Moving on to Memphis. Nigel and Mary are joined there by Lil C. Oh! I love him so much. He's buck, y'all. First up is Marico Flake, a cop who dances a style called Memphis Jukin'. He works in the entertainment district of Memphis which I translate to mean "deals with drunken idiots all night long." I've got my fingers crossed for him. Oh no need for that; he is goooood.
On a side note.....what the fuck is going on with Nigel's hair today?!?!?
My Granny, what bitchin' hair you have
Back to Marico. Nigel really enjoyed the audition and compliments him on his footwork. He goes over to Lil C since he uses Jukin' in some of his routines. Lil C says there was no fusion at all, it was just a whole solo of Memphis Jukin', "But that's the way it must be done." He really enjoyed it. Mary agrees. They tell him it's going to be a no to the choreography; he's going straight through to Vegas!! Yay!
Time for Dustin Dorough who tells us that his second cousin (twice removed) is Howie D of the Backstreet Boys. Like I give a crap. He thought if he learned the moves from all their videos and busted them out at parties and stuff, people would love him. Instead, he lost every friend he ever had. All one of them I'm sure.
He's seen the Backstreet boys in concert. Twice. And he's met the head of security. Hahahahahahahaha. But never any of the guys.
He's a giant dufus
Nigel thinks he's being a little delusional thinking that what he was doing was hip hop. "I think the hip hop community might have been insulted." Dustin immediately backpedals and says it's mostly from his experience in martial arts, gymnastics "and stuff", and he's done some breaking. Wha? But he just got over the flu and bronchitis, so he had to cut out most of his power moves. In fact, he's not fully recovered, and almost didn't come. I wish he hadn't.
Nigel asks if on a running jump he could jump across the void and kick someone in the face. "Oh yeah, definitely. All three of you at the same time." But seriously Dustin, it just wasn't strong enough. But Nigel, did you know that five days ago he couldn't even walk up stairs? That's how weak he was. Sadly, his audition was even weaker than that excuse. Let's just skip over the rest of this because you and I know he is not going anywhere but to the local pharmacy to refill his prescription.
Next we've got Chris Carrozza, jackass extraordinaire. He's doing his own style of dance that he calls Electric which he says combines a minimal amount of breakdancing, a large amount of popping and locking, a lot of fluid movement, cheerleader to the music, styles of symmetry and performance art. Okay. So let me get this straight. You're going to wave your arms around in the air like you just don't care while twirling on your head with pom poms and peeing your pants? Sounds like a winner to me!
Every time he sees a new type of ethnicity style it just sort of ends up dropped in the mix. And then it comes out on the dance floor. You know what? Words fail me.
Twat Wad
Nigel tells him it was very Euro-Pop rave party. Yep. It doesn't really show if he can actually dance. Chris is fine with that. Mary wants to know what he was expecting here today. I think I can answer that. He was expecting to get his douchelick self on TV, and look at that. He succeeded. He goes to leave before Lil C can say anything to him, and Nigel calls him back to tell him he's rude. He thinks Nigel's rude. How so? Well by being very critical, of course. Ooooh, shut up and get off of my TV.
Cat thinks things could have gone better if Chris had seen the So You Think You Can Dance Guide to a Good Audition. Rule Number One: Always start with your best moves. (Followed by clips of people falling down) Rule Number Two: Dress to Impress. (Lame outfits) Rule Number Three: Connect with the judges. (More stupid ass people) And Rule Number Four: Always follow directions. (Followed by people not following directions. Except for one guy who ends up falling off the stage)
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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