I just wanted to thank everyone who’s been visiting my SYTYCD posts!  I plan on updating this blog every week for the shows, along with other posts throughout the week so definitely stay tuned and feel free to let me know what you think!!

Alright, just finished watching.

I was not surprised that Matt Dorame & Kourtni Lind were in the bottom 3, as I think they were #5 of 8 in the list of dances from last night.
I AM surprised that not only did they send Chelsea Traille home over Kourtni Lind, they didn’t even bother giving her a reason for the decision.  I mean, I know there was a crunch for time, but as a learning dancer, I’m sure she would have loved to know why, and as a viewer, I would have loved to know why as well.

Either way, I’m not surprised about Chris Jarosz going home, and am interested in seeing how Thayne fairs with Comfort next week.

All I know is the stronger dancers are definitely standing well apart from the rest of the group, and I’ve definitely developed my favorites.

My Pre-Top 14-dance call for who goes home next week:

Matt Dorame & Kourtni Lind

Does anyone sense a pattern here?

Mark Kanemura, Twitch Boss, Joshua Allen, Will Wingfield. The guys are SO STRONG this year.

Last night’s So You Think You Can Dance was very hit or miss. Nigel said there were 4 dances that he felt really took the night. If I had to guess which those were, they would be as follows:

1. Twitchington (Twitch Boss & Kherington Payne) – The Prison Break (and Kherington with her lens-less glasses!! My heart will break into tiny little pieces twice when the couples have to get new partners, once for them and once for the couple in #3.)

2. Gev Manoukian & Courtney Galiano – The Sexy Sexy Rumba! Half a dress really worked for this one!

3. Mark Kanemura & Chelsie Hightower – The Hip-Hop Work Addict Leaves his Girl dance. These two melt my souuuuuul. <3 Kanemura, you are the Johnny Depp of the dancefloor! (My heart will shatter twice that night!)

4. Joshua Allen & Katee Shean – Someone either has a very natural talent for all things Dance (Joshua) or has had more training than anyone cares to let on. This man is a POWERHOUSE and for being a popper, has nailed all three styles he’s danced so far, Hip-hop (duh), Broadway, and the Samba. And yes, yes, yes, Katee Shean, you are SEXY and don’t ever think otherwise. (BTW, Katee, love the new haircut!)

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I’m really seeing a strong trend here for the power couples (being 1,3, and 4 of the list above). I think there are certain partners that are bringing two really great dancers down, but who, in their own right, are great dancers themselves. These would be Jessica King (partner of Will Wingfield) and Chris Jarosz (partner of Comfort Fedoke) They are gorgeous dancers solo, but I think Chris needs to really come out of his shell and just break something and Jessica is simply being outshined by Will who is AMAZING. Then there are Matt Dorame and Kourtni Lind who I would much prefer to see do solos forever instead of dance together one more time. There’s just something not right about them dancing together (although last night’s dance was fun).

That leaves Chelsea Traille and Thayne Jasperson, who I’m just not sure about but enjoy watching Solo. Maybe they’ve just gotten stuck with some crap dances for what they can handle? All I know is they nailed the first week, but have fallen flat as a pancake the last 2 weeks.

My call as of Week 3 / Top 16 for the Top 10:

Guys: Mark Kanemura, Twitch Boss, Joshua Allen, Will Wingfield, Gev Manoukian
Girls: Chelsie Hightower, Kherington Payne, Katee Shean, Comfort Fedoke, Courtney Galiano

Last night’s Bottom 3 couples who will be dancing for their lives:

Chelsea Traille & Thayne Jasperson
Will Wingfield & Jessica King
Comfort Fedoke & Chris Jarosz

Going home tonight will be:

Chris Jarosz & Jessica King

Soooo…

My opinion of the dances last night is that most of them were pretty boring. Either the choreography wasn’t quite as powerful as I would have liked (krumping) or the dancers were weaker than I know they’re capable of (Thayne, you should have put some POWER into that KING role. You were not a child prince. You were a grand king!) . Of course, Thayne’s foofy (and boring for being so fancy) outfit didn’t help visually, especially when you compare it to the regal outfits Neil & Danny wore for the phenomenal Final 4 Prince number from last season (*drool*).

Despite an overall boring night, there were 3 couples’ dances that stood out to me. (I can’t wait to see more from these 3 couples and truly don’t want to see partner changes because of these 3 couples!!)

1. Mark Kanemura and Chelsie Hightower – Chelsea is just as cute as a button in the face with the body of a goddess. Mark, who is growing to quickly become a favorite (of mine, anyway!), really expressed what that role needed. He was powerful and passionate and it just worked so well. Stunning dance!

2. Joshua Allen and Katee Shean – What a great dance! I felt this was the only dance of the night that was any kind of fun. It was upbeat and considering you’re looking at a Popper and Contemporary dancer doing this fun Tyce D’orio Broadway routine, it was absolutely great (and got one heck of a reaction out of Nigel!).

3. Twitch Boss and Kherington Payne (fondly referred to as Twitchington). The dance was choreographed by Mark Jenoreaux and his wife and was very special. The Jenoreaux’s daughter lost all of her motor skills at 20 months of age but when she sees movement in the form of dance, it brightens her up, so they put together this piece for her. And Twitch (a popper) and Kherington (contemporary) danced the most beautiful dance, Twitch full of beauty and grace (Grace from a popper! ), and Kherington, just stunning. She’s gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous. I don’t know if I’ve seen a more beautiful face on this show in all 4 seasons.

I love it I love it I love it!

My call for the Bottom 3 tonight:

Matt Dorame & Kourtni Lind

Will Wingfield & Jessica King (Through no fault of Will’s; Jessica is just not as strong as other dancers)

Chelsea Traille & Thayne Jasperson

My call for the Go Home vote tonight:

Jessica King & Matt Dorame

I got the tv I mentioned in my previous post.  Got a great deal on it, I was so excited.  Still am really!  The TV is beautiful.

I’ll try to post more, gotten lazzzzy and been really busy!!!