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Slavik Pustovoytov entered the “So You Think You Can Dance” live shows as an underdog. He was the only hip-hop dancer who made the Top 10, and his freestyle background meant that learning choreography in any style was a brand new experience for him. So the judges have been pleasantly surprised by how well he has adapted to a variety of styles he was unfamiliar with before now. But on the night when the Top 6 performed for just four spots in the finale, the pressure seemed to get to him, and he got some of his harshest critiques of the season.

His first duet was a hip-hop routine with “Sytycd” all-star Jaja Vankova that was choreographed by another all-star, Comfort Fedoke. You might think that a hip-hop routine would be as close to his comfort zone as he could get, but the judges weren’t impressed. Twitch thought it lacked the...

There was no room for error in the Monday night, August 27 episode of “So You Think You Can Dance” when the Top 6 performed. The contestants have been so evenly matched and so consistent during the live shows that they’re all judges’ darlings at this point. So every performance counts more than ever in order to appeal to viewers voting at home. Who survived this latest round? Find out below in our live blog with all the minute-by-minute developments as they happen.

The three women who went into this week’s show were Jensen Arnold, Hannahlei Cabanilla and Genessy Castillo. And the three men were Jay Jay Dixonbey, Darius Hickman and Slavik Pustovoytov. America’s votes had been fairly consistent in previous episodes: Jensen, Hannahlei, Jay Jay and Slavik were safe every week. Genessy and Darius landed in the bottom four for the first time last week, but the judges...