Could there be a showmance brewing in season 18? So you think you can dance?
Anthony Curley And Dakayla Wilson Both said they might see each other as more than just friends on the Monday, April 22, episode of the Fox series.
Dakayla admitted to having a crush on Anthony during a conversation with her co-stars Madison Alvarado And Mariah Hawkins. She added that she appreciates that Anthony is a “big, strong man who can pick me up and throw me around in the air.”
Anthony, meanwhile, admitted during the episode that he thinks Dakayla is cute, which drew an outcry from several of his co-stars.
Elsewhere in the episode, Anthony and Dakayla, both 18, appeared together during a group dance. Your team member Jaylin Sanders pointed out how much chemistry the two had.
“Look, I’m not the one who gave you this tea, but I feel like Anthony and Dakayla, [they’re] This is getting a little closer to me,” Jaylin, 20, said in front of cameras during the rehearsal. “But that’s none of my business.”
Both Anthony and Dakayla were up for elimination on Monday’s episode Roman Nevinchanyi And Braylon Browner. Both delivered stunning performances in their solos and made it into the top six, while Roman (26) and Braylon (18) were eliminated.
While it remains to be seen whether Anthony and Dakayla’s “baby” crush will develop into something more serious, they aren’t the first duo to spark a romance SYTYCD. Koko Iwasaki And Kiki Nyemchek fell in love on the 14th season of the reality competition series, which aired in 2017. The couple announced their engagement in November 2022.
Iwasaki, 26, gushed about her fiancé on Instagram earlier this month.
“Your ability to love me, be patient with me, care for me, listen to me, cry with me, laugh with me and grow with me is beyond anything I have ever known. Maybe it’s because our wedding is coming up so soon, but I’ve had so many moments in the last few days where I felt so happy and fortunate that we chose each other for the days to come,” she wrote. “Thank you for loving me and allowing my soul to be free. You are my soulmate and I have never felt more sure of that than I do now. I love you forever.”
Another SYTYCD Love story is that of Allison Holker And Stephen “tWitch” Boss. Holker, 36, met her late husband during the show’s seventh season, which aired in 2010. The dancers tied the knot in 2013 and welcomed son Maddox, 8, and daughter Zaia, 4. Holker, 36, also has an older daughter, 15-year-old Weslie, from a previous relationship.
Holker paid tribute to Boss, who died by suicide in December 2022 at the age of 40, during the season 18 premiere of SYTYCD Last month.
“Stephen ‘tWitch’ Boss was and will forever be an icon [and] “A legend because he was truly the best at what he did,” she said during the first round of casting. “But also because he brought out the best in everyone around him. To this day he does this for me, my children and everyone here. And we honor him by giving him that life back, because that’s what he would want too.”
So you think you can dance airs Mondays at 9 p.m. ET on Fox.
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