took up hip hop dancing after she moved, and now teaches the genre.[2]
Bailey Munoz[edit]
- Bailey Munoz: 18, from Las Vegas, Nevada is a B-boy dancer.[1] In 2010 he was a semi-finalist in the dance duo Future FunK on America's Got Talent.[3] He performs on the Las Vegas strip at Rose Rabbit Lie where his smaller stature helps him as he dances atop a grand piano.[2]
Sophie Pittman[edit]
- Sophie Pittman: 18, from Collierville, Tennessee, is a contemporary dancer.[6] She has three younger siblings, and graduated high school in May 2019.[2]
Mariah Russell[edit]
- Mariah Russell: 19, from Nashville, Tennessee, is a contemporary dancer.[5] She grew up in a single-parent family but her mom is now engaged to be married.[2] Her fiancé stressed he was ready to support Mariah’s dance dreams coming true.[2]
Ezra Sosa[edit]
- Ezra Sosa: 18, from Provo, Utah, is a ballroom dancer.[1] He comes from a dancing family including his sister, a fellow finalist.[2]
Stephanie Sosa[edit]
- Stephanie Sosa: 19, from Salt Lake City, Utah, is a ballroom dancer.[5] She said this last year has been difficult as her mom had a stroke.[2]
Notes[edit]
- ↑ age as reported by SYTYCD as of airing.
Reference[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Iannucci, Rebecca (July 30, 2019). "So You Think You Can Dance Recap: Which Girls Advanced to the Top 10?". TVLine. Retrieved 2019-07-30.
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 Utah County dancers take ‘So You Think You Can Dance’ Top 10 stage | Television | heraldextra.com
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 'So You Think You Can Dance' 2019 Finalists - SYTYCD Top 20, Top 10, Winner of Season 16
- ↑ 'So You Think You Can Dance': Eddie Hoyt brings in humor and swagger into his hip-hop routine and aces the Final Cut | MEAWW
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Wloszczyna, Susan (July 30, 2019). "'So You Think You Can Dance' 16 recap: It's the 'Final Cut' as the Top 10 girls are whittled to an elite 5". GoldDerby. Retrieved 2019-07-30.
- ↑ Kennedy, Corinne S. (July 29, 2019). "Meet Sophie Pittman, the Collierville native in the final rounds of 'So You Think You Can Dance'". The Commercial Appeal. Retrieved 2019-07-30.
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