Wednesday the 11th

SYTYCD!

• OOOoooohhh, I forgot there would be a group dance number! YAY! And this one was fun and spotlighted my boy Legacy and my girl Ellenore well. Although the boys were distractingly out of sync at the beginning.
  
• Adam Shankman, thank you for admitting that America can't "get it wrong" because the show is set up for the most popular (and not the most talented) to win. Can we stop saying that now, and instead say that the voters are a bunch of cretins and/or hicks when that is what they mean?
  
• Ellenore and Ryan. Not an undeserved fate. (I still lurv her, though.) Peter and Pauline. Also not undeserved. (And they're likely to go home, bc the judges never really seemed that into either of them.) Karen and Kevin. Also predictable, bc they went early and were forgettable, and the judges were so vehement about how Mollee and Nathan would need "protecting" by the voters that they GOT that protection. (Oh, and I would rather see Kevin go home than Peter, but that's not likely.)
  
• Professional dancers! I love that they have added this to the results show. And HOLY FUCK the Alvin Ailey dancers were AMAZING. It is startling to watch the contestants on this show and think they're really good, and then see actual professionals and realize how much further dance can go. I loved how sinewy the male dancer's arms were in the opening, and how still the first female dancer's upper body was when she did the backwards tip-toe run across the stage. And the pose the last female dancer froze in at the end? Just beautiful.
  
  
  SOLOS
  
• Ellenore. I love how quirky she is, and still graceful.
  
• Ryan. This showcased his talents well - his retractions were great.
  
• Pauline. Meh. How come so many of the "dance for your life" solos looks so unrehearsed when so many of these dancers turn in great audition performances?
  
• Peter. Boy can tap. And I do like goofy guys with swagger. But I think he may have needed to imbue this with more of a character, instead of just guy tapping.
  
• Karen. I can't recall ever seeing anyone use less of the floor. Eh.
  
• Kevin. He just doesn't reach me. He does stuff well, but doesn't do anything in a way that makes me think I haven't seen it done better by someone else.
  
• Sticking to my prediction. Pauline & Peter.
  
• The decision: It feels like Nigel is pimping the Season 5 dancers to sell the rest of the tickets to their tour. And damnit, for a minute I thought Peter might make it. RATS.