Last night, SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE did something amazing, they gave us a look at what each of the Top 20 dancers can actually do! Before throwing the Top 10 guys and Top 10 girls directly to the “random” couplings and “random” styles we were able to witness why these kids were chosen in the first place. Bravo SYTYCD!
Too bad my DVR didn’t record the frakkin’ hour! At 11pm last night when I sat down to watch the brilliance Twitter had prepped me for, I almost passed out to discover it was not there.
Thanks to the power of the interwebs (specifically http://mjsbigblog.com/), this morning I’m able to watch and comment on some of the dances and Cat’s new crop of babies.
Wade and Amanda Robson’s group number may be the best group dance this show has ever seen. I’m not kidding, it’s cramazing! When the 3rd gang, the all boy gang, hit the stage I lost my breath a little. Whomever is featured front and center on that (too digitized online to truly tell who it was) portion is my new SYTYCD Boyfriend. The way that boy moved was pure sin!
If you, like me, missed the number here it is (while YouTube keeps it posted):
Wade Robson’s Group Number – “Comanche” by The Revels:
What SYTYCD did so brilliantly was introduce the dancers in choreographed groups.
Kevin Hunte, Legacy and Russell Ferguson are our Hip-Hop boys this year. Seriously, some of the tricks those kids did in their NappyTabs routine were out of control! That Legacy kid (oy with the name) can moooooove. I’m psyched to see what Krumper Russell will bring to the competition. Honestly an amazing routine. (Watch the Performance)
The first group of Contemporary Jazz kids (Jakob Karr, Nathan Trasoras, Channing Cooke, Ariana Debos) worked it to Tyce Diorio’s “Crying” by K.D. Lang. Onstage, Channing reminded me of GLEE’s Quinn Fabray and Jakob was a dead ringer for TRUE BLOOD’s Godric – I’m just sayin’. Ariana had some killer moves and the pirouettes Nathan did were OOC! I felt at times the dancers were dancing by themselves, not as a group, but I can forgive that because it was quite fantastic. (Watch the Performance)
My friend Beth twittered “what genius decided it was a good idea to put tapdancers dressed all in b&w in front of a b&W backdrop, for god’s sake???” and I couldn’t agree more. What the hell were you thinking SYTYCD Producers? It looked ridonkulous. Phillip Atmore, Bianca Revels, Peter Sabatino and everyone related to the show need to tone down the “history in the making” comments… we get it – tap is back… (Watch the Performance)
Going into this Jazz routine by Sonya Tayeh, these girls had the biggest job of impressing me. Not only do they have the 3 most dowdy names in SYTYCD history (Ellenore Scott, Mollee Gray and Pauline Mata) that Mollee girl annoys me. I love me some Sonya but this was the most boring, un-cohesive number of the night. Pauline may have been the best? I can’t tell… I was bored. (Watch the Performance)
It should be no surprise here that the 2nd group of Contemporary dancers blew me away. It featured Billy Bell, Victor Smalley, Noelle Marsh, Kathryn McCormick dancing a Mandy Moore routine to Coldplay’s “Viva La Vida” – slamdunk! I will confess here and now that I shed a slight tear during this number. It was beautiful, masterfully danced and breathtaking to watch. That Victor is a tall hunka-hunka something on that stage, no? Excellent performances by all four dancers.
Watch Mandy Moore’s Contemporary Routine:
By now you’ve heard that Billy Bell had to leave the competition for medical reasons and is being replaced by Brandon Dumlao (Hip-Hop). It was announced yesterday afternoon and after watching this performance, it’s a HUGE loss to the show.
As I wrote on twitter after watching his cramazing performance: “It is a damn shame to lose Billy Bell from #SYTYCD because that boy brought a killer energy and brilliance to that stage.”
Sadly the statement still omits what his illness is and I guess we don’t need to know. I personally hope Billy gets better and comes to rock our worlds in Season 7!
The official statement from the Bell Family:
Billy’s family would like to thank all of the fans that came out to show their support for Billy this season. It has been an amazing experience for all of us and has really meant a lot to Billy. We feel like Billy made it through all of the tough auditions and now that the fun was beginning, he has to leave the show. We were all very disappointed when we heard the news and Billy was devastated when his doctors told the show that if he continued to dance on the show before he recovered, he could possibly die. It will take several weeks for him to recover and as a result, he will be unable to return to Juilliard as of right now. We are hoping he will be able to return in the Spring. Billy is still quite ill but was released from the hospital today. He’s feeling better but still needs to rest.
As of right now, Billy is hoping to re-audition for Season 7. He really enjoyed working with the show and had a lot of fun. Although he is sad that he will not be a part of Season 6, he hopes that the producers will allow him to return for the next season. If you would like to wish Billy a speedy recovery, I’m sure he would appreciate it. You can do so by posting on the facebook fan page or his facebook.
Thank you so much for sharing your love and support with our family.
The Bell Family
Thanks to our friends over at SYTYCDISM for originally posting the statement.
On with the dancing…
Jason Gilkison gave the Ballroom trio (Ryan and Ashleigh DiLello, Karen Hauer) some supposedly sexy sassy Samba to work introduce them to the world. Personally I was pretty bored. I think knowing that Ryan and Ashleigh are a married couple makes me not want them to do well. I’m an asshole, I know this. Something about them just rubs me the wrong way. Ryan’s suit wasn’t doing anything for me either. That white piping on that horribly round breasted jacket was a serious distraction. (Watch the Performance)
Overall I have to say that I’m more impressed with the level of dancing than I have been since Season 2. There is some unreal talent on that stage this season, I just hope it continues as these kids start getting mixed up in styles that are not their own.
Possible SYTYCD Boyfriends this season: Jakob, Nathan and Victor
And the Winner of SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE Season 5 is…
We just finished the finale and cannot believe that the season is over. For our final SYTYCD podcast of the season we examine the results, the Judges Choice Encore performances, and the big surprise of the night!
Find out which Judge we wished was shanked; which Judge needed a new top; which podcast host was almost murdered tonight and which podcast host performed a Season 6 audition piece!
There’s a lot of laughter, a few screams, some tears and even a moment of terror jam packed into this finale podcast so listen up and join in on the discussion.
Thanks for an amazing season and we’ll be talking SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE once again this fall.
Here we go kids, it’s the Season 5 Finale of SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE! Kath and Dan discuss all of the routines, the finale expectations, the Judges commentary and Cat Deeley’s awesomeness.
Did Kayla, Brandon, Evan and Jeanine live up to previous seasons’ finalists? Were the finale dances as amazing and memorable as years past? Did Shankman dazzle us with his genius or completely disappoint us? Who gave us one of the most unbelievable solo’s in the history of the show?
The Top 6 from SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE Season 5 performed which means Kath and Dan are back for another podcast. With each contestant performing 4 routines, there’s plenty to talk about.
There’s a quickstep, some disco action, a cramazing contemporary routine, some not so amazing hip-hop and some banoodles solo numbers.
We spy on Kath’s new neighbor; we ponder the likeness of a certain contestant to a certain vampire on TRUE BLOOD; we complain about some choreographers; we forget some choreographers names and probably put our feet in our mouths more than once!
A week from the finale, we also discuss how this season has played out, our feelings about the results so far and declare who the winner of SYTYCD Season 5 should be.
SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE celebrated its 100th episode by reuniting a ton of alums, working out some killer encore performances, having Katie Holmes sing and dance a spell and then reality kicked in sending two more dancers home.
In the latest SYTYCD TV Talk Podcast, Kath and Dan are joined by their weekly viewing partners in crime Jess, Whit and Heather! We’ll warn everyone now, we’re all a little punchy after the sad sad elimination and our special SYTYCD cake had us all on a little sugar high. Yes, we had a 100th episode SYTYCD cake… jealous much?
Wondering who went home last night? Wondering if I screamed bloody murder? Love it or hate it, SYTYCD continues and so does the TV Talk Podcast!
The Top 8 performed on SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE and once again Kath and Dan are back to talk everything good, bad and droopy eyed.
We ponder whether or not guest judge Ellen DeGeneres was a necessary addition to the show and more importantly if a backstory can manipulate the audience to the point that it corrupts the purpose of the show.
Another week of SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE, another week of the SYTYCD podcast!
With only 6 couples left to perform, each pairing was given 2 dances to master. Some rose to the occasion, some crashed and burned under the pressure but one thing remained consistent… the Judges are out of their minds and way off base this season.
Kath and Dan recap each of the 12 routines, comment on the lack of criticism from the Judges, risk another late night Police raid and flip out over having Wade & Mia choreography in a single episode!
Find out who we think should make the Top 10 for Season 5, the injustice that’s surely upon one of the male dancers and even GLEE(k) out over the newest McKinley High Glee Club promo.
Sit back and take it all in kids, we’ve got plenty to say this week! Thanks again for listening and if you like what we’re doing, please tell a friend.
The TV Talk Podcast: So You Think You Can Dance Edition is back! Kath and Dan break down the Top 7 Couples, their performances, the Judges comments, the outfits and whether or not some of these Judges are bangin’.
Kath reveals her Season 5 SYTYCD Boyfriend while Dan reveals how we were almost arrested recording this puppy.
The Top 14 dance for their lives and we decide who should stay and who should really just call it a day.
It’s been two weeks since I last did a post on SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE Season 5 and that’s crazy talk! I was out of town last week and to this day I still have not seen the performances that sent Ashley and Maxim home but oh well, moving on…
This week I hate to burst your bubble but I’m only going to give some quick thoughts on each of the Top 8 couples as I’m moving in the morning. Ducky needs some beauty sleep.
The Guest Judge this week is Toni Basil and I used to be excited to see her but now I feel like she’s turned into a cold uninterested yet unable to criticize bore. I thought hands down this was the weakest set of dances we’ve seen on this show in a while. Most of the couples were forgettable and still the Judges praised almost all of them as if they were blind. It pissed me off. Am I the only one that thought the dances kinda sucked this week? Please, correct me if I’m wrong.
First up were Karla and Jonathan doing a Dave Scott choreographed Hip-Hop routine. I was kind of excited to see little Jonathan try and be gangsta but it fell so damn flat. I thought both kids were off mark and kinda terrible this week. The choreography was also pretty weak but what are ya gonna do?
Asuka and Vitolio danced a Jazz routine by Mandy Moore and I hate to admit it (because you know I love my girl Mandy Moore) but that routine sucked big donkey balls. Asuka & Vitolio were so poorly matched for this style of dance that at times I thought they were in slow motion. They were too quiet and fluid to match the hard edge the song required and I don’t know if it was Mandy’s choreography or their actual technique that was killing me but something stunk to high heaven.
Continue reading my recap of tonight’s episode… (more…)
Well, its the episode we’ve been waiting almost a year to see, the Top 20 of SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE Season 5 are set, paired and dancing their asses off for our judgment and hopefully approval! Going into tonight, I was giddy as a schoolgirl with excitement but then I watched WIPEOUT and TOP CHEF MASTERS because I got a little nervous and wanted to ease into the performances. I’m so lame… this I know!
“Welcome to So You Think You Can Dance!” Cat Deeley, I’ve missed you saying that and I love to hear it again! Now if only we can make it through the episode without hearing the audience say “Jidges”…
I love that she came out dancing in some bedazzled spiders web of a dress and claimed that she had “new babies” – she’s sickly sweet and… OH CHRIST she just had the audience scream “Jidges” – curses! Make it stop.
The Judges tonight are obviously Nigel and Mary and thankfully joining them for the first performance episode is The Shankman who’s pulled himself together enough to get on television after his heartbreak of the last week or so. We love you Shankman!
Here’s some previous contestant scoop before the dancing starts: Katee, Joshua, Ivan, Twitch and other SYTYCD alum are in Step It Up 3-D (which is the ONLY way you’ll get my ass into a seat to watch that crap).
Jeanine and Phillip are first with a hip-hop routine from Napoleon and Tabitha. If you’ve been following me for the last couple seasons, you know I cant stand a slow hip-hop and this was one of them. While there were some good moments and some fun choreography, overall I felt that these two are not completely comfortable together yet. Jeanine was actually really good and I found that she was more “on” than Phillip. Shankman praised them to the hills and I’m kinda shocked. I’m gonna rewatch… I still find these two missing beats and out of sync. Am I wrong?
Asuka and Vitolio are next and their matched with Tyce Diorio for a Broadway silent film-esque number. What Asuka lacked in technique with this genre, she made up for it in confidence. Vitolio can jump like a mother frakker and has great control. There was something lacking for part of the performance and I don’t really know what was off. Mary thought it was safe, Nigel thought it was an issue with the expectations of choreography and personality. I think I agree.
Karla and Jonathan (aka pretty eyes but way too jailbait to comment) have the Cha-Cha with Tony Meredith. If you made it through the first part of the dance and all the strobe lights without having a seizure, pat yourselves on the back. Did you see Jonathan’s split through Karla’s legs? HELLO! This is the first well matched coupling of the night but my issue is that the two didn’t have a lot of eye contact and for a sexy dance, I wanted a little more interplay. Shankman liked it, Mary screamed and commented that she likes her cha-cha rough… Miss Murphy if you’re nasty! Nigel keeps talking about how some of these kids have slipped through the radar but he’s the fucking Exec. Producer and he can change that so he’s got no one to blame but himself.
Randi and Evan are up next and I gotta say I’m not a huge fan (on sight) about this pairing. They’re going with a Jazz routine from Tyce which is well matched for my boy Evan so I’m pretty excited about that at least. Wait, Randi is MARRIED? Shouldn’t she be on ENGAGED AND UNDERAGE? Now that I’ve watched the routine 3x, I have to eat my words. Randi is incredbile and fearless. She had no problem throwing herself around and attacking Evan! Hands down my favorite couple of the night! Who knew? Evan is a cramazing dancer and I cannot wait to see him get a Mia, Mandy or Sonya routine because that boy can work it!
This is it kids, the SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE Season 5 Top 20 were revealed last night and I was out doing my best GLEE rendition of “Don’t Stop Believin’” on Rock Band 2 while you all watched the show! I’m a bad SYTYCD fan… or am I support FOX in awesome multitaskingness? You decide.
Anywhoozle, there were some shockers and plenty of tears and as we saw Wednesday night, they’re not wasting any time notifying these kids which ones stay and which ones go home. Instead of recapping the entire episode, I’m just giving you some of my thoughts as it played out.
That flip/split lovin’ Janette made it to the Top 20, I can handle that. She seems pretty good and god knows she’s flexible. No complaints in sending her to the live shows.
Who is this adorable Diana chick with the Kelis hair? She didn’t make the Top 20 but she got some great feedback from the Judges and girl is green, use it for next season!
Vitolio? Nitro? What’s his name? The boy’s got Joshua’s ability to jump and because we’ve really not seen the kid before, I’m excited to see where his talent lies.
I love that during the “No” montage, Cat was sitting behind that curtain to give each of these kids a big hug. Again, how does she not get nominated for an Emmy every season? I still call bullshit.
Blond Kayla has hair that Jon hates. That’s about all I remember of this girl. Mia went into some diatribe about how she loves male dancers and how its rare she connects with female dancers… until Kayla. That has me intrigued because that’s some killer high praise from my girl Mia!
Pono (Kuponohiipoi Aweau) hit the stage and I almost forgot about the kid. Maybe we didn’t notice him because he shaved off that amazing hair of his. Dammit, that hair was hot business but apparently it was distracting to Mary. Really Mary? That hair was distracting but that cowboy outfit and heinous dye job from the Dallas auditions was fine for you to be sporting? Doubtful! Praise the gods that this kid made it to the Top 20!
Can anyone guess my most hated moments of the Top 20 reveal? Yes friends, that would be the “yes” montage where they just breeze past some dancers we know but more importantly, ones we don’t frakkin’ know yet. HATE THAT! Paris Torres, Jeanine Mason and Ade, Karla and someone named Jonathan got the breeze by (and surely I got some of their names wrong).
They drag little innocent Brandon Bryant out on stage and the first thing said to the kid was that he annoys the fuck out of Mia and that she thinks he’s got an attitude and a fake smile. Wow! Debbie Allen steps in to fight Mia, Nigel gets up in arms, Lil C backs Mia up then Mary Murphy says she can’t sit there and listen to this crap. After all the slander, the kid makes it to the Top 20. When Mia asks what’s gonna happen when they get in a room together all he says is that “it’s on!” Nice!
After the break, my boy Tony Bellissimo heads out to the lions den AND MAKES IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You can’t tell I’m excited, can you? Potential SYTYCD Season 5 Boyfriend #1 – check!
Oh Christ, more of the “yes” breeze throughs. Someone named Maxim, the other Kinney girl, Melissa in the tutu, and sweeeeet… dance-kick his partner in the face Jason Glover made it! That’s Potential SYTYCD Season 5 Boyfriend #2 – check!
4 time auditioner Ashley Valerio made it to the Top 20 and does anyone else see a little Jessica Alba and Rachael Lee Cook in her? Adorable!
Kelly PicklerRandi Evans loves a unitard and Mia commended the girl on her commitment to the ‘tard. It was pretty funny. I’m officially dubbing her Randi’tard.
After the break, my boy Alex Wong took the stage and can we talk about the calves on this kid? He is ridiculously muscly and hot while he performs. The fact that he didn’t make the Top 20 because he’s under contract with a ballet company that won’t release him makes me sick. PLEASE RETURN NEXT YEAR ALEX WONG!
“No” montage to Kelly Clarkson’s “Save You” …
And here’s a total shocker… with only 3 spots left there are 5 dancers sitting backstage. No surprise, they’re going to pit The Broadway Brothers against each other because the next to last spot for the boys goes to Phillip Chbeeb. While I love The Chbeeb… nevermind, I won’t finish that sentence. Congratulations kiddo.
Fuck me. The Broadway Brothers (Evan and Ryan Kaspzrak) are pitted against each other and if I’m forced to choose, I go with the younger one Evan. While I realize Ryan has the choreography background and a general ease with all styles, in the footage we’ve seen over the weeks, Evan has the technique and potential. You’ll be missed Ryan. You will be missed!
For the girls, I loved that Asuka asked why the Asian ballroom was up against the blond contemporary jazz girl (Deanna). I’m with ya sister! Moving into the Top 20 will be Asuka!
Our final night of SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE auditions takes us to Los Angeles and Seattle. As we’re coming to the end of the first looks, I’m sad to say that there are really no stand outs for Season 5. I haven’t been completely blown away or surprised by any of the performances this season and that scares me a little bit. I’m also nervous that a SYTYCD Season 5 Boyfriend hasn’t even appeared for the slightest of seconds yet. I mean, let’s face it… that’s part of the fun in watching the show.
In L.A. Adam Shankman finally joined Toothy and Mary for some Judging action and not a moment too soon. After last night’s Tyce debacle, I need a respectable gay up there holding court! Welcome back Shankman, we love you! Also in the house are Season 4 vets Comfort Fedoke, Katee Shean and Winner Joshua Allen. On with the show…
LOS ANGELES AUDITIONS:
Starting off the night was returning tapper Bianca Revel who looks a hell of a lot like Real World vet Aneesa but taps like Gregory Hines. She’s got a great personality, some killer hair and an adorable Mom. Girl, get your ass to Vegas!
Brynelle and Xaviar Blanton have to be the oddest brother and sister coupling since Angelina made out with her brother on the Red Carpet back in the blood vile days. I loved watching this audition because it was like the two of them examined every contemporary dance routine the show’s ever aired and tried to incorporate it into their try-out. The best part is that they have no training or comfort in their movements. It was so awkward that I had to watch it a couple times. What was with Brynelle’s eye shadow? They’re not really brother and sister are they? Can’t be.
Zaftig Debra Lawson was amazing! She was by no means a great dancer but that girl worked it out and had a blast! I don’t know about that whole Orthodox thing but I do know that she had some good moves. How funny was it when the music stopped and Nigel thought she was done, only to have the song burst to life and Debra spring back into action? Genius, I was dying.
The whole time I was watching 30 year old Calico Sequeria do her swingin’ I kept thinking that she’d be really good in a club or VW hall somewhere and it I had to pat myself on the back when Nigel called her out for being a social skilled dancer. Look at me with my trained eye (riiiight!). Can we talk about how much she must have been dying when Shankman got on stage with her? Oh and I love that his age was listed as 21-ish. Boy can move, no?
International Latin Ballroom couple Asuka Kondoh and Ricky Sun are back for another try. Asuka made it to the final cut in Vegas last year and I really enjoy watching her. Is she as good as an Anya? Not really but girl can move and the camera loves her. The stripper dress was a little much and if I’m being honest, I totally forgot about Ricky. Sorry dude. Shankman’s pushing Asuka down the stairs comment FTW! I love that guy.
Once again they blew through a number of interesting dancers that hopefully we’ll see more from in Vegas and again I hate when they do that.
Jailbait Nathan Trasoras is the first guy in contention for Ducky (and presumably GMMR’s) Season 5 Boyfriend. He’s tall, dark, handsome, talented, rosy cheeked and j’adorable. I watched his audition 3x because it was *that* good. OMFG, I’m dying… he’s only 17 and ineligible for Season 5. I’m so sad. Luckily though he got a ticket to Vegas for Season 6, so there you have it. See you in the fall Jailbait!
Day 2 in Los Angeles brought 19 year old Sammy Ramirez to the stage and he’s a fun popper/locker. The best part of his audition was watching Cat do some wrestling moves. Is he the best popper we’ve seen? No but the kid’s damn good. He’s a Jr. Robert Muraine and I have my fingers crossed that he does well in choreography.
Stacey House was the spaz sporting the Olivia “Physical” outfit and dancing to Eurythmics “Sweet Dreams” and she had me rollin’. Obviously she not right for the show but it cracked a smile on my face and that works for me tonight!
Amanda Kerby is the sickening sweet American girl and her backstory involves a sick Dad with MS. Was she amazing? Hardly. Was she good enough? Sure. I feel like her nerves were getting the best of her because its apparent she has the training but she wasn’t landing everything which means there was something going on.
Phillip Chbeeb showed up and because he got sick last season, Nigel just called him off stage and handed him a ticket to Vegas even though he was there as a couple this season! I love that kid!!! Arielle Coker worked with Phillip and taught him partnering. Their blending contemporary with Phillips’s style was interesting. Thankfully she’s got the skills to make it to Vegas and stand out on stage next to that kid.
The auditions continued with Alexi Agdeppa who had a wonderfully gorgeous routine, Diana Vaden that sauced up what we normally know as contemporary, and “crazy” Chanel Smith joined the choreography crew. Chanel was cut, Sammy Ramirez made it to Vegas as did Diana and Alexi.
Last night the auditions for SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE Season 5 continued in Miami and Memphis. The one thing I hate about locations auditions are the city centric call outs and stereotypical commentary. Enough with the salsa expectations, caliente, local flavor shout-outs. Give it a rest shall we?
MIAMI Auditions:
A faker crack pot named Tony Riendeau did some flopping around on the floor, coined his own style of dance “The Tony” and then proceeded to feign a Mariah exhaustion episode after being made fun of by the Judges. Nigel got a kick out of Tony which pisses me off because he’s so inconsistent. Either love them all or hate them all Nigel (like Simon does on IDOL) because I’m sick of your wishy-washy attitude with the jokester auditions. Toothy ass.
The quirky Priscilla Marrero can thankfully dance better than she can form a sentence. While her grasp of sentence structure and making any kind of sense are weak, her style was great and I really enjoyed watching her. I wonder what’s under that huge tent-like blue dress though. Is she stick thin or stocky like a gymnast? Better yet, is she preggers?
Season 4 rejects Janette Manrara and Romulo Villaverde brought some high energy semi-dangerlicious action to the stage. They had this crazy *pow* backflip split-lift thing that makes me wonder how many of Romulo’s teeth are original because you know that girl’s kicked him in the face more than 100 times or so in trying to perfect that move. Crazy!
Joseph Smith aka Sha-wham did this showy, limited routine that for some reason Nigel and Mary enjoyed but it worked my nerve. Was I the only one that thought he kinda looked like Urkel?
Tapper Erik “Silky” Moore was adorable and his Michael Jackson tap-homage was pretty damn good. His moon walk was sick, right? Even more sick was his worm-reverse worm action. Did he deserve a direct shot to Vegas? I don’t know, I would have loved to see what he could do with the choreography.
I had little to no confidence that pageant queen, Miss Washington Paris Torres, would be any good but her demented ballerina performance was one of my faves so far this season. It helps that it was set to Yael Naim’s haunting and simple version of Britney Spears’ “Toxic” – download it now, it’s cramazing!
I hate that we had limited views of contemporary dancer 19 year old Henry Riviero because his skill was excellent and the boy went straight to Vegas. Same with legs for miles Alex Wong and Megan Kinney (who btw has horribly fried and crispy hair).
The “Pulls at the Heartstrings Audition” goes to Talia Rickards who lost her young husband in a motorcycle accident a year prior to the audition. She mixed some street into her latin and salsa but it kinda bored me along with the Judges. She was good but she’s wasn’t show ready. Regardless, she made it through to choreography and ultimately to Vegas along with 31 other dancers.
The Bad Dancers of Miami:
The Terrible Gaudix Twins not only had bad outfits but bad eye shadow and dance moves. If Wislande Latang isn’t a stripper with her step-ball-change moves, stripper crotch flashes and tits, I’m a 35 year old married straight man with 4 children.
Before moving on to Memphis, can I just say that I’m way over guest judge Tyce Diorio. Right off the bat his commentary was annoying me. He just worked my nerve. He was trying to be funny and quirky and witty but he just came across as immature, fake and performy. Maybe it was seeing him be a douche in the doc Every Little Step that has me down on him or maybe he’s just a conceited asshole through and through, eithe way, how about we keep Tyce behind the scenes from now on? Is that a deal SYTYCD?
The pretty great Memphis audition recap is after the jump… (more…)
It seems hard to believe but my favorite summer show SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE kicks off Season 5 tonight.
Sure, there will be lots of really shitty auditions and we’ll barely see any of the kids that will make it into the top slots but who cares? We get Cat Deeley back in our lives and that my friends… is a good thing (unless she busts out the audience participation of “jidges”)!
Obviously GMMR and I will be doing our best to bring you a crazy amount of coverage and we hope to start up those SYTYCD Podcasts again because let’s face it, you’ve been asking and we’ve got plenty to say about the show.
With only 2 weeks left until the Season 5 premiere of SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE, my excitement is growing and my curiosity over a new SYTYCD Boyfriend is hitting an all-time high!
On May 20th get ready for some screaming, some hot-tamale train action, Nigel being all toothy and creepy and more Shankman than you can shake a bag of dicks at because they’re baaaaack.
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