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So You Think You Can Dance Season 4 With Special Olympics athlete Brett Banford. (Courtesy Lightuptheville - UTube) |
Brett Banford, Special Olympics Utah (USA) athlete, made a great impression when he tried out for "So You Think You Can Dance," Fox TV's hit dance contest show. His audition, which aired on 28 May, included a brief interview and biography in which he was shown in his roles as a Global Messenger and participating in a Law Enforcement Torch Run.
Banford, who practices Tae Kwon Do, integrated martial arts moves into his hip-hop performance. After his audition, which elicited cheers and applause from the studio audience, the 25-year-old Banford said, "I'm here to prove to people that people with disabilities can actually have a normal life and live it."
Although the judges all said that Banford wasn't going to move forward, hosts Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy and Mandy Moore all gave him respect and credit for his effort. "You've got musicality," said Lythgoe. "Congratulations. You're inspirational for all of us."
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