Wislande knows that was garbage. RRRRRRRRRRRRRRR! WHY? Why do it then? Just to get your fucking face on TV? I am so sick of these kinds of auditions. "I know it was shit, but I'm going to subject you to it anyway in the hopes that I can get my ugly mug on TV." Blech. So she knows it was garbage, but she also knows she can dance. What did Tyce think?
Then we get a montage of bad auditions, and I'm just glad we aren't forced to sit through them. Hoping to turn things around is Erik "Silky" Moore. He's a tapper who also dances hip hop. Silky talks about how there's all these dance shows, but they never have tap on them, so he's here to bring tap back.
He's dancing to "Thriller" which seems like an odd choice for a tap routine. He starts out a little rough, but once he hits his stride, he's got something going on. This guy is good. Then he throws in the moonwalk and the worm, and he's got me wrapped around his finger.
He's got that gangly thing going on that some tappers have, so it'll be interesting to see how he does in other styles. The judges love him. Mary tells him she didn't want it to end, which is always a great compliment. Mary asks why they call him Silky. Why because he's silky smooth o'course. Nigel asks what started him tapping, and he says his brother was doing it and getting a lot of girls, so he started doing it too. I think he seems really sweet. He gets put right through to Vegas.
Next up is Paris Torres, former Miss Washington. I'm immediately prepared to hate her. She's not bad, but she's another one I don't like. I don't hate her like I thought I was going to, but I guess I'm just kinda meh about her.
See? Meh.
Of course Nigel thinks she's fabulous, but I think he's mixing up his words again. I think you meant to say "pretty", Nigel. Mary thinks she has beautiful lines, feet and arms. I completely disagree with that. Her hands were driving me crazy, and I do not think she has good feet at all. Tyce thinks she's focusing too much on her legs and feet and is leaving some of the performance behind. I think he may be onto something there. But she's off to Vegas as well.
And now we get a quick montage of good dancers. We see very brief clips of Henry Rivero, Megan Kinney, and Alex Wong. They all make it through to Vegas without us seeing more than a snippet of their auditions. And then it's time for Geo Smith. Cat tells us Geo was hoping that an African dancer could join the party. I was thinking it was going to be one of the train wreck auditions. He leaps right off the stage at one point, scaring the crap outta Mary, so I immediately take a liking to him.
I don't really know anything about African dance so I can't judge how well he does in that, but I thought he wasn't half bad. Nigel tells Geo that Mary thought he was going to tickle her fancy with those feathers and Mary sits there cackling like a hyena. They send him through to choreography.
Next! Oh Sweet Jesus Christ on a Cracker. I guess someone at Fox thinks that viewers enjoy people dragging out their dead relatives because here comes the female Gokey, Talia Rickards. She married her high school sweetheart and then he died in a motorcycle accident. Was he wearing a helmet? Listen, I don't want to be mean or minimize her pain, I just don't like it when someone tries to manipulate me into liking them because I feel sorry for them.
She reminds me of someone who's on a cheerleading dance team. Color me unimpressed. Nigel tells her she's got to be careful of the face pulling, comparing her to a cabbage patch doll. Wow. That's really mean, Nigel. Cabbage patch dolls are fucking UGLY. There wasn't enough there for him. Mary likes her fire, but says that she thought it lacked substance also. Tyce wasn't crazy about it either. So let's just send on through to choreography! Yeah! That makes sense. The only reason she got through was so that they can milk the sob story for all it's worth. A-N-N-O-Y-I-N-G.
With that, we're at the choreography round. Geo Smith gets a ticket to Vegas, as does Fokey. Pleh. And day two ends like a sour tasting burp.
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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