Making the Top 10 is a goal for any contestant on FOX's
So You Think You Can Dance. Reaching that milestone means heading out on an extensive national tour, which keeps the contestants dancing for large audiences long after the cameras have turned off. The tour kicked off last month, September 20, in Tacoma, WA. Tickets are on sale for upcoming dates through Ticketmaster, though many venues are long sold out. At each stop, the dancers not only talk to the press, but meet with fans as well. This week, Zap2It headed to catch the tour and caught up with Josh, Courtney and Jessica.
What many fans of the show may not know is that the competition took its toll on Joshua and Twitch so much so that the two ended up in the hospital. "Me and Twitch, we sweat a lot," Joshua told Zap2It. "We could fill up a couple buckets. So it's really just about keeping your body replenished." Both felt dizzy and nauseous during finals week and spent two nights in the hospital. Jessica, who had to leave the show due to an injury, returns for the tour, healthy and ready to dance. She backs Joshua up when he explained how tough this competition is saying, "The show is so much harder than it looks on TV. You don't realize that the person you're watching got three hours of sleep this week, is malnourished or might have broken ribs."
Every season 4 dancer had said that the cast is close but Joshua said that heading out on tour has only made the group stronger. "I mean, it's so crazy because we all communicate through dance, you know, no matter what we're going through," he said. "Like, if we have an argument, when we have to dance together, it's like all the words are gone. No matter what's going on behind the stage, when we get on the stage, we let it go."
Final four dancer Courtney Galiano couldn't wait to get out on tour and had nothing but great things to say about life on the road. "It's the best experience ever," she said. "Because you not only get to see the country, but you get to perform every single night in front of thousands and thousands of people."
Make sure to check back to BuddyTV in November when we meet up with the
So You Think You Can Dance contestants on tour!
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Zap2It
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