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.
Here are a few simple rules for making it onto SYTYCD!
Thanks to reader and buddy ColoradoKila for the tip about this past weekend’s MAD TV skit mocking So You Think You Can Dance. Not only are the impressions hilarious, they’re not too far off from the real thing. The Mary Scream slayed me everytime. Ew and that Nigel? So hideous that it’s brilliant.
Hey gang, I’m sorry that most of this season’s recaps have been in either podcast format or on AfterElton but I appreciate your continued interest in my coverage of the show! You guys rock!
Last night’s actual finale was incredible! The energy was high, the dancers were on point and overall the majority of the dances they showcased were my faves. I have to take Mia to task for her saying that his season had the best choreography of any other… oh honey that’s so not the case. Aside from the initial season, this was the worst sampling of choreography I’ve seen in a long time. Sure the addition of Sonya and the Aussie were great but when NappyTabs are your staples week after week, I have to question the overall quality. Even Mia failed miserably this season with her heinous finale routine so again, it wasn’t the best the show’s ever seen.
My favorite part of the night was hands down, the return of my faves… The Best of SYTYCD! I loved catching up with the kids from Seasons 1-3 and the group dance was banoodles to say the least. Travis and Neil in the same routine almost made both of my heads burst from the crazy greatness. Hok, Dom and Ryan were working it as usual. Jailbait Ivan killed out there, the kid is supa-fresh. Allison’s leg extensions are out of this world and I wondered if that high kick he does was her favored method of birth. Can you believe that bitch has a kid? What?!! How sexy ass were Anya and Dmitry all spinning around the stage? Hotness! Hell even Benji was fantastic! The question still remains…
WHERE THE HELL IS SABRA JOHNSON? I know she’s alive because GMMR has pictures of her from the Fox Upfronts but where the hell is that little pixie of a girl? The radio silence on Sabra has me wondering if she’s the biggest disappointment of all the winners so far. I mean come on girl, what are you up to?
Mary and Dmitry were awesome and it was great to see Nigel final gets ta steppin’ but didn’t he creep you out a little? He was like some pedophile leading the children to the underbelly of hell.
I guess I’m happy with Joshua Allen winning but I really was pulling for Katee. Yes you read that right, I was hoping Katee Shean would win. She was my least favorite heading into the competition but in the end, the girl could kick everyone’s ass. She was flawless but her lack of personality is what done did her wrong in the end. I loved that she scored a fat $50k though! That’s pretty sweet.
Ah, it’s over… I pray that next season will be spectacular and everything I want my SYTYCD to be because this season left me a little “meh”
*Don’t forget to download all of your favorite songs from SYTYCD Season 4 over at my Episode Music Guide!
Ahhh, this is why I loved the previous seasons of So You Think You Can Dance more than the current one. These kids make me swoon… Having both of my Season 2 and 3 boyfriends on stage at the same time was a little awkward but totes hot! Travis Wall and Neil Haskell, for you I will… do anything you want! Good times.
I know I’ve been down on So You Think You Can Dance for a couple weeks but my overall love for the series hasn’t faltered… know that going into this. Last night I was completely dissatisfied with the Season 4 finale and it was so much so that at one point I was actually pissed off I was watching 2 hours worth of the show.
There was only 1 routine that I feel was worthy of being in the finale and it was also the only routine that really showcased why these people were in the finale. No I’m not talking about the Russian Trepak which I loathed, I’m talking about the man, the myth, the legend Wade Robson’s number that Katee and Joshua performed. It was the only routine all night that made me think, these kids are frakkin’ banoodles! It was dark, emotional, haunting and absolutely gorgeous to watch. I was sincerely wow’d by this number but that’s where my excitement ended sadly.
So before someone has an aneurysm I’ll talk about the Twich/Joshua Russian Trepak. I understand that it was meant to showcase their strenght and their amazing abilities but I don’t think it was all that. The posturing and the chest pumping was annoying considering no one has pit these two against each other all season, so to make a fake rivalry now is ridiculous. I’ve seen Twitch and Joshua spin and jump higher and faster than they did last night so I felt it added nothing to the competition… other than hospital visits. This is the number that sent both boys to the hospital over the weekend and I can see why. They damn near killed themselves doing a number that came nowhere near the talent we saw in Season 2 or 3 between Benji and Travis, Danny and Neil. Those were dances that showcased each dancers talent while still fitting the spirit of the show and of the competitive nature between them. This was just whack… and I know I’m in the minority here.
I haven’t had much time to blog recently so I thought I’d quite talk about some of the recent TV news bits that have been floating around. Sure, it would be better if I could wax on some actual TV watching but that would require me to have time to sit in front of the tube for more than 15 minutes at a time. You should see my dvr, it’s crazy backlogged.
Today it was announced that the MAD MEN actor I find most adorable in that teddy bear way is going to be doing a quick guest stint on THE OFFICe this fall. Rich Sommer (Mad Men’s Harry Crane) will be in the September 25th season opener, surely hilarity will ensue. I love Rich Sommer so I’m actually really excited about this casting news, though being completely honest I’m not that excited about The Office coming back. Yeah Yeah Yeah, whatever… I can want a good thing to end before it turns into complete shit. It’s my prerogative… well mine and Bobby Brown’s.
SUPERNATURAL’s most recent casualty, Katie Cassidy, has landed herself a new gig (one that doesn’t involve drinking and driving). She’ll be playing wife to Christopher Gorham (Harrison John aka Joe from Popular or as some of you more newbies to the Gorham train may know him… Henry from Ugly Betty) in CBS’s midseason dramatic thriller HARPER’S ISLAND. I actually really ended up liking Cassidy’s work on Supernatural so I hope that she can find success. I’ll tell you this, that’s one hot ass couple.
SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE was renewed for a 5th season… well duh! *cue Mary Murphy scream* At least this gives us yet another chance for the lovely Cat Deeley to win a friggin’ Emmy.
So You Think You Can Dance winds down this week and at last night’s taping of the Finale performance episode, it looks like things went a little different than they normally do. From what I can cull together online, they did multiple tapings and each one had different segments that would fit into both the Wed and Thur episodes.
Everything I’ve been able to get my dirty little spoiler hungry hands on is listed after the jump… (more…)
I know that I’ve been in radio silence regarding So You Think You Can Dance for the last few weeks but I’ve been a busy boy. I never watched more than 3 routines from the week Will and Comfort went home so I still don’t have much to report on that front. As I mentioned in my spoiler post earlier this week, I didn’t shed a tear or really even care that Will got the boot last week and that got me thinking…
Do I even care about SYTYCD this season? Of course the easy answer is yes! The more complicated question to ask though is how much?
A few weeks back I found myself getting really annoyed with having to invest 2 hours and 100 dances on a Wednesday night. Never in the history of my watching the show had I wanted less SYTYCD and I admit it’s crazy talk. Last week when I missed both episodes, I had no interest in going back and trying to watch the routines, the judges reactions and more importantly the contestant reactions to the supposedly shocking ouster.
This week I watched both the Wednesday night performances and the Thursday night eliminations back to back and found myself fast forwarding through the majority of both episodes so obviously I’m way over Season 4 of SYTYCD.
At this point I have zero interest in going to the SYTYCD Tour (all the air just sucked out of the room you’re reading this in) because I don’t really care about any of the dancers. I love my Marky Mark and it pained me to see him go last night (read my recap at AfterElton.com) but I didn’t scream or jump up and down in horror when he left. I think Twitch is a great personality but I think we’ve seen everything he’s got to offer and now we’re just killing time until the finale. Same goes for every contestant on the show.
Oddly, the two I’m most excited about in the Top 4 are Joshua and Katee. As you may recall, Katee was Enemy #1 when this competition began and I wished for her demise for the first couple weeks. Now I think she’s the one that excites me most and if her and Joshua continue to fly through the air like acrobats from Cirque du Soleil, I’ll have to reconsider my stance on the tour because their Contemporary routine this week was banoodles!
Alas I’m torn on what to think about the ennui I have toward Season 4 and I hope I snap out of it eventually but really does it matter at this point? The finale is next week and I won’t even be home to watch a winner be crowned. I’ll be doing my IFFBoston duties as we host one of our Summer Screening Series films so wow, there’s that!
The shortened season is both a blessing and a curse. The Olympics have forced the show to end earlier than it normally would and while that sucks in general, I’m also kind of excited for it to just be done with. What’s that all about?
Sure Cat Deeley has been better than ever and there’s been plenty of shirtless mancandy but I feel like the show’s still lacking that certain something. They let NappyTabs have too much exposure this season and if they were geniuses like Mia Michaels or Mandy Moore I’d be fine with it but for every 4 bad routines there’s a good one. I didn’t think losing Shane Sparks and Wade Robson would have that much impact but I think it did. Is it possible that’s what I’m longing for and that’s why there’s a disconnect? Bringing on Sonya Tayeh was a huge benefit and having Lil C guest judge gave us more of his genius but I need something more.
Am I alone in this? Am I the only one that thinks something is off this season?
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