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

I was disappointed by Mia Michaels again, but I think that's because I was promised aliens and there wasn't anything even remotely resembling aliens.

lindseykai OTM, Michael not so much.

I am a sucker for this show. But still, no need for the buzzkill :)

Soary! (._.)
I am just filled with hate and bile since my shawty Sara got eliminated.

I really liked Sara too, but she would have been toast if she made it through. I can't see her keeping up with the technical stuff Lauren or Sabra were doing this week.

Oh no doubt her "hot tamale train" would've stopped outside of Top 4 station, but I sincerely believed that in the inevitable Lauren vs. Sara bottom-off last week, b-girl would be getting past Unpopular Girl of the Year.

Also, I'm sure it's luridly obvious already, but I'm one of those trogs who don't know what a technique is.

Technique i.e. raw ability/training, as opposed to showing emotion/personality.

I think Lauren is just unpopular on the internet boards, who magnify every comment 400 times. She started off slow, but really picked it up mid-season.

Lauren has no technique. She's about the equivalent of Jessi Peralta. Her disco this week was really, incredibly awkward and terrible. And her balance is always precarious and clumsy.

True, she probably won't win this because she can be sloppy and does fall out of her turns, but I think her fleetness of foot gave her an advantage over Sara, who, as good as she was, danced heavier on her feet.

Okay I was completely wrong about Neil, wow. Dude was fucking amazing.

All in all, I can't complain about this final four at all. I would have liked to see Dominic or Sara there but realistically I knew it wouldn't happen.

Neil has really stepped it up lately, in solos and in partnering. I did not expect it at all from the first couple weeks.

I'm happy with the final four too. And I think they all have a fair shot at winning the whole thing. You could say Lacey has an advantage being Benji's sister, but she's struggled a bit the last couple weeks while everyone else has been pushing hard.

Just watched this last night. I was sad to see Pasha go, but the sudden and constant shirtlessness just reeks of desperation.

The top five guy have all gone the shirtless route at least once this season, no? None of them have been as hilarious as when Dmitry did it though.

The top 4 guys have; Kameron doesn't really have the physique to go shirtless in a routine, though he-man he did go away from the stage.

Neil's body type is a little weird, thinking about the shirtless thing. Highly defined musculature yes, but it still looks adolescent (narrow shoulders?).

wow that mia routine made it incredibly obvious how much better danny is than neil!

I'm predictable here, but: Mind. Blown.

I liked how they really raised the difficulty/complexity level the past two weeks.

When Wade starting going off about baby foxes and doing slow-motion "Thriller" moves in rehearsal, I was preparing for the worst. But it ended up really effecting me, more so than I'd like to admit (or even fully understand).

Lacey: still hottt.

So... did Danny win?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v48/w1nt3rmut3/rockit.gif

I'm still sort of speechless at the foxes routine! I think it will be my favorite routine of the season. I'm surprised the judges had no idea what was going on, even with Wade spelling out the mother/daughter relationship.

Dear d0n w31n3r,
When editing a routine, you should never include anything more closeup than a wide shot.

woah, upset!

Danny?

I WANT DANNY TO WIN BECAUSE HE'S HOT.

um, i hope you are in a different time zone because it's over now. but i won't spoil.

Yaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyy!!!!!!

When Wade starting going off about baby foxes and doing slow-motion "Thriller" moves in rehearsal, I was preparing for the worst. But it ended up really effecting me, more so than I'd like to admit (or even fully understand).

the baby foxes routine is the best thing i've seen on that show -- there was a touch of kate bush about it, e.g. the "running up that hill" video. it's a vast improvement over the overeager jazz-hands pageantry that passes for good choreography the rest of the time. i feel sort of validated that all the judges hated it.

SO SO SO HAPPY

word up, although runner-up would have been just fine with us

i would have been happy with either of them. as it is, i think it's pretty awesome that *winner* won!

This season was awesome.

I never thought that SABRA could pull it off! She almost seems too humble, too modest to win a reality type show. I never thought she was the best soloist, but in hindsight, she was the most consistently great in the partner routines (more so than Danny or Lacey). And thankfully "only 4 years of dance!" didn't become the new "Jordin Sparks is 17!".

I'd like to think it was the foxes routine that sealed the win for her. I could watch that shit all day.

Dear d0n w31n3r,
When editing a routine, you should never include anything more closeup than a wide shot.

I was thinking about this when they were redoing the routines last night. This was a chance for the camera guys to shows us different angles of the same dance. Some of the shot layouts were exactly the same, but I noticed the Neil/Lacey flower dance was approached a bit differently.

I never thought she was the best soloist, but in hindsight, she was the most consistently great in the partner routines (more so than Danny or Lacey).

I don't know, Danny brought it hardcore on Wednesday night.

I still don't disagree with the result, though. In fact, I am super psyched about the result.

lol laughing at my total aboutface re: Dom/Sabra upthread

Yeah, there's no doubt he was game on Wednesday. I actually thought Danny was going to win it all going into the finale.

I hope next season can match up to this one.

This is being shown in Aus at the moment. THE ENGLISH GUY HAS TIINY HANDS.

..I didn't really look to see if his hands had already been discussed.

i will admit to loving that show

THE ENGLISH GUY HAS TIINY HANDS.

-- W4LTER

Can wee paws to reflect on this for a second?

http://www.poptower.com/images/db/1224/420/300/nigel-lythgoe.jpg

^^^^^^^
ASHAMED

He doesn't want to show his hand.

ATTN LEEEEEE: May 22

Good start to Season 4, the hip-hop guys were ridiculous last night.

The auditions in SLC were pretty awesome if only for the Choreographer's Daughter and the Ice Breaker!

So glad that Mandy is back and a judge this time.

Wowowow that ballet kid who danced to the Requiem for a Dream track!!

It's no American Idol but it will have to do.

Any standout performances from the past few seasons I should check out?

Scroll past all my navel-gazing down to the bottom where I list my favorite dances from season 3. No idea if any of the download links still work; Youtube vids tend to get culled of any SYTYCD performances, too. Generally: anything Wade Robson choreographed, half of what Mia Michael choreographs (keywords: travis+heidi+bench), a quarter of what Shane Sparks choreographs (SEARCH SEARCH SEARCH Jamile and Destini's hip hop).