SYTYCD :: Top 9 Week :: Routines & Elimination

If you have recorded So You Think You Can Dance and you haven't watched it yet.. DO NOT read any further until after you watch it! If you do read this and I end up spoiling it for you.. you were WARNED.

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So, I missed the show last night. Thanks for not spoiling it for me friends. :) I did hear that I would want to watch it ASAP though. Now- I know why! :)

Here was my quick notes I made on my phone. I had to watch this in my guest bedroom because it's the only room with a VCR because I do not have a DVR. So my notes are short and sweet.

Adechike- Is it just me or was this just not as great as the judges thought it was PLUS he's getting cocky. Yuck.

Ashley- AMAZING routine! loved it! :) She's growing on me.

Robert- I love Robert but really don't like Sonya. Blek. But Robert.. Guyliner.. Really. You are so cute!

Melinda - I really wanted to like that routine but ekkk bad. She just wasn't sharp and crisp. And the judges basically gave her a death sentence.

Lauren- Cute routine but she's starting to get on my nerves.

Billy- amazing amazing amazing! Love him, love the song, love that routine. I downloaded the song. "Jar of Hearts" by Christina Perri

Jose- He is so great. Love him. Shocked! He is so fun. Dude did Salsa with Anya and didn't disappear.

Alex- ARE YOU KIDDING ME? Are you kidding ME? AMAZING! I watched that routine like 8 times. I LOVED IT. He just leap frogged my list with that. He is EVERYTHING. Hurry and watch this before they have to take it down. :)




My Rankings:
This week - Contestant - (Last Week) *America's Bottom Last Week
1 - Alex - (9)
2 - Billy - (3)
3 - Kent - (2)
4 - Jose - (7)
5 - Robert - (4) *
6 - Lauren - (1)
7 - Ashley - (6)
8 - Adechike - (8)
9 - Melinda - (10) *


Tonights show:
Next week - 2 routines. One with an all-star and then one with a fellow contestant. INTERESTING!

Bottom Three:
1. Billy - Contemporary (WHAT?! WHAT?! Booooo..)
2. Robert - Contemporary (2nd time)
3. Melinda - Tap (3rd time)

Shut up. The guest dancers from Vegas just did part of a routine that I swear I did in junior high school! ((Go Wildcats!)) I'm calling Miss Pendergrass!

So who goes home?

Melinda. FINALLY. Sorry sister. I wish Christina would have stayed last week but then I would have wanted her to go home this week. It's getting tougher now. See you next week.

SYTYCD :: Top 10 Week :: Elimination

If you have recorded So You Think You Can Dance and you haven't watched it yet.. DO NOT read any further until after you watch it! If you do read this and I end up spoiling it for you.. you were WARNED.

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My Move up Mention:
Robert - I'm starting to agree with Nigel (imagine that!). He may be the dark horse in this competition. There is something extremely attractive about him. I can't quite put my finger on it. Does he love Jesus? That may be it. ;) HE described himself on the Fox website as: Goofy, Personable, Charismatic, Loyal. Maybe it's because he is the male version of ME! lol

Bottom Three:
Christina - Salsa w/ Belly Dancing (2nd time)
Malinda - Tap (2nd time)
Robert - Contemporary (what?!.. boo)

Christina - They thought she brought the fire again but this time I agreed. However, what happens when she doesn't do ballroom anymore and she has to dance Hip Hop? I'd keep her around for one more week just to see that.

Malinda - I like her personality. She seems fun a quirky but I'm not her biggest fan. I think she's growing on me but if I were the judges, she'd be gone. Deuces baby.

Robert - WHAT?! Robert is just not growing on me and moving up in my rankings. From 11 to 4. COME ON! Boo America boo.

So who goes home tonight?

Christina. Really? We kept the "hoofer" and lose the girl who did AMAZING last night. I mean, I wasn't a fan of her in the beginning but she rocked it last night. Boo judges. Oh, and just so you know. The judges were NOT unanimous and Nigel wanted to kick Malinda off. Nigel man.. we are on the same wave.

So You Think You Can Dance :: Top 10 :: Routines

If you have recorded So You Think You Can Dance and you haven't watched it yet.. DO NOT read any further until after you watch it! If you do read this and I end up spoiling it for you.. you were WARNED.

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Let me start off by saying - BOO! tWitch isn't dancing this week. :( Miss you tWitch! Oh, but I do love that the all-stars are staying on-stage for the judging now. Thanks Nigel.

Pre-show thoughts from the contestants (via facebook- http://www.facebook.com/SoYouThinkYouCanDance).

Lauren Froderman: Yayyyy show day!!! I hope everybody watches and enjoys!!

Alex Wong: Today is the big day!! Super excited to dance on the stage! Make sure to tune in tonight :D

Kent Boyd: Today is the day so excited and so nervous the show is great! I wish I had something witty to say but I rly don't thanks everybody!!!

Melinda Sullivan: "Dance is just discovery, discovery, discovery." - Martha Graham.Watch tonight to see a new side of Melinda. YouTube homework: Condos Brothers

Billy Bell: Hey all! YouTube "philippe decouflé's abracadabra" he's an amazing French choreographer! Show day today! So excited! Thanks for the love!

Jose Ruiz: show day! Make sure to tune in its going to be a crazy night!!

Cristina Santana: Early morning dance :) blisters and pain ! I love my life

Adechike Torbert: Waaaaaatup everybody!!! I'm up bright and EARLY and sooooo Sore!! lol but we're ready to dance and share our experiences with you guys. Love, Live, Life, Proceed, Progress :)

Ashley Galvan: Really? 630 this morning.... And about to dance, I am not awake! Lol but you'll enjoy the show!:)

Robert Roldan: Well as of right now at 630am, I'm not a morning person! Butttttt I'm awake and I'm ready to work! Push through and make it happen! Strong heart makes everything work! Thank you everyone for everything you have done for all of us!!:)

Now- on to the show:

Christina & Pasha (Paso Doble by Jean-Marc Généreux) - Christina is growing on me. Yeah, she 's got fire and I love it. The routine had fire and I loved it. I'm not a big ballroom fan but BAM. Get it girl.

Adechike & Allison (Contemporary by Mandy Moore) - eh. He's a powerful and very strong dancer but I don't know if I am a fan. I'm kind of on the fence. I think Mia might have it. It might be because I think he's not fully putting himself out there.

Alex & Lauren (Broadway by Tyce Diorio) - WHAT? I can NOT believe what this kid can do. WHAT? So, he is technically UNBELIEVABLE but I just don't know about him. I just don't feel is personality in it.

Ashley & Mark (Lyrical Jazz by Travis Wall) - First of all.. I FREAKIN' LOVE TRAVIS WALL. His choreography is AMAZING! However, I am not a fan of Ashley. I think she turned me away with the whole, "I think I am in love right now.. wah wah wah". Oh girl.

Billy & Comfort (Krump by Lil' C) - Alright. Billy "B Buck" might be my favorite! Such a sweet guy with a sweet heart. Great contemporary dancer. I think he did a respectable job. It looked pretty good. I mean, it wasn't Krump- for real- but it was good.

Robert & Anya (Argentinean Tango byJean-Marc Généreux) - HOT! That routine was HOT! Robert is creeping up my list too. There is something extremely attractive about him. It may have been the suspenders.

Malinda & Ade (Contemporary by Stacey Tookey) - eh. Not really impressed. Not by Malinda.. not by the choreography. Nigel thought it was good but I just wasn't a fan. idk.

Jose & Kathryn (Bollywood by Nakul Dev Mahajan) - So cute. I love Jose. I mean, Bollywood is a HARD one but I'm impressed with Jose. GET IT BOY!

Lauren & Dominique (Lyrical HipHop by Tessandra) - Wow. She is so stinkin' good. She reminds me a lot of Chelsea. When Chelsea and MArk did the lyrical hip hop to bleeding love. Ah, yeah. Loved this routine. Love this girl.

Kent & Courtney (Jazz by Tyce Diorio) – Yes. I love Kent. He is ridiculously sweet and uber cute. The choreography was amazing.. love Tyce. I’m glad he did this routine. It reminded me of why I live him so much.

Rankings for the Top Ten:

1. Lauren
2. Kent
3. Billy
4. Robert
5. Christina
6. Ashley
7. Jose
8. Adechike
9. Alex
10. Malinda

SYTYCD :: Nigel's post-show thoughts with GMMR

Here's my favorite, Nigel Lythgoe, giving his thoughts after the show last night.



Thanks to (@GMMR) GiveMeMyRemote.com for this awesome video! :)

SYTYCD :: Top 11 Week :: Elimination

If you have recorded So You Think You Can Dance and you haven't watched it yet.. DO NOT read any further until after you watch it! If you do read this and I end up spoiling it for you.. you were WARNED.

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So a little shameless plug for the Dizzy Feet Foundation. Announced tonight on SYTYCD, July 31 is going to be National Dance Day. NappyTabs have created a dance that you can learn to shake it on that day. Check it below:



Check out their website: http://www.dizzyfeetfoundation.org. Oh, you know I'm in! I'm thinking about getting a few folks together and learning and dancing the routine on the 31st. Who's in? On to the business....

Bottom Three:
Malinda - Tap
Alexie - Jazz Contemporary
Christina - Salsa w/ Belly Dancing

I don't know why everyone is freaking out about an all girl bottom three. Let's be honest here, the guys are bringing it this year. The girls are great too but the guys are better. Not a big fan of any of the solos tonight either. I just didn't feel like anyone was fighting for their life. Actually, I was kind of bored this whole show.

I do need to comment on Alex however. I feel the need to give him a little bit more credit. After watching the playback from last nights show.. he really did do a great job. I know all the judges love him and what not but of course he was great.. it was his style. Can he do some HipHop with Comfort next week? Then I will decide if I like him or not. I need to see him "get it" outside of his comfort zone. (Haha.. comfort zone.. get it? #cheese)

SIDE NOTE: Who is this Justin Bieber kid? Get off my TV. You are like 12... you do NOT need somebody to love. Oh, and Usher.. *shakes head in shame*

Now.. on to the results. According to Nigel's tweet - "@dizzyfeet The judges are unanimous. Please don't spoil it for the West Coast." No one on the West Coast reads my blog so I think we are good here. As a matter of fact.. no one reads my blog period so I think I am good all around.

Judges thoughts to bottom three:
Malinda - They thought she needs to work on getting her warmth out. She is cool and cute but she needs to learn to bring some fire to the table. I agree with that. I think tap can be cool but I kind of fell asleep during her solo tonight. *yawn*

Christina - They thought she brought fire and really danced for life. I didn't really agree with that; however, I am not a huge salsa fan. I'm more into Jazz, HipHop, Contemporary and Broadway. I think I might just be biased on this one but I just don't feel Christina.

Alexie - They thought she was contained in her movement. She is a small dance but needs to learn to extend herself beyond her body. I can agreed with that. I think she is super cute and can be very versitale. I'd book her for my movie video.. Britney Spears in the 90s y'all! :) "Sometimes I run.. sometimes I hide." You feel me?

So who goes home tonight?

Alexie. So sad. Poor girl. She tried out like four times and was the first one to go home. She danced with tWitch too. Disappointed. I think a lot of the twitterverse is with me on this one too. I think Malinda should have gone home instead of Alexie but I trust my twin Nigel. Her solo wasn't amazing. Check out her performance from last night.

SYTYCD :: Top 11 Week :: Routines

If you have recorded So You Think You Can Dance and you haven't watched it yet.. DO NOT read any further until after you watch it! If you do read this and I end up spoiling it for you.. you were WARNED.

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Pre-show thoughts from the contestants (via facebook- http://www.facebook.com/SoYouThinkYouCanDance).

Kent Boyd: Hey everyone today is the big day we have all been working hard and everybody looks great!.. its so amazing to walk onto that stage and hear Cats voice

Melinda Sullivan: Listenin to Aretha to get me in the mood, cuz it's opening niiiight!!! All the pieces are so dope... Tune in to see what we've been workin on. Given' thanks!

Alex Wong: SO excited for the show! I love my piece! Feeling so grateful for where i am, everything i have and everyones support! thank you so much!! :D

Lauren Froderman: Weeeee! Show day babyy!!

Cristina Santana: Enjoying, laughing, and dancing a lot!!! I want to let you now that I'm very excited about this wed show!!! Everybody is amaizing Thank you All Stars and my top 11.

Jose Ruiz: knowing others is intelligence, knowing yourself is true wisdom, mastering others is strength, mastering yourself is true power-tao te ching

Adechike Torbert: Yoooooo!!! Wattup Everybody! Love, Live, Life, Proceed, Progress!!! In a Great mood, sooo excited for tonights show! So inspired and humbled to be around such great artists!!

Alexie Agdeppa: And so it begins...TODAY IS ALREADY AMAZING! My All-Star is UNREeeeAAaaLllll!!! Loving and so grateful for every minute of this experience. Be sure to WATCH tonite!!! HUGS AND THANKS FOR ALL UR SUPPORT!

Robert Roldan: Tonight is gonna be a great show everyone! Tune in on fox to see all these talented dancers kill it on the dance floor! I have been so blessed to be apart of this experience! Thank you to everyone who supports me and who supports everyone else! You are all amazing!

Ashley Galvan: What's up guys.. Today is the day of our first live show!:) I'm so excited and can't wait for all you to watch it... It's pretty amazing!:) thanks for the support! Xoxo

Billy Bell: Jason Mraz is getting me through it! So excited for tonight! Make sure you watch! Thanks for the support!

Now- on to the dancin' action:

Billy - Danced with all-star Lauren for a Broadway piece to "Footloose". I really like Billy. I think he is adorable. I really heart him.

Christina - Danced with all-star Mark for a Jazz routine. Surpringly did completely hate the routine. Her splits were really great. Sonya's routines are always twisted and dark.

Jose - Danced with all-star Comfort for a HipHop routine. I think I am a big fan of Jose now. That was a really great routine. I love Tabitha and Napoleon.

Adechike - Danced with all-star Kathryn for a Jazz routine choreographed by Travis Wall. I'm a little biased on this one. I love Travis Wall. I love Kathryn. However, I do not love Adechike. I'm a little on the fence. It was kinda blah for me.

Malinda - Danced with all-star Pasha for a ballroom routine to "L.O.V.E." Not my favorite. PLUS, she stuck out her tongue. GROSS! My cheerleading coach from high school, Mrs. Julie, would die.

Alex- Danced with all-star Allison. Okay, this guy has some mad skills. I don't think I've ever seen Nigel cry before. If he has.. I don't remember. Impressive but I want to see him do HipHop now.

Alexie - Danced with all-star tWitch for HipHop. Okay, first of all- a HipHop routine to Jason Mraz? Yes, PLEASE! :) I loved it but I think I might be biased because tWitch. Yikes.

Lauren - Danced with all-star Ade for Pop Jazz. Cute. I love Lauren. She may be a little immature but she's a great dancer. What's up with Ade putting her in a head lock at the end. That's not romantic.. that's creepy. lol

Kent - Danced with all-star Anya for a ChaCha. I'll be honest.. it looked like Kent was having the time of his life and i love that. (P.S. I wrote that before Nigel said that he said he looked like he enjoyed it.. yay. Reason #4350 I love Nigel.)

Ashley - Danced with all-star Neil for a contemporary routine. Not sure how I feel about the dance and her. "I think I'm in love.. wah wah wah". Sorry, it was sick.

Robert - Danced with all-star Courtney.. I'm glad that they can still dance with the different cultures even though there are all-stars there. That was interesting and entertaining. :)

This is how I feel after tonight's show:

Ladies:
1. Lauren
2. Alexie
3. Christina
5. Ashley
5. Melinda

Guys:
1. Jose
2. Billy
4. Kent
4. Adechike
6. Alex
6. Robert

We will see tomorrow. "If you can can can.. if you can can can can can can...." (Moulin Rouge, anyone?)

SYTYCD :: I'm a prophet.

If you have recorded So You Think You Can Dance and you haven't watched it yet.. DO NOT read any further until after you watch it! If you do read this and I end up spoiling it for you.. you were WARNED.

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I’m pretty sure my last post was a So You Think You Can Dance prophesy! Lauren & Kent (my two favorite dancers so far this year) danced with the people I wanted them to (Mark & Kathryn). Watch out. I'm a SYTYCD prophet!

Tonight’s show was really great. I enjoyed it because we got to see all the dancers dance their own style.

Lauren & Kent- Routine with all-stars Mark and Kathryn choreographed by one of my favorites from seasons past (Travis Wall). Of course I loved it. It was like the So You Think You Can Dance stars were aligned. :)

Alexie & Malinda – The all girl routine with all-stars Lauren and Allison. I think I like Malinda now because she is a tall girl; however, the routine was not my favorite.. probably my least favorite actually.

Jose - Danced with all-stars tWitch, Comfort, and Dominque. Surprisingly impressed with him. However, anyone who dances with tWitch will get less of my attention because I'll be watching him! :) This may have been tied for my favorite routine of the night. It would be tied with what Travis choreographed.

Christina - She danced with all-stars Anya and Pasha (anytime I think of Pasha, I think of my friend Jamie from Nashville). Sorry but Anya and Pasha stole that show right from Christina. When Anya and Christina were dancing side by side you could see a difference. I love that Nigel called her out too for "lazy feet" because I totally saw it. Nigel is legit.

Alex and Billy - They danced with all-star Ade to a Mia Michael’s routine. Love Mia's stuff but more than anything I was impressed with Ade. He was the old man character in the piece. He was amazing! I watched Billy because he was the little boy character and he was great. I think he may be turning into one of my favorites. I didn't even watch Alex. Uh oh.

Adechike, Ashley, & Robert - Danced with Neil & Courtney. I thought this routine was going to be soo good. It's started off really great in the beginning but then it kind of fizzled. :/ Not the dancers fault.. I think it was the choreographer. I didn't really get to watch much because there were 5 people dancing and I didn't know who to watch.

My top dancers as of right now are:

Girls:
1. Lauren
2. Alexie
3. Malinda
4. Ashley
5. Christina

Guys:
1. Kent
2. Billy
3. Jose
4. Robert
5. Adechike
6. Alex

Overall:
1. Lauren
2. Kent
3. Billy
4. Jose
5. Alexie
6. Robert
7. Malinda
8. Ashley
9. Adechike
10. Alex
11. Christina

I’m not sure how eliminations are going to work yet so I don’t know how to rank them but that’s what I think so far. Honestly, outside of the top 5 I ranked overall.. I kind of just put them somewhere. I’m not really committed to the rest of them yet. So much more to come!

All and all.. I think tonight's show was great. I can't wait for the competition to REALLY begin! :)

Until next time.. To the left.. Take it back now y'all.. Two hops this time, two hops this time.. Right foot two stomps.. Left foot two stomps.. Hands on your knees, hands on your knees.

SYTYCD :: Top Ten!

If you have recorded So You Think You Can Dance and you haven't watched it yet.. DO NOT read any further until after you watch it! If you do read this and I end up spoiling it for you.. you were WARNED.

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So, I don't have the list of the top ten because honestly- I've been multitasking a bit during SYTYCD. However, I did notice which of my favorites from Vegas Week made it into the Top Ten. One thing I was sad about is the fact that I missed some of Vegas Week. I didn't get to see the Broadway routines. :( Anyway- on to my Top Ten favorites.

Only one of my favorites from Vegas Week didn't make it. Adrian Lee. He is an excellent contemporary dancer but because there are only 5 guys this year and this was is first time trying out- they decided not to put him in the competition this year. Boo.

As far as the Top Ten.. I have two favorite guys and two favorite girls from Vegas Week.

Lauren Froderman. She is my favorite girl so far. She is an 18 year old contemporary dancer. Very excited to see what this girl can do. I hope she gets paired with Mark. I'd love to see them dance together.

Alexie Agdeppa. This was Alexie's fourth time trying out for the show. She really embodies, "if at first you don't succeed." I can't imagine the discouragement she's faced and NOW to be in the Top Ten. Wow! I'd love to see her dance with tWitch. :)

Adachike Torbert. Yay! Very excited that he made it to the Top Ten. After the bump in the road of almost getting cut from the show.. then dancing for his life.. WOW! :) I'd love to see him dance with Courtney.

Kent Boyd. By far my favorite dancer on the show. He is just so good and so unaware. I love that. He is easy to relate to. I think everyone struggles with self-confidence on some level and he just put that out there. I'd love to see him dance with Kathryn.

Okay, so I remember Billy from last year. Mostly because of the whole drama with Ashley. Ashley was married to Ryan (i think that was his name) and they BOTH made it on the show. They were my favorite! But- it was because Billy left that Ashley made it. :) However, I don't know much about his dancing so he could be a possible favorite.

Until next time.. shake your groove thing, shake your groove thing, yeah yeah!

SYTYCD :: Vegas Week :: Episode 1

If you have recorded So You Think You Can Dance and you haven't watched it yet.. DO NOT read any further until after you watch it! If you do, and I spoil it for you.. you were WARNED.

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I'm not completely sure how I feel about the change this season. I mean, I kind of like the fact that I will get to see tWitch dance on the show again but I'd almost rather see fresh meat, you know? And with only a TOP 10 this year.. the dancers are getting GRILLED! Cuts are flying.. dancers are crying.. there is no mercy for season 7. Already, in the first episode of Vegas Week some really great soloists have gone home. That's fine. Being a great soloist isn't what the show is about but DANG IT.

I'm really sad to see Rachel Girma (the rhythmic gymnast) leave. Her solo was unbelievable but she could NOT do any of the choreography. It was a little laughable really. However, I think with some practice with learning dance choreography, she could come back next season and KILL it.

I really love Adé Chiké Torbert (contemporary). After a bad desicion to step into tap for a solo.. the judges wanted to see his contemporary routine. I am so glad that the judges gave him a chance to dance for his life. All Yes' and he moves on!

Other than that, I'm not super involved in anyone else (58 survived) that I saw tonight. Some were good.. some were difficult to watch. So, I guess we will see next Wednesday when Vegas week continues! I think I heard Nigel say BROADWAY!

SYTYCD :: Auditions

So, I've decided that I am NOT going to blog about the auditions for So You Think You Can Dance. I'm just not invested in anyone and I think it will be difficult to really put my thoughts down about the dancers until Vegas week. So, until then.. we watch and wait for Vegas week! :)

Oh, but I did tweet about this: The guy who is a Bio hazard Clean up Guy.. he said he never had a girlfriend because it was hard to explain what he did. Basically he cleans up after murders, suicides, deaths, etc. Then we saw him dance.. country line dance. No dude.. it's not your job, it's your dancing. Hah! ;)

Enjoy the show and "cue music"! See you in Vegas!

SYTYCD :: So You Think You Can Dance

That's right folks.. in exactly one week from today.. it begins..

SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE?!
(nah nah nah nah.. nah nah nah nah)

I love this show! I've been watching it since season two with Benji and Travis. I absolutely fell in love with them. What I am super pumped about this year is that there are going to be some all-stars coming back and dancing again! Among them is one of my all time favorites from the show TWITCH! That's right.. we went to the same high school. ;) If you don't watch this show.. you should. I'm posting 5 of my favorite dances from the past 5 seasons. Obviously, as you can tell my favorite dancers have been Travis, tWitch, and Benji.

Travis & Benji: Hip Hop. Two of my favorite guys. Great season finale!


tWitch & Kherington: Hip Hop. Super cute dance. I loved them as partners!


Chelsea & Mark: Lyrical Hip Hop. Good routine.


Travis & Heidi: Contemporary. Probably my favorite routines from SYTYCD. I remember crying the first time I watched it. I still get chills.. :)


tWitch & Kherington: Contemporary. Beautiful plus, I love John Mayer's music.


Oh yeah.. I think this year.. I'm going to try my hardest to blog every week about the show. Wanna join the conversation? Tune in this Thursday for the season premiere! :)