Meet Your New 'So You Think You Can Dance' Top 20

Zap2It.com | June 6, 2008

Kherington Payne, 'So You Think You Can Dance'

They have awesome names like Kherington and Comfort and Twitch

FOX's summer hit "So You Think You Can Dance" cut down to the Top 20 for its fourth season on Thursday (June 5) night.

If you're looking for trends, this season features several foreign-born contestants (a "So You Think You Can Dance" tradition) as well as several Utah-based dancers whose credits include the ultra-popular "High School Musical" franchise. And, as usual, nobody with a tap-dancing specialty is included.

If you're looking for more trends, everybody in this year's Top 20 is young, athletic and darned attractive, which is part of the reason why "SYTYCD" stands out as one of the summer's most reliable demographic smashes.

The Top 20 will be paired into 10 couples with their first performance show airing next Wednesday (June 11), followed by the first live elimination show the following night.

The Thursday results show will also feature performances by The Pussycat Dolls and The Electric Boogaloos.

Your Top 20:

THE MEN

Name: Joshua Allen
Age: 19
Hometown: Fort Worth, TX
Style: Hip-Hop/ Popping

Name: Jamie Bayard
Age: 22
Hometown: Palm Springs, CA
Style: West Coast Swing

Name: Twitch Boss
Age: 25
Hometown: Montgomery, AL
Style: Freestyle

Name: Marquis Cunningham
Age: 18
Hometown: Cape Coral, FL
Style: Lyrical/ Contemporary

Name: Matt Dorame
Age: 22
Hometown: Glendale, AZ
Style: Contemporary

Name: Chris Jarosz
Age: 21
Hometown: Gaithersburg, MD
Style: Lyrical/ Contemporary

Name: Thayne Jasperson
Age: 27
Hometown: Springfield, UT
Style: Contemporary

Name: Mark Kanemura
Age: 24
Hometown: Honolulu, HI
Style: Contemporary

Name: Gev Manoukian
Age: 21
Hometown: Centerville, UT
Style: Hip-Hop/ Break

Name: Will Wingfield
Age: 21
Hometown: Nashville, TN
Style: Contemporary

THE WOMEN

Name: Rayven Armijo
Age: 28
Hometown: La Puente, CA
Style: Contemporary/ Ballet

Name: Comfort Fedoke
Age: 20
Hometown: Dallas, TX
Style: Hip-Hop

Name: Courtney Galiano
Age: 19
Hometown: Commack, NY
Style: Contemporary

Name: Susie Garcia
Age: 25
Hometown: Miami, FL
Style: Latin/ Salsa

Name: Chelsie Hightower
Age: 18
Hometown: Orem, UT
Style: Latin

Name: Jessica King
Age: 23
Hometown: Myrtle Beach, SC
Style: Contemporary

Name: Kourtni Lind
Age: 18
Hometown: Forest Lake, MN
Style: Jazz/ Contemporary

Name: Kherington Payne
Age: 18
Hometown: Placentia, CA
Style: Contemporary/ Jazz

Name: Katee Shean
Age: 20
Hometown: San Jose, CA
Style: Contemporary

Name: Chelsea Traille
Age: 23
Hometown: Flower Mound, TX
Style: Jazz-Funk/ Contemporary