Unfinished Dad

SYTYCD, Top 12 Result

Dear Emily World,

What can you say, you know I hate results shows.  But I love songs by Kelly...what was her name? The whole concept of an hour based around recaps, bad music, and silly "dance-for-your-life" solos offends me.  These episodes only exist to show us more commercials.  Tivo is the only reason a show like tonight is bearable.  However, I watched this one live, so I shopped for a car while doing so.

Here is tonight's recap: Jason's solo was the worst I've ever seen, Caitlin mailed it in and looked angry and defeated while doing so, and Phillip was eloquent, humble, and inspiring upon his overdue exit.

See you next week,

Joe

So You Think You Can Dance, Top 12

Em,

Okay, it sounds like you had a bit more fun watching than we did here.  K fell asleep about halfway through, so my enthusiasm for a few of the routines was tempered slightly.  You are spot on about the highlights, though I'm not sure the Russian folk dance was the worst dance ever.  Did you forget about Wade's foxes from a few years ago?

America needs to see the clip below before we continue.  It's a clip that was sent to me by an anonymous source.  For those of you that don't know my co-blogger, Emily is the one in sweats.  As for the other, um, dancer, that's none other than Dani, my sister in law.

Before I get to the dancers that I loved (I don't have the time or energy to trash Caitlin anymore), I'd like to look at this episode at a high level.  I think it was the best of the season, with tons of energy, and very little "judging" from the judges.  Unlike you, I liked seeing 12 dances tonight, for the aforementioned lack of chatter from Nigel, Mary and especially Tyce, but also for the chance to see Melissade and Branette twice.  Yeah, I said that.

The highlight of the night was, of course, Cat.  The standing O for her vintage look was as long here as it was in the audience.  The lowlight of the night was Kupono's crying about having to play the "drug" in his first dance with Kayla.  Really, Kupono?  Do I need to do some research to see if your story was true?

The dancers.  I have a question for you.  Are Brandon and Janette the best couple ever?  If not, would you tell me who is?  They crushed their two routines, though I favored their Tango strangely.  Which leads me to a major plus from last night.  At this point, having Wade on an episode brings it to another place.  I know you love him too, but he takes what Mia, and Mandy, and Tabitha and Napolean try and do as far as "acting" to the next level.  I think that the producers must have to pay him a lot of money for the times he does show up.

Melissa and Ade are, at this point, not only sleepers for the title, but a close 3rd and 4th to Brandon and Janette.  They were great last night.  Is Melissa married?  Will she be after this partnership?  They even waltzed well, a rarity.

We should discuss Kayla here, but I'm sick of the judges loving her.  Instead, let's discuss Janine.  How good do you think she is?  Without the dead weight of Phillip, I think she would be a powerhouse.  Sort of like a season five version of Courtney Galliano, no?

Well, that was more than I intended.

Talk to you tonight,

Joe

So You Think You Can Dance, Top 12

Dearest Joe-

You missed out on a fun night of SYTYCD viewing in the Gallo living room. Dani and I took the liberty of performing some of our moves for the family...and we were pretty awesome if I do say so myself. 

I think that moving to two dances a couple when we still have 6 couples left was a bit much...that was far too many routines for me to remember. Overall, most of the dances were pretty good but there were a few awful ones. My top 3 dances would probably be Melissa and Ade's disco, Brandon and Janette's wade robeson dance, and Kayla and Kupono's addiction themed Mia dance (in no particular order) and Brandon and Janette's tango as a close runner-up . 

We've seen some bad things on SYTYCD, but the Russian folk dance was probably the worst dance I've ever seen. Even the judges agreed that the style was a flop and it really wasn't Janine and Philip's fault. But regardless of who's fault it was, the dance was awful and was only useful in providing inspiration for me and Dani's living room performances. Following that in the bottom three dances was probably Randi and Evan's hip hop or samba (they had a rough night) and Kayla and Kupono's broadway routine. There may have been some other bad ones, but those are the ones coming to mind right now.

Anyway, it was a pretty good show, a little long, but good. And I think that we've learned that Brandon and Janette are the best couple right now. I'm sad to see all the couples get split up next week! Talk to you later!

Your SYTYCD superstar,

Emily

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Cheese! Notice the hipster knit dress which is actually an old shirt of my wife's that she resized for Annie.

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Annie got her first haircut yesterday. Two snips by mom and...instant hipster. Look at those bangs. She looks like she works at Anthropologie and reads Pitchfork all day.

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You get the idea. But when I get the morning off for golf, I have to deal with a little sugar high and some vomiting.