Nick Young Eliminated on 'So You Think You Can Dance'
The Wisconsin dancer couldn't tap his way past the second week.
It was a short but terrific run on FOX's So You think You Can Dance for Franklin dancer Nick Young. He endured the audition and the grueling week in Vegas where he danced difficult routines in a number of styles to make to the Top 20. The first week of competition, he and his partner, Iveta Lukosiute, a professional ballroom dancer, performed the quickstep. Young killed it, much to the surprise of the live and at-home audiences. This second week the couple pulled Bollywood and while Young lived up to his potential, his partner's performance wasn't as strong and they found themselves in the bottom three. Since, for the first time since the show began, the judges chose to save everyone the first week, that meant four dancers, two couples, …
Heather Asiyanbi
6:08 pm on Friday, June 24, 2011
John, you raise a good point about Reynolds and her tap background. I thought Iveta was an asset during the quickstep, but she lost it during Bollywood while Nick kept it together and then some, which is why I was hoping the judges would keep him. Nick is strong and versatile. Part of the trouble, too, is that this Top 20 is absolutely the best they've ever had. Ever. That makes the eliminations … more ›