UPDATE: Pauline and Peter are eliminated tonight… So much for those tappers! – Nigel tells the bottom-dwellers that their solos SUCKED – VIDEO
Incredible group numer – “Warrior Pt 2″ by Dave Scott – VIDEO
Ellenore and Ryan are in the bottom, Channing and Victor are safe. So are Kathryn and Legacy. Cat fakes them out! -VIDEO
Ashleigh an Jacob are safe, Ashleigh and Jakob are safe, Pauline and Peter are in the bottom - VIDEO
Karen and Kevin are in the Bottom. Much to the judges surprise, Mollee and Nathan are safe. Nigel chews them out – VIDEO
Alvin Ailey – VIDEO
Ellenore, Ryan and Pauline dance for their lives – VIDEO
Peter, Karen and Kevin dance for their lives – VIDEO
Thanks for your help, peeps!
- Elenore and Ryan – bottom
- Channing and Victor – safe
- Kathryn and Legacy – safe
- Ashleigh & Jakob ‘“ safe.
- Pauline & Peter ‘“ bottom
- Noelle & Russell ‘“ safe
- Karen and Kevin ‘“ bottom
- Mollee and Nathan ‘“ safe
Whoa, Nigel ripped into Nathan, I’m hearing. When Nathan talked back last night, I knew Nigel was pissed…
I’m not a fan of Twitter but Nigel did make 2 posts after last night’s show:
Here’s the link
Nothing like apologizing with another insult. Now the viewers are “mindless” because they disagreed with him.
Was anyone really questioning the results other than Nigel?
ETA: E! backstage link
I think they are “mindless” not because they disagreed with him, but because they tried to shout him down when he’d barely begun to speak.
I don’t think anyone’s questioning whether the votes were counted accurately. I think Nigel was referring to the show’s credibility as a showcase for dancing talent and skill. If dancers who deliver the worst performance of the night don’t even end up in the bottom third, the show’s reputation suffers.
This gets into the conflict between popularity and talent/skill/performance, which the show struggles with to some extent every year. Every year, there’s at least one superb dancer who gets cut before a lesser but more popular dancer. As the show is set up, that’s just the way it is. (It happened last year with Evan. It drove Nigel nuts when Evan kept cruising on to the next round. I was and am a huge Evan fan, but even I saw the shortcomings in many of his performances.)
I think Nigel has a couple of concerns here. One is, as producer of the show, he wants the show to be known for encouraging excellence in dance–something he clearly is passionate about. The other is, I think he truly believes in Nathan’s abilities; trouble is, so far Nathan has not lived up to his potential. If Nathan goes far in the competition without performing up to the standard he COULD, that’s not good for the show, but it’s also not good for Nathan. What I heard was Nigel telling Nathan to shape up, get down to business, and stop taking success (and his talent) for granted.
If Nathan is smart, he’ll take it to heart and bust his butt from here on out.
to be fair, he labeled their catawauling mindless, not the audience itself. which is a true assessment…much like a poster pointed out above, AI and SYTYCD has encouraged audience members to engage with the judges/host but sometimes, it is to a point of annoyance.
bottom line: . nathan has been one of his favorites, but the boy is not living up to the hype. the explanation he gave E! makes sense…he wanted N&M to be in the bottom 3 just to give them a good kick in the butt. maybe that will spark a fire. ( i hope it does, as he and billy bell were my faves going into the top 20. he’s been replaced by jakob and legacy. russ is up there too)
OK, watch ET tonight and you will see Kate Hudson. Mollee looks like her little sister.
Nigel never did know how to apologize, did he? Bad boy.
I agree with you too on this! S4 also was fantastic..that’s when I began watching the show acutually. Season 5 definitely had some great personality as well as amazing and versatile dancers. This season just isn’t delivering on any of those fronts.
per Nigel’s comment: you must understand that British culture is much more direct than the US culture. Nigel was actually totally right: Nathan’s comment was arrogant, and the way he danced was self absorbed. If he still got votes after his lousy routine, there was a chance he will not learn his lesson. in that case he would pay a high price as the competition continues and/or later in his career. Sometimes, the most compassionate and smart thing to do– is to be honest, to calls someone’s shit by name– everyone who has ever been a teacher, or a parent had at one point or another understand that simple truth.
and, I love ealanore but her solo was embarrassing.
yippee, good videos up of the group routine. Man, Nathan is good at what ever that style is…. I hate the camera people!
Re-watch the video, they were merely booing in disagreement that the solos weren’t decent enough to stay in the competition – hardly mindless catawauling” or trying to shout him down. This is only the Top 16. Why would anyone expect these early stage B3 people to perform at the level of last season’s Top 6? Especially when he based the cast on personality rather than the best dancing.
And actually it really shows how hypocritical he is – he doesn’t put the best dancers through to the Top 20 and yet he’s upset that the voters don’t keep the best performing couples safe?
And what about him sticking Russell and Brandon in the bottom for the Top 20? Really? Did anyone else agree with that based solely on the performances of that night?
Loved the Group number as well as Alvin Ailey guest piece. I’ve seen Alvin Ailey group perform live several times back in the 80s & 90s, but not in recent years. It’s always nice to have the professionals come on the show. It shows the kids and the audience what true dance art can be.