-
TV Social
Login
Recent Comments
- sweetblondie: I have to admit…I kind of liked Cercei this episode. I thought her monologue...
- melange: I’m glad the right person won. However, I was getting tired of most of the contestants, so I’m...
- vallegirl: You two are going straight to hell!...
- speegee: Alaska is using religious doctrine to justify being a controlling ass and it’s gross....
- itchy: Ah man, this wiped me out… I’m going to watch the rest of this thing,...
- Pikey: I would love to see Carrie Ann replaced by a real dance pro (not just a fly girl). How about someone like Louis...
- ChaCha: She’s worn them before on the show, but she should have been called out on it the first time. Looks...
- Caitlin: Anyone else get the feeling Alaska was picturing a nice Red Room of Pain?
- plockness monster: And that can “dance.”
- plockness monster: Oh every male singer/rapper, who’s had a hit album at...
Hot Shows
-
Fresh Tweets!
- I need at least 150 characters to make fun of these shows #top10tv goo.gl/ZGf7H 6 hours ago
- ooh, yea. that looks hot. okay, i'm down. yea, tie him up. now - WTF LEECHES! AHHHHHH! game of thrones is never safe. 7 hours ago
- "CARRIE ANN GAVE US A 5, THAT BITCH!!!" #DWTS 7 hours ago
- @bbwraven @lifeontheMlist @bsideblog I say nene for now. But give Mariah a couple of seasons. She'll catch up. 11 hours ago
- @stoopidhsewives love ya babe!!! 14 hours ago
- @natalie786 @Bravotv hey thanks nat!! 14 hours ago
- @KatieCerniglia @bsideblog thanks! We can't pass up a good ole fashioned request! 14 hours ago
- RT @blairlate: @smangotv @TVGasm Another hysterical Recap! tvgasm.com/home/newlyweds… Sorry Jeff made you spill coffee on your computer! lol 14 hours ago
- RT @lifeontheMlist: New #WatchWhatCrappens is live! Join me @bsideblog & @TVGasm as we diss/discuss #Bravo's #RHOC #Married2Meds & more! h… 18 hours ago
- That's the shirt I was wearing when I found out Whitney was finally leaving Bobby. #Newlyweds Recap goo.gl/3aJPU @bravotv 19 hours ago
- Fresh #RHOC Parody ReDub! Alexis explains Jesus! tvgasm.com/home/video-red… @allthingsrh @jenheger @GreggyBennett @thevalcherish 19 hours ago
- Fresh #RHOC Parody ReDub! Alexis explains Jesus! tvgasm.com/home/video-red… @RHOGossip @Realitytea @Reality_Nation @catommanney @realitytea 19 hours ago
- Fresh #RHOC Parody ReDub! Alexis explains Jesus! tvgasm.com/home/video-red… @Real_Housewives @YolandasFridge @thebravoholic @bravomistress 19 hours ago
- Fresh #RHOC ReDub! Alexis explains Jesus! tvgasm.com/home/video-red… @ImaJustSaying @curtisjunk @missamiasays @caseyrosewilson @AllAboutTRH 19 hours ago
- Fresh #RHOC Parody ReDub! Alexis explains Jesus! tvgasm.com/home/video-red… @bravos_rhom @FauxMamaElsa @Cookster74 @Bravolebrity1 19 hours ago
- Fresh #RHOC Parody ReDub! Alexis explains Jesus! tvgasm.com/home/video-red… @realfauxho @teb2350 @tkylemac @weloveandycohen @RealDrunkHousew 19 hours ago
- Fresh #RHOC Parody ReDub! Alexis explains Jesus! tvgasm.com/home/video-red… @chris_lala @adasheart @timmonslisa @bsideblog @lifeonthemlist 19 hours ago
- New #RHOC ReDub! Alexis explains Jesus! goo.gl/bDg5Q @irealhousewives @BlckdByJilZarin @AmyPhillips_ @stoopidhsewives 23 hours ago
Monday, August 10, 2009
2:49 am
22 Comments
Well, this is it, Gasmi. Tonight we find out who has won the coveted title “America’s Favorite Dancer”. That person will win $250,000 and bragging rights for the three hours before season six begins. Welcome! To So You Think You Can Dance (dance…………dance)!
Cat must have been doing a little too much celebrating before show time, because she’s come out on stage with only a sheet wrapped around her.
Satin sheets are so classy.
Tonight’s opening number is a reprise of “A Brand New Day” from the top fourteen results show. But it looks like they’ve added in the rest of the top twenty this time around. I don’t like it any better with more people. Still meh.
The best parts of that dance were the beginning and ending “pictures”.
There are a crapload of judges at the table tonight. Lil C is here, Mia, Tyce, Debbie Allen (thank GOD), Adam Shankman, and of course, Mary and Nigel. Great. More than double the bullshit that we usually get. Can’t wait.
Why does Mia always clap for herself?
And I don’t even know what to say about this. The hair. The jewelry. The eye makeup. Did she hire a stylist to put together this look?
Cat talks about the level of talent that showed up at the auditions this year, and how they all kept getting better and better. You know what that means, right? You got it! Time for a montage.
That inexplicably opens with this image
Can anyone explain to me why they keep showing that loser? I really really hope he doesn’t show up for season’s six auditions, but it’s almost like they’re sending him an invitation with all the times they include him in their montages. UGH.
So we see various clips of the auditions, including Tyce being a bitch, people falling, same sex ballroom guys, that idiot Sex AGAIN, and the top twenty getting put through to Vegas. From there we move on to Vegas week and Mia being a complete asshole to Brandon. Really? Didn’t we just see this last night? Maybe Nigel is trying to rub in her face just how wrong she was. I still wish Mary had bitchslapped her.
Then we see the top twenty being told they are the top twenty which is some riveting stuff. And then dancing, Ellen, Phillip’s split pants, more dancing, the breast cancer dance and Mia crying about her daddy, Mia backpedaling and calling Brandon amazing, all the way up through last night’s show. Well, that killed about six minutes.
Tonight we will be revisiting some of the judges’ favorite routines from the season. But before we see any of that, Cat wants us to take a look back at last night’s performances. Is that really necessary? I’m fast forwarding through this part.
Okay. Time to see one of the judges’ favorites. Cat is starting with Adam; what dance would he like to see again? One of his favorites was choreographed by two of his favorite choreographers; Tabitha and Napoleon. It kicked off the season showing fan favorite Phillip Chbeeb and it started Jeanine’s rise to dominate in the top four. It is “Mad”.
I remember being impressed at how well Jeanine kept up with Phillip in his own style. It actually makes me sad that he wasn’t good outside of his own style. I really hope they get some good hip hoppers next year.
Time for Nigel’s pick. He’s going to choose Brandon and Janette’s Argentine tango. He thinks their chemistry was magical.
Janette’s in a different costume this time around, something a little sexier. This is a great dance, though I did feel like it wasn’t as smooth this time around. But considering they probably didn’t have long to rehearse, I’m not going to hold it against them too much. It was still very very good.
After some commercials, Cat wants to know what Debbie Allen’s favorite routine of the season was. You know what she picks? Vitolio and Asuka’s waltz. WHA?!?!? Debbie! Are you cuckoo?
Is that a rhetorical question?
These two were never among my favorite dancers this season, so I’m not really psyched to see this dance again. Asuka does that thing with her hands that a lot of ballroom dancers seem to do, you know, the overly tense hands? Plus Enya is singing which is even worse than Celine Dion.
Bleh
Cat jokingly covers her eyes to protect her from Mary’s shiny face jewelry. She says one her favorite numbers had a lot of firsts going on. The first time this couple danced together, the first time they drew their own style, and a brand new choreographer to the show but not new to her heart. She’s talking about Travis’ piece for Jeanine and Jason.
I love this dance. They had a little bit of a locket malfunction, but they danced it just as well as the first time around. I’m so glad I got to see that one again.
After a break for commercials, Cat talks up the tour telling us we’d better getting tickets soon because they are selling out all over the place.
Then it’s time for Mia to pick her favorite routine. It’s the samba from the first show, danced by Max and Kayla. Mia thinks it was fantabulous.
I’m glad for Max that he got to come back and dance in the finale. This wasn’t one of my favorite routines, but that is probably because of the tongue bathing I cannot help but associate with it. This was the routine that really turned me off Kayla because of the over the top praise the judges piled on her. It took a long time for me to get to a place where I actually like her.
Would you have ever imagined that this has been a tense and incredibly demanding week for the top four? Well, it has. So on Sunday they decided to give the top four a night on the town. They had no idea where they were going, but they were going there in style.
Poor Evan has to sit all alone
They arrive at MGM Tower and are greeted by Kherington Payne (in the ass).
Who let this girl back on my TV?
Their “treat” is that they get to listen to her give a corporate presentation on how awesome the new fame movie is and then sit through a screening with the people that are in it. I’m guessing they’re contractually obligated to say how much they love it.
Jeanine totally cracks me up. “If you like singing, dancing, acting, and sitting in a chair, you will love it!”
Nigel, is this a big enough smile?
We’ve already discussed what pisses me off and what my fears are about this new version of the movie. But I’m going there again. I still want to know who thought it was a good idea to make this into a PG movie?!?! They are going to lose so much of what made the original so good. I will bet money that the TV show was edgier than this movie will be. It just irritates the shit out of me. Don’t get me wrong, I’ll totally end up seeing it, but I will be shocked if I am not completely annoyed afterward. I’ll have to go home and watch the original.
Kherington is all giggly and proud of herself in the audience and I fight the urge to puke. Cat tells us that Debbie Allen is also in the film. No surprise there.
Cat asks her what it was like working on the movie. Debbie loved it. They’ve been wanting to remake the movie for the past ten years, and finally the time was right. She thinks it’s going to inspire a whole new generation of people to really invest in the education of the arts. Not if it’s shitty it won’t.
She then gives a shout out to Marguerite Derricks, choreographer for this movie and a performer in the original TV series. She thinks they’re going to have to bring an Oscar for dance after this. And then. She cannot remember the director’s name beyond “Kevin”.
Bacon? Kline? Costner? Oh! Smith?!? That might be it!
Cat then gets her to say her famous line from the movie. Sort of. She actually botches it, adding a bunch of “honey”s that weren’t in there originally. After all this, Cat wants to know what another one of her favorite routines is. She says after that hot samba she needs some water. I knew then that she was going to pick “Calle Ocho”. LOVE this dance.
Yum. That’s even better the second time around.
Thank you Debbie Allen! I knew you were my favorite judge for a reason!
Time for one of the special guests. This one is the winner of So You Think You Can Dance Australia, Talia Fowler. She’s young ballerina who Nigel says was remarkable because she did everything they asked her to do brilliantly. I thought that was the point of the show.
She’s dancing a solo to “Shot You Down” by Audio Bullys and choreographed by Sonya.
She’s quite good. You can tell that this is a Sonya piece; it has her style stamped all over it. I thought it was danced well. That would be something nice to see in future seasons; dancers from the other versions of the show. The winners, yes, but maybe also some of the group numbers (if they do that). More dancing is always a good thing.
Cat now goes over to Lil C for his favorite dance. He’s going with the Jai Ho all day. Cat wants to know why. Oh he’s gonna tell us why. In the longest way he possibly can.
“The Jai Ho, pronounced J Ho, which means “victory be yours” was one of the most complicated, the most intricate of Bollywood numbers that we ever had featured on this show. Anytime you’re blessed to be aboard a vessel that facilitates education of world dance to the mass public, that’s a victory to me, and it’s also a victory for these two dancers ’cause you’ll see em on tour, Caitlin and Jason doing some of Nakul’s most fabulous work!”
You know what would be a victory to me? If someone could get him to shut the fuck up.
They’re actually more together this time around from a synchronization perspective, but they’re still off style wise. They just dance a little differently, hit it differently in a way that stands out (not in a good way) in this routine. I’m still MEH about this one.
Time to lose some dead weight. Cat calls the top four out onto the stage.
She says they’ve all been amazing competitors, but she’s now going to tell one of them that they are done. The person in fourth place is………..
Cat tells the other three that they can leave the stage. Cat tells Kayla that she has been incredible in this competition, so cue the good-bye montage. After the montage, Cat asks her what she’s going to remember the most. Working with all the choreographers, especially with Mia. She’s going to miss everyone and she thinks they’re all winners for getting up on that stage and sharing their dream with America every day.
How about some more favorites from the judges? We’re circling back to Adam now who’s going to give it up to Mia. He says that Mia’s work is often very dark and emotional BUT(T) in this particular piece we got to see a fun and lighter side of Mia. Adam tells Mia he is a butt man tonight.
Just tonight, Adam??
Of course he’s talking about the butt dance with Randi and Evan. I always thought this was a cute piece. It’s still a lot of fun and they dance it very well.
Mary’s turn to pick again. She picks yet another Louis Van Amstel piece, and I think they must really want him back next season because this brings the favorites count that are his up to three. This one is the paso doble from just last night. I actually can’t argue with that one because I really loved this dance.
When they’re done Cat asks them to stay put and calls Evan out to join them on stage. It’s time for more results. The dancer in third place is………
Cat knows the audience wants to see some of his best bits. Phew! She means the good-bye montage; I was worried there for a sec. Afterward Cat asks him what it was like last night when the audience was chanting his name. He says it was breathtaking and amazing. He thanks everyone for their support and says that it has been an amazing journey. He never thought when he auditioned that he’d end up standing here.
Cat asks him if he’s glad he took part in the journey and what he’s going to remember about it. He’s ecstatic to have been here and he’s going to try and take as much as he can with him. From getting to work with amazing choreographers to making new friends.
I can’t say I’m sad that he didn’t win, but I think he’s a real sweet kid and I wish him the best. I hope to see him dancing on Broadway very very soon.
Time for another one of Nigel’s favorite moments. He says it was when Mary admitted she uses botox.
She of course screeches and screams at him, and then he asks her if her necklace used to be a mirror that shattered when she screamed. Hee. I’ll give that to him, it was pretty funny.
All joking aside, he says every season Mia manages to touch him with her choreography in an extremely profound way. This season the addiction routine did that. And how.
I cannot say enough how much I love this dance. I think it was even more powerful this time around. Maybe Kayla was channeling her emotion from placing fourth. All I know is that it made me cry. I felt her pain, and Kupono, well he is creepy as hell in this number.
But just as annoying as before when it is over
I’m guessing that since Kayla has already performed two routines that were judges’ favorites and been cut that that is it for her routines. Which makes me sad because I was really hoping they would show the zombie dance again. Since it looks like they aren’t going to, I will.
And while we’re watching past routines, I also want to see Crash Test Dummies again. And you sure as hell know that’s not going to happen, so for those of you like me that loved this dance, here you go….
Cat says they have had many special guests performers over the course of the show, but none have gotten the response that the next act did. Back by popular demand, it’s the Rage Boys Crew.
What the fuck was going on with the lights during that routine? I swear they were giving me motion sickness, and I don’t actually ever get motion sickness. And while we’re on the subject of lighting…..the lighting crew for this and last night’s show suck donkey balls. Awful, awful lighting. Better tonight than last night, but not by much.
Okay, back to the Rage Boys Crew. You know, I really don’t want to be mean about little kids dancing, but they’re not all that. Yes, they are adorable. The little guy is cute as hell. But they are doing the same exact dance they did before. I know, I know all the dances we’re seeing tonight are repeats. But I don’t want to see a repeat from a guest performer.
Let’s move along, shall we? Time for Tyce’s favorite routine. He says it’s fast, it’s furious, it’s fan-freaking-tastic with two snaps and a smile….
Make that two smacks, and I’ll smile
It requires two well-oiled machines named Brandon and Janette. It resonated with him because he danced to this actual song when he was twelve. He wants to see disco, baby.
You know, this may have been the best disco routine of the season, but I’m disappointed. I would have rather seen the piece that Wade choreographed for them. The thieves piece. Do you want to see that one? Here you go!
We’ve only got time for one more of the judges’ favorite picks. Cat goes over to Mia. Oh LORD. I think we all know where this is going, don’t we? She says this was a very tender piece for her. Of course it’s the breast cancer piece. You didn’t really think we were going to escape seeing that this evening, did you?
Mia says it broke her down in front of millions of people and in fact broke down many millions of other people and opened our eyes to see what is really going on. What the fuck is she talking about? Is there a huge population of people in America who were unaware that breast cancer exists?
Mia says they have some amazing news and turns it over to Tyce. He tells us today is amazing because his friend that he choreographed this for learned that she is cancer free today. It was probably because of the dance somehow. I’m sure of it. I wonder how many other people will be cured just by watching. Millions probably.
I don’t want to be a jerk about his friend, I’m really happy for her that she is cancer free. It just irritates me that they try to turn this dance into something that it’s not.
The announcement of this season’s winner is just around the corner, but first Cat tells us they have something very very special planned for us.
I wonder what it could be?
It’s a reprise of the top eight’s group number, “One” choreographed by Mia Michaels. With some special guests. I get really excited for a minute because I think that the judges are going to dance maybe a tweaked version of the routine. Sadly, that is not the case. This is basically what we get from the judges…..
Are you fucking kidding me? A couple of kicks and then poses? And for that they get a standing ovation?!? HUH??? I was hoping for so much more than that. I mean, each and every one of them can dance, we all know that. So show it off a little bit. I didn’t expect them to dance the number Mia choreographed for the top eight, hell they’re kids, but I would have loved if they had done something. And then to act like they just gave us a super special treat? Puh-lease.
We’re almost there. Jeanine and Brandon are center stage with Cat.
After a montage of their time in the competition, Cat asks Nigel if there’s anything he’d like to say. He thinks they justly deserve to there and he’s not going to say they’re both winners because that takes away from the actual winner. He already knows who the winner is (of course) and is delighted. Then he tells Cat to get on with it.
After the biggest vote in So You Think You Can Dance history, America’s Favorite Dancer is…………
WOOHOO!!!! YES!!!!!
That is awesome! I am so happy about this. Cat asks Jeanine if there’s anything she’d like to say. She never thought that auditioning for the show would lead her to such amazing people, she’s crying and overwhelmed and adorable. Then she thanks the Academy. Love her. I love that sense of humor.
Cat asks what she is going to remember most about this whole experience. “Um, okay. Right now.” That’s her first one. Followed by her fellow dancers, the piece that Travis did for her and Jason, Cat, just everything. It’s all been amazing.
Congrats Jeanine!!
Cat reminds us that we’re kicking off a brand new season this fall which apparently starts September 2nd with a special look back at the routines of So You Think You Can Dance history. Great. I bet we get to see the cancer dance AGAIN. Can’t wait.
But wait!! What about the second place prize? Does Brandon get $50,000 like Katee did last year? Hello?? You know what really sucks on this show? Coming in second. You don’t get a good-bye montage, you don’t get to say what you’re going to miss about everyone; you’re just shoved over to the side.
At least he got some flowers.
So that’s it Gasmi. What did you think? Are you happy with the results? Did you like the judges’ picks for favorite dances? Did you enjoy the judges “dancing”?
I have had a blast with you all this season. I’ve looked forward each week to hearing what you all have to say. Thanks for making this such a fun season, and I hope you’ll join me for season six. If you need to get your dance fix on before then, I’ll be watching and recapping America’s Best Dance Crew. Come check it out! Otherwise Hugh and I will see you in September. Right?
I thought this was a one season deal?!?
Ha! He’s so silly. Escape is not an option. Until next season………..
SWAK, PottyMouth
TV Social
-
22 Comments
My only real dance knowledge comes from Dancing with the Stars, but it seemed to me as though the samba that Kayla and Maks did included the dread samba rolls, and Kayla pulled them off quite well. This was week one. Janine could not pull these off when she did her samba with Ade TWO WEEKS AGO. I know the competition is about more than that, but I think Kayla is the better dancer. Yeah, her solos sucked, but some if Janine’s solos looked like stripper routines. Nigel robbed Kayla by inserting himself up her butt the entire time, and then selling her out in the finale because he knew she’d never beat Evan, so he’d better drum up some support for someone who had a chance at winning. When he asked Kayla where her personality has been all season, I wanted to slap him. Perhaps if you felt that way, you might have mentioned it weeks ago. Jackass. Janine deserved to be in the finals, but I got bloody sick of her slutty solos and costumes. (Funny, it never bothered me when Brandon wore next to nothing…hmmmm).
Also, is it just me or did Janette seem to have gained quite a bit of weight in the interim. Not that she looked bad, but definitely heavier, and her dancing seemed sluggish. I got the feeling she has been sitting on the couch since her boot. (Again, nothing wrong with that.)
I’ve been out of the country the last two weeks so I just saw several HOURS of this show. Taken all at once, Nigel’s perviness really pops. Someone needs to talk to him about that. These are pretty young girls. Ick.
Also, when did Tyce start grinning like a hampster? It seemed to just start this season. Someone needs to talk to him about THAT.
I was starting to think that the judge’s “favorites” were a way to bring back everyone in the top 20. Some of these dances were not AT ALL the best of the season.
I’m glad Jeanine won. Dancing is more than dancing. It also includes personality and she has buckets of it!
Potty Mouth, thanks for doing such a fantastic job all season at recapping one of my favorite shows. I’m so excited you will be recapping SYTYCD again in the fall!
I have to disagree with you about the “cancer” dance. Yes, it was manipulative to attach that issue to that dance, but Ade and Melissa still did a fantastic job with it. Their dance deserved to be on the finale, imho.
I was thrilled to see the “addict” dance again, and I agree with you on that one, Kayla was even better this time around. I would have loved to have seen the “zombie” dance again, but I think that would have been too many performances for Kayla.
Jeanine is a lovely girl, and a fine dancer. If Kayla couldn’t be the winner, then I was happy for it to be Jeanine.
Thanks for a great season recap, Pottymouth!
Only thing I want to add–glad Jeanine won, but I’ve hated her trashy solo wardrobe for the entire season. The little black dress she wore for the big announcement, however–divine! I want me one of those!
Cheers!
I’m glad Jeanine won, but I really don’t understand the voting process. If the phone lines are open for two or three hours, and people are power voting the whole time and can’t get through, shouldn’t the number of votes turn out to be pretty equal in the end since the votes can only be registered so fast? To make the contest any kind of fair each phone line should be able to register one vote only, or two at most for families with multiple voters. How is allowing one person to vote twenty times if they can get through in any way a legitimate contest? Maybe I’m missing something, I don’t know.
On to the show. The night was odd for me because in many cases I actually enjoyed the routines more on the finale night than when they were originally danced. But no Crash Test Dummies? And Ashley nowhere to be seen? I’m disappointed in that. Also, I’ve been waiting all season to see Talia dance in the finale¦ and she ends up dancing a solo? choreographed by Sonya? It’s a good thing Jeanine won or this would have been a highly disappointing end to the season. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoyed the show for the most part, but many of the things I most wanted to see didn’t come to pass.
It pains me to have to bring this up, but:
tv freak said (a long time ago): “ohhhyeah-I too love Jeanine, but there’s no way she can win this competition. She doesn’t have enough of a fan base. I wouldn’t be suprised if she left at top 8 (after Kayla, of course).”
Now, I’m not the type of person to say “I told you so,” so I’m not going to dwell on the subject. A lesser person might harp on the fact that I was right, tv freak, and you were wrong, but that would be the measure of a poor winner and that’s not what I’m about. In the end it doesn’t matter who was right (me) and who was wrong (you) because it’s really all about dance, and coming together as a community in support of the art. I won’t cheapen the experience by pretending it matters that you were wrong or that I was right.
Sometimes my humility is almost a curse.
^ lol!! Your humility is certainly awe-inspiring, ohhhyeah.
PM, Thanks for the great recaps this season and for including my 2 favorite dances of the year in your recap! I loooooooved loved loved the “theives” dance and the “zombies” dance, so I was highly pissed that they weren’t included in the finale. There was no justifiable reason for that IMO. Bastards.
See you in a few weeks! Or really, see you in a few days for the ABDC recap. Donyelle irritated me already because she’s still on that “size shouldn’t matter” kick. Yes, we know, but YOU’VE BEEN SAYING THAT FOR 3 YEARS. SHADDUP.
It sucks and I hate SYTYCD for it but I am pretty sure that it is written somewhere (the scripts that Nigel writes for the judges to read off on finale night) that dance routines from the earlier part of the seasons have to be displayed.
Or was it that more than sixty percent of the top 20 (and this is a range that can not be limited to just the top 12) have to dance as a part of the Judge’s Choice on Finale night.
Did that make sense? I hope it did.
That’s why we were treated to teh stupidstupidstupid waltz that I had to switch channels for.
I fucking hated that dance and the stupid looks on their faces and the opening intro to that dance the first time around and I can’t fucking stand the whole reaching to the camera crap Asuka pulls.
rather have seen the hip hop routine with Brandon and Janette.
Or any routine with Janette really.
Alsoalso, you were left feeling meh about that stupid Nakul routine because it was SHITTY WHITEWASHED BOLLYWOOD THAT SHOULD HAVE NEVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER BEEN SHOWN AGAIN.
Lil C knows shite about Bollywood. Nigel knows shite about Bollywood.
NAKUL SHOUDL STOP CHOREOGRAPHING. Period.
Or SYTYCD should stop with the Bollywood-routines-that-actually-aren’t-Bollywood-routines.
Also, is it me or has Lil C not choreographed for the show in more than two seasons? And has Adam ever choreographed?
I am going to be hella pissed if Shane doesn’t come back as a choreographer next season and if he doesn’t sit on the finale judge’s table.
I could care less what Lil C says and what he thinks is “Buck”.
BUT I CARE WHAT SHANE THINKS.
Also, you are the best. The best. The best.
Thank you.
I don’t know how often you check back to see comments on old recaps or if you get alerts but I figured I might as well post it here to make sure you get to see the list I was talking about.
I don’t know how to email you or contact your directly. I’m a Gasm noob even if I’ve been reading Gasm recaps for over a year. :’)
—-
(dancers are actors and vice versa for this)
Something to note: Bollywood is more about personality than it is about incredible choreography. Lifts, gymnastics, stunts- rare in Bollywood routines.
Amateur bollywood routines and quite a few that are entered into dance competitions feature choreography copied from the movie the song is from. For example, you will find that the choreography from “Dola re Dola” is copied in more than eighty percent of the dance routines out there to this song.
Imitation. Flattery. Yadayada.
Bollywood = modern Indian dance = classical indian dance (kathak) with arabic/latin influences. Sure you’ll see some hiphop and contemporary thrown in and turns and floor work are pretty common too.
But that’s traditional Bollywood. (traditional modern indian dance that’s been yadayadayada).
There is also MODERN Bollywood. Ex. Main Aisa Kyun Hoon and a lot of SHIAMAK DHAVAR choreography.
Bollywood dances are usually entirely dependent on three or four things.
one) the piece of music the dance is being choreographed to.
two) Male protagonist, female protagonist, or both? Is it a group dance with an entire lead of actors?
three) type of movie. not GENRES but as in, is it like Devdas or Dil To Pagal Hai? Is it Mugal-E-Azaam or Ishq Kamina (from Shakti)? (Look them up to see what I mean)
four) lyrics matter when choreographing and I advise anyone watching a Bollywood movie dance scene to do so with lyrics rolling along the screen (if you don’t speak hindi…. ;’D)
Having said all of that, one can’t go wrong with watching Madhuri Dixit.
She’s sometimes straddled with some questionable choreography but she’s pretty much the epitome of the Bollywood Dancer if there ever was one.
She’s fantastic.
She has incredible personality and technique and rhythm and energy and is just an awe inducing dancer.
But also check out the following:
Rekha (Umrao Jaan is a must)
Sri Devi (in basically everything)
Hrithik Roshan (just a great Indian dancer)
My last comment regarding Bollywood for this season. I swear!
And if anyone wants to discuss Bollywood further, please feel free to email me at staringthroughblindness @ hotmail . com (omit the spaces…not too sure about the filters on TVgasm)
I think SYTYCD should feature DANDIYA and/ore GARBA instead. Both are dance styles that would look great and have very little room for authentic fuckingup.
For group dances of course as they would be harder to fuck up (it’s SYTYCD…nofaithwhatsoever) and would still look awwwwesome.
And there is room to bring in gymnastics and lifts and all of the other stuff!
;’)
Totally agree with Potty Mouth regarding the dances that should be feature in the finally. Shane’s Spark’s Zombie by Kayla and Jason, Wade Robson’s Bugler by Jeannette and Brandon. I don’t get the disco routine as well as the Bollywood dance. Still think Katee and Joshua did much better last season.I was hoping the judges would get to dance like they did in the finale last season. Too much filler and unnecessary guest. I’m one of the minority that do not get the group of boys, unless they are doing a junior version of SYTYCD. I’m happty Jeanine won, I was secretly hoping Brandon did. I believe Jeanine well rounded personality won over Brandon. I was hoping they would bring Canada’s SYTYCD winner over too. Nico is a hunk and a half not to mention a great dancer. Perhaps season six. Potty Mouth you did such a great job recapping no rest for you!!
Cause the Canadian version season two starts today!!
I’m so happy Jeanine won. I stopped fast forwarding through her practice footage when I realized she was funny. Was I only who thought they cut out the pelvic thrust in her and Jason’s dance?
Why the waltz? Vitolio’s open mouth breathing drove me crazy the first time around.
I did want to see the pic of Hugh was he turns around after he pours the water on himself again;)
Hey PottyMouth!
Just wanted to say what a lovely job you’ve done with this show, your love of dance really comes through, and that’s important. Plus, girl, way to be a trooper doing multiple episodes weekly, very few people understand how draining that can be.
BTW, I have to say I agree with you about the cancer dance, I feel like it kinda takes something away from the impact of it when people act as though it has magical properties to cure people if they watch it enough times.
When my one and only favorite gay uncle passed away from AIDS in 1995 I choreographed and performed (with four other dancers) a memorial in his honor at my next college dance recital… it was powerful to be there performing it (dancing while weeping is not easy at all) and my family said it was very moving to watch, and many people enjoyed seeing it, but I would not have expected it to raise awareness or “change people’s lives”. It was a piece of art and I was happy to have an outlet to express my grief and pain, which IMHO is the primary purpose of most art.
Whoops, didn’t mean to go off on this tangent, that was kind of a downer. At any rate, GREAT job on the recaps, keep up the amazing work, girl!
love, J-Mo
Pottymouth, you have been nothing short of awesome. Thank you for your amazing recaps (and after-chat) all season long. Looking forward to reading your ABDC and Season 6 recaps too! And hoping that a certain sexy Australian will continue to make frequent appearances…you know or a sexy Season 3 contestant whose name rhymes with manny (hint hint)
I was very pleased with the final results, although I wouldn’t have been made if any of the other 3 had won. I thought Jeanine was the best all around choice though.
Hope all of the kids are able to make the most of the exposure they have gotten on the show. With a few exceptions (not naming any names) I think they’re a super talented bunch, and even for my exceptions I wish them much luck.
Almost left it at the short post, but you know me, I can’t help it
I so agree with your picks for top dances. Don’t know what the judges were smoking. Just as an addition, I would rather have seen Vitolio and Karla’s Quickstep than Vitolio and Asuka’s Waltz (or anything with Asuka in it). Is Nigel TRYING to piss off choreographers this year? Louis is great and all, but why was he the only ballroom choreographer represented during the finale. Ok, so everything that Melanie and Tony choreographed this year was executed crappily (not their fault IMO) but seriously, they couldn’t have squeezed in a shout-out to Jean Marc and Franz?
As for Jeanine vs. Kayla in the samba, I personally think that the latin dances were Jeanine’s achille’s heel — but that girl faked it and performed the hell out of it even when the technique was crappy. Kayla on the other hand (who I think is a beautiful dancer) didn’t bring as much presence to the stage even when her technical execution was good. I think that’s where Jeanine beat her out. And technically she and Jeanine were pretty on par for most other genres, but Jeanine had that extra oomph across performances, whereas Kayla sometimes came across a little bland (and this is coming from someone who used to view Kayla as her fave female this season). They’re both great dancers with their own strengths though and they’ll both go far. Kayla’s not going to be hurting for not having won this competition (although I’m sure everyone would love to have the money that goes with winning).
Oh yeah, and I didn’t even think about the whole second place prize thing. Last year they said they gave it to Katee because she was the highest placed girl. Was that just to appease people who complained that girls would never win and therefore didn’t count when the situation was reversed? (Girl winner and highest placed boy?) But then Nigel is rarely consistent and almost never makes sense.
PM: I say it every time I post, but thank you again for your spot-on recaps this season. I can’t tell you how much I looked forward to reading them on my lunch hours each week because I knew you would agree with and expand upon all the opinions I had formed about the shows (except, of course, our feelings toward Celine, hehe). You brought sweet relief to my cubicle!
I agree with others who questioned the lack of a second place cash prize. WTF? Where is the consistency with this show? It is yet another example of Nigel’s gross favortism. Why aren’t his handlers pointing these things out to him? He needs to lay off before he alienates all of America. And ditto for his pervy comments–Eew, eew, eew!
So glad Jeanine won this season, although I feel like she’s being robbed of her glory with the second season around the corner. And speaking of … thank goodness your coming back to recap it all again! Can’t wait!!
Sorry, let me correct my poor grammar in my last sentence:
Thank goodness you’re coming back to recap it all again!
Hugs!!
mama j
I don’t get online as often, but I really do appreciate your recaps… and I look forward to the coming season!
messystation: I agree that some of Jeanine’s costumes were a little stripper-esque, but I didn’t think her solos were. I’ve liked her from the beginning so I was happy that she won.
Baffled: Oh boy! Were you on dance overload?? Your comment about Tyce? LMAO!
angiemarie: Thanks! It’s not that I don’t think the cancer dance didn’t deserve to be in the finale “ the dance itself was actually quite good. It’s all the emotional bullshit and shining a light on the situation crap that just irritates the crap out of me.
Allison: I totally agree.
ohhhyeah: LMFAO!! Somehow I knew you’d be the better person and not rub it in
I’ve never actually seen Talia before, but I was told she does amazing pointe work, so I was really disappointed that she didn’t do that on the finale show.
here4beer: Oh, she irritated me as well “ the ABDC recap should be going up later today, and I did indeed mention my irritation.
Saueya: I hate that waltz too “ there are tons of dances I would have rather have seen in the finale. Thanks so much for posting the Bollywood info. I actually do get a notification when you guys leave me comments, so I would have seen it and brought it over here. But you saved me the trouble! I will definitely check out your suggestions! And may I suggest if you need a Shane fix you may want to check out ABDC “ he doesn’t choreograph for it, but he’s a judge every week “ the only one worth listening to in my opinion.
bambinoitaliano: No rest for me is right, but not because I’m recapping SYTYCD Canada “ I’ll be covering ABDC. I’ve never actually watched the other versions of SYTYCD but I’m thinking I may have to find a way to check them out.
newcastlefan: I’ll have to see if I can find that picture for season six! And they absolutely cut the pelvic thrust when she pulled Jason down to her. Lame.
J-Mo!! Thanks so much! Yeah, what you were talking, dancing a memorial piece to someone, I’ve been there as well. To me, dance was always a way to express my feelings, good or bad. It’s really helped me deal with some tough times. Which is why I think I have such a strong reaction to what I think is obvious emotional manipulation.
Lizbot: Yeah, I didn’t get why Nigel was completely up Louis ass in the finale picks, but I try not to think too hard about what goes on in Nigel’s mind. I think you hit the nail on the head in regards to Jeanine vs. Kayla.
mama j: I’m so glad you’ve enjoyed the recaps; I know how dull sitting in a cubicle can be, so if I brightened your day, that makes me very happy. I was gonna leave you with a “Celine sucks”, but then I decided to be nice. Oops. I guess I sorta said it anyway, huh? ;-P
fire@will: Thanks! I’m so glad you’ll be coming back for another season.
I cannot say enough how much fun I have had with you all this season. You guys have made watching this season even more fun than it usually is, and I can’t wait to go through it all over again in season six. Thanks for a truly awesome season of dance!
SWAK, PottyMouth
Hi all,
The Australian winner’s dance was kinda repetitive. I don’t get it.
“The Jai Ho, pronounced J Ho, which means ‘victory be yours’ was one of the most complicated, the most intricate of Bollywood numbers that we ever had featured on this show.” It was also known as the Second Bollywood number ever featured on this show. (as far as I remember?) He’s an idiot.
We liked Crash Test Dummies, too! And the one with Janette, where they were thieves and she was looked kind of like Willie Wonka. [scrolling down, skipping disco.. ugh...] Yes! That one!! Ruby Blue! We loved that one.
Overall the finale was disappointing. And I’m feeling kinda bad for Brandon, too.
Thanks again for everything and see you next month!
Memememe: You are remembering correctly. Oh! And I meant to tell you I saw those pictures. And you were right – very disappointed mom feeling from me over them. Why do we all do such stupid things when we are young??
lol @ ohhyeah. idk if you will see this because i commented late, but I’ll admit to being wrong (in my defense, that comment was made before top 10 i believe, back when it seemed like she would follow the tradition of the ones with little airtime and popular partners getting the boot at top 10…epic run-on!). I am very glad Jeannine won and I was pleasantly suprised that Evan did not.