‘So You Think You Can Dance’ 18 episode 5 recap: ‘Challenge #1: Music Videos’ broke some out of their comfort zones

Tom Griscom/FOX We’re out of the auditions rounds on “So You Think You Can Dance” season 18, so it’s time for the top 10 to compete in challenges replicating a real career in dance. In the end, only one will win the $100,000 grand prize. So what happened in “Challenge #1: Music Videos” on Monday night, April 15? Read on to find out. The 10 finalists coming into this episode were Olivia Alboher, Madison Alvarado, Braylon Browner, Anthony Curley, Avery Gay, Mariyah Hawkins, Easton Magliarditi, Roman Nevinchanyi, Jaylin Sanders and Dakayla Wilson. “This season we’re taking the challenges off the shiny floor and into the real world,” announces host Cat Deeley at the start of the show. At the end of an opening number choreographed by Luther Brown that gives each of the top 10 dancers a moment at center stage to shine, judges Maksim Chmerkovskiy, Allison Holker and JoJo Siwa emerge with some dance moves of their own, showcasing that we have a judging panel that knows of what they speak when they critique dancers. SIGN UPfor Gold Derby’s free newsletter with latest predictions Flash back to one week earlier when the finalists don’t know yet that their challenges...