Joshua Allen was announced as the winner on August 7, 2008, the first hip-hop contestant to win the title coming first place.
This season, the rounds included a hip-hop routine with Napoleon D'umo and Tabitha D'umo, a Broadway number with Tyce Diorio, the foxtrot with Jean-Marc Généreux, group choreography, contemporary choreography with Mia Michaels, and a final solo for the remaining contestants.
After pairs are assigned, couples pick a dance style out of a hat, are rehearsed by a choreographer, and perform their routine.
Because of the inclusion of performer William Wingfield into the top 20 contestants, Debbie Allen was ruled ineligible to perform duties as a Guest Judge during the Live Shows phase, as long as Wingfield remained in the competition.
She was medically withdrawn, and Comfort Fedoke replaced her as she was the most recent female competitor eliminated.
[4] Judges: Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy, Debbie Allen, Lil' C, Adam Shankman, Mia Michaels ^1 All of the top 20 but Jessica King performed.
Chbeeb contracted pneumonia and was medically advised to withdraw and Muraine later quit during the Las Vegas auditions.
^3 Dmitry Chaplin, Ryan Conferido, Anya Garnis, Jaimie Goodwin, Allison Holker, Lauren Gottlieb, Neil Haskell, Hok Konishi, Ivan Koumaev, Melody Lacayanga, Dominic Sandoval, Benji Schwimmer and Travis Wall † Tyce Diorio, along with Rob Ashford from 81st Academy Awards were joint-winners.