So You Think You Can Dance – Top 8 Results – Recap
Comfort Fedoke and Will Wingfield are Eliminated Tonight – VIDEO VIDEO
Personality trumps technique tonight, as Will, arguably the best technical dancer in this year’s competition is sent packing. He had the chops, but his stiff personality didn’t win the voters hearts. That James Brown routine with the wig–an example of trying way to hard–exemplified his inability to connect. All I can say about Comfort going home–It’s about time. Now, let’s hope she doesn’t have some sort of Carrie-rising-from-the-dead moment. At this point, I swear she could. Stay healthy, girls!
Group Dance – by Chuck Maldonado – Song: “Universal Mind Control (UMC)” by Common – VIDEO
Nigel asks the viewing audience to “please educate yourself” and vote in the presidential election this year. That’s funny to me. Americans love to vote for their favorite reality show contestants. President of the United States? Maybe not so much. I vote for both! He pimps the website declareyourself.com.
The Bottom 2 Girls/Guys
- Cat begins calling the contestants out to the center stage one by one. Katee is first. She is SAFE, of course. Will takes center stage, and learns he is the first of the BOTTOM 2 GUYS. – VIDEO
- Comfort is next. She learns she is the first of the BOTTOM 2 GIRLS. Next is Mark. HOLEE CRAP MARK IS SAFE!!! There go my points. Mark is totally shocked, “Oh my GOD WHAT? WHAT?” He says. The look on his face is priceless. – VIDEO
- Chelsie takes center stage. She is SAFE. The dancers left backstage look REAL nervous. Next, is Twitch. Cat informs him he’s in the BOTTOM 2 guys. He turns his back to the audience, clearly upset. He probably thinks he’s going home, but I don’t think so. Joshua is next. He (and we) already know that he’s SAFE. Courtney, left backstage by herself, is called to center stage. But, as the last girl standing, and with a B2 spot to fill, she already knows she’s in the BOTTOM 2 GIRLS. – VIDEO
In the Bottom, and dancing solo later in the show are: Will, Comfort, Twitch and Courtney.
Dancers from the Los Angeles Ballet – A duo from the company dance a Pas de deux. Song: “The Man I Love” from the ballet Who Cares? – VIDEO
Solos:
- Comfort – Song: “Like This” by Mims, Will – “Closer” by Goapele – VIDEO
- Courtney – Song “Passion” by Kreesha Turner, Twitch – Song: “Hollywood Swinging” by Kool and the Gang – VIDEO
LL Cool J feat The Dream performs his new single, “Baby” – VIDEO
Elimination:
Comfort and Courtney take center stage: Comfort is ELIMINATED. Will and Twitch take center stage. Will is ELIMINATED. – VIDEO VIDEO
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So I can blame Fox for not being able to find good quality youtubes of this week’s performances then, huh? Ugh. Why are they doing that??? WHY??? I know nothing about torrents, or anything like that, but it really sucks that they are starting this kind of crap right now. I love having embedded vids of the performances in my blog.
As a long-time lurker here, as well as a former dancer (injuries suck), I feel that Mark is getting a bit of the short-end of the stick with the technique argument. While I like Mark, I favor Twitch, but I still think Mark is a better all-around dancer. I think he has just drawn the short end of the stick with some dance styles and partners (and I was one of the few who liked Comfort on the show, even if she was awful at ballroom). He has technique. He also has an interesting style, and I like his artistry. As someone who danced, I think that counts for quite a lot (which is probably why I favor Twitch as well — I enjoy his style). In a way, the stressing over “technical” dancing reminds me of when I was dancing at college and how people viewed contemporary as “the dance” to contrast all other styles. It’s the measure, and part of the reason why people are coming hard down on Mark since his style is easier to compare to Will’s, even though I feel Mark’s style seems to not fall into one style that easily.
Even with your bias, it’s a fair assesment. Twitch is clearly the least classically trained. But, of those 4, for me he’s first in musicality and innate rhythm. And, from my own personal perspective, that’s what I really like. I’m a huge fan of the natural ability to dance – with or without ballet class. (That’s my bias).
Will had the best all around training. Mark is probably best at inhabiting the character of the dance. Twitch has the best musicality. And, Joshua is versatile, skilled, rhythmically gifted as well and works his ass off.
Again – this is the reason why I can’t be pissed about Will leaving, or so and so outlasting him. Any of those 4 guys leaving was going to be a disappointment. A case can be made for any of them, based on their individual abilities, to stay in the game. And, this is why next week, when Twitch (dead man walking) meets his inevitable end, and I’m sad – I won’t be mad at either Joshua or Mark. Dance is art. It aint a science. I cannot measure their gifts against each other and come up with the proper formula to dictate who should leave when.
ETA:
Glad to be of servie Grammie
Yes, it’s always been a popularity contest. If America really did vote for the best dancer (that’s obviously subjective, as these are just my opinions of the “best” technical dancers each season), then the winners would have been Blake (but of course, even with his talent, he left early because he was a huge, arrogant git who insulted Dan Karaty), Travis (runner-up to Benji), and Danny (runner-up to Sabra), in that order. Again, that’s JMO.
I think Donyelle Jones from the same season was the best all-around the show’s had, but that’s just what I think (seeing as she was my ultimate favorite that season, lol). Allison was pretty amazing as well, though.
Re: Mark = Dancing Sanjaya; I disagree. I think Mark’s proven himself a very capable dancer in at least half the dance styles he’s picked out of the hat. IMO, he was just brought down by having Kherington and Comfort as dance partners the last two weeks, and freaking TWO-STEP (!) and the foxtrot aren’t really dances you get too excited about (screw you, hat). In fact, I don’t think the show’s had any “moment” dances that were either two-step or foxtrot.
Whew, kerfuffle, I’m glad i’m not the only one who thinks Mark is the best all around male dancer. Of the guys that are left, I think Twitch is the worst partner dancer, Josh is the worst soloist, and Mark’s aptitudes are the most evenly distributed. The only week I didn’t vote for Mark was the week of the two step. I voted for Katee that week. I actually think Mark’s musicality is off the chain, which makes his solos so awesome. Twitch is up there, too, great musicality and great solos. Both of them have Josh beat in that respect. Josh’s biggest strength is the chemistry he generates with partners. Seems like he could generate chemistry with a broom handle, but as a solo dancer he’s a lot less interesting to watch than Mark and Twitch.
Sunchick–get outta my head. That is the exact same way I feel about the 3 of ‘em.
The only one of Mark’s solos that I’ve liked was the one in Vegas. Didn’t love last week’s, didn’t love this week’s. I’ve liked several of his partner routines (and think that this week’s hip hop was one of the best hip hop routines of the season – which is saying a lot, because there have been some damn good hip hop routines.). I agree that he was a good partner with Chelsie (though the fact that her style of dance requires her to be a good partner cannot be ignored), and I agree that he is pretty versatile.
But the best all around, most versatile dancer, even breaking it down to only male dancers? Not from my point of view.
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Um… so we won’t be able to see the performances here anymore? Poopy pants.
Our TV isn’t hooked up to anything other than the dvd and vcr. This was my manna from heaven! Lame!
Poor Will. Well, it is a popularity contest so that does explain it. I enjoyed Hisaki’s post because she named the best dancers I remember from the show and of course they all lost. I only remember one winner – Benjy. I’m just happy winning this show is completely meaningless for their careers. I’m still wondering why someone as accomplished as Will would be on this show. Anyway, while all the rest of the dancers are lovely, none is that amazing or full of personality so I kind of hope Katee wins the whole thing. (She’ll probably get the boot next week instead.)
lala, I viewed Will’s farewell tape and he really is a talented (gymnastic) dancer. He also showed some genuine personality. I believe what you say to be true. It might have been better if we did not know he was a student of Debbie Allen’s. However, it is possible TPTB wanted some drama.
B, I do remember Allison Holker as being a wonderfully talented young lady.
I’m still going to cut and upload video, it’s just going to take a little longer…
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“I am most definitely a weirdo, and Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m sure thatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s one of the reasons I love Mark. ”
LaLa – I am proud to say I am a weirdo too and love goofy “weirdos”. Awww and even though Joshua still comes first to me I sure do enjoy Mark. From here on out is when it gets really tough to lose any of them. Thanks for your kind words & Grammies – if you come back here anymore to even see this, I am a few days behind? You all might be long gone, off to defend another “weirdo” somewhere else, heh?