So You Think You Can Dance Season 5. Top 20 Perform!
Woah! What a great show last night. That was probably the best starting night of SYTYCD so far! This is going to be a killer season!
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SYTYCD#4 Top 6 Perform
Wow! Fantastic show last night! Lots of great choreography - punctuated by Mary Murphy letting out the most obnoxious harpy-scream in the history of SYTYCD.
We know how you feel Nigel.
SYTYCD#4 Top 8 Performance and Elimination
I finally picked up a copy of the performance and elimination episodes. Some TV pirate was asleep at the wheel last week =P
Guest Choreographer Chuck Maldonado gave us a fairly average group routine. Sorry Chuck, this was kind of boring. I enjoyed the BladeRunner eye makeup though. Some of the girls were near unrecognizable.
SYTYCD#4 - Top 8 Perform
I don’t have much to post today, and I’m going to have to skip the play-by-play because a storm caused my cable to go in and out last night during the show. For some reason, the full episode hasn’t been posted yet at PirateBay either, so I can’t review it or take screenshots. 
If you think anyone other than Comfort and Mark is going home, state your case. I find it quite funny that without even seeing the episode, I am still convinced that tonight’s results were pre-ordained.
SYTYCD#4 Top 10 Results (down to 8)
Shenanigans!! This post is subtitled, “America is full of big jerks who made Courtney Cry!”
Seriously, what a wacky results show.
SYTYCD#4 The Top 10 Dancers
This will have to be a shorter recap today. I got booted out of my office for a few hours because they needed to pull some control wires through the conduit directly above my desk. They said it would take 15 minutes! Good estimating guys..
So if you didn’t already cheat and look it up on the internet, Jessica was booted last night for a few broken ribs, and comfort is back in her place for (one?) more competition.
SYTYCD#4 Top Ten Update
Someone extra is out! And someone comes back…
If you don’t like spoilers, don’t read more!
SYTYCD#4 Episode 5 Results Show
Not exactly a surprising outcome last night but a very enjoyable results show, nonetheless.
The opening group routine from Tabitha and Napolean included special glow enabled costumes and allowed them to paint pictures with the light during the dark sections of the dance.
Unfortunately, the camera men tried their best to ruin the experience as usual. I had to watch the opening number a few times before I even realized there is a neat section where the dancers use the lights to create a bow and arrow, which shoots across the stage to hit a neon heart.
This is the bow and arrow. The heart was impossible to catch in a still frame because the camera men were off to the side, causing the heart to be very oblique as well as obscured by the “arrow”.
Crazy camera-men, I shake my fist at you! Rrrrrr. Maybe it was just me. Maybe everyone else saw this the first time through.
Best parts of the group routine were Gev getting to show off a little bit, and Will up front just killing the hip-hop. I hope he gets a hip-hop number soon, once he gets a new partner.
SYTYCD#4 Episode 5
Since we’re down to only 6 couples this week, everyone has a 50/50 shot of being in the bottom 3 tomorrow, though we all know who’s going home. (We BETTER know! ;))
There were some surprises last night, namely Twitchington performing quite poorly, Tyce Diorio doing a post-modern contemporary routine, a Bollywood contribution, and Courtney and Gev taking top honors from the judges.
Most unbelievable, however, was this subdued and fairly “normal” dress worn by Cat Deeley. No feathers? No face-eating venus-fly-trap ruffles? What gives?
SYTYCD4 Week 4
14 Dances last night! Wow. Too bad most of them were largely forgettable. Even running through the episode to make screen shots, I had forgotten half of these dances since last night. Even some of the memorable ones weren’t bouncing around in my head for particularly good reasons.
The guest judges last night were Tabitha and Napoleon, the hip-hop choreographers. You would think that with a double-judge in one seat, their criticism after each performance would drag on, but it turns out nobody can out-talk Nigel or Mary.
The first dance of the night was a Tony Meredith Jive, executed well, but without any fire or anything special at all. Again, it looks like Will is just running circles around Jessica, and the Judges finally admit it
Their second number was a Mandy Moore lyrical routine to a Heart song. This was the dance with the shirt prop. I’m still torn on the use of props, but Mandy Moore designed this routine well, where the shirt is interesting and useful but doesn’t overwhelm the rest of the dance. I enjoyed this one a lot more than the first dance.
There aren’t enough couples left to keep them out of the bottom three tomorrow. (I hope). I like Will but I think he could really shine with a better partner.