SYTYCD Sends Home Will and Comfort 7/24/08

Cutting Down to the Top 6
So You Think You Can Dance
FOX Thursday 9/8c 7/24/08

Will and Comfort were the victims of the voters this week on So You Think You Can Dance Season 4.

After a very cool opening number (as usual!), Kat Deeley talked to the judges briefly before reading the results. This was so Nigel Lythgoe could remind everyone that the most important vote cast this year will be in the November elections in the U.S.

Katee was called out first and told she was safe after another stellar dance week for her. Katee is the surprise of the season for me. I really thought she would be out early with a bad attitude, but she is really shining.

Will came out next and surprised all by landing in the bottom two! Yea! I am so tired of the 'golden boy'. I hope this is Will's last week so he can start his career.

Comfort, not surprisingly, lands herself in the bottom two (again). Poor thing, she must not have a good fan base.

Mark, with a huge fan base (for some reason), landed safely tonight. I just still don't get it. He is not cute and his hair has got to go!

Chelsea H. was up next to meet her fate. She had a great night last night with Joshua and both should stay safe. Sure enough, Chelsea H. is safe for another week of SYTYCD.

Twitch stepped out on stage to a shrill of screams. He has definitely surprised the judges this season. I can't wait to watch Twitch in shows on Broadway! Sadly it comes down to Twitch and Will. Twitch cried and had to be helped by Kat. I think Twitch will stay.

Joshua was told last night that he has the biggest bum in the business last night by Nigel Lythgoe. Joshua is obviously safe, since Will and Twitch are the bottom two dancers, but this way he got a kiss from Kat Deeley!

Courtney G. was sitting alone backstage, and already knows she is in the bottom two dancers. I think it was just her partner that cost her, a lot of people don't like Will!

I'm blogging this as the show is airing, so if it seems a little weird, that's why (that and I'm a little weird!)

LLCool J gave us a treat with his newest rap! I think the song was called Favorite, but I'm not sure. LLCool J is still hot! Exit 13 is the name of the new CD.

Comfort is the first to go. Not a big surprise, she was voted off last week and brought back with Jessica's injury. She is a good dancer, just not a big enough voting fan base.

The guys will be a shock either way. Will has danced his last dance on SYTYCD Season 4. Yea! Twitch fans everywhere unite for next week, don't leave him hanging in the bottom next week. Good-bye Will, you obviously have a ton of people waiting to work with you.


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Comfort and Thayne Get Eliminated From SYTYCD Season 4 07/10/08

So You Think You Can Dance
Top 10 Announced
FOX Thursday 9/8c 7/10/08

It was obvious when the bottom three vote getters for last night's performances were named who would be leaving tonight. At least from the men's side of SYTYCD, the women was between two. Comfort and Thayne, the newest couple to be let go from the competition had little chance from the start.

Will and Jessica were the second couple to be left in the bottom and dancing solos "for their lives". The judges pointed out Debbie Allen, Will's mentor in the audience, and said that she would be welcome to watch him on their stage for a long time. Jessica got horrible reviews on Wednesday's performance with Mia Michael's saying,"Will, you look tired of carrying her". No other dancer is going to be in Will's category as far as the judges go, he better get a strong fan base though as America takes control next week.

Twitch and Kherrington were the surprise in the bottom three tonight, but it was a pleasure to watch both of their solos. Especially Twitch's freestyle HipHop of the Mad Maestro. Again, before either danced their solos, the judges told them they would be safe.

The solos brought what all assumed they would, it was still tight between Jessica and Comfort (and I thought they might give Will a chance with Comfort). In the end it was Comfort and Thayne (who had to know he was leaving before he ever danced his solo) who left SYTYCD tonight.

The Top 10 So You Think You Can Dance contestants are:
Kherrington
Twitch
Jessica
Will
Gev
Courtney G.
Joshua
Katee
Chelsie
Mark

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SYTYCD season 4 ep 14 Twitch Kerington Krump Dance

SYTYCD Season 4 Top 18 Performances and Eliminations 6/19/08

So You Think You Can Dance Bids Farewell
To Susie and Marquis
FOX Thursday 9/8c 6/19/08

So I missed you this week, but I did not miss So You Think You Can Dance! This was not my favorite week for some reason, but there were of course a couple of outstanding routines. Included in these were Joshua and Katee, again at the top of my list. Joshua Allen just continues to shine as one of the top male dancers this season on SYTYCD.

Matt D. and Kourtni L. also came back this week with a much improved performance showing why they are on the big stage. The worst of the week were Susie G. and Marquis C. with a bad Salsa dance. I thought it was funny when the choreographers said that Susie was not a Salsa dancer, but a latino street dancer. Salsa dancing is about much more than shaking your hips, if that was all that was needed Shakira would be the queen of all Salsa dancers (which she is not, of course). Susie cried at being described as nothing more than a street dancer, but the truth is a tough pill to swallow. The public obviously has a good grasp on what the dance should be, as they sent Susie and Marquis to the bottom 3 to dance for their lives in the solo format. This early on the judges had an easy call to send home Susie and Marquis, though Chris J. and Comfort F. had a tough time pulling off a Crump routine (Nigel Lythgoe said that his granny is more gansta than Chris J.).

Here are the videos for your viewing pleasure, enjoy!

So You Think You Can Dance - Group Dance [Top 18]



So You Think You Can Dance - Kherington & Twitch [Top 18]



So You Think You Can Dance - Courtney & Gev [Top 18]



So You Think You Can Dance - Katee & Joshua [Top 18]



So You Think You Can Dance - Susie & Marquis [Top 18]



SYTYCD - Top 18 - Chelsie & Mark - Argentine Tango



So You Think You Can Dance - Chelsea & Thayne [Top 18]



So You Think You Can Dance - Comfort & Chris [Top 18]



So You Think You Can Dance - Jessica & William [Top 18]



So You Think You Can Dance - Kourtni & Matt [Top 18]



And the SYTYCD solos were:

So You Think You Can Dance - Comfort's Solo [Top 18]



So You Think You Can Dance - Marquis' Solo [Top 18]



So You Think You Can Dance - Thayne's Solo [Top 18]



So You Think You Can Dance - Chelsea's Solo [Top 18]



So You Think You Can Dance - Chris' Solo [Top 18]



So You Think You Can Dance - Susie's Solo [Top 18]




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SYTYCD Season 4 Top 20 Chosen 6/05/08

SYTYCD Announces the Top 20
Who Are the Top 10 Guys and Girls to Vote On?
FOX 8/7c Thursday 6/05/08

Tonight’s showdown was full of surprises right from the start. The dancers who were invited to Las Vegas were in for the toughest week of their dancing lives. Over three hundred kids started the Las Vegas auditions to compete for twenty spots by completing five rounds of choreography. Talk about grueling.

The choreography was broken into categories, and dancers were cut after each session. First Hip Hop, then the Fox Trot, followed by a 5 person group performance (choreographed by the group), a Mia Michaels Contemporary routine, and for the few that were left, a solo in their own style. I was tired just typing all of that!

The shockers started right off with Popper Robert Murraine of YouTube.com fame pulling out of the competition before it really started. I did not expect Robert to make it to the Top 20, most Hip Hop and Poppers don’t, but I did expect him to try. Nigel Lythgoe called Robert to the stage when he heard the buzz about him wanting to quit and asked if he would like to solo for the judges. Mr. Murraine gladly obliged and wowed us again, Mia Michaels told him, “You’ve been given a gift, don’t ---- on it!” Robert chose to leave the tryouts, not wanting to hold a partner back.




Several Hip Hop and Poppers did make the final cut, including two of my favorites Joshua Allen and his friend from Dallas, TX, Comfort. Both were worried beyond words prior to the Fox Trot choreography, they should not have been. Graceful to the core, they looked like they were born to ballroom dance.

Stephen “Twitch” Boss was a favorite to go straight through to the television Top 20 from the start. On Season 3 of SYTYCD, Twitch made it to the final two guys before losing to Hawk (so he came in 21st ). He took the year and got some professional training, boy did it pay off, he did go straight to the Top 20.

Debbie Allen sat in on tonight’s SYTYCD judging, but will not be asked to continue. What? Debbie Allen got cut? Well, sort of. Her protégé, William Wingfield a hugely talented Contemporary dancer, was accepted into the Top 20. Nigel Lythgoe explained that to assuage any thoughts by the public about Ms. Allen being involved and knowing a contestant personally, she would step aside and let him dance. “Now you are representing Tennessee and Debbie Allen”, Nigel told William.

In the same sort of position was Kelli Baker. Her mother is famed choreographer Bonnie Story, of High School Musical. Kelli was in the movie in a supporting role. I and many of the remaining contestants voiced that though Kelli was every bit strong enough on her own dancing merits, her mother’s fame may have been her downfall. Kelli Baker was not chosen for the Top 20 with really no explanation from the judges. She will still be a professional dancer, obviously.

Brandon Bryant was the other big shocker of the evening for me. I still can not believe they picked Hip Hop dancer Gev over Brandon’s Contemporary brilliance. Brandon took the news like a man, stating he would definitely be back next year. I guess thinking about it may have been his build that was his downfall. While absolutely gorgeous and all muscle, sometimes the bulk is hard for a partner to cope with. I can’t wait to see what Brandon Bryant brings to the SYTYCD stage next year.

The So You Think You Can Dance judges are:
Nigel Lythgoe
Mary Murphy

Choreographers:
Mia Michaels
Dan Karaty
Tabitha & Napoleon
Jean Marc Genereaux
Tyce Diorio
Mandy Moore

And the So You Think You Can Dance - Season 4 Top 20 are:
Gev M.
Kourtni L.
Joshua A.
Raven A.
Matt D.
Courntey G.
William W.
Katee S.
Twitch B.
Kherington P.
Jamie B.
Chelsie H.
Chris J.
Jessica K.
Mark H.
Susie G.
Marquis C.
Chelsea T.
Thayne J.
Comfort F.

Live shows start next Wednesday, see you there!



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Here's how it all went down, enjoy!