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Monday, June 20, 2011
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Hey Gasmi! Thanks for all your great comments on the last two recaps; I always love hearing when you guys think about this show. I also appreciate the concern some of you have expressed at the possible inclusion of Robert as an all-star. The thought has indeed crossed my mind and although I am not excited by the prospect, it also has not reduced me to a pile of burning ash yet either.
Although if he starts with the goofy faces again, that may all change. You may be wondering at this change of heart toward Robert. Well, this spring my sister and I took my niece and my son to a dance workshop that has many SYTYCD alumni as teachers. This year Robert was one of them. I still find him to be vaguely annoying, but I have to give points to anyone who is that good with kids, so there you have it. Now that he’s earned a little good will, it’s up to him to keep it.
Alright, are you ready to find out how the dancers have been paired off this season? Let’s get this show on the road…….welcome……to So You Think You Can Dance (dance…….dance)
It looks like Cat has already picked out her quickie partner for the season and out him (or her) to good use.
After the opening credits we go through roll call, but it seems like someone is missing. Instead of immediately addressing this, Cat introduces us to our judges for this evening. Of course we have Nigel and Mary, and joining them in the third judges’ chair tonight is Megan Mullally.
Cat gives Megan props for her Emmy wins and nominations, mentions her new show and then points out that Megan actually has a background in dance.
I can’t believe I dance with butter substitutes!
She actually studied dance in high school and with the school at ABT as well as doing some musicals. Which makes her about 1,000 times more qualified than Ellen was, so I guess we should be grateful for that.
Cat now confirms my previous suspicion and tells us that one of the guys (Mitchell) injured his elbow shortly after his first rehearsal and has been told by the doctors that he can’t perform tonight.
Awwwwww…that sucks
He will automatically be in the bottom tomorrow, and if he can’t perform, he will be going home. That really does suck. I always feel bad when this happens to someone. Just think about it; you go through all those auditions, finally make it on the show, and then end up hurt. I know it happens all the time but I still feel bad for them.
Because it’s only the first week and we have so many dancers right now, the filler segment is short. This is always my happiest time of the season for filler. So this time around each dancer is going to get eight seconds to tell us stuff about themselves that we might not know. We’re starting with Jordan, aka Stripperella.
She forgot to mention she’s a dumbass (or at least plays one on TV)
Jordan is being paired up with Tadd.
For their first time dancing together they have drawn African jazz as their style; Sean Cheesman will be choreographing. Stripperella immediately proves my dumbass theory by saying she thought afro jazz was people doing jazz exercises in unitards with afros.
Mensa Candidate
Sean tells us this dance is inspired by the lava of a volcano. That’s hot.
This was just okay for me. I think Tadd did really well considering he’s a b-boy. Obviously he hasn’t done much partnering before, and that really showed; their transitions into and out of the lifts were really choppy. I think I can say with confidence that there will be much better routines performed tonight, but probably worse as well.
Nigel says they exploded on the stage
And I exploded in my pants!
He says there were almost sub primal rhythms going on; everything was tremendous. He thinks the power they both had was fantastic. He tells Jordan she was outstanding tonight and then tells Tadd that if he keeps picking up styles the way he has done tonight he’s going to be extremely exciting on the series and go a long way.
Mary says you could feel the floor shaking out there and you just know that now Jordan’s wondering if Mary’s calling her fat.
Not cool Mary.
She says she expected Jordan to really it knock it out but she was even more animalistic and into the character than Mary had thought she’d be. She says she was worried for Tadd for about two seconds, then two seconds into it, gone. He blew her away.
Megan agrees and says Tadd was amazing considering he was so far outside of his genre. She thinks it was strong, exciting and a great way to start the show.
Up next is Sasha.
Her partner is going to be Alexander. Alexander is reminding me of someone but I can’t place who so it’s driving me crazy. Any thoughts, Gasmi?
They will be dancing contemporary with Travis. Let the conspiracy theories begin! Travis tells us this routine is about consequences in a relationship. He’s done shitting things that have torn her to shreds and now she’s tearing him to shreds. Also, Sasha is kicking his ass during rehearsals to the point where we get an entire montage of Sasha beating on him. Yeouch!
I really like her a lot. We haven’t seen that much of him yet, but so far he seems like he’ll be able to hold his own with her. I liked this piece; then again I usually do like Travis’ routines.
Mary wonders how Alexander is holding up what the beating he just got during that routine. He tells her he has insurance.
Mary is obviously easily amused.
She says it’s another great routine by Travis; one of the things she loves about his work is the transitions and how unexpected and interesting they are. She tells Sasha she is strong and dynamic; she fills the room up, living every moment.
She thinks Alexander is strong too but says she didn’t quite feel the connection between the two of them. Maybe it was their characters for the piece, but fabulous job anyway.
Megan loved it. She says she thinks Sasha is coming into this as something of a favorite and with performances like that, that’s not going to be changing anytime soon. She also thinks Sasha was stronger than Alexander and also attributes the disconnect she felt between them to him.
Nigel says he is definitely scared of Sasha.
You, young lady, are giving me a fear boner.
He says she’s like a modern day Amazonian princess; a beautiful, magnificent warrior. He tells Alexander he is dancing and will dance with some incredibly strong girls this season; he needs more emotion from him. He needs to see the passion.
Just don’t try any funny stuff with me
Time for Clarice. FYI – I am still jealous of her hair.
Tell me about your partner, Clareeeece
Poor thing, she’s been paired with one of the obnoxious guys which is a shame sine I really like her. She’s drawn Jess for a partner, and I am going to predict now that he will not be able to handle any sort of criticism.
Giving me a shout out isn’t going to make me like you more Jess.
Guess what? The Broadway guy is getting Broadway. Unfortunately it’s a Sir BitchyPants Broadway. GROAN.
Sir BitchyPants wants to create a real showy piece for them so that they can really dig in. It’s a celebration of dance, character, style, and Broadway. Ha. If it were that, someone else would be choreographing.
God, I hate Sir BitchyPants’ choreography. They dance it well, but it feels super cheesy. This one is in the middle of the road for me dance wise, but in the crapper as far as the choreography is concerned.
Megan loved everything about it; she thinks it was pure joy on a platter. She thinks Jess is a showman and a natural born performer; she says he’s almost like a young Jimmy Cagney or Jimmy Durante (you know, if he could dance).
Ugh. The hamming he does already bugs the shit out of me.
Nigel thinks Clarice is a beautiful girl and a beautiful dancer, but she will need to work hard to keep up with Jess. He thinks Jess is a wonderfully gifted performer and the Broadway style is in every pore of his body. He says Jess out danced her in this routine and he can tell Jess is going to be one of his favorite performers this year.
Mary says it was an amazing celebration of dance, for sure. She thinks Jess couldn’t have done anything in that routine any better. She doesn’t think they will be in any trouble any time soon.
Next up, Ryan.
Her partner is going to be Ricky.
The style they’ve drawn is lyrical hip hop. Which is really REALLY close to getting contemporary. I’m guessing their choreographer is going to be Tabitha and Napoleon, but I am WRONG. Christopher Scott of the awesome top ten guy number will be taking the helm on this one.
Christopher tells us this routine is a love story between Ricky and Ryan, but Ryan is gone now so the dance is him remembering their love.
Okay. So let’s deal with hair and wardrobe first. The sage green baby doll dress with the black boots is not really cutting it for me. Also? Get a fucking hairband or something. That said, this was not all that for me. I hated the goofy ass grin she had on her face the majority of the routine, and although she executed the steps well, I wasn’t feeling it from her. Again, see goofy ass smile. At the end of the day, both of these guys can dance, but I just wasn’t into this at all.
Nigel is soooooooooo happy they have Christopher Scott on the show this year. Obligatory tongue bathing of the choreographer completed, he warns then to be careful with their facial emotions saying he wasn’t sure what it was all about, why were they so happy.
It makes him want to destroy their hopes and dreams.
He did love the dancing and tell Ryan she is a superb dancer, and is outstanding. He also likes Ricky.
Mary really loved it and gives props to Ricky, mentioning how hard it must have been to act like she wasn’t there when he was actually touching her all the time and leading her through everything.
I try to tune Nigel out when he touches me but it never works.
She thinks he’s one of the most talented guys on the show, and also agrees that Ryan is one of the best girls in a sea of really great girls. There’s more talk of the stupid smiling and so Ryan jumps in to explain why she was smiling.
My lips don’t close over my teeth. It’s really quite traumatic for me, if you must know.
Awwww……there, there Ryan. Have a carrot, you’ll feel better.
Megan totally feels bad now for being annoyed by the smiling. So she says it was beautiful and leaves it at that.
Next up is Caitlynn.
She’s one of the dancers we’ve barely seen thus far, but she is just as cute as a button. Now, I’m not normally someone that likes the cutesy cute girls on this show, but there is something contagious about Caitlynn’s cuteness, something very likeable underneath the adorable. Hopefully she won’t turn out to be annoying; that would be disappointing.
Caitlynn has been paired with now-injured Mitchell.
They will be doing a Sonya Tayeh jazz routine. She tells us the dance is about what we can accomplish without fear. Mitchell has a voice like Chris Tucker with grates on me already, but he’s hurt now, so I’ll try to be nice. He’s also very sweaty. Gross.
Since Mitchell is hurt, someone has to step in and dance with Caitlynn. It’s Robert.
This is a very Sonya routine requiring lots of control and strength and contortionism. Caitlynn handles it really well, and as I said earlier in the recap, I’m not fining Robert to be as annoying as I did during his season. Of course it helps that he leaves the stage immediately after dancing. What?
Mary loved it so much she shows them her spirit fingers.
She tells Caitlynn she is so lucky to have Sonya as a choreographer because she produces strong, powerful movement. She says every girl wants to be Caitlynn; she was brilliant. Then she has to give a shout out to Robert and says she’s hoping we see him as an all star later this season.
Megan says Caitlynn was amazing and impressive in the strength that she showed. Then she says she hopes Mitchell gets well soon.
She’s shaping up to be just as useless as a judge as Ellen was after all.
At least Ellen was funny. Sort of.
Nigel says Caitlynn had a rough week; she has extraordinary choreography, lost her partner, and got Robert. I don’t think he means all of that was bad. He gives her a ten for performance and technique, using Mitchell’s phrase of ten across the board. Ugh.
Time for Miranda.
She is paired with my least favorite guy whose name is (somewhat ironically) Robert.
SO ANNOYING. They pull the genre of Latin, which we find out means a jive choreographed by Jason Gilkison. During their rehearsal footage Robert does an Urkel impression that further cements my dislike of him. I don’t think he’s ever coming back from the hate side at this point.
I Hate This Routine. From his stupid fucking floods, to the dumbass fake glasses to EVERYTHING about it. HATE. He’s not the only reason I hate this dance either; she may not be as annoying as he is, but she certainly didn’t do anything to help out this routine. They are now my pick for the couple I want to go home this week. I don’t think anyone can possible be worse than this.
The audience gives them a standing ovation and now I’m even more annoyed. Are they piping crack smoke into the theater? This standing O makes absolutely no sense at all to me unless the entire audience is high.
It’s a real head scratcher alright.
Megan tries to start her critique but Robert is busy woo-ing at the audience. Have I mentioned I can’t stand him? Megan finally gets going and says you’d have to be in a coma not to like that one. Huh. I guess I am in a coma and this is all part of an alternate reality?
Either that or Megan doesn’t know what the fuck she is talking about.
I think I’ll go with option two. She loves that Miranda is a little goofy and tells Robert he is her top twenty crush. I am officially done with Megan Mullally.
Nigel tells Robert he possibly has the biggest personality out of all of the dancers this year. That could go for him or end up hurting him as people grow sick of his woo-ing. Already there, Nigel. So he thinks maybe Robert should learn to point his toes. He also thinks that Miranda is sexy but will need to do a little more to keep up with the girl beasts this season.
Mary thinks Robert has stolen the show tonight. And even though he didn’t point his toes he had the body tic of the jive going the entire time. And then asks him to woo for her and then she screams for him. Kill me now.
Time for Missy who you may remember as the other self proclaimed sexy girl.
She’s been paired up with Wadi who may also have been smoking a little summin summin earlier.
They will be performing a Sean Cheesman jazz routine. The premise of this number is that Pandora’s Box has just been opened and what is revealed is the demon clones of yourself. Missy is really excited because they are sexy demons.
I’m ready!
Oh damn. That’s not what they mean at all. Phooey.
I have mixed feeling about this one. I really like Cheesman’s choreography and concept here (even though the music is GagMe), and I think they both did a good job with it. My issue is that I feel like they lost steam as the number went on. It started out really strong and I felt like it petered out by the end.
Nigel loves that the dancers as so good that they’re inspiring the choreographers to do better and better work. He thinks this is the best Cheesman work ever. He tells Missy she is one of the beasts of the girls this year, and he also gives props to Wadi and says he doesn’t think they’ve ever had hip hop guys pick up other styles as well as the guys this year. I can think of a few hip hop guys that might disagree.
Mary says they sure did look like sexy demons out there; how could they not? She says Sean opened up Pidora’s box and opened up a whoop ass can of dancing for us.
Looks like she popped open a can of something too.
Megan liked it.
Next up is my current fav, Melanie.
She has been paired with gunshot survivor, Marko.
I’ve heard of being shy, but this is ridiculous!
They get Travis and contemporary and they all fall at each other’s feet when they first meet at rehearsal. How adorable. This piece is about two statues that come to life and start dancing together.
LOVE THEM. I fucking love every second of this dance. Their movement in this is so effortless and yet, you can see the energy in their fingertips. By far this is my favorite dance of the night, and though I was wishing we’d see Melanie outside her genre first, I wouldn’t have wanted to forgo this for the world. HOLY SHITBALLS. That was freaking amazing.
The audience is up on their feet, Mary is crying and Cat got chills. Mary tells them that every once in a while on this show (maybe once or twice a season) a number comes along that is just magical. This is that number. She tells Melanie and Marko they had them at hello.
Megan has chills and was crying. It was super special. Wow, wow, wow. Amazing.
Nigel says it’s the first week and this could be the first Emmy nominated routine. Oh shut it, Nigel. He now gets to the dancing and says the chemistry between them is fantastic. He thinks Marko was magnificent in this and he loves that it wasn’t completely perfect because it shows they still need to grow. He tells Melanie she is the queen of the beasts and he doesn’t think that they have ever had a better girl dancer than her.
Adorable!
Did I say I love them? Because I do.
Only two more couples to go. Up next is Ashley.
She’s been paired with Chris.
And they will be performing a Christopher Scott hip hop number that is about a couple that finds out they’ve both been cheating. I wonder if a butcher knife is involved.
No butcher knives to be found. This was so meh for me. I had the same issue here with Ashley that I had with Ryan earlier; why the fuck did she spend the entire routine smiling when she just found out he boyfriend’s been cheating? Does that make sense to anyone? This is another one that should be in the bottom on results night.
Nigel thinks it was a fun routine and wonders why Ashley immediately thought Chris was cheating when she pulled the bra out of his back pocket; why didn’t she wonder if he was a cross dresser. Cat pipes up saying it’s in the wrong spot if he was.
LOVE HER
Why hasn’t she ever gotten an Emmy? Can someone please explain that to me?
Anyway, Nigel tells them it will be interesting to see if the public will go for dynamic routines or fun ones. This one was a lot of fun.
Mary says it was pure entertainment. She loves Ashley’s swagger and vibe. She also loves Chris and says he always dances with heart. Megan also loved it.
We’re down to our last couple of the night. Iveta is the last to go.
And she has been paired with Nick.
Now, I have to admit I am a little disappointed at this pairing. I was really hoping to see Nick get paired with Melanie because right now he is my favorite guy and she is BY FAR my favorite girl. Ah well. I guess I’ll live.
They get ballroom which ends up being a quickstep choreographed by Jason Gilkison. Good thing she’s a world champion in this style.
Interestingly, I think his tap background may have actually worked in his favor for this dance. He’s used to fast and fancy footwork, so I think where other guys may have faltered, Nick actually held his own. Iveta was wonderful of course, but would you really expect anything less from the world champion? Of course you wouldn’t.
Standing ovation again. Megan just keeps repeating that Nick is a tap dancer; she thinks it was amazing.
Nigel says when they pulled ballroom out of the hat Iveta must have been excited and Nick must have thought oh great, the dance of death. Which we all know it isn’t, but whatever. He thinks it was fabulous.
Mary says the quickstep is supposed to have a light and happy mood. Check. Tricky and fast footwork. Yes. Good looking top line. Yup. Skimming across the floor like floating on air. Yessireebob. She thinks it was unbelievable.
And there you have it, Gasmi. What a night of dance, huh? What did you think? Who were your favorites? Did you think Melanie and Marko were the standouts of the night? Does anyone else want to personally boot Robert off the stage? Did you think Megan Mullally was a waste?
Next up, results! See you there!
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I wonder how much of the positive response to Tadd from Mary and Megan had to do with his (lack of) costume?
I’m glad you’ve softened (a little) on Robert. I knew he’d be dancing with Caitlynn before the episode aired but since it was technically a spoiler I had to keep that to myself. The dueling annoying Roberts did crack me up, though. At least S7 Robert is only 20 years old and appears to be outgrowing it. What’s WooRobert’s excuse? Dude’s 30 years old.
I think where the Missy/Wadi dance appeared to lose steam was when Cheesman included some minor freerunning to highlight Wadi. Missy was just kind of left standing around while Wadi was jumping and flipping but the stage didn’t really accommodate freerunning so it all looked a little anemic.
Nick and Melanie are my favorites, too, but I think the fact that he’s over 6′ and she appears to be one of the shorter women would have made pairing them look awkward. Iveta was still shorter than him in her dance heels, so paired with Melanie she’d be skimming his shoulder. Marko really is a better partner for her, but I think both couples are probably safe for a while.
Jordan and Tadd made so little impact on me that when the clips ran at the end of the show, I had forgotten they had danced.
Sasha and Alexander’s routine looked to me like a derivative Mia Michael’s choreography…and not her best stuff. Especially than angsty kick thing Sasha did while Alexander was holding her. I liked Alexander more than Sasha in this.
I really enjoyed Clarice and Jess…but Jess will be this season’s Evan. He’s very good, and will go father than the judges want him to. The first opportunity they have where it won’t look suspicious, they’ll get rid of him. I think he’s more Gene Kelly than anything else, and I like him (except the phony humble thing.)
I loathe Ryan Ramirez. I can’t say it enough. And her partner appears to be cannon fodder. And I thought their dance was awful. They weren’t together, and hip hop shouldn’t be perky.
I had a hard time with Caitlynn, in part because I’m weary of Sonya’s routine’s, which have become very repetitive. I also found myself watching Robert instead of her (something that nearly always happens when dancers are paired with All-Stars.)
Miranda and Woo Boy bored me. And I’m tired of his Arsenio Hall crossed with Urkel schtick. Please get him off my screen. Unless we can turn his “wooing” into a drinking game. No…not even that would make it acceptable.
I had to go back and check Missy and Wadi’s names because I got completely distracted by the Hugh as Wolverine photo. That also tells you how much of an impression those two dancers made on me.
Melanie and Marko were outstanding, and this was far better choreography than Travis’s other Piece (which I still think was a Mia By Numbers.)
Ashley and Chris’s hip hop may have been my least favorite thing of the night.
Iveta is a really old looking thirty. She and Nick were good, but there was something missing for me. They did all the steps, but I didn’t feel any emotion.
I didn’t enjoy Megan Mullally as a judge. With all the real dance EXPERTS out there, why did they choose her to be the first guest judge?
Re: This season’s Robert is super annoying. Way too old for that wooo crap.
And Missy? Stop *trying* so hard to be sexy. It’s like coolness…if you have to keep telling us you are, you’re probably not. It takes more than simply being attractive to be sexy. A big part of that is having enough confidence to let it speak for itself.
So mad, why do I have to log out of Facebook to post on here? Grrrrrr, anyway first pic is MY Robert….teehee
That “hip hop” routine reminded me of a DWTS routine where the professional knows the other person can’t dance so they spend the first 16 beats fussing about and trying to tell a story. It was absolutely terrible.
I would like to nominate Meagan Mu-DULLY for the worst guest host on a variety tv program.
A couple thoughts on this episode, other than the fact that watching this show makes me happy! As soon as Nigel said Jess is one of his favroites, I realized he won’t be going anywhere anytime soon, even if he gets voted into the bottom every week. Considering so many of them actually got to dance in their own style, I’m looking forward to this week and hoping that people get more variety. I’ll be interested to see how Chris does considering he had his own style in hip hop and didn’t do very well.
I also took issue with Nigel saying that these hip hop dancers are picking up styles better than any they have ever seen. That is ridiculous; Joshua and Twitch were two of the best and picked up other styles beautifully (they are also two of my favorite constestants ever). You could also throw Dominic in there (I know you hate him Potty Mouth but he was great on the show when he was a contestant) or even Legacy.
As far as Cat goes, not only has she never won an Emmy, she has never even been nominated. WTF? I love her for how much she loves the contestants (or her babies as she calls them). She has them to her house every year for a 4th of July bbq, plus she is always willing to hug them after they dance, regardless of how sweaty she is. You can bet Ryan Seacrest would never do that.
“I would like to nominate Meagan Mu-DULLY for the worst guest host on a variety tv program.”
You must not have seen Carmen Electra on RuPaul’s Drag Race.
I actually found Megan Mulally kind of endearingly earnest – most guest judges are so blatantly on there just to promote their latest project and say pre-scripted “funny” things; it was nice to see someone who actually seemed to think this was a Very Important Job.
I didn’t get the praise for the African Jazz at all. They were too light on their feet, the lifts were labored and their synchronization was way, way, way off (so much so that it looked like they were doing entirely different things, but I think they were supposed to actually be in synchro for a significant portion of hte dance). But I despise Jordan, so my view might be a little biased.
@vallegirl – Yeah, I missed that treat. Carmen Electra looks like Tila Tequila in drag (or is that the other way around) One of them looks like a dude who dresses like a lady and then looks like Carmen Electra
I was done when MuDULLY ran out adjectives and just said “let’s hear it for the costume and make-up department” PRICELESS – Bless her heart.
Good Gravy Whooo-dumbazz needs to stop, you are not Lil Richard. I adore Melanie.
I feel like, aside from the Melanie/Marko routine, this entire episode was just a little lackluster and the judges refused to acknowledge it. Most of the dances were mediocre at best, and a good number were just boring or bad…but the judges just kept on saying how great everything was. Very upsetting for a show that I hold to a higher standard of not blowing smoke up everyone’s asses all the time…
i agree, i thought all of the dances were mediocre; i enjoyed melanie/marko but no tingles. i think they just dont want to start the season on a ‘you suck’ note after all the hype over how good everyone is. i was also disappointed with the choreography, especially hip hop, and i thought african jazz choreography was great but the performance was awful. hopefully they’ll get tougher next week. when they’re always blowing each other about how great the choreography is, it’s hard to just say ‘that routine sucked.’ ryan is horrible. jess is annoying. home home home!!
Let’s see:
Alexander reminds me of a young George Hamilton.
Christopher Scott is a weak choreographer and I question if he’s at the point in his career where he should be featured on this show. Disliked both of his routines.
Any way you cut it, I don’t think Jive a Latin routine makes. Felt cheated by that.
I hate hate hate Robert Taylor – not the actor, the very talented dancer. Whoooooo! I’ll bet he gets hoisted on his own petard one day (and soon, I hope!). He was so focused on those fake glasses he wore, he kept touching the bridge to make sure they stayed on. Is that not style over substance?
They should limit the choreographers to one routine per show. When they have two, invariably one routine is weaker and the dancetestants suffer for it.
If you didn’t like Megan Mullally, what are you gonna do this week when Debbie Reynolds sits in that chair?
Nigel is right, the girls are beasts – fierce and fearless.
Thanks for the great recap PM!
Umm does anybody else besides me think that Nigel told Christopher Scott to dumb down his hip-hop choreography?? Cuz we all know what he’s capable of with the LXD routines and the Top 10 guys routine. I think his regular choreo would probably be too complex for most of the dancers so he was told to make his routines “fun” and stuff. Hopefully he doesn’t do that for his routines in the future cuz he’s one of my favorite choreographers.
And I agree, what was up with Ryan’s smile? People were saying that that’s how Rickie remembered her, as happy, so that’s why she was smiling. But it totally put me off. And, I know it’s lyrical hip-hop but she wasn’t even a little hard hitting, it was just like contemporary for me. And Chris and Ashley’s was just not good. I seriously hope the hip-hop routines improve in the future cuz they’re usually my favorite ones.
And Marko and Melanie being paired together make them the strongest pair. They’re the best male and female contemporary dancers I think and pairing them together will probably make them last quite a while. Not that I’m complaining, because they’re two of my favorite dancers.
And with Nick being paired with Iveta, it makes sense in regards to height. Does anybody remember that one guy I think two or three seasons ago, where he was really good but his partner was way shorter than him so their first routine was totally off? And he got eliminated that first week though he was a really good dancer. And Nick’s my favorite guy so I was glad he got ballroom with Iveta. And I agree that his tap training definitely helped him with the fast footwork and everything. And Iveta’s a great partner cuz she slowed down a bit to showcase and allow Nick to look his best.
Oh last thing, about Robert (S7 Robert). I was looking at the dancers’ bios on Fox.com and a lot of the girls said that their dream dance partner from past seasons would be Robert. I was totally confused about that since there’s so many incredible male dancers from past seasons. But half of the girls are under 20 and I have to agree that he has become less annoying it seems. Hopefully that lasts if he does indeed become an All-Star.
Loved the recap as usual PM!
I totally agree that Jive for Latin was a weird stretch, and that the lyrical hip hop routine was not near hard enough. I got why Ryan was smiling, but I still think that if you have to explain it, it didn’t work. I was annoyed that Mitchell sort of said that physical attractiveness made for a good dance partner. I also totally think Sonya’s routines are becoming very very repetitive, which sucks because I used to like her. I even miss Adam as a judge because he at least always gave real dance criticism, and I want someone on the show who says that, instead of every comment being “You are the best dancer in the season and in the history of the show and in the history of everdom!” to every freaking contestant.
It’s not a stretch. Jive is actually classified as a “Latin” dance since the dances are classified by certain criteria and Jive matches the Latin criteria better while Tango matches the ballroom criteria. If all they drew was “Latin” then Jive counts as much as Cha Cha or Samba.
In regards to who Alexander reminds you of PM, he looks a lot like a young Lawrence Monoson from the movie The Last American Virgin. Whether that correlation is too obscure depends on your age.
This episode felt too contemporary heavy. Even the routines that supposedly represented other genres felt like contemporary. The only exceptions were the Jive and Quickstep.
I don’t have a whole lot of solid opinions, good or bad, on individual dancers yet. I think Melanie and Marko had a big advantage in that they were given good choreography. They danced it well, but I’m not about to crown them king and queen of the competition yet. Sasha needs to work on being more consistent with her extensions; she has the sometimes habit of not fully straightening her legs. Caitlynn is the best looking, so at this point she has my backing. Even though it’s proclaimed every season, I think I actually agree with the judges that this might be one of the strongest group of dancers they’ve ever had (although I won’t be held to that opinion, because it’s still too early to be sure). As a whole they seem like a pretty solid bunch.
Didn’t that ad that kept playing before the season started (where Mary was holding up the signs) imply she wouldn’t be screaming this season? Blatantly false advertising there.
In previous seasons, wasn’t it always the job of ONE of the judges to compliment the choreographer? I’ve come to accept that exposure is part of the selling point for choreographers to appear on the show, but it seemed like the choreographers were getting a shout out from two or all three of the judges after every routine. I hope this doesn’t become a trend, because one compliment is more than enough.
I like Megan Mullally, but she was really nothing more than a glorified fan expressing her opinions. I’d prefer it if they stuck with judges who have a solid dance background.
I don’t know anything about the Emmys, but are foreigners allowed to be nominated. Just a thought.
@Hm21: I think all of the choreographers dumb down their choreography. As versatile as the dancers are, nobody’s going to be able to master all the nuances of a genre they’re unfamiliar with in a week, and a choreographer who refused to let the limitations of his dancers affect his/her choreography would be a poor choreographer, because nobody (dancers, audience or choreographer) benefits from a routine that has no chance of being executed. I only bring this up because I think that too often complaints of bad or uninspired choreography has as much to do with the dancers’ limitations as it does with the seeming hack work of the choreographer.
“I got why Ryan was smiling, but I still think that if you have to explain it, it didn’t work.”
My exact sentiment. Thanks for saving me some work.
For everyone complaining about the judges seeming to kiss all the contestants butts and not really critiquing anymore, check out this article I saw last week: http://comadmin.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/payne-full-living/2011/jun/15/sytycd-judges-stop-traffic-sunset-blvd/
Based on this quote from Nigel it looks like we’re in for another season like last year (where all the judges did was say how wonderful everyone was):
“I think it’s now a feel good factor. We no longer feel the need to harshly critique anyone. We all need a way out of the economic depression whether you are rich or poor. People just want to see the silver lining and watch kids putting themselves out there and realizing their dreams,” said Lythgoe.
Ummm, no Nigel. We want you to do your job and give REAL critiques. You don’t have to go overboard like some past judges have (ahem..Mia), but don’t try to pretend a routine is good when it isn’t.
I also have to agree with how lackluster the episode seemed. I like the Melanie/Marko dance but wasn’t blown away by it…and everything else was just kind of meh for me.
@vallegirl – Oh, ok thanks! I did not know that, and didn’t even think about “Latin” being a category more than a specific dance. My mistake.
@ohhhyeah – No problem
I only learned the differences from watching DWTS and getting schooled that the Tango is a ballroom, not a Latin, dance. Meanwhile, Argentine Tango seems to exist outside of the technical parameters of either, I think.
I also thought most of the routines were pretty blah and I was annoyed that the judges weren’t calling them on it. Ugh, I read the interview that jerseyj posted and it’s GARBAGE. I absolutely hate it when they pretend that everything is sunshine and rainbows. That is why I stopped watching Idol after Simon left – Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler just blow sugar up the contestant’s asses, there is no critiquing there at all. Dear Nigel – Please, do not let SYTYCD turn into American Idol.
Also, Alexander reminds me of Emanuel Sandhu, who is a former Canadian male ice skater who competed last year (or maybe the year before) on SYTYCD Canada. Except Emanuel is an arrogant asshole and Alexander doesn’t strike me as that type.
I love Christopher Scott and would climb a tall building to have his little tapping babies….but I digress….
The only female dancer that really stands out to me is Melanie and at this point it is her comp to lose. Ryan annoys the crap out of me, and the only reason Sasha made it in over her sister is because she is “smaller”. As for the boys…Ricky gets all of my votes….
Oh and if you want to get true look at what some of these choreographer’s are capable of…LXD….
vallegirl: Yeah, the fact that WooRobert is thirty has not escaped my notice. I mean, crap, if they’re going to have an older guy on the show why can’t it be someone mature? (and sexy, of course!)
Good call on the Missy/Wadi routine, in rewatching it, it does indeed appear to be the case.
cattyfan: In all fairness, Hugh as Wolverine would probably distract from just about anyone. I think Jess is a good dancer but his personality is REALLY off-putting to me. It’s a shame because the kid has incredible control and could easily sneak into my top picks if he wasn’t such an insufferable jackass.
wcsdancer: Amen & you said it!!
Moli: I knew you’d appreciate the Robert pic.
Faye: Megan Mu-Dully??? LOVE IT!!!
blazergirl: I know exactly what you’re saying about previous hip hoppers, including Dominic (I can’t stand his personality, but the guy CAN dance). I’d also throw Hok into that mix (that Hummingbird dance remains among my top picks).
s-k-s: I also despise Jordan, so I was trying really hard to be impartial. Don’t know if it really worked.
Bioscotto: They always seem to blow smoke in the first couple of episodes; or maybe I just remember it that way. I do know that every year they feel the need to tell us that these are like the most awesomest dancers ever in everdom. Whatever, Nigel.
McWeanis: Yes, yes, yes!!!!!
Gerrit: LOL, I had no idea Debbie was slated to be a guest judge. I guess that’s what I get for complaining year after year after year about wanting variety in that third judges’ seat. Be careful what you wish for, huh?
Hm21: Yeah, I’m not surprised all the girlies want to dance with Robert. Hell, at the workshop we were at my sister kept talking about how hot he is. BLARF. I’m really hoping if he’s an all star that he continues to retain his newfound maturity. I will not be able to stand it if he’s back to his old tricks again!
Liz: I used to really like Adam as a judge (except for when he called Danny arrogant), but that changed for me last year when he reduced himself to becoming Mia’s sidekick. I’m glad he’s not there mugging it up week after week.
ohhhyeah: HOLY SHIT!!!!! You hit the nail on the head! THANK YOU. As soon as I read your comment, I was like “YES!!!!!!!” That was seriously going to bug me all season. And yeah, I thought Mary wouldn’t be screaming this year. That. Is a LIIIIIEEEEEEE.
jerseyj: ACK!!! That article goes to show just how out of touch Nigel is with his viewers. Dumbass. Thanks for the heads up though; at least now we all know what to expect.
georgiababe: Considering Nigel was an integral part of AI this year I think your plea may fall on deaf ears. Grrrrrrr. Well, at least we know we’ll be keeping it real over here!
Liz Dow: I LOVE LXD so much. So glad to see another fan of theirs here.
Thanks for all your comments and for reading, Gasmi! I’m trying to get the recap done sooner this week because we’re heading out to Nationals for my son & niece’s dance team this weekend! Fingers crossed!!
SWAK, PottyMouth