So You Think You Can Dance (American TV series) season 11

So You Think You Can Dance, an American dance competition show, returned for its eleventh season on Wednesday, May 28, 2014. The commission of an eleventh season was first announced by series creator Nigel Lythgoe on the September 10, 2013, telecast of the season 10 finale. The season again features Lythgoe, who also serves as executive producer, and ballroom expert Mary Murphy as the two permanent members of the judge's panel while Cat Deeley continues in her role as host for a tenth consecutive season.

Contemporary dancer Ricky Ubeda won the competition, and his prizes include $250,000, the chance to appear on the cover of Dance Spirit magazine, the offer of a role in the 2014 Broadway revival of the musical On the Town as choreographed by one of this season's guest choreographers, Joshua Bergasse, and the title of America's Favorite Dancer. The runner-up was tap dancer Valerie Rockey. This season saw the show eliminate interactive viewer participation by telephone, with producers preferring to divert weekly voting to the show's website and the network's new proprietary smartphone app, a process that reduced the overall number of votes each participating viewer could cast each week.

Auditions
Open auditions for season 11 were held in five cities beginning on Jan 13.

Callbacks
In a change from the procedure of the previous nine seasons, in which post-open-audition callbacks were held in Las Vegas and referenced collectively as "Vegas Week", season 11's callbacks were held in Los Angeles, with no special nomenclature. A total of 157 dancers began the week by performing a solo; those contestants not cut at this point went on to learn and perform various styles of choreography with cuts being made after every round. At the end of the final round of the week, 44 dancers remained, from which the judges selected a Top 20 to proceed into the performance show stage of the competition.

Top 20 Contestants
As with most previous seasons of So You Think You Can Dance, ten female contestants and ten male contestants were selected at the end of the callbacks week to proceed into the performance show stage of the competition.

Performances
In contrast with previous seasons, the top 20 showcase, in which all the dancers performed in their own styles, was a competitive and special episode.

Meet the Top 20 (July 2, 2014)

 * Judges: Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy, Jason Derulo
 * Guest Performance: Jason Derulo and Snoop Dogg —"Wiggle"
 * Performances:

Top 20 (July 9, 2014)

 * Group Dance: "New York, New York" from On the Town (Broadway; Choreographer: Joshua Bergasse)
 * Judges: Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy, Misty Copeland
 * Performances:

Top 18 (July 16, 2014)

 * Group Dance: "How It's Done"—District 78 (Hip-hop; Choreographers: Christopher "Pharside" Jennings and Krystal "Phoenix" Meraz)
 * Judges: Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy, Misty Copeland
 * Guest Performance: A Great Big World - Say Something
 * Performances:

Top 16 (July 23, 2014)

 * Group Dance: "Take Me to the River"—Annie Lenox (Jazz; Choreographer: Mandy Moore)
 * Judges: Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy, Misty Copeland
 * Guest Performance: Lucy Hale—"Lie a Little Better"

Top 14 (July 30, 2014)

 * Group Dance: "Last Moment"—Christophe Filippi (Contemporary; Choreographer: Stacey Tookey)
 * Judges: Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy, Christina Applegate


 * Solos:

Top 10 (August 6, 2014)

 * Group Dance: "Bang Bang"—Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj (Hip-hop; Choreographer: Jamal Sims)
 * Judges: Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy, Tara Lipinski
 * Guest Performance: Christina Perri—"Burning Gold"

Top 8 (August 13, 2014)

 * Group Dance: "A Place With No Name"—Michael Jackson (Hip-hop; Choreographer: Travis Payne)
 * Judges: Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy, Jenna Dewan Tatum
 * Solos:

Top 6 (August 20, 2014)

 * Group Dance: "Hide (Tropkillaz Remix)"—N.A.S.A feat. Aynzil Jones (Hip-hop; Choreographer: Nick Demoura)
 * Judges: Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy, Christina Applegate
 * Guest Performance: Rixton — "Me and My Broken Heart"
 * Solos:

Top 4 (August 27, 2014)

 * Group Dance: "Wind Beneath My Wings"—RyanDan (Contemporary; Choreographer: Travis Wall)
 * Judges: Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy, Jesse Tyler Ferguson
 * Guest Performance: Jason Mraz—"Love Someone"
 * Solos:

Week 10 (Finale) (September 3, 2014)
Michael Dameski is the winner of So You Think You Can Dance Australia's fourth season.
 * Judges: Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy, Debbie Allen, Adam Shankman, Jenna Dewan-Tatum, Tara Lipinski
 * Guest Music Performance: Enrique Iglesias and Sean Paul - "Bailando"
 * Group dances & guest performers:

All-Stars Dance Pool

 * This dancer was eliminated this week.
 * This dancer was in the bottom 4 this week.
 * This dancer placed second in the competition.
 * This dancer won the competition.