SYTYCD9: Top 10 my pov

Opening Number:

Tiffany and All-star Brandon disco
Okay, number one the music was an excellent selection. Number two, this is the best disco routine I've seen in some time! What a way to open the show!!

Witney and  All-star Nick Jazz
First, let me remind you all that this girl is a BALLROOM DANCER, and this is a JAZZ routine. Emphasis on jazz.  Nick is one of the standout Jazz dancers from all 9 seasons, so much so in fact...he WON, and Witney truly held her own!  I am becoming more and more of a fan

Cole and All-star Anya cha cha

Dmitry picks the best songs to choreo too that you probably wouldn't guess would be "ballroom" songs.  I think as a not ballroom dancer it would be especially intimidating to ballroom dance along side Anya or Pasha.  Cole held his own pretty well.

Lindsay and All-star Jakob broadway
The lighting was killer in this piece!  Jakob was fantastic! Lindsay was alright.  There was something about her that just seemed very...move.move.move..not fluid enough.  Even though their were many poses that they needed to hit Jakob had a little more of a flow between them.

Will and All-star Kathryn bollywood
Kathryn is one of my favorites, ever.  Bollywood is (almost) always a hit.  What I mostly have to say is Will's  faces were hilarious throughout the routine and he kept me thoroughly entertained. Bravo.

Cyrus and All-star Jamie- Travis Wall contemporary
I LOVED it and I'm not sure if it's because I mostly watched Jamie, or if Cyrus just seemed to dance flawlessly with Jamie. Truth is I don't care, the fact that I couldn't tell means quite a lot.

Chehon and All-star Lauren G- Dave hip hop routine
It was fine.  I think Chehon did a very good job.  He transformed well.  I think the choreography spot lighted  Lauren too much, and that's hard for me to watch.  I know she's one of the alumni that get's a spotlight on anything So You Think related, but it's hard for me to like her seeing as to how she treated the other dancers her season.

George and All-star Allison-Tyce
Kind of reminds me of season 1.  A little prop, a lot of dance, very jazzy.  They both performed on the same level which says a lot about you if you are dancing with Allison.

Eliana and Alex- Stacey Tookey
This is how I've been waiting to see her dance! Thank you Stacey!

Audrey and Twitch- Dave Scott hip hop
I think she did great, and Twitch just gets better as the years go on.

Bottong 2 girls:
Witney and Audrey

Bottom 2 boys:
Chehon and George

Witney:
great music choice, she killed that

Audrey:
She was better, she laid everything on the line
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Chehon:
His solo is reminding me of Ade's solos and I LOVE it! The music combined with the musicality makes it so unique and I love it!

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George:
He's my least fav of those in the bottom but his solo was the best last week so we'll see.  His solo's might just save him everytime until they are finally like "You're in the bottom every week time to leave."  Yet again, his solo was the best.

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LA Dance project:
The music started to wear on me towards the end.  It became like terrible grade school organ -esque



Goodbye to: Audrey and George

SYTYCD9 TOP 8: my pov

Opening number: It was great, but for some reason, even when watching it twice, couldn't keep my full attention

Guest Jidge: JESSE TYLER FERGESON!!! SOOOOOOOOO EXCITED! (video contains SPOILERS)

Tiffany solo: Solid, she poured emotion into it, I justdon't know if it will stand out by the end of the night.

Witney and all-star Twitch: hip hop

You can all stop saying Witney can only do ballroom now, not sure how you didn't see this already in all the other non ballroom routines she did but she KILLED this routine and completely kept up with Twitch the entire time. Haha Jesse holds up the cards with dancers names, tell us more production secrets JTF! "I especially love the part where you were waiting for the bus together"

Will solo: I must I did not like Will in the beginning and I don't know why.  However, out of all the dancer's his personality seems the most endearing.  This solo was solid as well.

Cole and Allison:  "Sonya"-I mean that should be the name of the style right?
Why do they give Cole the "adistic" characters.  Allison is BY FAR upstaging him.  Although, this may be his best character acting.  Allison KILLED this!

Lindsay:
Name-throwing like no one's business.  The fact that she is young enough to have had Mark Ballas from DWTS as a teacher should make most everyone one of us feel old.  Her solo was ok, ballroom solos are tough.

Eliana and all-star Ryan: quickstep..aka kiss of death by Jonathan Roberts
Thought: they should use Ryan for the more "formal" ballroom styles and Pasha or Dmitry for the latin styles. Genius  I know.  I think she defeated the kiss of death.  She had just enough story line, personality, and technicality to beat it. Oh Mary Murphy saying her interview that she wanted Eliana to do Quickstep was a joke? Uhuh suuuuuuuuuuuuure. The waterfall trick was great.  Who's the old lady sitting next to Jonathan?  Don't the assistants usually sit next to them??

Chehon: When Cat says ballet dancer does anyone else think it sounds like belly dancer?  She must be missing Janelle.  My eyes are starting to tear up and I'm not quite sure if it's allergies or this dance, but I think he did extremely well.  I know from fb that he wanted his solo to show vulnerability and tell his story and I think he was successful.

Lindsay and Alex: Sonya again

I'm rather excited to see a dance to this song, only Sonya! Usually my sister an I "prance" around like mice to this song, it's um...interesting.  I have a bias against Lindsay because I think she's been the favorite between her and Witney since the beginning and I like Witney better, but she did great. Haha I love JTF, "I'm in fan boy heaven"...me too JTF, me too.

Will and Lauren G: hip hop
Can we just get Sara as a hip hop allstar instead please.  I would like him to be hitting some of the "poses" a little harder but he's doing WAY better than I'd expect.  One of the few times the show I'm watching the contestant instead of the all-star.  I like their set and costuming. Um, Nigel, please stop making extremely inappropriate passes at the GIRLS. Most of them are DECADES younger than you, and even if they weren't, it's creepy and inappropriate, you are an authority figure to them on this show. And this has no place.

*side note* I feel like this season is lacking in Mary Murphy screams.  She seems much more subdued this season.  I hope that she's ok..

Witney:
Okay, maybe Linday's solo was better than Witneys, but I think Witney's choreographed performance was more stand out tonight.

Cole:
ooooooooh Cole wants to be an actor, it all makes sense now.  He is EXTREMELY unique.

Cyrus and Melanie: Mandy Moore jazz

oooooo this could be TOUGH for him.  This might be my least favorite dance of the night.  They did great, the style of the jazz..so Austin Power-y just doesn't mesh well with me.  Cyrus brought tons of personality, but to be honest most of the time I was watching Melanie.

Eliana:
I just love how she makes ballet feel a little more modern.

Chehon and Anya: Argentine Tango
I freaking LOVE watching Argentine Tango!  I mean, he partnered well, but we should expect that right? He is a ballet dancer after all.  Standing O from everyone, it's not an easy feat to dance with Anya and have everyone love your performance. Bravo!
Ok, I feel a little better now that Mary put somebody on the train! Hahaha..nachos,,,hot jalapeno bus! Can JTF be on any week that Shankman isn't???

Cyrus:
Did we doubt that he would have one of the most interesting solos?  I mean, he would be the ONE dancer I would NOT want to go up against in dance for your life, cuz even if your dance was EVERYTHING, his would be one that no one has ever seen before, and that will win out nearly every time.

Tiffany and Ade: Mandy Moore

First of all ADEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!! Secondly: I LOVE that instead of introducing them you just hear Cat cracking up! Perfection.  By the end of the show I forgot Tiffany was still here, but she had the stand out female performance of the night (non all-star). The end was soooooo unexpected and yet so perfect.  Standing O was BEYOND deserved!!  Why do they keep quoting One Direction?

Bottom two:

Girls: Lindsay and Witney

I was sooooooo expecting them to keep Lindsay and I'm soo excited they kept Witney!

Boys:  Cole and Will

I can't believe this. Cole stays.  I mean he's a great actor, but I don't know..I would just think that Will is more capable of connecting with America.  I think Allison may have saved Cole.

Only Cat could essentially call someone a dog and have it truly mean it to be, and have it be taken as a compliment.

So You Think You Can Dance9: Top 14 Perform (my pov)

Opening number: ??????

2 GIRLS and 2 GUYS leaving to compensate for the hiatus? boo! This makes me nervous

TOUR!! I'm beyond excited guys, last year ended up being my favorite tour even though I wasn't as emotionally attached to the dancers but the experience as a whole was great..except for one major thing: The major lack of organization.  I had meet and greet passes and couldn't for the life of me find out where/when, by the time I finally got to someone with an answer I had missed it! Was told there wouldn't be one after, found it anyway, and didn't get to meet the one dancer I wanted to because he was the last one and they made him go in with just 3 of us left to meet. MAJOR BOO! THIS YEAR THOUGH, the tour is coming back to my home town and a venue that doesn't suck!

In other hiatus news: the SYTYCDtour page posted one of my pics on their fb page and twitter! I have no clue how they got it, apparently I posted it on their page but I realy don't remember. It was the best night ever! (That was the start of my happiness that night and I was BEYOND excited!)

Guest Jidges: The Ballet Boys
edit: I actually really like that they never have seen the original choreo or these dancers perform before.  It gives a fresh perspective to the judging.

All Mia routines, I have known this was gonna go down, and not gonna lie this makes me nervous.  We are already in love with these routines and how the original dancers danced them.  So I'll post the performance and try to post the original afterwards so you can compare if you don't remember.

Oh here the opening number is, thanks for joining us!

Eliana & Cyrus: Mercy, the "Door" routine (Originally danced my Katie and Twitch)

First thought: Of course Cyrus has this routine. You know if Twitch can't dance it just put in glitch? Holy cow their kiss, with how nervous they were they really went for it, more than I think I've seen on this show. I actually am loving this.  They are staying true to it but bringing just enough of themselves to make it different. This actually may put them back in the running.

Tiffany and George: Hometown Glory (Originally danced by Katee and Joshua)

Okay the walk at the beginning gave me goosebumps again but when they looked down at their hands it didn't seem desperate enough. I think Tiffany is killing it but George is holding back, he's not giving into the character as much as Joshua did.  Tiffany killed it, George didn't come close, he partnered her well but I TOTALLY disagree with Mary that he elevated the role.  Am I the only one that didn't love George in this routine?  I mean, I guess when they slow-mo it he looks better...

Amelia and Will: the butt dance (Randi and Evan!!)
Will's favorite is the best..hahaha I love how he was like "I'll never kidnap you Nigel!"  "She sticks it out really well.  Like a french poodle." hahaha...oh Mia!
They are such different dancers than Randi and Evan, and I totally didn't see this coming but this was PERFECT for them!  They danced this brilliantly!

Janelle and Dareian: the bed routine (originally performed by Kherington and Twitch)

Dareian is freaking KILLING this!  Janelle isn't doing too shabby either but I think Dareian is dancing circles around her.  I think perhaps the ballet boys hit it on the head that the routine's movement is mostly about the guy so Janelle had it going against her in terms of standing out.

Audrey and Matthew: Time (Lacey and Neil)

This may be the hardest routine to stand up to so far (and judging from what I've seen on Twitter I'm right).  I actually (can't believe I'm saying this) liked it better.  I bought it more, I noticed the little intricacies, the desperate moments.

Witney and Chehon: the bench routine (Travis and Heidi)

This is probably the one I'll be most judgmental of and in 3 places, under/on top of the bench, the run leap off the bench and, the flower at the end.  The bench part sold, the leap...eh kinda, the flower, kinda.  Overall though it filled my heart just like it did the first time.

Lindsay and Cole: Addiction (Kayla and Kupono)
Ask my friend C, I share this routine with people A LOT, ugh Mia is SO good! I feel like it's not as fluid.  I'm ok with Cole making it really different.  I just feel like they are really like move. move. move. And it's just not as fluid, which in turn takes away from the strength. Kayla also just seemed more desperate.  Don't get me wrong, Lindsay is killing this for a ballroom dancer, I would be shocked if I learned she didn't have any other kind of training.

Bottom 3
Girls: Janelle, Amelia, and Lindsay
Boys: George, Dareian, and Matthew (WHAT?)

Phew, they all get to dance again..although I'm SHOCKED Matthew is in the bottom-he was GREAT the first two weeks and freaking good the third, I really want them to give Dareian a chance.  I think he is a phenomenal dancer and so different than anyone else and they just can't look past his toes!

Amelia's solo
excellent song choice.  The last like 6 seconds of her routine were so great.


Janelle's solo:
She is such a great performer.

Lindsay's solo:
Her song choice is, I don't know, nothing can replace Danny and Lacey.  I like her outfit, and she is doing great.  I always think the ballroom solo's are the hardest and she killed it.

George's solo:
His solo was everything! So now I'm confused, because I am just not a fan of his choreographed routines, but his solo's are always top par.

Dareian's solo:
He'll probably leave tonight because of his toes, dumb but true.  His solo also isn't touching George's.

Matthew's solo:
YUP. That's all I have to say about that.

Wait I forgot four people are going, crap!  My guesses are...actually I have no clue.  I just really don't even know.  My heart is torn guys!

So Lindsay stayed; as did George.  Wait, WHAT? Granted he DID have the best solo, but still...
This is the thing though, two alternates have to come along on tour.  Guesses as to who it will be?  What all stars do we think will grace us with their presence next week?

Ps. I really liked that they had the dancers tell their favorite SYTYCD moment; it made me feel connected to them.

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