So You Think You Can Dance Finale (Season 2, Episode 23)
TV Episode | 120 min | Music, Reality-TV

So You Think You Can Dance

Finale (Season 2, Episode 23)

TV Episode | 120 min | Music, Reality-TV

The top 20 perform. The final four perform solos and reprise their favorite routines, as well as four of the judges' favorites. America's favorite dancer is revealed. Ciara and Fergie perform. Celine Dion has a message for the winner.

Director

Don Weiner

Producers

Zoe Brown | Simon Lythgoe

Composers

Shawn K. Clement | Jack D. Elliot (background music)

Editors

John M. Cox | Sharon Everitt | Patrick Franks | Narumi Inatsugu & 3 more

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Edit Released

Updated Aug 16, 2006

Release date

Aug 16, 2006 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Won 17 Primetime Emmy Awards. Another 6 wins & 101 nominations

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Cast	+ Add Cast
33 cast members

Name	Known for
Cicely Bradley Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	After Hours: The Movie (2011)
Dmitry Chaplin Self - Guest Performer Self - Guest Performer See fewer	Ballroom (II)
Ciara Self - Guest Performer Self - Guest Performer See fewer	That's My Boy (2012)
Musa A. Cooper Self - Guest Performer Self - Guest Performer See fewer	Zombiez (2005)
Alex de Silva Self - Choreographer (archive footage) (as Alex Da Silva) Self - Choreographer (archive footage) (as Alex Da Silva) See fewer	Ivory Tower (1998)
Céline Dion Self Self See fewer	Titanic (1997)
Erin Ellis Self - Guest Performer Self - Guest Performer See fewer	Old Dominion: Memory Lane (2023)
Fergie Self - Guest Performer Self - Guest Performer See fewer	Nine (2009)
Jessica Fernandez Self - Guest Performer Self - Guest Performer See fewer	Ako'y ibigin mo... Lalaking matapang (1999)
Natalie Fotopoulos Self - Guest Performer Self - Guest Performer See fewer	So You Think You Can Dance (2006)
Brian Friedman Self - Judge Self - Judge See fewer	The X Factor (2011)
Heidi Groskreutz-Burns Self - Contestant (as Heidi Groskreutz) Self - Contestant (as Heidi Groskreutz) See fewer	Love N' Dancing (2009)
Allison Holker Self - Guest Performer Self - Guest Performer See fewer	The Happytime Murders (2018)
Donyelle Denise Jones Self - Contestant (as Donyelle Jones) Self - Contestant (as Donyelle Jones) See fewer	Spirited (2022)
Dan Karaty Self - Judge Self - Judge See fewer	Did You Hear About the Morgans? (2009)
Ivan Koumaev Self - Guest Performer Self - Guest Performer See fewer	Footloose (2011)
Nigel Lythgoe Self - Judge Self - Judge See fewer	So You Think You Can Dance (2005)
Mia Michaels Self - Judge Self - Judge See fewer	Rock of Ages (2012)
Mary Murphy Self - Judge Self - Judge See fewer	Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School (2005)
Martha Nichols Self - Guest Performer Self - Guest Performer See fewer	La La Land (2016)
Ashlee Nino Self - Guest Performer Self - Guest Performer See fewer	Step Up 3D (2010)
Ryan Rankine Self - Guest Performer Self - Guest Performer See fewer	Step Up (2006)
Stanislav Savich Self - Guest Performer Self - Guest Performer See fewer	So You Think You Can Dance (2005)
Benji Schwimmer Self - Contestant Self - Contestant See fewer	LeAnn Rimes: LovE is LovE is LovE (2017)
Shane Sparks Self - Judge / Choreographer Self - Judge / Choreographer See fewer	You Got Served (2004)
Joy Spears Self - Guest Performer Self - Guest Performer See fewer	Passengers (I) (2016)
Ben Susak Self - Guest Performer Self - Guest Performer See fewer	So You Think You Can Dance (2005)
Mark Thompson Announcer Announcer See fewer	The Day After Tomorrow (2004)
Olisa Thompson Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	How She Move (2007)
Jaymz Tuaileva Self - Guest Performer Self - Guest Performer See fewer	Hollywood's Hard Hitters: Women in Action (2023)
Travis Wall Self - Contestant Self - Contestant See fewer	The Wedding Ringer (2015)
Jason Williams Self - Guest Performer Self - Guest Performer See fewer	Gangster Squad (2013)
Aleksandra Wojda Self - Guest Performer Self - Guest Performer See fewer	House (2004)