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Posted Aug 8th 2008 7:41AM by Kristin Sample
Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, So You Think You Can Dance
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S04E23) It all comes down to this. The season has been a bit underwhelming at times compared to seasons past, but it did indeed have its fantastic moments. I'm sure I won't soon forget Twitch and Kherrington's Viennese waltz or Katee and Will's pas de deux.
Still standing at the end is a girl who is the ultimate underdog, a girl who would've quit, a guy with absolutely no formal training, and a guy who was #21 last season, just shy of making the top 20 dancers. Let's talk about the season finale of
So You Think You Can Dance. For Real!
Continue reading So You Think You Can Dance: Season Finale
Posted Aug 3rd 2008 2:04PM by Kristin Sample
Filed under: OpEd, TV Squad Polls, Celebrities, So You Think You Can Dance
Reasons why I tune in to
So You Think You Can Dance on both Wednesday and Thursday nights...
1. The dancing. I want to see who got what style and if he / she can pull it off.
2. The judges. Sans Mary's screams and stupid fake-outs, I find the judges rather informative in their critique. Unlike some other shows... *cough*
Idol.
3. Cat Deeley and her outfits. Cat is a refreshing host: truly concerned for the
SYTYCD hopefuls, genuinely excited for the guest performers, and always ready to engage with the judges.
Continue reading Cat Deeley's crazy outfits
Posted Jul 31st 2008 9:21AM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, So You Think You Can Dance
(S04E20) I think by the twentieth episode of
American Idol we were just getting to "Hollywood Week." But here on
SYTYCD we're on the cusp of the "Final Four!" Last week, we lost Will and Comfort. Comfort was due, but I really think Mark should have been the one to go on the guy's side. But I can understand Will. Like Katee for the girls, he was the most technically proficient of the guys, but he just didn't connect with the audience in the ways that the other guys do. He didn't come across as aloof to me, but neither was he particularly charismatic.
It was nice to see Cat return to form with an absolutely hideous outfit. She looked positively lovely last week in classy dresses that fit her well. This week she wore a sparkly garbage bag cinched at the waist with shower poofs attached to the heels of her ... heels. Adam Shankman came back to the judging panel this week and was a little late to the praising the choreographers schtick they're doing this year. He got with the program with Tyce DiOrio and the flow of choreographer love continued unabated throughout the night.
Continue reading So You Think You Can Dance: Top 6 Perform
Posted Jul 17th 2008 12:44AM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: Episode Reviews, So You Think You Can Dance
(S04E16) Well, what do you think about that? Before the show even began the Top 10 has changed with hip-hop dancer Comfort coming into replace Jessica. Apparently,
Jessica suffered an injury that forced her to withdraw from the competition. Before the show began we didn't know any more specific details, so I wasn't sure if it was a physical injury or a psychological one at all the verbal abuse she's taken during her stint as Will's partner.
Luckily, another change this week is the established partnerships. Gone is Twitchington and from here on out we get rotating partners along with changing dance styles. It's at this point, with your Top 10, that it's time to separate the truly gifted dancers from the ones who are only good because their partner is good (like the judges thought about Jessica. Damn, I guess we'll never find out now). And now it doesn't matter who the judges hate because from here the only vote that matters is yours. No more "bottom three" leading to a judges' choice. Lowest vote means a quick trip home so pay attention and get it right!
Continue reading So You Think You Can Dance: Top 10 Perform
Posted Jul 4th 2008 9:46AM by Kristin Sample
Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, So You Think You Can Dance
(S04E13) It was a
long night on Wednesday getting through fourteen routines, most of which were lackluster. When do you think the judges will start admitting that season four is just not up to snuff? Now it's time to see who was able to snag enough votes to stay one more week on
So You Think You Can Dance.
The Opening Performance The top fourteen dancers performed a Broadway routine to "Money Money" from
Cabaret (Original Cast Recording) choreographed by Tyce DiOrio. The performance started off slow for me, but at the part of the song where the company starts whispering "money, money, money, money," I thought the dance picked up as well. I think that's testament to Tyce's ability to pace a number.
Continue reading So You Think You Can Dance: Top 12 Revealed
Posted Jun 20th 2008 11:04AM by Kristin Sample
Filed under: OpEd, American Idol, Celebrities, Judges, So You Think You Can Dance
The Daily News has put together
an article comparing the judges from
American Idol and
So You Think You Can Dance which confirms what I've been feeling all along:
So You Think You Can Dance is the superior competition show.
Take a look at the comparisons after the jump.
Continue reading American Idol and So You Think You Can Dance judges: How do they compare?
Posted Jun 20th 2008 9:41AM by Kristin Sample
Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, So You Think You Can Dance
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S04E09) Mia cried. Mary kept relatively quiet (Thank God!). Nigel lectured. Cat wore a green dress. And we eliminated another two dancers last night on
So You Think You Can Dance. Off we go!
Opening Performance"Elevator" by Flo Rida featuring Timbaland (choreographer: Shane Sparks)
What a great hip-hop performance! And I'm so glad that Shane Sparks is lending his expertise to the show again. I was worried he'd be totally wrapped up in America's Best Dance Crew this summer. The girls part on the floor was great but a few of them messed up the arm movements. The best part of the piece was Comfort with the three guys. It was near perfect. My eyes never left Comfort. I wasn't impressed with her krumping on Wednesday but this opener proved to me why she's there.
Continue reading So You Think You Can Dance: Top 16 Revealed
Posted Jun 13th 2008 12:04AM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, So You Think You Can Dance
(S04E07) I'm not going to be so quick as some of the commenters to say that this crop of dancers isn't up to the level of talent we saw last season. You have to remember that this is the first week for these partnerships so many of these dancers have only begun to find their rhythm and the necessary chemistry with their partner to pull of some of these difficult routines. I am so glad to see that the choreographers are keeping things tough, and was more than impressed that there were at least five routines that I was absolutely impressed with.
Continue reading So You Think You Can Dance: Top 18 Revealed
Posted May 23rd 2008 9:21AM by Kristin Sample
Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, So You Think You Can Dance
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S04E01) It's back! *sings terribly* "Oh, I wanna dance with somebody. With somebody who loves me!" I am psyched for
So You Think You Can Dance. We kicked off tonight with the L.A. auditions and a two-hour season premiere. There were a lot of Russians, a lot of pelvic thrusts, a lot of repeat dancers, and a lot of Mary Murphy's infectious/irritating laugh. I can't decide about that one. Some times I can't stand her and some times I want to sit next to her at the judges table. What about you?
But enough about Mary, let's get to the good stuff ... the auditions!
Continue reading So You Think You Can Dance: LA Auditions (season premiere)
Posted May 20th 2008 11:02AM by Kristin Sample
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, OpEd, Video, Music and Variety, Celebrities
"We can dance if we want to. We can leave your friends behind. 'Cause if your friends don't dance and if they don't dance then they're no friends of mine." --Men Without Hats
Yep, "Safety Dance" blared through several speakers in the courtyard of the Nokia Theatre yesterday. I was there for
So You Think You Can Dance's record-setting event. I also got to talk to some ex-cast members of the show. Read about the event and see what Lauren, Hok, Dominic, and Lacey had to say about their experience on
SYTYCD (and their lives since then) after the jump.
Continue reading So You Think You Can Dance: Breaking world records & interviews with the dancers - VIDEOS
Posted Jun 22nd 2007 8:00AM by Brett Love
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, Episode Reviews
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S03E09) This week started out much like the last results show with a big production number featuring the remaining dancers. Shane Sparks choreographed the performance to Wade Robson's music. It was very fun with some break dancing and some big stunts thrown in for good measure. I think my favorite part of the opening though was that Sabra was highlighted in the big finish. If she won't step up and grasp the spotlight, might as well thrust her into it.
And right about there is where the results show stopped making sense to me. Between the results of the vote, and the way the producers grouped the couples as the results were revealed, I was caught off guard right away and didn't really catch up until the very end.
Continue reading So You Think You Can Dance: Week 2 Results
Posted May 31st 2007 4:00AM by Brett Love
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, Episode Reviews
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S03E02) I'm really not sure what the programmers over at Fox are doing. 90 minutes last Thursday, two hours last night, and an hour coming up tonight seems rather random. That's just one of the fun bits of the summer television season I suppose. As strange as the scheduling is, Nigel and Mary were back with a couple of their judging pals to see a ton of contestants in Los Angeles and Chicago.
After a premiere that was too heavy on the lesser contestants, this second episode had a much better selection. There were some great dancers and some really interesting stories. Of course, we also had a selection of auditions from people that obviously were not going to be moving on. This group was much better than the one we saw last week though. After the jump, a look at some of the highlights.
Continue reading So You Think You Can Dance: L.A. & Chicago Auditions
Posted May 25th 2007 4:00AM by Brett Love
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, Episode Reviews
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S03E01) If the May sweeps are over and a new
American Idol has been crowned, it must mean it's time for another season of
So You Think You Can Dance. Given its heritage, I usually think of the show as
American Idol's younger sibling. It is never going to get
Idol numbers, but it works hard to try and live up to the example that its big brother has set. The show also gains a lot in being able to build on what is already a successful format.
Unfortunately, the show also suffers from some of the problems that
Idol has, as was evidenced in this first episode of season three. The
Idol audition episodes always make me wonder if people really do tune in to see the horrible performers. Would the ratings be any less if the focus was switched more to the people with an actual shot in the competition? Or perhaps, would they possibly be even better? After the New York auditions, I'm left wondering that same things about
SYTYCD.Continue reading So You Think You Can Dance: New York Auditions (season premiere)
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