Viewers make their pick on Fox dance competition

August 07, 2009 by USA Today

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NEW YORK (AP) — Viewers said Jeanine Mason can dance best as they crowned her the winner of Fox network's So You Think You Can Dance.

Jeanine beat out Evan, Kayla and Brandon on the dance competition's fifth-season finale, which aired live with the results Thursday.

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More than 21 million votes from viewers had been submitted following the broadcast the night before.

Mason, an 18-year-old native of Pinecrest, Fla., wins $250,000 and the title of "America's Favorite Dancer."

The runner-up was 19-year-old Brandon Bryant of Miami.

Earlier in the two-hour broadcast, Kayla Radomski, a 19-year-old native of Aurora, Colo., was disclosed as the least popular among the remaining four.

A few minutes later, 21-year-old Evan Kasprzak of West Bloomfield, Mich., got the news that he had placed third.

A sixth season of Dance begins next month, bridging the gap until midseason, when American Idol returns.

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