Nigel says they have been waiting for some spicy salsa in Miami. I think he meant to say HE has been waiting for some spicy salsa in Miami. So he can oogle the girls in their skimpy costumes. Perv. Mary says that they're one of the first couples to hit them in the face with the performance. And then she screams. That makes my brain cry. Tyce thought they were amazing. Mary tells Nigel there's only one thing to do, and if he doesn't do it, she may just have to kill him. So they're straight through to Vegas.
Cat tells us the standard for couples has been set high. So let's lower it a little, shall we? Meet the Guadix twins, Jennifer and Jessica. They do hip hop but with their own little style. Uh oh. Jessica is in love with lyrical dancing, but sadly it is an unrequited love. Lyrical dancing called me last night and told me it hates Jessica. Sorry Jess! Jennifer is a slut who likes all types of dancing. And Then. They break out this gem. "When we were younger we actually learned ballet by reading books. We kind of lost it throughout the years, but we had ourselves trained." Well, you know, all the greats have been trained by reading books. Fonteyn, Baryshnikov, Nureyev. Classes are completely unnecessary. Reading is fundaMENTAL.
Oh My
Nigel says they've never had synchronized dancing on the show before. Mary says they still haven't. Bah da bum. The twins decide to share with the judges that they only had one day to practice, and in fact made it up in one day. NOOOOOOOO. Ya don't say. Nigel says, "That long?" Hee. You know, when he's not being a prick he can be pretty funny. Mary has never seen anything like that, and Tyce thinks it was tragic. No ticket for them. Back to the books ladies!
Cat tells us that with that Tyce had reached his breaking point. Whatever, Tyce. Wah wah wah. We begin a montage of Tyce and his "witty" commentary. He tries WAY too hard, although he does get a couple of good ones in there. "It was like, who let you out today?" was a good one, and my favorite, "It was like a milkshake full of Tylenol."
Enter Joseph Smith. He plans to sch-wam the judges. Someone needs to sch-wam him right upside the head. He tells Cat he made up the word, and when she asks what it means he tells her it's like a quote and a statement. It can be bad or it can be good. It can also be a sch-wizzz-am. Barf. I wish someone would just take a whiz on him.
Annoying
You know, he's not awful, but I don't like him. He's doing a jokey sort of hip hop, but I think he irritated me so much with his stupid word that I'm just done with him. I also think he doesn't do all that much. Nigel loves his humor and his footwork. And then he does the sch-wam thing. Please stop. Mary loves him so she gets a sch-wizz-am, and Tyce only half loves him, so Nigel tells him he gets just a Shhhhhh. Joseph gets put through to choreography and I'm hoping he gets cut because I can't stand the whole sch-wam crap.
He and thirty one other dancers have made it to the choreography round where Lauren is still lurking. Why? Was Travis or ANYONE ELSE busy? And Joseph gets a ticket to Vegas. Hoorah. Cat tells us that eighteen dancers have made it through to Vegas. And then some lame girl goes leaping down the street and almost loses her ticket. Watching her chase after it made me giggle, I must admit.
And thus ends Miami day one.
Day two dawns, and first up is Wislande Letang who has decided for some reason to wear a five year old's shirt over a black bikini which is being worn over a gold lame bikini. I guess it's important to layer?
Unsurprisingly, she is terrible. Like really, really terrible. At one point she gives the judges a crotch shot, and I thought Tyce was going to barf all over Mary. Ladies, don't scare Tyce with your kitties! Nigel goes straight over to Mary. She's not even sure of what Wislande was doing up there, but she does think that only Nigel should critique it since it was danced to him exclusively. Nigel tells her she didn't smile once, had no performance, and spent most of the time doing step ball change just like little girls do when they start to dance.
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Comments (10)
Great recap. I can tell that you know what you are talking about.
My favorites were Janette, Silky, Marico, Evan, and Ryan.
1 of 10 | Posted by tv freak | Posted on May 31, 2009 3:49 PM
I loved this recap, too. So far, my absolute faves are Silky (LOVE!!) and the whoopee cushion/ Gene Kelly brothers.
2 of 10 | Posted by here4beer | Posted on May 31, 2009 4:11 PM
Is it me, or did Tyce start acting far more flamingly than he has in the past? Perhaps I just didn't notice that affectation in the past seasons. Ah well, regardless, he didn't impress me as a judge either.
3 of 10 | Posted by Allison | Posted on May 31, 2009 4:12 PM
Weeeeeee!!!!!! You included my present...Shirtless Hugh Jackman!!!!
And a kickass recap, too! You're the best :)
4 of 10 | Posted by cattyfan | Posted on May 31, 2009 8:38 PM
I too, am really in love with Evan and Ryan, they are just awesome!
I really loved the ballroom dancers - Jannette and her partner, forget his name, as well as the police officer (Marico) and of course, Silky!
I have a soft spot in my heart for tap dancers. I am trained mostly in ballet, but I did several years of tap and it's SO DARN FUN. You can engage the audience a lot more with a tap dance than a pointe number, usually, because pointe is so technical, there isn't any room for just getting into the music and having fun. With tap, you need to worry about having clean sounds and stuff, but you don't need to have perfect posture and turnout and straight arms, you can kind of fool around with it.
I also liked Caitlin Kinney and from the 3 seconds we saw, her sister Megan looked good too.
Also, I really liked Travis, although I think it's mostly because I absolutely ADORE his father. When he said that his dad is a football coach, I was prepared for the usual story about the macho crap he got from his father and how he's practically been disowned, but I thought it was adorable that it was the complete opposite. Love.
5 of 10 | Posted by georgiababe | Posted on May 31, 2009 11:10 PM
Great recap, Potty!!!
I think you should make shirtless Hugh Jackman/Wolverine a trademark for your SYTYCD recaps. LOVE IT!!! (and if you do, I have an idea which auditioner from LA/Seattle you might use ;-) )
Also, I've noticed that 4 tappers have gotten through to Vegas, and all have been featured auditions. I'm wondering if that's a conscious move on the part of the producers..... I hope so, because they've all been wicked good!
6 of 10 | Posted by slumrville | Posted on June 1, 2009 6:34 AM
i noticed the tap thing too. i really like all the tappers, esp the boys, i cant choose one! but also, there hasn't been many hip hop dancers, no breakers that i can remember and only like 2 poppers. besides contemporary, those are some of my favorite genres. so fun to watch!
7 of 10 | Posted by cansnuts | Posted on June 1, 2009 8:22 AM
Yeah this is definately the year of ther tappers and I do think the producers really wanted tap on this year which I don't have a problem with. Hopefully they show more hip hoppers soon cause they haven't shown much I appreciate the contemporary dancers but the hip hoppers bring so much excitement to the show. I loved Silky the tapper and the Gene Killy brothers.
8 of 10 | Posted by bigjr6633 | Posted on June 1, 2009 10:57 AM
Of all the dancers they've show SO FAR, I think that Caitlin Kinney will go furthest.
9 of 10 | Posted by ohhhyeah | Posted on June 1, 2009 3:26 PM
tv freak: Thanks! I like those four as well (I know it’s REALLY hard to figure out who I like and who I don’t)
here4beer: The whoopie cushion was the biggest surprise for me. When I saw it, I thought for sure it was going to be an issue, but he used it so well!
Allison: I don’t know – we’ve really only had him in small doses most of the time. My issue with him was that I thought he was trying waaaaaayyy too hard to be snarky/funny.
cattyfan: It’s the gift that keeps on giving :-D
georgiababe: I was never great at tap, my sister was the tapper. But I also love to watch tap and think it can be a lot of fun. I’m hoping that they can also handle other styles. As with any dancer, some adapt better than others, but I’d love to see at least one tapper in the top twenty.
slumrville: Mwahahaha. You never know…… :P
cansnuts & bigjr6633: I’m hoping we’ll see more b-boys and poppers/lockers in Vegas. I can’t imagine them not including at least ONE in the top twenty.
ohhhyeah: I think she could go far definitely. It doesn’t hurt that she’s adorable on top of being a really good dancer.
We’re getting closer and closer to our top twenty. I can’t wait to see who makes it. As always, thanks so much for reading and sharing your comments. Keep ‘em coming!
SWAK, PottyMouth
10 of 10 | Posted by PottyMouth | Posted on June 2, 2009 6:52 PM