So You Think You Can Dance Canada (season 3)
Season 3 of So You Think You Can Dance Canada is a dance reality show and competition that airs on CTV. It is hosted by ETalk correspondent Leah Miller. In addition to the winner receiving the title of Canada's Favourite Dancer and $100,000, both the winner and runner-up received a Mazda 2.
Auditions
Open auditions for this season were held in the following locations, with one guest judge joining Jean-Marc, Tré, and Luther at the Judges' Table:| Audition Venue | City | Date | Guest Judge |
| Metro Toronto Convention Centre | Toronto, Ontario | November 14, 2009 | Mary Murphy |
| Palais des Congrès, Viger Hall | Montreal, Quebec | November 28, 2009 | Mia Michaels |
| The Centre in Vancouver for Performing Arts | Vancouver, British Columbia | December 5, 2009 | Mary Murphy |
| MacEwan Conference and Event Centre | Calgary, Alberta | March 13, 2010 | Stacey Tookey |
| Bella Rose Arts Centre | Halifax, Nova Scotia | April 21, 2010 | Dan Karaty |
Finals Week
Judges: Jean-Marc Généreux, Tré Armstrong, Blake McGrath, Luther Brown, Mary Murphy, Sean Cheesman, France Mousseau, Rex Harrington| Task/style | Music | Choreographer |
| Hip-Hop | "Drop It Low" - Ester Dean feat. Chris Brown | Luther Brown |
| Theatre | "Defying Gravity" from Wicked | Sean Cheesman |
| Jive | "Shut Up!" - Simple Plan | Jean-Marc Généreux and France Mousseau |
| Group routines | Picked out of a hat | The dancers |
| Contemporary | "Secrets" - OneRepublic | Blake McGrath |
| Individual solo | Music chosen by competitor | The dancer |
Finalists
Elimination chart
Men
Women
Finals
Performances
Week 1 (August 23, 2010)
Judges: Jean-Marc Généreux, Tré Armstrong, Blake McGrath, Luther Brown, Mary Murphy| Dancers | Style | Music | Choreographer | Result |
| Claudia Primeau Yonni Fournier | Salsa | "Calabria 2008"—Enur featuring Natasja Saad | Tony Meredith Melanie LaPatin | Safe |
| Kirsten Wicklund Jera Wolfe | Contemporary | "Fireflies"—Ron Pope | Mandy Moore | Safe |
| Amanda Cleghorn Denys Drozdyuk | Tango | "Grand Guginol"—Bajofondo | Tony Meredith Melanie LaPatin | Safe |
| Charlene Hart Jeff Mortensen | Jive | "Celebrity Status"—Marianas Trench | Danny Arbour | Safe |
| Danielle Gardner Sebastian Mersch | Bollywood | "Tera Hi Jalwa" from Wanted | Safe | |
| Kloé Schultz Jonathan Arsenault | Hip-hop | "X Gon' Give It to Ya"—DMX | Sho-Tyme | Safe |
| Julia Harnett Jesse Weafer | New Disco | "The Fame "—Lady Gaga | Melissa Williams | Bottom 3 |
| Shavar Blackwood Janick Arseneau | African Jazz | "Dances with Wood/Baba"—Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain, Sikiru Adepoju & Giovanni Hidalgo | Sean Cheesman | Safe |
| Nathalie Heath Mackenzie Green | "For the Nights I Can't Remember"—Hedley | Pierre Allaire | Safe | |
| Bree Wasylenko | Hip-hop | "OMG"—Usher feat. will.i.am | Jae Blaze | Bottom 3 |
| Tara-Jean Popowich Hani Abaza | Jazz | "That's How Strong My Love Is"—Otis Redding | Nico Archambault Wynn Holmes | Abaza eliminated |
Due to an injury, Shelania Anderson withdrew and was replaced for the evening by the previous season's champion, Tara-Jean Popowich.
Week 2 (August 30, 2010)
Judges: Jean-Marc Généreux, Tré Armstrong, Luther Brown, Mia Michaels| Dancers | Style | Music | Choreographer | Result |
| Bree Wasylenko Edgar Gilbert-Reyes | Dancehall | "Clarks"—Vybz Kartel feat. Popcaan and Gaza Smith | Jae Blaze | Wasylenko eliminated |
| Amanda Cleghorn Denys Drozdyuk | Contemporary | "Perfect"—Hedley | Sabrina Matthews | Safe |
| Kirsten Wicklund Jera Wolfe | Paso Doble | "Iron Night/Mind Control"—Position Music | Natalli Reznik Francis Lafreniere | Bottom 3 |
| Nathalie Heath Mackenzie Green | Hip-hop | "All I Do Is Win"—DJ Khaled featuring T-Pain, Ludacris, Snoop Dogg & Rick Ross | Sho-Tyme | Safe |
| Claudia Primeau Yonni Fournier | Foxtrot | "Telephone"—Lady Gaga feat. Beyoncé Knowles | Danny Quilliam | Fournier eliminated |
| Charlene Hart Jeff Mortensen | Contemporary | "Breathing"—Alisa Turner | Stacey Tookey | Safe |
| Julia Harnett Jesse Weafer | Samba | "Cuban Pete"—iSweat Music | Tony Meredith Melanie LaPatin | Safe |
| Danielle Gardner Sebastian Mersch | Theater | "No Good Deed"—Idina Menzel | Sean Cheesman | Safe |
| Shavar Blackwood Janick Arseneau | Krumping | "Whatever" – Buckmouth | Lil' C | Safe |
| Kloé Schultz Jonathan Arsenault | Jazz | "California Gurls"—Katy Perry ft. Snoop Dogg | Blake McGrath | Safe |
Week 3 (September 6, 2010)
Judges: Jean-Marc Généreux, Tré Armstrong, Blake McGrath, Melissa Williams| Dancers | Style | Music | Choreographer | Result |
| Amanda Cleghorn Denys Drozdyuk | Quickstep | "Feelin' Good"—Colin James | Tony Meredith Melanie LaPatin | Safe |
| Shavar Blackwood Janick Arseneau | Hip-hop | "Lil Freak"—Usher feat. Nicki Minaj | Luther Brown | Safe |
| Julia Harnett Jesse Weafer | Contemporary | "Falling"—Florence and the Machine | Stacey Tookey | Harnett eliminated |
| Charlene Hart Jeff Mortensen | Hustle | "That's Where the Happy People Go"—The Trammps | Maria Torres | Safe |
| Nathalie Heath Mackenzie Green | Cha-cha-cha | "I Like It"—Enrique Iglesias feat. Pitbull | Gustavo Vargas | Safe |
| Danielle Gardner Sebastian Mersch | Contemporary | "Gunnin'"—Hedley | Sabrina Matthews | Safe |
| Kirsten Wicklund Jera Wolfe | Hip-hop | "Now That We Found Love"—Heavy D | Sho-Tyme | Wolfe eliminated |
| Claudia Primeau Edgar Gilbert-Reyes | Lyrical jazz | "Impossible"—Shontelle | Sean Cheesman | Bottom 3 |
| Kloé Schultz Jonathan Arsenault | West Coast Swing | "Clocks"—The Vitamin String Quartet | Benji Schwimmer | Safe |
Week 4 (September 13, 2010)
Judges: Jean-Marc Généreux, Tré Armstrong, Rex Harrington, Stacey Tookey| Dancers | Style | Music | Choreographer | Result |
| Claudia Primeau Edgar Gilbert-Reyes | Mambo | "La Reina"—La Lupe | Gustavo Vargas | Safe |
| Nathalie Heath Mackenzie Green | Contemporary | "After Afterall"—William Fitzsimmons | Blake McGrath | Safe |
| Amanda Cleghorn Denys Drozdyuk | House | "Hey Hey"—Dennis Ferrer | Sho-Tyme | Bottom 3 |
| Charlene Hart Jeff Mortensen | Jazz | "Desnudate"—Christina Aguilera | Sean Cheesman | Bottom 3 |
| Shavar Blackwood Janick Arseneau | Contemporary | "Ordinary Moment"—Fisher | Mandy Moore | Safe |
| Danielle Gardner Sebastian Mersch | Hip-hop | "Hard"—Rihanna feat. Young Jeezy | Luther Brown | Safe |
| Kirsten Wicklund Jesse Weafer | Rumba | "Always"—Bon Jovi | Eric Caty Kelly Lannan | Both eliminated |
| Kloé Schultz Jonathan Arsenault | New Disco | "If I Had You"—Adam Lambert | Melissa Williams | Safe |
Week 5 (September 22, 2010)
Judges: Jean-Marc Généreux, Tré Armstrong, Mia Michaels, Sean Cheesman- Beginning at week 5, the contestants select another partner to dance with.
| Dancers | Style | Music | Choreographer | Result |
| Charlene Hart Mackenzie Green | Jive | "Magic"—B.o.B feat. Rivers Cuomo | Danny Arbour | Safe |
| Amanda Cleghorn Sebastien Mersch | Contemporary | "Hyperballad"—Whitley | Stacey Tookey | Safe |
| Claudia Primeau Denys Drozdyuk | Samba/Capoeira | "Que Colsa Louca"—Samba Squad | Gustavo Vargas | Safe |
| Kloé Schultz Shavar Blackwood | Theater | "Your Song"—Elton John | Melissa Williams | Both Eliminated |
| Janick Arseneau Jeff Mortensen | Hip-hop | "Gangsta Luv"—Snoop Dogg feat. The-Dream | Luther Brown | Safe |
| Danielle Gardner Edgar Gilbert-Reyes | Contemporary | "Whataya Want From Me"—Adam Lambert | Sabrina Matthews | Bottom 3 |
| Nathalie Heath Jonathan Arsenault | Jazz | "Teenage Dream"—Katy Perry | Blake McGrath | Bottom 3 |
Week 6 (September 29, 2010)
Judges: Jean-Marc Généreux, Tré Armstrong, Blake McGrath, Luther Brown, Mary Murphy| Dancers | Style | Music | Choreographer | Result |
| Janick Arseneau Denys Drozdyuk | Paso Doble | "España cañí"—Manhattan Pops Orchestra | Natalli Reznik Francis Lafreniere | Safe |
| Danielle Gardner Jeff Mortensen | Contemporary | "Elephant in the Room"—Richard Walters | Stacey Tookey | Safe |
| Charlene Hart Edgar Gilbert-Reyes | Salsa | "La Voz del Caribe"—Eddie Palmieri | Gustavo Vargas | Bottom 3 |
| Amanda Cleghorn Mackenzie Green | African jazz | "Drumming Circle"—Professor Trance & the Energizers | Sean Cheesman | Safe |
| Claudia Primeau Jonathan Arsenault | Hip-hop | "The One"—Mary J. Blige feat. Drake | Sho-Tyme | Both eliminated |
| Nathalie Heath Sebastian Mersch | Disco | "You Should Be Dancing"—Bee Gees | Maria Torres | Bottom 3 |
Week 7 (October 6, 2010)
Judges: Jean-Marc Généreux, Tré Armstrong, Dan Karaty, Karen Kain| Dancers | Style | Music | Choreographer | Result |
| Amanda Cleghorn Edgar Gilbert-Reyes | Hip-hop | "Find Your Love"—Drake | Luther Brown | Gilbert-Reyes eliminated |
| Nathalie Heath Denys Drozdyuk | Mambo | "Mambo de Bataan"—Joe Bataan | Gustavo Vargas | Heath in bottom 4 |
| Charlene Hart Mackenzie Green | Contemporary | "One Day Like This"—Elbow | Stacey Tookey | Hart eliminated |
| Janick Arseneau Jeff Mortensen | Jazz-Funk | "Come On Girl"—Taio Cruz ft. Luciana | Blake McGrath | Safe |
| Danielle Gardner Sebastian Mersch | Quickstep | "Back in Town"—Matt Dusk | Pierre Allaire | Mersch in bottom 4 |
- Solos:
| Dancer | Style | Music | Result |
| Sebastian Mersch | Contemporary | "99 Luftballoons"—Goldfinger | Bottom 4 |
| Danielle Gardner | Contemporary | "Stupid" —Sarah McLachlan | Safe |
| Jeff Mortensen | Ukrainian folk dance | "Bukovynian Rhythm"—Ukrainian Shumka Dancers | Safe |
| Janick Arsenau | Contemporary | "Gotta Get Thru This "—Daniel Bedingfield | Safe |
| Edgar Gilbert-Reyes | Hip-hop | "She Don't Know"—Usher feat. Ludacris | Eliminated |
| Amanda Cleghorn | Contemporary | "Love"—Anouk | Safe |
| Mackenzie Green | Contemporary | "In My Place"—Coldplay | Safe |
| Charlene Hart | Contemporary | "Machine Gun"—Portishead | Eliminated |
| Denys Drozdyuk | Ballroom | "Balao Destemperado"—Barbatuques | Safe |
| Nathalie Heath | Contemporary | "Gravity"—Sara Bareilles | Bottom 4 |
Week 8 (October 13, 2010)
- Group dance: "History Repeating"—Propellerheads feat. Shirley Bassey
| Dancers | Style | Music | Choreographer | Result |
| Janick Arsenau Mackenzie Green | Hip-hop | "Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See"—Busta Rhymes | Luther Brown | Green eliminated |
| Danielle Gardner Denys Drozdyuk | Contemporary | "Highway of Heroes"—The Trews | Sabrina Matthews | Gardner eliminated |
| Amanda Cleghorn Jeff Mortensen | Contemporary | "Dancing"—Elisa | Stacey Tookey | Safe |
| Nathalie Heath Sebastian Mersch | Cha-cha-cha | "Only Girl "—Rihanna | Danny Arbour | Both eliminated |
- Solos:
| Dancer | Style | Music | Result |
| Jeff Mortensen | Contemporary | "15 Step"—Radiohead | Safe |
| Nathalie Heath | Contemporary | "Butterflyz"—Alicia Keys | Eliminated |
| Amanda Cleghorn | Jazz | "Moan" —Trentemøller | Safe |
| Sebastian Mersch | Contemporary | "Your Ex-Lover Is Dead"—Stars | Eliminated |
| Denys Drozdyuk | Ballroom | "Kaboom"—Ursula 1000 | Safe |
| Janick Arseneau | Contemporary | "Myphilosophy"—Inner | Safe |
| Danielle Gardner | Contemporary | "Bloodstone"—Amon Tobin | Eliminated |
| Mackenzie Green | Contemporary | "Ghosts 'n' Stuff"—Deadmau5 feat. Rob Swire | Eliminated |
Week 9 (October 20, 2010)
- Group dance: "Undone" "—DeVotchKa
| Dancers | Style | Music | Choreographer |
| Amanda Cleghorn Denys Drozdyuk | Salsa | "I Love Salsa"—N'Klabe | Gustavo Vargas |
| Janick Arseneau Denys Drozdyuk | Contemporary | "Salvation"—Scanners | Nico Archambault Wynn Holmes |
| Janick Arseneau Jeff Mortensen | Jazz-fusion | "Veins"—Charlotte Martin | Sean Cheesman |
| Amanda Cleghorn Jeff Mortensen | Contemporary | "Nowhere to Stand"—k.d. lang | Sabrina Matthews |
- Solos:
| Dancer | Style | Music |
| Jeff Mortensen | Hopak | "Shumka's 50th Anniversary Hopak"—Ukrainian Shumka Dancers |
| Amanda Cleghorn | Contemporary | "No More I Love You's"—Annie Lennox |
| Denys Drozdyuk | Paso Doble | "España cañí"—Manhattan Pops Orchestra |
| Janick Arseneau | Jazz | "Bang Bang"—Melanie Fiona |
Result shows
Week 1 (August 24, 2010)
- Group dance: Top 21: "Zombie" from Fela!
- Solos:
- New partners:
Week 2 (August 31, 2010)
- Group dance: Top 20: "Jai Ho" from Slumdog Millionaire
- Solos:
| Dancer | Style | Music | Result |
| Claudia Primeau | Latin | "Alors on danse"—Stromae | Safe |
| Kirsten Wicklund | Contemporary | "I Don't Feel It Anymore "—William Fitzsimmons | Safe |
| Bree Wasylenko | Contemporary | "What Sound"—Lamb | Eliminated |
| Yonni Fournier | Salsa | "Echa Pa' Lante"—Thalía | Eliminated |
| Jera Wolfe | Ballet/B-boying | "If I Ever Feel Better"—Phoenix | Safe |
| Edgar Gilbert-Reyes | Hip-hop | "All Night Long"—Robin Thicke feat. Lil Wayne | Safe |
- New partners:
Week 3 (September 7, 2010)
- Group dance: Top 18: "Let Go"—Mitzi Gaynor
- Solos:
| Dancer | Style | Music | Result |
| Kirsten Wicklund | Contemporary | "The Gulag Orkestar"—Beirut | Safe |
| Claudia Primeau | Cha-cha-cha | "When I Grow Up"—Pussycat Dolls | Safe |
| Julia Harnett | Cha-cha-cha | "Perhaps"—Sunray feat. Kym Mazelle | Eliminated |
| Jera Wolfe | Contemporary | "Hey"—Pixies | Eliminated |
| Edgar Gilbert-Reyes | Hip-Hop | "Nobody"—Ne-Yo | Safe |
| Jesse Weafer | Contemporary | "Squander"—Skunk Anansie | Safe |
- New partners:
Week 4 (September 14, 2010)
- Group dance: Top 16: "Sing Sing Sing Part 1 —Louis Prima
- Solos:
| Dancer | Style | Music | Result |
| Amanda Cleghorn | Contemporary | "You Run Away"—Barenaked Ladies | Safe |
| Charlene Hart | Contemporary | "Drumming Song"—Florence and the Machine | Safe |
| Kirsten Wicklund | Contemporary | "Tonight"—Lykke Li | Eliminated |
| Denys Drozdyuk | Jive | "Proud Mary"—Ike & Tina Turner | Safe |
| Jeff Mortensen | Contemporary | "Aha!"—Imogen Heap | Safe |
| Jesse Weafer | Contemporary | "That Home"—The Cinematic Orchestra | Eliminated |
- New partners:
Week 5 (September 23, 2010)
- Group dance: Top 14: "Hello Good Morning"— Diddy-Dirty Money
- Solos:
| Dancer | Style | Music | Result |
| Nathalie Heath | Jazz | "Stylin"—Lisa Shaw | Safe |
| Kloé Schultz | Jazz | "Hater"—various | Eliminated |
| Danielle Gardner | Contemporary | "Swans"—Unkle Bob | Safe |
| Jonathan Arsenault | Contemporary | "The Scientist"—Coldplay | Safe |
| Shavar Blackwood | Hip-hop | "Music for Love"—Mario | Eliminated |
| Edgar Gilbert-Reyes | Hip-hop | "So Dope"—New Boyz | Safe |
Week 6 (September 30, 2010)
- Group dance: Top 12: "Will I?" from Rent
- Solos:
| Dancer | Style | Music | Result |
| Charlene Hart | Contemporary | "In or Out"—Ani DiFranco | Safe |
| Natalie Heath | Contemporary | "Dear Los Angeles"—Sam Behymer | Safe |
| Claudia Primeau | Jive | "Reet Petite"—Jackie Wilson | Eliminated |
| Edgar Gilbert-Reyes | Hip-hop | "Boom Boom Pow"—The Black Eyed Peas | Safe |
| Sebastian Mersch | Contemporary | "Off the Rails"—The Notwist | Safe |
| Jonathan Arsenault | Contemporary | "Cyclone"—Baby Bash | Eliminated |
Week 7 (October 7, 2010)
- Group dance: Top 10: "Troglodyte "—Jimmy Castor Bunch/"Disco Inferno"—The Trammps
- Solos:
| Dancer | Style | Music | Result |
| Nathalie Heath | Contemporary | "I'd Do It All Again"—Corinne Bailey Rae | Safe |
| Charlene Hart | Contemporary | "I Dare You"—Ali Milner | Eliminated |
| Edgar Gilbert-Reyes | Hip-hop | "I Get It In"—Omarion feat. Gucci Mane | Eliminated |
| Sebastian Mersch | Contemporary | "To Build a Home"—The Cinematic Orchestra | Safe |
Week 8 (October 14, 2010)
- Group dance: Top 8: "Take It Off"—Kesha
- Solos:
| Dancer | Style | Music | Result |
| Danielle Gardner | Contemporary | "This Woman's Work"—Kate Bush | Eliminated |
| Amanda Cleghorn | Contemporary | "Summertime"—Kat Edmonson | Safe |
| Nathalie Heath | Contemporary | "Possession"—Sarah McLachlan | Eliminated |
| Janick Arsenau | Contemporary | "Again Again"—Lady Gaga | Safe |
| Jeff Mortensen | Contemporary | "Force"—Tanya Tagaq | Safe |
| Sebastian Mersch | Jazz | "Cooler Than Me"—Mike Posner | Eliminated |
| Denys Drozdyuk | Ballroom | "We Will Rock You"—Queen | Safe |
| Mackenzie Green | Jazz | Eliminated |
Week 9 (October 24, 2010)
Judges: Jean-Marc Généreux, Tré Armstrong, Blake McGrath, Luther Brown, Sergio Trujillo, Rex Harrington, Mary Murphy, Mia Michaels- Group Dances:
- Special Performance:
- *Justin Jackson: "Knockin"—Ledisi
- Judges' Picks
| Couple | Style | Music | Choreographer | Chosen by |
| Amanda Cleghorn Denys Drozduyk | Salsa | "I Love Salsa"—N'Klabe | Gustavo Vargas | Jean-Marc Genereux |
| Nathalie Heath Mackenzie Green | Hip-hop | "All I Do Is Win"—DJ Khaled featuring T-Pain, Ludacris, Snoop Dogg & Rick Ross | Sho-Tyme | Luther Brown |
| Kirsten Wicklund Jera Wolfe | Contemporary | "Fireflies"—Ron Pope | Mandy Moore | Rex Harrington |
| Janick Arseneau Shavar Blackwood | African Jazz | "Dances with Wood/Baba"—Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain, Sikiru Adepoju & Giovanni Hidalgo | Sean Cheesman | N/A |
| Charlene Hart Jeff Mortensen | Hustle | "That's Where the Happy People Go"—The Trammps | Maria Torres | Blake McGrath |
| Danielle Gardner Sebastian Mersch | Theatre | "No Good Deed"—Idina Menzel | Sean Cheesman | Mia Michaels |
| Nathalie Heath Mackenzie Green | Contemporary | "After Afterall"—William Fitzsimmons | Blake McGrath | Leah Miller |
| Amanda Cleghorn Jeff Mortensen | Contemporary | "Nowhere to Stand"—k.d. lang | Sabrina Matthews | N/A |
| Janick Arsenau Mackenzie Green | Hip-hop | "Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See"—Busta Rhymes | Luther Brown | Tré Armstrong |
| Claudia Primeau Edgar Gilbert-Reyes | Mambo | "La Reina"—La Lupe | Gustavo Vargas | Jean-Marc Généreux |
| Danielle Gardner Denys Drozdyuk | Contemporary | "Highway of Heroes"—The Trews | Sabrina Matthews | Sergio Trujillo |
| Amanda Cleghorn Denys Drozdyuk | Tango | "Grand Guginol"—Bajofondo | Tony Meredith Melanie LaPatin | Tré Armstrong |
| Amanda Cleghorn Jeff Mortensen | Contemporary | "Dancing"—Elisa | Stacey Tookey | N/A |
| Janick Arseneau Denys Drozdyuk | Paso Doble | "España cañí"—Manhattan Pops Orchestra | Natalli Reznik Francis Lafreniere | N/A |
- Eliminated:
- Runner-up:
- WINNER: