So You Think You Can Dance - Air Date June 21
Sure, this past Wednesday was the reveal of the twenty Big Brother: All-Stars hopefuls but it wasn't the only game in town. Down to nine couples, week two of Dance got off to a great start. Cat Deeley in a wonderfully surreal dress depicting what appeared to be a knight with an angry goose on his head introduced the judges - Nigel Lythgoe of course, Shane Sparks, and an almost unrecognizable Mia Michaels. With her hair suddenly cropped very short, it wasn't until she was introduced and we got a close-up that I knew who she was.
After a little rehearsed throw back to the judges' favourite moments of the auditions (when the video is ready to go, you know these answers aren't spontaneous), Cat had Hawk of the SickStep crew on the stage. While his student visa is still good and he can stay in the country and appear on television, he can't be invited back to dance. Unlike the rest of the SickStep crew who gave an incredible performance. Again, spend the next year well, SickSteppers, and get some training because you guys are phenomenal and I want to see you back competing. The only damper came when Pat Buchanan jumped out of the audience and demanded that the English Hawk of Asian descent be sent back to Mexico. Okay, that didn't happen, but where else are you going to go to see jokes being cracked about Hawk not having a work visa made at Pat Buchanan's expense? Nowhere, and if it didn't make you laugh then it's with very good reason.
But enough of the tomfoolery and padding! What about the dancing? The good news is that none of the performances were as glaringly bad as last week. But would there be any as good as the best?
Martha and Travis (Krump) - The couple to beat from last week would be krumping this week. While not as awesome as their previous performance, they showed that they should indeed go far in this competition. I'm not familiar with krumping at all, but this was fun to watch.
Jhyams and Jessica (Fox Trot) - I'm confused. According to the graphics on the show, it's spelled "Jamyz". That's not pronounced "James" at all. That's pronounced "jammies", which is what young children call their pajamas. You can't just decide out of the blue to silence a letter. Do I call myself "Tabbzny" and insist that the Z and N are silent? No. This is why so-called "creative" spellings of names are wrong, because it just confuses the hell out of everyone and nobody will spell your name correctly.
Despite all that Gaemhs and Jessica did a great job on their dance and should not be in the bottom three again.
Ivan and Allison (Hip-Hop) - Hoooo boy, Ivan got lucky this week. He should never have made it past the first elimination, and now he ends up getting his speciality, hip-hop. I'm still pissed that Stanislav went, but I'll give Ivan props. He did an excellent job and should not be in the bottom three this time around. Allison again showed us why she's one of the top women in this competition.
Dmitry and Joy (Samba) - Dmitry was smoking in this dance. Joy, not so much. While I still enjoyed the performance, it would be easy to see this pair in the bottom three for the night.
Natalie and Musa (Contemporary) - This is Natalie's style, so of course she's going to do well, but what of Musa? He's easily this year's Ryan, a breakdancer holding his own and showing why he deserves to be in this competition. A beautiful performance here.
Ryan and Heidi (Pop) - So now Ryan likes Heidi and is happy to have her as a partner. Good. He seemed much more comfortable in the dance this week, and Heidi was good too but this wasn't really a perforance to blow you away. It was fun and entertaining though.
Ben and Ashlee (American Jive) - I'm still confused over how they missed the bottom three last week. Still, they're talented dancers or they wouldn't have made it this far, can they turn things around? If they can, it's not with the American jive. It wasn't the most popular style or choreography with the judges, but that would make it up to the dancers to own the perforance and force them to like it, and they just didn't have it. A second bottom three performance in a row for this couple, can they get the votes to keep them around two weeks in a row?
Aleksandra and Jason (Hip-Hop) - Jason was my favourite dancer last week, and now in his element he just rocked my socks. Aleksandra danced, to quote Shane Sparks, "like a white girl". Now I'm not a dancer, but I have done a wee bit of acting, and one thing I'm seeing on this show is that dancing is more than just hitting the moves but a performance. All the dance training is great, but I'm wondering if some acting classes wouldn't help. Learn how to reach inside and pull out the emotions needed for a routine.
Donyelle and Benji (Cha Cha) - WOW! Fun, sexy, this is what watching this show is all about! How can you not love this pair? There is a hell of a battle brewing for the top spot. As the field starts narrowing, this will only get better and better.
I've got the results show on tape so it's time to go watch that now. Until then, I'm Tabbzny and this is Realyvyzyon.
After a little rehearsed throw back to the judges' favourite moments of the auditions (when the video is ready to go, you know these answers aren't spontaneous), Cat had Hawk of the SickStep crew on the stage. While his student visa is still good and he can stay in the country and appear on television, he can't be invited back to dance. Unlike the rest of the SickStep crew who gave an incredible performance. Again, spend the next year well, SickSteppers, and get some training because you guys are phenomenal and I want to see you back competing. The only damper came when Pat Buchanan jumped out of the audience and demanded that the English Hawk of Asian descent be sent back to Mexico. Okay, that didn't happen, but where else are you going to go to see jokes being cracked about Hawk not having a work visa made at Pat Buchanan's expense? Nowhere, and if it didn't make you laugh then it's with very good reason.
But enough of the tomfoolery and padding! What about the dancing? The good news is that none of the performances were as glaringly bad as last week. But would there be any as good as the best?
Martha and Travis (Krump) - The couple to beat from last week would be krumping this week. While not as awesome as their previous performance, they showed that they should indeed go far in this competition. I'm not familiar with krumping at all, but this was fun to watch.
Jhyams and Jessica (Fox Trot) - I'm confused. According to the graphics on the show, it's spelled "Jamyz". That's not pronounced "James" at all. That's pronounced "jammies", which is what young children call their pajamas. You can't just decide out of the blue to silence a letter. Do I call myself "Tabbzny" and insist that the Z and N are silent? No. This is why so-called "creative" spellings of names are wrong, because it just confuses the hell out of everyone and nobody will spell your name correctly.
Despite all that Gaemhs and Jessica did a great job on their dance and should not be in the bottom three again.
Ivan and Allison (Hip-Hop) - Hoooo boy, Ivan got lucky this week. He should never have made it past the first elimination, and now he ends up getting his speciality, hip-hop. I'm still pissed that Stanislav went, but I'll give Ivan props. He did an excellent job and should not be in the bottom three this time around. Allison again showed us why she's one of the top women in this competition.
Dmitry and Joy (Samba) - Dmitry was smoking in this dance. Joy, not so much. While I still enjoyed the performance, it would be easy to see this pair in the bottom three for the night.
Natalie and Musa (Contemporary) - This is Natalie's style, so of course she's going to do well, but what of Musa? He's easily this year's Ryan, a breakdancer holding his own and showing why he deserves to be in this competition. A beautiful performance here.
Ryan and Heidi (Pop) - So now Ryan likes Heidi and is happy to have her as a partner. Good. He seemed much more comfortable in the dance this week, and Heidi was good too but this wasn't really a perforance to blow you away. It was fun and entertaining though.
Ben and Ashlee (American Jive) - I'm still confused over how they missed the bottom three last week. Still, they're talented dancers or they wouldn't have made it this far, can they turn things around? If they can, it's not with the American jive. It wasn't the most popular style or choreography with the judges, but that would make it up to the dancers to own the perforance and force them to like it, and they just didn't have it. A second bottom three performance in a row for this couple, can they get the votes to keep them around two weeks in a row?
Aleksandra and Jason (Hip-Hop) - Jason was my favourite dancer last week, and now in his element he just rocked my socks. Aleksandra danced, to quote Shane Sparks, "like a white girl". Now I'm not a dancer, but I have done a wee bit of acting, and one thing I'm seeing on this show is that dancing is more than just hitting the moves but a performance. All the dance training is great, but I'm wondering if some acting classes wouldn't help. Learn how to reach inside and pull out the emotions needed for a routine.
Donyelle and Benji (Cha Cha) - WOW! Fun, sexy, this is what watching this show is all about! How can you not love this pair? There is a hell of a battle brewing for the top spot. As the field starts narrowing, this will only get better and better.
I've got the results show on tape so it's time to go watch that now. Until then, I'm Tabbzny and this is Realyvyzyon.
posted by Tabby at 10:54 a.m.
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But was it funny? That's all that really matters. :)
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