Throughout this amazing season of So You Think You Can Dance, what’s most often judged is how well contestants dance with their partners.

But many often forget that it’s their solos that get them in to this competition, and their solos can get them kicked out, too.

The departed Chelsie Hightower and Mark Kanemura (pictured below) will likely remember that edict for a very long time.

Wednesday's episode, as we discussed, was the best ever. The downside of everybody doing such an amazing job - at least for Chelsie and Mark - was that their solos were likely critiqued more closely than ever.

With Joshua Allen and Katee Shean dominating So You Think You Can Dance from the start, and continuing to get better every week, there was no way either one of them was leaving the Final Six by going home this week.

So the battle to stay alive was really between Mark, Chelsie, Courtney Galiano and Twitch Boss. How did it play out?

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Wow. Last night's episode of So You Think You Can Dance was very difficult to analyze in the sense that everybody knocked it out.

Except for Mary Murphy. God, we want to vote HER off.

Here's a little analysis of each pair's performances, as well as our power rankings of the solos for each of the final six.

The Top Six on So You Think You Can Dance: Twitch Boss, Courtney Galiano, Joshua Allen, Chelsie Hightower, Mark Kanemura and Katee Shean.

Chelsie Hightower and Twitch Boss – Mambo

A hip hop dancer straight up owning the mambo? Damn, Twitch! Fool has got skills. As for Chelsie? Yeah, she was spectacular, but since Latin is her thing, we sort of expected it. She's set the bar too high!

Chelsie Hightower and Twitch Boss – Hip Hop

Other routines outshined this one tonight, but only because of the way this was choreographed. Chelsie and Twitch dominated as always, making them strong contenders for the So You Think You Can Dance title.

Mark Kanemura and Courtney Galiano – Jazz

This had the potential to disappoint, but Mark and Courtney bought into it all the way and it showed in their performance. Continue Reading...

Mary Murphy is the resident ballroom dancing expert on So You Think You Can Dance.

Still, she told tabloid OK! this week that she'd love to see a different kind of dancer with the competition.

"I'd like to see a hip hop dancer win the show," Murphy said. "I think Twitch and Josh have brought so much to the show... Either of them would be a great dance ambassador."

As for the So You Think You Can Dance season finale, Murphy isn't shy about hyping herself up for it instead of the dancers.

"I am working on something that is a secret for the finale, which will probably be the biggest surprise in 10 years," she said. "It is something that involves me."

David Archuleta may not have won American Idol, but he made an impression on young fans and fellow reality TV competitors alike.

What do we mean? We'll let the talented singers tell you himself, courtesy of this entry in his MySpace blog:

On So You Think You Can Dance, a couple named [Katee Shean and Will Wingfield] danced to my performance “Imagine.” I thought that was way cool! Haha. They did awesome. I feel… Like honored lol.

LOL, indeed.

Here's a look at the inspired, imagined rourtine:

TV Guide recently asked readers to rank the remaining finalists on So You Think You Can Dance.

Head over to that site now to peruse the entire list. But here's a look at the top three, according to fans of the show. Let us know if you agree with their results...

Joshua Allen:

Katee Shean:

Will Wingfield:

Jessica King, one of So You Think You Can Dance’s final 10 contestants, has dropped out of the competition due to injury. Nigel Lythgoe told reporters at the FOX Television Critics Association event in Los Angeles the news earlier today.

Lythgoe says Comfort Fedoke, who was eliminated on the results show July 10, will rejoin the cast.

“I would like to say how sorry I am that Jessica cannot continue dancing in the competition at the advice of her doctor,” Lythgoe said in a statement released by FOX. “Her full recovery is paramount and will only come with rest.”

Comfort Fedoke, right, will get another chance to prove that she can dance.

Just a year and a half after her own reality show victory, American Idol Jordin Sparks took to the stage of another competition show, So You Think You Can Dance.

This time, though, she came as a fan.

"[Katee and Joshua] did a routine to my song, "No Air," and it was crazy to see how they moved to it. It was beautiful and I totally saw the story. I got chills," Sparks told Us Weekly of the pair's June 11 performance. "I played it 100 times!"

So, these 12 finalists think they can dance? They think they can be the next Lacey Schwimmer?

Take a look at the pictures below - clicking on each for a larger version - to meet the finalists on this summer's So You Think You Can Dance...

We wonder if Chelsea Traille thinks her take on So You Think You Can Dance is ground-breaking.

The contestant that got voted off the show last week says eliminations are scarcely based on talent.

"It's disappointing because no one wants to not succeed at something. But I mean, obviously, dancing on television it's not all about dance," Traille told reporters during a Friday conference call.

Our response? D'uh! Has Chelsea ever seen the popularity show known as American Idol?!?

"There's popularity involved and there is a cast involved and there is a flavor that they look for the overall cast that remains each week," Traille added. "And I was up against a lot of different talent and diversity. I don't feel like, even though a lot of us were contemporary, none of us had a similar style."

In the end, it's hard to blame Chelsea for being a tad bitter:

"It's unfortunate that I don't feel like America really got to see my personality, but I do know that they did get to feel me when I got to dance on that stage."

While one reality TV show narrowed down its remaining semi-finalists, another premiered last night. Let's recap both...

So You Think You Can Dance: Our guest judge this week is Adam Shankman, who directed Hairspray and dropped by a couple times last season. Adam has just finished shooting Bedtime Stories with Adam Sandler, and tells us that Lacey Schwimmer and Travis Wall are in it... -- Reality News Online

Shear Genius: So the first short cut challenge (get it?) is to cut their clients' hair blindfolded. The clients, bless them, are all wearing safety glasses -- and it seems that all of them make it through without being cut... -- Zap2It