The episode opened with last year's winner, Nick Lazzarini, performing a solo dance.
Then, Cat introduced this episode's judges: Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy, and Dan Karaty. She also announced that this year instead of drawing a partner every week, the partners were randomly assigned and will stay together until one of them is eliminated.
This week's pairs danced together: Benji and Donyelle, Ivan and Allison, Jason and Aleksandra, Jamyz and Jessica, Stanislav and Erin, Dmitry and Joy, Ryan and Heidi, Ben and Ashlee, Travis and Martha, and Musa and Natalie. Afterwards, voting was opened up to the audience.
Season 2 Episode 6 of So You Think You Can Dance resulted in a 0.00 rating in the 18-49 demographic.
s02e01 - Auditions #1 and #2: New York and Charleston
s02e02 - Auditions #3: Los Angeles
s02e03 - Auditions #4: Chicago
s02e04 - Las Vegas Callback
s02e05 - Dancers Cut to 20
s02e06 - Top 20
s02e07 - Top 20 Results
s02e08 - Top 18
s02e09 - Top 18 Results
s02e10 - Top 16
s02e11 - Top 16 Results
s02e12 - Top 14
s02e13 - Top 14 Results
s02e14 - Top 12
s02e15 - Top 12 Results
s02e16 - Top 10
s02e17 - Top 10 Results
s02e18 - Top 8
s02e19 - Top 8 Results
s02e20 - Top 6
s02e21 - Top 6 Results
s02e22 - Top 4: The Finale
s02e23 - Finale
Contestants perform a particular style of dance each week with a partner. The audience votes on their favorite couple leaving the 3 couples with the least votes up for elimination. After each dancer performs a solo of their choice for the judges, one male and one female contestant are up for elimination.