NOOOOoooooooooo! WTF?! Chelsie was my pick to win and along with the Gev leaving the show, this is the saddest departure for me. She had some smoking hot performances especially in the latin dance area. I think her personality might have hurt her. Where Katee didn't seem to have one, Chelsie can come off as a bit bratty. Ahh, too bad so sad.
And Mark was voted off too, another WTF moment. Since Gev left, he was my fave guy. (No, I didn't think Will walked on water). But to see Twitch in the final 2??? Please, he murdered some of those routines. And I hate the gimmicks of his glasses and shirts. I think Cat really helped him with her bit with the teeth. BTW, I love Cat as a host, she's game for anything. I remember the second season of So You Think You Can Dance where she replaced Lauren Sanchez(?) she was murdered on the Fox boards. People said they didn't understand her accent or she had bad outfits. But I always loved her because it seems that she genuinely cares for the dancers. She'll do anything to comfort them.
Anyways, getting back to Twitch, when he was in the bottom 3 last week, he crumpled like he was overcome with emotions. Please, stop with the drama. And not to expect yourself in the bottom 3 seems mighty egotistical.
To tell the truth, this season has been pretty disappointing. There have been some bright spots but they were voted off! Katee, Courtney, Joshua and Twitch in the finals. Cripes. Out of all of them, I am rooting for Courtney. She might not be the best dancer, but she has never screwed up royally and she does have a personality. I can't say the same for the other 3.
So You Think You Can Dance Top 6
Mark and Courtney visually look very nice together. Whereas Gev was a bit short, Mark is the perfect height for Courtney. Nice personalities on them both as well. Okay, getting back to the Viennese waltz, I thought they did a great job. I don't think they are strong single dancers but they make great partners for whoever gets them each week.
There's an ease and comfort in watching Katee and Joshua dance. They are both fabulous dancers and we take for granted that they are going to nail it. It was nice seeing them back again tonight. Good contemporary number.
Thank goodness Chelsie was hot in her red dress because all attention was on her instead of Twitch. When I did glace at Twitch, I thought he was clumsy and just didn't get the groove of the mambo.
Everytime I see a routine that's going to be choreographed by Sonya, I get nervous. Not that she's not good or anything but they aren't exactly vote generators. But I think Mark and Courtney pulled it off this week, with Mark's quirky personality and all.
The paso doble between Joshua and Katee was impressive and dramatic. I don't know what it is with these two. On the one hand, I think their personalities are sort of flat and I'm still wondering if they are winning material but I can never criticise their performance... There's always something there that saves the routine for me. I didn't think Katee was all that convincing as the cape but her dominatrix outfit fit the atmosphere and she was in character. So was Joshua. Not awesome but very entertaining.
The choreography of Tabitha and Napolean or so hit and miss for me. The best performance of the season has been Bleeding Love between Mark and Chelsie. I prefer hip hop when it's heart felt or hard hitting. Soft hip hop or comedy hip hop is just not my cup of tea. I thought this conductor piece was lame.
There's an ease and comfort in watching Katee and Joshua dance. They are both fabulous dancers and we take for granted that they are going to nail it. It was nice seeing them back again tonight. Good contemporary number.
Thank goodness Chelsie was hot in her red dress because all attention was on her instead of Twitch. When I did glace at Twitch, I thought he was clumsy and just didn't get the groove of the mambo.
Everytime I see a routine that's going to be choreographed by Sonya, I get nervous. Not that she's not good or anything but they aren't exactly vote generators. But I think Mark and Courtney pulled it off this week, with Mark's quirky personality and all.
The paso doble between Joshua and Katee was impressive and dramatic. I don't know what it is with these two. On the one hand, I think their personalities are sort of flat and I'm still wondering if they are winning material but I can never criticise their performance... There's always something there that saves the routine for me. I didn't think Katee was all that convincing as the cape but her dominatrix outfit fit the atmosphere and she was in character. So was Joshua. Not awesome but very entertaining.
The choreography of Tabitha and Napolean or so hit and miss for me. The best performance of the season has been Bleeding Love between Mark and Chelsie. I prefer hip hop when it's heart felt or hard hitting. Soft hip hop or comedy hip hop is just not my cup of tea. I thought this conductor piece was lame.
Kherington and Gev off the show!
Aww, I knew it was going to happen! Like I said in my previous post, since Comfort already got voted off last week and is only back due to Jessica's injury, I feel as though the girls should have gotten a free pass this week. I mean, how unfair is it that Comfort who has consistently been in the bottom 3 get past Kherington? Okay, so Kherington hasn't been spectacular but still all around good enough...
And my fave guy got voted off. I've been dreading that because I knew from the fox.com board, Gev gets the fewest messages on his thread. Like by a lot. People thought Mark or Twitch would go but I knew if Twitch wasn't in the bottom 2, Gev wouldn't be able to beat Mark... Mark has a signature performance in the Tabitha and Napolean routine plus he got the thrashed last night - hence the sympathy vote. Gev was always just there in the middle of the pack. I'll miss him. I really thought that Twitch was going to go home.
Well, that just sucks. Two of the least versatile people got ot stay.
And my fave guy got voted off. I've been dreading that because I knew from the fox.com board, Gev gets the fewest messages on his thread. Like by a lot. People thought Mark or Twitch would go but I knew if Twitch wasn't in the bottom 2, Gev wouldn't be able to beat Mark... Mark has a signature performance in the Tabitha and Napolean routine plus he got the thrashed last night - hence the sympathy vote. Gev was always just there in the middle of the pack. I'll miss him. I really thought that Twitch was going to go home.
Well, that just sucks. Two of the least versatile people got ot stay.
So You Think You Can Dance Top 10
Okay, first off, I know there has been a lot of spoilers in So You Think You Can Dance forums stating that it was a fix for Comfort to replace Jessica King. I think not. If Jessica sulked on being dissed last week by Nigel saying 2 girls should have been off, there's no way that Nigel would take that and bring her back for the tour. I also don't think that Nigel can "force" Jessica to go - if that were the case why didn't he just vote her off last week? I think the injury is legitimate. My solution is that although Comfort gets to dance this week, she should not be allowed to stay in the competition. There's no way that someone who has constantly been in the bottom three gets to stay longer than another girl.
Now onto the show.
Maybe I didn't like the music, maybe I am just mourning the loss of the couple of Gev and Courtney but I wasn't feeling the connection for Courtney and Joshua's bride of Frankenstein routine. It was okay but nothing spectacular.
Wow, how disastrous was the two-step for Kherington and Mark?? For some reason, despite the craptacular performance, it was actually entertaining... It was like a redneck high school ho down.
Unlike the entertainment value of Kherington and Mark's two-step trainwreck, Comfort and Twitch's waltz was bad and boring. It looked cumbersome and lacked finesse.
Okay, next is the cream of the crop with Will and Katee. Even though the judges kissed their ass, it was just okay for me in their Broadway routine. But then again, it's not a dance "genre" that I like. I prefer Broadway numbers in the context of the actual show, not pulled out like that and performed. I have only liked one Broadway routine in all the seasons of So You Think You Can Dance and funnily enough, it was from Katee and Joshua.
For Gev and Chelsie, I thought it was a believable couple. They really are likable which enhanced their dancing a contemporary love story routine. Gev and Chelsie both came from very solid partner pairings but I think they too can get that spark for themselves.
Okay, even though Joshua has got the ass for the rhumba and he and Courtney danced it well, I didn't feel the passion. It was beautiful though. Beautiful choreography, beautiful music... just the pitfalls of a new couple.
For Mark and Kherington's second number, they had jazz. There was no story, the choreography was just about showcasing the technique. Sure, if you want to lose the competition and get no votes! Was that just laziness on the choreographer's part? Mark and Kherington just got hosed tonight with their dance selection this week.
Finally! It was great to see Comfort and Twitch in their element and getting hip hop while not getting dragged down by their non buck partners. After all the slams that Twitch and Comfort got for not being trained dancers... it was nice for them to hit one out of the park. Nice bit of redemption and something they can hang their hat on.
Let me say this right now. No one could have done the pas de deux other than Will and Katee! Okay, so they had a little glitch at the beginning but who cares! It looked so difficult but so beautiful. Individually, Will and Katee might lack personality but when they get an emotional piece that they can sink their teeth into it's just breathtaking.
With all that being said... I think Chelsie right now is my favorite girl... It was a wonderful jive between her and Gev. Yeah, she can make a mannequin look good but Gev was surprisingly there with her. I caught a slight disconnect with their hands but they got it together for some of the turns. It's a tough call between her and Katee but Chelsie gets my vote for a better personality. Before I didn't get her vibe and she disappointed me with the Argentinian tango but she has progressed with more emotion and more characterization of her dance parts. Where Katee shines on slower pieces, I think Chelsie can do it all.
As for who had the best solos... again, Chelsie. It was cute, sexy and it actually looked well choreographed versus freestyle. And it wasn't the same hip hop tricks or contemporary leaps. By being the only ballroom dancer, she stood out.
Also standing out from the crowd was Mark! It was quirky and memorable just like him. Good job because it just might save him from the two disastrous routines he had...
Now onto the show.
Maybe I didn't like the music, maybe I am just mourning the loss of the couple of Gev and Courtney but I wasn't feeling the connection for Courtney and Joshua's bride of Frankenstein routine. It was okay but nothing spectacular.
Wow, how disastrous was the two-step for Kherington and Mark?? For some reason, despite the craptacular performance, it was actually entertaining... It was like a redneck high school ho down.
Unlike the entertainment value of Kherington and Mark's two-step trainwreck, Comfort and Twitch's waltz was bad and boring. It looked cumbersome and lacked finesse.
Okay, next is the cream of the crop with Will and Katee. Even though the judges kissed their ass, it was just okay for me in their Broadway routine. But then again, it's not a dance "genre" that I like. I prefer Broadway numbers in the context of the actual show, not pulled out like that and performed. I have only liked one Broadway routine in all the seasons of So You Think You Can Dance and funnily enough, it was from Katee and Joshua.
For Gev and Chelsie, I thought it was a believable couple. They really are likable which enhanced their dancing a contemporary love story routine. Gev and Chelsie both came from very solid partner pairings but I think they too can get that spark for themselves.
Okay, even though Joshua has got the ass for the rhumba and he and Courtney danced it well, I didn't feel the passion. It was beautiful though. Beautiful choreography, beautiful music... just the pitfalls of a new couple.
For Mark and Kherington's second number, they had jazz. There was no story, the choreography was just about showcasing the technique. Sure, if you want to lose the competition and get no votes! Was that just laziness on the choreographer's part? Mark and Kherington just got hosed tonight with their dance selection this week.
Finally! It was great to see Comfort and Twitch in their element and getting hip hop while not getting dragged down by their non buck partners. After all the slams that Twitch and Comfort got for not being trained dancers... it was nice for them to hit one out of the park. Nice bit of redemption and something they can hang their hat on.
Let me say this right now. No one could have done the pas de deux other than Will and Katee! Okay, so they had a little glitch at the beginning but who cares! It looked so difficult but so beautiful. Individually, Will and Katee might lack personality but when they get an emotional piece that they can sink their teeth into it's just breathtaking.
With all that being said... I think Chelsie right now is my favorite girl... It was a wonderful jive between her and Gev. Yeah, she can make a mannequin look good but Gev was surprisingly there with her. I caught a slight disconnect with their hands but they got it together for some of the turns. It's a tough call between her and Katee but Chelsie gets my vote for a better personality. Before I didn't get her vibe and she disappointed me with the Argentinian tango but she has progressed with more emotion and more characterization of her dance parts. Where Katee shines on slower pieces, I think Chelsie can do it all.
As for who had the best solos... again, Chelsie. It was cute, sexy and it actually looked well choreographed versus freestyle. And it wasn't the same hip hop tricks or contemporary leaps. By being the only ballroom dancer, she stood out.
Also standing out from the crowd was Mark! It was quirky and memorable just like him. Good job because it just might save him from the two disastrous routines he had...
So You Think You Can Dance Top 12
Finally, the time has come to get rid of the dead weight. I'm very happy with those going through to the top 10 for So You Think You Can Dance Season 4. I think the people who deserved to go are now off. It's a shame especially for Comfort though. I don't think she was the best dancer but the way they pimped her at the beginning of the show was stupid. And now they rip her? I did think she didn't gel with Thayne though. It's hard for a new partnership but when they did the hip hop routine, I thought Comfort was concentrating so much on doing "her thing" that she didn't have the chemistry with Thayne. I also didn't believe the connection in the contemporary piece either.
And Jessica is pretty much toast next week. The writing is on the wall for her. She gets abused every night. But I do think she did have a great "Adam and Eve" performance with Will. That alone was enough to save her after a disastrous quick step.
But the hightlights of top 12 was the salsa from Chelsie and Mark. It was the first time that I thought Chelsie was a sexy mature woman. Usually I get the impression that it's just dance steps for her and she doesn't have that earthiness to her. But she owned tonight. I think they are a great couple and compliment each other really well... with Chelsie and her technical strength and Mark with his acting ability. The other Broadway number was good again because of the combination of performance, technical ability and entertainment factor.
As for my favorite couple... Gev and Courtney, I thought they were great on their chacha... But what's up with the whiteness of Gev? And Courtney got overtanned. It was actually distracting. The explorer jazz routine was fun but nothing spectacular.
Okay, onto Twitch and Kherington. God bless Kherington for krumping, lol. She tried SO HARD that you could see the hamster in her wheel turning. Props for effort. The Argentinian tango was disastrous though.
And then we have Joshua and Katee... I am not a ballroom expert but I enjoyed the Viennese waltz despite the judges criticisms. It had performance quality and Joshua and Katee just have this magic to them. I don't know anything about bollywood either but could they luck out on any more on a crowd pleaser? I'm glad that Katee finally got the spotlight of compliments she deserved though.
So with Comfort and Thayne gone, we have the So You Think You Can Dance Season 4 top 10. As I mentioned before, Jessica is pretty much next on the hit list unless she pulls off something SPECTACULAR. There's no more free ride after this. It's going to be interesting to see who goes in the upcoming weeks.
And Jessica is pretty much toast next week. The writing is on the wall for her. She gets abused every night. But I do think she did have a great "Adam and Eve" performance with Will. That alone was enough to save her after a disastrous quick step.
But the hightlights of top 12 was the salsa from Chelsie and Mark. It was the first time that I thought Chelsie was a sexy mature woman. Usually I get the impression that it's just dance steps for her and she doesn't have that earthiness to her. But she owned tonight. I think they are a great couple and compliment each other really well... with Chelsie and her technical strength and Mark with his acting ability. The other Broadway number was good again because of the combination of performance, technical ability and entertainment factor.
As for my favorite couple... Gev and Courtney, I thought they were great on their chacha... But what's up with the whiteness of Gev? And Courtney got overtanned. It was actually distracting. The explorer jazz routine was fun but nothing spectacular.
Okay, onto Twitch and Kherington. God bless Kherington for krumping, lol. She tried SO HARD that you could see the hamster in her wheel turning. Props for effort. The Argentinian tango was disastrous though.
And then we have Joshua and Katee... I am not a ballroom expert but I enjoyed the Viennese waltz despite the judges criticisms. It had performance quality and Joshua and Katee just have this magic to them. I don't know anything about bollywood either but could they luck out on any more on a crowd pleaser? I'm glad that Katee finally got the spotlight of compliments she deserved though.
So with Comfort and Thayne gone, we have the So You Think You Can Dance Season 4 top 10. As I mentioned before, Jessica is pretty much next on the hit list unless she pulls off something SPECTACULAR. There's no more free ride after this. It's going to be interesting to see who goes in the upcoming weeks.
So You Can Think You Can Dance Top 14
Ugh, after a very good week last week, this week to put it bluntly sucked. Maybe it's the fact the dancers had to do two dances each... or that they had routines like jive, west coast swing and waltzes that they couldn't pull off. However, they totally sucked on the the crowd pleasers like the hip hop and the hot ball room dances. In any case, it's going to be a short review this week because I can't bring myself to relive the crapfest again by writing about it.
Only one routine worth mentioning and that was Mia Michael's routine for Katee Shean and Joshua Allen's contemporary piece. I loved the assisted running and the start, stop jump through Joshua's arms.
Other than that, the this week was pretty disastrous or subpar.
As for who got voted off on Thursday, Kourtni Lind and Matt Dorame ran out of rope. I don't think Comfort and Thayne have anymore cushion either.
Only one routine worth mentioning and that was Mia Michael's routine for Katee Shean and Joshua Allen's contemporary piece. I loved the assisted running and the start, stop jump through Joshua's arms.
Other than that, the this week was pretty disastrous or subpar.
As for who got voted off on Thursday, Kourtni Lind and Matt Dorame ran out of rope. I don't think Comfort and Thayne have anymore cushion either.
Chelsie Hightower and Mark Kanemura's signature performance of SYTYCD Season 4
Before I get to the topic of the title, here's my recap of the thoughts of this week's So You Think You Can Dance top 18 episode.
I usually like standard hip hop affair - you know, the hard hitting type with the tricks and such, but the jailbreak from Twitch and Kherington was entertaining. It was nice to see Kherington go ghetto and show she has some flava!
I just love Courtney Galiano and Gev Manoukian. It seems as though they are in the middle of the pack and I don't know why... Usually there's one strong dancer in the couples that just carry the team but Courtney and Gev are evenly matched. Courtney is a stronger dancer but Gev is just cute in his adoration of her and he's a good partner. I thought their rhumba was hot! Not enough hip action from Gev but I don't care, this couple just does it for me!
Next we have Comfort Fedoke and Chris Jarosz' routine from Tyce Diorio. I usually like Tyce's choreography and this particular one was an African jazz routine. The look was interesting but there was no musicality with a heavy metal song. Choreographers need to be careful not to try make a statement with their art and instead make something more approachable to get votes for the sake of their dancers.
For the next number, it was William Wingfield and Jessica King. It was nice that their choreographer Doriana Sanchez was trying to emphasize Jessica in this disco number because Will is just in a class by himself. Jessica should know that she's in trouble - the judges pretty much say to her all the time she wouldn't be there if it weren't for Will. Jessica should have listened to Doriana's advice and taken it more seriously. In any case, I liked their disco number for what it was worth. Nothing spectacular but good.
I'm going to make the same comment for Kourtni Lind and Matt Dorame's dance number as I did for Comfort and Chris... Weird and difficult to understand routines will not get votes. This piece was choreographed by Sonia, a new choreographer to the show. I think she should have opened the gates to something with wow factor.
Moving on, we have Chelsea Traille and Thayne Jasperson. I thought it was a disastrous routine. I thought it was supposed to be a quick step but it was not quick at all. All night I've been talking about a crowd pleaser. I think the music was good and bubbly and it could have been out of the ball park and had they been able to pull it off.
Finally, we save the best routines for last... Chelsie Hightower and Mark Kanemura's routine of Bleeding Love by Leona Lewis choreographed by Tabitha and Napoleon. Okay, folks, we have our first signature performance of So You Think You Can Dance Season 4! This is an unbelievable hip hop performance. I'm not used to this style of lyrical hip hop but the gestures, the pops were so in sync and fed the story. I beliiiiiiiieeeeeeved the emotions of the stay out home housewife and the workaholic husband. This could go down as the best routine of the season.
Next, we also had a very good samba performance by Katee Shean and Joshua Allen. Katee might have had a problem feeling sexy but I believed it from the start when she shot her leg out on Josh' shoulder. I thought it was a good performance but it went in and out for me. For parts of the routine it seemed as though they were a bit slow and then they caught up to the music. But the best part of the dance was Josh' ass. He really has good hip movement on this.
Overall, a very good night with memorable performances!
*Updated, Chelsea Traille and Chris Jarosz got voted off. Not surprised as Comfort has been protected all season. And Thayne does have more personality than Chris.
I usually like standard hip hop affair - you know, the hard hitting type with the tricks and such, but the jailbreak from Twitch and Kherington was entertaining. It was nice to see Kherington go ghetto and show she has some flava!
I just love Courtney Galiano and Gev Manoukian. It seems as though they are in the middle of the pack and I don't know why... Usually there's one strong dancer in the couples that just carry the team but Courtney and Gev are evenly matched. Courtney is a stronger dancer but Gev is just cute in his adoration of her and he's a good partner. I thought their rhumba was hot! Not enough hip action from Gev but I don't care, this couple just does it for me!
Next we have Comfort Fedoke and Chris Jarosz' routine from Tyce Diorio. I usually like Tyce's choreography and this particular one was an African jazz routine. The look was interesting but there was no musicality with a heavy metal song. Choreographers need to be careful not to try make a statement with their art and instead make something more approachable to get votes for the sake of their dancers.
For the next number, it was William Wingfield and Jessica King. It was nice that their choreographer Doriana Sanchez was trying to emphasize Jessica in this disco number because Will is just in a class by himself. Jessica should know that she's in trouble - the judges pretty much say to her all the time she wouldn't be there if it weren't for Will. Jessica should have listened to Doriana's advice and taken it more seriously. In any case, I liked their disco number for what it was worth. Nothing spectacular but good.
I'm going to make the same comment for Kourtni Lind and Matt Dorame's dance number as I did for Comfort and Chris... Weird and difficult to understand routines will not get votes. This piece was choreographed by Sonia, a new choreographer to the show. I think she should have opened the gates to something with wow factor.
Moving on, we have Chelsea Traille and Thayne Jasperson. I thought it was a disastrous routine. I thought it was supposed to be a quick step but it was not quick at all. All night I've been talking about a crowd pleaser. I think the music was good and bubbly and it could have been out of the ball park and had they been able to pull it off.
Finally, we save the best routines for last... Chelsie Hightower and Mark Kanemura's routine of Bleeding Love by Leona Lewis choreographed by Tabitha and Napoleon. Okay, folks, we have our first signature performance of So You Think You Can Dance Season 4! This is an unbelievable hip hop performance. I'm not used to this style of lyrical hip hop but the gestures, the pops were so in sync and fed the story. I beliiiiiiiieeeeeeved the emotions of the stay out home housewife and the workaholic husband. This could go down as the best routine of the season.
Next, we also had a very good samba performance by Katee Shean and Joshua Allen. Katee might have had a problem feeling sexy but I believed it from the start when she shot her leg out on Josh' shoulder. I thought it was a good performance but it went in and out for me. For parts of the routine it seemed as though they were a bit slow and then they caught up to the music. But the best part of the dance was Josh' ass. He really has good hip movement on this.
Overall, a very good night with memorable performances!
*Updated, Chelsea Traille and Chris Jarosz got voted off. Not surprised as Comfort has been protected all season. And Thayne does have more personality than Chris.
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