Here is tonight’s “So You Think You Can Dance” thread. I’ll post video very late tonight, when I get back home.
Guest Judges: Tabitha and Napoleon
- Jessica and Will - Jive – By Tony Meredith and Melanie LaPatin – Song: “Choo Choo Ch’Boogie” by Five Guys Named Moe – VIDEO
- Comfort and Thayne – Broadway by Andy Blankenbuehler – Song: “Cool” from West Side Story – VIDEO
- Khourtni and Matt – Hip Hop by Cecily and Olisa – Song: “How Do I Breath” by Mario – VIDEO
- Chelsie and Mark – Jazz/Contemporary by Mandy Moore – Song: “Kiss Kiss” by Holly Vance – VIDEO
- Kherington and Twitch – Paso Doble by Tony Meredith and Melanie LaPatin – Song: “Malaguena by Brian Setzer (‘68 Comeback Special) – VIDEO
- Joshua and Katee – Contemporary by Mia Michaels – Song: “Hometown Glory” by Adele – VIDEO
- Courtney and Gev – Hip Hop by Cecily and Olisa – Song: “Lights, Camera Action” by Mr. Cheeks – VIDEO
- Jessica and Will – Lyrical Jazz by Mandy Moore – Song: “Alone” by Heart – VIDEO VIDEO
- Comfort and Thayne – Smooth Waltz by Edward Simons – Song: “Hov Arek Sarer Jan” by New Age Armenia – VIDEO
- Khourtni and Matt – Mambo by Alex Da Silva – Song: “Ban-Com-Tim” by Super All-Star – VIDEO
- Chelsie and Mark – Foxtrot by Edward Simons – Song: “It’s My Life” by Paul Anka – VIDEO
- Kherington and Twitch – Contemporary by Mia Michaels – Song: “Dreaming With a Broken Heart” by John Mayer – VIDEO
- Joshua and Katee – West Coast Swing by Benji – Song: “Shake It” by Brother Yusef – VIDEO
- Courtney and Gev – Broadway by Andy Blankenbuehler – Song: “New York, New York” by Comden and Green – VIDEO
seraphina,
now, that one was much better and makes much more sense to me. Thanks.
First off Primeminister, I love you and I want to have your children! If we are both women, then we can adopt! Thank you for that link!! Saved me hours of surfing Youtube to find decent clips.
Well they all go to show I know bugger all about the technicalities of dance because once again I loved them all and was completely entertained! Just wow….
I have no idea who to pick for tonight, the two I thought were a write in to go were Thayne and Comfort but they upped their game. I think they were too hard on Jessica, she was fine, it is just Will is THAT good! He does tend to upstage her. And I liked Matt and Kourtni’s routines, I think the powers that be want them gone. Maybe because they are both too tall for group numbers on tour?
Performing the waltz will save Comfort this week. The judges want her on the tour, IMO. OTOH, I also sense that Jessica is not on their list.
I also found Josha and Katee’s WCS sloppy but don’t want to blame Benji. That cartwheel move can be so cool, but Josha messed it up. I do love the dance but not tonight.
To see a Gene Kelly or Fred Astaire routine done with grace and flair would be the greatest viewing for me. Still waiting…
Y’all, I like Kourtni and Matt! I like their height! One of my favorite dancers, Geoffrey Holder, is tall – he stands out! I hope they don’t go home before the top 10 but I don’t think TPTB want them to stay either.
I second that. I actually missed the first hour of the show and have not seen their first performance yet, but I am convinced that it is thoroughly impossible to make the foxtrot exciting. I know lots of people have done the foxtrot in the past, but I can’t remember any of them. It’s plain and simply not a stimulating dance. They did a good job, I thought, but yeah, nothing to write home about. Chelsie’s horrible dress didn’t help either. They’ve been really lucky with the dances they’ve had so far…it was bound to happen at some point.
I’m now on board with Kourtni going home. I have changed my mind and now think they want Comfort for the tour (for demographics). They seemed to like Jessica a lot next week, so they’ll keep her until next week. I still think Perma Thmile is a goner, though. At least I hope he is. I’m tired of looking at him.
Joshua and Katee’s contemporary dance gave me chills from the opening. It was a weird dance, but they brought so much emotion to it that I enjoyed every second of it. Their WCS, however, was not good. Josh barely swung his hips and his cartwheel was terrible. I think he tried his best and his lifts were strong, but the dance part just wasn’t there. Katee was better, but still doesn’t get high marks from me.
My other favorites of the night were Twichington’s contemporary (I agree that dance will be on the tour), Will and Jessica’s shirt number, Mark and Chelsie’s jazz, and Gev and Courtney’s Broadway. Unlike others, I didn’t like Comfort in the waltz much. She was just too stiff and looked like a mannequin. The lifts were gorgeous, though.
While I am looking forward to when they switch partners, I will be a little sad to see Joshua and Katee parted. They have great chemistry together and look like they were born to partner.
There are a few consistant things about Nigel. He likes his male dancers to be:
Technically strong, charismatic, versitle, and masculine.
Matt has only one of these in his eyes. He will leave tonight and I will soothe myself with a batch of chocolate chip cookies.
He also values growth during this phase of the competition. This is why Thayne will outlast my Matt honey. It’s also why Comfort will outlast Kourtni. Now Jessica, on the other hand, he will have to patiently wait for her next appearance in the bottom three. Do you think they will mess with the vote just to get rid of her? Naw! She will be safe until next week.
Amen sister!!! I wrote the same thing on my blog. I really can’t believe that I want Dan back. Cecily and Olisa need to go away! By far the worse routines of the night and maybe ever.
Weren’t Jessica and Will the ones who danced to Alone?
Just rewatched my favorites. I have to say that I think Will and Jessica’s contemporary ’shirt’ dance was THE best of the night. Even Jessica looked great in the lifts. It was fabulous. And as much as I liked the bed dance by Twitchington, it didn’t have as many dance moves. Great story, and great performance – but I’ve now deemed it my 2nd favorite of the night.
Will and Jessica’s shirt dance
Twitchington’s bed dance
Mark and Chelsie’s jazz
IMO, the 3 best dances of the night.
Does anyone know when they start mixing up couples?
Um. Matt, dear. *sits him down* So, look, if my 509 votes last night from under the covers don’t turn out to be enough to keep you out of Bottom 3 Hell — and I really doubt 509 votes is going to make a difference — just make damn sure you’ve got a kickass solo to stick up Nigel’s ass. Okay? Okay. *sniff*
I didn’t like their paso doble either, and I usually really like Twitchington (although I’ve yet to watch all of their Mia routine because my mom insisted on calling me when all the good routines were on last night). I couldn’t help but have to compare their paso doble to T&H’s (which is still one of my fave perfomances of all time on the show). I thought Twitch was really stiff or something on their routine. Kherington looked fine to me, but I didn’t think it was that great all in all, either. It seems like their Mia contemporary saved them, though, so I’m not worried.
Top 10. That means one more week (not counting this one) in which the couples all stick together like glue.
I love Twitch more than is rational, but it was clear to me that he had no clue what he was doing in that Paso LOL. He was trying so hard to fake it, I just had to love him anyway.
I felt the same about Joshua in the WCS, and I love me some Josh. But, he was sloppy and slow and his usual glowing stage presense was missing for that dance. I do think however that they both were excellent in their contemporary routines.
I also believe that regardless of Twitch’s performances last night – his biceps and six pack would have redeemed him either way. I’m probably too old to be thinking this, but boy does he have one smokin’ hot bod.
I think for Hisaki, Sarah and Krazeeks sake we need Matt to stay because I really would miss their cute comments on here. So Thayne you have improved but some girls on here would miss Matt toooo much so you gots to go! OK?
Thayne has shown he can get it done but someone has GOT to tape his mouth shut if he stays. I can still see that pumpkin head smile in my minds eye right this minute and it is just soooo annoying. I went back and watched Will, of the hott body too, and Jessicas shirt dance again and that Was really good and clever. Jessica is just not as fluid as Will but she was so much better this week.
Who knows, watch it be someone completely off the wall
The judges must really, really hate Jessica. I thought she actually improved last night on the Mandy Moore routine and now I’m just not getting all the hate from the judges. Anyway, I think she’s safe for at least another week until possibly hitting Bottom 3 Hell again. Come on, people — shirtless Will? I repeat, SHIRTLESS Will. That screams “SAFE” to me. lol
Just another thing — I thought Manatee’s WCS was WAY overpraised. Maybe it’s just because I like Pasha & Sara’s WCS from last season a little too much than is healthy, but I thought Manatee’s WCS was really slow, and I didn’t like the choreography (sorry, Benji). Not to mention those hot pink outfits. Blech. (Hello, tomatoes. *dodges*)
Oh, and Nigel? You can suck it.
I’ve been thinking about this today a little – and I don’t think I’d be at all shocked if Jessica and Will are safe tonight. She improved a lot, yet the judges were still really harsh. (Nappy’s “you bring Will down” comment was really overboard). Plus – as Hisaki pointed out – Shirtless Will!
If that’s the case, I would guess that Courtney & Gev round out the bottom 3. And, I think that’s the only possibility that could ever save Matt tonight. Nigel hates Matt more than he hates Thayne. Nigel worships Will. But, Gev has been sort of disappointing. So, if that happens, and Matt can kick the solo’s ass again like he did last week – there’s a small chance he could stay tonight.
I of course will then lose all of my points in the pool, but I’m happy to make that sacrifice so my peeps can have another week of Matt.
Hisaki – a big ditto on the Pasha & Sara WCS! That was fantastic. Although, I guess it’s unfair to compare a ballroom dancer doing WCS to a hip hopper doing it (even with Joshua’s under cover training). But, in general I agree, last year’s dance was better choreographed, danced better and it had a ton more energy.
No kidding. That is how it should be performed. It didn’t help that the pink was awful. But Sara was a B-girl, right? She really pulled it off. She was my fave last year.
So, back to who is going home tonight – well, I’m thinking it will be Matt and Kourtni, sad to say. Nigel hates Matt and he pretty much told Kourtni last week that she would be gone if she ends up in the bottom three again this week.
Yeah, Sara was a B-girl, but she’d apparently had a lot of training in other styles. I think I read that she just picked up hip hop and breakdancing 4 or so years ago. Anyway, even though Danny was my overall fave, she was my fave girl last year. She totally kicked some major ass on pretty much most of her routines.
I dunno about the pool. I’m torn between my head and my heart here.
The judges gave Jessica those good comments after the 2nd dance, but they also said she was holding Will back. I DON’T think they want her on tour; however, as someone said in chat last night, I don’t think they’ll get rid of her unless there’s someone better to partner Will with. For that reason alone, she may make it through this week and get cut right before the partner-switching rounds, UNLESS by some ridiculously miraculous event Kourtni and Matt manage to be safe and the bottom 3 consists of Comfort/Thayne, Jessica/Will, and Courtney/Gev. In that case, they could kick Gev and Jessica off and put Will with Courtney, which could potentially be a good partnership. I just think that TPTB want Comfort on tour for demographic purposes, even though that will likely mean “saving” her for 4 weeks in a row, only for her to probably be the first girl eliminated once we get to the individual voting rounds at top 10.
At least that’s the hope I’m clinging to, because if they kick Kourtni off tonight, Matt’s going with her. Can you imagine him dancing with Comfort? She’s like, 4′11 or something. It’d be like watching David and Goliath dance. I could *maybe* see him dancing with Courtney, but I just think that if they’re gonna cut one of the Kourtni/Matt partnership, they’ll cut both.
But, anything can happen, I guess. So, who knows?
Mia is a goddess…shewas the true star of this episode.
Hmm, I agree. I think the only way for them to cut Matt before Kourtni is if we lose Chelsie or Kherington (from the line-up at the end of the show last night, it looks like only Twitch and Mark are tall enough to dance with Kourtni) the same week, which is obviously never going to happen. And none of the other girls are even remotely up to Kourtni’s height for them to be dancing with Matt, if they cut Kourtni before him. Chances are they’ll be cut at the same time…and I just hope like hell it won’t be today.