The Glitch Mob - Love Death Immortality (Remixes)
Beginning of the episode: Welcome to L.A.! Montage of dancers who made it through the audition round.
Two Steps From Hell - SkyWorld
Beginning of the episode, part 2: Cat tries to convince us that callbacks is SUPER hard and dramatic. "Who will rise? Who will fall?! WHO WILL SUCCEED?!!"
Round 1 -- Solos. Montage of the 157 applicants doing their thing.
Gray Reinhard - Set Sail - Single
Round 1 -- Solos. In-between solos, Steven Kador is in agony because his girlfriend is giving birth to their son and he's MISSING IT. He's watching her labor on FaceTime.
Mr. Probz - Now That's What I Call Music, Vol. 53
Round 1 -- Solos. This is where 36 dancers are cut, including Paul "Puppet Man" Brushaber. There were tears and sadness. Note that Steven Kador made it through.
Round 1 -- Solos. This is where 36 dancers are cut, including Paul "Puppet Man" Brushaber. There were tears and sadness. Note that Steven Kador made it through.
DJ Snake & Lil Jon - Furious 7 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Round 2 -- Hip Hop with Christopher Scott (with help from Jasmine Harper). This scene is showing the remaining 121 dancers learning the piece.
Round 2 -- Hip Hop with Christopher Scott (with help from Jasmine Harper). This scene is showing the remaining 121 dancers learning the piece.
will.i.am - #willpower (Deluxe)
Round 2 -- Hip Hop. This is the actual music of the choreographed piece (not "Turn Down For What") that the dancers performed to.
Ke$ha - Warrior (Deluxe Version)
Round 2 -- Hip Hop. Ballroom dancers show they've got swag. Marcquet, Serge, Tanisha, and Landon all make it through.
Round 2 -- Hip Hop. Caleb Brauner, Megan Mercano, and Franchesca Bass are cut (along with 42 other dancers). 76 dancers will make it to the next round.
Round 2 -- Hip Hop. Jessica Richens "dance for your life" solo (and, don't worry, she makes it easily!)
Disclosure & Mary J. Blige - Settle (Deluxe Version)
Round 3 -- Jazz with Sonya Tayeh (with help from George and Amy)
Disclosure - Settle (Deluxe Version)
Round 3 -- Jazz with Sonya Tayeh (with help from George and Amy)
Phillip Phillips - Behind the Light
Round 3 -- Jazz. Serge (ballroom), "Johnny Waaks" (Waacker), Jourdan (ballet), Rudy (contemporary), and Zach (tap) all make it through to the next round.
Kelly Clarkson - All I Ever Wanted (Deluxe Version)
Round 3 -- Jazz. 12 more dancers are eliminated from the competition, including Steven Kadar (hip hop, new father), Marie "Poppins" Bonnevay (French popper), and Shafeek Westbrook (B-boy).
District 78 - Ready for Battle - Single
Round 3 -- Jazz. Jaja Vankova "dance for your life" solo. She and 63 other dancers make it to the next round.
Coldplay - Now That's What I Call Music, Vol. 53
Round 4 -- Ballroom. Tappers Zach Everheart and Valerie Rockey do fabulously! Lots of others make it through, too - Rudy, Christian, Jessica, Johnny Waacks, and (of course) all the ballroom dancers.
Round 4 -- Ballroom. Emilio Dosal reminisces about his broken nose, which eliminated him from SYTYCD10.
Sia - Now That's What I Call Music, Vol. 51
Round 5 -- Contemporary with Travis Wall and Makenzie Dustman. Played when they introduce contemporary round after commercial break.
Sam Smith - In the Lonely Hour (Drowning Shadows Edition)
Round 5 -- Contemporary. This is the actual audition music for this round.
Round 5 -- Contemporary. Montage of dancers ecstatically making it to the next round. Cat says, "this is the most successful contemporary round in years!" (Played after Bridget Whitman is schooled.)
Jaylene Johnson - Finding Beautiful
Round 5 -- Contemporary. Bridget Whitman's "Dance For Your Life" solo
Ariana Grande - My Everything (Deluxe)
Round 6 -- Group Choreography. Played when Cat is explains the rules: the 50 remaining dancers are split into groups of 5 and randomly given music to choreograph. They have all night to prepare.
Sam and the Womp - Bom Bom - EP
Round 6 -- Group Choreography. This is one of the group round songs (the group with Ricky Ubeda, Valerie Rockey, and Nick Garcia) but the actual performance wasn't aired, sadly. I bet it was good.:(
John Legend - Love In the Future
Round 6 -- Group Choreography. Performance song for Trenton Williams, Kamille Upshaw, Zack Everhart, Malene Ostergaard, and Johnny Waacks.
Round 6 -- Group Choreography. This was another group dance that wasn't aired; the only person I recognized in the group was Tanisha Belnap.
Mick McAuley & Winifred Horan - Serenade
Round 6 -- Group Choreography. Audition song for "One Love," the group with Carley Blaney, Novien Yarber, Ryan Johnson, Ryan Rickman (??), (all contemporary) and Serena Pav (Latin ballroom).
Round 6 -- Group Choreography. Audition song for "One Love," the group with Carley Blaney, Novien Yarber, Ryan Johnson, Ryan Rickman (??), (all contemporary) and Serena Pav (Latin ballroom).
Round 6 -- Group Choreography. Montage of bad dances following "One Love's" debacle, and the crushed dancers (although only 6 actually got eliminated).
Afrojack - Forget the World (Deluxe Version)
Round 6 -- Group Choreography. Zack and Malene's entire group makes it to the next round; montage of GOOD group dances that make it, too.
David J Roch - Skin & Bones (Bonus Track Version)
Round 7 -- Final Solos. Ricky Ubeda's final statement before the Green Mile.
Jukebox the Ghost - Jukebox the Ghost
Round 7 -- Final Solos. Montage of the last 44 dancers performing their solos; also clips of them explaining why they should make it to Top 20. Ricky Ubeda was the only solo fully aired.
New Politics - A Bad Girl In Harlem
Top 20 Reveal: Ricky Ubeda (contemporary), Jessica Richens (jazz), Jacque LeWarne (ballet), Teddy Coffee (hip hop), Stanley Glover (contemporary), and Carly Blaney (contemporary) are all in!
Sam Smith - In the Lonely Hour (Drowning Shadows Edition)
Top 20 Reveal: Jaja Vankova, Novien Yarber, Serena Pav, Armen Way, and Johnny Waacks are all eliminated. Sadness.
Top 20 reveal: Valerie Rockey (tap), Zack Everheart (tap), Jourdan Epstein (ballet), Casey Askew (contemporary), and Emily James (contemporary) are all in!
NEEDTOBREATHE - Rivers In the Wasteland
Top 20 reveal: Landon Anderson reacts to getting cut, and four more dancers join him in Disappointment Land, including Hailee Payne and Justine Lutz. More sadness.
Keith Urban - Fuse (Deluxe Version)
Top 20 reveal: lots of ballroom dancers this year! Tanisha Belnap, Serge Onik, Malene Ostergaard, Brooklyn Fullmer, and Macquet Hill all get the good news after Nick Garcia starts the trend.
Nick Cannon - Looking for a Dream - Single
Top 20 reveal: Rudy Abreu is the last dancer to make the cut
Ashley Collins - Electro & Dubstep
The round-up of the top 20 with their pics at the end of the episode - an instrumental/electronic beat
Koichi Sanchez-Imahashi & Kenneth Belcher - Pleasantville
The song played after Bridget Whitman successfully danced for her life
Kenneth E. Belcher, Koichi C. Sanchez-Imahashi - Pleasantville
The song played after Bridget Whitman successfully danced for her life
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