Female Contestants

Male Contestants

Week 1 (June 14, 2006)

Judges: Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy and Dan Karaty

• Couple dances:

Week 2 (June 21, 2006)

Judges: Nigel Lythgoe, Shane Sparks and Mia Michaels

• Guest dancer(s): SickStep Crew (now Quest Crew): "Canned Heat"—Jamiroquai (Breakdance)
• Couple dances:

Week 3 (June 28, 2006)

Judges: Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy, Olisa Thompson and Cicely Bradley

• Guest dancer(s): Hop, Swing and a Jump: "Traffic Jam"—Bill Elliott (Lindy Hop)
• Couple dances:

Week 4 (July 5, 2006)

Judges: Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy and Dan Karaty

• Guest dancer(s): Lil' C and the Neph Squad: "Spaz Meter"—The J-Squad (Krump)
• Couple dances:

Week 5 (July 12, 2006)

Judges: Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy and Brian Friedman

• Couple dances:

Week 6 (July 19, 2006)

Judges: Nigel Lythgoe, Olisa Thompson, Cicely Bradley and Jean-Marc Généreux

• Couple dances:

• Solos:

Week 7 (July 26, 2006)

Judges: Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy and Dan Karaty

• Couple dances:

Week 8 (August 2, 2006)

Judges: Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy and Mia Michaels

• Couple dances:

• Solos:

Week 9 (August 9, 2006)

Judges: Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy and Brian Friedman

• Group dance: Top 4: "SexyBack"—Justin Timberlake (Pop; Choreographer: Wade Robson)
• Duo dances:

Solos:

Week 1 (June 15, 2006)

• Group dance: Top 20: "Technologic"—Daft Punk (Pop-Jazz; Choreographer: Brian Friedman)
• Musical guest: "Promiscuous"—Nelly Furtado feat. Timbaland
• Guest dancer(s): Nick Lazzarini: "Pardon Me"—Incubus (Contemporary)
• Bottom 3 couples' solos:

• Eliminated:
  • Erin Ellis
  • Stanislav Savich
• New partners:
  • None

Week 2 (June 22, 2006)

• Group dance: Top 18: "Get Up Offa That Thing"—James Brown (Funk; Choreographer: Dan Karaty)
• Musical guest: "SOS"—Rihanna
• Bottom 3 couples' solos:

• Eliminated:
  • Joy Spears
  • Jason Williams
• New partners:
  • Dmitry Chaplin and Aleksandra Wojda

Week 3 (June 29, 2006)

• Group dance: Top 16: "Poison"—Bell Biv DeVoe (Hip-Hop; Choreographer: Shane Sparks)
• Musical guest: "Single"—Natasha Bedingfield
• Bottom 3 couples' solos:

• Eliminated:
  • Aleksandra Wojda
  • Ben Susak
• New partners:
  • Dmitry Chaplin and Ashlee Nino

Week 4 (July 6, 2006)

• Group dance: Top 14: "Footloose" from Footloose (Jive; Choreographer: Mary Murphy)
• Musical guest: "Sexy Love"—Ne-Yo
• Bottom 3 couples' solos:

• Eliminated:
  • Jessica Fernandez
  • Jaymz Tuaileva
• New partners:
  • None

Week 5 (July 13, 2006)

• Group dance: Top 12: "Born to be Alive"—Patrick Hernandez (Disco; Choreographer: Doriana Sanchez)
• Musical guest: "Buttons"—The Pussycat Dolls
• Bottom 3 couples' solos:

• Eliminated:
  • Ashlee Nino
  • Musa Cooper
• New Partners:
  • None : now that it was down to the top 10, partners were randomly picked and viewers got to vote on individual dancers.

Week 6 (July 20, 2006)

• Note: This week, the dancers performed the same solo twice
• Group dance: Top 10: "Ramalama (Bang Bang)"—Róisín Murphy (Pop-Jazz; Choreographer: Wade Robson)
• Musical guest: "Gimme That"—Chris Brown
• Bottom 4 dancers:
  • Dmitry Chaplin
  • Natalie Fotopoulos
  • Martha Nichols
  • Ryan Rankine
• Eliminated:
  • Martha Nichols
  • Dmitry Chaplin

Week 7 (July 27, 2006)

• Group dance: Top 8: "Cell Block Tango" from Chicago (musical) (Broadway; Choreographer: Tyce Diorio)
• Musical guest: A medley of "Touch It", "I Love My Chick", and "In the Ghetto"—Busta Rhymes
• Bottom 4 dancers' solos:

• Eliminated:
  • Allison Holker
  • Ryan Rankine

Week 8 (August 3, 2006)

• Group dance: "Hide and Seek"—Imogen Heap (Contemporary; Choreographer: Mia Michaels)
• Musical Guest: "Entourage"—Omarion
• Solos:
  • Natalie Fotopoulos: "I Would Die for You"—Jann Arden
  • Heidi Groskreutz: "Hey Mama"—The Black Eyed Peas
  • Donyelle Jones: "Buttons"—The Pussycat Dolls
  • Travis Wall: "Flying Without Wings (A Capella version)"—Westlife
  • Ivan Koumaev: "I Question Mark"—Wade Robson
  • Benji Schwimmer: "Brown Derby Jump"—Cherry Poppin' Daddies
• Eliminated:
  • Natalie Fotopoulos
  • Ivan Koumaev

Week 10 (Finale) (August 16, 2006)

• Judges: Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy, Brian Friedman, Shane Sparks, Mia Michaels, Dan Karaty
• Musical guests:
  • "Get Up"—Ciara
  • "London Bridge"—Fergie
• Special guest: Celine Dion, who appeared via videotape to congratulate the winner
• Group dances:
  • Top 20
    • "When You Gonna Give It Up To Me"—Sean Paul (ft. Keyshia Cole) (Choreographer: Shane Sparks)
    • "Ramalama (Bang Bang)"—Róisín Murphy (Choreographer: Wade Robson)
  • Top 10
    • "Cell Block Tango" from Chicago (Choreographer: Tyce Diorio)
• Dancers' choice: (each of the final four chose to reprise their favorite routine)
  • Benji Schwimmer: Mambo with Heidi Groskreutz ("Black Mambo"—Angel and the Mambokats)
  • Heidi Groskreutz: Contemporary with Travis Wall ("Calling You"—Celine Dion)
  • Donyelle Jones: Broadway with Benji Schwimmer ("You Can't Stop the Beat" from Hairspray)
  • Travis Wall: Paso doble with Heidi Groskreutz ("The Plaza of Execution" from The Mask of Zorro)
• Judges' choice: (four of the judges picked their favorite routine)
  • Mary Murphy: Samba with Dmitry Chaplin and Natalie Fotopoulos ("Magalenha"—Sérgio Mendes)
  • Mia Michaels: Contemporary with Allison Holker and Ivan Koumaev ("Why"—Annie Lennox)
  • Brian Friedman: Broadway with Travis Wall and Martha Nichols ("Steam Heat"—The Pointer Sisters)
  • Dan Karaty: Hip-hop with Travis Wall and Benji Schwimmer ("Gyrate"—Da Muzicianz (ft. Mr. Collipark))
• Solos:
  • Heidi Groskreutz: "I Love Rock 'n' Roll"—Joan Jett
  • Donyelle Jones: "I'm Free"—Amber
  • Benji Schwimmer: "Never Knew"—The Rocket Summer
  • Travis Wall: "Wonderful"—Annie Lennox
• 4th Place
  • Heidi Groskreutz
• 3rd Place
  • Donyelle Jones
• Runner-Up:
  • Travis Wall
• Winner:
  • Benji Schwimmer