So You Think You Can Dance? Oh yeah? C'mere a minute!

rrrobyn, yes it was utterly addictive during try-outs, though I would say that that portion of the show (documentary with a judging aspect) was a different kind of reality tv than the kind it is now (talent-show).

Seriously, I think jive is the new best thing ever now.

Kamilah, on the other hand.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v81/plechazunga/tybe/kamilah.jpg

(Nota bene: the file is misnamed, as it indeed is of the hott hip hop routine.)

I saw a couple of episodes on dvd through a friend here in Australia and it is awesome. I hear the series are coming down under but not sure yet.

If it came to Sydney it will be great to see dancers from 7 Flavours like Csaba Szirmai, Laura New and Supple go the distance with it.

Life is like a dance!!!

As of yet, I'm digging it way more than I ever dug American Idol.

But I think that's only because the cross-dressing "Flashdance" performer is actually John Cameron Mitchell.

The popping guy - that was incredible.

also, as i posted on another thread, the dude w/ the angelina jolie lips saying "i exuberate fantasticisms" had my sister and i rolling with laughter.

i got bored about halfway through the show tonight, though, so i'm not sure i'll watch past the auditions.

DANG R U STOKED FOR 2MORROW NITE?

Excuse me. I am in the wrong thread.

Aimless doesn't think he can dance!

this is the show i got my vcr out for last summer! but now i'm putting my tv on the curb! i hope people will internet it

again: way better than that other show, with the singing

Agreed! I don't know why I think that, maybe it's because I have better music taste than dance taste.

PS - rrrobyn you might be pleased to know that some people -- e.g. me this um friend of mine -- do in fact internet the show. As to whether this friend will continue to do so for this season, well, Paypal always helps!

ohmy

Uh, boring.

Sex = NO

Was that Jamal fellow a plant? No way that he'd get a second audition to do his swing routine and THEN get to fool around waiting for the DO-DOOT DOOTs to kick in and then FLATTEN the judges, and THEN make it past the choreography if the judges/producers didn't know at least some of his plan.

http://www.themovieblog.com/archives/dammedancing01.gif

waht

I almost set that as my desktop background, then I remembered I am at work

I believe that would be harder to explain than glowstick cat, yes.

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http://jj.am/gallery/d/366-1/VanDammeDance1.gif

OK. I have to remember the search is "c'mere."

I like the guy who went on a big spiel about how b-boys have nothing to do with breakdancing.

oh i didn't realize ppl were watching this show! i was pleased to see the sex return, if only for roffles. i remember watching it last yr w/ sister and lolling over him. but i will probably stop watching after auditions rounds are over, as i have for the two seasons before.

Show was pretty great tonight, this group seems as good as last year.

Come now, ladies and fellows! Join me in being gob-smacked by the results last night! Untapped potential trumping whatever Jimmy brought to the table! (Actually I was starting to dig Jimmy, he really commits to his routines.)

Nigel showing tough love. Jimmy wasn't going to win. Cedric won't win either, but he can do a lot of stuff that NO ONE can do. Funny how Nigel was carving up Ced this week in apparent contradiction of what he said last week - namely, that breakers should get a fair shake. Watch for big improvement in Cedric now that his deadweight partner is gone.

I've only seen like five minutes of this, but both times it was Lacey dancing and daaaaaaamn.

I am loving this group so far. So much talent to go around!

Dominic/Sabra, Jesus/Sara: Both are adorable. I didn't think Dom could pull off contemporary so well.

Lacey/Kameron and Lauren/Neil are probably the couples that will sail through thanks to the teen vote. I'm sort of meh on them both so far, although I'd like to see what Lacey does in her own style.

Partnering Danny and Anya is sort of unfair to the rest, they both seem to be such seasoned veterans. I'd say they are the frontrunners.

I really like Pasha, and Shauna was really great this week. Not so into their partners. Cedric just needs to get it together for a routine, so he doesn't have to save himself yet again with one of his emo hip-hop solos.

I think my appreciation for Shauna went up a notch when she said one of her ambitions is to be a "techno singer."

okay maybe i was wrong about cedric, but wasn't it the choreography at fault rather than anything he did or didnt do on the dance floor?

I think he sort of had a death wish no matter what. At least he got a scholarship out of it.

Okay, this is going to be unforgivably mean:

When Pasha stepped out onto the dance floor with the choreographer's assistant, I missed the first 45 seconds of their routine because I was shrieking with hysterical laughter. I think it was the cardigan that put me over the edge.

guys, that hok/jaimie thing was like woah.

dimension, it was the choreography that made cedric blah, but the reason the choreography was like that was because he apparently wasn't capable of dancing the routine in that style/with his partner so they tried to cleverly hide it.

yeah the pasha thing was a little redic. i understand they didn't want her to be considered as part of the duo, but the cardigan!? and damn, if you're gonna put a big girl out there in a short skirt, at least make sure she's comfortable in it and won't be pulling it down mid-dance every time it starts to ride up!!

They spend so much time talking about Danny/Anya and they are both really, really good, but Dominic/Sabra are just an order of magnitude better than them. If Dominic doesn't win the whole thing, I will be very surprised.

(Also cosign to Hok/Jaimie routine, wo)

I thought the dancing was pretty uniformly awesome, although that should be expected on a "Meet the Top 20" night.

For however weird Lil C is, I think he's a necessary presence on the show. Much prefer his commentary than the fluffy compliments and gushing others seem to give.

Yah I actually like Lil C, he just needs to tame the "hey I know big words" schtick a little. Great dancer too. All the judges have their place and I really like the rotating cast of characters angle, its one of the reasons I like SYTYCD. That ballroom girl is fantastic btw, her legs look like they're chiseled from stone.

Michael, I wish I were as optimistic as you, I haven't seen a mind-blowing routine on the show in quite a while (and I'm including Alex's hip hop w/ Twitch). Can you teach me to be more sanguine?

I'm also slightly wary about the style imbalance with the girls, and how it codes contemporary as female and hip hop as male.

That tap routine was INSANE

Lee, I wish I could.

Also, this show is on Hulu now, which is really helpful for me since I no longer have a DVR or many Wednesdays free.

I liked the fact that Travis used Passion Pit as his music more than I liked his routine

I was amused how many people used dubstep for their audition music. It certainly makes sense for the pop-and-lock dancers.

haha yeah, after the first audition I pointed it out as an example to my wife (we'd had a conversation about it before where I'd tried to describe it unsuccessfully, I think re: the breakdown in "Hold It Against Me") and during all the subsequent auditions she was all "... wow dubstep is really popular, huh"

ha, had that same discussion with my wife too.

https://sites.google.com/site/pnauert/sytycd8.jpg

First injury of the season: Mitchell is sidelined this week with shoulder trouble.

Can anyone view this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVIMFM1l_gE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZNac8CuDd8

Melanie + Marko are pretty amazing so far.

imo Sasha pwnz.

Sasha and Jess are killing it, and are totally overshadowing their partners.

The ballroom routines seem better than usual so far. The Caitlyn/Mitchell samba was fiiiire.

Oh my god.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXKFiNfCo-c

Oh my god!

who choreographed that? (i keep forgetting this is on hulu and i'm waaay behind)

Christopher Scott (dancer/choreographer for LXD). This is the routine I've been waiting for for the past 2, 3, 4 seasons.

This season has been pretty amazing, dance-wise, I can barely take it all in. I really enjoy seeing the old all-stars again. Melanie and Sasha have been running away with the competition for weeks. And yes I have noticed that Melanie has gotten jazz and contemporary pretty much every week and no I do not care in the slightest because I love watching her dance.

I don't feel the season overall quite as much (which is par for the course), though my biggest peeve is the overabundance of contemporary/modern/jazz numbers, and, more to the point, routines with an explicitly romantic element, which really makes everything blend together.

Finale!!! Is everyone watching Runway?

so i basically missed this entire season and now that the finale's over and i accidentally saw who won is it even worth watching?

Teh!

Depends on your tolerance for contemporary/jazz, which overwhelmed the season, for better or for worse. If you just want the highlights, go for the hip-hop I linked upthread (which is all-time epic imo), and these two:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFQlBKCclUw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMl0aSAI_Yc

Michael can probably recommend Melanie's best routines, but to me they all blur together into a melismatic blob.

Yes I liked this season a lot, but I've liked them all. Great pairing of the partner plus the all-star format. Some of the guest judges were interesting for once (Neil Patrick Harris, Lady Gaga). As for the contemporary/jazz dominance, I don't mind it. It's definitely a niche that SYTYCD fills that, as far as I know, the other dance shows don't tackle.

I did feel that Melanie and Sasha (and occasionally Marko) overshadowed most of the other contestants this season. I really do think Melanie is one of the best dancers they've had, in terms of technique/acting/personality. I think my favorite dance of hers might be the hip-hop with Marko, but I felt really drawn in by her facial expressions/body language in every piece she did.

Hey it's back.

I saw this the other night while channel flipping and got excited but bf was like "uh no" which is fair (to his credit he has suffered through episodes of fashion star and smash). So I'm going to have to watch in secret or something...

lol Fashion Star, did they find the new Diane Von Fistenbug?

Tell him there are some great hip-hop auditions in the first ep, which was how I, a fabulously butch bro's bro, got hooked on this show in the first place.

it's on hulu, tza, so you can watch it when he's out!

i missed the last season or two, so i'm making a concerted effort to watch this one.

i missed the last season or two, so i'm making a concerted effort to watch this one.

That's a good idea, this season could be its last.

what do you think about professional dancers being able to audition for the show and get into the top 20? idk, it seems unfair to me, two of the guys already have distinguished dance careers, surely this show is for spotlighting dancers who haven't broken through yet and giving them a career opening?

It's literally nothing new, professionals have been on the show since the first season. I also don't know how distinguished Chehon and Daniel can be, they're still in their early 20s.

As much of a trial last year was, I'm kind of looking forward this year!

Holy kittens, Cat just tweeted at me! =^_^=

Maybe I'll get back into this this season.

woah, congrats Leee!

https://twitter.com/catdeeley/status/220214250654793728

Also got replies from Eliana and Brandon! Ayo technology.

okay, this year's elimination pattern is going to be totally lol

I guess all of that camera time really helped people decide that they just did not like Daniel and Alexa

also RIP ballroom, you were awesome while it lasted

Tango was LEGIT, though. Hip hop's in a worse state, imo.

Oh yeah that tango was the BUSINESS

Quality control is a bit erratic so far, and maybe a little flat. The bathtub routine and the one with the sexy dentist were pretty DOA. Audrey and Matthew are the biggest surprises for me so far.

Also, glad to see Kathryn (S6) being the female lead in the newest Step Up movie. Love her.

Back this Tuesday.

Enjoying these initial shows, for the early "bet they will/won't make it" guesses and results, the amazing physicality, the surprising advancement of some dancers, and the depths of the more skilled ones. Favorite "reality" show that never fails to turn the waterworks at least once a show.

It seems like the animators, poppers, etc. are the most popular with the audience (or at least they are with me), which is why it's sad that ADBC got canceled. Still love this show, though.

Yeah this group already seems better than last years.

Whoever created this is a genius.

http://38.media.tumblr.com/8130d1fb08235d2da7ec935e3fa9238a/tumblr_n8mzag1UR71qbypg1o1_500.gif

RIP tWitch

sad to hear

so incredibly upsetting. I was a big fan of his when he was on in 2008 (didn't see the All-star season). just full of personality. wasn't a big Ellen watcher but loved that he was a part of it.

this just really sucks. rest in peace tWitch

Oh JFC.

He was great as a judge last season. He always radiated such positive energy and was beautiful inside and out. I'm shocked and devastated.