So You Think You Can Dance (American season 8)
Dancers Style Music Choreographer Chosen by
Sasha Mallory Kent Boyd Contemporary Fool Of Me - Meshell Ndegeocello Tyce Diorio Mary Murphy
Melanie Moore Marko Germar Hip-hop I Got You - Leona Lewis Nappytabs Nigel Lythgoe
Tadd Gadduang Lauren Froderman Jazz Another One Bites The Dust - Queen Mandy Moore Robin Antin
Miranda Maleski Robert Taylor Jr Hip-hop Break Ya Neck - Busta Rhymes Nappytabs Lil ' C
Melanie Moore Neil Haskell Contemporary Total Eclipse of the Heart - Bonnie Tyler Mandy Moore Mary Murphy
Marko Germar Allison Holker Contemporary I Know It 's Over - Jeff Buckley Sonya Tayeh Jesse Tyler Ferguson
Ashley Rich Chris Koehl Broadway Please , Mister Jailer - Rachel Sweet Spencer Liff Lil ' C
Sasha Mallory Stephen tWitch Boss Hip-hop Misty Blue - Dorothy Moore Christopher Scott Nigel Lythgoe
Caitlynn Lawson Pasha Kovalev Argentine Tango Malajunta - Orquesta Color Tango ( taped from broadcast of 20 July ) Miriam Larici Leonardo Barrionuevo Jesse Tyler Ferguson
Melanie Moore Marko Germar Contemporary Turn to Stone - Ingrid Michaelson Travis Wall Mary Murphy
Melanie Moore Sasha Mallory Jazz Game On - District 78 Sonya Tayeh Nigel Lythgoe
Finals -- Result shows
Judges : Nigel Lythgoe , Mary Murphy , Jesse Tyler Ferguson , Sonya Tayeh , Tyce Diorio , Robin Antin , Lil ' C Group dances : Dancers Style Music Choreographer Chosen by Top 20 Jazz `` Wan na Get Hype '' —District 78 Sonya Tayeh N/A Top 8 Contemporary `` The Circus Sets Up '' from Water for Elephants ( taped from broadcast of 28 July ) Tyce Diorio Cat Deeley Matt FlintJess LeProttoNick Young Tap `` Ca n't Buy Me Love '' —Michael Bublé Matt FlintJess LeProttoNick Young N/A Top 10 girls Jazz `` Pop Drop & Roll '' —Chonique Sneed & Lisette Bustamante Sonya Tayeh Tyce Diorio Top 10 guys Hip-hop `` Velocity '' —Nathan Lainer Christopher Scott Sonya Tayeh ^1 Matt Flint is the winner of So You Think You Can Dance UK 's second season , and this performance comprised a portion of his prize package . Judges ' picks [ edit ]
So You Think You Can Dance is an American television reality program and dance competition airing on the Fox network. The show's eighth season premiered on May 26, 2011. It features the return of Mary Murphy and Nigel Lythgoe as permanent judges and Cat Deeley as host. Also returning is the selection of a Top 20 for the finals, in contrast to season 7's Top 11. Contemporary dancer Melanie Moore won the season and Sasha Mallory was the runner-up. This is the first season where both the winner and runner-up were female. DialIdol covered only the last four weeks of this season.