'SYTYCD' axes four more contestants

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Rithy Pereira, Danielle Cato, Shane Collard and Lee Crowley have fallen victim to tonight's mass So You Think You Can Dance elimination.



The foursome did battle in a solo showdown after the public voted the partnerships of Pereira and Collard, Cato and Luke Jackson and Crowley and Katie Love into the danger zone.

Adressing the girls first, head judge Nigel Lythgoe revealed how he, Arlene Phillips, Louise Redknapp and Sisco Gomez had voted.

Calling Pereira forward, he said: "You brought a lot of energy to your solo this evening - the problem is you've been in the bottom three [three times] so we've got to start listening to the public... you will be the first lady leaving us this week."

Next, he turned to Cato and stated: "You have got terrific technique, but we're searching all the time to try and feel your passion. We all know you feel it, but somehow it doesn't always come out and you don't connect with the judges."

After then reasoning that Love had been "held back" by her partner and given an "outstanding" solo performance, he revealed that Cato would also be going home.

The girls' fates decided, Lythgoe quickly sent Collard the same way as his partner by acknowledging that he too had failed to pick up public votes for three weeks in a row.

With two boys left, the 61-year-old stated that although the panel was impressed with Crowley's solo, Jackson had been the only male to have "danced for his life tonight" and would therefore be staying.

In their exit interviews with host Cat Deeley, Pereria, Collard and Crowley variously described the So You Think You Can Dance experience as "wonderful", "beautiful" and "unbelievable", while Cato burst into tears as she lamented being separated from Jackson.

So You Think You Can Dance returns next Saturday at 5.35pm on BBC One.