Russell Ferguson is an American Krump dancer from Boston, Massachusetts. He won So You Think You Can Dance season 6, making him the first Krump contestant to win the title. Russell is a graduate of the Boston Arts Academy and attended the University of the Arts in Philadelphia as a dance major.
So You Think You Can Dance
Russell competed on season 6 of the FOX reality dance competition, So You Think You Can Dance. His partner for weeks 1-5 was Noelle Marsh. However, before taping began, Noelle was injured and unable to dance, so during the taping of week 1, Russell danced with their choreographer, Melanie LaPatin. In week 6 he danced with Mollee Gray. His partner for week 7 was to be Ashleigh Di Lello, but due to injury, she was unable to dance during the show's taping. As the first Krump contestant to make it to Vegas, into the Top 20, Top 10 and Finale, Russell went on to win the competition. Unfortunately, he was injured during the finale and was unable to perform his remaining routines.
WeekPartner(s)Thing/styleMusicChoreographer(s)Result1Kevin HunteJonathan "Legacy" PerezHip-Hop"Beggin' (District 78 Mix)"—MadconTabitha andNapoleon D'umo—Melanie LaPatinFoxtrot"Vagabond Shoes"—Vic DamoneTony MeredithMelanie LaPatinBottom 4—Solo (Krump)"Give the Drummer Sum"—Black Milk—Safe2Noelle MarshHip-Hop"Move Shake Drop (Remix)"—DJ Laz, Flo Rida & CasleyJamal SimsSafe3African Jazz"Frog Dance"—Mickey Hart and Planet DrumSean CheesmanSafe4Foxtrot"Baby (You've Got What It Takes)"—Michael Bublé and Sharon Jones & The Dap-KingsEdward SimonSafe5Samba"Hips Don't Lie"—ShakiraTony MeredithMelanie LaPatinSafeContemporary"A Case of You"—Diana KrallTyce Diorio6Mollee GrayLyrical Jazz"It Must Have Been Love"—RoxetteMandy MooreSafeJive"Land of 1000 Dances"—Jimmy BarnesAnya GarnisPasha Kovalev—Solo (Krump)"Outros"—Black Milk—7Rachel (assistant)Hip-Hop"Too Much Booty 2" (Bobby J Remix)—Soundmaster T & Jah-Rista featuring KorveilShane SparksSafeAlicia (assistant)Bollywood"Spirit of Rangeela" from RangeelaNakul Dev Mahajan—Solo (Krump)"Holiday Buckness"—J-Squad—8Ashleigh Di LelloLyrical Jazz"Angel Standing By"—JewelSonya TayehWinnerEllenore ScottPaso Doble"Village Attack" from Blood DiamondJason GilkisonKathryn McCormickHip-Hop"I Can Transform Ya"—Chris Brown feat. Lil Wayne & Swizz BeatzTabitha andNapoleon D'umo
After So You Think You Can Dance
Russell was a cast member of the 2013 Anthony William's Urban Nutcracker in Boston, MA. Ferguson will appear in the popular prologue that features a face-off between two different genres of dance and will also appear in dance scenes as the Soldier Doll and Caviar Caper. In 2014, he judged an episode of So You Think You Can Dance, China.
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