So You Think You Can Dance Contestants Avoid Elimination

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So You Think You Can Dance judges Nigel Lythgoe and Mary Murphy and guest judge Megan Mullally made a decision to eliminate no one during Thursday night's live results show on Fox, which was supposed to show the eliminations of one male and a single female dancer to reduce the Top 20 to the Top 18.

Previously in the episode, So You Think You Can Dance host Cat Deeley had revealed the bottom three couples determined by home viewer votes cast immediately following Wednesday night's performance broadcast.

The six members of the bottom three couples were required each to dance solo in their own style to make an effort to be saved by the judges and proceed in the competition.

Here's what the announcement was:

"I'm sorry to say, we've never ever done this, but we are not going to let anybody go home this week," Lythgoe said at the end of Thursday night's live broadcast. "But, let me say this. Listen very, very carefully. Don't get too excited. Two couples will go home next week. Don't get too excited, everybody."