"So You Think You Can Dance" Results: Show Yields Final 3

(CBS) Robert, Lauren and Kent waltzed to the finals of "So You Think You Can Dance" Thursday night after 23-year-old Brooklyn contemporary dancer AdeChike Torbert was eliminated from the dance competition.

For the first time, judges had no say in who went home, relying entirely on viewer votes, which host Cat Deeley said topped 10 million. Judge Adam Shankman even admitted that he prayed Wednesday that viewers would send Lauren to the finals.

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The seventh-season winner also will be chosen next week by viewer voting after the three finalists get a last opportunity to show off their skills Wednesday night. All three are contemporary dancers. Kent Boyd, who comes from Ohio, and Lauren Froderman of Phoenix, are both 18. Robert Roldan, who lives in California, is 19.

The champion will win $250,000, a cover appearance on Dance Spirit magazine, and, new this year, a role in Gatorade's G Series advertising campaign this fall.

Also, it was announced that the six finalists will be joined on the fall dance tour by all-stars Ade Obayomi, Courtney Galiano, Alilson Holker, Kathryn McCormick and Dominic Sandoval, plus season six winner Russell Ferguson.