Thank god this amazing performance from the So You Think You Can Dance kids was the opening number of the show because I didn’t start watching until almost 1:30am.
Amazing energy, amazing choreography, amazing Travis Wall… the only thing missing was Neil Haskell and some Cat Deeley! Hell, the show even had some Mary Murphy screaming, what wasn’t to love?
It’s a great week for all of us So You Think You Can Dancefans!!! First My 2007 Summer TV BF Neil Haskell scored himself a high profile gig in the Off-Broadway hit Altar Boyz and now it seems that a ton of the previous SYTYCD’ers will be strutting their stuff on tonight’s IDOL GIVES BACK special.
Here’s a picture courtesy of Celebrity Dirt that shows some Idol contestants wrapped around some Dance faves. I spy with my little eye: My 2006 Summer TV BF Travis Wall, Hammy McHamsalot Benji Schwimmer, Lacey Schwimmer, Hok, Danny Tidwell, my girl Donyelle, is that Cousin Heidi? Who else? Dmitry? Lauren’s stupid face with Jaymz… I think that’s Season 2’s Ashlee with her damn hat on the right. Is that Sabra with Archuleta all the way to the left?
I’ll try to find a higher-res photo. Until then though, how frakkin fun is that? Too bad I won’t be home to watch it tonight. Boooooo.
Here’s a SYTYCD Tour Report from Elizabeth who went to the Columbus show! I know there haven’t been as many reports as we’d hoped, sadly many people who said they would do it bailed. Luckily, Ted from BloggingSYTYCD has had a ton of folks so I hope you’ve enjoyed them over there as well.
*As you’ll read, this is the return of LACEY – her first stop since her injury a while back!
I was so excited to attend this year’s SYTYCD tour, as I was unable to last year. I was dancing in my seat the entire show, it was so engaging. My mom and sister joined me for a girl’s night out, making the event even more special, because they had seen little to none of the season this summer. Most of the dances were new to them—it was great to get their unbiased opinions about the dancers and the dances. We were all blown away by the caliber of talent on the stage last night.
This stop was extra special, because it featured the return of Lacey, after she had taken some time off to heal her injured knee. She only danced a few dances—Shauna took her place in “Dancing” with Kameron and Anya took her place in “Hip Hip Chin Chin” with Danny, but she stood out in the Mia Michaels contemporary routine with Neil.
Each of us had different highlights of the night. My sister loved Neil and Sabra dancing to Mandy Moore’s choreography of “Sweet Dreams” and the Matrix group routine. My mom couldn’t choose between Pasha and Sara’s West Coast Swing and Danny and Anya’s Viennese Waltz, but her favorite group routine was Tyce Diorio’s Lion King number. On my part, I love Sara and Jesus’s Vagabond Cabaret to music from the Triplets of Bellville, but Danny and Anya’s samba to “Hip Hip Chin Chin” was excellent as well. My favorite group number was Mia Michaels’s contemporary routine to Imogen Heap’s “The Moment I Said It.”
Some of our other favorites were Danny and Jaimie’s Jive, Neil and Lauren’s Angel and Devil routine, Pasha and Lauren’s Transformers, and the Hummingbird and Flower routine by Hok and Jaimie. The tour-only breakers dance with Dominic, Hok, and Sara blew us away. Everyone really seemed to be on point tonight. I was impressed with Shauna, as I don’t remember being during the competition, while Jaimie was a favorite of my mom and sister. Neil and Danny were crowd favorites, as well as Sabra.
Seeing Lauren dance in a large venue like the Schottenstein Center transformed my view of her from during the competition. I think that there is something about her stage presence that is made for a large audience as opposed to the smaller audience the television show found. I don’t mean in the studio during the competition, but I wasn’t always impressed with Lauren’s dancing. Something felt a little false for me. Seeing her from a different perspective, watching her dances as a whole rather than in the format that was presented by the show changed my view. Dance is such a hard medium to present on tv, as it is meant to be taken in as a whole, not shown in parts. Having the chance to watch the group numbers without the camera work from the show made me appreciate and love them even more.
Some of the dancers weren’t as comfortable with a microphone in their hands as they were dancing. Dominic stood out—he has the personality to engage with the crowd both when dancing and when speaking. His bit with Sara about knowing famous Hollywood musicals was cute, although obviously scripted.
I have to gripe a little bit about our seats. We were seated on the floor, toward the back by the sound booth. It was difficult to see some of the dances from that perspective. I was constantly craning my neck to watch the dancers as they used each part of the stage. I’m glad I already had a chiropractic appointment scheduled! I wish we had been closer to the stage on the floor, or in the first couple of rows on the first level up. I wasn’t in a good position to take pictures, and I have to admit, I didn’t want to miss anything fumbling for my camera and a good shot.
Saturday night I was able to see the SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE Tour in E. Rutherford, NJ. Hell I missed Albany and Boston so I had to do something. When my friends Matt and Armando who live in NYC let me know that they had an extra ticket, I was on my way! After all, they are as obsessed as I am about SYTYCD and their love for these kids knows little boundaries — perfect tour going partners, that and there was always the chance that they’d molest Neil so I didn’t have to make an ass out of myself.
So I’m in NYC eating at Kate’s Joint when I get a voicemail. When we leave I check my message and who is it? Oh, it’s a Neil Haskell sibling wanting me to call her back. So, I punched holes in my iPhone trying to dial Erin Haskell back as fast as I could to find out that Neil is hooking me up with backstage passes.
*record scratches*
Does everyone know that I wrote about attacking her brother all summer long? Granted, she knows its all tv blog crushing but whatevs, a little funny. So yeah, I currently heart The Haskell Family more than my own. Fact.
So, after telling Matt and Armando and resuscitating them we were gearing up for the show. Look out Jersey tweens, the bitches are on their way.
Problem #1: We get there and they tell us no camera. I point out that the website for the stadium says the cameras are allowed. They try to pull some crap about at the last minute, production said they didn’t want cameras. Pants on fire much? So we went back to the parking garage, put the camera’s in our crotches and walked back through.
All I could think was, here Lacey hold my camera and then her finding a pubic hair stuck on the lens or something. It was in my crotch afterall. I’m just sayin’…
Problem #2: Go to pick up our backstage passes and realize that as much as I think Neil Haskell is my new BFF, he’s so not. He misspells my last name. Who cares right? Call me Sally Sunshine if needed. I was ready to start saying I was Benji Schwimmer. Any. Means. Necessary.
We get our passes and head on up to our seats. After some borishly lame videos of the dancers telling us random Tour facts and acting quite poorly (I love you kids more than my parents but WOW), the show began.
Executive Producer and Judge Nigel Lythgoe intros the 5 worse auditions from Season 3, we laugh but really it’s just being polite because 5 is a manageable number. 6 and I would have been slapping little children.
Then the lights dimmed, Cat Deeley into’d the kids and the show began! Like I said in my pre-teaser yesterday, I didn’t take notes this year because I just wanted to sit back and enjoy the show. I wanted to take in all the choreography, study the dancers, and obviously be a catty little school girl.
There were a couple new routines just for the Tour, there were the usual favorites, there were solos by each of the Top 10 dancers, there were some dancer introductions, and there was plenty of screaming!
My favorite routine to watch live this year had to be ‘Hip Hip Chin Chin’ with Lacey and Danny. It was good on the show, but there was something about seeing Lacey work that sexual magic on stage that just made my sizzle. I know I’m gay as the day is long but sweet jesus…
I also loved the Imogen Heap number “The Moment I Said It” with Danny Tidwell half naked leading the rest of the cast. It was one of my favorites from the season and it did not disappoint or lose any of its impact in a large stadium. The number is sick! Here’s one of the two videos I took from E. Rutherford.
Watch Danny Tidwell and Cast Dance Imogen Heap’s “The Moment I Said It” Routine
While it was great seeing the actual tour of SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE 2007, it was even better getting to hang afterward and meet the gang. No, I wasn’t by the buses this year (though seriously nothing wrong with that) so I didn’t have to beat down any tweens… instead I was backstage with the dancers post-show, pre-bus.
And then there’s the picture that deserves it’s own page… (more…)
Remember a couple weeks back when I was pretty positive I was not going to be able to catch the SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE Tour? Remember I went through the 5 steps of grief? Anger, sadness, shopping, random acts of douchery, and pushing a old man down a flight of stairs? That’s them, right?
Well my grieving days are behind me and so were plenty of people backstage when I was trying to become BFF’s with the dancers. Yeah, you read that right. From nothing Ducky has risen and bathed in the embarrassment of riches courtesy of The Haskell Clan.
“Shut the front door!” Yup, a Haskell family member heard the cry of a weeping Ducky and hooked a brother up! Big thanks to Erin and Neil Haskell for scoring me passes and for enabling my SYTYCD obsession, enablers…
Quickly, the venue was great; the kids were frakkin fantastic, the routines ridiculous, and the show seemed much longer than last year and I could totally be making that up… still in a SYTYCD haze. It seemed like they danced a thousand and one dances before the intermission, and let me tell you… the 3 straight guys there with their girlfriends or wives hoped it was over if for no reason other than the constant commentary, laughter, and little girl screams emanating from around them. And that was just Matt, Armando and myself!
I’m not gonna lie, I didn’t take notes or anything because I just wanted to sit back and have a blast. I have some pictures and some videos that I’ll post when I return home. At the moment I’m still in NYC but I had to quick post letting you guys know that the show was amazing.
The votes are in and according to your diligent little fingers, you’ve made My BF Neil Haskell & Danny “Voldemort” Tidwell’s DUELING PRINCES routine the best of SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE Season 3.
After almost 60,000 votes over the last 5 weeks we finally gave Neil and Danny a winning title! Thanks to everyone for voting and for visiting the site. If you still can’t get enough of SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE, stay tuned to Ducky Does TV for our ongoing Tour Reports.
One last time, let’s watch the routine you’ve deemed your favorite America.
Watch Neil Haskell & Danny Tidwell’s Dueling Princes Routine
While I don’t have a recap-er for Boston, my own frakkin city, BloggingSYTYCD did some work and scored video of Danny Tidwell’s Solo routine from the Boston Show.
*If you attended the Boston show and want to write up a quick and fun recap of your experience, please contact me and we’ll post it for all the fans to read.
___________________ Read Other 2007 SYTYCD Tour Reports: - Albany
SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE had their Tour premiere in Albany, NY this past Friday night and are you ready for this… I thought I was going to be there. I was traveling from Boston to Liverpool for my Cousin’s wedding which was Saturday and I was planning on stopping on the way for the tour as I pass right through Albany. Guess who got stuck in ridonkulous traffic and didn’t get to Albany until almost 9:45pm? That’s right… ME! I was not pleased but I am pleased to give you a quick report from a Ducky reader, KRISTY! Take it away girl…
Albany Tour Report:
The kick off for the So You Think You Can Dance Tour was nothing short of wonderful. The energy given off from the dancers could be felt through the entire arena. The top 10 performed many of the favorite routines including: Lacey and Kameron’s Mia Michaels routine, Sabra and Dominic’s Mandy Moore Contemporary and Shane Spark’s Hip Hop, Lacey and Danny performing the Samba and the Viennese Waltz, Neil and Sara’s Disco routine, to name a few. One of the most memorable performances of the night was Neil and Lacey performing the always touching Mia Michaels tribute to her father. To begin the dance, all of the dancers came on stage with handfuls of flowers, which they proceeded to lay on the floor together. The dance was wonderful, and the crowd was especially touched by the picture of Mia and her father Joe, shown at the end of the performance. There weren’t many dry eyes in the house!
I personally enjoyed the Lion King group routine that was choreographed by Tyce D’iorio. Watching it on TV you do not really get to see the entire dance, since the cameras flip to different angles. Watching it live however, the movements all combine, and I was just mesmerized by how beautiful the choreography is.
At the end of the show the dancers took the stage, and thanked the crowd endlessly. I have to say that every dancer was truly grateful to be there, and you could feel just how happy they were. It was if they didn’t want to leave the stage!
After the show my sister and I decided to hang outside by the tour buses in hopes of obtaining a photo with Neil (we were not the only one). I have to say that every one of the dancers took the time to meet the fans, sign autographs, take pictures, etc. I can not begin to tell you how nice and personable each one is, and how they could not stop thanking all of us for being there and supporting them. I was pleasantly surprised to see just how genuine all of the dancers were.
Overall, I had an amazing time and I can’t wait for next year!
This is it America, tonight the SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE Tour begins and so does our final week of voting for your favorite Season 3 routine! Almost 50,000 votes have been cast and it all comes down to this America… Your Top 2 Routines!
SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE Video Death Match!
Here’s how it works: Watch the Top 2 Routine videos below and vote on your favorites. Next week, we reveal our SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE Video Death Match Winner of Season 3!
*This week 1 will be eliminated revealing our favorite Season 3 routine!
Tonight is the kickoff of the Season 3 SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE Tour and today I’m bringing you the grossly undervoted results from this past week’s competition. 4 routines were going head to head to determine our favorite 2 dances of the season and I’ve got to say that I’m pretty disappointed in the turnout (but not the results).
After a sad 3,087 votes the two routines leaving the competition today are…
Pasha & Sara’s Benji choreographed West Coast Swing has finally swung its last swang, er swing? Whatevs, it’s gone. As is the Wade Robson choreographed Fox Routine with Sabra & Lacey.
While I hate to see any leave, it’s all good because the two routines that deserve to be in the Top 2 the most are! Danny and Sabra’s Boardroom Brawl will match up against Danny and Neil’s Dueling Princes routine as the final week of cometition gets underway.
The votes just keep rolling in and I love that everyone is still so enthused about making sure their favorite routines survives another week. Last week over 13,000 votes were logged which means some of you sat there all day just voting, aren’t you sweet. In the end, two got the boot and we’re now left with our TOP 4 ROUTINES.
SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE Video Death Match!
Here’s how it works: Watch the Top 4 Routine videos below and vote on your favorites. Next week, the two routines with the lowest number of votes will be eliminated, revealing our Top 2 SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE Routines of Season 3! After that, we vote on a winner in time for the Tour to start!
SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE Video Death Match
Week 3 Results
The results are in and after a record number of votes (over 13,000), the two routines leaving us this week are:
That SAMBA y’all wanted so bad didn’t make it as long as I thought it would. I’m also a little disappointed to see that Mia’s Therapy Session/Father Dance was eliminated… NOT!
Let’s have one last look at the two routines your votes could have saved.
Last week you guys voted like maniacs! Almost 10,000 votes were cast for your favorite routines. In the end, three were eliminated. There are 6 routines left in the Death Match only 4 can remain.
SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE Video Death Match!
Here’s how it works: Watch the 6 videos below and vote on your favorites. Each week, the two routines with the lowest number of votes will be eliminated until we are down to the Top 2 SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE Routines. Then we vote on a winner in time for the Tour to start!
