So You Think You Can Dance (American TV series) season 18
Eighteenth (2024) season of the American reality show dance competition / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
So You Think You Can Dance is an American dance competition reality show, which returned for its eighteenth season on March 4, 2024.[1][2]
So You Think You Can Dance | |
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Season 18 | |
Hosted by | Cat Deeley |
Judges | |
Winner | Anthony Curley |
Runner-up | Dakayla Wilson |
Release | |
Original network | Fox |
Original release | March 4 (2024-03-04) – May 20, 2024 (2024-05-20) |
Season chronology | |
An eighteenth season of So You Think You Can Dance was announced on December 5, 2023, with a judging panel composed of series creator Nigel Lythgoe (which would have been his seventeenth season as judge), season 2 contestant and season 7–11 and 14 All-Star Allison Holker,[3] and former Dancing with the Stars pro dancer Maksim Chmerkovskiy. Comfort Fedoke guest judged during the auditions. Cat Deeley returned to her role as host for a seventeenth consecutive season.[1][2]
In January 2024, Lythgoe departed from the show following a sex abuse lawsuit from former judge Paula Abdul.[4][5][6][7][8] He was replaced by season 17 judge JoJo Siwa.[9][10]
The season premiere ended with a tribute to season 4 runner-up, former judge, and Holker's husband Stephen "tWitch" Boss who was found dead by suicide in December 2022.
On May 20, 2024, Anthony Curley was crowned "America's Favorite Dancer".