Melanie Moore is "So You Think You Can Dance" Season 8 Winner

19-year-old Melanie Moore won the 8th season of So You Think You Can Dance, beating Sasha Mallory and the other two Filipino-American finalists Marko Germar and Tadd Gadduang. The Pinoys finished 3rd and 4th respectively during the finals that was held Thursday night in Los Angeles.

Melanie got 47% of votes followed by Sasha who got 32%.

Despite the loss, though, Filipinos once again proved that we can compete internationally. It's just sad that the judges' statements really have a big impact on the people's decision on who to vote for. In this case, Nigel Lythgoe rooted for a girl winner. He apologized to the two male contestants for pushing them "under the bus" the night before but, of course, the votes had already been cast when he made the apology.

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