Auditions started April 4, 2009 in Vancouver, British Columbia, and ended in Montreal, Quebec on May 26, 2009.

Repeats of the performance and results show air a week later on MuchMusic.

Auditions

Audition Venue	City	Date	Guest Judge(s)
The Centre in Vancouver for Performing Arts	Vancouver, British Columbia	April 4, 2009	Luther Brown and Mary Murphy
Winspear Centre	Edmonton, Alberta	April 7, 2009	Luther Brown and Stacey Tookey
Imperial Theatre	Saint John, New Brunswick	April 21, 2009	Melissa Williams and Sean Cheesman
Metro Toronto Convention Centre	Toronto, Ontario	May 18, 2009	Luther Brown and Mary Murphy
Théâtre Saint-Denis	Montreal, Quebec	May 26, 2009	Lil' C and Mia Michaels

Finals Week

The Top 200 callbacks were held in the beginning of August 2009, at York University in Toronto, Ontario.

• hip hop choreography by Luther Brown ("Bottle Pop" – The Pussycat Dolls)
• jazz funk choreography by Tre Armstrong ("Black & Gold" – Sam Sparro)
• a samba choreographed by Jean-Marc Généreux and France Mousseau ("I Owe It All To You" – Eva Avila)
• a group choreography round where the contestants were assigned into groups, were asked to chose a CD from a box, and choreographed their own routine to the music chosen
• contemporary choreography by Blake McGrath ("On Your Porch" – The Format)
• a final solo of the contestant's choice

Finals

Elimination chart

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       |bgcolor="pink"|Tara-Jean Popowich
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       |bgcolor="cyan"|Vincent Desjardins
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       |bgcolor="pink"|Jayme Rae Dailey
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        |bgcolor="cyan"| Everett Smith
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       |bgcolor="cyan"|Emanuel Sandhu
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       |bgcolor="pink"|Melanie Mah
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       |bgcolor="cyan"| Cody Bonnell
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       |bgcolor="pink"|Kim Gingras
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       |bgcolor="cyan"|Austin Di Iulio
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       |bgcolor="pink"|Amy Gardner
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       |bgcolor="cyan"|Daniel Dory
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        |bgcolor="pink"| Corynne Barron
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       |bgcolor="cyan"|Danny Lawn
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       |bgcolor="pink"|Natalie Lyons
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       |bgcolor="cyan"|Nicolas Bégin
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       |bgcolor="pink"|Jenna Lynn Higgins
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        |bgcolor="cyan"|Anthony Grafton
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       |bgcolor="pink"|Melanie Buttarazzi
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        |bgcolor="cyan"|Taylor James
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       |bgcolor="pink"|Tatiana Parker
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Top 20 Finalists

Men

Finalist	Age	Home Town	Dance Style	Elimination date
Vincent Desjardins	20	Trois-Rivieres, Quebec	Ballroom	Runner-up
Everett Smith	25	Glen Morris, Ontario	Tap	4th Place
Emanuel Sandhu	28	Vancouver, British Columbia	Contemporary/Ballet	October 14, 2009
Cody Bonnell	19	Unionville, Ontario	Hip-hop	October 6, 2009
Austin Di lulio	19	Mississauga, Ontario	Contemporary	September 30, 2009
Daniel Dory	23	Montreal, Quebec	Hip-hop/House	September 23, 2009
Danny Lawn	21	Brockville, Ontario	Contemporary	September 16, 2009
Nicolas Bégin	24	Quebec City, Quebec	B-boy/Hip-Hop	September 9, 2009
Anthony Grafton	24	Calgary, Alberta	Ballroom	September 2, 2009
Taylor James	22	Vancouver, British Columbia	Contemporary	August 26, 2009

Women

Finalist	Age	Home Town	Dance Style	Elimination date
Tara-Jean Popowich	20	Lethbridge, Alberta	Contemporary	Winner
Jayme Rae Dailey	21	Montreal, Quebec	Contemporary	3rd Place
Melanie Mah	19	Richmond Hill, Ontario	Contemporary	October 14, 2009
Kim Gingras	23	Montreal, Quebec	Hip-hop	October 6, 2009
Amy Gardner	21	Calgary, Alberta	Contemporary	September 30, 2009
Corynne Barron	18	Edmonton, Alberta	Contemporary/Ballet	September 23, 2009
Natalie Lyons	23	Halifax, Nova Scotia	Hip-hop/Krump	September 16, 2009
Jenna Lynn Higgins	18	Ajax, Ontario	Jazz/Lyrical	September 9, 2009
Melanie Buttarazzi	22	Woodbridge, Ontario	Latin/Ballroom	September 2, 2009
Tatiana Parker	21	Toronto, Ontario	Hip-hop	August 26, 2009

Finals

Performances

Week 1 (August 25, 2009)

Week 2 (September 1, 2009)

Week 3 (September 8, 2009)

Week 4 (September 15, 2009)

Week 5 (September 22, 2009)

Week 6 (September 29, 2009)

• Solos:

*Kim Gingras: "Kiss from a Rose"—Seal

*Everett Smith: "Everybody Dance"—Chic

*Jayme Rae Dailey: "Make Me Over"—Keyshia Cole

*Austin Di Iulio: "Always Midnight"—Patrick Monahan

*Amy Gardner: "Wanted"—Vanessa Carlton

*Cody Bonnell: "I Need a Girl "—Diddy feat. Ginuwine, Loon, Mario Winans and Tammy Ruggeri

*Melanie Mah: "The Fame"—Lady Gaga

*Vincent Desjardins: "Can You Feel It?"—Reel 2 Real

*Tara-Jean Popowich: "Relief"—Chris Garneau

*Emanuel Sandhu: "Bridge"—Amon Tobin

Week 7 (October 6, 2009)

• Top 4 boys: "Beggin'"—The Four Seasons (Musical Theatre; Choreographer: Melissa Williams)
• Top 4 girls: "Dr. Feelgood (Love Is a Serious Business)"—Aretha Franklin (Musical Theatre; Choreographer: Sean Cheesman)

• Solos:

*Jayme Rae Dailey: "Getting in the Way"—Jill Scott

*Everett Smith: "Stand by Me"—Ben E. King

*Melanie Mah: "Innocence"—Björk

*Emanuel Sandhu: "Mad World"—Adam Lambert

*Kim Gingras: "Jerk It"—Thunderheist

*Cody Bonnell: "Missin' You"—Trey Songz

*Tara-Jean Popowich: "Farewell"—Rosie Thomas

*Vincent Desjardins: "U Can't Touch This"—MC Hammer

Week 8 (October 13, 2009)

• Top 3 girls: "Concerto for 2 Violins in D Minor, BWV 1043: II. Largo Ma non Tanto (J.S. Bach)"—The Scottish Ensemble/Jonathan Rees (Contemporary, Choreographer: Mia Michaels)
• Top 3 boys: "Get Up Offa That Thing"—James Brown (Suave-Funk; Choreographer: Gustavo Vargas)

• Solos:

*Jayme Rae Dailey: "As Much As I Ever Could"—City and Colour

*Tara-Jean Popowich: "Fever"—Michael Bublé

*Melanie Mah: "The District Sleeps Alone Tonight"—The Postal Service

*Everett Smith: "Shake Your Pants"—Cameo

*Emanuel Sandhu: "Whole Lotta Love"—Led Zeppelin

*Vincent Desjardins: "Ai Mi Morena" (Chocolate Restyle)—Mo' Horizons

Week 9 (October 20, 2009)

• Solos:

*Everett Smith: "Style"—Cameo

*Jayme Rae Dailey: "Racadiones Arrabaleras"—Bailingo!

*Vincent Desjardins: "Land of a Thousand Dances"—Wilson Pickett

*Tara-Jean Popowich: "Bleeding Love"—Boyce Avenue

Results shows

Week 1 (August 26, 2009)

• Group dance: "I Want You Back/ABC"—Jackson 5 (Michael Jackson Tribute; Choreographer: Gil Duldulao)
• Solos:
  • Melanie Buttarazzi: "Land of a Thousand Dances"—Wilson Pickett
  • Amy Gardner: "Possession"—Sarah McLachlan
  • Tatiana Parker: "Starstruck"—Lady Gaga
  • Taylor James: "Swans"—Unkle Bob
  • Vincent Desjardins: "Kaboom"—Ursula 1000
  • Austin Di Iulio: "An Epic Age"—Immediate
• Eliminated:
  • Tatiana Parker
  • Taylor James
• New partners:
  • Melanie Buttarazzi and Austin Di Iulio

Week 2 (September 2, 2009)

• Group dance: "JBJ" from Jhoom Barabar Jhoom (Bollywood; Choreographer: Longinus Fernandes)
• Solos:

*Anthony Grafton: "King of the Dancehall"—Beenie Man

*Nicolas Bégin: "Super Bad"—James Brown

*Austin Di Iulio: "Overkill"—Colin Hay

*Corynne Barron: "The Moment I Said It"—Imogen Heap

*Jenna Lynn Higgins: "No Man"—Nina Storey

*Melanie Buttarazzi: "Desert Chase"—Robert Michaels

• Eliminated:
  • Melanie Buttarazzi
  • Anthony Grafton
• New Partners
  • Corynne Barron and Austin Di Iulio

Week 3 (September 9, 2009)

• Group dance: "Malagenha"—Sergio Mendes (African/Brazilian; Choreographer: Jean-Marc Généreux)
• Solos:

* Jenna-Lynn Higgins: "I Gotta Feeling"—The Black Eyed Peas

*Amy Gardner: "Yummy"—Gwen Stefani

*Melanie Mah: "A Little More of You"—Ashley Chambliss

*Nicolas Bégin: "Pavlo Style"—Pavlo

*Vincent Desjardins: "Reet Petite"—Jackie Wilson

*Cody Bonnell: "Love Struck"—VFactory

• Eliminated:

*Jenna-Lynn Higgins

*Nicolas Bégin

• New partners:

*None

Week 4 (September 16, 2009)

• Group dance: "Love Game"—Lady Gaga (Jazz Funk; Choreographer: Blake McGrath)
• Solos:

*Amy Gardner: "LTLP" — Edit

*Jayme Rae Dailey: "Feeling Good"—Michael Bublé

*Natalie Lyons:

*Vincent Desjardins: "We're Gonna Win"—Bryan Adams

*Daniel Dory: "A Milli"—Lil Wayne

*Danny Lawn: "The Freshmen"—Jay Brannan

• Eliminated:

*Natalie Lyons

*Danny Lawn

• New partners:

*None

Week 5 (September 23, 2009)

• Group dance: "The Jump Off"—Lil' Kim featuring Mr. Cheeks (Hip-hop; Choreographer: Luther Brown)
• Solos:

*Melanie Mah: "Headlock"—Imogen Heap

*Corynne Barron: "Almost Lover"—A Fine Frenzy

*Jayme Rae Dailey: "Nothing"—Nikka Costa

*Cody Bonnell: "Curious"—Danny Fernandes

*Austin Di Iulio: "Sweet Dream"—Greg Laswell

*Daniel Dory: "It Was All In Your Mind"—Wade Robson

• Eliminated:

*Corynne Barron

*Daniel Dory

• New partners:

Once dancers make it into the top ten, new partners are assigned randomly.

Week 6 (September 30, 2009)

• Group dance: "Hometown Glory"—Adele (Contemporary; Choreographer: Stacey Tookey)
• Solos:

*Amy Gardner: "Belief"—Gavin DeGraw

*Melanie Mah: "18th Floor Balcony"—Blue October

*Cody Bonnell: "Butterfly"—Jason Mraz

*Austin Di Iulio: "Genesis" - Justice

• Eliminated:

*Amy Gardner

*Austin Di Iulio:

Week 7 (October 7, 2009)

• Group dance: "C'mon Everybody" from All Shook Up—Cheyenne Jackson and Co. (Broadway; Choreographer: Tyce Diorio)
• Solos:

*Kim Gingras: "Bottle Pop"—The Pussycat Dolls

*Melanie Mah: "Elephant in the Room"—Richard Walters

*Cody Bonnell: "Last Time" (Remix)—George Nozuka

*Everett Smith: "When the Night Feels My Song"—Bedouin Soundclash

• Eliminated:

*Kim Gingras

*Cody Bonnell

Week 8 (October 14, 2009)

• Group dance: "Turn the Beat Around"—Vicki Sue Robinson (Disco; Choreographer: Tre Armstrong)
• Solos:

*Jayme Rae Dailey: "I'm Not Afraid"—Jill Scott

*Melanie Mah: "On Your Porch"—The Format

*Tara-Jean Popowich: "The Waves"—Elisa

*Vincent Desjardins:

*Everett Smith: "Oh...Canada"—Classified

*Emanuel Sandhu: "Let's Dance"—David Bowie

• Eliminated:

*Melanie Mah

*Emanuel Sandhu

Week 9 (October 25, 2009)

• Group dances:

*Top 20: (African Jazz; Choreographer: Sean Cheesman)

*Top 18: "JBJ" from Jhoom Barabar Jhoom (Bollywood; Choreographer: Longinus Fernandes)

*Top 10: "This Moment"—Nic Chagall ft. Jonathan Mendelsohn (Contemporary; Choreographer: Mia Michaels)

Judges' picks

• Eliminated:

*Everett Smith

*Jayme Rae Dailey

• Runner-up:

*Vincent Desjardins

• WINNER:

*Tara-Jean Popowich

External links

• So You Think You Can Dance Canada