SYTYCD Recap: Buggin, Ballroom, and Buckness

So You Think You Can Dance

By PottyMouth | Sunday, June 17, 2012 | 10:07 am | 12 Comments
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They give her a whole video package and while she’s rather sweet, she still is not here with any chance to make it on to the show.  I really hate when they do this.  So FINALLY we get to her audition.

As I suspected, she is nowhere near good enough to be on the show.  And even though she was a sweet waste of my time, she was still a waste so now I’m irritated.

Like that wasn’t going to happen anyway?

Listen Hugh, don’t start with me right now, okay?  I don’t need sass from you tonight!

Sorry.

‘Sokay.  I can never stay mad at you!

I don’t need to tell you that the girl is NOT going through to anything, do I?

We move from aliens into a montage o’families, including one girl’s dad who gets up on stage to shake it.  I’d be annoyed but then I remember Lynn and her alien dancing and am just happy that we’re not subjected to an extended version of this.

Next up is Dee Tomasetta.  If you couldn’t tell from her name, she’s Italian and she’s got the family to prove it!

Hey Paisan!

She’s the only girl so everyone is super protective of her.  She seems like a sweet girl.

She gets a standing ovation from her fellow dancers, but the judges don’t join in.  That’s not to say that they don’t like her, they do.  Mary tells Dee that she loved every single second of it. 

Dee is so overcome with emotion that she tries to kill herself.

Luckily she doesn’t succeed. 

Adam thinks she is extremely special.  She has unbelievable technique, unbelievably transitions, she is completely living in her world.  For someone so young she has a beautiful wisdom in her dancing.

Nigel says that he is going to have to be the voice of reason here.  SHE IS GOING TO VEGAS!!!!  Is it just me or did you guys find it adorable when she called her grandma to say she made it?  So cute.

Time for another montage.  This time around it’s all about the “unique” styles that people bring to the auditions.  Oh, and Nigel takes an opportunity to be a perv once more.  I know you’re shocked by that.

Speaking of unique, next up is Gene Lonardo who tells us his audition piece is about the life cycle of a praying mantis.  He’s decked out in green glitter paint and I honestly can’t even begin to describe the level of my rage right now.  Not because I have rage issues about insects, but because we’re going through yet another BULLSHIT audition.  I wish I could punch Nigel in the face right now.

Holy crap!  I take back what I just said (well, except for the part about punching Nigel)!!  This guy is fabulous!  What was setup to be a total joke and waste of audition space ended up being a really great fucking audition!!  Rarely does this show surprise me but when it does it is so awesome!

Nigel calls it intriguing  and entertaining.  He totally thought it was going to be one of those really shitty auditions as well.  Mary tells him that she loved it and Adam says he’s sort of brilliant.  Nigel and Adam talk about how Sonya would LOVE Gene.

Gene then tells Nigel that the female praying mantis was him.  Bwahahahahahaha!  He tells Nigel it’s because he strikes the most fear into him and I laugh and laugh and laugh because we all know just how horrified Nigel is at being called a girl.

Nigel tells him he’s going home – to VEGAS baby!

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PottyMouth

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12 Comments

  1. 1
    vallegirl vallegirl
    Posted June 17, 2012 at 12:48 pm

    Season 7 was the one where there was only a top 10…plus Billy. With a regular top 20, Adrian probably would have made the cut. And while I can kind of understand why he felt so dejected, I was also a little put off by how accusatory he seemed while retelling the story. Dude, it sucked you tried out on the odd season out but acknowledge and move on.

    And I had the exact reaction to Gene you did…the more he talked to Cat the stabbier I felt and then he danced and I was really surprised. So I was primed to really like Murphy since I figured he’d be this season’s Tadd…but, no.

  2. 2
    wcsdancer
    Posted June 17, 2012 at 12:51 pm

    It’s about time they had some ballroom dancers. Witney Carson was fabulous! She reminded me of Chelsie Hightower too. Lindsay Arnold wasn’t nearly as good. I expected Gene to be a joke audition, too, but Sonja or Mia could do some really cool things with him. Johnny Ahn? Ewww ewww ewww! So skeezy!! And charm factor? Um, no.

  3. 3
    sagittariuskim sagittariuskim
    Posted June 17, 2012 at 2:54 pm

    I’m excited for this season, but also apprehensive because it seems like it’s going to be another contemporary/jazz heavy season.

    I liked Witney too. I can’t imagine how her dad felt about Nigel perving on her.

    I loved the Krump girl, she was just so unexpected. I would love to see her dance with Russell doing choreography by Lil C. There hasn’t been a good girl hip hopper in a while.

    Hopefully at least one of my early favorites make it through Vegas.

  4. 4
    Kammie
    Posted June 17, 2012 at 5:46 pm

    There was a point early on in Rachel’s audition when they cut to Mary and Nigel. Mary has a “WTF?” face on, while Nigel is grinning from ear to ear. Classic pervy Nigel!!!

  5. 5
    gun kata
    Posted June 17, 2012 at 9:05 pm

    It was nice to see some ballroom dancers, I agree. There were some particularly good female dancers in the ballroom crowd.

    There are a bunch of people on the interwebz who think they are Pelaidians. Or this chick has cosmically danced all over virtual life posting wildly.

  6. 6
    jerseyj
    Posted June 18, 2012 at 5:55 am

    Ugh, too much time spent on bad dancers. I caught that thing where Adrian said he hadn’t told his family he was auditioning, but then called his mom and said he made it to Vegas with no explanation. I was thinking it may have been editing…maybe he started the conversation with explaining where he was and they just didn’t show it. I guess I don’t want to think he just blatantly lied.
    Also, I hate hate hate that Rachel chick. She didn’t dance! She just got up on stage and writhed around for pervy Nigel. Congratulations, you have the talent to be a stripper.

  7. 7
    SouthernTippi
    Posted June 18, 2012 at 10:34 am

    I thought the same thing about Adrian, but when he called his mom she asked where he was. They probably thought there was a chance he might do it, but he never confirmed it.

  8. 8
    mermaidtricks
    Posted June 18, 2012 at 1:11 pm

    @SouthernTippi – I caught that part where his mom asked him where he was, too. But hadn’t thought they would have suspected he was going to try out.

    And even if they hadn’t, it’s his second time to get through to Vegas. It probably wasn’t hard to figure out what he meant by it.

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    zbird
    Posted June 18, 2012 at 6:32 pm

    Awesome as always, PM! I fullllly expected to hate that praying mantis guy, so wow was I floored when he danced! My DH was too, in fact, he made me back it up to watch again. Just awesome!

    I’m not sure who that Rachel girl reminds you of, unless, were you at Pacers last week? (Sorry, local strip joint in San Diego — only person I could think that she might have reminded you of).

  10. 10
    Pageant-grandma
    Posted June 18, 2012 at 11:30 pm

    I was thoroughly prepared to hate mantis-boy, and I adored him. I honestly didn’t think I’d like krump-girl as much as I did– I trained in ballet and jazz, mostly, but she rocked, in a big way. I hope she can learn other styles, because even in choreo, she was pretty “hard”.

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    Mummy Butterfly
    Posted June 19, 2012 at 2:58 pm

    Question – does anyone know if they leak the “guest/3rd” judge ahead of time? It seemed like Atlanta got a lot of the “Debbie Allen” type dancers, and so on and so forth. Now, I’m from Atlanta, and that could just be my perception of the dancers they showed – or it’s just the way the show was edited. But it seems like if you’re really a certain style – you might try to make sure you travel to where the guest/3rd judge who likes/knows that style best is going to be.

  12. 12
    WishICouldDance
    Posted June 20, 2012 at 12:28 pm

    PottyMouth!!! Where have you been these past seasons??? LOVE your recaps and am SO glad that I found you!! I only wish I had found you sooner :” (

    My sincere wish for this year is a return to great choreography. I miss the ‘Wow!’ dances – Wade Robson “Rama” and Nappy/Tabs “Outa Your Head” and Sonya “The Garden”- that kind of stuff! Last year seemed kinda… ‘meh’ to me, does that make sense? Maybe it was just me, I don’t know?

    Anyway, thanks for the fun and fantastic recaps! And if the creeper ballet guy makes top 20, I will cheer you on with any and all nasty comments you deem appropriate to post!! Ewwww!! So wrong!!

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