Judges Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy, and Vanessa Hudgens all return to the show, which kicks off TONIGHT, June 4th @ 8PM ET/PT on Fox.
Reigning winner Lex Ishimoto and season 14 top four dancer Taylor Sieve both shared messages on their Instagrams for the next America’s Favorite Dancer hopefuls.
“What an experience. Just an icing on the cake from the whole journey,” Lexstarted. “BUT. It’s time to dethrone and a new winner must fight for the crown…… who’s taking it!?”
Tayloradded, “Reminiscing on this journey because I can’t believe Season 15 of @danceonfox starts tomorrow! Missing my Lex right now and I’m still so proud. But what an incredible experience I had on the show and with the people I love. Can’t wait to see what the new talent will bring this year. Good luck!”
Check out all the sneak peeks for tonight’s premiere below!
In fact, Taylor and Lex have been dating for quite a while and were on another tour prior to the show, which is where they met.
JJJ spoke to Lex after his big win and asked him about having Taylor by his side throughout the show.
“It was such a good thing to have,” he revealed. “Without her, I don’t think I would’ve been able to go through this show as much as I actually did.”
Lex adds, “Mentality wise, it’s such a grueling process and to have her by my side was a very calming and made everything so much easier.”
In fact, it wasn’t just Taylor who helped him through the show, but all the Top 10 dancers, especially Kiki Nyemchek and Koine Iwasaki, who rounded out the Top 4.
“It’s actually awesome. All four of us just connected so well together and we felt deserved to be in the Top 4,” Lex said of their friendship. “They all brought something specific to their own table and it felt amazing to experience this with them. They are such great friends.”
The two dancers, who are in the Top 4 with Kiki Nyemchek and Koine Iwasaki, performed a sweet number choreographed by Mia Michaels and showed off their love.
Some fans who watched the performance were surprised that Taylor and Lex actually kissed during their performance, and were even more surprised that they’ve been a couple for a while!
“I’m still out here fangirling over Lex and Taylor #SYTYCD,” one fan wrote.
Another adds, “I’m literally crying watching Lex and Taylor and knowing that they are in love.”
“Is this real life??? Wait WHAT???” Kiki posted on Instagram after the show last night. “I can’t believe that I made the TOP 4 of SYTYCD!! There was ABSOLUTELY no freaking way I could have done this without all of your support.”
Taylor adds, “Wow, I truly can’t believe it. TOP 4?! I feel so incredibly thankful to be here with these amazing dancers and people.”
“My heart is so full. With these 3 loves. Top 4 on SYTYCD… What a dream. ?? THANK YOU,” Koine wrote on Twitter, with a group pic.
Check out Lex‘s sweet message below, too!
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The Minnesota native has received a ton of praise from viewers, her All-Star partner Robert Roldan and the judges since the Top 10 announcement last week — and she’s honestly shocked about that.
“It’s shocking to receive that praise from them because I wasn’t shown a lot in the audition episodes,” Taylor revealed in a new interview. “So to finally make it onto the live shows and receive that kind of praise, everyone is kind of like ‘who is this girl and where did she come from?’”
She adds that the show is a “very humbling experience. It’s a lot of hard work. But it’s something I’ve always wanted to do and experience, and now that I’m here it’s very surreal…very surreal.”
Taylor is now part of the Top 8 dancers on the show and will be going on tour with her fellow competitors starting in October.
Lex Ishimoto and Taylor Sieve might be competing against each other for the title of America’s favorite dancer on television, but off the stage, they’re each other’s favorite dancers.
It seems that the So You Think You Can Dance competitors have found love on the stage and their Instagrams to each other are incredibly sweet.
“Met you on this stage, been inspiring me ever since,” Lex captioned next to a picture of him holding Taylor in his arms.
He adds, “Watching you dance is a gift and being able to dance with you is a dream. Thank you.”
Taylor‘s Instagram was just as sweet: “My love”, she simply wrote.
