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So You Think You Can Dance 12 Top 20 Video: Meet the Finalists!

Stage vs. street! So You Think You Can Dance has narrowed its Season 12 competitors down to 20 finalists specializing in two very different genres of dance.

The remaining contestants seeking the title of America’s Favorite Dancer spent time over the weekend getting their portraits taken at a Los Angeles studio, and Us Weekly has an exclusive video from behind the scenes of the top-secret shoot.

Check out the Top 20 in action above, and find out their specialties below. The So You Think You Can Dance live shows kick off Monday, July 13 at 8 p.m. ET on Fox.

Team Stage

Gaby Diaz, 19, Miami, Fla.

Specialty: Tap

Darion Flores, 19, Hartford, Conn.

Specialty: Ballet

Kate Harpootlian, 27, Los Angeles, Calif.

Specialty: Contemporary

Edson Juarez, 24, Mission, Texas

Specialty: Contemporary

Alexia Meyer, 20, Orem, Utah

Specialty: Jazz

Marissa Miele, 20, Nashville, Tenn.

Specialty: Jazz

Jim Nowakowski, 26, Rochester, N.Y.

Specialty: Ballet

Moises Parra, 18, Garden Grove, Calif.

Specialty: Contemporary

Hailee Payne, 20, Roy, Utah

Specialty: Jazz

Derek Piquette, 18, Chicopee, Mass.

Specialty: Contempoarary

Team Street

Megan “Megz” Alfonso, 29, Long Island, N.Y.

Specialty: Hip-Hop

Yorelis Apolinario, 19, Tampa, Fla.

Specialty: Freestyle

Ariana Crowder, 22, Somerset, N.J.

Specialty: Hip-Hop

Lily Frias, 23, Durango, Mexico

Specialty: Waacking

Virgil Gadson, 28, New York, N.Y.

Specialty: Hip-Hop

Burim “B1” Jusufi, 29, Baden, Switzerland

Specialty: Breaking

Alain “Hurrikane” Lature, 29, Port Au Prince, Haiti

Specialty: Locking

Jessica Rabone, 30, Miami, Fla.

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Specialty: Contemporary

Jana “Jaja” Vankova, 23, Los Angeles, Calif.

Specialty: Krump

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