SYTYCD9: Top 16 (My POV)

Group piece: Tyce Diorio
Perfect piece for Amelia, glad the didn't feature her too much though and it was spread out evenly.  I liked it but I don't know how it will go over with the general viewers, the music was slow paced.

Cat says she has bad news to deliver. She tells us there will be a 2 week break for the Olympics after this week and that tonight we will loose two more dancers.  Not new news.

Guest jidge:
Christina Applegate, love that they are bringing back the greats from last year and adding some new great guest jidges.

*Thank you SYTYCD for bringing back a little more of a "get-to-know" before hand

Tiffany and George: Tabitha and Napolean Hip hop
"Adventures in Babysitting"
Love the concept. Great movie.  Love the set up. SYTYCD is going over the top in props this year.  Here's a more hard-hitting hip hop routine from NappyTabs for all of you that have been complaining nonstop since week one. "Could you make that soupier"-love her!

*What the heck, we are in a severe drought all summer and it only decides to "maybe storm" when SYTYCD and beep out warnings that there is a watch every time a dance starts.  Second week in a row!

Amber and Brandon: Ray Leeper Jazz routine
New pairing this week.
First week I have really liked these two!  The choreo was spot on, and they may have gotten really lucky with this pairing.

Janelle and Dareian: Cha Cha with Pasha!
I think Janelle was great.  Dareian was alright, a little soft, I would have liked to see him a little stronger.  I think Mary hit it on the head when she said there was no real chemistry between the two.

Lindsay and Cole: Contemporary with Mandy Moore
"Wild Horses"
This girl is a ballroom dancer? You would never know from this piece.  Cole too, he's a martial artist and you would never know.They danced it beautifully!

Amelia and Will- Jazz with Mandy Moore
Hahaha Mandy dancing with Will is hilarious. I don't know that there is anything bad to say about their dancing.  They were great, but there was something lacking in the genuine area about it that I'm having trouble placing.There was a lack in connection somewhere.

Audrey and Matthew: Salsa
It will be nice to see them challenged a little bit more and see if they are as great as they have been the last two weeks.  Although there was a disconnect between the music and the dance at times I don't think it was as bad as the judges made it out to be.  I in fact thought they did quite well.

Witney and Chehon: Stacey Tookey Contemporary
The moment when they danced in the silent and then the music and the lights came on during the lift was MAGIC!  Best piece of the night so far! Hands down!  These ballroom girls are crazy good, you couldn't tell that she wasn't a contemporary dancer either!  Yup, the kept the right dancers last week.

Eliana and Cyrus: Hip hop with NappyTabs
Love the take off the music box, so clever with her being a ballerina and all.  Love the remix of the song.  Eliana did such a great job at learning from what Cyrus is really good at.  This is what this show is all about and why dancers of different styles are paired together. Again stop complaining about the soft hip hop, Nappytabs does freaking everything!  You got what you want now!  This dance was everything!

Bottom 3 
girls: Amber, Lindsey, Eliana
boys: George, Brandon, Dareian

(to those using this to catch up Lindsey and George were not asked to do a solo)

Amber's solo: Super strong, but I think she's going home tonight.  She peaked too late in a competition that is really strong.


Eliana's sole:  She makes ballet so relate-able, in a culture where it is often pushed to the side.  It is the basis of all technique.

Brandon's solo: He showed his personality but there was nothing that made be go WOW. He'll be going home tonight for sure.

Dareian's solo: And  this is why he made it to top 20.  He'll stay, this week at least.


Jungle Jazz guest performance piece

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Amber and Brandon go home.  Glad they brought the good-bye packages back.  Sorry that last weeks dancer's missed out though.

SYTYCD9: Top 20 Part 2 (My POV)

Opening number: Beautiful People.  Tabitha and Napolean are REALLY branching out.  More power too them every other style can do it so why not them! I enjoyed this piece.

Wait, what?  Before we voted for pairs but now we vote for them as individuals and they are introduced as pairs?  Does this seem backwards to anyone else?

SHANKMAN IS BACK!!!!!!!!!!! *Mary Murphy scream!*

Hang in there with me..the weather service seems to know every time a routine is starting so I'm gonna have to watch some of these online so I can hear the music instead of the beeping and warnings

Lindsay and Cole- "teeth"
Dentist routine...it was good but not something I'd go crazy over.  They did a good job with the characterization.

Will and Amelia- Sonya routine
Beautiful, I think Sonya did a great job at really showing what they do best.

Amber and Nick-Argentine Tango
Who else has done a dance to this song? I swear I recognize it! They did a solid job when it comes to the routine.  However, I don't feel any investment into these two dancers.

Audrey and Matthew-Sonya
Yup!  If we were voting couples they would no doubt be number one last week and this!  They are just winning when it comes to choreo! It is truly theirs to loose, especially Matthew being with everyone's obsession with the doppelgangerness.

Janelle and Dareian- hip hop
It was so feel good and I really liked it!  The "jidges" (yes, I couldn't go one blog entry without saying it) got it right when they said they needed to buy into the characters more. Overall though I enjoyed it.

Janaya and Brandon-broadway
I don't like the idea behind this routine.  Don't see the need to go crazy over the "50 Shades of Magic Mike" frenzy.  So going in I was expecting not to like it.  However, I really like the routine, that lift near the end was CRAZY!

Eliana and Cyrus-Jive
Not really feeling the music.  Week 2 that they didn't win me over.  This makes me so sad because I had such high hopes for Eliana.

*We learn that there is a new format in picking routines.  The dancers draw a number out of a hat and then choose their routine.  Wonder how much of this is true after watching certain interviews as of late..  Plus I wonder how challenging this is to the dancers if they consistently draw and early number. Hmm..

Alexa and Daniel- contemporary with Dee
The music was beautiful.  I dance was beautiful, but I didn't get it.  I think Adam hit it spot on "It was really beautiful but a little chilly."

Tiffany and George-Fox trot
A dance like this is hard to have in the first couple weeks.  Even if you do great it doesn't quite grab the attention of the voters.  Judging from the scream, they should be fine though.

Witney and Chehon-Bollywood
Bollywood just looks like it would seriously hurt the next day!  They did fantastic!

Bottom 3

Girls: Janaya, Alexa, Witney (I think Amber should have been in the bottom)
Boys: Nick, Daniel, Chehon

As of just the first week I think that Janaya and Nick should go.

Step up Revolution:
I am so excited to see this movie!  Flashmobs are really inspirational to me!  Plus, Kathryn was one of my favorites her season!

Witney is saved.  Janaya really stepped it up this week.  Alexa had everything against her because of making it so far last year, and she really did a great job.  It's a shame.  I think every week is going to be hard everyone is so great this year!

Cehon is saved and he totally deserved it after this week but I'm SO BUMMED that Daniel is leaving!

SYTYCD9: Top 20 (My pov)

The competition is on! Excited to see how the new layout will work!

Guest "jidge": Kenny Ortega, he is a professional in this particular business so I expect to hear some solid critiques from him.

Group piece:  So intricate! What a way to start the season off! I love when Christopher Scott is on the show!

Witney and Chehon: Samba choreographed by Louis Van Amstel

Lucky Witney, starting off in her specialty.Chehon seemed to hold his hold.  In the middle of the routine his energy seemed kinda flat in comparison to Witney's.  I think Nigel's comment hit the nail on the head that he needs to give in more to the music.  Hope he figure's out what that will mean to him, because once he let's his personality fully come out he will blow everything away.

Tiffany and George: Contemporary, by Sonya

The story line sounds gorgeous.  Sonya paints pictures. I watched this twice before watching the judges comments.  It's just beautiful.

Janaya and Brandon: NappyTabs, hip hop

Haha..Brandon's face when his 9 seconds ended..he looked so sad!  It was a solid routine.  NappyTabs are such great story tellers.

Alexa and Daniel: Sean Cheesman, Jazz

I am first of all SO excited for this pairing! I expect this routine to be great. This routine has the feel for me that some of the great jazz routines from season 1 and 2 did, and that makes me happy.  I wish it had a little more of that story feel to it though.  Are the costumes hot pink or red? I can't tell.  I particularly like how they used the prop at the end. If the dancers keep dancing like this,it really might come down to the choreography and solos when it comes to who goes.  It's not their fault that there weren't any "breaths" in the choreography.  I hope that the voters realize how great this was.  Okay, thanks Mary, the costumes are in fact red.

Amber and Nick: Jason Gilkison, Viennese Waltz

Nick's name almost took up the full nine seconds.  Another ballroom dancer get's their genre.  Looks like it might be tougher for him though.  Love how the routine starts.  The music selection added so much to the piece, or the dance to the music I suppose.  The end seemed somewhat random.  Best quote EVER goes to Nigel: "He was a proper little Abby Lee Miller from Dance Moms" (talking about how Jason spoke during rehearsal).  Even Better that ALM herself was in the audience!

Amelia and Will: NappyTabs, hip hop

OMW, Will strongly believes he's Simba. Cracked me up so bad!

The story line and their personalities seem likely to be a winning combination.  Nappytabs went outside the box a bit, and I like it.  That lift was crazy!  Was this hip hop?  Can we agree to call it hip hop jazz?  It still freaks me out every time they say "Tabitha."  Best ever was one day at work and old man saw my name badge and said "oh like..." and I cringed waiting for the wrinkle of the nose and a witch joke.  However he surprised me and ended with "...like the choreographer on So You Think You Can Dance?" I was beyond happy to be compared to her! 

Janelle and Dareian: Sean Cheesman, African Jazz

I am loving the endings of these 9 second takes.  I'm super siked for African Jazz!  Janelle suddenly looks so young to me.  I love, love, love, loved this routine!  Can someone teach me African Jazz?  I need to find someplace that has a class in this!  Okay, yes this routine was breath at the beginning breath at the end again, but it felt to be more of a story, or maybe I just really like African Jazz.

National Dance Day: July 28th.  I really wish I lived in LA so I could go to the Dizzy Feet event, it sounds Amazing!

Eliana and Cyrus: Tyce, broadway

Okay, this pairing sounds really exciting too!  "Finger's crossed, I'm not lying" -Tyce.  I don't know how I feel about this.  It was good, but it didn't overly excite me.  Apparently I was the only one?  What did you think?  I do agree with Nigel's comment on Eliana setting the bar for the girls, and that we didn't get to see her full capabilities in this routine.

Audrey and Matthew: Contemporary, Travis

I'm so excited to watch this routine! I've seen so many gifs from this piece.  It's set aboard the Titanic! It's a Travis Wall piece!  I'm about to burst!  Emmy here we come!  This dance was EVERYTHING!  Excuse me while I go watch it 5 million more times! opiashdpifheoi;j! Gah! I can't even!

WATCH THIS!!!!

Lindsay and Cole: Paso, Jason Gilkison

WHAT a start! I love the slow, quick, slow.  The musicality is SO spot on, the lighting and everything just solidifies this piece.  Definitely the best paso ever on this show!  All the ballroom dancers drew ballroom.

My bottom 3:

Boys: Chehon, Nick, Cyrus

Girls,\: Janaya, Amber, and ???

What do you think? Who's in the bottom? What was your favorite routine of the night? Standout quotes?  Can we just make Adam Shankman a permanent jidge and have a rotating guest 4th that only talks if they have something really significant to say?

Don't forget to watch the show live! This is so important! I know we all have dvr and tivo, and I am guilty to starting a show 15 minutes late to not have to watch commercials.  However, if we want another season we MUST WATCH LIVE!  The ratings really need to be much higher!  

No SYTYCD this week :( Signature Moves

I hope you all had a safe and happy 4th! You know that there is never no dance news in the world of SYTYCD; the most recent being the videos of the dancer's signature moves.  Overall I was a little disappointed when compared to the signature moves of seasons past.  Nevertheless here are my favorites:

Eliana-She is just so polished.  Watcher her I feel like she already won.

I like how she puts her own touch to a very popular move on the SYTYCD floor.

Dareian-I feel like this should be a "warning: do not try this at home."  He's the only one where it seemed like the explanation didn't prepare you for what he was about to do.

Daniel- I just like Australian accents to be completely honest. Haha and he named it a "whackback."  How many other dancers named there signature moves? None!

Alexa- She had some punch to it.



Here are the rest if you are interested:

Amelia-(I'm interested in how she is in rehearsals. She's really good but you can tell she's talking to a person behind the camera. It will be interesting to see if she starts to play to the camera.)

Janelle

Chehon

Tiffany

Brandon

Cole

Janaya

Amber

Witney.

Will

Nick

Matthew

Lindsay

George

Cyrus "Glitch"

So what's the verdict? What was your favorite signature move?


Don't forget to watch live! We need to get ratings up so we can watch a season 10 next year!!!