As of July 2026, So You Think You Can Dance Season 4 aired in 2008 with 23 episodes. Full episode guide and where to watch below.
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So You Think You Can Dance Season 4

2008 23 Episodes Reality ⭐ 7/10

So You Think You Can Dance Season 4 has become appointment viewing for anyone who enjoys watching people under real pressure. A compact run that never overstays its welcome. Its 7/10 TMDB score, built from 78 ratings, reflects a title that consistently delivers. Cat Deeley anchors the format, but the whole cast makes it watchable. Available now — press play and find out why people keep recommending it.

So You Think You Can Dance Season 4 is not trying to be everything to everyone, and that focus is exactly what makes it work. What separates So You Think You Can Dance Season 4 from the rest of its genre is a genuine understanding of what its audience actually wants to watch. Season 4 of So You Think You Can Dance includes 23 episodes. It aired from May 2008 to August 2008. This season stars Cat Deeley, Nigel Lythgoe and Mary Murphy. Cat Deeley and Nigel Lythgoe lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was aired in 2008. The format has been replicated endlessly since So You Think You Can Dance Season 4 first appeared, which is its own form of tribute. There is real craft here, even in the moments that do not fully land.

Best watched with company, So You Think You Can Dance Season 4 generates takes from everyone in the room. It rewards viewers regardless of what else is in their watch history. The complete run is available and best experienced without too much prior knowledge of where it goes. The production understands its own premise and executes on it without apology. If you have enjoyed similar formats before, this is one of the stronger examples of what the genre can do.

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🎬 So You Think You Can Dance Season 4 — Episode Guide

E1
Los Angeles Auditions
2008-05-22
The fourth season of "So You Think You Can Dance" kicked off Thursday night with a two-hour audition show from Los Angeles. Host Cat Deeley and regular judges Mary Murphy and Nigel Lythgoe were joined by Mia Michaels as they came face to face with the best and, of course, the worst that the dancing ...
E2
Salt Lake City and Dallas
2008-05-28
It was freezing cold outside in Salt Lake City, site of the first set of auditions in Tuesday's two-hour episode of "So You Think You Can Dance?" Would the dancers heat things up inside? Guest judge Mandy Moore joined judges Nigel Lythgoe and Mary Murphy for two days in Utah as they came away with 4...
E3
Charleston and Washington D.C.
2008-05-29
Host Cat Deeley whisked fans away to Charleston, S.C., for the third two-hour night of auditions on "So You Think You Can Dance?" on Thursday night. Joining judges Nigel Lythgoe and Mary Murphy in the best mannered city in America was choreographer Tice D'Orio,who's worked with Janet Jackson, Jennif...
E4
Milwaukee Auditions
2008-06-04
It's fair to say that when most Americans think "dance" they think ... Milwaukee? Well, that was where "So You Think You Can Dance?" made its final stop in the auditions for the 2008 season before heading to Las Vegas for the second round. Who knows what the famous beer brewing city could produce? "...
E5
Las Vegas
2008-06-05
Auditions in six cities brought more than 200 dancers to Las Vegas for the callbacks on "So You Think You Can Dance?" By the end of the two-hour episode, that group would be hacked to the 20 finalists -- 10 guys and 10 girls -- that will compete for the top prize this season. Host Cat Deeley promise...
E6
The Top 20 Perform
2008-06-11
After five two-hour audition shows, it was down to the final 20 performers who will vie for the title and $250,000 on the fourth season of "So You Think You Can Dance?" After a topsy-turvy intro in which each of the finalists got a few seconds to show off their moves (Dramamine, anyone?), host Cat D...
E7
Results Show: Two Dancers Eliminated
2008-06-12
The first results show of the season on "So You Think You Can Dance?" started with a bizarre group dance that included judge Nigel Lythgoe getting kidnapped, bound and gagged and left at the center of the stage awaiting host Cat Deeley to free him. Cat quickly explained the process once again, sayin...
E8
The Top 18 Perform
2008-06-18
It was down to the final 18 Tuesday on "So You Think You Can Dance?" as Mia Michaels joined judges Mary Murphy and Nigel Lythgoe. She promised that this season is going to be "benoodles," which she explained meant "insane." She said there are a few dancers in the final that she won't be sad to see l...
E9
Results Show: Two Dancers Eliminated
2008-06-19
After a slamming hip hop routine to open the show -- it ended with Gev holding a headstand for what seemed like five minutes, and host Cat Deeley couldn't even throw him off by tickling his ribs -- it was time to eliminate two more dancers on "So You Think You Can Dance?" As usual, the bottom three ...
E10
The Top 16 Perform
2008-06-25
It was down to eight couples Wednesday night on So You Think You Can Dance? as choreographer and general friend of the show Adam Shankman joined regular judges Mary Murphy and Nigel Lythgoe. Mary said this would be the shows best year ever because at this point in past seasons they've generally had ...
E11
Results Show: Two Dancers Eliminated
2008-06-26
After some kind of freakish group dance routine that's definitely going to cause some nightmares, it was time to find out which two contestants would be sent home on "So You Think You Can Dance?" on Thursday. Host Cat Deeley handled the duties of introducing guest judge Adam Shankman, who again join...
E12
The Top 14 Perform
2008-07-02
Host Cat Deeley promised at the outset that the final 14 dancers will face some changes and the competition would get more difficult for the final seven couples. She soon explained that each of the couples would have to dance twice for the first time this season. Hip hop choreographers Napoleon and ...
E13
Results Show: Two Dancers Eliminated
2008-07-03
After a wild opening Broadway routine choreographed by Tice D'Orio, it was time to cut two more contestants on Thursday's episode of "So You Think You Can Dance?" But first, viewers were treated to a montage of D'Orio ripping into dancers during the earliest audition rounds.
E14
The Top 12 Perform
2008-07-09
Host Cat Deeley reminds viewers that the final six couples will be competing for a place in "your" Top10. We're introduced to the final 12 dancers, followed by judges Mia Michaels, Mary Murphy and Nigel Lythegoe.
E15
Results Show: Two Dancers Eliminated
2008-07-10
Host Cat Deeley is decked out ominously in black as she welcomes us to the show and tells us the judges will have to eliminate one more guy and one more girl. We open with a modest Napoleon and Tabitha Dumo routine featuring all 12 dancers wearing jackets which turn out to be glow-in-the-dark. Cat e...
E16
The Top 10 Perform
2008-07-16
"Finally," host Cat Deeley tells us, we're down the final ten. Cat adds that now America's voting will be the only factor in who advances and who is cut.
E17
Results Show: Two Dancers Eliminated
2008-07-17
Before we get going, Jessica comes out and informs Cat that she has broken a few of her ribs and is out of the competition. Left with an odd number of female dancers, the show has decided to bring back the recently booted Comfort for tonight's show. Cat introduces us to tonight's judges Nigel Lythgo...
E18
The Top Eight Perform
2008-07-23
Just two weeks away from the finale, eight contestants remained on Fox's "So You Think You Can Dance?" Four girls and four guys continued in the competition for the title of America's favorite dancer. The dancers picked new partners and routines out of a hat for this round of the competition. Every ...
E19
Results Show: Two Dancers Eliminated
2008-07-24
Thursday night's episode of "So You Think You Can Dance?" spelled the end of the road for two more dancers who pulled in the lowest number of votes. The opening dance was a cool, futuristic hip-hop looking deal that was pretty captivating. Guest judge Toni Basil's speech about how she got into danci...
E20
The Top Six Perform
2008-07-30
With just six dancers left, we finally reached the glorious time of the summer when even "So You Think You Can Dance?" couldn't stretch itself to two hours. That meant instead of a bloated 120 minutes, viewers were treated to a packed 60 minutes as each couple performed twice and each individual dan...

🎭 Cast of So You Think You Can Dance Season 4

Cat Deeley
Cat Deeley
Self - Host
Nigel Lythgoe
Nigel Lythgoe
Self - Judge
Mary Murphy
Mary Murphy
Self - Judge
Stephen 'tWitch' Boss
Stephen 'tWitch' Boss
Self
Matthew Morrison
Matthew Morrison
Self
Maksim Chmerkovskiy
Maksim Chmerkovskiy
Self
Allison Holker
Allison Holker
Self - Judge

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