So You Think You Can Dance (British series 1)
Finalist Age Home town Dance style Elimination date
Charlie Bruce 19 Leicester Jazz 1st place
Lizzie Gough 25 Southampton Hip-hop 3rd place
Mandy Montanez 31 Maryland /London Contemporary jazz 6 February 2010
Yanet Fuentes 27 Cuba Salsa 30 January 2010
Hayley Newton 26 Guildford Broadway 23 January 2010
Chloë Campbell 25 Hanwell , London Jazz 16 January 2010
Anabel Kutay 26 Manchester Contemporary 9 January 2010
Finals -- Top 14 dancers
The 1st series of So You Think You Can Dance premiered on 2 January 2010, beginning with one audition show which showed the auditions, choreography camp and introducing the top 14. Five elimination rounds were followed by a final, with performances and results shown on the same night. The winner's prize was the title Britain's Favourite Dancer, £100,000 and a trip to Hollywood, where the winner will perform in the US series finale. The finale of the first series of So You Think You Can Dance was held on 13 February 2010. Robbie White was injured, and could not perform. Lizzie Gough finished third, Tommy Franzén was the season runner-up, but female jazz dancer Charlie Bruce ended up as the winner. Judge Nigel Lythgoe said that Bruce absolutely was the best contestant of the season, and to watch small dancers Bruce and Franzén grow across the series was fabulous, and Lythgoe was so happy that he could show how brilliant Bruce was for the US version of the show.