I think that Nigel's commments were kind of bullshit to Dominic, because altho he may give the same tricks every time, Travis, Benji, Heidi, Natalie, Allison and Dmitri gave us the same fucking solo every time they had to dance solo. Why are the standards different for a street dancer? Also I agree with the judge's decision b/c dancing isn't just about doing the steps, you do have to have personality to get the audience to love you. It's how Benji won, not because he was the best technical dancer. And Ricky's personality is creepy. He would have been in the bottom 3 every time. I can't wait for tonight!

krank-
i think you are my long lost twin soul! b/c center stage is SO my standard for what ballet should be too! and what better song to rock a little dance move to.
i am not at all surprised that ricky went, even though i thought he was awesome. i knew cedric was staying. and i felt like the "jidges" love dominic. so it had to be ricky, mia's favorite.

What I LOVED about that group dance is 1) they did it all with a single camera, and that's some freaking hard stuff to do on that stage and 2) they somehow made all the girls look like they all had the same body. Awesome awesome stuff.

Personally, I think they got rid of Ricky instead of Dominic because they didn't think that Ricky could be paired with Sabra. At least not very well. And Ashley totally dialed in her solo. It was so obvious she wanted to go home with that routine.

I think they totally got it wrong with letting Ricky go. He may have an off-putting personality, but he was amazing with his solo.
Dominic on the other hand was just an average breaker, not really giving us anything new with his solo routine that we haven't seen a million times already.
Whatever though, I couldn't see Ricky winning anyway, but it would've been nice to see him perform a Mia routine. Bet it would've been mind-blowingly amazing.

Ricky was my favorite--i guess i just like the creepy. i agree that his solo wasn't his best, but it was still much better than the other 2. Cedric is amazing in his own style, which is what he did last week, and he has a lot of heart, but i still think Ricky was better.

Faina is my favorite now, so she's probably next. i kind of like everyone else the same--although Lacey kind of won me over with the amazing Mia routine and the professional krumper line.

oh, and i loved that opening number. Wade Robson is amazing.

The ONLY thing I could think when Benji dropped trou was - "OMG, KM is going to have a field day with this one." Seriously, what WAS that?!

I had the bottom three couples nailed, so none of them were a shocker to me. While Sabra & Dominic weren't bad, and neither were Cedric and Faina, for me it came down to who was actually better.

Ricky is a BRILLIANT dancer. I actually think Dominic should have gone home. He's also got talent, I just think he's going to be extremely limited in what he does (spinning on his hands & head).

Now, what do I have to do to get Baby Oil kicked off?

I think since Ricky bungled a new dance style so badly and the producers KNOW he's capable of killing in his style, the opportunity for "growth" and a surprising turn in a new style was lost for them. Dominic shocked all three of them with how well he performed the disco routine (boringness aside), and I'm betting they want to give Cedric at least one more chance in a different style since he partnered better than they expected as well.

Plus, you know, Ricky was really superweird in an unappealing way. My friend was glad to see him go because she hated looking at him.

LOl... I forgot to mention that in HS I knwe a guy that acted and looked (minus the muscles) exactly like Ricky. I mean hair styles, teeth and everything. He had a very offputting personality as well and was just very weird... so of course we ended up being friends :P lol

Diesn't lacey look like Dulce Maria form the Mexcian pop group RBD. It is wierd, I keep expecting her to start singing "Y soy rebelde
Cuando no sigo a los demás"

Doesn't Lacey look like Dulce Maria from the mexican pop group RBD? I keep expecting her to start singing "Y soy rebelde Cuando no sigo a los demás, Y soy rebelde"

And Anya looks very much like Natasha, the Russian bride from the latest America's Next Top Model.

I can't stand Mary's mouth- ack! And her grating cackle work smy nerves. I'd rather see more Mia Michaels (who, incidentally, choreographed Cirque du Soleil's "Delirium" show- pretty impressive credentials).

Ricky gave me the skeeves, too, but I still think Cedric show have gone home. He's "amazing" (seems to be the 'it' word of this show from both judgees and performers) at what he does, but lacks indredibly when asked to venture into other forms of dance. Tiffany should not have been asked to leave- that awful Shauna should have gone. Oh well.