Gaby Diaz crowned victor of ‘So You Think You Can Dance’

The other two finalists are Street dancers Jana “Jaja” Vankova and Virgil Gadson. It’s not every Utah contestant, though, that makes it as far as Roy’s Hailee Payne, who earned herself a spot in the Top 4 on the August. 31 episode of the show and kept a solid performance through the first phase of the finale last week. It did, nevertheless, remind viewers how nicely most of the dancers carried out in the course of the season.

Hailee is a terrific dancer who will certainly discover a profession on Broadway, and Gaby proved that she is great at faucet but in addition might deal with all types of dance. Jaja Vankova topped as the 1st runner up beating Virgil Gadson from “Team Street”. Finally, it was down to Jaja and Gaby. Group Stage took the prize! Confetti cannons exploded, streamers rained down and the dancers hoisted Gaby on their shoulders. Besides the title, she gets prize worth Dollars 250,000 and the opportunity to dance in pop star Jennifer Lopez’ Vegas residency.

The dancers really worked for their rewards.

And then there were four.

“(My mom) totally supports it, but my mom was a softball player and volleyball player, so she wanted me to go down that path. So I actually played softball up until I was 12.

Earlier than Season 12 started, I wrote that I wasn’t assured how the road/stage format would work out, and I am nonetheless unsure. Boss and Wall served as mentors for the teams, but the weekly announcement of which team’s dancers “won” the highest number of viewers’ votes was not needed. They could be seen on TV leaping with joy when the results were announced. I get upset when they get a bad routine, and I sometimes have to work with the costuming and say, “This doesn’t look the best on them”.

Though the finale episode began last week, there’s still one more chance to catch Payne on stage – Monday night on FOX from 7 p.m.to 9 p.m.

TVLINE | Nigel Lythgoe has often said that it doesn’t really matter whether a street dancer or stage dancer wins. I just want a little bit more control of my own team. We’ll see what 2016 brings.