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After Uncle Walty has disappeared, Carlos explains to the chicos that the musical telenovela is a huge and growing genre in the business. So, this week's challenge is going to consist of musical numbers with singing and dancing. The chicos are assigned to the following pairs, and this week there's not going to be any of that switching partner shit that went down last week: Jenn and Enrique, Roseny and Geovannie, and Berto is performing double duty by dancing two separate tangos with Silvia and Gisel. Carlos assures Berto that the judges will take his extra effort into consideration. Okay, so some producer is getting his jollies big time with this line up. The last time Jenn and Enrique were paired up, Enrique crawled on top of her and started nipping like a crazed terrier. The last time Roseny and Geovannie were paired up, Roseny was half an inch away from crying date rape and all the girls have held it against him since. And, the last time Berto got caught between Silvia and Gisel, it was enough to bring out Gisel's scary bimbo stalker personality. Jenn and Enrique look okay when they get the news, because in the scheme of things it could be worse. Geovannie looks panicked and Roseny looks seriously pissed. And Berto's leaning back and nodding, because Berto is the man. Nothing panics Berto.

There's no time to waste and the chicos immediately go to a studio to meet up with Broadway choreographer Sergio Tujillo and his unnamed dancing sidekick, but boy can she move. Serg, who sounds a little like a gay Latin chipmunk, starts right off making them sweat by breaking into a complicated salsa type dance step for them to follow. I can tell you that none of the boys and only a couple of the chicas are doing much more than jumping side to side. Serg tells them that they have a lot to learn in the way of song and dance and almost no time, so they need to get cracking.

There's not enough Tums in the world to get me through this.

The first team we get to see rehearsing is Jenn and Enrique as they try to follow Serg and his sidekick through the steps. Judging from the fact that, while Serg is dancing, he's also casually chewing on whatever snack he has at hand, I think it's safe to say that this is not his most difficult dance. Even so, Enrique looks a lot like this little 'pendulum man' magnet that's stuck to my refrigerator and swings it's arms and legs in weird disconnected side to side movements when I open and shut the door. Enrique tells us with an optimism bordering on pathological that he's having a little trouble with the choreography. Serg warns him that he needs to get out of his head and most importantly own the character. I just don't see anything good coming from expecting Enrique to be both coordinated and passionate at the same time. Either one is enough of a challenge by itself when Enrique's having a really good day.

Okay, now go for the passionate look.

Meanwhile, Roseny and Giovannie are practicing with the songwriter/musician Tom Hyman, who tells them that they have the hardest song that he wrote. Roseny seems to be able to at least follow the notes, but Geovannie, bless his heart for trying, is beyond bad. We're talking toe curling, nails on a black board, bad.

Then, we get to visit Berto's rehearsal with Gisel and Silvia. It is, of course, an emotional mess, but at least they're all three still alive. Berto and Silvia are dancing well together, while Gisel looks on and glowers, spits venom and curses, not quite grasping the concept of pretty is as pretty does.

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