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(S06E05) After last night's supposed vagina-flashing, I was ready to watch Wednesday's episode of So You Think You Can Dance with a sharper eye. With Nigel away, we have Lil C and now permanent third judge Adam Shankman joining Mary Murphy.

With the same choreography from Anya and Pasha, the judges continue to place untrained hip-hop dancers into the choreography rounds, just to make sure that they can survive harder challenges later. If any hip-hopper (or any dancer in general) was smart, if they made it to Vegas, they would try to practice some basic Jazz, Contemporary, Waltz and Cha-Cha to give them some training in the general categories.

Tonight Mary tried to reinforce four pet peeves that no dancer should do. They should have suggested this in week one.

1) No hats covering the eyes - Hip-hoppers are the worst offenders.
2) Endless reaching into nothingness - Contemporary dancers trying to convey passion.
3) Self-worship - Contemporary and a handful of Latin dancers touch themselves too much.
4) Men's booty shaking - Unless you're Adam Shankman, just say no.

The Good

Shelby "Skip" Skipper - He introduced the New Orleans Bounce to SYTYCD. The dance reminds me of an extreme Harlem shake to me, but with flare. He had amazing leg strength. I would have put in him through Choreography, to see if he could learn another style. It would just suck if he got cut early in Vegas if he couldn't adapt.

Jonathan Litzler - He's an acrobatic/hip-hop/contemporary/jazz dancer? He looks like Top 36 potential. The audition piece showed some of the best strength combined with grace we've seen. Without sounding prejudiced, I'm sure Nigel will like him because he's more "butch" than several of the contemporary men we've seen.

Justin Kenney - He has a car accident sob story and some of the strongest break dance moves, even without any head-spins. He messed up the choreography, but hopefully within the few months before Vegas he could both practice some other genre and headstands without concussions.

Kimalee Piedad - Kimalee represents our first Theater Arts performer. She defines it as ice dancing but without the ice. The two remind me of America's Got Talent's Paradiso Dance, but without the gimmicks. The girl is extremely flexible and trusting of her partner. The question is if she could survive without him. With Mary and C's faith, she's through to Vegas without partner choreography.

Jacob Karr - Yet another amazing contemporary male. He had such ease with his legs and his extensions. I don't think we ever actually heard him speak.

Diana Drexler - Her grandfather passed away and she put the passion into her dance. She's good, but I find her to be in the middle-ground of the contemporary dancers choreography wise. She feels like every generic blond dancer that I've seen week after week of auditions. She's sent to choreography and while her partner sucked, she's sent to Vegas.

The Bad

Eric Le Blanc - He drank six energy drinks. I would be peeing constantly if I was him. His break is too scatterbrained and his pop-lock section wasn't sharp. His lack of focus showed in the choreography round when he drank his seventh energy drink.

Llyod Ballard / Tierney St. John / Casey Crisosto - Cavalcade of losers. All funny in their own special way.


The Cut

Micha Mixon - A strong pop and locker with a good sob story. Mary calls him out for not being officially trained. After choreography, they cut him, but hope to see him again.

In the end, about thirty dancers made it. Next week, Utah. Bloody toes, strippers, and shirt rippers. Following that the Vegas rounds begin. As always, leave comments below on how you thought the dancers did.