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I miss spreading Vegas (now finals) into a few weeks but cramming into 1 night wasn't so bad. You fucks didn't put Johnny Waacks or Jaja through  Love the Top 20, though. Lot of good dancers I like, like the red shoe tapper.
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I know! I was really rooting for Jaja, but was pleasantly surprised Emilio was back. This seems like a really good top 20. Hopefully he gets to actually compete on the show this year. I wish they would have shown the routine for the group that had the weird dubstep music. Their reactions were PRICELESS. Even though they were doing callbacks in LA, I still kept calling it Vegas week.
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Neither did I. I guess just to call it "Vegas week".Miniature Moose posted:I wish they would have shown the routine for the group that had the weird dubstep music. Their reactions were PRICELESS.
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My early favorite is (spelling) Marquette. I also like Emilio. The girls had less of an impression on me. Definitely was sad about Jaja.
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I was almost certain they would pick her because they love bringing in hip hop girls. I bet she would have done decently.
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She's great at her style but I don't think she cut it in other styles well enough.
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The audience didn't say "JIDGES" along with Cat I like the idea of this Top 20 episode. Smart.
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Atticus Finch posted:The audience didn't say "JIDGES" along with Cat I KNOW. It's season 11, folks! You should know the way things go by now! I'm also a fan of how they're starting the competition - start strong with their own styles, then go forward with the different styles.
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Atticus Finch posted:I miss spreading Vegas (now finals) into a few weeks but cramming into 1 night wasn't so bad. I actually went to school with the girl in the tap shoes since middle school. She's a great person and I knew she'd wind up doing something with dance after she graduated.
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Tell her some random dude on the internet thinks she's great. Unlike Christopher Scott, who I hate.
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Atticus Finch posted:Tell her some random dude on the internet thinks she's great. And some random girl. Valerie is very  Also: I am phobic of falling down stairs. I had a hard time watching that routine. Mad props to them. Tupping Liberty fucked around with this message at 05:00 on Jul 3, 2014 |
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I haven't got to the end yet, will have to come back to it, ran out of time because I kept rewinding to watch the tap routine over again. Thought it was great. Also, and I probably say it every year/week but, any of Travis' routines could be put up for an award of some sort, yet somehow they never feel repetitive to me. Incredible.
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I thought only 1 girl and 1 guy were going home? Only Jason DeRulo said 4 were leaving and what does he know?
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I thought Nigel said "It's sad we have to lose 2 next week." But if 4 are going home I think the contemp couples are going to get hit hard as they were all just normal contemporary routines imo. Although I did like that lift in the Sonya Tayeh one where he's holding her on his back with her feet in his hands and she's doing the splits. That seemed really hard. But I didn't vote for any of them. I voted for Marcquet and Emilio(like I said, they're my early favorites) and Valerie. Tupping Liberty fucked around with this message at 17:02 on Jul 3, 2014 |
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I love Travis' choreography because it always flows so well with the music so it really pulls you in. One of the things I hate about other contemporary routines is when the dancers are just flitting about the stage doing their different moves and not really connecting with the song. I haven't watched the show in ages so I'm happy that Travis still remains such a brilliant choreographer. I've loved every routine of his that I've seen. edit: Season 5's "Let it Rock" still remains my favourite Travis choreography. Tin Miss fucked around with this message at 07:50 on Jul 4, 2014 |
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...! posted:Yeah, Nigel was quick to correct him and say it's two. Tupping Liberty posted:But I didn't vote for any of them. I voted for Marcquet and Emilio(like I said, they're my early favorites) and Valerie. 
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I forgot to vote Wednesday night, but my favorites so far are Emilio, Marcquet, Zack, Valerie, Teddy, Serge, Tanisha, and Ricky. I'm also really happy that they showcase previous contestants' choreography skills. It shows just how good these dancers are, even after leaving the show. On another note, I thought it was hilarious that Nigel mentioned the Dancing With the Stars connection because Dmitry, Lacey, Witney, Jenna, Lindsay, Artem, and Chelsie have all been featured on DWTS as either contestants or part of their troupe dancers. Phillip and Kathryn were also featured dancers in 2 of the DWTS group performances this season.
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Miniature Moose posted:On another note, I thought it was hilarious that Nigel mentioned the Dancing With the Stars connection because Dmitry, Lacey, Witney, Jenna, Lindsay, Artem, and Chelsie have all been featured on DWTS as either contestants or part of their troupe dancers. Phillip and Kathryn were also featured dancers in 2 of the DWTS group performances this season. Yeah, it's like he was reminding new viewers or something. I didn't think of it then, but yeah, it's funny he didn't say "with Louis van Amstel and Dmitry choreographing tonight."
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The guys this year seem really strong. I love Stanley. He just moves so fluidly. I really love Ricky too; I just hope he has a good attitude. He does look like Daniel Radcliffe to me. Here is a full version of his Skin and Bones routine. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEhc-QN_5JM Also, I found this video on the sameness of contemporary. I really thought of Travis (even though I love him). It might just be the guys pants. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQyALIEydbc
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Tasty Towels posted:Also, I found this video on the sameness of contemporary. I really thought of Travis (even though I love him). It might just be the guys pants. This is loving hilarious and now I'm never going to be able to unsee it when I watch a contemporary routine. I don't mind in the least.
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I really liked Sonya's routines tonight and the Tango. Serge surprised me. I was disappointed in Spencer Lift's routine, and felt really bad for Stanley because he is so good. I was glad that Valerie got paired with Ricky because I didn't think she would get very far on her own, and she's too adorable. I think Teddy looks like David Bowie. Where are Napoleon and Tabitha?
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Atticus, I'm thinking you'll back me up here.... Bridget sucked in that hip hop routine. WAY overpraised by the judges, right? Really underwhelming. I kept imagining some contemp dancer like Lauren Froderman in that routine, better yet someone like Comfort. She wasn't strong at all. Edit: Meanwhile they poo poo on Emily and she actually held her own. Tupping Liberty fucked around with this message at 05:08 on Jul 10, 2014 |
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I can't believe they already got rid of Malene, she had more potential than that godawful phone routine let her show. Letting Nick go was the right decision. Ricky and Valerie were my two preseason picks to win, so pairing them up almost seems unfair. And yes, Bridget isn't very good. She was too smiley and not into the role at all.
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So the Emmy nominations just got announced, and SYTYCD got nominated for Best Competition Show, Cat got nominated for Best Reality Host, the makeup team got nominated for their work on the finale, and the choreography nominations are as follows: Christopher Scott routines - Trigger, Sand, and The Gravel Road Mandy Moore routines - Edge Of Glory, Feelin' Good, and I Can't Make You Love Me Tabitha and Napoleon routines - Puttin' On The Ritz, Gold Rush, and Run The World Travis Wall routines - Hanging By A Thread, Wicked Games, and Medicine Here's hoping Cat finally wins that Emmy and we get to see the choreographers/dancers perform on the Emmys like they did last year. That was awesome.
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Whatever happened to... Ariel? Arianne? Something like that. She auditioned for like three seasons in a row with one of the hip hop dudes who went pretty far--Philip? She kept getting passed by despite having great clips.
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Emmy nominations: I HATE YOU CHRISTOPHER SCOTT but the Sand routine was dope. Serge was so clearly out of his element but he tried really hard so good for him. I love Spencer Liff but GODDAMN what a shitshow he gave his dancers. Poor Malene must've known the writing was on the wall. Nick should've gone home but dude was heartbroken and that's always a pain to watch.  ALL PRAISE BE TO DAVE SCOTT. I also love Luther Brown and his terrible attempts at putting story into his dances. Which leads me to Tupping Liberty posted:Atticus, I'm thinking you'll back me up here.... Bridget sucked in that hip hop routine. WAY overpraised by the judges, right? Really underwhelming. I kept imagining some contemp dancer like Lauren Froderman in that routine, better yet someone like Comfort. She wasn't strong at all. But to be fair to Bridget, you can't compare her to Comfort. Comfort would've murdered that easy but that's also what Comfort does. Lauren's probably a better example but she also had training in that area. Pixelante posted:Whatever happened to... Ariel? Arianne? Something like that. She auditioned for like three seasons in a row with one of the hip hop dudes who went pretty far--Philip? She kept getting passed by despite having great clips.
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Skeleton and Cane were fun. The "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" Jazz number was really good too. I wasn't a fan of the Viennese Waltz though. The part in hold was so jerky and bad that it brought the rest of the routine down for me.
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My favorites of the night: * The Skeleton hip hop (Serge/Carly) - I thought this was just really cool. I could watch it over and over again. No clue why Nigel hated it. * Stay With Me hip hop (Zach/Jacque) - drat...Zach is just really versatile. I love how intricate Mari and Keone's choreography is, and how it exploded from the floor to across the stage when the music picked up. * The French contemporary (Teddy/Emily) - They really pulled that one off. You could feel the emotion through the screen. * Happy jive (Emilio/Bridget) - Not the most technically brilliant, but a whole lot of fun. * Viennese waltz (Ricky/Valerie) - I want her dress. It was so pretty, and the dance was adorable. "Funkier Than a Mosquito's Tweeter" wins the best song title award of the night. But I didn't like the dance...it was kinda boring. Glad Stanley went home because Emilio and Teddy are 2 of my favorites in the competition. However, Fox's website requires you to log in with Facebook, and since I don't want any more Facebook spam on my wall (nor do I want to download their app) I'll just have to not vote this year. Sorry guys.
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Miniature Moose posted:* The Skeleton hip hop (Serge/Carly) - I thought this was just really cool. I could watch it over and over again. No clue why Nigel hated it. Sometimes I think Nigel does that just to get people to vote for his favorites. People will be like, "Yeah, I'll show that Nigel Lithgow!"
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Tyce Diorio is the worst, especially when he has good routines. I hate him. At least the routine on the carpet sucked. Teddy/Emily's routine, though... wow. Fantastic. Amazing. I was really surprised that Pharcide choreographed the opening routine because I love Academy of Villains and I haaaated that. Maybe I should re-watch it. I really liked both hip-hop routines but one was by Keone/Mari and one was from Luther Brown so of course they were gonna be good. Special shout out to the skeleton dance, really glad Nigel's opinion was shat on because it was pretty good. A real hip-hop duo would've murdered it but for two people way out of their element in a lot of ways (for example, they probably would've done really well with a jazzy hip-hop by NappyTabs) they were fantastic. I enjoyed it highly.The right people went home, I suppose.
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I'm starting to feel a little ripped off this season. Cat hasn't created a horrific abomination out of her hair yet.
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...! posted:I'm starting to feel a little ripped off this season. Cat hasn't created a horrific abomination out of her hair yet. Or worn something overly garish. Ricky gets all the (metaphorical, I didn't actually vote this week) votes for me for looking like Hook from Once Upon a Time in that last number. GIS because I'm too lazy to upload a pic: https://www.google.com/search?q=hook+once+upon+a+time&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=9G_RU_ndNciJiwL1oIFo&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAQ&biw=1200&bih=572 If four are getting thrown off next week, I would gladly see Teddy and Casey go. I can't tell them apart and neither of them have had wow moments. Same for Emily and Jessica.
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