'So You Think You Can Dance' season finale recap: Takin' It From the Streets

Now, was that talent and skill completely natural, or did it benefit from some formal training? Joshua answered this question in his EW.com Q&A today — he says he'd taken some dance classes, and many right before the Vegas auditions, but he'd not had the kind of formal, regular training that Katee, Will or Courtney have had their whole lives. Ultimately, though, how much does that even matter? Yeah, the judges pushed the story that Josh has had no training at all so far down our throats that many of you began to gag on it, and it was pretty hard to swallow since Joshua himself admitted he'd taken ballet classes way back on the top 20 show. But I'm really not sure that should mitigate how consistently strong a dancer Joshua has been this season. Regardless of how much training he's received, it's obvious Josh's specialty is freestyle popping, and yet he's been asked to dance hip-hop exactly twice. The rest of the summer, Josh has tackled Broadway, samba, contemporary (twice), west coast swing, Viennese waltz, Bollywood, rumba, Argentine tango, disco, paso doble, lyrical jazz, Russian trepak, and the jive — and with precious few exceptions, he's been freakishly strong in all of them. That is impressive no matter how much time you've spent perfecting your posture and learning to point your toes.

But enough from me — what do you think? Does Joshua's win mean less if he's had training, or more if he hasn't? Should Katee have taken the crown? Twitch? Courtney? Did you find the whole $50,000 to the dancer from the opposite gender of the person who places highest kind of dubious, or totally cool? Which routines from this year would you like to have seen reprised on the show? And, after seeing so many favorites from previous seasons, where do you think season 4 ranks against them? What changes would you most like to see? And do you agree with me that, now that Nigel and Mary have taken the plunge, it is high time Cat Deeley did more on the SYTYCD stage than walk across it?

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