This is it - elimination night round one - people will be dancing... for... their... lives... dun dun duunnnnn - it's So You Think You Can Dance!
The evening begins with what may be the weirdest intro-dance I've ever seen on the show. Everyone "sneaks on the stage before the show starts" and kidnaps Nigel. All while doing a weird tribal-punk dance. It's pretty interesting - but all over the place at the same time. Nigel's overacting doesn't help. Stick behind the desk Nigel - pretty people onstage only. And of course we find out it's choreographed by Wade Robson. I should've known. I thought it had a touch of ego and a whisper of boyband. Voila!
Cat let's us know that the bottom 3 couples will be dancing for their lives tonight. She then introduces the... (has audience say it) Judges! What's the deal? She so enjoyed saying "JIDGES" the past few years and now, suddenly, she seems coy about it. Oh Cat. You're so mysterious.
Nigel, Mary and Dan are all here again. The first 3 couples are brought out for results. First up, Kherington and Twitch - who did an AMAZING job the night before. And they are SAFE! Yeah! I love TWITCHINGTON!
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Comments (9)
LOL !!thank you-i have been waiting for your recaps and it was worth the wait-you ROCK!!
(i totally agree about Nigel-he should stick to his seat...
1 of 9 | Posted by yuds101 | Posted on June 18, 2008 1:58 AM
oh and of course they send the oldest girl packing-i'm 29 but watching this show makes me feel like 69...i think that tabitha chick and her husband should be blamed for that pulling down the pants routine-its not their fault and yet they both went home-and i'm sure that little factor added to their demise,it really was an eeewwy moment but i think they both had super personalities...oh well-oh and loved will's solo...until next time
2 of 9 | Posted by yuds101 | Posted on June 18, 2008 2:13 AM
"Hopefully he'll create multiple ones and let us choose. "
LOL - Great recap, bBitz! I completely agree with you;
Dan is a douchebag (I want Brian back!)
Mary is f-ing crazy
Nigel gets creepier by the season...
I thought the elimination was fair for the most part.... although I did like the bubble-gum hip hop dance, Tab and Nap are stupid (copyright Mia Michaels)....
3 of 9 | Posted by KrispyDixie | Posted on June 18, 2008 3:17 AM
en pointe = tippy tippy toes.
Demi-pointe = not so much
4 of 9 | Posted by tadow | Posted on June 18, 2008 3:38 AM
Is it wrong that I kind of agree with why Rayven went home?
It's your solo. You're dancing for you're LIFE - Bring it! Or Step it up and Dance! Or whatever the catch-phrase for this show is!
If demi-pointe is what got her noticed and straight to Vegas, she should have been on her game in her solo. You have to make the judges remember why they picked you in the first place!
Eh, I just didn't want Will or Jessica to go home. And I'll be fine with Matt if he does suddenly get a personality.
Great recap. Funny in all the right places. (And maybe someone heard you, and that's why there were "mysterious mic issues".)
5 of 9 | Posted by lonebutterfly | Posted on June 18, 2008 4:36 AM
That actually was the right decision to send Jamie and Rayven home. Besides her pulling down Jamie's pants, I don't even remember what they did during their performance. It's actually easier to send a couple the first week then send home different partners then to make the remaining partners to team up so as soon as they aid Raven was going home, I knew Jamie was going home too.
Their solos were kind of weak, but they seem to have great personalities, I'm just glad Will stayed, his solo was awesome.
6 of 9 | Posted by bigjr6633 | Posted on June 18, 2008 8:51 AM
I thought Rayven lost style points because of her unattractive outfit - then cemented her fate with a poor solo.
Thank goodness for DVR (and TVgasm's dutifull recappers - thanks!), so I can FF most of the results shows.
7 of 9 | Posted by fire@will | Posted on June 18, 2008 9:52 AM
lonebutterfly...
just to clarify, being on "pointe" is what got Rayven noticed...although the bizarre name-spelling may have helped.
"demi-point" is also known as "half-toe." Different kind of shoe, and (although just as hard) less showy.
Not sorry to see Jamie go. He was like Pasha, only without as much talent and totally minus the charm and cuteness.
And of course they kept Will. There's no way they'll piss off Debbie Allen by sending her protege home first.
I can't deal with the Pussycat Dolls. You can see the same routine at any sleazy strip joint, only with better music and no lip-synching.
best quote of the week: "I'd be much more entertained if we shoved Snuggle Bear into a hot fucking dryer for an hour - then dragged the jolly little fucker out and made him dance." Use the perma-press setting, just like the little bear's smile.
8 of 9 | Posted by cattyfan | Posted on June 18, 2008 11:10 AM
I was kind of annoyed by the opening routine. You're right, it did seem all over the place and kind of ruined a song that I like very much. As for who got sent home, I'm not too bothered about Rayven (on dance-in she looked like a retarded doll) although I would have preferred keeping a ballerina in the competish and sent Jessica OUT. I'm sooooo upset about Jamie going home (didn't he totes look like Neil??!) but obviously it wouldn't have been fair to send Will or the other guy home given their technical ability. Siiigh.
9 of 9 | Posted by alex_w | Posted on June 22, 2008 10:50 AM