So You Think You Can Dance: Yes Gasmi, There Is A Santa Claus!

So You Think You Can Dance

By PottyMouth | Saturday, November 14, 2009 | 5:42 pm | 26 Comments

I’ve been feeling a bit bah-humbuggy lately, Gasmi, and I’d almost stopped believing in Santa, and then……it happened! I got an early Christmas wish come true! A Broadway number with no Sir BitchyPants in sight! And not only that! No Joey Dowling either!!! It’s an early Christmas miracle!

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I wish I could say I missed you, but I didn’t, so I won’t. 

Of course, if I had realized that I was going to be granted a pre-Christmas wish, I would have wished for something more practical like winning the lottery, or a spinning wheel that can spin straw into gold. Damn! I wonder if he’ll grant me TWO wishes.

Welcome! To So You Think You Can Dance (dance……….dance)!

In other news, Cat’s audition for the new Mad Max movie was running late so she had no time to change before the show!

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Thunderdome’s simple. Get to the weapons, use them any way you can. I know you won’t break the rules. . . there aren’t any. 

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What the fuck is Asseleigh wearing?!? 

I guess we’re never getting any guest judges this year unless Paula decides to show up. Thankfully that stupid chair is gone, and there is no mention of it this week. Cat introduces us to Adam, Mary and Nigel, and then points out that several of the season five dancers are here in the audience.

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Probably to marvel at how season six is blowing their season out of the water. 

Cat asks them to confirm that there are only nine performances left on their tour – better get your tickets fast! But that’s not why they’re here. Why they’re really here is to help Nigel with his Dizzy Feet Foundation PSA. 

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Blah blah blah……Dizzy Feet…….charity event that they are contractually obligated to appear at….. 

He tells us that aside from the So You Think You Can Dance alumni, there will be performances from stars from Dancing With The Stars, and crews from America’s Best Dance Crew. Adam also adds that the stars of the Step Up movies are going to be there all dancing together. And Mary will be doing the samba with Dmitry. Ummmmmm, I want to go! Anyone want to fly me out to California and buy me tickets to this show? Possibly dinner too? Flipit? Californian Gasmi? Anyone?

They add more telling us that Quest will be performing (uh, Mary, they were covered when Nigel mentioned ABDC!), Alvin Ailey dancers, AND performers from American Ballet Theater. Seriously. I will put out for those tickets. 

We follow that commercial with more commercials and then finally we are ready for dancing. Right after we get to the filler of the week. Today’s topic? What should America know about you?

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I divorced my husband after making it onto the show! And then I knitted this beret! Isn’t it sassy? 

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I’ve performed in London, Italy, and the Great Wall of China. See how much more interesting I am than my partner? 

So, in case you couldn’t tell, Karen and Kevin are up first. They will be doing the hustle, choreographed by Maria Torres. I don’t think we’ve seen Maria since season three’s hustle with Lacey and Kameron. But can we just say what this really is? The hustle is a disco dance, so what we’ve really got here is Disco minus Doriana! Am I dreaming? If I am, please don’t wake me up!!

In this number, Karen is supposed to be seducing Kevin, and he wonders if she has what a takes. Karen, just buy a mirror and hold it in front of you, you’re bound to get his attention! Before we get to the dancing though, I think we need to deal with the full view version of Cat’s dress……

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I really don’t know what to say. Is that snake skin?  

And while we’re on the subject of Cat, is it just me, or has she gotten really giggly this year? I blame the new stage. Anyway, on with the show!

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They actually did a decent job with that, until he almost dropped her out of that ending lift. How nice to see a disco routine that wasn’t in warp speed with as many lifts of death as possible thrown into the mix. I have to say, I wasn’t blown away by this, but I thought they did a respectable job. I think Karen covered Kevin’s difficulty with lifts well. That’s the advantage to having a partner that does lifts and other partner work as part of her specialty. 

Adam thinks they not only made it work, they made it work for them. He thinks it was amazing and that he just saw Kevin for the first time in this competition. Of course he also has praise for Karen, telling her she danced that with restraint and that she filled out each moment, even those without a lot of movement. She gave it energy and quiet fire.

Mary calls it a Sadie Hawkins hustle, but if that were truly the case then the guy Karen really wanted to dance with would have been there with his bitch of a blondie girlfriend and she would have spent the entire night wishing she could just stab her in the face. I’m guessing.

Mary thinks Karen was amazing, and a hustle queen. She gives Kevin props for his energy and performance, but says there are a few things to work on. Those things are leg action, and the partnering work; he had some awkward body positions going into some of the lifts. And in case you’re wondering, she’s leaving them both on the hot tamale train.

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And I’m leaving her on the crazy train 

Nigel wants to know if Kevin still keeps in touch with his friends at home. You can see Kevin wondering if that is a trick question, so he just answers, “Somewhat.” Nigel asks if they’re watching him. “Yup.” How does he know that if he’s only somewhat in touch with them? 

Nigel thinks they must be so shocked to see their friend the street dancer doing double pirouettes, and a jete, and having beautiful lines. Yeah, because you never, ever, ever see anything like that on the street. 

He does tell Kevin to be careful about telegraphing his nervousness, giving the death drops as an example, saying Kevin looked terribly nervous during them. 

Nigel thinks what’s wonderful about Karen is that the choreographer did a wonderful routine for her. Huh? Oh wait, that was just the obligatory shout out to the choreographer. What is wonderful about Karen is that she manages each week to add something on top of whatever choreography she has been given. That is her personality and her sensuality. Nigel’s boner cannot believe how much he likes her even though she is not blond.

Ewww, Kevin is a sweaty fucker, isn’t he?

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I don’t think I’ve ever seen shoulder sweat before. 

Up next are Jakob and Asseleigh. What should America know about them?

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My real name is Iris Myandowski, the hand walking queer! 

No! Wait! I think America needs to know that I am married! 

Ummm, I’m a nerd who studied poli sci and history, and lived in the library. I also fucked interned for a US Congressman. Don’t tell Ryan, who is my husband. Did you know that I am married? 

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Jeannine, winner of season five, is one of my best friends. She laughs her ass off whenever anyone says this season blows season five out of the water. And then I spank her. 

They will be doing a jazz routine with Mandy Moore. Yay! Mandy has decided to add a cane into the dance. Ohhhhh, props. And it’s back to the eighties for Mandy again; they are dancing to “Relax” by Frankie Goes To Hollywood. 

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I love this dance! And that is despite the fact that Asseleigh is in it, not because of her. Truth be told I spent the majority of the dance watching Jakob, even the second and third time I watched it. The fourth time I forced myself to watch Asseleigh, and she wasn’t bad in this. Probably because Mandy barely gave her anything to do. Aside from stomping around the stage and hanging onto Jakob like the big fucking albatross that she is. So, a rave review from me, but I still want Asseleigh GONE.

Cat tells them she’s giving them props for using a prop, and asks Jakob if it was difficult. He says it’s the hardest prop he’s ever had to work with in his life. I think he might be talking about Asseleigh, y’all.

Adam starts off by telling Asseleigh that she belongs on this show. I disagree, Adam. He thinks what’s so great about this partnership is that they’re actually starting to breathe together and experience things simultaneously. So that when things happen like the minor cane malfunction they go through it and no one knows. Except Adam knew. Because he knows these things.

Nigel says he didn’t even notice it. Cat asks Jakob to tell her what the moment was, but he says he has no idea what Adam is talking about. Very cute.

Adam also thinks it’s fun to see each week how the choreographers find news ways to get him to jump. And then he goes on and on and on about how flexible Jakob is.

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Let’s test it out later in my dressing room 

Mary thinks this is a perfect partnership and that they were phenomenal. She thought their use of the stage was terrific, Mandy’s choreography was terrific, use of the stage was terrific, just terrific. Someone lost their thesaurus, I see. She adores them.

Nigel talks about how fabulous the table was that Mandy did back in season three, and he thinks this routine comes up to that standard. He loves the intensity she gave him to work with. He went to see some ballroom championship the other night and he is so impressed with how much the ballroom dancers are doing outside of the normal ballroom stuff (probably because they have been watching this show. They would never do anything else on their own) and Asseleigh is representing ballroom on this show and representing them brilliantly.

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She is also representing clowns brilliantly.

Nigel says that Jakob reminds him of Joel Grey. Wow. That is high praise indeed. I LOVE Joel Grey. If you somehow don’t know who he is, here is a clip from Cabaret (not Wilkommen). He’s the one who is not Liza.

He’s also been in Chicago and Wicked on Broadway as well as countless movie and TV appearances, including one of my favorite now defunct HBO shows, Oz. AND I’ve heard a rumor that Oliver! will be coming to Broadway next year with him as Fagin!!!!!!!!!!! I’m not sure if that’s true or not, but if it is, I will definitely be there!!

Okay, sorry about that, I just really do love Joel Grey. Back to Nigel’s comments. He thinks Jakob is an absolutely stunning dancer. I agree.

The next couple up are Pauline and Peter. Let’s find out what we didn’t know about them.

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I eat spaghetti!! 

Actually, Peter’s filler answer is a good one. He volunteers at a place called Spin which stands for Special People In The Northeast. Every year they put on a talent show and he helps them with their dances.

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See how eating spaghetti can make you a better person? 

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Shit. How can I compete with that? I’ll just stuff my face. 

Seriously. That is the thing Pauline chooses to share with us. She eats. A lot. Peter’s hoping she doesn’t eat a lot before they dance; if they’re doing a lot of lifts he doesn’t want anything coming out except her personality. GROSS.

They have drawn the quickstep as their style. Dun dun duh! We have new choreographers for this style, JT and Tomas. Pauline is really scared because there’s usually no middle ground with this dance; it’s either really good or really bad. JT tells us it’s very quick. I’m guessing that’s why they call it the quickstep. Duh.

The story of this particular quickstep is that a Navy guy gets entranced by a hula girl. So 2009! They’ll be dancing to “Hey Baby! (Shake Those Hula Hips)” by Big Kahuna and The Copa Cat Pack.

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First of all, isn’t Peter dressed as an Army guy, not Navy? Do Navy guys ever wear khakis??

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Huh! I guess they do. I stand corrected. 

I thought they did a good job on this number; it was really cute. I think Pauline could have used a little more hip shakin’, but I thought they handled the quickstep pretty well. It made me smile.

Adam thinks the routine was aDORable. A-doooor-able. Adam is going to leave the quickstep technique discussion up to Mary. He thinks by giving the dance a lot of story and character they may have blown past some of the technical missteps that otherwise would have been more noticeable. 

He also thinks it was a great use of Pauline’s natural ethnicity. Is she Hawaiian? He thinks Pauline was appropriately adorable, and Peter was on fire and used his natural charisma well in the dance. Oh! And did he mention he thinks it was adorable?

Mary says she always expects a train wreck when it comes to the quickstep on this show, but she thinks they pulled it off tonight. BUT. The leg action wasn’t really there; they were kind of clunking along a little bit. She also talks about how Pauline’s position in the close hold was too far off to the side. But she loved how they brought the joy of the quickstep to this performance. Train wreck avoided.

Nigel says it wasn’t technically perfect, he rehashes some of what Mary said, adding a couple of other things, and then says he really didn’t care. Why didn’t he care? He thinks it was a fabulous performance and America votes on performance. He doesn’t think they are going anywhere. We shall see, Nigel.

He also gives a shout out to JT and Tomas, saying that he thinks this is the first time that he’s ever seen a quickstep with a story to it. Hello? Is he in the early stages of Alzheimer’s or something? Vitolio and Karla’s quickstep just LAST SEASON had a story. Remember, Nigel?

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Who and Who? 

Up next are Kathryn and Legacy. Let’s see what they want to share with us. Kathryn tells us she recently went on a mission to Costa Rica and helped build sidewalks for underprivileged neighborhoods. Ummm, seriously, Kathryn? How I am supposed to make fun of that?

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Damn you and your mission! 

Legacy was supposed to be a professional soccer player. He had scholarships and everything! What happened? He’s not telling, but he puts all that energy and all his heart into dancing.

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I’m annoyed by how much he is growing on me. I was hoping to hold out for strong hatred all season, the way I did with Lauren. Oh well, At least I still have Asseleigh for that. 

They will be performing a Broadway routine choreographed by Andy Fluffernutter. Andy Knickerbocker. Andy Blankenbuehler. WOO HOO!!!!! I cannot even begin to explain how excited I am that Sir BitchyPants is not doing Broadway!! I never in a million years thought I would see the day. Hip Hip HOORAY!!!!!!!!!!  

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Andy tells us this routine is like a battle between them. Legacy is the king of the jungle, and his sassy girl wants some attention. There is a remote and a hat involved.  Sounds like every day in my parents’ marriage. They’re dancing to “I Wanna Be Like You” by Swingin Fireballs! Why couldn’t they have used the original song from the movie? Annoying.

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It was a cute number. I really hated Kathryn’s costume. I guess the only issue I would have with this is that there wasn’t a whole lot of WOW in the dance, you know? 

Adam’s favorite word of the evening is adorable. He thinks this routine was adorable. Thanks Andy! Adam says that Broadway is the big underline of character and acting but it’s also important to have a lot of technique and stop and flair. He wasn’t sure what Kathryn’s character was. He wanted her to be more of a man eater. I think it might be a little hard to portray man eater while wearing a denim diaper, keds, and a little ribbon tied ponytail.

Adam thinks this is yet another huge step in Legacy’s growth (he calls his “Legs” which I think is cute and a million times better than Legacy). He thinks there is no way he should have been able to get through that, but he totally did. Adam does want him to go back and look at Gene Kelly, Bob Fosse, and Gower Champion to look at their hands. Legacy has too much hand tension; he needs more softness through the hands.

Mary thinks it was missing a little bit of chemistry between the two of them. She ALSO thinks the routine was absolutely adorable. Mary thinks that Kathryn got a little lost in this number but she’s not sure if it’s because Legacy is growing in leaps and bounds and really surprising them so much. 

Nigel was a little disappointed in Kathryn this week. He can’t put his finger on it, but she felt slightly juvenile to him. When he got to Legacy he says it’s like the show has some sort of alien transmorpher that turns street dancers into complete dancers. Ugh. He really is so full of it. Nigel thinks he really was terrific.

The next couple telling us about themselves is Victor and Channing. I wonder what they’ll share.

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W-O-W 

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I never knew you could race lawn mowers. How old do you think she is in this picture? I’m trying to figure out at what age I can make my kid start mowing the lawn.  

They will be dancing a contemporary piece choreographed by Stacey Tookey. Yay! I really liked the number she did last week. This week’s piece is about a toxic relationship. Stacey is expecting a lot from them since they are both in their own style.

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Eh. They danced it well, but I didn’t love it. I don’t find either of them to be particularly charismatic on stage, so together I think they sort of form a black hole of personality. It was good, it just didn’t blow me away.

Adam says he thinks this new partnership is going to reinvigorate them back into the competition. He thinks Victor is bringing out the femininity of Channing. He thinks it was danced beautifully and that there was great quality to their movement. They worked beautifully off each other. Good job.

Mary also thinks this is a great new partnership. She thinks they did a tremendous and phenomenal job. Did it take it to a level where it touched her soul? No, but she enjoyed it.

Nigel says they’re two contemporary dancers getting to do a contemporary piece, so they HAD to be good tonight. Was he emotionally carried away by it? No. Was he technically? Yes, they danced it very well. He was expecting more because they were dancing their own style.

Time to hear a little more about Ryan and Ellenore.

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I am Mexican, African American, American Indian, Italian, Hawaiian, and Filipino. 

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I have a secret desire to be a superhero in an action movie! 

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DREAM ON 

They will be doing a hip hop number by Lil C. How bummed out do you think he is that he didn’t get Russell? Lil C tells us this routine will be focusing on timing, swagger, and synergy. Hip hop scares Ryan. Dude! You’re married to Asseleigh! What could be scarier than that?!?

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That sucked. Hard. I can’t even blame it all on Ryan, I thought Ellenore sucked as well. It’s not that ballroom guys can’t do hip hop. Remember Pasha and Lacey’s number? Of course, it wasn’t as hard hitting as this, but I loved that one. Wanna see it again? I do!

Adam wants to know whose face lost more color when they saw who they were getting: Ryan or Lil C? He tells us how hard it is to take on styles that are so much different than what you do. I thought that was the whole purpose of the show, Adam.

He thinks Ryan is the most transformed dancer of the night. Bleh. I don’t agree at all. He didn’t think they danced great, but they did good. He doesn’t like their costumes. Me either. I think they look like the sperm guys in Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sex But Were Afraid To Ask.

For Mary it wasn’t great, but it was good. She thinks it got a little sluggish halfway through, and the synchronicity wasn’t really there. Just good.

Nigel did not think that was good at all. He doesn’t think the style suited them at all. He does make a good point, saying that if it had been Tabitha and Napoleon they probably would have thrown some jazz in there for them, but with Lil C they’re not going to get that.

He doesn’t think either of their personalities suit the style. They’re just too nice. So nice guys can’t do hip hop? That is so stupid. He says it was just not there in any way shape or form for him tonight. 

Let’s move along to Mowee and Nathan. Do I really have to hear any more about Mowee? I guess so. She tells us she is deaf in her left ear. At one point she wore a hearing aid, but she hated it because it threw off her balance while she was dancing, so she stopped wearing it.

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I keep telling Nathan to talk into my right ear, but he keeps going over to the left. I wonder if he’s telling me how much he loves being my partner? 

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I love jet skiing because you get to be in the wild and experience the wind blowing into you. 

Please keep in mind that Nathan’s caption is a direct quote. Oh yeah. He sure is purty, but maybe not all there in the brain department.

They will be dancing a salsa choreographed by Gustavo Vargas, another new choreographer! I am LOVING all this new blood this week!! Gustavo says they are going to need to have a lot of flavor. He wants Nathan to bring the coolness out of him, and Mowee needs to be sexy and strong. Yeah, that’ll happen.

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I really didn’t think it was going to get much worse than that hip hop number. Oh how wrong I was. That was fucking painful. Note to Mowee – dancing with your hair hanging over into your face with your mouth open does not equal being sexy. The partnering moves were so awkward and uncomfortable to watch. 

Adam says get ready to boo him. He didn’t like it. The audience boos. He says he asked them to do it, and is it as good when he asks them to boo him? It was good for him. The booing, not the dance. He thinks this is one of those numbers that just exposed all their weaknesses. He happens to know that they are fan favorites, so that will help them. Does he have proof of that?

Mary didn’t think it was sexified, she thinks it was French fried. But hey! She likes French fries! Then she calls them the dream team. What? Did I miss something? Since when did they become the dream team? That’s a bunch of hooey.

She thinks the side by side work was off, and the feel of the dance was just not there. Nathan wasn’t suave enough in that dance, and Mowee seemed uncomfortable in those high heels. Well, probably because she’s only ever worn them playing dress up before this, Mary! Jeesh!

Nigel says he thinks it’s a sobering night for many of the dancers this evening. He talks about how they’ve been saying how great this top twenty is and how they’re the best ever, but they just aren’t living up to it, are they Nigel? 

He thinks their chemistry was missing for the first time, but I disagree. I don’t think they’ve actually had any chemistry yet. Maybe if they get a dance where they need to hate each other, because I sort of think they do. Nigel says this is a learning experience, so hopefully they’ve learned this week that they’re not great at everything.

Cat wants to know if they felt uncomfortable. Nathan felt HOT. Uh oh. Nigel thinks perhaps he didn’t learn anything then. I think he may have just put himself on Nigel’s shit list.

Last but not least, we have Noelle and Russell. Noelle would like us to know that she has a big family. But she’s not Italian!!! How did that happen? I wonder if they eat spaghetti. 

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Nope. 

She says she’s learned a lot from her family, especially from her brother who had a stroke when he was younger. He tells us he was choked up to find out he was her inspiration. Aww, that’s sweet.

Russell not only dances, he also draws. That totally made me think of Hok. It looks like he actually has some pretty cool stuff in his notepad.

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They will be dancing an afro jazz piece choreographed by Sean Cheesman. Neither of them have any clue what afro jazz is. I think they’re not really using their brains right now because how hard is it to come up with African influenced jazz? What did they think it was? Jazz while wearing giant afro wigs? Hee! I’d actually like to see that!

The story for this number is that Russell is a frog and Noelle is an African princess. 

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Huh.  

Sean tells us Russell’s not just a frog, he’s a prince also her spirit guide and he’s taking her on a spiritual fast paced walkabout. I thought walkabouts were in Australia. Are there African walkabouts too? Sean thinks their strengths and weaknesses help each other out; he thinks they are a perfect team and a perfect match.

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I really liked that one A LOT. Of course, some of it is because I just love Russell, but I thought Noelle was fantastic in that as well. She has not really been high up on my list what with being hurt and then that atrocious hip hop last week, but I have to say, I thought she really hit it out of the park on this one. Russell was fabulous. I thought he had the frog-like mannerisms down really well. It really was a perfect routine for him to shine in. 

Adam thinks that was a great entrance for Sean into the show. I agree. He thinks the number had an enormous amount of joy and a lot of character and story so they could really sell it to the audience and connect with them.

He says the first person he thinks of when he thinks of African princess is Noelle. Oh hardy har har, Adam. Luckily he quickly goes back to his critique saying that the dance was relentless, but they never stopped and they were totally committed to the characters. They were filled with all the spirit that the dance required. He had a great time watching it.

Mary looks like she’s going to scream her head off, and then she quietly tells them that was crazy. And then yells about how crazy good it was. She says she was shocked by how dynamic and powerful Noelle was. She expects that from Russell, but says she got even more from him than she expected.

She says they were eating it up, not just doing a bunch of steps. She crowns Russell the King of Afro Jazz, and then she puts him on the hot tamale train.

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Russell celebrates by almost clocking his partner in the face. 

This is the first time Nigel has seen afro jazz and he’s hoping that Sean will come back and give us some more. He thinks with that fusion that Russian Folk jazz might even work.

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Ваша мать всасывает на шариках белок для водочки! 

He thinks that Russell is a star of this season. He says that the character of the frog isn’t dissimilar from the character of a krumper. I actually agree with him there; I thought I could see some krumping influence in the moves that Russell was doing. 

Nigel tells Noelle that she just scraped by last week, but he’s so happy she did so that we could see her in this performance. He thinks she did a really good job.

After an overview of the evening’s performances and reminder of their numbers, Cat asks who the judges think needs to be worried after tonight’s show. Nigel? He thinks Ryan and Ellenore. Mary? Nathan and Mowee. Adam thinks their fans could save them, but he still thinks they could be in trouble, or maybe Ryan and Ellenore. But it’s now in the hands of the fans.

And that’s this week’s show, Gasmi. What did you think of the performances this week? Did you love Russell and Noelle as much as I did? What about Jakob and Asseleigh? Do you think she’s just dead weight he’s lugging around, or do you see something more in her? I think I liked the Broadway number more than I should have; probably all the excitement about Frankenfurter choreographing instead of Sir BitchyPants. Which dances did you think were the best and which sucked the worst? Tell me! Tell me! Tell me!

I am jumping right over to the results show, so I will have it for you as soon as possible! We have so much to talk about!! Ready? Set? Go!

SWAK, PottyMouth

 

 

PottyMouth

When she isn't screaming curses at various dance show judges or washing her OWN mouth out with soap, PottyMouth is a proud mama to a gorgeous little boy. And yes, she knows everyone says that about their kids, but it's true when she says it. YES IT IS. Fuck you. She also laments throwing away the chance to be a trophy wife, and would like to find a rich husband so she can sit on her ass all day long and watch TV. If you are fabulously wealthy, look like Hugh Jackman (or ARE in fact Hugh Jackman), and are turned on by foul-mouthed, mature, slightly smooshy women, then she just may be the gal for you. Please send picture, references and your latest bank statement for review.

26 Comments

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    ohhhyeah
    Posted November 15, 2009 at 2:04 am

    I don’t know about too giggly, but Cat has gotten awfully commenty — always putting her two cents in about the routines or attempting to lead the judges into claiming something one way or another. That’s not her job. I’m not really that bothered by it (yet), just noticed it of late.

    According to the judges, acting the part of a vixen is the only natural and correct response of a woman who seeks the attention of her boyfriend (which was the premise of Kathryn’s routine) and there was no room for interpretation in her performance. I disagree, but even if the judges’ criticism had merit, why did they then give Legacy so much credit (which was based solely on his tricks, flips and movement) when Kathryn alone was required to pull off an emotional need in the performance — Legacy’s character was only required to be a springboard for her performance (how hard is it to play bored and disinterested?). She shouldered the burden of selling the performance to make the routine work, not him. He couldn’t go wrong with his characterization because it was completely reactionary and she moved just as well as he did, so the two were judged by a different set of standards. Boo to the judges, boooooooooo! Also, over praising Legacy week after week comes dangerously close to Kayla tongue-bath territory — and if the judges really are surprised that Legacy is doing so well after every routine, why in the hell is he in the top twenty to begin with? Aren’t the top twenty dancers supposed to be able to execute the routines? I actually enjoyed a Broadway routine, so I will not accept that Kathryn did a bad job. (I liked Legacy’s performance as well, just not the judges’ double standard in their judging.)

    Another partnership I’m liking is Jacob and Ashleigh. They work extremely well together, and that’s something I never would have guessed prior to seeing them perform. Obviously, I disagree with Ashleigh’s many detractors who say she isn’t pulling her weight.

    Wow Nathan, way to prove me wrong, you’re the best dancer EVER!

    Your reactions to the routines coincided perfectly with mine except for one, which I didn’t find as entertaining.

    ********** SPOILER ALERT **********

    Kathryn wins this season.

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    bigjr6633
    Posted November 15, 2009 at 2:25 am

    Great recap once again Pottymouth!!!

    I really enjoyed Russell/Noelle’s Afro Jazz routine and just like you because I just love Russell. He could just sit there and not do anything and I’ll probably love him. I also like Jakob/Ashleigh’s dance moreso for Jakob. The guys really are outshining the girls this year.

    I’m okay with Adam but I’m going to upset if we don’t get any Debbie Allen commentary this season. I’m not going to say anything about the 1st person’s comment cause clearly they are in their own little world! lol

  3. 3
    cattyfan
    Posted November 15, 2009 at 4:23 am

    So far Ashleigh’s choreography has been far easier than Jakob’s. The routines look good because he’s doing all the work.

    So far no one has made me really take notice like in years past. Maybe they should leave this show to just once a year.

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    here4beer
    Posted November 15, 2009 at 5:22 am

    I FF through Mary and Nigel’s comments, so I didn’t know they compared Jacob to Joel Gray (WOW!!), but I totally see it. He’s my absolute fave this year.

    I agree with cattyfan, too, that the choregraphers just aren’t giving Assleigh that much to do; all of their dances have been about Jacob filling up the stage and Assleigh moving around quietly a little bit. I think they overly praise her because the second she’s in the bottom, they’re going to kick her off. (I hope)

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    jewel54
    Posted November 15, 2009 at 5:45 am

    Pottymouth, love your reviews–you are BRILLIANT. I look forward to them after every show.

    Asseleigh did a respectable job, but I still watch Jakob more than I do her. He is clearly carrying her; had she been with a weaker partner, she might have gotten the boot sooner. But Jakob’s brilliance carries them both through. I’ll bet if she was paired with Hubby, she’d automatically shrink back to her old self, dancing in Ryan’s butt–I mean shadow.

    Boy, did Mowee’s and Nathan’s salsa TANK. It was awful! I don’t feel Mowee is dancing with more maturity at all, and straightening her hair (a more “mature” look?) won’t do the trick, either. Mowee looks and dances like a kid. She looked like she was playing dress-up in the salsa. The open mouth look? Perhaps she watched Natalie of Season 2 who also danced opened-mouth and thought that is what sexy is supposed to look like. Uh, no–it looked like a child aping an adult. She was having balance checks and other problems, but Nathan wasn’t much better. I don’t know why Mowee made the top 20, unless being in High School Musical 1,2,3 carries a lot of weight, especially with the pre-teen and teen vote. Nigel should have waited at least 10 years before selecting her for the top 20.
    Yup, Nathan is in trouble because he thought their salsa was hot. Maybe he meant he was all hot and sweaty after hauling Mowee around the floor–LOL. I can’t help but feel that Adam and Nigel mentioning how Mowee’s and Nathan’s fans will keep them in the competition was a reverse psychology mind game to ensure those two were “safe” and out of the bottom three. Had Nigel & Company NOT mentioned anything about the way the fans would vote, I’ll bet Nathan and Mowee would have been in the bottom three, which is where they belonged for this week. I beg to differ with Mary’s assessment that they are the “Dream Team.” I think she meant “TEEN TEAM”, because those two were coupled to appeal to the heavily teen demographic. But a Dream Team? Uh-uh. When I think of “Dream Team”, Joshua and Katee come to mind, for starters.

    Russell & Noelle’s Afro Jazz was a highlight for me. Wonderful. Wish more of the numbers were like that.

    I still feel Legassy is OVERRATED–I guess having a previous connection to the show somehow elevates you in the eyes of the judges, but to me, he’s still not that good. The judges act as if he’s climbed Mount Olympus every time he’s performed, piling on the praise until things start to smell. I felt sorry for Kathryn, because she didn’t show “enough” improvement according to the judges, compared to their precious crybaby Legassy. Well, I guess the judges have a different set of standards for Legassy. Then again, he has a past connection to the show, so of course, expectations are drastically lowered for him. This way, he gets to stay in the competition a lot longer.
    IMHO, I thought Kathryn did a GREAT job, especially since she’s stuck with Legassy. Her problem is she doesn’t have previous connections like he does. She’s a zillion times better dancer, yet the judges heap the praise on Legassy. IMHO, he must have kissed TONS of butts to get himself in the top 20 for Season 6. I mean, he had all of Season 5 to do major butt-kissing, priming the pump, having access to the judges and choreographers (staff meetings, cast parties, anyone?), doing major politicking. Yes, he had to go through the entire audition process, but it was only a formality…he was slated for Season 6 no matter what. Yes, I know…it’s happened before, with Lacey Schwimmer, etc. But this guy really annoys me.

    If Season 6 is supposed to blow Season 5 out of the water, I’m not seeing it. It’s been a letdown for me so far. I’m hoping it will get better.

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    Slumrville slumrville
    Posted November 15, 2009 at 7:13 am

    I just started reading, but I had to give you a shout out, PottyMouth!

    My real name is Iris Myandowski, the hand walking queer!

    BEST BEACHES REFERENCE EVER!!!!

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    chibby
    Posted November 15, 2009 at 8:30 am

    Nathan’s about to be on my shitlist as well. I had high hopes for him. oh well. Though I can’t wait til he picks hip-hop or contemporary. I saw a youtube video of him dancing with Twitch.

    I’m thinking Jakob is gonna win. He’s the most versatile and talented with a great personality & a sense of humor. Birds of the same feather, flock together I guess.

    Jewel, I think you mean Lauren. She worked with Tyce? I can’t remember.

  8. 8
    PIxieGal262
    Posted November 15, 2009 at 10:03 am

    Mowee and Nathan BOMBED. They seriously fucked up worse than any other couple I’ve ever seen on this show. I don’t think anyone has done a worse job with a routine than these two knuckleheads.

    Love love love Russel :) He’s brilliant and his quality of movement makes me so happy.

    Can we PLEASE get over showing the girl’s bellies? I understand that dancing is supposed to be “sexy” but there is no need to have every girl on the show half naked all the time. The only people who watch this show are tween girls. You aren’t going to get a male audience (aside from maybe tween boys) just from having some 18 year old wander about in a bra top. In past seasons the girls were far more covered up. *old lady rant over*

    Ryan and Ellenore sucked too but I didn’t think Ryan would do well in this style anyway and he just proved me right. The point of the show is that the dancers should be able to do every style but that isn’t really a feasible request. There is always going to be some style that a dancer just is not suited for and will always look weird or feel weird doing. For Ryan, that is the real hip hop.

    I feel if Ryan got say, watered down Jazz hip hop (Tabitha and Napoleon) he would have done better.

    I wonder why they don’t have Asian Hip Hop on the show…it’s a totally legitimate off shoot of hip hop with a particular style and rhythm of it’s own.

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    gerritv
    Posted November 15, 2009 at 11:06 am

    I believe Cat wore a lizard dress to confuse viewers switching between ‘SYTYCD’ and ‘V’.

    The atrociously performed Hip Hop routine by Lil C is an exact copy of a routine he choreographed for SYTYCD-Canada last season. You can find the video on YouTube. If Lil C was putting so little effort in his choreography, he was probably putting little effort in his training as well. This might explain why the Canadians did a better (not great) job of it. (I still think it was a sh*t routine.)

    I think Karen was hoisted on her own petard for telling America that she’s getting a divorce. I think that may have caused America to lose interest in Karen and her long tamale train running may turn out to be a short one.

    I played Taps for the tappers, they didn’t last too long.

    Coming out of the box, this season doesn’t seem as strong as Season 4 which had great personalities, fantastic dancers and incredible routines starting from week 1.

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    zerocool
    Posted November 15, 2009 at 11:43 am

    Random Thoughts I had while watching:

    1. “we don’t need another hero” wouldn’t get out of my head until the Relax routine. I was laughing my butt off at the lyrical edit. Really, Fox, it’s a 20 year old song, haven’t we all heard it by now?

    2. Really liked the eye painted on Russell’s hand in his routine.

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    chibby
    Posted November 15, 2009 at 12:38 pm

    lol about the Mad Max comment. Coincidentally, Joe McHale made the same comment in his show.

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    Pikey578
    Posted November 15, 2009 at 1:07 pm

    I loved the caption:
    Your mother system fans draws on protein for hundred milliliters of vodka – hurrah for bing translator!!

    Russell or Jacob FTW!

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    bambinoitaliano
    Posted November 15, 2009 at 2:44 pm

    Stacey Tookey, Sean Cheesman, and Gustavo Vargas are 3 choreographers from Canada’s version of SYTYCD. Sean Cheesman occasionally sat as a guest judge. All 3 created some great work in the last 2 seasons of the show. The Canadian version just started auditioning for the 3rd season. Mary Murphy, Mia Michaels, Little C and Dan Karaty are occasionally judges. With the exception of Mary and Dan the rest of the choreographers and Tony & Meredith did choreographed for the Canadian contestants though out the season.

  14. 14
    gerritv
    Posted November 15, 2009 at 3:26 pm

    Pikey578,

    Hi! I use Babelfish to translate and it seems more accurate. It comes up with:

    ‘Your mother sucks on the balls of squirrels for vodka!’

    I say that all the time. . .

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    JohnnyLegs
    Posted November 15, 2009 at 5:55 pm

    I don’t mind Ashleigh in her dances with Jakob. I think it’s because Jakob is such a charismatic dancer that it’s hard to even notice Ashleigh. There’s something about Jakob’s movement that makes it seem like he’s always doing something interesting, even when he’s doing something common.

    I don’t like Peter as a dancer, but it was hard not to like him after seeing his work with SPIN.

    I liked the afro-jazz, I liked the Broadway number. I didn’t like the hip-hop number but I thought Ellenore was just so-so rather than bad, though it did feel sluggish towards the end. I think Tabitha and Napolean choreograph – most of the time – around their dancers, so when they have someone who has trouble with the style and can’t hit hard – say Randy and Evan – they can still put on a pretty good routine. Lil C just throws his dancers to the wolves. I with he’d adapt to his dancers more, but I think he’s probably relatively new at choreographing for non hip-hop dancers and hopefully it’ll come in time.

    I think Nathan and Mowee’s salsa might just have been the worst performance I’ve seen on this show. They were awful, especially Nathan. I mean, Mowee had to be sexy, and she’s not, so she was fighting a losing battle. But Nathan just lacks something in his dancing outside of his style. Maybe it’s emotional weight, I’m not sure, but he’s awful. His disco was awful. This salsa was awful.

    And I really liked Kevin during the auditions and Vegas, but on the show I’ve found him underwhelming. Does anyone else agree?

    And please let Andy Blankenbuehler replace pissy-face Tyce. Please!

    Gerritv, I think you’re right about Cat’s outfit being used as competition against V.

    Thanks again for the recap, PM!

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    wcsdancer
    Posted November 15, 2009 at 6:01 pm

    Nathan and Mowee should totally have been in the bottom 3! That was painful to watch. I do think there’s a tie concerning the worst dance *ever* on this show, though. Remember season 3′s tango with Ricky and Ashlee? Awkward! I’d say they’re tied for the ‘worst dance’ honor. If Nathan ever does end up in the bottom 3, he’d better step up big time for his solo. I get the feeling Nigel is now jonesing for the opportunity to boot him off.

  17. 17
    cattyfan
    Posted November 15, 2009 at 7:22 pm

    Please…worst dances on this show? Check out several of Phillip’s from last season. They were horrifying to witness.

  18. 18
    JohnnyLegs
    Posted November 15, 2009 at 8:07 pm

    C’mon, Cattyfan, no matter how bad Phillip was, Jeanine was always great. And they always seemed like partners – mismatched in skill, but still partners. Nathan and Mowee had no chemistry and looked like two people who just ended up next to each other on the dance floor and weren’t too happy about it. It was bad dancing, bad partnering, and bad acting.

  19. 19
    blazergirl
    Posted November 15, 2009 at 8:45 pm

    I’m just curious as to Legacy’s connection to the show. From what I understand, his only connection is that he has worked with Lauren from season 3. Does he have more of a connection than that or is that it? Because if that’s all it is, Jakob has just the same connection being friends with Jeanine. I disliked Legacy as much as everyone else at the beginning but he has grown on me big time. Don’t get me wrong, he’s no Russell, who is by far my favorite, but I’m willing to give Legacy a second chance.

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    ohhhyeah
    Posted November 15, 2009 at 11:40 pm

    I don’t know the history of Legacy’s connection to the show. I’ve heard a few things that don’t seem any worse than things that have happened with other dancers from previous seasons. In the end though, I don’t think it matters whether a dancer makes it on the show through talent or connections. They still have to dance well or the voters won’t vote for them. Legacy has proven so far that he can compete, so I don’t have a problem with him being on the show.

    I have also read a few comments from people who are not happy that Legacy has worked as a professional dancer prior to being on the show. Being a ‘professional’ dancer simply means that at some point in the past a person has gotten paid to perform in some capacity as a dancer. There are no stipulations in the rules that prevent professional dancers from trying out for the show, and in fact I would bet that of all the dancers who have competed on the show a larger percentage could be considered professional dancers than not.

    PIxieGal262 said: ” Can we PLEASE get over showing the girl’s bellies? I understand that dancing is supposed to be “sexy” but there is no need to have every girl on the show half naked all the time. The only people who watch this show are tween girls. You aren’t going to get a male audience (aside from maybe tween boys) just from having some 18 year old wander about in a bra top. In past seasons the girls were far more covered up. *old lady rant over*”

    Only if the guys are never allowed to dance shirtless or expose their chests. With that stipulation I don’t think you’ll get much support for the idea. :D

    In all seriousness, I think you’re wrong on all accounts. For starters, you called yourself an old lady and then said that only tweens watch the show. I’m pretty sure from the level of maturity contained in the comments here and on other forums I have read that a very large portion of the audience is made up of adults. It’s just that the tweens are the most apt to vote. Also, the number of male viewers may be significantly lower than the number of female viewers, but even if you put the percentage at a lowball figure of 10%, that’s still a significant number of viewers. I’m a straight guy, and I’ve read many other comments from people who mention their wives and such, so I know I’m not the only one. Also, if you go back and watch footage from previous seasons you’ll find that your perception of just how much clothes the dancers wear is wrong — being half naked just seems to go hand in hand with dancing.

    I can’t fault you on your desire to protect the young women from overexposing themselves. That’s your opinion and I suppose you should be commended for your desire to protect their integrity. I’m not going to argue whether your views are right or wrong, just that I think your facts concerning the demographics of the viewing audience are wrong.

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    LuckyLouie
    Posted November 16, 2009 at 6:07 am

    I don’t deviate from you much, Potty, but I have to say, I actually like Ashleigh. She may very well benefit from having a good partner, but she’s not the first, nor the last.

    I thought the hustle was so so, the Lil C number was really bad, and the Mowee/Nathan number was, to me, the worst routine ever done on this show. I strongly disagree about bringing Philip’s name into that conversation (I was pulling for him, so I could be biased) but NOTHING in that routine looked good. Even simpler things like hand position was off, transitions were bad…this looked like the rehearsal footage they show before the routine.

    Legacy/Kathryn was entertaining (thought both dancers were good), Russell and Noelle were great, and I acutally liked Channing/Victor this week. I think they will get better in time.

    Johnny – totally agree with you on the Kevin observation. I was happy that he made it on the show, but I’ve been a bit underwhelmed. Don’t know if it’s him or the routines so far.

    I agree with ohhyeah on the demographics. As a married male, I don’t fit into the tween girl category, and there are a lot of us who watch the shows to spend time with our spouse, just like my wife would do with something like Monday Night Football. I don’t vote, I do believe the majority of voters of both this show and AI are both tweens. Besides, I’m pretty sure Dancing with the Stars skews to an older demographic, and the girls there (dancers and celebs) wear as little there as here.

    The judges not named Adam were seemingly less annoying this week…that, or I’m learning to tune them out better. It cracks me up that Nigel is STILL harping on the Russian Folk Dancing. In the battle for who gets more attention, Cat’s outfit – 1, Cat’s outfit – 0, leaving the overall season score outfits – 2, hair 1.

    Lastly, love the Wolverine photo you found for the comparison. When I saw Ryan in the white tank talking about wanting to be a superhero, I knew you’d come up with something brilliant!

    Good luck on getting tickets to the show, Potty.

  22. 22
    cattyfan
    Posted November 16, 2009 at 7:08 am

    Phillip’s “tango” last season was a joke…and should stand as the worst dance ever done on this show.

    As for Russian folk dance…perhaps if a more skilled dancer had been performing it, the dance would have been better. Imagine if it had been Phillip who had first performed a Bollywood number on this show. It would be the endless joke, like Russian folk dance has unfortunately become.

  23. 23
    Snootchy Bootches
    Posted November 16, 2009 at 8:21 am

    Just two random thoughts while reading:

    1. About the “hustle” done by Kevin and Karen… where was the hustle part? That looked more like a generic disco dance to me. When the other disco choreographer does the hustle, you KNOW what they are dancing (75 death lifts or not).

    2. The screen grab of Mary on page 2… how much does she look like Miley Cyrus right there? I don’t know which is scarier… Miley or Mary.

    Thanks for a great recap!

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    rainbodragon
    Posted November 16, 2009 at 2:04 pm

    great recap as always.

    1st, am i the only one who thinks Karen is really skanky?

    2nd, wasnt there an afro jazz number in season 3 i think? im thinking Heidi was in it, maybe with Travis, but not sure.

  25. 25
    keenai
    Posted November 16, 2009 at 8:07 pm

    Yes, there was an Afro jazz number danced on the show before, and yes, you are the only one who thinks Karen is skanky.

    Cat is so giggly because of Ryan. Have you noticed how touchy feely she is with him? It just seems MORE with him for Cat somehow. My friend said she was the same way when Dmitry was on the show. Not that I can blame her. Beefcake is beefcake.

    Also, Legacy is growing on me A LOT. I am just going with it.

  26. 26
    PottyMouth
    Posted November 17, 2009 at 6:56 am

    ohhhyeah: Yeah, I’m in complete agreement with how the judges treated Kathryn. Legacy has been growing on me, but Kathryn is part of that equation also. Maybe we should start a pool with predictions for the winner and see who gets it right!

    bigjr6633: I know! Russell just makes me smile when he gets on stage. I’m really hoping that he continues to shine throughout the entire season!

    cattyfan: Exactly! Jakob is definitely doing all the heavy lifting in their numbers. I’m curious to see if that trend continues because I don’t think she’ll do well given more to do. Or maybe I just hate her.

    here4beer: Jakob is definitely up there for me too (along with Russell). I really do hope Asseleigh is booted once she hits the bottom. I can’t imagine her pulling a decent solo out of her ass.

    jewel54: Awww, thanks so much! I don’t et he dream team comments either, but I rarely agree with who the judges deem to be the dream team of the season. That salsa WAS atrocious “ they had better pull out all the stops on their next routine!

    slumrville: YAY!!! The funny thing is, I thought of that while watching her a couple of weeks ago and have not been able to get it out of my head! I was so glad to finally find a spot to put it in! And I’m so glad someone got it!!!!

    chibby: I think they did Nathan and Mowee a big disservice pairing them together. I know other dancers are just as young, but they are both so immature they really need someone that’s going to force them to grow up a little.

    PixieGal262: Yeah, Ryan would definitely have fared better with Tabitha and Napoleon, but I don’t care because I don’t really like him anyway. Is that too mean? ;)

    gerritv: Hahahaha! I wish I had thought of that! Interesting bit about Lil C recycling his choreography. I’ll have to check that out.

    zerocool: As soon as I heard the song start I KNEW they were going to edit the lyrics as well as the jiz-like sounds at the end. I liked that eye too!!

    chibby: That is so cool and just made me so happy!!

    Pikey578 & gerritv: I actually use babelfish for my translations, but the one from Bing made me laugh just for the sheer wackiness of it!!

    bambinoitaliano: I’m glad they’re bringing these choreographers into the US show! I’ve never watched the other versions, so they’re all new to me and I am loving getting new blood on this show!

    JohnnyLegs: I agree “ I tend to watch Jakob and then I have to go back and FORCE myself to watch Asseleigh so that I can comment on whatever nothing she is doing this week. I agree about Kevin. Maybe it’s the partnership?

    wcsdancer: I thought I had scrubbed the memory of that tango from my mind!!!! Eeekk!!

    cattyfan & JohnnyLegs: I’m a little biased when it comes to Phillip because I really liked him and wanted him to do well. But I do agree that Jeannine kept most of the performances from tanking the way they would have with anyone else as a partner.

    blazergirl: Jakob’s connection isn’t the same as Legacy’s. Jakob has a friendship with Jeannine, whereas Legacy has a professional connection to the show in that he assisted her in the choreography rounds of this show during last season’s audition process. I’m getting over my irritation at that because I’m actually liking what he’s done so far. Unlike my unending hatred for Lauren.

    ohhhyeah: I think you’ve hit the nail on the head with your comment about who watches the show versus who actually votes. Uh, Ryan can go right ahead and put a shirt on and BUTTON it too. Russell should burn every shirt he owns. ;P

    LuckyLouie: Say it isn’t so!!!!!!! You like Asseleigh?? No!!!!!!!!!!! I’m sure you all knew I wouldn’t be able to resist as soon as Ryan said he wanted to be a superhero. :D I am nothing if not predictable when it comes to Hugh!

    cattyfan: I never knew you were Phillip’s biggest fan! ;P

    Snootchy Bootches: Holy Crap! “ I did not even see that until you pointed it out. Super scary!!

    rainbodragon: I don’t really find Karen to be skanky “ sometimes I think she may be a little full of herself, but other times I think maybe she just has that quiet confidence. And yes, Heidi and Travis did what was billed as an afro pop routine, but I think they’re pretty close.

    keenai: Cat better watch out “ Asseleigh with kick her butt!!!!! I still don’t get his supposed hotness “ he just doesn’t do it for me.

    Thanks for reading and commenting everyone! You guys are the best!

    SWAK, PottyMouth

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