SYTYCD Recap: There Be Dragons Here!

So You Think You Can Dance

By PottyMouth | Monday, June 11, 2012 | 12:00 pm | 14 Comments
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Next we get our first montage of the evening, this one I’ve themed “rough childhood” and all the dancers we get glimpses of here get tickets to Vegas where we may or may not find out more about them.

Cat tells us about how long the process is before the dancers even get to the stage (line, interview, filming, etc) which serves as a segue into our next dancer, Tim Conkel.  First he hams it up for the cameras, then Cat shows us that he’s a karate kid (didn’t we already have one of these??)  Tim teaches karate, and is a ten time national champion, three time international champion and in some kinda black belt hall of fame.

Which would be really impressive if the show were called So You Think You Can Karate (karate…karate)

Tim tells us he started dancing his freshman year of college (so, just a couple of years ago) to get girls.  He thinks he has not only what it takes to be America’s favorite dancer, but also America’s favorite person.  HA!

He’s not off to a good start at being MY favorite person and running onto the stage with a Selena Gomez backpack isn’t helping him change that.  I already feel like he’s gonna be one of those guys that tries too hard to be cute and fails miserably.

So.  He’s not terrible, he’s actually pretty good.  I think we’ve seen much better, but we’ve also seen a hell of a lot worse.  I think I don’t like him as much as I would if he didn’t rub me the wrong way.

Nigel wants to know where the wax on wax off move was.  Oh Nigel.  Please leave the joke making to people that know what they’re doing.  He thinks there were some incredible moves in Tim’s audition, but he’s not sure where the dance was.

Mary thinks he’s explosive and that he’s really likeable.  I see she’s been drinking again.  Debbie thinks he has a charming boy next door quality but she can tell he’s a naughty boy.

I’m fighting a sudden urge to spank you

Oh, Debbie.  Don’t go down the Nigel road.  Fight it!  Fight it all you can!!

Nigel wants to know what other styles he’s trained in.  He’s done hip hop choreography and seven days of ballet.  After a brief giggle about that, Nigel asks to see what seven days of ballet looks like.

And that’s apparently enough to get him a ticket to Vegas.  Non-pointed feet and all.  PLEH.  I predict he’ll be out in the first round.

We get a brief look at Jackson Alvarez and what Cat calls his power moves.

Nigel thinks he’s a joy to watch and then they talk about line dancing that he organizes at his club.  So a bunch of people get on stage and do something called the wobble.  Which leads to….

THIS.

Poor Debbie.  I think Mary slipped her a mickie or something.  She’s gonna look back on this later and be so sad.

Jackson gets sent to choreography.

Next we meet Janelle Issis, belly dancer extraordinaire.  She loves performing her belly dancing wherever she can, including at nursing homes.  I wonder if the old guys with weak hearts are allowed to watch her performances.

Of course Nigel starts drooling the second he sees her.  She has trained in other styles as well, which bodes well for her, but tells the judges that she chose to showcase her belly dancing because it is her passion.

The judges think her performance was tremendous and Mary thinks people would pick up the telephone for her.  They send her through to choreography.

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PottyMouth

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14 Comments

  1. 1
    sagittariuskim sagittariuskim
    Posted June 11, 2012 at 1:08 pm

    I love Cat! I don’t think that can be said enough.

    If were the dancers from the other cities, I would be really jealous that the Atlanta dancers got to have Debbie Allen watched them.

    I loved the belly dancer, but I might be a little bias since I’m from Alabama too. I love belly dancing and would love to learn how to do it.

    Loved the Dragon House dancers, especially the last guy. I really hope at least makes it the top 20 too, but since I want it to happen it probable won’t happen.

    The Selena Gomez Stalker was super annoying. He’s one of those people you just want to punch in the face every time they talk . And the more he kept talking the more that urge grew for me.

    I’m really happy for your recaps PottyMouth. For the second week in a row a thunderstorm started during the show, knocking the satellite signal out. So I miss the beginning of the 2nd day and the first 2 dancers.

  2. 2
    blazergirl
    Posted June 11, 2012 at 7:57 pm

    So first I have to admit I did watch The Choice. I had no intention whatsover until I heard Cat was hosting so I figured I would give it a chance. And it was awful, and slightly disappointed in Cat for being a part of it. It was really painful. But since Cat’s amazing, hopefully it will soon be just a blip on her radar and no one will remember.

    I loved Glitch because it’s so rare people that do popping and locking or the robot show much emotion. But he just lit up the stage with his smile and showed all sorts of facial expressions and emotions. I loved his two buddies too. This was definitely the best audition show in a long time.

    PM, thanks for the recap; wonderful as always!

  3. 3
    Moli Moli
    Posted June 11, 2012 at 8:18 pm

    I don’t know there is something about Joshua I don’t like, he’s an excellent dancer…just something…Karate guy seems a tad smarmy, don’t like him either. WTF, did you see that horrible ‘ballet’ judges?? You saw that crap live, it s-u-c-k-e-d-. Nigel had a pervgasm watching Glitch. I loved all the Dragon House! I have to watch the second half, I just haven’t gotten to it yet.

  4. 4
    fawm316
    Posted June 12, 2012 at 9:33 am

    I am loving how people are actually doing choreography for there auditions instead of just a bunch of moves. I also love the variety of guys we’ve seen (especially Hugh…what he’s not auditioning?) but as wonderful as the girls have been I wish I could see a girl that isn’t jazz/lyrical/contemperary knock it out of the park. Love this show, love PM, love all the commenters!

  5. 5
    Yanksfan24
    Posted June 12, 2012 at 1:05 pm

    @Blazergirl…you took the words right outta my mouth. Cat Deeley is one of my favoritest people on reality TVso I watched “The Choice” solely out of my love for her. It wasn’t funny or cute or so-bad-you-had-to-watch. It was just plain bad. I didn’t even know who two of the dudes were. Cat, God love her, tried so hard to make it watchable but we turned it off before the end.

    Anyway, love the recaps and can’t wait for the performance shows to start!

  6. 6
    Andrea
    Posted June 13, 2012 at 1:18 am

    The auditions so far have been crazy good, but has anyone else noticed they haven’t shown ONE ballroom dancer? Unless I’m forgetting, everything seems to be hip-hop, then contemporary with the occasional other style (belly dancing, etc).

    It doesn’t seem believable that no good ballroom dancers have auditioned yet, and obviously some of them are going to make the top 20 so where are they…?

  7. 7
    lifesabeach
    Posted June 13, 2012 at 8:11 am

    I was super impressed with the ATL auditions. Other than the karate guy and those twins (GAH-I hate them), all of the auditions they showed in full were actual good dancers.

    And @fawm-I agree. This audition round had actual choreography instead of the stick my leg up in the air olympics.

    I thought the belly dancer was great in her style, but I’m interested to see how she does in Vegas. I can totally tell that chicken hasn’t had the greatest training. She has a decent foundation, but there isn’t alot of power in her moves. Nothing she did really went to the next level-her teachers seem to have taught her really basic stuff. Solid, but still. Although the husband think she looks like she took dance classes from the local strip club and then tried to translate it-so who knows.

    Potty you are AWESOME as always. Did you see Hugh on the Tony’s this weekend? And Alex Wong?

  8. 8
    sarcasatire sarcasatire
    Posted June 13, 2012 at 12:54 pm

    Dragons, Zombies, Exorcists…is this SYTYCD or Game of Thrones?

  9. 9
    blazergirl
    Posted June 13, 2012 at 8:47 pm

    Alex Wong was on the Tony’s????? I’m not happy I missed him!

  10. 10
    wcsdancer
    Posted June 14, 2012 at 11:07 am

    Last night featured a fabulous ballroom danced named Witney Carson. She reminded me a lot of Chelsie Hightower.

  11. 11
    blueberryPancake
    Posted June 14, 2012 at 1:27 pm

    Imagine if Dragon House crew was on ABDC…sickening!

  12. 12
    lifesabeach
    Posted June 14, 2012 at 9:37 pm

    @blazergirl He’s in the Newsies cast. As is Evan (season 5), Thayne (season 4), and Jess (season 8). But Alex was featured in the Tony telecast.

    Heck-Evan apparently has a few lines in a speaking role.

  13. 13
    FuriousFlipper
    Posted June 17, 2012 at 9:27 pm

    Thanks for recapping what I think were probably the best, or one of the best, audition shows ever. Just a great show. Amazing dancers. Loved the Dragon House dudes. Pure artistry. And if they don’t make it past Vegas, I hope that they bring them back as guests. A very positive and heartening show!

  14. 14
    FuriousFlipper
    Posted June 17, 2012 at 9:29 pm

    Correcting my grammar – “what I think “was” the best…” Ahahaha. Neurotic? Yes.

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