The Good, The Bad & The Ugly of SYTYCD Week 2 Auditions
Charleston and Washington D.C.
FOX Thursday 8/7c 5/29
Charleston and Washington D.C.
FOX Thursday 8/7c 5/29
Tonight the crew from So You Think You Can Dance took the auditions to Charleston and Washington D.C. Gaining another talented group of under 30 year old dancers (age seems to be a theme this year).
The good ones were, as always, phenomenal. The bad were, as usual, appalling. The ugly speak for themselves.
Most notable SYTYCD Charleston audition, or actually auditions, would have to be twin brothers Anthony and Antwain Hart. Antwain came out first and did a freestyle club type disco solo that failed to impress anyone. I could tell he was a good dancer and so the judges stated, but he looked thoroughly amatuer. His identical twin brother Anthony stepped out on the SYTYCD audition stage next and performed a well rehearsed hip hop routine that showed all of his strengths.
The judges were amazed at the difference in the Hart brothers, and Anthony explained that Antwain had not shown his best performance ability. Nigel Lythgoe called Antwain back to the SYTYCD stage and had them do a number together. They were great!
Other SYTYCD contenders for the Las Vegas ticket included:
Sheila Kaiser, 18, from Atlanta, Georgia.
Jeremiah Hughes, from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Excellent!
B.J. Harris is a student from the Performing Arts School in New York. The school principal held a fund raiser to get the money to send B.J. Harris to the SYTYCD auditions in Charleston. B.J. Harris should come back next year for the SYTYCD auditions because he was good, he just couldn't get the choreography.
Courtney Galiano from New York had an incredible lyrical/modern audition. She traveled to Charleston with two of the coolest, loving grandparents that I've ever seen. Courtney earned a ticket to Las Vegas without waiting for choreography.
Claire Calloway returned this year after a making it to Las Vegas in season 2 of SYTYCD, then injuring her ankle/foot. She spent time with her new baby during season 3, the judges had told her they would put her right through if she auditioned. So now she had to really prove herself. She did not, at first. Nigel Lythgoe did finally give Claire Calloway a ticket to Vegas this season, but it was almost begrudgingly.
Now for the bad auditions, skip down or avert your eyes if you can't take it!
I'll start with Abigail Furman, while not a good dancer, what a great sport. Abigail was sadly one of those that did not know she sucked. Until confronted by the judges, then reality hit. When Abigail referred to herself as a loser, Nigel Lythgoe responded, " You're not a loser, you're just a shitty dancer!...but you are a great sport."
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Erin Mansour & John Tabarian
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Syddah King
Shamika Robinson
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Jason Looney (the name says it all!)
And then it was on to the capital city, Washington D.C., where the SYTYCD auditions seemed endlessly filled with bad to marginal auditions. Then, finally, came the standouts.
The most notable of the D.C. auditions is definitely Brandon Bryant. The now 18 year old dancer first auditioned for the show in season 1, the problem was Brandon was only 15 (clearly for this competition you must be 18). Brandon's mother pointed out that he was under age, and made him apologize and back out. Look at him now!
Megan Campbell, on her first audition ever, did a phenomenal comtemporary routine that wowed the judges into a trip to Vegas. Megan told Nigel Lythgoe that her aunt was with her and lined up the audition, he went and gave the aunt a hug and kiss!
Marcus Shield was dancing in memory of his mother. He lost her close to Christmas and it obviously upsets him to this day. That wound heals so slowly. Marcus auditioned an excellent hip hop routine, but looked angry during the performance. Nigel Lythgoe picked up on the emotions and was not convinced about Marcus, so he sent him to choreography. Thankfully, Marcus Shield pulled it together and got his ticket to Las Vegas.
Showing off their D.C. Swing talents were Marcus Smith and Deonna Ball.
Anthony Bryant is a talented young man with a great big chip on his shoulder. You can sense it in every step he takes, he dares you to judge him. There is no passion for the music, it's sad.
And then there was Derek "Dancing D" Bradley. Let's just say... well watch.
Stay tuned for video!
See you next week for another round of on the road auditions for Season 4 of So You Think You Can Dance.
For More So You Think You Can Dance Click Here!
Here is the whole video story as it becomes available:
The good ones were, as always, phenomenal. The bad were, as usual, appalling. The ugly speak for themselves.
Most notable SYTYCD Charleston audition, or actually auditions, would have to be twin brothers Anthony and Antwain Hart. Antwain came out first and did a freestyle club type disco solo that failed to impress anyone. I could tell he was a good dancer and so the judges stated, but he looked thoroughly amatuer. His identical twin brother Anthony stepped out on the SYTYCD audition stage next and performed a well rehearsed hip hop routine that showed all of his strengths.
The judges were amazed at the difference in the Hart brothers, and Anthony explained that Antwain had not shown his best performance ability. Nigel Lythgoe called Antwain back to the SYTYCD stage and had them do a number together. They were great!
Other SYTYCD contenders for the Las Vegas ticket included:
Sheila Kaiser, 18, from Atlanta, Georgia.
Jeremiah Hughes, from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Excellent!
B.J. Harris is a student from the Performing Arts School in New York. The school principal held a fund raiser to get the money to send B.J. Harris to the SYTYCD auditions in Charleston. B.J. Harris should come back next year for the SYTYCD auditions because he was good, he just couldn't get the choreography.
Courtney Galiano from New York had an incredible lyrical/modern audition. She traveled to Charleston with two of the coolest, loving grandparents that I've ever seen. Courtney earned a ticket to Las Vegas without waiting for choreography.
Claire Calloway returned this year after a making it to Las Vegas in season 2 of SYTYCD, then injuring her ankle/foot. She spent time with her new baby during season 3, the judges had told her they would put her right through if she auditioned. So now she had to really prove herself. She did not, at first. Nigel Lythgoe did finally give Claire Calloway a ticket to Vegas this season, but it was almost begrudgingly.
Now for the bad auditions, skip down or avert your eyes if you can't take it!
I'll start with Abigail Furman, while not a good dancer, what a great sport. Abigail was sadly one of those that did not know she sucked. Until confronted by the judges, then reality hit. When Abigail referred to herself as a loser, Nigel Lythgoe responded, " You're not a loser, you're just a shitty dancer!...but you are a great sport."
Stay tuned for video!
Erin Mansour & John Tabarian
Stay tuned for video!
Syddah King
Shamika Robinson
Stay tuned for video!
Jason Looney (the name says it all!)
And then it was on to the capital city, Washington D.C., where the SYTYCD auditions seemed endlessly filled with bad to marginal auditions. Then, finally, came the standouts.
The most notable of the D.C. auditions is definitely Brandon Bryant. The now 18 year old dancer first auditioned for the show in season 1, the problem was Brandon was only 15 (clearly for this competition you must be 18). Brandon's mother pointed out that he was under age, and made him apologize and back out. Look at him now!
Megan Campbell, on her first audition ever, did a phenomenal comtemporary routine that wowed the judges into a trip to Vegas. Megan told Nigel Lythgoe that her aunt was with her and lined up the audition, he went and gave the aunt a hug and kiss!
Marcus Shield was dancing in memory of his mother. He lost her close to Christmas and it obviously upsets him to this day. That wound heals so slowly. Marcus auditioned an excellent hip hop routine, but looked angry during the performance. Nigel Lythgoe picked up on the emotions and was not convinced about Marcus, so he sent him to choreography. Thankfully, Marcus Shield pulled it together and got his ticket to Las Vegas.
Showing off their D.C. Swing talents were Marcus Smith and Deonna Ball.
Anthony Bryant is a talented young man with a great big chip on his shoulder. You can sense it in every step he takes, he dares you to judge him. There is no passion for the music, it's sad.
And then there was Derek "Dancing D" Bradley. Let's just say... well watch.
Stay tuned for video!
See you next week for another round of on the road auditions for Season 4 of So You Think You Can Dance.
For More So You Think You Can Dance Click Here!
Here is the whole video story as it becomes available:
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