‘So You Think You Can Dance’ Winner Ricky Ubeda a Twitter Fan Favorite All Season

By Adam Flomenbaum 

DAN_TOP_20_PROFILE_RICKY_UBEDA_2500_640x360_294531651631__659274Summer’s must-watch show, ‘So You Think You Can Dance,’ concluded Wednesday and fan-favorite Ricky Ubeda came out the winner. According to our analytics partner Canvs, which analyzes tweets about TV to capture emotions, 9% of reactions to the show during the season mentioned Ubeda (only @DANCEonFOX was reacted to more) and the response was overwhelmingly positive: he was featured in 13% of “Good” reactions and 11% of “Stunning Reactions.”

Overall, though the finale got far fewer tweets than the premiere (58,021 vs 94,797), the finale elicited more emotional reactions (25,734 vs 25,660).

For more on how fans reacted to the SYTYCD finale, some additional stats from Canvs followed by an infographic:

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-“Excited” spiked from 8:00-8:05 as people expressed their anticipation for the finale.
-“Love” spiked from 8:30-8:35 during Michael Dameski’s performance.
-Enrique Iglesias’s performance from 9:05-9:10 inspired spikes in both “beautiful” and “hate” tweets.
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