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List of the top twenty finalists from the second season of So You Think You Can Dance. 116 dancers were invited to Las Vegas for a week's training. That 116 was eventually reduced to 41, and finally to 20.

Dmitry Chaplin is an international Latin dancer, born in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, on July 14, 1982. He graduated from School No. 8 in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, Minnetonka High School in Minnetonka, Minnesota, and attended Brooklyn College for one semester. Outside of the TV show, Chaplin is currently partnered with Heidi Groskreutz and was a national finalist in the 2006 U.S. National Amateur Dancesport Championships in Provo, Utah.

Chaplin's dance style proved extremely popular with the audience, and other contestants sought his assistance in how to "dance masculine". Although generally rated positively by the judges, viewer votes repeatedly placed Chaplin in the bottom three couples each week. Three of his first partners (Joy Spears, Aleksandra Wojda, and Ashlee Nino) were eliminated, this so-called "curse" becoming a running joke. Chaplin reached the top 10 contestants before being eliminated with Martha Nichols on July 20. He currently lives in Brooklyn, New York. Dmitry Chapin also was on a season of Dancing with the Stars, partnered up with Playboy Model Holly Madison, being eliminated on week 3 in a double elimination. He then competed on season 9 of Dancing with the Stars and was partnered with singer, Mýa. They were runners-up to Donny Osmond and Kym Johnson. He recently competed on season 12 of Dancing with the Stars with supermodel Petra Němcová. They were the fourth couple to be eliminated.

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