SYTYCD Season 6 Winner

Katie D
It's the last SYTYCD show of 2009. The winner for Season 6 is announced tonight. The top six dancers have waited all season for this moment. So, who is America's Favorite Dancer?

The opening number - a hip hop routine Kelly Abbey choreographed - featured the top 18 dancers.

The winner gets to appear on the cover of Dance Spirit magazine, gets $250,000 and takes the title of "America's Favorite Dancer".

For the final show, there are 6 judges at the table. Lil C, Tyce Diorio, Debbie Allen, Adam Shankman, Mary Murphy and Nigel Lithgoe.

The favorite dances are sprinkled throughout the show as well.

Lil C is the first judge to choose his favorite dance. His choice? Kevin, Legacy and Russell's trio hip hop routine from the beginning of the season.

Adam goes next, and he chooses a Sonya Tayek piece. EllenThe person in fifth place: Ashleigh
ore and Jakob's contemporary jazz piece.

Nigel's up next. He picked the three tapper routine - Philip, Peter and Bianca.

Mary decided to change things up a bit. She wanted Ashleigh and Ryan to dance together in their own style. They choreographed their own jive routine.

"I See You" - Leona Lewis performance.

The Grooveloo's are guest performers.

The next judge pick is again Nigel. He picked Kathryn and Jakob's contemporary routine from last night.

Tyce Diorio is up next. Tyce loves Bollywood - Nathan and Mollee.

The person in sixth place: Ryan

Slight mic malfunction occured, and Russell came onstage crying - he hurt his knee.

"What do You Want From Me" - Adam Lambert performance.

The person in fifth place: Ashleigh

Adam's got another choice - Legacy and Ellenore's contemporary routine.

Debbie Allen gets to choose next. She picked Noelle and Russell's African jazz dance.

The person in fourth place: Ellenore

Lil C's second choice is Arianna, Channing, Jakob and Nathan's contemporary piece.

Mary Murphy's next choice? Russell and Kathryn's hip hop routine from last night.

Guest performer Mary J Blige performs "I Am".

Nigel's got the last choice. He picked the contemporary piece - the opener - with the top 20.

The person in third place: Kathryn

Guest performer Jennifer Lopez - "Louis Vuitton".

The person in second place: Jakob

And "America's Favorite Dancer" is Russell.

Published by Katie D

Katie has been a freelance writer since 2007. She has published articles on several websites such as LIVESTRONG and eHow, as well as her work on Associated Content.  View profile

To comment, please sign in to your Yahoo! account, or sign up for a new account.