Okay, so I know I'm a week late with the So You Think You Can Dance top 20. To be perfectly honest, the top 20 performance left me really flat last week. I really wasn't vibing with anyone and I thought it was a very week way to start off the So You Think You Can Dance voting round.
Last week, the pairing of Rayven Armijo and Jamie Bayard got toasted. Pretty much it was a non event for me. Canon fodder.
But after watching the So You Think You Can Dance top 18, I'm more hopeful. There has been a lot of love for Twitch and Kherington Payne and at first I wasn't a fan, but now I am after their performance of Jean-Marc Genereaux's choreography of the Waltz dedicated to his daughter. It was beautiful and the voting might be helped by Mia Michael's harsh criticism of Kherington smiling too much. It was meant to be uplifting, Mia! Lighten up!
And another stand out performance for the night was Joshua Allen and Katee Shean. I am not a big fan of Broadway dances because I find them to be very cheesy and out of context when not framed within any context. But I have to say that I loved the entertainment factor! Bravo and they captured all the gestures and exaggerations perfectly!
So those were my favorite performances of the evening for the So You Think You Can Dance top 18. Other honorable mentions go to Courtney Galiano and Gev Manoukian. First off, Courtney Galiano is just beautiful! Second, Gev is so sweet on her that they make such a cute couple. Their dance was so simple but universal about love. It was very believable for me.
I also really liked Chelsie Hightower's and Mark Kanemura's Argentinian tango. Mark was hot! But if I have a little criticism with Chelsie was that she wasn't as hot as Mark. She was great in her technique but she wasn't as intense as Mark in his passion. Maybe it's her age that she can't pull that lust off or the fact in her interview that she was always saying that Mark's like her brother... but it could have been hotter.
And on a similar vein, I thought Susie Garcia and Marquis Cunningham lacked something in the hotness factor too. Very disappointing as the salsa is Susie's expertise. Maybe it was the pressure that she should be in her element, but their were elements in which she was off tonight. Sometimes it was hot, then it turned cold. It was like she was concentrating too much and wasn't grinding it out. Maybe it was due to Marquis not partnering her right. I think this couple is in real danger. More so in Susie's case because I don't know how she can win a dance off.
My suspicion of the other couple in danger would be Chelsea Traille and Thayne Jasperson. It was just boring, I didn't like the music and it wasn't banging or interesting enough to lead off. It was pretty forgettable.
And the rest of the dancers... William Wingfield and Jessica King, Matt Dorame and Kourtni Lind and Comfort Fedoke and Chris Jarosz acquitted themselves well tonight. Very solid performances if not a home run. Hopefully, they will be safe.
My prediction of who will go home? Susie Garcia and it will be a toss up amongst the guys depending on their solo.
I will await for tomorrow's results!
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So You Think You Can Dance Season 4 in Salt Lake City and Dallas
It is week 2 of So You Think You Can Dance Season 4. I don't know about you, but I wish they would hurry up with the auditions! I think prior to So You Think You Can Dance 2008, we had an appetite to watch the bad dancers because we couldn't believe anyone could be so bad. But come on already! It's So You Think You Can Dance Season 4! Along with American Idol, we've had enough of the same attention whores who go through the rounds of reality tv auditions! This week's rejects weren't even that funny.
In any case, I just wanted to highlight who got a golden ticket for the second week of auditions for So You Think You can Dance 2008. Their names are:
Chelsie Hightower is a pretty face with a lot of talent! Great backstory as well coming from a family who didn't have much and her brother coming through with the monthly dance tuition. The public will eat it and I can see her going far. Hopefully she lives up to the expectation of a humble girl next door and not turn diva.
Like a lot of dancers, especially in the break dancing style, they don't make it beyond the choreography round. Gev Manoukian had tried out 2 years ago, but choreagraphy was his stumbling block. It's good that he went to actual dance classes to become more versatile and came back for So You Think You Can Dance 2008. He's a very unique trained breakdancer now.
Lindsey Judkins performed well in her audition. Good enough to get a ticket straight through to Las Vegas but no wow factor so far. Still, they chose to show case her in the episode so maybe she's a dark horse.
Kelli Baker has a lot to live up to seeing as her mother is Bonnie Story, a famous choreographer for High School Musical. That's a lot of weight to live up to so I'm glad she didn't suck. Really, one of the best dancers in So You Think You Can Dance Season 4.
And if we want to talk about someone who has an interesting back story, it certainly would be Ryann Race. The dude is a strip club DJ. I'm sure a lot of guys would consider that a dream job. And apparently, the guy can dance! The best way to describe his moves would be Reed Richards: Mr. Fantastic.
If So You Think You Can Dance was auditioning for boy bands and girl bands, look no further than the perfect model white teeth and good looks of Matt Dorame and Thayne Jasperson! Okay, that wasn't quite fair as these guys do have talent, but Barbie twins Kortney Pearson and Michelle Stringham probably won't get out of Vegas.
Oh, and add Paige Jones into that Barbie doll category. Cannon fodder.
Joshua Allen is a good popper. Unforutnately, we've seen it before and probably done better in previous years. We need something new for So You Think You Can Dance Season 4.
Arielle Coker was a beautiful dancer, too bad her partner didn't make it through. I thought his partner work deserved enough to get him through compared to the other male dancers who got through.
That's it for So You Think You Can Dance Season 4 auditions in Salt Lake City and Dallas. To be totally honest, I thought it was a boring week. Only show stopper I see are Chelsie Hightower and Kelli Baker. I look forward to seeing them for the rest of So You Think You Can Dance 2008.
In any case, I just wanted to highlight who got a golden ticket for the second week of auditions for So You Think You can Dance 2008. Their names are:
Chelsie Hightower is a pretty face with a lot of talent! Great backstory as well coming from a family who didn't have much and her brother coming through with the monthly dance tuition. The public will eat it and I can see her going far. Hopefully she lives up to the expectation of a humble girl next door and not turn diva.
Like a lot of dancers, especially in the break dancing style, they don't make it beyond the choreography round. Gev Manoukian had tried out 2 years ago, but choreagraphy was his stumbling block. It's good that he went to actual dance classes to become more versatile and came back for So You Think You Can Dance 2008. He's a very unique trained breakdancer now.
Lindsey Judkins performed well in her audition. Good enough to get a ticket straight through to Las Vegas but no wow factor so far. Still, they chose to show case her in the episode so maybe she's a dark horse.
Kelli Baker has a lot to live up to seeing as her mother is Bonnie Story, a famous choreographer for High School Musical. That's a lot of weight to live up to so I'm glad she didn't suck. Really, one of the best dancers in So You Think You Can Dance Season 4.
And if we want to talk about someone who has an interesting back story, it certainly would be Ryann Race. The dude is a strip club DJ. I'm sure a lot of guys would consider that a dream job. And apparently, the guy can dance! The best way to describe his moves would be Reed Richards: Mr. Fantastic.
If So You Think You Can Dance was auditioning for boy bands and girl bands, look no further than the perfect model white teeth and good looks of Matt Dorame and Thayne Jasperson! Okay, that wasn't quite fair as these guys do have talent, but Barbie twins Kortney Pearson and Michelle Stringham probably won't get out of Vegas.
Oh, and add Paige Jones into that Barbie doll category. Cannon fodder.
Joshua Allen is a good popper. Unforutnately, we've seen it before and probably done better in previous years. We need something new for So You Think You Can Dance Season 4.
Arielle Coker was a beautiful dancer, too bad her partner didn't make it through. I thought his partner work deserved enough to get him through compared to the other male dancers who got through.
That's it for So You Think You Can Dance Season 4 auditions in Salt Lake City and Dallas. To be totally honest, I thought it was a boring week. Only show stopper I see are Chelsie Hightower and Kelli Baker. I look forward to seeing them for the rest of So You Think You Can Dance 2008.
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