What It Means to Become ‘America’s Favorite Dancers’ “So You Think You Can Dance” may be on pandemic hiatus, but the show’s alums can be found on screens of all sizes. The first gang’s all here: The Top 16 contestants from the first season of “So You Think You Can Dance,” in 2005.Credit...Fox By Margaret Fuhrer April 7, 2021, 10:00 a.m. ET At the beginning, “So You Think You Can Dance” seemed unstoppable. The “American Idol”-style reality competition found a devoted audience when it premiered in the summer of 2005. In the late 2000s, at the height of the show’s popularity, the names of “So You Think” dancers were familiar enough to pepper casual viewers’ dinner-table conversation. Did you call in to vote for Benji or Sabra or tWitch?