Apparently it's cold in Atlanta. Maybe you should have put on more than a hoodie. Plus, the trees are green, so boo-hoo babies.

Our first dancer is named Caitlin, and she just turned 18 two weeks ago. If she makes it to Vegas, she'll miss out on her high school graduation, but she's willing to make that sacrifice for DANCE. It'd be worth it, because, um? Caitlin is kind of awesome. My friend David picks her as winner already. Yeah, she was that good. The judges recognize and Caitlin is going to Vegas.

Yup. Kinda hating you right now.

"Also looking good," Cat Deeley sarcastics is Chris Crabb, aged 28. First of all, awesome name. I just want to say it over and over again. Second, I think he's the Missing Link. Some things Chris tells us:
1. He likes his pants because they're comfortable.
2. He's a teacher.
3. He's "a little bit obsessed with *Nsync.
4. He won a complete *Nsync bobble-head collection on Ebay. (I imagines he spends lots of time on Ebay.)
5. HE HAS A SHRINE TO JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE. IN HIS BEDROOM.
6. He just saw Justin Timberlake in concert.
7. Chris cried when Justin came out.

Somewhere out there, JT is smiling big.

And those are the facts people. I can't even imagine what grade he teaches. Chris launches into his dance to some easy listening music. The judges later rightly call his dance moves calisthenics. After he finishes, Nigel looks like he'd really like to be mean, but it's early enough that he can control himself. The judges all dismiss him pretty nicely.

Now that's how you do a crunch, people.

Tony thinks he's funny. Tony is not actually funny. He babbles about breakdancing and b-boying and I totally can't follow it. His dancing is pretty awesome, though. He even slides around ON HIS HEAD.

Buckle up.

Shane tells Tony that he'll be his best friend on the show. That's all the validation Tony needs and he comes off pretty cocky for the rest of his interview. Shut up, Tony. Nigel can't get a word in edgewise, Shane is all over this guy. Mary and Nigel pretend to leave and Shane tries to pass him through to Vegas on his own while Mary cackles maniacally in the background. Turns out Tony's only through to choreography though. Don't even pretend you have more power than Nigel, Shane. He'll show you who's boss.

Brandon is just a clogging Clay Aiken. It's the hair and the accent. I can't really tell the difference between clogging and tapping, but Brandon explains the shoes are louder because there are two taps on the toe, and he finds more rhythm in clogging. Ooookay. Before he begins, Nigel imparts some words of encouragement: "I don't think we've ever, ever put a clogger through." Kind. Brandon starts with some weird gyrating movement, but when he actually clogs, it's INSANELY cool. Now that he's seen Brandon's clogging, Nigel says that anyone who's ever "clogged" for him before was lying. Pretty high praise. Mary tells him to lose the hip movements and just freaking CLOG. Shane wants to make You Got Clogged! Brandon's through to choreography.

Tapping's for pussies. Clogging's where it's at, bitches!

Forty-one people in all were kept for choreography. Tony is through to Vegas and he promptly sits in the middle of the stage because he is an attention whore. Brandon is also through to Vegas. Thirty dancers make it through to Vegas on the first day. On day two, we can apparently look forward to a cat, a large lady who's "a joke," and a very small man. Something tells me mean Nigel is coming back.

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Posted in So You Think You Can Dance by Krank Mills at 6:22 PM | Permalink | Comments (6)
Last Comment: TinkerbellAPixie on Jun 9, 2007 04:24 PM.

Comments (6)

JayhawkAnne :

Great recap, Krank! I stand on the outside of the "TB or not TB" (Tabloid Baby) fray, but I have to admit that great recaps of TV shows is why I love TVgasm, not celebutard gossip/news bits. This time of year is especially frustrating for me because there are so few shows on that aren't repeats.

Does anyone have a list of summer shows that will be recapped? Obviously Big Brother (how could TVgasm go through the summer without the Chenbot and her But Firsts?!?) and some other reality shows like SYTYCD, but what about shows like 4400, Kyle XY, Weeds, or Eureka? Inquiring minds what to know!

1 of 6 | Posted by JayhawkAnne | Posted on June 5, 2007 7:33 AM

d-fly :

You are so funny! Reading your recaps are almost as much fun as watching the show. I am so excited that someone else out there loves the show as much as me- I was afraid it was going to be a long boring summer, but its starting to look up!

...oh and I watched Bryans performance multiple times as well, he was great!

2 of 6 | Posted by d-fly | Posted on June 5, 2007 12:17 PM

Shollia :

OMG... when the interviewers asked her if she was saying "Street" and then she said.. yeah "skreet" I about pissed my pants b/c I was laughing so damn hard.

3 of 6 | Posted by Shollia | Posted on June 5, 2007 4:38 PM

georgiababe :

Caitlin was fabulous, but I hate the whole "I'm missing my graduation for this" thing. You can audition next year!! But at least she was awesome.

Bryon was AWESOME!! Man - that is so crazy how people can do stuff like that and have it look like they really are robots. Shane had better follow up on his promise with the movie - otherwise, I'll have to beat him up. Figuratively speaking. Or something.

That woman, Kippery or whatever - WTF? How on EARTH could she ever have had any ballet training? Maybe it sounds mean but how on earth can you jump when you're that size? You couldn't! You couldn't do pirouettes, jumps, releves..nothing really. Dancers don't have to be rail thin to be good (look at Donyelle) but you can't be obese - it just doesn't work.

How can these people think they're good? I just don't understand....Don't you watch the show and see how talented the top 20 always are....?

And btw, has anyone heard what's happening with Claire Calloway, from last year? You know, the girl who sprained her ankle during the Vegas round and Nigel told her that next year she'd skip auditions?

4 of 6 | Posted by georgiababe | Posted on June 6, 2007 7:56 AM

angie :

Best photo captions EVER!

5 of 6 | Posted by angie | Posted on June 6, 2007 8:40 PM

TinkerbellAPixie :

Great job Krank. I loved your screen cap of Nigel's salute. I thought it was really ridiculous when he saluted that guy.

6 of 6 | Posted by TinkerbellAPixie | Posted on June 9, 2007 4:24 PM

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