If you've read ryanwelton.com for any length of time since So You Think You Can Dance? Season 4 started, you'd know that I didn't give Joshua Allen much of a chance at all to succeed long-term in this competition.

Sure, I liked his style, but being the ignoramus that I am relative to dance, I figured his pop and hip-hop sensibilities wouldn't resonate with the public.

I was wrong. I am wrong.

I think Joshua can win this bugger.

And I don't think Katee Shean is the liability I think she once might have been. Paired with her best friend and roommate, Natalie Reid, I thought Katee might be in over her head. Together, they seemed like clumsy, girlie roomies dancing in pajamas to frivolous dance tunes, but paired with Allen, Katee comes off as all woman.

My standard caveat as it applies to this show holds true: I can't dance, but I don't pretend to not know what's artful and what isn't because I do.

And Joshua and Katee, in the first week of Top 20 competition, were artful and beautiful.

We'll know more next week, but if Allen's style is applied equitably across other genres, he could be a surprise winner as America's Favorite Dancer.

I'm still not totally sold, but I'm hoping to be convinced because he's who I rank atop my SYTYCD Top 5 for Week 1 of finals competition.

Watch Joshua and Katee again:

The rest of my Top 5 is as follows:

2. Chelsea Traille - Judges loved her more than I did, but she hits every mark like a champ and has the feel of a Vegas pro.

3. Will Wingfield - Three people of color in the first three spots of the Top 5? Heck, yes. Will might have been No. 1 if not for his Bottom 3 finish with Jessica. His lines, carriage, ability to be masculine in the most feminine of dances (not the tango), and his personality and training lineage (Debbie Allen) make him formidable.

4. Chelsie Hightower - Choreography from Mia Michaels aside, Chelsie's ability to dance all styles combined with her great legs make her a tough out once we get to the Top 10.

5. Katee Shean - I hope nobody takes offense to Katee being spotted so lowly. However, many of us remain unconvinced. As for me, I am almost convinced. The unassuming roommate performed in Week 1 like a champ. A reality television overachiever, somebody every average performer can get behind.

Thoughts? Who am I missing?