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Hani Abaza

Age: 26
Occupation: Dancer, Teacher, Choreographer, GYPSY
Hometown: Ottawa, ON
Audition City: Vancouver, BC
Place of Birth: Kuwait City, Kuwait
Nickname: My mom calls me Buzz Buzz
Primary Style of Dance: Modern Contemporary
Favorite Song to Get Pumped Up and Ready to Perform to: “Can You Feel It” by Michael Jackson
Signature Dance Move: My movement is constantly growing in technique and dynamics
Favourite Dance Movie: A Chorus Line
Couldn’t Live Without: Music. I feel like music has a funny way of helping you at the right place and right time always
Motto: “Stay Golden”

Hani Abaza says he experienced both “humbling relief” and “empowering excitement” upon discovering he was part of SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE CANADA’s Season 3 Top 22.

Denys Drozdyuk

Age: 25
Occupation: Professional Dancer
Hometown: Toronto, ON
Audition City: Montreal, QC
Place of Birth: Chernivtsy, Ukraine
Nickname: N/A
Primary Style of Dance: Ballroom
Favorite song to get pumped up and ready to perform to: Merengue song “Linda Eh” by Grupo Mania
Favourite Dance Movie: White Nights
Signature Dance Move: Samba Whisk
Couldn’t Live Without: Milk
Motto: “No excuses, no limits”

Claudia Primeau

Age: 26
Occupation: Ballroom Dance Teacher
Hometown: Montreal, QC
Audition City: Montreal, QC
Place of Birth: Lasalle, QC
Nickname: Clo or Britney
Primary Style of Dance: Ballroom
Favorite Song to Get Pumped Up and Ready to Perform to: “Alors on Danse” by Stromae
Signature Dance Move: Cuban motions
Favourite Dance Movie: Dirty Dancing
Couldn’t Live Without: My White Maltese Bichon, Flocon
Motto: Live Your Dance, Dance Your Life!

Claudia was in shock and utter disbelief upon learning she had made it into the Top 22 of SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE CANADA Season 3. “I thought it was a joke. I couldn’t believe it.”

Bree Wasylenko

Age: 22
Occupation: Professional Dancer
Hometown: Toronto, ON
Audition City: Toronto, ON
Place of Birth: Okotoks, Alberta
Nickname: B-Was, Bran Muffin
Primary Style of Dance: Contemporary
Favorite Song to Get Pumped Up and Ready to Perform to: “Green Light” by John Legend
Signature Dance Move: I am always very expressive with my hands. Lots of electric and intricate hand movements make up my signature style.
Favourite Dance Movie: Center Stage
Couldn’t Live Without: My blackberry! It’s on me at all times. In 90% of my pictures you see one hand gripping my blackberry, making it look like I have some sort of deformed claw hand.
Motto: “Where there’s a will there’s a way”

Amanda Cleghorn

Age: 19
Occupation: Professional Dancer
Hometown: Mississauga, ON
Audition City: Toronto, ON
Place of Birth: Etobicoke, ON
Nickname: Clegs
Primary Style of Dance: Contemporary
Favorite Song to Get Pumped Up and Ready to Perform to: “California Gurls” by Katy Perry
Signature Dance Move: Pirouette into a layback
Favourite Dance Movie: Hairspray
Couldn’t Live Without: My Blackberry, I don’t know what I’d do without it. Who doesn’t love their cell phone?
Motto: “Anything is possible”

When guest judge Mary Murphy passed along the exciting news that Amanda Cleghorn was part of the Top 22 for Season 3 of SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE CANADA, Cleghorn says she was in a state of “shock and awe.” “All I could think was ‘wow, I did it!’”

Jera Wolfe

Age: 19
Occupation: Professional Dancer
Hometown: Inverness, Nova Scotia
Audition City: Calgary, Alberta
Place of Birth: Toronto, Ontario
Nickname: Wolfman, Wolfy
Primary Style of Dance: Ballet/Breaker
Favourite Song to Get Pumped up and Ready to Perform: Any song by Girl Talk Signature Dance Move: Turn in second, into coin drops, into windmills
Favourite Dance Movie: Footloose
Couldn’t Live Without: iPod and eggs
Motto: “Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass; it’s about learning to dance in the rain.”

Janick Arseneau

Age: 20
Occupation: Dance Instructor
Hometown: Bathurst, NB
Audition City: Montreal, QC
Place of Birth: Bathurst, NB
Nickname: JanJan, Gertrude
Primary Style of Dance: Contemporary
Favourite Song to Get Pumped Up and Ready to Perform to: ” I'm So Excited” by The Pointer Sisters
Signature Dance Move: My “"Fouttés a la seconde" because every time I am given a freestyle solo in any performance, I am asked to do this move
Favourite Dance Movie: Flashdance
Couldn’t Live Without: My blackberry!
Motto: My dad told me once: “When something deserves to be done, it deserves to be WELL done!” And I never forget that. So I now stick with that!

In this special one-hour episode, "Finals Week" comes to an end and the Season 3 Top 20 are revealed on SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE CANADA.

9:00pm - Sunday, August 22 on CTV

10:30pm - Saturday, August 21 on CTV

Sketches include Meet the Family; Good Cop, Bad Cop; Paul Schaeffer's new charity; a really hot DVD and Bjork's new talk show.

10:00pm - Saturday, August 21 on CTV

An accomplished comedy writer, stand-up performer and actor, Dave Hemstad has earned a reputation for his insightful logic and penetrating witticism. In 2003, Hemstad was honoured by the Canadian Organization of Campus Activities as the "Best Comedian in Canada." Hemstad has performed on many stages including Just for Laughs and the Halifax Comedy Festival, as well as on international stages in Singapore and England. Hemstad has also shared the stage with comedians including Russell Peters, Jeremy Hotz and Canadian legend, Ron James.

10:00pm - Friday, August 20 on CTV

The SRU is called to save a star basketball player (Douglas Smith, BIG LOVE) pushed to the brink of suicide by a team's code of silence and an abusive coach (Mike Dopud, SMALLVILLE).

Canada’s #1 comedy HOT IN CLEVELAND cranks up the heat with a new Tuesday night at 8 p.m. ET timeslot beginning August 24 on CTV (visit ctv.ca to confirm local broadcast times). The White, hot series kicks of a sizzling Tuesday night line-up followed by SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE CANADA at 8:30 p.m. ET and SHAQ VS at 9 p.m. ET. 

Since its debut to record audiences in TV Land in the U.S. in June, HOT IN CLEVELAND continues to be a hit this side of the border as well. The series ranks among the top five on the list of television’s most-watched summer programs (1.65 million viewers) and delivered a series high 1.83 million viewers for its most recent episode.

With only three days to go until the SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE CANADA Season 3 Top 20 are revealed on Sunday, August 22 at 9 p.m. ET on CTV, ETALK announced exclusively tonight the choreographers and judging panel for the first performance show, coming up Monday, August 23 at 9 p.m. ET (visit CTV.ca to confirm local broadcast times).

Returning to the judge’s desk is guest judge Mary Murphy, while Tony Award-winner Bill T. Jones, the director and choreographer of the the smash Broadway play FELA!, joins the show for the first group number of the season on Tuesday’s results episode.

Encore episodes of SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE CANADA air back-to-back for the first time beginning Saturday, August 21 at 2 p.m. ET on MuchMusic (visit MuchMusic.com to confirm local broadcast times).

During "Finals Week" almost 150 dancers travel to Toronto, where the dancers test their limits with the goal of earning a spot in the coveted SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE CANADA Top 20. Guest judges including Sean Cheesman, Mary Murphy and Rex Harrington.

9:00pm - Thursday, August 19 on CTV

It's the last stop during the SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE CANADA audition tour as Canadians have one more shot to prove they are the best dancers during the Montreal auditions. Judges Jean Marc Genereux, Tre Armstrong and Luther Brown are joined by guest judge Mia Michaels.

9:00pm - Wednesday, August 18 on CTV