Em,
We found out who was in the Top 20 tonight, and in the usual SYTYCD fashion, there were lots of twists and turns. I'm both satisfied at my picking prowess and sad because my favorite dancer was cut, sort of. The show started out with a revamped intro featuring the best of last season's dancers. It was kind of strange, but I suppose I'll get used to seeing dancers I know instead of the old faceless ones. Stop the presses by the way, Mia shaved her head. It's tragic.
Okay, let's do this. I will give the rundown on everyone who made it. For the record, here are my remaining picks: Mollee, Bianca, Paula, Sasha (woops, she wasn't even on tonight's show), Russell, Billy, Jamal, Victor, Diana (woops again), Nathan, and Jacob (my last minute addition).
First up, Nathan, and he's in. I'm batting a SYTYCD one thousand.
Next we have Katherine. I've never heard of her, and when she cries her voice is crazy high, and I sort of like her. Technically I'm still 1 for 1.
Ariana, never heard, and she didn't even get a montage.
Elena. Ditto.
Mollee Gray. Another one of my picks and despite the fact that Nigel told her she danced like a 14 year old they select her. I'm worried about her getting a routine like Jeanine and Jason's ripped dress routine...uncomfortable silence will ensue. Oh, 2 for 2 baby!
Noel, who is Mollee's best friend, makes it in as well. Mollee was smart, she gave it the old reverse jinx and predicted the producers would give them the Kaytee and Natalie treatment. Take that Nigel.
Billy. So easily in. He made Adam cry with a solo and Juilliard gave him the semester off. I wouldn't be surprised if they told him ahead of time that he made the show so as not to screw up his education. 3 for 3.
Russell the crumper is in. He's the first ever crumper to make the Top 20 and, other than his total bullshit story about a lack of training, I like him a lot. 4 out of 4 makes me a genius. Oh, and Mia gave him this speech in which she said that lately things weren't going her way but that's about to change because she picked him for the top 10 very early on. Whahuh?
Kevin Hunt. In the immortal words of my nerdiest neighbor, "He's a hip hopper," and he's in. I've never seen him though.
Bianca is the tap dancer who tried out with Ryan K. She is the first tapper to ever make the show. Which doesn't bode well for the two tap dancers who are up next. Now I'm 5 for 5 and scaring myself.
Phillip is the second tap dancer in the Top 20. Kind of weird that they did this. Although he really is good. The judges did give him some advice on not being such a douche, but they chose him anyway.
Peter is the third tap dancer to ever make the show, um, in the last five minutes. Cooky. They must have something planned that's all tappy and full of tappy lingo.
Victor got the Kupono treatment and was told to cut his hair. I told you early on that he was great and since he is nowhere near as annoying as Kupono...good things to come. 6 for 6.
Jacob was the biggest shoo-in of the night besides Paula. I don't mind telling you now that she made it simply because he is on the same level as her. He's that good. The two of them put me at a seriously impressive 8 for 8. I should be a guest judge.
Pauline is the girl who sprained her ankle and couldn't do the last two rounds in Vegas. She made it anyway.
Legacy, the ridiculously annoying break dancer, made it. He is this year's Phillip, without the charisma or style. No idea why he's here. In one of the previews Mia tells him he's an asshole (she's growing on me).
So now the show comes down to four people for two spots. In the best So You Think You Can Dance Top 20 twist ever, two of the people are married. Putting aside the fact that having married people on the show would be boring and totally not sexy at all, I think you know how this one turned out. They took the husband and paired him with the more congenial ballroomer who was most certainly not his wife, and tears flowed freely.
But wait, I told you at the outset that this was a topsy-turvy episode and that my favorite dancer didn't make the show. In one of the craziest "I want to be a star moves" ever, Paula turns the judges invite down in order to do a "movie". If it isn't porn, then it's late night on Cinemax. I went from loving her to hating her in an instant. No loss there.
That's it Emily. The Top 20 looks remarkably strong and on Monday we see them all dance.
Lastly, I fudged my batting average a bit. If you count the two people that weren't even on the show any more and the loss of Iveta and Jonathan last week I was 8 for 12. Not bad,that's .660. Suck it A-Rod.
Till next week,
Joe
very impressive. i'm signing you up for guest judge. And married people, weird? Second of all, who gives up their top 20 spot? Did she find out about this movie in the 5 minutes after they picked her? strange.
Posted by: Emily | October 22, 2009 at 04:26 PM