Well gang, its here, the results show that announces which 4 dancers are advancing to the finals, and which 2 are going home to be egged by the townspeople. I'll try to keep this one short and sweet. Thanks for all the positive feedback, I was happy to be of assistance with Krank Mills away. Welcome to (sniff... I promised myself I wouldn't cry) So You Think You Can Dance!
Yay! Group dances are my fave. This little ditty is another Wade Robson original, which tends to mean; weird, weirder, and "what exactly is happening right now? Oh who cares, it's awesome!" This one was...interesting. I don't know how he comes up with them, but I do know one thing; Wade sure does have a thing for the un-dead. I think the theme was 'Festival of Cannibals'. The movement was great but I was really alarmed at the faces all the dancers were making.
It appears Wade has instructed them to eat the losers
Cat makes her way to the front and tells us with a heavy heart that two more dancers will be leaving tonight. But before we tell you who, we're going to stretch the show to 2 whole hours with small talk, endless commercial breaks, talking about contestants who have already left (seriously, Cat, no one actually asked how Cedric was doing since he left. Lies make baby Jesus cry. BTW, he will be going to Debbie's school), and setting prolonged montages of each dancer to the saddest song on the top 20 for one final "you did great, see that? Aww! Now get off the stage. Seriously, go. We've already burned your things. You can catch a bus on the corner."
Our performer this evening is a disciple of Ms. Debbie Allen. His name is Titus Somethingorother and Debbie refers to him as "man meat". I mean, "gentle giant". She tells us she discovered him while producing Steven Spielberg's "Amistad." You're not fooling me, Debbie, I know a crack-addled male hooker when I see one. She's totally his pimp.
Where's my money, bitch?!?
Titus and the African Dance Music Ensemble come out and give a fantastic performance. I am especially fond of Titus' red and yellow parachute pants and his washboard abs. Believe-you-me, this one is hella fun to do at home. Step one: run in place. Step two: flail arms wildly. Just be sure to watch the corner of the coffee table when you get dizzy and fall over. One more blood stain on the carpet and my living room will officially look like a crime scene.
After Titus flails his way into my heart, each of the dancers has the chance to perform one final solo. They all do their usual jigs and I check the clock. Come on, guys, can't you just make this a half hour show and throw on an extra episode of that show made up of aired karaoke parties or the one with 5th graders who are going to run into some major trouble in high school because they're 1) nerds and 2) egomaniacs?
At one point, Cat tells us that SYTYCD got all of its choreographers together to teach a workshop to dance teachers who run after-school programs in "some of LA's most challenged neighborhoods". I think by "challenging" she meant "air-conditionless" because we see Nigel suffering from some major heat stroke.
"So... thirsty..."
Let's get down to business, shall we? Who is going home? Cat calls the girls and reviews each of their performances from last week. You all danced wonderfully girls, but did America feel the same way? After the vote...the first girl going into our finale will be... Lacey. Well, no surprise there.
The guys are up next and I am starting to get nervous. Cat reviews each of their performances before telling us that... after seven kabillion votes (the number gets crazier each time)... Danny... is safe. The crowd goes wild and Danny walks off the stage beaming.
Cat drops a bomb on us and announces that the show we are watching is not live. Did you hear that? Did you hear my world just shatter? Turns out they filmed the show on Thursday (the normal result show day) and are showing it to us on Monday so that the final four have enough time to practice. Which begs the question; wouldn't they have had the same amount of time to practice if we had seen the show live on Thursday? The finale is still on this Wednesday, so... am I right? Does that not make any sense?
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Comments (10)
The only reason they couldn't air the show live on Thursday is because an NFL pre-season game was on. I think they have contracts with the network that go back at least a year so they had the upper hand. I did feel kind of bad for Lauren and Pasha though when they were just standing there in silence. Also, great job on the recap. The screen caps were spot on.
1 of 10 | Posted by LeslieAnne25
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Posted on August 15, 2007 1:22 PM
The only reason they couldn't air the show live on Thursday is because an NFL pre-season game was on. I think they have contracts with the network that go back at least a year so they had the upper hand. I did feel kind of bad for Lauren and Pasha though when they were just standing there in silence. Also, great job on the recap. The screen caps were spot on.
2 of 10 | Posted by LeslieAnne25
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Posted on August 15, 2007 1:25 PM
Hey Pachita! Great recap. One thing- the song played during the opening number was actually a Tom Waits song. I only point this out because he is the coolest human ever.
3 of 10 | Posted by lesfull
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Posted on August 15, 2007 1:28 PM
Thanks Lesfull! Wade Robson was the choreographer of the dance, sorry for not making that more clear!
4 of 10 | Posted by Pachita
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Posted on August 15, 2007 1:38 PM
Great recap again. Sad to see yummy Pasha go.
5 of 10 | Posted by bdos88
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Posted on August 15, 2007 1:41 PM
Heya, Pachita. Great recap, especially the pic of thirsty Nigel...it took me a while to catch my breath after that one (we live in SW FLA and have many little frogs that migrate from the canal in our back yard. I find them in the house every so often, dried up like little prunes, and my husband never fails to say, "I'm sooo thirsty!", which I was reminded of w/ the Nigel pic. But, I digress...)
I think it was a ripoff that Pasha didn't make it. Danny and Neil have very similar styles, so I thought it eould be better to see to men with different strengths. I was not surprised that Lauren is gone; I find her annoying, and although I grudgingly admit she's a good dancer, I don't think she has the same amount of talent or skills as the otehr two. My predictions for tonight? A head to head between Danny and Sabra. Lacey will be just fine if she doesn't win; can't she just ask her brother for a job? Neil will probably be asked to join the cast of The Hills, so I doubt he won;t get some kind of career outta this. Who do you all think will win?
6 of 10 | Posted by Shaz
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Posted on August 15, 2007 1:49 PM
Great recap again. Sad to see yummy Pasha go.
7 of 10 | Posted by bdos88
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Posted on August 15, 2007 1:56 PM
These recaps are freakin hilarious. I'm going to have to start watching that stupid Coreys show just so I can keep reading your stuff, Pachita.
DAMN YOU GIRL for making me watch even MORE TV! grrrr!!
8 of 10 | Posted by here4beer
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Posted on August 15, 2007 3:52 PM
Paaaashaaa!
I would have traded Neil for Pasha in a half of a heartbeat. :(
9 of 10 | Posted by addicted076
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Posted on August 15, 2007 8:25 PM
Okay Pachita, after reading your re-cap I spent (way too much) time thinking about why Cat said they filmed it on Thursday to give them time to rehearse. Final conclusion: They knew it wasn't going to be aired until Monday, but they couldn't wait until Monday to teach the final 4 all their routines, so they filmed it on Thursday and then they were able to start rehearsing after that. I personally think they should just have taught all 6 of them routines, then filmed it on Monday and told Pasha and Lauren "well...you can just forget about those routines now..."
10 of 10 | Posted by Rock Star
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Posted on August 16, 2007 11:55 AM