Monday the 26th

SYTYCD!!!

• I love the idea of the Top 20 Showcase. I'm really looking forward to seeing why everyone made it this far, and it will also be a good comparison when we see everyone outside their styles tomorrow.

• Group Number - Well done, but sort of a throwback to the latin club number Taboleon did last season. Wade, you can do more. From the dancers, Nathan was a stand-out for me, and I'm concerned about Legacy.

• Hip-Hop. Yeah, still concerned about Legacy. I think the other 2 are going to adapt to learning choreo better. I do love threading, and thought it was a really cool way to show how these dancers can play off each other.

• Contemporary. Tyce. WTF???? Let's make their first dance about... SADNESS??? That's laaaaaammee. Save that shit for week 3 when people start going home. This one should be about joy. I'm glad they showed the slo-mo's of Jakob, bc I otherwise would have missed how spectacular his leaps were.

• Tap. I love their exuberance and confidence - these kids got heart! And moxie! The lighting for this number was distractingly awful - the black and white waterspot background made it look like they were trying to dance in a camouflaged background. Phillip creeps me out a little, and either he didn't get a break-out solo in that number or it was thoroughly forgettable. Bianca had great leg extension, and I think she's going to be just fine this season.
  
  
• Jazz. Still very excited about Ellenore, and Pauline is also very cute. But I think Mary Murphy was being too generous with Molly, because I see exactly what the judges meant when they said she dances like a little girl. Yes, they should pump everyone up tonight, but choose something they did do well. Don't lie to us. We notice.
  
  
• Contemporary. Bad news here, kids. Just read that Billy Bell is already out due to illness, which is a bummer bc his solo really was fantastic. And OMG NO MORE SHOTS OF GROSS INJURIES!!! BLECH! OK, the number. Wow, they had a LOT of synchronization problems. And the girls were utterly forgettable. I am now even more upset about Billy leaving early because he was by far the best part of that routine.
  
  
• Ballroom. I am already prejudiced against Ashleigh. I think she is mediocre, and the face pulling bugs. Her husband? Totally hot. So maybe that's why I hate her, too. Anyway. She was better than I expected. But I was actually rather bored by the whole number.