So… I’ve recently found Bones on Netflix… I’m a tad in love with it and would like to watch just ONE more episode before bed… however, I also love SYTYCD and want to watch it too… dilemmas abound. Please forgive me if I rush through the recap – I feel like Bones is going to win the night.
Here we go: Christina Applegate and Lil C are our guest judges.
Melanie and Twitch doing a NappyTabs routine. She did not hit hard enough. Back flip thingy was good though. Puppy Twitch at the end was cute.
Sasha and Kent doing a Tasty Oreo routine. (I heart kent). Okay Tasty Oreo. I fast forwarded through your prepackaged video feed so as to not judge you based on emotional manipulation that might be thrown at me… and I will say walking into it with no canned dislike of your pomposity helped. I loved that. Some of it was “choreography” but when the dancers danced it and it became more than just steps it was one of my favorites.
Marko and Janette doing a Dmitry (didn’t he used to have an I in between the D and M?) routine. I found that routine to be lacking… No heat, no spice and I got bored.
And I’m fast forwarding through everyone’s packaged video stuff before their solos.
Ricky solo: His musicality is really good when he choreographs himself. His smile is beautiful. But this solo didn’t wow me.
Tadd and Ellenore doing a Sonya routine. It’s a spectacle. I felt nothing watching it. And that’s why I’m usually sad with Sonya’s routines, because it’s all about a show and not about emotion. Now I don’t mind a strange routine, or a dark routine… but I want it to MEAN something and not just be quirky steps for the sake of being quirky steps.
Caitlynn’s Solo: Better than her past “dance for your life” routines. She was so strong for me at the beginning – but really… There’s no way she is going to win this.
Ricky and Jaimie doing a Dee Caspary routine. The conductor gimmick would have worked better in a hip hop routine for me. Because in the “flow” of the music, his conducting her movement was lost for me. Whereas if it were on a “beat” that would have been easier to follow. It was danced well though.
Tadd’s Solo: I always usually love his music choices – this time, not as much. And I’m sorry after last weeks solo – it just fell a little flat for me.
Sasha’s Solo: She is fierce! I wish I could dance like her. Like that is how I dance in my head when I hear music. In my car – I totally rock like her.
Caitlynn and Pasha doing a Dmitry routine. I felt like I was interrupting something. Especially on the reverse samba rolls - HOT. The floor sweep seemed a little off to me.
Marko’s Solo: And this is why I ADORE you sir! Talent, technique and some other T word that means Awesome and joyful and ahhhhhmazement.
Melanie’s Solo: Honey, I love you – but you need to have words with the costume department. That outfit was horrible and distracting.
Sasha and Ricky doing a Kumari Suraj “Whacking” routine… Say WHAT? Ummmm… Russian Dance and 80’s aerobics dance? I’m gonna go with no.
Tadd and Melanie doing a Spencer Liff routine – loved it. Cool and hot at the same time. She really is an amazing actress – I find her so believable in everything she emotes. Tadd also amazing. Seriously his fluidity is beautiful and also his biggest weakness because he makes everything look effortless.
Caitlynn and Marko doing a Sonya routine. What is up with the abusive relationship routines SYTYCD? Okay – so it started okay for me – slow with beats in there and then just as I started to get into it… I got pulled out of it and I think I figured it out… So – the difference between the Tasty Oreo Sasha/Kent routine and Sonya’s routine is this – Sonya does stilted, jolty, jerky movement that draws me OUT of the emotion rather than INTO it – whereas Tasty Oreo’s had a fluidity of movement that didn’t sharply pull me out of the meaning to force my attention to the movement. There is a time and place for the herky/jerky/sharp and pointy emphasis… but when that’s ALL an entire piece is, or when it doesn’t match the emotion of the moment… I just can’t flow with it.
So – bottom two boys:
Tadd and Ricky
Caitlynn and Caitlynn – seriously, neither Sasha or Melanie is going home people.
What did you guys think? Who were your favorites? Am I crazy that I don't love Sonya?
Okay, now it's back to Bones before bed. Night ya'll!
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Top 8
Top 8 here we go!
Welcome our guest judges Rob Marshall and Lady Gaga… oh, what are we in for tonight?
Sasha and Pasha doing Jonathan Roberts Quick Step. I dislike her costume. Distracting. I just don’t feel that she is suited to this style of dance. It’s the first routine of hers I’ve ever been able to look away from. Mr. Marshall hit it on the head when he said she dances with such abandon and that’s what he loves about her and that’s what was missing from this style.
Caitlynn with Ivan (YAY!) doing a hip hop routine by Marty Kudelka. Cute. Ivan’s all growed up! She did fairly well keeping up with him. She looked great.
Jordan and Ade dancing a Tyce Diorio Jazz routine. I’m just going to get this out of the way. Dislike of Tyce is just growing daily. I love Ade and I could care less about Jordan. She has the same “I’m innocent/I’m sexy/oooops” face ALL THE TIME. If I take my eyes off her face, I enjoy her legs, and there were moments with the legs that were great… but even Ade didn’t make me love that routine.
Melanie and Neal doing a Mandy Moore routine. I’m totally biased. I love that song. I love both Melanie and Neal. I adore Mandy Moore when she does a pretty routine and that was PRETTY! The unison was insane. The emotion was palpable. It built and built the more it went and from the jump (oh that AMAZING JUMP made me gasp) to the end I was on the edge of my seat. Beautiful. I love it when everything comes together and works. That just worked.
Ricky and Anya dancing a Jason Gilkison Jive. Anya is amazing no matter who her partner is… but that was not the best jive I’ve ever seen... it didn’t get better as it went along, struggled with the lift in the middle (I will say I don’t think Jess could have done that lift that Ricky did at the end)… I do love his smile but I don’t know how long he’s going to be around if America is the only one in charge of the decision.
Jess and Lauren doing a NappyTabs routine. Okay… I’m going to say it. I like Jess. I don’t know when it happened that his arrogant “jersey boy” attitude became a non issue or disappeared. But it did. And now I just enjoy watching him dance. He’s really talented and I’d pay to see him in a show. He hasn’t been mugging for the camera and when he’s been dancing the last few weeks he’s been so into his partner that it makes me enjoy him more because it draws me into the dance.
Tadd and Lauren doing a Mandy Moore routine. I love Tadd… and that he went on even without his hat and just sort of implied it was still there. Didn’t miss a move. Is his lip bleeding? Loved the MJ homage at the beginning. Tadd really is a sponge.
Marko and Allison doing a Sonya Tayeh routine. I know she’s not a contestant but can’t Allison win it? She makes me like a Sonya routine. Well, she and Marko together make me like a Sonya routine. They really felt every step. It was lovely.
Jonathan Roberts choreographing a fox trot for Caitlynn and Tadd. Ummmmmmm… I LOVE her dress. Loved the lift spin at the end. Lovely.
Marko and Ricky doing a Nappy Tabs routine. Not bad. Not my favorite boy/boy hip hop routine. I mean, it just doesn’t compare to Tranji from season 2. I will say that Marko was much more street than Ricky – Nigel hit it on the head when he said Ricky was too high.
Jason Gilkison choreographing a rumba for Jess and Jordan. I didn’t feel the chemistry – and it wasn’t Jess’s fault. He was totally into her and she looked away from him – closed her eyes, looked past him, to the audience… just not deep into him the way he did to her. Her dress was pretty though.
Sasha and Melanie doing a Sonya Tayeh routine. I really just don’t get Sonya half the time. This was part of that half of the time when I don’t get it because it is just not my thing. Was it danced well – I’m sure it was… but it just wasn’t my cup of tea.
Okay bottom 4?
Jordan
Ricky
Caitlynn
Tadd
Going home:
Ricky
Jordan or Caitlynn
What do you guys think?
Welcome our guest judges Rob Marshall and Lady Gaga… oh, what are we in for tonight?
Sasha and Pasha doing Jonathan Roberts Quick Step. I dislike her costume. Distracting. I just don’t feel that she is suited to this style of dance. It’s the first routine of hers I’ve ever been able to look away from. Mr. Marshall hit it on the head when he said she dances with such abandon and that’s what he loves about her and that’s what was missing from this style.
Caitlynn with Ivan (YAY!) doing a hip hop routine by Marty Kudelka. Cute. Ivan’s all growed up! She did fairly well keeping up with him. She looked great.
Jordan and Ade dancing a Tyce Diorio Jazz routine. I’m just going to get this out of the way. Dislike of Tyce is just growing daily. I love Ade and I could care less about Jordan. She has the same “I’m innocent/I’m sexy/oooops” face ALL THE TIME. If I take my eyes off her face, I enjoy her legs, and there were moments with the legs that were great… but even Ade didn’t make me love that routine.
Melanie and Neal doing a Mandy Moore routine. I’m totally biased. I love that song. I love both Melanie and Neal. I adore Mandy Moore when she does a pretty routine and that was PRETTY! The unison was insane. The emotion was palpable. It built and built the more it went and from the jump (oh that AMAZING JUMP made me gasp) to the end I was on the edge of my seat. Beautiful. I love it when everything comes together and works. That just worked.
Ricky and Anya dancing a Jason Gilkison Jive. Anya is amazing no matter who her partner is… but that was not the best jive I’ve ever seen... it didn’t get better as it went along, struggled with the lift in the middle (I will say I don’t think Jess could have done that lift that Ricky did at the end)… I do love his smile but I don’t know how long he’s going to be around if America is the only one in charge of the decision.
Jess and Lauren doing a NappyTabs routine. Okay… I’m going to say it. I like Jess. I don’t know when it happened that his arrogant “jersey boy” attitude became a non issue or disappeared. But it did. And now I just enjoy watching him dance. He’s really talented and I’d pay to see him in a show. He hasn’t been mugging for the camera and when he’s been dancing the last few weeks he’s been so into his partner that it makes me enjoy him more because it draws me into the dance.
Tadd and Lauren doing a Mandy Moore routine. I love Tadd… and that he went on even without his hat and just sort of implied it was still there. Didn’t miss a move. Is his lip bleeding? Loved the MJ homage at the beginning. Tadd really is a sponge.
Marko and Allison doing a Sonya Tayeh routine. I know she’s not a contestant but can’t Allison win it? She makes me like a Sonya routine. Well, she and Marko together make me like a Sonya routine. They really felt every step. It was lovely.
Jonathan Roberts choreographing a fox trot for Caitlynn and Tadd. Ummmmmmm… I LOVE her dress. Loved the lift spin at the end. Lovely.
Marko and Ricky doing a Nappy Tabs routine. Not bad. Not my favorite boy/boy hip hop routine. I mean, it just doesn’t compare to Tranji from season 2. I will say that Marko was much more street than Ricky – Nigel hit it on the head when he said Ricky was too high.
Jason Gilkison choreographing a rumba for Jess and Jordan. I didn’t feel the chemistry – and it wasn’t Jess’s fault. He was totally into her and she looked away from him – closed her eyes, looked past him, to the audience… just not deep into him the way he did to her. Her dress was pretty though.
Sasha and Melanie doing a Sonya Tayeh routine. I really just don’t get Sonya half the time. This was part of that half of the time when I don’t get it because it is just not my thing. Was it danced well – I’m sure it was… but it just wasn’t my cup of tea.
Okay bottom 4?
Jordan
Ricky
Caitlynn
Tadd
Going home:
Ricky
Jordan or Caitlynn
What do you guys think?
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
SYTYCD - Top 12!
Okay ya’ll welcome to SYTYCD – with our top 12 couples. So, this will be the last time we have the couples paired together as is because once they become top 10 we get to see them dance with the All Stars. I really enjoy the way they changed it up this season. Although, I think I’d really like to have seen them not have permanent partners but pick the partners each week so that we don’t have “power couples” but power dancers. You know?
Anyway, moving on… I love Cat… I’m enjoying her dress, although the bodice could be a little less squishy. And our judges… guest Judge Jesse Tyler Ferguson (Broadway – how much do you think he’ll love Jess?) and resident choreographer Sonya Tayeh.
Sasha and Alexander doing a routine by Tony Meredith and Capitan LAPATIN… gotta say, wasn’t loving it. Alexander did far better than he has been doing, but I felt like Sasha brought her game down to meet him more than he rose to meet her. They both started to get sloppy towards the end like they were getting tired and it showed. Possibly the first slot of the night will not do them a service… but we’ll see tomorrow.
Jordan and Tadd doing a Travis Wall contemporary routine. Ummmm WOW. That is what I said at the end of the routine right before I backed it up to watch it again. It was dark and twisty but still Beautiful. The lines and the pictures that the still moments presented. Tadd is SO strong – and commits 100% to every style. I loved everything about that even though it wasn’t my normal sweet/sad/emotional Travis kind of routine.
Now we have Ryan and Ricky doing a Spencer Liff Broadway routine… Well wasn’t that nice of Spencer to choreograph a routine where Ryan’s Stepford Smile was not necessarily out of place. Can I say it seemed really easy and not technically difficult. And all of a sudden I really am in love Jesse Tyler Ferguson because he said everything I felt… and so did Sonya.
Caitlynn and Mitchell doing a Christopher Scott routine. She hit everything so much harder than he did. It was actually distracting because the unison was off. I didn’t love the attempt at “emotional manipulation” by Christopher Scott. It’s not fair because I like her so much.
Melanie and Marko dancing a tango choreographed by Louie Van Amstel. I’m really excited to see them take on something so COMPLETELY different than their own style this week. Okay – so it started and I was a little – eh… but it seemed way more difficult a routine than Ryan and Ricky’s so I was not hating on it – plus you could tell even though the footwork (little tricky) was sometimes not all it could be they were giving it their all. And of course, I always feel that Melanie and Marko are totally into each other when they’re supposed to be and this was probably the sexiest they’ve been. And still I was just sort of eh – until the last 10 seconds with the back bend through the legs into the whatever position that was. AMAZING! Hopefully that’s the thing the voting public remembers.
Clarice and Jess do a Christopher Scott lyrical hip-hop routine. Okay… stupid emotional manipulation from a stupid stupid choreographer has left me weeping. Tissues… need tissues. I cannot even fairly discuss this routine. I don’t like Jess, Clarice annoys me and yet here I am crying like a baby. Jess danced that really well – although there were definitely moments where his Broadway showed through… but for the first time Clarice really connected with a piece and so did I. Stupid, stupid emotional manipulation!!! The only thing that would have made that more manipulative is if they’d had Sasha’s sister dancing it instead and turned it into a “big girl” routine.
Round 2:
Sasha and Alexander dancing a Tyce “Keith” Diorio routine. Much better than the first routine they did. Sasha really is amazing. Alexander did a much better job himself – I actually looked at him a little more. Still, I think she’d be so much better with another partner. I’m pretty sure she’s going to be in the top 10. She’s unbelievable. Alexander… I don’t know.
Jordan and Tadd doing a Broadway routine by Spencer Liff. The music was strange and the timing just seems really off… It’s really making me think it’s a Spencer Liff thing and not the dancers. I think my favorite part was Tadd spraying breath freshener in his mouth. Sad. I love Tadd. I hope Travis’s routine will save them and pull in the votes.
Ryan and Ricky doing a Louie Van Amstel Cha-Cha! Eh. I just don’t connect with either of them. I liked the costumes? I mean, it was definitely more challenging than their Broadway number. My favorite Mary Murphy statement had to be when she told Ryan she was “Not really tidy down below”… This was the best Ricky routine though. I wonder what would have happened to him over this season if he’d been with anyone else but Ryan.
Caitlynn and Mitchell doing a Jazz routine by Travis Wall. (Now I want to say the last time Travis did a Jazz routine he got yelled at by Nigel for it not being “real Jazz”.) This time I have to say I definitely saw some “Jazz” moves. Much, much better than the first routine. Caitlynn is a force to be reckoned with. I agree with Sonya’s comments to Mitchell because he is so focused on being a good partner he loses a little of his own performance “sparkle”. And I agree with Nigel’s comment about Caitlynn not bringing the audience into that.
Melanie and Marko next up doing a contemporary routine by Dee Caspary (whom I love). I really liked this routine. (Still think the left at the alter one is my favorite) but this is a second. This routine just shows how amazing they are as a couple. I agree with Nigel – there really is something magical about them when they perform together and it did feel like an organic flow of movement not just steps. And Sonya’s tip for them to stay humble really brought to the forefront the reason I love them so much. They’re amazing but they’re not cocky about it. I’d totally pay to watch either of them dance.
Lastly – Jess and Clarice doing a jive by Tony and Meredith… Okay – what happened to Clarice? For the first time like… um… ever – tonight I couldn’t take my eyes off her. Was her technique flawless? No… but she was charismatic and sparkling and awesome and her footwork was great – but they lost some momentum in their lifts. I think that was one my favorite they’ve done. Especially because I was not emotionally manipulated into liking it.
Okay, so bottom 3:
Ryan and Ricky
Caitlynn and Marshall
Jordan and Tadd
(Alternatively Sasha and Alexander are a possible choice but I think she has a big enough fan base to make them both safe.)
My pick to go home : Ryan and Ricky (please?)
Okay, enough of my ramblings… what did you guys think?
Anyway, moving on… I love Cat… I’m enjoying her dress, although the bodice could be a little less squishy. And our judges… guest Judge Jesse Tyler Ferguson (Broadway – how much do you think he’ll love Jess?) and resident choreographer Sonya Tayeh.
Sasha and Alexander doing a routine by Tony Meredith and Capitan LAPATIN… gotta say, wasn’t loving it. Alexander did far better than he has been doing, but I felt like Sasha brought her game down to meet him more than he rose to meet her. They both started to get sloppy towards the end like they were getting tired and it showed. Possibly the first slot of the night will not do them a service… but we’ll see tomorrow.
Jordan and Tadd doing a Travis Wall contemporary routine. Ummmm WOW. That is what I said at the end of the routine right before I backed it up to watch it again. It was dark and twisty but still Beautiful. The lines and the pictures that the still moments presented. Tadd is SO strong – and commits 100% to every style. I loved everything about that even though it wasn’t my normal sweet/sad/emotional Travis kind of routine.
Now we have Ryan and Ricky doing a Spencer Liff Broadway routine… Well wasn’t that nice of Spencer to choreograph a routine where Ryan’s Stepford Smile was not necessarily out of place. Can I say it seemed really easy and not technically difficult. And all of a sudden I really am in love Jesse Tyler Ferguson because he said everything I felt… and so did Sonya.
Caitlynn and Mitchell doing a Christopher Scott routine. She hit everything so much harder than he did. It was actually distracting because the unison was off. I didn’t love the attempt at “emotional manipulation” by Christopher Scott. It’s not fair because I like her so much.
Melanie and Marko dancing a tango choreographed by Louie Van Amstel. I’m really excited to see them take on something so COMPLETELY different than their own style this week. Okay – so it started and I was a little – eh… but it seemed way more difficult a routine than Ryan and Ricky’s so I was not hating on it – plus you could tell even though the footwork (little tricky) was sometimes not all it could be they were giving it their all. And of course, I always feel that Melanie and Marko are totally into each other when they’re supposed to be and this was probably the sexiest they’ve been. And still I was just sort of eh – until the last 10 seconds with the back bend through the legs into the whatever position that was. AMAZING! Hopefully that’s the thing the voting public remembers.
Clarice and Jess do a Christopher Scott lyrical hip-hop routine. Okay… stupid emotional manipulation from a stupid stupid choreographer has left me weeping. Tissues… need tissues. I cannot even fairly discuss this routine. I don’t like Jess, Clarice annoys me and yet here I am crying like a baby. Jess danced that really well – although there were definitely moments where his Broadway showed through… but for the first time Clarice really connected with a piece and so did I. Stupid, stupid emotional manipulation!!! The only thing that would have made that more manipulative is if they’d had Sasha’s sister dancing it instead and turned it into a “big girl” routine.
Round 2:
Sasha and Alexander dancing a Tyce “Keith” Diorio routine. Much better than the first routine they did. Sasha really is amazing. Alexander did a much better job himself – I actually looked at him a little more. Still, I think she’d be so much better with another partner. I’m pretty sure she’s going to be in the top 10. She’s unbelievable. Alexander… I don’t know.
Jordan and Tadd doing a Broadway routine by Spencer Liff. The music was strange and the timing just seems really off… It’s really making me think it’s a Spencer Liff thing and not the dancers. I think my favorite part was Tadd spraying breath freshener in his mouth. Sad. I love Tadd. I hope Travis’s routine will save them and pull in the votes.
Ryan and Ricky doing a Louie Van Amstel Cha-Cha! Eh. I just don’t connect with either of them. I liked the costumes? I mean, it was definitely more challenging than their Broadway number. My favorite Mary Murphy statement had to be when she told Ryan she was “Not really tidy down below”… This was the best Ricky routine though. I wonder what would have happened to him over this season if he’d been with anyone else but Ryan.
Caitlynn and Mitchell doing a Jazz routine by Travis Wall. (Now I want to say the last time Travis did a Jazz routine he got yelled at by Nigel for it not being “real Jazz”.) This time I have to say I definitely saw some “Jazz” moves. Much, much better than the first routine. Caitlynn is a force to be reckoned with. I agree with Sonya’s comments to Mitchell because he is so focused on being a good partner he loses a little of his own performance “sparkle”. And I agree with Nigel’s comment about Caitlynn not bringing the audience into that.
Melanie and Marko next up doing a contemporary routine by Dee Caspary (whom I love). I really liked this routine. (Still think the left at the alter one is my favorite) but this is a second. This routine just shows how amazing they are as a couple. I agree with Nigel – there really is something magical about them when they perform together and it did feel like an organic flow of movement not just steps. And Sonya’s tip for them to stay humble really brought to the forefront the reason I love them so much. They’re amazing but they’re not cocky about it. I’d totally pay to watch either of them dance.
Lastly – Jess and Clarice doing a jive by Tony and Meredith… Okay – what happened to Clarice? For the first time like… um… ever – tonight I couldn’t take my eyes off her. Was her technique flawless? No… but she was charismatic and sparkling and awesome and her footwork was great – but they lost some momentum in their lifts. I think that was one my favorite they’ve done. Especially because I was not emotionally manipulated into liking it.
Okay, so bottom 3:
Ryan and Ricky
Caitlynn and Marshall
Jordan and Tadd
(Alternatively Sasha and Alexander are a possible choice but I think she has a big enough fan base to make them both safe.)
My pick to go home : Ryan and Ricky (please?)
Okay, enough of my ramblings… what did you guys think?
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Top 7 Couples
Welcome to SYTYCD!
It’s my birthday – and as such – I expect a GREAT show from the “Magnificent 7” couples left in the competition. I demand AWESOME routines – seriously – give me some MIA please – or if no Mia, how about not giving me any Keith Diorio or Sonya strangeness tonight? I also require the Judges to be on the ball this evening – call out the bad performances and make some sense please – don’t just hand out meaningless platitudes like they’re candy at Halloween, okay?
So, let’s get started by meeting our JUDGES… I’ve really enjoyed the guest judges so far this season – how does tonight stack up with - Carmen Electra, really? I never would have guessed ballet was in her background. Finger’s crossed and hoping for the best from her… Oh and for my birthday – TRAVIS WALL! Sadly, I am worried he will be a bad judge because he’s so sympathetic to the contestants having been one himself “blah, blah, blah” Still I’m hoping for the best with him too. The only thing better would be if he choreographed ALL the routines tonight. Alas, that is not the case. *Sigh*
Justin Giles doing a routine with the top 7 guys. Okay – Chris was late in the unison parts for a bit and it threw me off. If I didn’t have the back-story from the choreographer, I would have had no idea what it was “supposed” to be about. I thought it was interesting though. My eyes focused mostly on Marko and “oddly enough” Jess. I think they both did the best in the number. What did you guys think?
First Couple of the night – Melanie & Marko doing a Jazz routine by Ray Leeper. WTF?!?! Do the costume people HATE her?! So distracting. I’m sure they danced it well but I couldn’t get past her red/white/blue lace one stocking stupid outfit. Just because the song says “Americano” do we really need to put her in stars and stripes? And his pants with suspenders no shirt? Seriously? Really? What have you done SYTYCD costume department? I dislike this. Watching it again to focus on the dancing. Okay, so… had her costume been exactly the same except say in SOLID black – she would have been SUPER SEXY. Her dancing and attitude was FIERCE! And Marko was good too. Now, I don’t see “Jazz” in that routine, but whatever. Again, not happy with the costume department right now.
Moving on: Sasha and Alexander are up with a Shaun Avaristo hip-hop routine. Ehhhh. I like Sasha, but Alexander leaves me cold – and it’s not because he has seriously no swag at all, but because he doesn’t pull his weight as a partner – he’s just not her equal at all – and it just doesn’t help make a routine pop when the chemistry is supposed to be the central drive and there is none to be found. At least the judges agree with me.
Jordan and Tadd doing a waltz choreographed by Toni Redpath. I like Toni’s stuff. It was dreamy and romantic – Can’t believe he’s a hip-hop dancer when he does stuff like this. I grow to like Jordan more and more – (especially with her video packages the last 2 weeks). Not my favorite routine ever – but the best one so far tonight.
Clarice and Jess dancing a Justin Giles contemporary routine. Emotionally I felt NOTHING. Nothing. Not a single thing. I felt more watching their rehearsal movements without music than I did watching the actual performance. Not sure what the judges saw that I didn’t… But I will say I love Travis as a judge even when I don’t agree with him because he gives great technical notes. I went back and watched it again – still – got nothing from them. No emotion still. Is it just me?
Now we have Ashley and Chris doing a Salsa choreographed by Liz Lira. Oh, I’m afraid. Let me channel Sue Sylvester for a moment… SLOPPY BABIES! Not impressed at all. They had not nearly enough energy for this routine. It was stilted and awkward.
Ricky and Ryan doing a Jazz routine by Chucky Klapow. Ummmmmm no. I would rather gouge my eyes out with a spoon than watch this routine ever again. In fact, I think I will fast forward through it. Not a fan at all. And it has nothing to do with the dancers at all because for once Ryan didn’t break character with her Stepford Smile. The only thing that could have made me feel more grossed out by the routine is if the costumers had made them into CLOWNS. Not a fan.
Lastly for the couples is Caitlynn and Mitchell doing contemporary – please, dear Lord, please – make this one good? Mandy Moore (PLEASE MAKE THIS BEAUTIFUL FOR ME!?!?!) J’adore Caitlynn! J’adore! She’s really one of my absolute favorites this season. It’s Melanie and her for the win for me. That was lovely – not tear worthy Mary Murphy but still beautiful. That was great partnering from Mitchell – the jumps the lifts the legs the feet the arms – really just beautiful. Her leg’s especially.
And now – our grand finale – the girls doing a Ray Leeper Jazz routine… Seriously – couldn’t Melanie have worn THIS outfit during her actual routine? Again, Caitlynn and Melanie drew my eye – but I think Mr. Leeper – not my favorite.
So overall – really a very disappointing evening for me. Seriously - SYTYCD WHY DO YOU DISAPPOINT ME ON MY BIRTHDAY!?!?!
What did you guys think?
It’s my birthday – and as such – I expect a GREAT show from the “Magnificent 7” couples left in the competition. I demand AWESOME routines – seriously – give me some MIA please – or if no Mia, how about not giving me any Keith Diorio or Sonya strangeness tonight? I also require the Judges to be on the ball this evening – call out the bad performances and make some sense please – don’t just hand out meaningless platitudes like they’re candy at Halloween, okay?
So, let’s get started by meeting our JUDGES… I’ve really enjoyed the guest judges so far this season – how does tonight stack up with - Carmen Electra, really? I never would have guessed ballet was in her background. Finger’s crossed and hoping for the best from her… Oh and for my birthday – TRAVIS WALL! Sadly, I am worried he will be a bad judge because he’s so sympathetic to the contestants having been one himself “blah, blah, blah” Still I’m hoping for the best with him too. The only thing better would be if he choreographed ALL the routines tonight. Alas, that is not the case. *Sigh*
Justin Giles doing a routine with the top 7 guys. Okay – Chris was late in the unison parts for a bit and it threw me off. If I didn’t have the back-story from the choreographer, I would have had no idea what it was “supposed” to be about. I thought it was interesting though. My eyes focused mostly on Marko and “oddly enough” Jess. I think they both did the best in the number. What did you guys think?
First Couple of the night – Melanie & Marko doing a Jazz routine by Ray Leeper. WTF?!?! Do the costume people HATE her?! So distracting. I’m sure they danced it well but I couldn’t get past her red/white/blue lace one stocking stupid outfit. Just because the song says “Americano” do we really need to put her in stars and stripes? And his pants with suspenders no shirt? Seriously? Really? What have you done SYTYCD costume department? I dislike this. Watching it again to focus on the dancing. Okay, so… had her costume been exactly the same except say in SOLID black – she would have been SUPER SEXY. Her dancing and attitude was FIERCE! And Marko was good too. Now, I don’t see “Jazz” in that routine, but whatever. Again, not happy with the costume department right now.
Moving on: Sasha and Alexander are up with a Shaun Avaristo hip-hop routine. Ehhhh. I like Sasha, but Alexander leaves me cold – and it’s not because he has seriously no swag at all, but because he doesn’t pull his weight as a partner – he’s just not her equal at all – and it just doesn’t help make a routine pop when the chemistry is supposed to be the central drive and there is none to be found. At least the judges agree with me.
Jordan and Tadd doing a waltz choreographed by Toni Redpath. I like Toni’s stuff. It was dreamy and romantic – Can’t believe he’s a hip-hop dancer when he does stuff like this. I grow to like Jordan more and more – (especially with her video packages the last 2 weeks). Not my favorite routine ever – but the best one so far tonight.
Clarice and Jess dancing a Justin Giles contemporary routine. Emotionally I felt NOTHING. Nothing. Not a single thing. I felt more watching their rehearsal movements without music than I did watching the actual performance. Not sure what the judges saw that I didn’t… But I will say I love Travis as a judge even when I don’t agree with him because he gives great technical notes. I went back and watched it again – still – got nothing from them. No emotion still. Is it just me?
Now we have Ashley and Chris doing a Salsa choreographed by Liz Lira. Oh, I’m afraid. Let me channel Sue Sylvester for a moment… SLOPPY BABIES! Not impressed at all. They had not nearly enough energy for this routine. It was stilted and awkward.
Ricky and Ryan doing a Jazz routine by Chucky Klapow. Ummmmmm no. I would rather gouge my eyes out with a spoon than watch this routine ever again. In fact, I think I will fast forward through it. Not a fan at all. And it has nothing to do with the dancers at all because for once Ryan didn’t break character with her Stepford Smile. The only thing that could have made me feel more grossed out by the routine is if the costumers had made them into CLOWNS. Not a fan.
Lastly for the couples is Caitlynn and Mitchell doing contemporary – please, dear Lord, please – make this one good? Mandy Moore (PLEASE MAKE THIS BEAUTIFUL FOR ME!?!?!) J’adore Caitlynn! J’adore! She’s really one of my absolute favorites this season. It’s Melanie and her for the win for me. That was lovely – not tear worthy Mary Murphy but still beautiful. That was great partnering from Mitchell – the jumps the lifts the legs the feet the arms – really just beautiful. Her leg’s especially.
And now – our grand finale – the girls doing a Ray Leeper Jazz routine… Seriously – couldn’t Melanie have worn THIS outfit during her actual routine? Again, Caitlynn and Melanie drew my eye – but I think Mr. Leeper – not my favorite.
So overall – really a very disappointing evening for me. Seriously - SYTYCD WHY DO YOU DISAPPOINT ME ON MY BIRTHDAY!?!?!
What did you guys think?
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Top 20 - Redo
Welcome to the fastest recap of SYTYCD I’ve probably ever done.
First up Ryan and Ricky. Blech. I usually like a Mandy Moore routine – but this one left me uninterested. I found it to be… whatever the OPPOSITE of the word sexy is. Ryan’s smile creeps me out. It’s a little too Stepford Wives for me. Well the judges didn’t agree with me – does anyone else?
*Aside* Why must we remake movies like Footloose and Fame? Is it only singing/dancing movies that begin with the letter F? If so – does that mean Flashdance is next?
Caitlynn and Mitchell doing a Stacey Tookey routine. CHILLS when she jumped off the chair into his arms. Straight UP chills. Loved it so much I hit rewind to watch it again. When he came behind her in the chair – so great to start – it was so amazing.
Wadi and Missy doing a cha-cha by Jean-Marc Genereux. Okay – I dislike this song more than I can possibly express. This routine was almost as bad as the song for me. There was no flow at all it was steps into steps into forced “sexy face”. Awkward doesn’t even begin to describe it. I don’t even care if the judges agree with me. How is Mary impressed with Missy – nevermind I said I don’t care.
Iveta and Nick doing a Bollywood routine by Nakul Dev Mahajan. Okay – so I still like Nick as a person… but I was not a fan of this routine for him. He was not nearly masculine enough for me. He wasn’t as grounded as I’d have liked him to be. He reminds me of Ken last season for likeability but I don’t know if he’s going to be safe at this point. Iveta was bouncy and cute.
*Aside* So excited for Harry Potter’s final installment.
Robert and Miranda doing a Nappy Tabs hip hop routine. She tried to bring the tude to it that it needed. And she brought swagger which was great but honestly she was still a little awkward for me. And I was distracted by her too much to notice him at all. She really did give it everything she had though and I appreciate that. Still I worry they’ll be in the bottom again.
Jess and Clarice doing a Stacey Tookey routine. I’m biased. I don’t like Jess at ALL. Like I feel about him the way I felt about Brandon a couple seasons ago. I just can’t get past how into himself he is. She is good though. Sadly I think he’s going to hold her back – or get her kicked off.
Jordan and Tadd doing a Jean-Marc “Vietnamese” waltz – oh, Donyelle how I miss you and your renaming of the Viennese Waltz. I am predisposed to like anything danced to a David Cook song – especially one with a bench that reminds me of the bench routine from Season 2. Okay, I have to rewind and watch it for the dancing in front of my eyes. Lovely lines. He’s got crazy good extension for a B-Boy. A little sloppy on the one lift but for the most part really lovely. Costumes also great. Nice upside down lift and dance move. Really lovely overall.
Melanie and Marko doing a Jazz routine from Mandy Moore. Okay – I really didn’t like that at all. The costumes were horrible – HORRIBLE and distracting as were the strobe lights. And I LOVE both Melanie and Marko but I really just didn’t like the routine. That doesn’t mean it didn’t get danced well – I just wasn’t a fan of it.
Sasha and Alexander doing a NappyTabs routine. Okay – I really, really, really, really like Sasha. And I like Alexander – but he was so not her equal in this routine. She was amazing. She needed – Joshua or another really strong/masculine hip hop dancer. But she was emotional and perfection in her part. For her performance alone they should both be safe.
Lastly Ashley and Chris doing a SpencerLiff Broadway routine. I LOVE her dress. I don’t feel the tension they’re supposed to have. It was a really unique concept. Some interesting visual pictures. Not my favorite Broadway routine. Nice use of bars? Really that’s all I’ve got at this point.
So - what did you guys think of the top 20 re-do?
First up Ryan and Ricky. Blech. I usually like a Mandy Moore routine – but this one left me uninterested. I found it to be… whatever the OPPOSITE of the word sexy is. Ryan’s smile creeps me out. It’s a little too Stepford Wives for me. Well the judges didn’t agree with me – does anyone else?
*Aside* Why must we remake movies like Footloose and Fame? Is it only singing/dancing movies that begin with the letter F? If so – does that mean Flashdance is next?
Caitlynn and Mitchell doing a Stacey Tookey routine. CHILLS when she jumped off the chair into his arms. Straight UP chills. Loved it so much I hit rewind to watch it again. When he came behind her in the chair – so great to start – it was so amazing.
Wadi and Missy doing a cha-cha by Jean-Marc Genereux. Okay – I dislike this song more than I can possibly express. This routine was almost as bad as the song for me. There was no flow at all it was steps into steps into forced “sexy face”. Awkward doesn’t even begin to describe it. I don’t even care if the judges agree with me. How is Mary impressed with Missy – nevermind I said I don’t care.
Iveta and Nick doing a Bollywood routine by Nakul Dev Mahajan. Okay – so I still like Nick as a person… but I was not a fan of this routine for him. He was not nearly masculine enough for me. He wasn’t as grounded as I’d have liked him to be. He reminds me of Ken last season for likeability but I don’t know if he’s going to be safe at this point. Iveta was bouncy and cute.
*Aside* So excited for Harry Potter’s final installment.
Robert and Miranda doing a Nappy Tabs hip hop routine. She tried to bring the tude to it that it needed. And she brought swagger which was great but honestly she was still a little awkward for me. And I was distracted by her too much to notice him at all. She really did give it everything she had though and I appreciate that. Still I worry they’ll be in the bottom again.
Jess and Clarice doing a Stacey Tookey routine. I’m biased. I don’t like Jess at ALL. Like I feel about him the way I felt about Brandon a couple seasons ago. I just can’t get past how into himself he is. She is good though. Sadly I think he’s going to hold her back – or get her kicked off.
Jordan and Tadd doing a Jean-Marc “Vietnamese” waltz – oh, Donyelle how I miss you and your renaming of the Viennese Waltz. I am predisposed to like anything danced to a David Cook song – especially one with a bench that reminds me of the bench routine from Season 2. Okay, I have to rewind and watch it for the dancing in front of my eyes. Lovely lines. He’s got crazy good extension for a B-Boy. A little sloppy on the one lift but for the most part really lovely. Costumes also great. Nice upside down lift and dance move. Really lovely overall.
Melanie and Marko doing a Jazz routine from Mandy Moore. Okay – I really didn’t like that at all. The costumes were horrible – HORRIBLE and distracting as were the strobe lights. And I LOVE both Melanie and Marko but I really just didn’t like the routine. That doesn’t mean it didn’t get danced well – I just wasn’t a fan of it.
Sasha and Alexander doing a NappyTabs routine. Okay – I really, really, really, really like Sasha. And I like Alexander – but he was so not her equal in this routine. She was amazing. She needed – Joshua or another really strong/masculine hip hop dancer. But she was emotional and perfection in her part. For her performance alone they should both be safe.
Lastly Ashley and Chris doing a SpencerLiff Broadway routine. I LOVE her dress. I don’t feel the tension they’re supposed to have. It was a really unique concept. Some interesting visual pictures. Not my favorite Broadway routine. Nice use of bars? Really that’s all I’ve got at this point.
So - what did you guys think of the top 20 re-do?
Thursday, May 26, 2011
SEASON 8 BABY!
Guess What People?!?!?! SYTYCD is BAAAAAAAAA-AAAAACK!!!
Now, we know I dislike the “make fun of the ones that can’t dance” portion of the show – so let’s just make it perfectly clear that I will be fast forwarding through those parts (THANK YOU DVR). I’ll also try not to get to invested in the dancers I see because, as we all know, I get really upset when they (read: the evil producers of the show) fake me out and make me fall in love with people who don’t make it to the top 20. Please note I said I would TRY not to get invested, I make no promises. It should also be noted that I’m writing this while drinking a glass of CRU and baking black bean brownies - so, I might be extra happy. Oh, also – I know I don’t normally blog the auditions – but I want to be able to look back and see if I can tell who Nigel has hand picked as this seasons winner before we get to the actual competition portion. Don’t scoff – he totally tried to get Lauren the win on Idol and it was 100% obvious too.
Anyway - Here we go Season 8!
WELCOME TO ATL Ya’ll! And welcome back Mary Murphy!
Starting off with Bianka Hinklerian and some salsa. Great footwork - on him especially - and good lifts and tricks. Plus, not too many crazy faces. She’s super cute. Note – when Mary is giving critique, she is knowledgeable and fair and I find her so helpful. If only she wouldn’t scream or put people on the hot tamale train. *sigh*
Next Melanie Moore (the art major with the dead dad – thanks for the emotional manipulation SYTYCD). She’s adorable and I love her hair and her artwork… and her feet. Beautiful control. Oh… can I be her when I grow up please? See here I am getting attached. Her floor work is excellent – her lines, everything. I <3 her. Straight to Vegas!
Now we have a montage of hot chicks and D-Day trying to pick them up. Poor Cat. They’re fun. Good tricks. Nice sense of humor. I thought it was a good audition because it was memorable – I’d put them through to choreography. And they go straight through to Vegas – really Nigel and Mary?!? Wow.
So – let’s watch a montage of awesome. 10 straight through to Vegas with no names and no full auditions shown… hello underdog of the season – I know you’re in there somewhere.
***distracted by Green Lantern Preview- mmmmmmm Ryan Reynolds is yummy***
Okay, back to SYTYCD. We have Marco Germar- a gunshot victim with the bullet still in his arm. His musicality is beautiful. He’s no Travis – but his legs are good.
Day 2 – up first Kimalee Piedad. The routine was okay but it left me less than amazed. It wasn’t fluid between tricks even though the tricks were sick. I’d send her to choreography but they sent her straight to Vegas.
And Fast Forwarding through White Chocolate and the waste of times that follow.
Kyre was pretty good. Not as good as other pop/lockers I’ve seen. But totally worth watching if only to see Grandma beating Lil C with a belt.
Welcome to San Francisco! And TastyOreo aka, Tyce (Keith) Diorio. and Toni Redpath. Welcome, welcome, welcome!
And we’ve got crazy to start off… She’s going to dance her little Tusher off… Amber Williams. She’s a little much personally but of course she’s actually good. She’s really strong – sexy, without being overtly sexual. Straight to Vegas for me - and for the judges.
Now we have Timothy Jospeh – I love B-Boys. I especially love B-Boys when they can do choreography – especially lyrical. He was really good! Couple of slips on his tricks but great at what he does. Want to see what else he can do.
And now we fast forward through the stripper “Black Barbie” and two other people.
Uh-oh, video package. Sad montage. Emotional manipulation. Dad abandonment, homelessness. Nigel I am not falling for this! Danielle Ihle is decent, but not even close to being the best I’ve seen. She doesn’t finish her moves, she pulls them. So, now they’re going to send her to choreography – because they did a video package, what do you think her Vegas chances are? Are we setting her up to be an underdog while making you look "fair" for not sending her straight to Vegas? I know your game Nigel!
Ashley Rich – I am inclined not to like you because TastyOreo is so all over you – but I don’t hate you. I like your smile – I really wish you’d pulled your hair back though. Loved the jumps. Off you go to Vegas.
Vegas montage again.
Dionke Addison are you going to be horrible? I feel like you will be. I am fast forwarding through you.
Note – Timothy Joseph is a stand up guy - I hope he comes back next year. And of course Danielle gets put through. Was there any doubt people? Really?!?!? I didn’t think so.
Jeffery McCann – NICE feet. Good musicality – Good back story, great personality. Really likeable guy – Think Twitch… Straight to Vegas – wow that's surprising. I would have sent him to choreography but okay.
Now we have chicky-doo from last season (she was the one who worked with Mia, right?) Ryan Ramirez – I don’t remember your audition from last year but I thought you were pretty good this go round. You’re a lock to go to Vegas.
Whitney spins well from what I could see. Lilly does good floor work. While both of them got through to Vegas, I have no idea if I like them yet or not.
We’ve saved the weirdest and coolest thing for last – thanks Nigel. The dude that's a bug. CREEPY! And then we have TURF'n.
Taking
Up
Room on the
Floor
Which consists of: Swagger – Feetwork – Pantomime – Storytelling.
NICE Feetwork Levi Allen. I didn’t get the pantomime and storytelling, but it was cool. Musicality was great. But Toni was right about his face being dead. I don’t think he’ll pass Choreography. And he didn’t.
Next week SLC and NY – Stay tuned.
Now, we know I dislike the “make fun of the ones that can’t dance” portion of the show – so let’s just make it perfectly clear that I will be fast forwarding through those parts (THANK YOU DVR). I’ll also try not to get to invested in the dancers I see because, as we all know, I get really upset when they (read: the evil producers of the show) fake me out and make me fall in love with people who don’t make it to the top 20. Please note I said I would TRY not to get invested, I make no promises. It should also be noted that I’m writing this while drinking a glass of CRU and baking black bean brownies - so, I might be extra happy. Oh, also – I know I don’t normally blog the auditions – but I want to be able to look back and see if I can tell who Nigel has hand picked as this seasons winner before we get to the actual competition portion. Don’t scoff – he totally tried to get Lauren the win on Idol and it was 100% obvious too.
Anyway - Here we go Season 8!
WELCOME TO ATL Ya’ll! And welcome back Mary Murphy!
Starting off with Bianka Hinklerian and some salsa. Great footwork - on him especially - and good lifts and tricks. Plus, not too many crazy faces. She’s super cute. Note – when Mary is giving critique, she is knowledgeable and fair and I find her so helpful. If only she wouldn’t scream or put people on the hot tamale train. *sigh*
Next Melanie Moore (the art major with the dead dad – thanks for the emotional manipulation SYTYCD). She’s adorable and I love her hair and her artwork… and her feet. Beautiful control. Oh… can I be her when I grow up please? See here I am getting attached. Her floor work is excellent – her lines, everything. I <3 her. Straight to Vegas!
Now we have a montage of hot chicks and D-Day trying to pick them up. Poor Cat. They’re fun. Good tricks. Nice sense of humor. I thought it was a good audition because it was memorable – I’d put them through to choreography. And they go straight through to Vegas – really Nigel and Mary?!? Wow.
So – let’s watch a montage of awesome. 10 straight through to Vegas with no names and no full auditions shown… hello underdog of the season – I know you’re in there somewhere.
***distracted by Green Lantern Preview- mmmmmmm Ryan Reynolds is yummy***
Okay, back to SYTYCD. We have Marco Germar- a gunshot victim with the bullet still in his arm. His musicality is beautiful. He’s no Travis – but his legs are good.
Day 2 – up first Kimalee Piedad. The routine was okay but it left me less than amazed. It wasn’t fluid between tricks even though the tricks were sick. I’d send her to choreography but they sent her straight to Vegas.
And Fast Forwarding through White Chocolate and the waste of times that follow.
Kyre was pretty good. Not as good as other pop/lockers I’ve seen. But totally worth watching if only to see Grandma beating Lil C with a belt.
Welcome to San Francisco! And TastyOreo aka, Tyce (Keith) Diorio. and Toni Redpath. Welcome, welcome, welcome!
And we’ve got crazy to start off… She’s going to dance her little Tusher off… Amber Williams. She’s a little much personally but of course she’s actually good. She’s really strong – sexy, without being overtly sexual. Straight to Vegas for me - and for the judges.
Now we have Timothy Jospeh – I love B-Boys. I especially love B-Boys when they can do choreography – especially lyrical. He was really good! Couple of slips on his tricks but great at what he does. Want to see what else he can do.
And now we fast forward through the stripper “Black Barbie” and two other people.
Uh-oh, video package. Sad montage. Emotional manipulation. Dad abandonment, homelessness. Nigel I am not falling for this! Danielle Ihle is decent, but not even close to being the best I’ve seen. She doesn’t finish her moves, she pulls them. So, now they’re going to send her to choreography – because they did a video package, what do you think her Vegas chances are? Are we setting her up to be an underdog while making you look "fair" for not sending her straight to Vegas? I know your game Nigel!
Ashley Rich – I am inclined not to like you because TastyOreo is so all over you – but I don’t hate you. I like your smile – I really wish you’d pulled your hair back though. Loved the jumps. Off you go to Vegas.
Vegas montage again.
Dionke Addison are you going to be horrible? I feel like you will be. I am fast forwarding through you.
Note – Timothy Joseph is a stand up guy - I hope he comes back next year. And of course Danielle gets put through. Was there any doubt people? Really?!?!? I didn’t think so.
Jeffery McCann – NICE feet. Good musicality – Good back story, great personality. Really likeable guy – Think Twitch… Straight to Vegas – wow that's surprising. I would have sent him to choreography but okay.
Now we have chicky-doo from last season (she was the one who worked with Mia, right?) Ryan Ramirez – I don’t remember your audition from last year but I thought you were pretty good this go round. You’re a lock to go to Vegas.
Whitney spins well from what I could see. Lilly does good floor work. While both of them got through to Vegas, I have no idea if I like them yet or not.
We’ve saved the weirdest and coolest thing for last – thanks Nigel. The dude that's a bug. CREEPY! And then we have TURF'n.
Taking
Up
Room on the
Floor
Which consists of: Swagger – Feetwork – Pantomime – Storytelling.
NICE Feetwork Levi Allen. I didn’t get the pantomime and storytelling, but it was cool. Musicality was great. But Toni was right about his face being dead. I don’t think he’ll pass Choreography. And he didn’t.
Next week SLC and NY – Stay tuned.
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Top 4
Well hello all... I'm watching a day late again, so we're gonna try to get this done quick.
Welcome 4 judges, oh... Tasty Oreo is on the panel! And the only reason there was an exclamation point is because I enjoy calling him Tasty Oreo.
I'm nervous that this routine is called a "crap shoot."
I liked the costumes... not all that insane about the dance even though it was dance welled. I expected more wow but... it wasn't as exciting as I thought Tasty Oreo imagined it was in his head.
Okay, let's get down to it:
Pasha and Lauren doing a Tango. That was GORGEOUS. The lifts were magnificent and so was their chemistry. Excellent. Intense. Controlled. Sexy. TANGO!
Lauren and AdeChike doing an African Jazz Routine I am distracted by the costumes. As you know, Orange is my favorite color - but the shrug he is wearing is just... ummmm... no. It feels like it's cutting off his upper body movement... he seems stilted somehow. And the choreography just seems... more cheesy than fun. And can I just say that Tasty Oreo is talking like a crazy man... he comes from the Mia Michaels school of judging but in a less constructive way.
Now we have Robert and Anya doing a Vietnamese Waltz. Some of his lines are quite lovely... but he's not SOLID enough in his footing. I feel like a stiff wind will knock him over. He's not as good at lifts as I would like him to be either. I do love her dress.that hands on his hip spin thing she did was lovely.
Kent with Courtney doing Disco... I HATE DISCO! That was horrible. Kent looked like a little kid doing a a dance routine. .. BUT he did a lift that looked controlled and solid. He's a great partner. And I have to youtube Nigel doing disco now...
Lauren with Ade doing a Jazz Number. So... I don't know that I liked the routine - but THAT boys is what a strong male partner is. Those were solid and beautiful lifts. Trust is a BEAUTIFUL thing.
AdeChike with Kathryn doing contemporary. She looks so good in that color. And AdeChike is doing the worm? I don't get the choreography with the music. It seems a little disjointed. It seemed well danced, but I just wasn't wild about it. The end position was pretty.
Robert and Dom doing Hip Hop - and I'm sorry - I have to fast forward this if they're dressed as clowns... and they're dressed as clowns. So I have no idea if it was any good because I couldn't watch it.
Kent and Neil doing a contemporary piece by Travis... UMMMMM I haven't watched it yet, but already I love everything about it. and I did love everything about it. That was great. I really like it when Kent dances with other guys. It's really strong and he's more masculine when he's dancing with another dude. Their side by side work was BEAUTIFUL and the timing was impeccable and the look on Kent's face when Neil stepped on him. Brilliant work my boy!
So, I think the top 3 should be Kent and Lauren and Alex Freaking Wong. But since that won't happen, as long as Kent and Lauren are there, I don't care who else is with them.
Okay, so now I'm fast forwarding the result show to see how's in our finale - so if you haven't watched... well, stop reading!
So... you don't care if you find out then who's in the top 3, right? Because you're still reading...
Don't say I didn't warn you!
Lauren is in our Top 3 - WOOT!
Kent is in our Top 3 - WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT!
Robert is on our Top 3 - I don't care!
Bye Bye AdeChike! He left like a gentleman.
Welcome 4 judges, oh... Tasty Oreo is on the panel! And the only reason there was an exclamation point is because I enjoy calling him Tasty Oreo.
I'm nervous that this routine is called a "crap shoot."
I liked the costumes... not all that insane about the dance even though it was dance welled. I expected more wow but... it wasn't as exciting as I thought Tasty Oreo imagined it was in his head.
Okay, let's get down to it:
Pasha and Lauren doing a Tango. That was GORGEOUS. The lifts were magnificent and so was their chemistry. Excellent. Intense. Controlled. Sexy. TANGO!
Lauren and AdeChike doing an African Jazz Routine I am distracted by the costumes. As you know, Orange is my favorite color - but the shrug he is wearing is just... ummmm... no. It feels like it's cutting off his upper body movement... he seems stilted somehow. And the choreography just seems... more cheesy than fun. And can I just say that Tasty Oreo is talking like a crazy man... he comes from the Mia Michaels school of judging but in a less constructive way.
Now we have Robert and Anya doing a Vietnamese Waltz. Some of his lines are quite lovely... but he's not SOLID enough in his footing. I feel like a stiff wind will knock him over. He's not as good at lifts as I would like him to be either. I do love her dress.that hands on his hip spin thing she did was lovely.
Kent with Courtney doing Disco... I HATE DISCO! That was horrible. Kent looked like a little kid doing a a dance routine. .. BUT he did a lift that looked controlled and solid. He's a great partner. And I have to youtube Nigel doing disco now...
Lauren with Ade doing a Jazz Number. So... I don't know that I liked the routine - but THAT boys is what a strong male partner is. Those were solid and beautiful lifts. Trust is a BEAUTIFUL thing.
AdeChike with Kathryn doing contemporary. She looks so good in that color. And AdeChike is doing the worm? I don't get the choreography with the music. It seems a little disjointed. It seemed well danced, but I just wasn't wild about it. The end position was pretty.
Robert and Dom doing Hip Hop - and I'm sorry - I have to fast forward this if they're dressed as clowns... and they're dressed as clowns. So I have no idea if it was any good because I couldn't watch it.
Kent and Neil doing a contemporary piece by Travis... UMMMMM I haven't watched it yet, but already I love everything about it. and I did love everything about it. That was great. I really like it when Kent dances with other guys. It's really strong and he's more masculine when he's dancing with another dude. Their side by side work was BEAUTIFUL and the timing was impeccable and the look on Kent's face when Neil stepped on him. Brilliant work my boy!
So, I think the top 3 should be Kent and Lauren and Alex Freaking Wong. But since that won't happen, as long as Kent and Lauren are there, I don't care who else is with them.
Okay, so now I'm fast forwarding the result show to see how's in our finale - so if you haven't watched... well, stop reading!
So... you don't care if you find out then who's in the top 3, right? Because you're still reading...
Don't say I didn't warn you!
Lauren is in our Top 3 - WOOT!
Kent is in our Top 3 - WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT!
Robert is on our Top 3 - I don't care!
Bye Bye AdeChike! He left like a gentleman.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
SYTYCD - Top 6 (Part II)
So last week we lost no one... which actually stinks more because this week we have to lose two people. Although, maybe they'll make it easy for us and two people will be extra horrible. One can hope!
Anyway, so this week we have:
Kent
Billy (in a sympathy garnering knee wrap)
Robert
Lauren
Jose
AdeChike
And we have a four panel again. Guest Judge Tony Redpath... not sure why we have a fourth judge (unless it's for filler)
It's time to get down to it.
First Up:
Kent doing the cha-cha with Anya. He has become a much better partner. He was all kinds of into Anya... maybe a bit too much - he pulled some faces which the judges are totally gonna get him for. (and they did) - but it was an improvement "technically" from the first cha-cha he did.
Next:
Robert doing contemporary with Kathryn. How many times is he going to get his own style... or not even his own style, but an over the top emotional manipulation routine? I'm done. He's not a good partner. He's awkward and clumsy with transitions. I can't believe it's Kathryn making it clumsy because she didn't in her own season. The only part of that routine that I liked was that it was Kathryn serving our country and not Robert. PS - Judges smoking crack in my opinion. No one is jumping on the Robert Train people, let it go.
Solo 1:
Jose - eh
Now:
AdeChike doing Jazz with Courtney. (Will it be Tyce or Keith?) How about neither... how bout, a big hot no for me. That was just boring... Jazz shouldn't bore you, should it? It was a bunch of steps for me. Not my cup of tea.
Solo 2:
Lauren - LOVED. Joy and talent look just like that when combined.
Next:
Jose doing Hip-Hop with Comfort... (Once again, I'm feeling the judges are stacking the deck here somehow.) So... If the camera didn't do close ups on Jose, I would not have looked away from comfort that whole time. I would have rather seen this with Comfort and Twitch. I really liked the choreography - it was really unique. (Nigel called out the fact that Jose was missing from Thursday routines - an "unannounced injury" sounds suspicious to me.)
Solo 3:
Billy - I wasn't sure how I felt about that. It was a little strange and not in the way I like him to be strange.
Solo 4:
Kent - We can just call it a Lauren Kent top 2 and skip right to it, can't we?
Next Up:
Lauren doing Broadway with Allison (YAY!) by Tyce or Keith? Okay, so Cute outfits... and they lost steam almost 3/4 of the way through - but I will say that if anyone can tear my eyes of Allison, Lauren did it. (Although I will also say - Allison finishes her movements more - and that would be something that Lauren could take away from this)
Solo 5:
Robert... and I fast forwarded through it and I'm not going to go back to watch it either.
Next:
Billy doing Contemporary with Ade okay, so now everyone in the bottom 3 has gotten to dance their own style (or close to it in the case of Jose). So... other than the fact that I feel like someone is trying to stack the decks... I really loved that. It was a great reminder that Billy is a brilliant technician of his own style. It was beautiful (I liked the choreography, the music, the chemistry).
Solo 6:
AdeChike - When he's not grinning like Carleton - I adore his movement. His body is sick and he moves it with such strength and control.
Next Up:
Kent and Jose doing Broadway by Spencer Liff (I like him!). I got a very Gene Kelly vibe from Kent during this. The turns with shoulder shrugs... so Singing in the Rain for me. I really enjoy this type of "Broadway" choreography. I don't think I've ever seen a Spencer Liff routine I haven't liked. He did such a wonderful job fitting his dancers. Kent was perfect - his face was great (for the character). Jose tried to keep up, and in some parts he did.
Now:
Lauren and AdeChike doing a fox trot... eh... Costume didn't do it for me and there was no real "chemistry" - but the steps seemed to all be there. AdeChike was a little to "up" in his movements... not dirty enough for me.
And we End with:
Billy and Robert doing Bollywood... okay, again, this seems like they're trying to ramp it up for Robert and Billy here because they get the final slot (even though the tape package for Lauren and AdeChike clearly only made sense if they were supposed to be the last slot because they made it sound like we already knew Robert and Billy were partners.) Billy is too skinny in his arms for this style - he just doesn't look grounded or centered or strong. I have to admit, in that routine Robert was better... Not that I really cared for it all that much.
And you know what - I have no idea who's going home because of all the judge/producer manipulation with everything tonight. I am glad Billy didn't go home last week simply because of the routine with Ade tonight. As far as my feelings go - my bottom 3 are:
Jose, Robert, AdeChike
Jose or Robert should go home.
What do you guys think?
Anyway, so this week we have:
Kent
Billy (in a sympathy garnering knee wrap)
Robert
Lauren
Jose
AdeChike
And we have a four panel again. Guest Judge Tony Redpath... not sure why we have a fourth judge (unless it's for filler)
It's time to get down to it.
First Up:
Kent doing the cha-cha with Anya. He has become a much better partner. He was all kinds of into Anya... maybe a bit too much - he pulled some faces which the judges are totally gonna get him for. (and they did) - but it was an improvement "technically" from the first cha-cha he did.
Next:
Robert doing contemporary with Kathryn. How many times is he going to get his own style... or not even his own style, but an over the top emotional manipulation routine? I'm done. He's not a good partner. He's awkward and clumsy with transitions. I can't believe it's Kathryn making it clumsy because she didn't in her own season. The only part of that routine that I liked was that it was Kathryn serving our country and not Robert. PS - Judges smoking crack in my opinion. No one is jumping on the Robert Train people, let it go.
Solo 1:
Jose - eh
Now:
AdeChike doing Jazz with Courtney. (Will it be Tyce or Keith?) How about neither... how bout, a big hot no for me. That was just boring... Jazz shouldn't bore you, should it? It was a bunch of steps for me. Not my cup of tea.
Solo 2:
Lauren - LOVED. Joy and talent look just like that when combined.
Next:
Jose doing Hip-Hop with Comfort... (Once again, I'm feeling the judges are stacking the deck here somehow.) So... If the camera didn't do close ups on Jose, I would not have looked away from comfort that whole time. I would have rather seen this with Comfort and Twitch. I really liked the choreography - it was really unique. (Nigel called out the fact that Jose was missing from Thursday routines - an "unannounced injury" sounds suspicious to me.)
Solo 3:
Billy - I wasn't sure how I felt about that. It was a little strange and not in the way I like him to be strange.
Solo 4:
Kent - We can just call it a Lauren Kent top 2 and skip right to it, can't we?
Next Up:
Lauren doing Broadway with Allison (YAY!) by Tyce or Keith? Okay, so Cute outfits... and they lost steam almost 3/4 of the way through - but I will say that if anyone can tear my eyes of Allison, Lauren did it. (Although I will also say - Allison finishes her movements more - and that would be something that Lauren could take away from this)
Solo 5:
Robert... and I fast forwarded through it and I'm not going to go back to watch it either.
Next:
Billy doing Contemporary with Ade okay, so now everyone in the bottom 3 has gotten to dance their own style (or close to it in the case of Jose). So... other than the fact that I feel like someone is trying to stack the decks... I really loved that. It was a great reminder that Billy is a brilliant technician of his own style. It was beautiful (I liked the choreography, the music, the chemistry).
Solo 6:
AdeChike - When he's not grinning like Carleton - I adore his movement. His body is sick and he moves it with such strength and control.
Next Up:
Kent and Jose doing Broadway by Spencer Liff (I like him!). I got a very Gene Kelly vibe from Kent during this. The turns with shoulder shrugs... so Singing in the Rain for me. I really enjoy this type of "Broadway" choreography. I don't think I've ever seen a Spencer Liff routine I haven't liked. He did such a wonderful job fitting his dancers. Kent was perfect - his face was great (for the character). Jose tried to keep up, and in some parts he did.
Now:
Lauren and AdeChike doing a fox trot... eh... Costume didn't do it for me and there was no real "chemistry" - but the steps seemed to all be there. AdeChike was a little to "up" in his movements... not dirty enough for me.
And we End with:
Billy and Robert doing Bollywood... okay, again, this seems like they're trying to ramp it up for Robert and Billy here because they get the final slot (even though the tape package for Lauren and AdeChike clearly only made sense if they were supposed to be the last slot because they made it sound like we already knew Robert and Billy were partners.) Billy is too skinny in his arms for this style - he just doesn't look grounded or centered or strong. I have to admit, in that routine Robert was better... Not that I really cared for it all that much.
And you know what - I have no idea who's going home because of all the judge/producer manipulation with everything tonight. I am glad Billy didn't go home last week simply because of the routine with Ade tonight. As far as my feelings go - my bottom 3 are:
Jose, Robert, AdeChike
Jose or Robert should go home.
What do you guys think?
Thursday, July 22, 2010
SYTYCD - Top 6
So last week we lost Ashley, due to injury... and I just heard (since I didn't get to watch last night when it aired) that Billy has ALSO been injured. Seriously, I don't know what is going on this season... but I'm thinking maybe voodoo from a hoodoo - or that one guy who got injured right before the show and so didn't get into even the top 11...
Anyway, so this week we have:
AdeChike
Kent
Lauren
Jose
Robert
And no Billy... Hey, WHAT in the WORLD is Cat wearing?!?!? That is unfortunate.
And the judges are on some sort of crack... Kenny Ortega is a "special guest judge" and we've got to introduce that with spinney chairs. And to top that off, we go from talking about injuries to talking about how the costume designer won an Emmy. Let's hope she wasn't the one that dressed Cat this episode (see that? Full Circle!) anyway, moving on!
It's time to find out our pairings. This week everyone gets to dance 3, count em, One-Two-Three times! Once with an all star, Once Solo and Once with Each Other. This time though they aren't spilling all the deets on who's dancing with whom or to what - so let's just get down to it!
First Up:
Lauren and Twitch doing the Hip-Hop with NappyTabs. That was AWESOME. Not QUITE Alex Freaking Wong good, but really good. She hit everything right for me. She was sexy but not too sexy and still managed to be cute and also hard and she kept up with Twitch, which is no easy thing. I liked her flow and the gymnastic rolls she did - not only FIT, but helped make her a focal point for me. It was a really good routine from NappyTabs - From the music choice, to the choreography, to the chemistry, to the costume, to the hair... it ALL worked for me. Even the giddyup kick in Twitch's rear at the end... so fun. (Save a horse, ride a cowboy indeed) Great way to start it off.
Next:
Jose and Allison doing Contemporary with Sonya. Okay... so everyone knows that Sonya is not always my favorite contemporary choreographer because she's often a tad too strange for me... This routine was no exception. I wanted to like it, because I adore Allison and I'm super fond of Jose... but all I felt from it, was a sort of sad mime thing going on. The herky jerky movements, the over exaggerated expressions... Even the music said "sad clown" to me - or like she watched UP and wanted to do her own spin to the opening montage - but I didn't get it. And, let's face it... Jose is a sweet boy, but he's not the BEST dancer. I kept wondering how that would have looked had it been danced by Kent or Alex Freaking Wong or Mark... Mark always looks so good dancing Sonya's strange dances. It was just eh for me... I have a feeling I won't remember it by the end of the show.
Now:
Robert and Lauren dancing Jazz by a Tyce (or Keith). Ummmmm... no. He licked her leg. Really Keith? Really? Why are you choreographing this S&M Jazz-esque 1980's B Movie film dance sequence? HORRIBLE. From the bow-chicka-wow-wow over the top beat me upside the head music to the ripped shirt bondage visual cues... I mean really subtle... I don't even want to listen to the judges heap praise upon that because... Ewww. I'm sorry, I couldn't see any of the Dance Technique because I was grossed out by the oookieness of the whole thing.
First Solo:
AdeChike - Beautiful... Simply beautiful. Granted, the song makes me inclined to love the performance - and was a dangerous choice since it was such a beautiful piece done by Ade which other people (like me) could be comparing him to... But he danced so well, that it didn't really matter.
Next Up:
Kent and Kathryn doing Jazz by Sonya - That was kinda fun. It was bouncy. I do agree with Mia that Kent does armature the moves with his faces sometimes although not as badly this week as he has in weeks past. He plays to the audience though - and who's to say if that's not the smartest thing he could be doing. I do love him.
2nd Solo:
Robert - That was pretty. The fact that he's only 20... yeah... sometimes I forget that.
Aside: I WANT TO SEE RAMONA AND BEEZUS
3rd Solo:
Lauren - She's so powerful... Her control is getting better too. Perhaps that's why she's the only girl left...
Now:
AdeChike dancing with Comfort to a NappyTabs Lyrical Hip Hop Routine. (usually my favorite kind!) Wow... Really, really good. I admit, Comfort was not one of the All Stars I was looking forward to having on the show - but she has really GROWN since she was on the show. Anyone else feeling a little Ike and Tina going on? Honestly, it was like watching a danced out scene from What's Love Got to Do With It. As far as AdeChike goes, the highest compliment I can pay him here is that I forgot he wasn't a hip-hop dancer. He was fully committed and it just worked. The chemistry was wonderful. The anger seemed so real between them, the struggle was beautiful to watch. The under leg move was a little awkward, but other than that it was very well danced. And... can I just say - I didn't even mind the use of the highly over-played Alicia Keys song because it fit it to perfection.
4th Solo:
Jose - (he has his mothers smile.) It's nice to see him having fun on the stage... again, I will say that he's not my favorite B-Boy to take the SYTYCD stage, or even the most talented B-Boy - but he is adorable.
5th Solo:
Kent - I adore Kent. NICE SONG CHOICE! Play to your audience boy - that's the way to do it.
Next Up:
Robert and Lauren dancing the Samba by Dimitry. A "beach party" Samba? Ummm... Lauren was (or tried to be) the best part of that routine... I just didn't really care for the routine. But - Robert... I can't... I don't... I just... no thanks.
And then we have:
AdeChike and Jose doing a Paso Doble? Look it's Legacy as the assistant. I love Legacy. I miss Legacy. I want a swirly cape and some Urkel Pants. But that's kind of most of what I got from that dance. AdeChike had some very strong movements - the leap over and then the knee slide across the floor, that was hot and manly. But it seems like they got winded and lost power after that and started to really struggle with their energy and commitment.
And Finally we have:
Kent doing a step routine (without Billy) by Chuck Maldonado - WOOT TWITCH! So... that was a step routine... and it was hard to love because all the SCREAMING got in the way of me paying attention to the synchronization to fairly judge it. It seems like it worked - The judges seem really happy - so I'm gonna go watch it again. The costumes and the screaming... just distractions. The steps were mostly decent. Kent definitely committed to it.
Bottom 3:
Billy
Jose
Robert
If Billy is okay and can dance next week - and that is the bottom 3, I think they'll let Jose go... UNLESS Billy or Robert turns in a horrible solo or just sort of phones it in.
What do you guys think?
Anyway, so this week we have:
AdeChike
Kent
Lauren
Jose
Robert
And no Billy... Hey, WHAT in the WORLD is Cat wearing?!?!? That is unfortunate.
And the judges are on some sort of crack... Kenny Ortega is a "special guest judge" and we've got to introduce that with spinney chairs. And to top that off, we go from talking about injuries to talking about how the costume designer won an Emmy. Let's hope she wasn't the one that dressed Cat this episode (see that? Full Circle!) anyway, moving on!
It's time to find out our pairings. This week everyone gets to dance 3, count em, One-Two-Three times! Once with an all star, Once Solo and Once with Each Other. This time though they aren't spilling all the deets on who's dancing with whom or to what - so let's just get down to it!
First Up:
Lauren and Twitch doing the Hip-Hop with NappyTabs. That was AWESOME. Not QUITE Alex Freaking Wong good, but really good. She hit everything right for me. She was sexy but not too sexy and still managed to be cute and also hard and she kept up with Twitch, which is no easy thing. I liked her flow and the gymnastic rolls she did - not only FIT, but helped make her a focal point for me. It was a really good routine from NappyTabs - From the music choice, to the choreography, to the chemistry, to the costume, to the hair... it ALL worked for me. Even the giddyup kick in Twitch's rear at the end... so fun. (Save a horse, ride a cowboy indeed) Great way to start it off.
Next:
Jose and Allison doing Contemporary with Sonya. Okay... so everyone knows that Sonya is not always my favorite contemporary choreographer because she's often a tad too strange for me... This routine was no exception. I wanted to like it, because I adore Allison and I'm super fond of Jose... but all I felt from it, was a sort of sad mime thing going on. The herky jerky movements, the over exaggerated expressions... Even the music said "sad clown" to me - or like she watched UP and wanted to do her own spin to the opening montage - but I didn't get it. And, let's face it... Jose is a sweet boy, but he's not the BEST dancer. I kept wondering how that would have looked had it been danced by Kent or Alex Freaking Wong or Mark... Mark always looks so good dancing Sonya's strange dances. It was just eh for me... I have a feeling I won't remember it by the end of the show.
Now:
Robert and Lauren dancing Jazz by a Tyce (or Keith). Ummmmm... no. He licked her leg. Really Keith? Really? Why are you choreographing this S&M Jazz-esque 1980's B Movie film dance sequence? HORRIBLE. From the bow-chicka-wow-wow over the top beat me upside the head music to the ripped shirt bondage visual cues... I mean really subtle... I don't even want to listen to the judges heap praise upon that because... Ewww. I'm sorry, I couldn't see any of the Dance Technique because I was grossed out by the oookieness of the whole thing.
First Solo:
AdeChike - Beautiful... Simply beautiful. Granted, the song makes me inclined to love the performance - and was a dangerous choice since it was such a beautiful piece done by Ade which other people (like me) could be comparing him to... But he danced so well, that it didn't really matter.
Next Up:
Kent and Kathryn doing Jazz by Sonya - That was kinda fun. It was bouncy. I do agree with Mia that Kent does armature the moves with his faces sometimes although not as badly this week as he has in weeks past. He plays to the audience though - and who's to say if that's not the smartest thing he could be doing. I do love him.
2nd Solo:
Robert - That was pretty. The fact that he's only 20... yeah... sometimes I forget that.
Aside: I WANT TO SEE RAMONA AND BEEZUS
3rd Solo:
Lauren - She's so powerful... Her control is getting better too. Perhaps that's why she's the only girl left...
Now:
AdeChike dancing with Comfort to a NappyTabs Lyrical Hip Hop Routine. (usually my favorite kind!) Wow... Really, really good. I admit, Comfort was not one of the All Stars I was looking forward to having on the show - but she has really GROWN since she was on the show. Anyone else feeling a little Ike and Tina going on? Honestly, it was like watching a danced out scene from What's Love Got to Do With It. As far as AdeChike goes, the highest compliment I can pay him here is that I forgot he wasn't a hip-hop dancer. He was fully committed and it just worked. The chemistry was wonderful. The anger seemed so real between them, the struggle was beautiful to watch. The under leg move was a little awkward, but other than that it was very well danced. And... can I just say - I didn't even mind the use of the highly over-played Alicia Keys song because it fit it to perfection.
4th Solo:
Jose - (he has his mothers smile.) It's nice to see him having fun on the stage... again, I will say that he's not my favorite B-Boy to take the SYTYCD stage, or even the most talented B-Boy - but he is adorable.
5th Solo:
Kent - I adore Kent. NICE SONG CHOICE! Play to your audience boy - that's the way to do it.
Next Up:
Robert and Lauren dancing the Samba by Dimitry. A "beach party" Samba? Ummm... Lauren was (or tried to be) the best part of that routine... I just didn't really care for the routine. But - Robert... I can't... I don't... I just... no thanks.
And then we have:
AdeChike and Jose doing a Paso Doble? Look it's Legacy as the assistant. I love Legacy. I miss Legacy. I want a swirly cape and some Urkel Pants. But that's kind of most of what I got from that dance. AdeChike had some very strong movements - the leap over and then the knee slide across the floor, that was hot and manly. But it seems like they got winded and lost power after that and started to really struggle with their energy and commitment.
And Finally we have:
Kent doing a step routine (without Billy) by Chuck Maldonado - WOOT TWITCH! So... that was a step routine... and it was hard to love because all the SCREAMING got in the way of me paying attention to the synchronization to fairly judge it. It seems like it worked - The judges seem really happy - so I'm gonna go watch it again. The costumes and the screaming... just distractions. The steps were mostly decent. Kent definitely committed to it.
Bottom 3:
Billy
Jose
Robert
If Billy is okay and can dance next week - and that is the bottom 3, I think they'll let Jose go... UNLESS Billy or Robert turns in a horrible solo or just sort of phones it in.
What do you guys think?
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
SYTYCD - Top 7
We've lost Alex Freaking Wong, and now we are down to our top 7...
Billy
Robert
Jose
Lauren
AdeChike
Kent
Wait... I didn't even notice that Ashley wasn't in the line up until Cat said something. So now we know that Ashley is automatically in the bottom three.
Each contestant is paired with an Allstar and then gets to randomly pick a partner. All Star Pairings are as follows:
Kent doing Broadway with Neil - I'm looking forward to this.
AdeChike doing Salsa with Anya - I'm trying to have an open mind and not just fast forward through this routine, as much as I might want to.
Robert doing Contemporary with Allison - Ummmm, I love Allison, so I have to watch this.
Ashley was supposed to do a Rumba with Pasha - not so much now.
Billy doing Jive with Anya - Hmmmmm.... Billy needs to bring something more to the stage than pretty lines with this... I love his dancing, but he's not showing any personality so far.
Lauren doing Cultural with Mark - I wonder who's choreographing this.
Jose doing Broadway with Courtney - considering Jose is technically deficient... this could be a hot mess or wonderful... I think it depends on what type of routine it ends up being.
And for the random pairings:
Adechike and Kent
Ashley and Robert
Billy and Lauren
Jose and Dominic - (this could be bad for Jose - Dominic is Awesomesauce)
First up:
Lauren and Mark - I think her athleticism really helped her in this routine. I mean, I really don't think I could shake my rear like that... I couldn't tell how good her technique really was because I have no idea what it should really look like. I will say I did like Lauren's shout out thanking them for sharing this with her.
Next Up:
AdeChike and Anya - Well... I didn't find it hot... and I think part of that is the fault of the choreographers for throwing too much at them. It felt rushed, and while I'm impressed that AdeChike didn't drop Anya, that was about all I got from the routine. And can I just say - Mia Michaels! Last week she took a beating for how she dealt with AdeChike, and this week I was worried she'd be overly soft on him... but she gave him wonderful constructive criticism this week. Made me happy.
And Now:
Jose and Courtney - Oh... I love Jose still, but that would have been an AMAZING routine with Billy. The steps just weren't there, he didn't go big enough, he wasn't sharp enough, he wasn't polished.
Next:
Robert and Allison (Doing a Travis routine!) - okay, so I'm already crying and I'm just in the prepackaged footage. Travis... Travis... emotional manipulation playing the mom card. Okay... so I watched it and the part that I got the most emotion from was at the end when her feet were on his and he was walking for her... THAT was a moment... Even the look on Robert's face was perfect there. The rest was very well danced, but for me everything that the piece was, happened at the end.
Now:
Billy and Anya - I felt that was horrible. It was awkward and just... not good. Billy has crazy legs, I love Billy's crazy legs... but not in this routine. He wasn't down in it - the jive is bouncy, not floaty. Billy was committed and fast and sharp - which is part of it, but I still found it lacking.
Next:
Kent and Neil (will it be Tyce or Keith?) Totally Tyce... I really, really, really liked that one. That was fun and well danced. The tricks were great - and well placed - it didn't feel rushed, it was perfect timing and great teamwork and effortless.
And now we are on to contestant dancing with each other...
First Up:
Lauren and Billy - Mandy Moore Jazz Routine - MUCH MORE BETTERER. That was cute. Perfect level of adorable for Billy and Lauren. That was a better connection for Billy. He totally just let loose and enjoyed it, which was great to see. And Lauren has grown since the beginning... her technique was great and I really enjoyed her in this one.
Side note: We have a preview for Step Up 3D... Woot! You know I'm totally going to be there in the theaters (matinee please)- who's with me?
Next:
Jose and Dominic - Okay, so did he do better in this routine than the last one he did... yes. Some of the tricks were impressive... BUT in my opinion, Dominic killed it more than Jose did. The side by side spins... did you see how much faster and harder Dominic hit that? Are the judges going to comment on it? Of course not. Is it just me?
Now:
Kent and AdeChike - Brilliant. Seriously, I think this was my favorite of the night. Kent was amazing. AdeChike had his best chemistry on stage EVER. This was some seriously good dancing. Kent was strong and yet desperate and longing. Seeking and searching... Just beautiful. At one point when he sat on the one chair and ran his hand up the other chair I had a moment of Travis Wall in the Bench Routine. Just wonderful. From the Choreography to the Music to the dancing to the character... everything was perfect for me. I've now watched it four times... and each time I see something new to love about it.
Finaly:
Robert and Ashley doing Disco... Oh no... Disco is the worst on this show pretty consistently every single time. So Robert gets Kathryn... Lets see if he drops her again this week. Well, he didn't drop her but there were a few awkward transitions. That routine looked crazy hard. I will say that Robert didn't let his energy lag, considering the exhaustion factor that must have been going on. I did agree with Mia that he wasn't masculine enough to pull off the outfit.
So, bottom three in my opinion based on routines:
Ashley
Jose
Robert/Billy - Both had one good/one bad routine.
Bottom three based on popularity:
Ashley
Robert
Billy
Safe:
Lauren
Kent - duh
AdeChike will also benefit because of his routine with Kent and general good will leftover from how badly he was treated last week...
What do you guys think?
Billy
Robert
Jose
Lauren
AdeChike
Kent
Wait... I didn't even notice that Ashley wasn't in the line up until Cat said something. So now we know that Ashley is automatically in the bottom three.
Each contestant is paired with an Allstar and then gets to randomly pick a partner. All Star Pairings are as follows:
Kent doing Broadway with Neil - I'm looking forward to this.
AdeChike doing Salsa with Anya - I'm trying to have an open mind and not just fast forward through this routine, as much as I might want to.
Robert doing Contemporary with Allison - Ummmm, I love Allison, so I have to watch this.
Ashley was supposed to do a Rumba with Pasha - not so much now.
Billy doing Jive with Anya - Hmmmmm.... Billy needs to bring something more to the stage than pretty lines with this... I love his dancing, but he's not showing any personality so far.
Lauren doing Cultural with Mark - I wonder who's choreographing this.
Jose doing Broadway with Courtney - considering Jose is technically deficient... this could be a hot mess or wonderful... I think it depends on what type of routine it ends up being.
And for the random pairings:
Adechike and Kent
Ashley and Robert
Billy and Lauren
Jose and Dominic - (this could be bad for Jose - Dominic is Awesomesauce)
First up:
Lauren and Mark - I think her athleticism really helped her in this routine. I mean, I really don't think I could shake my rear like that... I couldn't tell how good her technique really was because I have no idea what it should really look like. I will say I did like Lauren's shout out thanking them for sharing this with her.
Next Up:
AdeChike and Anya - Well... I didn't find it hot... and I think part of that is the fault of the choreographers for throwing too much at them. It felt rushed, and while I'm impressed that AdeChike didn't drop Anya, that was about all I got from the routine. And can I just say - Mia Michaels! Last week she took a beating for how she dealt with AdeChike, and this week I was worried she'd be overly soft on him... but she gave him wonderful constructive criticism this week. Made me happy.
And Now:
Jose and Courtney - Oh... I love Jose still, but that would have been an AMAZING routine with Billy. The steps just weren't there, he didn't go big enough, he wasn't sharp enough, he wasn't polished.
Next:
Robert and Allison (Doing a Travis routine!) - okay, so I'm already crying and I'm just in the prepackaged footage. Travis... Travis... emotional manipulation playing the mom card. Okay... so I watched it and the part that I got the most emotion from was at the end when her feet were on his and he was walking for her... THAT was a moment... Even the look on Robert's face was perfect there. The rest was very well danced, but for me everything that the piece was, happened at the end.
Now:
Billy and Anya - I felt that was horrible. It was awkward and just... not good. Billy has crazy legs, I love Billy's crazy legs... but not in this routine. He wasn't down in it - the jive is bouncy, not floaty. Billy was committed and fast and sharp - which is part of it, but I still found it lacking.
Next:
Kent and Neil (will it be Tyce or Keith?) Totally Tyce... I really, really, really liked that one. That was fun and well danced. The tricks were great - and well placed - it didn't feel rushed, it was perfect timing and great teamwork and effortless.
And now we are on to contestant dancing with each other...
First Up:
Lauren and Billy - Mandy Moore Jazz Routine - MUCH MORE BETTERER. That was cute. Perfect level of adorable for Billy and Lauren. That was a better connection for Billy. He totally just let loose and enjoyed it, which was great to see. And Lauren has grown since the beginning... her technique was great and I really enjoyed her in this one.
Side note: We have a preview for Step Up 3D... Woot! You know I'm totally going to be there in the theaters (matinee please)- who's with me?
Next:
Jose and Dominic - Okay, so did he do better in this routine than the last one he did... yes. Some of the tricks were impressive... BUT in my opinion, Dominic killed it more than Jose did. The side by side spins... did you see how much faster and harder Dominic hit that? Are the judges going to comment on it? Of course not. Is it just me?
Now:
Kent and AdeChike - Brilliant. Seriously, I think this was my favorite of the night. Kent was amazing. AdeChike had his best chemistry on stage EVER. This was some seriously good dancing. Kent was strong and yet desperate and longing. Seeking and searching... Just beautiful. At one point when he sat on the one chair and ran his hand up the other chair I had a moment of Travis Wall in the Bench Routine. Just wonderful. From the Choreography to the Music to the dancing to the character... everything was perfect for me. I've now watched it four times... and each time I see something new to love about it.
Finaly:
Robert and Ashley doing Disco... Oh no... Disco is the worst on this show pretty consistently every single time. So Robert gets Kathryn... Lets see if he drops her again this week. Well, he didn't drop her but there were a few awkward transitions. That routine looked crazy hard. I will say that Robert didn't let his energy lag, considering the exhaustion factor that must have been going on. I did agree with Mia that he wasn't masculine enough to pull off the outfit.
So, bottom three in my opinion based on routines:
Ashley
Jose
Robert/Billy - Both had one good/one bad routine.
Bottom three based on popularity:
Ashley
Robert
Billy
Safe:
Lauren
Kent - duh
AdeChike will also benefit because of his routine with Kent and general good will leftover from how badly he was treated last week...
What do you guys think?
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
SYTYCD - Top 8
So, we have lost the tapper and are now down to the top 8... Ready or not, here we go:
Kent
Jose
Lauren
Robert
Ashley
Billy
Adechike
Where is ALEX?!?!?!
So... everyone is dancing twice. Once with an Allstar they haven't danced with already and once with another contestant... huh.
Alex might not be back because of a leg injury... NO!!!!!!!
Allstar Partners announced at the beginning of the show again... and I have decided it does make me happy as it helps with the blogging. Here is my impression of the pairings:
Lauren has a Cha Cha with Pasha and Contemporary with Kent... Maybe Pasha can bring out her sexy because honestly, I have yet to see it. And I heart Kent... and I am praying that they give him something NON sexy for a change. Something sweet and beautiful would be really nice.
Kent has Hip Hop with Comfort - of course, this seems... just like a really bad idea.
Robert has Jazz with Kathryn and a quickstep with Ashley. I'm over Robert, seriously, just over him. But I do love Squeaker Squeak's dancing so I'm hoping it will be good. And then he's also paired up with Ashley... doing a quickstep... AKA - kiss of death.
Ashley has Hip Hop with Dominick - ARE THEY TRYING TO GET HER KICKED OFF!?!?! Have the fates decided this will be her week to go? Don't get me wrong, I love Dom, but it all depends on her and the routine.
Adechike has Jazz with Courtney and Bollywood with Alex Freaking Wong (except not so much due to injury) - so Jazz should be decent, depending on the choreographer and Bollywood could be awesome or a hot mess.
Alex has Foxtrot with Anya - except he doesn't now. Did I mention Sad?
Jose has Contemporary with Lauren and African Jazz with Billy - I really like Jose. He's a really likable guy.
Billy has Broadway with Allison - Have to say, I actually like Jose more because of Billy's pre-packaged clip. And of course I love Allison so I'm looking forward to watch her with Billy.
And now... we begin!
Lauren and Pasha - much more betterer. She has actual chemistry with Pasha. Did you SEE her staring at him? That was for real hot. Costume... worked, and so did her hair. I really liked it - which surprised me. Oh, look at that, the Judges and I are actually in agreement tonight. Sign of things to come?
Jose and Lauren - He's not the best dancer... but there is just SOMETHING about him. He's just so sincere, he's a good partner, he takes direction, he gives every dance everything he's got. It doesn't matter who he dances with, he is the best part of his routines. He is becoming one of my very favorites. Strike that, he started crying and became my favorite. Real tears, and absolute joy and humility... just beautiful.
Kent and Comfort - It was not as Funky as I thought it should be. The costume this week is MUCH better. Did someone hear me say Justin Timberlake last week and take notes? I feel like Randy Jackson, but I'm gonna say it "It was just okay for me."
Adechike and Courtney - Okay, so I do like Mandy Moore, and I'm hoping it works out. Although, I'm not a huge Adechike fan... so we'll see. So I was waiting for someone to fall off a stool or the bar or something. The thing is... the Cha Cha was way hotter for me than this was. It was just hokey - a "character" and not a dance. I totally agree with Mia about donut holes... and now I want a donut.
Billy and Allison - oh wait, Katee! - He makes such pretty lines. Costumes didn't help but make me watch Katee all the more... but this was probably my favorite routine of his so far this season. I love Broadway on Billy. I'd love Billy on Broadway.
Ashley and Dominik - so, I think she might be going home... seriously, this was just not the best for me. Especially compared to Alex Freaking Wong last week with the hard hittingness. And apparently I am the only one that thinks that as the Judges just love her.
Robert and Kathryn - The "plastic" part suits Robert for me, so maybe this will work. That was horrible. Worst partnering I think I've ever seen on the show. The idea was great, but the execution... not so much. I did like the in the box stuff, but the partnering stuff was just a fail for me. The judges, once again seem to be watching something other than what I am watching... grrrrrr.
Adechike minus Alex Freaking Wong - did anyone else see Carlton doing Bollywood? Just me? No one else heard him say "C'mon Will!"? No? Kay.... just me. Sorry, he lost me during the judges comment when he beat his chest.
Lauren and Kent - TRAVIS WALL I LOVE YOU!!!!! They were also better when dancing separately in unison than when they had to do any sort of transitions together... He's not as strong a partner on lifts as he could be... wow... kissing at the end... sup with that.
Robert and Ashley - Welcome to the bottom 3... In the famous words of Evil Willow "Bored Now". (that's a Buffy reference for those who don't get it)
Side Note: Love the Old Spice Commercials.
Billy and Jose - That was interesting. Jose did not HIT as hard as I wanted him to. Billy is crazy flexible. He should always dance as a "creature" He's just so Bendy.
And that's it! Who's your bottom 3? My picks, Robert and Ashley and Adechike. If Adechike ends up in the bottom, it is entirely possible he will go home. Of course, if Alex Freaking Wong can't dance, then he automatically goes home and bottom 3 doesn't count.
Kent
Jose
Lauren
Robert
Ashley
Billy
Adechike
Where is ALEX?!?!?!
So... everyone is dancing twice. Once with an Allstar they haven't danced with already and once with another contestant... huh.
Alex might not be back because of a leg injury... NO!!!!!!!
Allstar Partners announced at the beginning of the show again... and I have decided it does make me happy as it helps with the blogging. Here is my impression of the pairings:
Lauren has a Cha Cha with Pasha and Contemporary with Kent... Maybe Pasha can bring out her sexy because honestly, I have yet to see it. And I heart Kent... and I am praying that they give him something NON sexy for a change. Something sweet and beautiful would be really nice.
Kent has Hip Hop with Comfort - of course, this seems... just like a really bad idea.
Robert has Jazz with Kathryn and a quickstep with Ashley. I'm over Robert, seriously, just over him. But I do love Squeaker Squeak's dancing so I'm hoping it will be good. And then he's also paired up with Ashley... doing a quickstep... AKA - kiss of death.
Ashley has Hip Hop with Dominick - ARE THEY TRYING TO GET HER KICKED OFF!?!?! Have the fates decided this will be her week to go? Don't get me wrong, I love Dom, but it all depends on her and the routine.
Adechike has Jazz with Courtney and Bollywood with Alex Freaking Wong (except not so much due to injury) - so Jazz should be decent, depending on the choreographer and Bollywood could be awesome or a hot mess.
Alex has Foxtrot with Anya - except he doesn't now. Did I mention Sad?
Jose has Contemporary with Lauren and African Jazz with Billy - I really like Jose. He's a really likable guy.
Billy has Broadway with Allison - Have to say, I actually like Jose more because of Billy's pre-packaged clip. And of course I love Allison so I'm looking forward to watch her with Billy.
And now... we begin!
Lauren and Pasha - much more betterer. She has actual chemistry with Pasha. Did you SEE her staring at him? That was for real hot. Costume... worked, and so did her hair. I really liked it - which surprised me. Oh, look at that, the Judges and I are actually in agreement tonight. Sign of things to come?
Jose and Lauren - He's not the best dancer... but there is just SOMETHING about him. He's just so sincere, he's a good partner, he takes direction, he gives every dance everything he's got. It doesn't matter who he dances with, he is the best part of his routines. He is becoming one of my very favorites. Strike that, he started crying and became my favorite. Real tears, and absolute joy and humility... just beautiful.
Kent and Comfort - It was not as Funky as I thought it should be. The costume this week is MUCH better. Did someone hear me say Justin Timberlake last week and take notes? I feel like Randy Jackson, but I'm gonna say it "It was just okay for me."
Adechike and Courtney - Okay, so I do like Mandy Moore, and I'm hoping it works out. Although, I'm not a huge Adechike fan... so we'll see. So I was waiting for someone to fall off a stool or the bar or something. The thing is... the Cha Cha was way hotter for me than this was. It was just hokey - a "character" and not a dance. I totally agree with Mia about donut holes... and now I want a donut.
Billy and Allison - oh wait, Katee! - He makes such pretty lines. Costumes didn't help but make me watch Katee all the more... but this was probably my favorite routine of his so far this season. I love Broadway on Billy. I'd love Billy on Broadway.
Ashley and Dominik - so, I think she might be going home... seriously, this was just not the best for me. Especially compared to Alex Freaking Wong last week with the hard hittingness. And apparently I am the only one that thinks that as the Judges just love her.
Robert and Kathryn - The "plastic" part suits Robert for me, so maybe this will work. That was horrible. Worst partnering I think I've ever seen on the show. The idea was great, but the execution... not so much. I did like the in the box stuff, but the partnering stuff was just a fail for me. The judges, once again seem to be watching something other than what I am watching... grrrrrr.
Adechike minus Alex Freaking Wong - did anyone else see Carlton doing Bollywood? Just me? No one else heard him say "C'mon Will!"? No? Kay.... just me. Sorry, he lost me during the judges comment when he beat his chest.
Lauren and Kent - TRAVIS WALL I LOVE YOU!!!!! They were also better when dancing separately in unison than when they had to do any sort of transitions together... He's not as strong a partner on lifts as he could be... wow... kissing at the end... sup with that.
Robert and Ashley - Welcome to the bottom 3... In the famous words of Evil Willow "Bored Now". (that's a Buffy reference for those who don't get it)
Side Note: Love the Old Spice Commercials.
Billy and Jose - That was interesting. Jose did not HIT as hard as I wanted him to. Billy is crazy flexible. He should always dance as a "creature" He's just so Bendy.
And that's it! Who's your bottom 3? My picks, Robert and Ashley and Adechike. If Adechike ends up in the bottom, it is entirely possible he will go home. Of course, if Alex Freaking Wong can't dance, then he automatically goes home and bottom 3 doesn't count.
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Top 9 Dancers
Noticed in the opening... only 3 girls left... and I'm not really all that crazy about any of them. Hey look, Cat noticed it too!
Ready now to bust out my personal review for your pleasure... Here we go:
Allstar Partners announced at the beginning of the show... not sure if this makes me happy or if I'd prefer a little more surprise, but here are my first impressions of seeing the pairs for the week.
Lauren with Neil doing Broadway - we'll do well because we're pretty? Really?!?! She bothers me for some reason. But I do love Neil so it'll be interesting to see if he lifts her up for me.
Melinda with Pasha doing Salsa - yeah... the tapper needs to go home already. I love me some Pretty Pasha, but I don't want to watch Melinda "act" her way through salsa please.
Billy with Kathryn doing Contemporary - Yes Please... just could it maybe not be Sonya...
Ashley with Ade doing Contemporary - Who is Ashley? I do love me some Ade though.
Robert with Courtney doing Jazz - I was on board immediately until he started making out with the camera... seriously - just dance.
Jose and Anya doing Samba - oh dear... this could be really bad or really good... Please let it be good.
Kent and Allison doing Jazz - YES PLEASE!!!! My absolute favorite girl I think EVER... Could she maybe win this season? No... Okay, well then how about Kent... cuz he's freaking adorable!
Adechike with Lauren doing Hip Hop - I'm hoping he brings a little more personality to the hip hop than he's done to everything else. I have to watch it to give you all my review of it, but I think I'd rather not...
Alex freaking Wong with Twitch doing Hip Hop - Heck yes! I am totally there hoping for some TRANJI action. (For those of you who don't know the meaning of TRANJI, please go to youtube and type it in and watch Travis and Benji from season 2 do one of the best hip hop routines in SYTYCD history by Shane Sparks.)
And now... we begin!
Adechike starts us off with a Dave Scott Hip Hop routine. Wow, chemistry in the prepackaged video... and it translated to the actual performance! It was cute... not the best I've ever seen, but the best Adechike has been on the entire show. Nigel hits it on the head when he's talking about natural swagger and chemistry and LACK of Nerves... And now we have a little bit of bordering on cocky... so it could go anywhere from here.
Up Next:
Ashley is with Ade doing a Dee Caspary contemporary routine. The prepackaged stuff makes me interested to see it... so let's go! Okay, she is a completely amazing dancer... her lines are B-E-A-U-tiful, her feet are sick, she's got great technique and she's a great partner - she reacted so well with Ade to every thing he did... but... she doesn't usually connect with me after the dance is over. I don't remember her by the end of the show, and I don't know why. I think the praise by the judges was a TAD emphatic and a little too grande... but still, she should be safe.
Next up:
Oh, it's a solo by Billy!!! I love the Billy. Awesome Billy with his attitude.
Now:
Robert dancing with Courtney dancing a Sonya Jazz number. Reminds me of Mark in this routine... and all I can think is how much better Mark would be in the routine. Don't get me wrong, Robert is a good dancer, but he just doesn't do it for me... For example, the hand spidery move thing ... not creepy enough, the strangling thing... where's Kupono when you need him... Just sub par for me.
Jose's Solo: Not even close to being the best B Boy we've ever had on the show... cute, but just not enough flow in his movement - he pauses between tricks and it doesn't look effortless - which if this is your style... it probably should.
Melinda and Pasha doing Salsa - yeah... she got her heel stuck in her dress... I remember a season past when another contestant had the same thing happen and she DANCED her way out of the snag... she didn't pause to fix it. And from that on, it threw the whole performance. She didn't do it for me at all. She didn't flow... maybe it's the tapping that makes her pause so much. I agreed with the Judges pretty much and I think they were right that they should have let her go last week, but I don't think they should have said it... they made their choice and it's not her fault it was a mistake.
Next:
Kent's solo... I heart kent in so many ways. I just love the Joy he dances with. He makes me so happy. That is what dance is about for me. Yay Kent!
And Now:
Alex Freaking Wong's Solo - Dude. He's incredible to me. He's just ... Manic and Powerful and musical. The roll to the beat of SYTYCD at the end... awesome musicality!
Next Up:
Lauren and Neil doing Broadway: ummmm... She danced her way out of her dress but I didn't really think she was all that sexy - which that song is meant to be. Mia hit it on the head in her remarks for me.
Solo - Ashley: She has too much hair. It hides her face when she moves and that is why she doesn't connect with me - she's just hair.
Next:
Billy and Kathryn doing Contemporary - beautiful lines amazing dancer... I really liked the song... that to me was a more moving piece than the "abuse piece" last week. More passion in it and more amazing... but mostly the passion was from Kathryn - and Billy could have stepped it way up. He's totally safe, I mean, duh... but the judges are right when they say he has room to grow.
Solo - Robert: I love this song. "Hold You In My Arms, by Ray LaMontagne" The CD is excellent... The CD is Awesome. Sorry, that's all I can focus on.
Next Up:
Jose and Anya doing a Samba: He caught her and didn't drop her... that says something. To quote Paris Hilton... that was kind of Hot... he had moments of really decent footwork and Latin face... The Judges are right about Jose's likeability. It's that Joy and his commitment to everything he does.
Melinda's Solo - Nope. I just cannot buy into her.
And Now we have My Kent - dancing with My Allison... sigh... okay, so I have to go back and watch that again because I'm sorry... when Allison is on the stage she is the one I watch. My eyes are drawn to her. And let me use this opportunity to point out... Allison has A LOT of hair, and her hair is down and whipping around... but you can still ALWAYS see her face and her expression... thank you. Moving on. From Kent I wanted a little more Justin Timberlake in this routine... little less farm boy. He danced it well, but the costume did nothing to help him look MANLY. I still love him though. I understood where the judges were coming from.
Adechike's solo... sick! he's amazing. End of discussion.
Lauren's solo - She's so athletic. I prefer her solos to her talking or her partnering.
And now... for the one we've all been waiting for:
Alex Freaking Wong and Twitch Hip Hop...Now THAT is what I'm talking about. ALEX FREAKING WONG! Ballet Hip Hop say WHAT!?!?! That was AWESOME! Cannot just... WHAT?!?! That was... So WONG it was RIGHT! Seriously... better than Tranji for me... and that my friends is saying something. So freaking AWESOME!
Okay... thankfully we have ended on the highest note possible.
Final thoughts:
I would really like for Tapper to go home. Can we make that happen?
Ready now to bust out my personal review for your pleasure... Here we go:
Allstar Partners announced at the beginning of the show... not sure if this makes me happy or if I'd prefer a little more surprise, but here are my first impressions of seeing the pairs for the week.
Lauren with Neil doing Broadway - we'll do well because we're pretty? Really?!?! She bothers me for some reason. But I do love Neil so it'll be interesting to see if he lifts her up for me.
Melinda with Pasha doing Salsa - yeah... the tapper needs to go home already. I love me some Pretty Pasha, but I don't want to watch Melinda "act" her way through salsa please.
Billy with Kathryn doing Contemporary - Yes Please... just could it maybe not be Sonya...
Ashley with Ade doing Contemporary - Who is Ashley? I do love me some Ade though.
Robert with Courtney doing Jazz - I was on board immediately until he started making out with the camera... seriously - just dance.
Jose and Anya doing Samba - oh dear... this could be really bad or really good... Please let it be good.
Kent and Allison doing Jazz - YES PLEASE!!!! My absolute favorite girl I think EVER... Could she maybe win this season? No... Okay, well then how about Kent... cuz he's freaking adorable!
Adechike with Lauren doing Hip Hop - I'm hoping he brings a little more personality to the hip hop than he's done to everything else. I have to watch it to give you all my review of it, but I think I'd rather not...
Alex freaking Wong with Twitch doing Hip Hop - Heck yes! I am totally there hoping for some TRANJI action. (For those of you who don't know the meaning of TRANJI, please go to youtube and type it in and watch Travis and Benji from season 2 do one of the best hip hop routines in SYTYCD history by Shane Sparks.)
And now... we begin!
Adechike starts us off with a Dave Scott Hip Hop routine. Wow, chemistry in the prepackaged video... and it translated to the actual performance! It was cute... not the best I've ever seen, but the best Adechike has been on the entire show. Nigel hits it on the head when he's talking about natural swagger and chemistry and LACK of Nerves... And now we have a little bit of bordering on cocky... so it could go anywhere from here.
Up Next:
Ashley is with Ade doing a Dee Caspary contemporary routine. The prepackaged stuff makes me interested to see it... so let's go! Okay, she is a completely amazing dancer... her lines are B-E-A-U-tiful, her feet are sick, she's got great technique and she's a great partner - she reacted so well with Ade to every thing he did... but... she doesn't usually connect with me after the dance is over. I don't remember her by the end of the show, and I don't know why. I think the praise by the judges was a TAD emphatic and a little too grande... but still, she should be safe.
Next up:
Oh, it's a solo by Billy!!! I love the Billy. Awesome Billy with his attitude.
Now:
Robert dancing with Courtney dancing a Sonya Jazz number. Reminds me of Mark in this routine... and all I can think is how much better Mark would be in the routine. Don't get me wrong, Robert is a good dancer, but he just doesn't do it for me... For example, the hand spidery move thing ... not creepy enough, the strangling thing... where's Kupono when you need him... Just sub par for me.
Jose's Solo: Not even close to being the best B Boy we've ever had on the show... cute, but just not enough flow in his movement - he pauses between tricks and it doesn't look effortless - which if this is your style... it probably should.
Melinda and Pasha doing Salsa - yeah... she got her heel stuck in her dress... I remember a season past when another contestant had the same thing happen and she DANCED her way out of the snag... she didn't pause to fix it. And from that on, it threw the whole performance. She didn't do it for me at all. She didn't flow... maybe it's the tapping that makes her pause so much. I agreed with the Judges pretty much and I think they were right that they should have let her go last week, but I don't think they should have said it... they made their choice and it's not her fault it was a mistake.
Next:
Kent's solo... I heart kent in so many ways. I just love the Joy he dances with. He makes me so happy. That is what dance is about for me. Yay Kent!
And Now:
Alex Freaking Wong's Solo - Dude. He's incredible to me. He's just ... Manic and Powerful and musical. The roll to the beat of SYTYCD at the end... awesome musicality!
Next Up:
Lauren and Neil doing Broadway: ummmm... She danced her way out of her dress but I didn't really think she was all that sexy - which that song is meant to be. Mia hit it on the head in her remarks for me.
Solo - Ashley: She has too much hair. It hides her face when she moves and that is why she doesn't connect with me - she's just hair.
Next:
Billy and Kathryn doing Contemporary - beautiful lines amazing dancer... I really liked the song... that to me was a more moving piece than the "abuse piece" last week. More passion in it and more amazing... but mostly the passion was from Kathryn - and Billy could have stepped it way up. He's totally safe, I mean, duh... but the judges are right when they say he has room to grow.
Solo - Robert: I love this song. "Hold You In My Arms, by Ray LaMontagne" The CD is excellent... The CD is Awesome. Sorry, that's all I can focus on.
Next Up:
Jose and Anya doing a Samba: He caught her and didn't drop her... that says something. To quote Paris Hilton... that was kind of Hot... he had moments of really decent footwork and Latin face... The Judges are right about Jose's likeability. It's that Joy and his commitment to everything he does.
Melinda's Solo - Nope. I just cannot buy into her.
And Now we have My Kent - dancing with My Allison... sigh... okay, so I have to go back and watch that again because I'm sorry... when Allison is on the stage she is the one I watch. My eyes are drawn to her. And let me use this opportunity to point out... Allison has A LOT of hair, and her hair is down and whipping around... but you can still ALWAYS see her face and her expression... thank you. Moving on. From Kent I wanted a little more Justin Timberlake in this routine... little less farm boy. He danced it well, but the costume did nothing to help him look MANLY. I still love him though. I understood where the judges were coming from.
Adechike's solo... sick! he's amazing. End of discussion.
Lauren's solo - She's so athletic. I prefer her solos to her talking or her partnering.
And now... for the one we've all been waiting for:
Alex Freaking Wong and Twitch Hip Hop...Now THAT is what I'm talking about. ALEX FREAKING WONG! Ballet Hip Hop say WHAT!?!?! That was AWESOME! Cannot just... WHAT?!?! That was... So WONG it was RIGHT! Seriously... better than Tranji for me... and that my friends is saying something. So freaking AWESOME!
Okay... thankfully we have ended on the highest note possible.
Final thoughts:
I would really like for Tapper to go home. Can we make that happen?
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
SYTYCD Top 6
Our Top 6:
Jakob
Ashleigh
Ellenore
Ryan
Kathryn
Russell
First Up:
Kathryn and Ryan - Samba
So, when they started, I thought it was a little rough. They were tentative in their steps instead of deliberately slow but then when they did that second assisted spin into a more sped up pace it was much better for me. I think Ryan did a really good job in his own style - The throw over the head onto the back was great, but the African Anteater dance just before threw me off so I had to go watch it again.
Next Up:
Ellenore and Jacob - Broadway
Okay, so everyone is going probably going to boo me - but I didn't like that at all. I've never liked the "Fosse" style and so really for me it was the choreography that I just didn't get into. So, I'm sure other people think I'm crazy but I couldn't get past the style to even critique the dancing - which I'm sure was wonderful - but again... not a fan.
Next Up:
Russell and Ashleigh - Lyrical Jazz
I have never seen Ashleigh look so beautiful and serene. There's one moment where they do a close up on her face and the lyric is "you're never nothing less than beautiful" and in that moment, that feeling is shining out of her so clearly. Really one of her most lovely moments. And don't get me started on Russell. He did an amazing job. One of the softest Sonya pieces I think I remember ever seeing.
Switch it up:
Ellenore and Ryan - Jazz
So - while this is not my particular cup of tea - I actually got to appreciate Ellenore more than I did in her Broadway routine. It suited her so much more I think. So while I didn't "enjoy" the routine itself, I at least got to enjoy her in it.
Ashleigh and Jakob - Foxtrot
I don't like the side ponytail or her dress at all! Still, they did an effortless job. I love their chemistry together - I think they are really such a good pairing.
Russell and Ellenore - Passo Doble
I'm thinking why isn't he dancing with Kathryn - because that should be the logical next pairing. But now that I'm off that - I love the dress. Some really good moments for Russell - he definitely does strong really well for me. Not one of my favorite routines - but not bad.
Jakob and Kathryn - Contemporary
Okay - so this is going to sound horrible too... I miss Mia. That was a lot of cool tricks but none of the emotion that I get from a Mia Michaels piece. I didn't get teary at all. Okay - so now I'm going to go back and watch it again and see if I can get something more from it. Nope - Great unison - great dancing - great spins and leaps and steps and jumps and musicality - but no great emotion. Am I the only one that feels this way?
Ryan and Ashleigh - Contemporary
Now that is what I'm talking about. That is Travis Wall in those steps - it was beautiful. Their connection was so important - so central to the piece - the music tied in to the choreography so perfectly. They were in such sync together and when he rocked her and it was so gentle and loving - I cried. For me - that is what the Jakob and Kathryn piece missed. And I know there are people out there who aren't fans - but I really love Ashleigh and I would be so pleased if she won.
Kathryn and Russell - Hip Hop
Okay - that's the most I've liked Kathryn all night. Legacy taught her well. She was hitting just as hard as Russell - and they did great. Again - not my most favorite Hip Hop routine of all season - but still really liked it.
Okay - so I have no idea who's going to win - but I'm not going to lie - my vote is
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Jakob
Ashleigh
Ellenore
Ryan
Kathryn
Russell
First Up:
Kathryn and Ryan - Samba
So, when they started, I thought it was a little rough. They were tentative in their steps instead of deliberately slow but then when they did that second assisted spin into a more sped up pace it was much better for me. I think Ryan did a really good job in his own style - The throw over the head onto the back was great, but the African Anteater dance just before threw me off so I had to go watch it again.
Next Up:
Ellenore and Jacob - Broadway
Okay, so everyone is going probably going to boo me - but I didn't like that at all. I've never liked the "Fosse" style and so really for me it was the choreography that I just didn't get into. So, I'm sure other people think I'm crazy but I couldn't get past the style to even critique the dancing - which I'm sure was wonderful - but again... not a fan.
Next Up:
Russell and Ashleigh - Lyrical Jazz
I have never seen Ashleigh look so beautiful and serene. There's one moment where they do a close up on her face and the lyric is "you're never nothing less than beautiful" and in that moment, that feeling is shining out of her so clearly. Really one of her most lovely moments. And don't get me started on Russell. He did an amazing job. One of the softest Sonya pieces I think I remember ever seeing.
Switch it up:
Ellenore and Ryan - Jazz
So - while this is not my particular cup of tea - I actually got to appreciate Ellenore more than I did in her Broadway routine. It suited her so much more I think. So while I didn't "enjoy" the routine itself, I at least got to enjoy her in it.
Ashleigh and Jakob - Foxtrot
I don't like the side ponytail or her dress at all! Still, they did an effortless job. I love their chemistry together - I think they are really such a good pairing.
Russell and Ellenore - Passo Doble
I'm thinking why isn't he dancing with Kathryn - because that should be the logical next pairing. But now that I'm off that - I love the dress. Some really good moments for Russell - he definitely does strong really well for me. Not one of my favorite routines - but not bad.
Jakob and Kathryn - Contemporary
Okay - so this is going to sound horrible too... I miss Mia. That was a lot of cool tricks but none of the emotion that I get from a Mia Michaels piece. I didn't get teary at all. Okay - so now I'm going to go back and watch it again and see if I can get something more from it. Nope - Great unison - great dancing - great spins and leaps and steps and jumps and musicality - but no great emotion. Am I the only one that feels this way?
Ryan and Ashleigh - Contemporary
Now that is what I'm talking about. That is Travis Wall in those steps - it was beautiful. Their connection was so important - so central to the piece - the music tied in to the choreography so perfectly. They were in such sync together and when he rocked her and it was so gentle and loving - I cried. For me - that is what the Jakob and Kathryn piece missed. And I know there are people out there who aren't fans - but I really love Ashleigh and I would be so pleased if she won.
Kathryn and Russell - Hip Hop
Okay - that's the most I've liked Kathryn all night. Legacy taught her well. She was hitting just as hard as Russell - and they did great. Again - not my most favorite Hip Hop routine of all season - but still really liked it.
Okay - so I have no idea who's going to win - but I'm not going to lie - my vote is
1-888-83676-05
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
SYTYCD - Top 8
(Maggie had to tell me this was the Top 8, not the Top 6... I knew that next week is the finale - which has always been the top 4 till now - but apparently for whatever reason, we're going next week from 6 to 1. I believe it's because there isn't enough talent for the top 4 to warrant a 2 hour finale show on their own... Maggie thinks it's because they wanted to wrap it up before Christmas week. What are your thoughts?)
Okay, so let's begin!
Top 8:
Ryan
Ellenore
Jakob
Kathryn
Russell
Mollee
Legacy
Wait... where is Ashleigh?
Oh no! She popped her shoulder out and the stupid doctor won't clear to dance.
Squeaker Squeak and Ryan:
R: not disco!
M: It's not the disco - it's Doriana Sanchez.
R: Nice pants
M: I think Michael's is out of spangles.
R: Who bedazzled them? That must have taken FOREVER.
M: How many tiny Chinese children did they use? That requires tiny foreign fingers.
R: Way to go with the alliteration.
Next up: Gal pals Mollee and Jakob
R: And we have a waltz... that'll be fun.
M: I like her styling in this - she reminds me of Molly - you know, Molly-Molly.
R: Ah, Mary Molly Keeley Cheeley Hicks!
M: Indeed
R: F'n A. So I'm just so underwhelmed.
M: She's just so stiff. I wish she'd grab his butt.
R: no thanks.
M: Judges are on crack tonight. That just wasn't very good.
Ashleigh is 1-888- Tempo 01
That's 1-888-83676-01
Ellenore and Legacy:
R & M (IN UNISON!): Yay TRAVIS!!!!
R: So, war of the roses fighting couple?
M: Yeah. I like her leg bend.
R: I am distracted by that thing on her leg!
M: It would be cool if she had a knife or a gun in it but it seems kind of random all on it's own. Crunch! (sorry, eating chips and salsa in your ear)
R: Oh! oh oh oh oh oh! Mr. & Mrs. Smith!
M: Ohhhhhhyeah. I see it now.
R: okay, so I'm gonna watch it back, because I am distracted by the sexy and the leg thing and the...
M: Creepy.
R: yes. - so second time around, liked it better. Enjoyed the jump over/under table and the headstand into a sexual position on top of the table.
M: Wait, I thought this was a family show!
R: well... it is America.
M: True.
R: You know when I see Travis, I think of beautiful, poignant, angsty choreography... not sex and death.
M: It was very "He had it coming" Or Sonya and Mandy Moore had a love child. It just wasn't Travis.
R: Nigel I would like to give you props for Danger - you old English coot.
Jakob solo -
M: His shorts make me crazy and his top makes him look like he's got boobs!
R: His legs are sick though!
M: Yes, but his clothes are distracting.
R: Yes.
Next Up: Russel and Ashleigh
R: Did you notice that this is twice he's lost a partner to injury.
M: Yeah, he's bad luck. Wait, with Ashleigh out, is Shane going to step in?
R: I would love to see that.
M: No, we have Rachel - his assistant.
R: But she's not that good. Are we sure she's not his Ass-istant?
M: sooooo wrong.
R: what?
M: Moving on... Russell was pretty awesome.
R: He was. He hits SO HARD!
M: I wish I could have seen Ashleigh do this.
R: me too!
Mollee Solo:
M: It was Mollee being Mollee - so cute but eh.
Kathryn and Ryan:
R: Hot outfit.
M: For both of them.
R: The fringe is helping her butt.
M: I think she might go this week.
R: Her and Ryan both.
M: This doesn't seem like a cha cha.
R: Oh!
M: Neat ending.
R: They're all standing?
M: I don't get it. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't awesome.
Legacy Solo:
R: So that was gimmiky. I preferred last weeks solo soooooooo much more.
M: That wasn't that great Cheekbones McGee.
Ellenore Solo:
R: Is she saving her energy for something else?
M: Yeah, I like the song, but all the solo's for me are just eh tonight.
Russell 's Solo:
M: Russell the love muscle - lost his shoe... I don't think it was on purpose.
R: Eh.
Mollee and Jakob doing Broadway:
M: It's Joey the Mean Choreographer!
R: Yeah, don't like her. But let's see how this works out.
M: Great I'm gonna have that song in my head for three days!
R: So, I think she's a little stiff.
M: No. He's Gumby. See the back of that vest, that's not fabric, that's his skin showing through.
R: whatever. I would have preferred to see Squeaker Squeak do this one.
M: Yeah, I think it wasn't Squeaker Squeaks week for choreographers.
R: *Sigh*
M: Indeed.
R: F'n A. So, overall?
M: Wasn't bad. Wasn't amazing.
R: yeah.
M: Gumby was good, but pokey never gets to shine...
R: Moving on.
Kathryn Solo:
R: So that's the first solo I've liked all night.
M: I concur.
Legacy and Ellenore with Nappy-Tabs routine.
R: I didn't get it at all. It was ok. Not the best.
M: I liked the part with the masks the best.
R: I did as well.
M: I think Ellenore was misfiring - maybe a timing issue.
R: Yeah, the costumes for me were very sort of.
M: Meh.
R: Exactly. Thankfully they have that other number which even if people didn't like it, was at least memorable.
M: It showcased their goodies.
Ryan's Solo:
R: Gay strip club, here I come!
M: Very salsa cheerleader...
Next Up Russell:
M: I would have really liked to seen Ashleigh do that.
R: Yeah, me too. I think she would have been really good at that.
M: It makes me mad every time I think about it. I'm going to have to vote for her.
R: I do agree with Nigel that my eyes stayed on Russell instead of the professional woman dancing with him.
Vote:
M: I think it might be Legacy and Squeaker Squeak going home.
R: I think it's going to be Ryan and Squeaker Squeak (or Mollee) going home.
M: I would be okay if Ryan went home.
R: I would hate to see Ashleigh go home.
M: There's always a chance though since she didn't dance.
R: I know - so I'm gonna go vote for her.
M: Me too!
Okay, so let's begin!
Top 8:
Ryan
Ellenore
Jakob
Kathryn
Russell
Mollee
Legacy
Wait... where is Ashleigh?
Oh no! She popped her shoulder out and the stupid doctor won't clear to dance.
Squeaker Squeak and Ryan:
R: not disco!
M: It's not the disco - it's Doriana Sanchez.
R: Nice pants
M: I think Michael's is out of spangles.
R: Who bedazzled them? That must have taken FOREVER.
M: How many tiny Chinese children did they use? That requires tiny foreign fingers.
R: Way to go with the alliteration.
Next up: Gal pals Mollee and Jakob
R: And we have a waltz... that'll be fun.
M: I like her styling in this - she reminds me of Molly - you know, Molly-Molly.
R: Ah, Mary Molly Keeley Cheeley Hicks!
M: Indeed
R: F'n A. So I'm just so underwhelmed.
M: She's just so stiff. I wish she'd grab his butt.
R: no thanks.
M: Judges are on crack tonight. That just wasn't very good.
Ashleigh is 1-888- Tempo 01
That's 1-888-83676-01
Ellenore and Legacy:
R & M (IN UNISON!): Yay TRAVIS!!!!
R: So, war of the roses fighting couple?
M: Yeah. I like her leg bend.
R: I am distracted by that thing on her leg!
M: It would be cool if she had a knife or a gun in it but it seems kind of random all on it's own. Crunch! (sorry, eating chips and salsa in your ear)
R: Oh! oh oh oh oh oh! Mr. & Mrs. Smith!
M: Ohhhhhhyeah. I see it now.
R: okay, so I'm gonna watch it back, because I am distracted by the sexy and the leg thing and the...
M: Creepy.
R: yes. - so second time around, liked it better. Enjoyed the jump over/under table and the headstand into a sexual position on top of the table.
M: Wait, I thought this was a family show!
R: well... it is America.
M: True.
R: You know when I see Travis, I think of beautiful, poignant, angsty choreography... not sex and death.
M: It was very "He had it coming" Or Sonya and Mandy Moore had a love child. It just wasn't Travis.
R: Nigel I would like to give you props for Danger - you old English coot.
Jakob solo -
M: His shorts make me crazy and his top makes him look like he's got boobs!
R: His legs are sick though!
M: Yes, but his clothes are distracting.
R: Yes.
Next Up: Russel and Ashleigh
R: Did you notice that this is twice he's lost a partner to injury.
M: Yeah, he's bad luck. Wait, with Ashleigh out, is Shane going to step in?
R: I would love to see that.
M: No, we have Rachel - his assistant.
R: But she's not that good. Are we sure she's not his Ass-istant?
M: sooooo wrong.
R: what?
M: Moving on... Russell was pretty awesome.
R: He was. He hits SO HARD!
M: I wish I could have seen Ashleigh do this.
R: me too!
Mollee Solo:
M: It was Mollee being Mollee - so cute but eh.
Kathryn and Ryan:
R: Hot outfit.
M: For both of them.
R: The fringe is helping her butt.
M: I think she might go this week.
R: Her and Ryan both.
M: This doesn't seem like a cha cha.
R: Oh!
M: Neat ending.
R: They're all standing?
M: I don't get it. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't awesome.
Legacy Solo:
R: So that was gimmiky. I preferred last weeks solo soooooooo much more.
M: That wasn't that great Cheekbones McGee.
Ellenore Solo:
R: Is she saving her energy for something else?
M: Yeah, I like the song, but all the solo's for me are just eh tonight.
Russell 's Solo:
M: Russell the love muscle - lost his shoe... I don't think it was on purpose.
R: Eh.
Mollee and Jakob doing Broadway:
M: It's Joey the Mean Choreographer!
R: Yeah, don't like her. But let's see how this works out.
M: Great I'm gonna have that song in my head for three days!
R: So, I think she's a little stiff.
M: No. He's Gumby. See the back of that vest, that's not fabric, that's his skin showing through.
R: whatever. I would have preferred to see Squeaker Squeak do this one.
M: Yeah, I think it wasn't Squeaker Squeaks week for choreographers.
R: *Sigh*
M: Indeed.
R: F'n A. So, overall?
M: Wasn't bad. Wasn't amazing.
R: yeah.
M: Gumby was good, but pokey never gets to shine...
R: Moving on.
Kathryn Solo:
R: So that's the first solo I've liked all night.
M: I concur.
Legacy and Ellenore with Nappy-Tabs routine.
R: I didn't get it at all. It was ok. Not the best.
M: I liked the part with the masks the best.
R: I did as well.
M: I think Ellenore was misfiring - maybe a timing issue.
R: Yeah, the costumes for me were very sort of.
M: Meh.
R: Exactly. Thankfully they have that other number which even if people didn't like it, was at least memorable.
M: It showcased their goodies.
Ryan's Solo:
R: Gay strip club, here I come!
M: Very salsa cheerleader...
Next Up Russell:
M: I would have really liked to seen Ashleigh do that.
R: Yeah, me too. I think she would have been really good at that.
M: It makes me mad every time I think about it. I'm going to have to vote for her.
R: I do agree with Nigel that my eyes stayed on Russell instead of the professional woman dancing with him.
Vote:
M: I think it might be Legacy and Squeaker Squeak going home.
R: I think it's going to be Ryan and Squeaker Squeak (or Mollee) going home.
M: I would be okay if Ryan went home.
R: I would hate to see Ashleigh go home.
M: There's always a chance though since she didn't dance.
R: I know - so I'm gonna go vote for her.
M: Me too!
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Top 10
Okay, so I'm on my own again. This week my computer is working and so I can actually write about the show...
Let's get started, shall we?
Couples have been broken up. Girls pick their partners out of the hat.
First up: Noelle and Ryan
ummmmmmmmmmm.... wow. That was.... steamy. I was not prepared for it to get straight to it, but wow. I actually watched it again, to make sure I wasn't being fooled by the hairography... but it was one of the best hip-hop routines this season I think. Ryan was a bit stiff, but Noelle was really good. Good way to start the night.
Next: Ashleigh and Legacy
ummmmm.... so that was not my cup of tea at all. That was a little too something for me - artsy, interpretive, techno filled.... I guess they did a good job. They definitely gave it everything they had. Okay, so the playback during Mary's critique had no music and I found myself paying attention to the steps, so I went back and watched it without the music. That was really amazing. Once I took away the distraction of the music and focused on the dance - I was super impressed. They did a really great job.
Mollee Solo - really good. Love her hair like that - she should be in Grease.
Russell Solo - I LOVES IT! Tempo zero 2 people!
Next: Squeaker Squeak and Nathan
I really enjoyed that a lot. That was the best Broadway number I think they've had all season. It doesn't hurt that I absolutely adore that song (from the movie White Christmas if you didn't recognize it). Kathryn looked absolutely beautiful - she was perfection for me in the dance. I really didn't pay much attention to Nathan - so I'm gonna watch it again. So, is it just me or does he seem to be a tad older without Mollee? He suits that wholesome era that they were trying to evoke perfectly.
Noelle Solo - She really always dances for her life. She's got great legs - her feet are beautiful and she's a great dancer.
Next: Ellenore and Jakob
Okay, so the quickstep is usually the kiss of death. I think they did a really good job. I almost miss the pre-packaged video footage before the dance so you could really get something more memorable to help make people want to pick up the phone and vote at the end.
Ryan Solo - He would make a fortune in a gay strip club.
Kathryn Solo - Lovely.
Next Up: Mollee and Russell:
So... I didn't hate it. I thought the choreography was beautiful, I liked the song choice, we know I love Russell and I don't hate Mollee - but something was missing. It just didn't make me feel what I knew it was supposed to make me feel. There was no loss, no longing, no believable yearning. I just was left slightly disappointed. It was danced well, I just wanted more.
Nathan Solo - Okay, I'm going to sound heartless here for a second, but the tears on the video... did they feel contrived to anyone else after all the comments this season about not coming off as likable in his clips? Just me? Okay, moving on to the dancing - which was... interesting...
Next up: Noelle and Ryan
Smooth Waltz's can be hard, but hopefully they'll get votes from the hip hop earlier. Personally, I thought it was just beautiful and I loved it. Sort of soft and dreamy - very elegant - and that dress - in the spin.... oh so lovely.
Ellenore Solo - she is so quirky. Such a unique dancer.
Next up: Ashleigh and Legacy
Really?!?! Vampire cheeze factor was not helpful. If they could stop making it harder for Legacy I would appreciate it. That was just... bad. But if they had the same choreography with a different story - say... a preppy girl and a bad boy... that would have worked with the song and not been completely stupid. Sorry, I'm ranting because I feel like they were robbed by cheese. I thought Ashleigh moved really well, I think Legacy struggled because of the stupid cape and campiness of the whole thing.
Next: Kathryn and Nathan:
I wasn't impressed with this one - the lack of chemistry was so completely apparent that it was almost painful to watch - especially since the dance really required it.
Legacy Solo - Seriously?!?!? Could he be any more awesome. I mean he's a B Boy with freaking musicality and lyrical movement in his solo... I'm a convert - Legacy all the way. LOVE HIM!
(oh, and I believe in his tears)
Next: Ellenore and Jakob
The size of the stage really sort of took away from this one. I felt like it would have been so much more impactful if it had been sort of less space around the conflict of their movement. LOVED the end position.
Ashleigh Solo - So if a girl is gonna win it this year - it better be her. I mean, I wasn't a fan of her during auditions, but she just really has grown on me so much - and it doesn't hurt that she's kind of kicking butt and taking names...
Next: Mollee and Russell
Russell is awesome. He's got legs made of rubber. That was such a fun jive.
Jakob Solo - horrible distracting shorts - amazing legs.
So... who should go home?
I think Nathan should go home... but it could be Jakob or Ryan - depending on audience votes. As for the girls I think Mollee should go but it could be Kathryn or Ellenore or even Noelle if they don't connect with the audience...
My prediction: Nathan and Kathryn will both go home. I guess we'll find out tomorrow.
Let's get started, shall we?
Couples have been broken up. Girls pick their partners out of the hat.
First up: Noelle and Ryan
ummmmmmmmmmm.... wow. That was.... steamy. I was not prepared for it to get straight to it, but wow. I actually watched it again, to make sure I wasn't being fooled by the hairography... but it was one of the best hip-hop routines this season I think. Ryan was a bit stiff, but Noelle was really good. Good way to start the night.
Next: Ashleigh and Legacy
ummmmm.... so that was not my cup of tea at all. That was a little too something for me - artsy, interpretive, techno filled.... I guess they did a good job. They definitely gave it everything they had. Okay, so the playback during Mary's critique had no music and I found myself paying attention to the steps, so I went back and watched it without the music. That was really amazing. Once I took away the distraction of the music and focused on the dance - I was super impressed. They did a really great job.
Mollee Solo - really good. Love her hair like that - she should be in Grease.
Russell Solo - I LOVES IT! Tempo zero 2 people!
Next: Squeaker Squeak and Nathan
I really enjoyed that a lot. That was the best Broadway number I think they've had all season. It doesn't hurt that I absolutely adore that song (from the movie White Christmas if you didn't recognize it). Kathryn looked absolutely beautiful - she was perfection for me in the dance. I really didn't pay much attention to Nathan - so I'm gonna watch it again. So, is it just me or does he seem to be a tad older without Mollee? He suits that wholesome era that they were trying to evoke perfectly.
Noelle Solo - She really always dances for her life. She's got great legs - her feet are beautiful and she's a great dancer.
Next: Ellenore and Jakob
Okay, so the quickstep is usually the kiss of death. I think they did a really good job. I almost miss the pre-packaged video footage before the dance so you could really get something more memorable to help make people want to pick up the phone and vote at the end.
Ryan Solo - He would make a fortune in a gay strip club.
Kathryn Solo - Lovely.
Next Up: Mollee and Russell:
So... I didn't hate it. I thought the choreography was beautiful, I liked the song choice, we know I love Russell and I don't hate Mollee - but something was missing. It just didn't make me feel what I knew it was supposed to make me feel. There was no loss, no longing, no believable yearning. I just was left slightly disappointed. It was danced well, I just wanted more.
Nathan Solo - Okay, I'm going to sound heartless here for a second, but the tears on the video... did they feel contrived to anyone else after all the comments this season about not coming off as likable in his clips? Just me? Okay, moving on to the dancing - which was... interesting...
Next up: Noelle and Ryan
Smooth Waltz's can be hard, but hopefully they'll get votes from the hip hop earlier. Personally, I thought it was just beautiful and I loved it. Sort of soft and dreamy - very elegant - and that dress - in the spin.... oh so lovely.
Ellenore Solo - she is so quirky. Such a unique dancer.
Next up: Ashleigh and Legacy
Really?!?! Vampire cheeze factor was not helpful. If they could stop making it harder for Legacy I would appreciate it. That was just... bad. But if they had the same choreography with a different story - say... a preppy girl and a bad boy... that would have worked with the song and not been completely stupid. Sorry, I'm ranting because I feel like they were robbed by cheese. I thought Ashleigh moved really well, I think Legacy struggled because of the stupid cape and campiness of the whole thing.
Next: Kathryn and Nathan:
I wasn't impressed with this one - the lack of chemistry was so completely apparent that it was almost painful to watch - especially since the dance really required it.
Legacy Solo - Seriously?!?!? Could he be any more awesome. I mean he's a B Boy with freaking musicality and lyrical movement in his solo... I'm a convert - Legacy all the way. LOVE HIM!
(oh, and I believe in his tears)
Next: Ellenore and Jakob
The size of the stage really sort of took away from this one. I felt like it would have been so much more impactful if it had been sort of less space around the conflict of their movement. LOVED the end position.
Ashleigh Solo - So if a girl is gonna win it this year - it better be her. I mean, I wasn't a fan of her during auditions, but she just really has grown on me so much - and it doesn't hurt that she's kind of kicking butt and taking names...
Next: Mollee and Russell
Russell is awesome. He's got legs made of rubber. That was such a fun jive.
Jakob Solo - horrible distracting shorts - amazing legs.
So... who should go home?
I think Nathan should go home... but it could be Jakob or Ryan - depending on audience votes. As for the girls I think Mollee should go but it could be Kathryn or Ellenore or even Noelle if they don't connect with the audience...
My prediction: Nathan and Kathryn will both go home. I guess we'll find out tomorrow.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
SYTYCD - Top 14
So... I'm on my own tonight. After last week's dismal top 16 routine that I finally watched (and did not feel like re-hashing) I am hoping this week will be somewhat entertaining.
Here we go!
But first we have a commercial with Karen from W&G singing turn the tub around to the tune of turn the beat around... really?!?!? ok... fast forward the commercials from now on...
Ashleigh and Jakob with a NappyTabs hip hop routine...
I would have liked that routine better with Chelsea and Mark...(bleeding love anyone?!)
Next is Kevin and Karen doing a Broadway routine by Spencer Liff (who?)
I would have liked to see that with Evan and Randi...
Next up is Noelle and Russell doing a fox trot by someone...
Good lift and she's got good legs... but I would have rather seen it by Travis and Martha
Next up Channing and Victor doing a jazz routine by Tyce - or is it Keith?
so... I saw steps, not dancing. I would have preferred seeing that danced by Hok and Jamie...
Next we have Legacy and Squeaker Squeak (Katheryn) doing a Passo Doble.
That was actually pretty darn good. Great intensity and chemistry. Little difficulty at the end but at least I wasn't imagining the dance being done by a different pair.
Next up Ellenore and Ryan doing a contemporary routine by Travis! (I love Travis)
Love the routine... that first look when they passed each other was my favorite part from Ryan - because it was a "real" look - still, I would really love to have seen it with Jeanine and Jason or Kupono and Kayla or Ade and Melissa or Lacey and Kameron. But again, the choreography was beautiful, and the little details and the musicality of it were great.
Last but not least are Mollee and Nathan doing a pop jazz routine by Laurieann (who I have not been a fan of seasons past...)
ok... soooooooo.... I actually didn't hate it, but... I would have preferred to see it with Courtney and Mark (Like with the Sonya routine)
My pick for the bottom 3:
Karen and Kevin
Noelle & Russell
Channing & Victor
I wonder if everyone else has been watching this season's choreography and thinking about how much better it would be with dancers past...
Here we go!
But first we have a commercial with Karen from W&G singing turn the tub around to the tune of turn the beat around... really?!?!? ok... fast forward the commercials from now on...
Ashleigh and Jakob with a NappyTabs hip hop routine...
I would have liked that routine better with Chelsea and Mark...(bleeding love anyone?!)
Next is Kevin and Karen doing a Broadway routine by Spencer Liff (who?)
I would have liked to see that with Evan and Randi...
Next up is Noelle and Russell doing a fox trot by someone...
Good lift and she's got good legs... but I would have rather seen it by Travis and Martha
Next up Channing and Victor doing a jazz routine by Tyce - or is it Keith?
so... I saw steps, not dancing. I would have preferred seeing that danced by Hok and Jamie...
Next we have Legacy and Squeaker Squeak (Katheryn) doing a Passo Doble.
That was actually pretty darn good. Great intensity and chemistry. Little difficulty at the end but at least I wasn't imagining the dance being done by a different pair.
Next up Ellenore and Ryan doing a contemporary routine by Travis! (I love Travis)
Love the routine... that first look when they passed each other was my favorite part from Ryan - because it was a "real" look - still, I would really love to have seen it with Jeanine and Jason or Kupono and Kayla or Ade and Melissa or Lacey and Kameron. But again, the choreography was beautiful, and the little details and the musicality of it were great.
Last but not least are Mollee and Nathan doing a pop jazz routine by Laurieann (who I have not been a fan of seasons past...)
ok... soooooooo.... I actually didn't hate it, but... I would have preferred to see it with Courtney and Mark (Like with the Sonya routine)
My pick for the bottom 3:
Karen and Kevin
Noelle & Russell
Channing & Victor
I wonder if everyone else has been watching this season's choreography and thinking about how much better it would be with dancers past...
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