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Ms Anonymous — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:12:03 -0000

Hi Sue! I've been around, just not commenting as much. Always reading, though. This place is a haven for SYTYCD news. Yay, Ted!

Don't be too scared of that board, it's not really that scary once you get used to it. The people in the Meet Market thread are lovely. When I first made my membership there I didn't post for months because I was scared, so I do know what you mean, though!

Maybe it was difficult to remember all the choreographers with the extra amount of performances... I'm off to take another look at the thread to see what's new -- I'm such a spoiler junkie!

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Reese_The_Lawgirl — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:04:18 -0000

Regarding Comfort and Thayne...from TWOP member "Loqi"...

"I thought their performances were good. The waltz had this beautiful lift where Comfort looked (in the words of a judge) "like an angel" with her beautiful bluish grey sheer gown - she just floated above Thayne and it was gorgeous. Nigel made some sort of comment about how Comfort took out her piercing and looked so much better which kind of irked me. The other comment that he made was that he wasn't going to do the whole "that was great - I can't believe you're a hip hopper" song and dance and he was just going to judge her on her dancing (which was good). I think everyone had good performances this week (with the exception of the Matt/Kourtni hip hop)."

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bronte13 — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:04:43 -0000

Yeah, the music was one of the things that made it so fun. Hey, I loved that routine, Thanks for the background.

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JoannaOC — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:28:07 -0000

Benji was winning WCS comps, choreographing and teaching WCS for years before he won on SYTYCD. Remember his routine last year? It was a winner not least because he chooses fun music.

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Sue B — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:37:05 -0000

HYSTERICAL. If your name is not Katee (surprising, too, given their initial assessment), and you're female, you are not in a very good place. I would add Gev to the guy list, too (well, I'd like to ;-)). I could see them going 7 guys/3 girls if they could (or 6 guys/4 girls). Fortunately, they don't make the final call.

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Sue B — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:34:04 -0000

Not so great re: Nigel, but good re: the waltz (he is not a Thayne lover, and seems to be over Comfort). Maybe they won't end up in the bottom three (though I wouldn't hold your breath).

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Reese_The_Lawgirl — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:15:09 -0000

According to a spoiler on TWOP, all the judges minus Nigel had positive remarks for Comfort and Thayne's Broadway and all of the judges liked their waltz.

That's one person's perspective. I guess we'll find out tomorrow

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Sue B — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:34:52 -0000

They still don't have all of the choreographers listed, though. I guess the people there didn't get that info down. Guess we'll have to wait till tomorrow! :)

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Sue B — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 10:57:45 -0000

Hi, Ms. A!!! Long time, no post. :) Anyway, with the spoilers, I noticed that some of the dances didn't have choreographers attached to them. I wonder why? (I'm not gonna ask...I'm scared of that board. ;-))

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Sue B — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 10:44:47 -0000

You know what? I am not shocked about your comment, Holly. I do not think Nigel or Mary are huge fans of either Comfort OR Thayne (you could kind of tell by Nigel's tone of voice at the end when he reminded them they would be paired; I don't remember him sounding so ominous in the past). When he paired Pasha and Sara, he wasn't saying, You better prove yourself, people. However...I think they could do well with Broadway (not so much with the smooth waltz).

I think it is WAY too early to give them two numbers. Has that ever happened before the top 10? And why? I mean, it can show versatility, for sure, but man, that is putting a lot of pressure on them.

I typically don't read the spoliers, so I don't know who did well and who didn't, but I feel like the judges have, at least to some extent, made up their minds ahead of time. I mean, every week, they go CRAZY over Joshua and Katee and Twitchington. Not saying they aren't strong, but how about throwing Gev and Courtney or Matt and Kourtini a bone? (Maybe he finally got it after he apologized after And my favorite couple by far (it's just me, perhaps) is Mark and Chelsie, aka Marksie? :) So I kind of think for them the Top 10 has been pre-determined and I don't think that was the case last year or in Australia, was it?

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bronte13 — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 10:42:23 -0000

Wow, there's a lot of stuff flying in regards to pimping, tongue baths, suspect choreo assignments, etc. Just one (rhetorical) question: Only his second routine and Benji is considered a high-powered choreographer to be meted out to the judges' favorites?

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Emro — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 10:13:03 -0000

I agree - if you handicap the dances (e.g. quickstep is -3, lyrical hiphop +3) then comfort and thayne combined would have the worst score for pulling dances (since Martha and Travis has Krump every gotten people out of the bottom three?). I thought for sure they would get contemporary with Mia this week (I knew she was due to come back.) Although I do think it's fair that Marksie got Jazz and foxtrot - they had some pretty great dances for the first three weeks (and they should be able to pull these off well too!)

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Holly — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:43:47 -0000

erg looks like comfort and thayne have it rough this week.

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Sara — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:27:22 -0000

Right? I mean, Will and Kourtni's auditions were FANTASTIC. I've been around since Season 2 and their solos, while not being amazingly technical and all, had that WOW factor like i haven't seen anywhere. They brought something totally new to the table by introducing "spoken music" that you can dance to.

And Kourt's solos in the show have been quirky as well. Not the whole jump, quick, turn. It follows the music, the lyrics and the beat. I do think her creativeness got dimmed out due to Matt (I've always noticed a lack of personality in him although I'm the first to praise him for the technique. Hello feet!) and it is unfortunate.

If the judges see things clearly and if Will/Jess, Kourt/Matt end up in the Bottom3, I say pair Will and Kourt. After all, they keep saying Matt and Jess are the ones holding back their partners. Which is, of course, absolutely biased.

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Sara — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:16:19 -0000

Okay, so I took the liberty of copy-pasting the pairings/routines from TwoP. Just so they know I'm not forgetting the work they had gathering everything, I did do the same thing and then compared my list to theirs to see if it was correct.

According to the people that attended the taping, this is how things went. 3rd judge(s) were NapTab.

In no particular order:

Twitchington: Paso Double
Contemporary - Bed Piece (Mia Michaels)

Katshua: Contemporary (Mia Michaels)
West Coast Swing (Benji Shwimmer)

Kourtni/Matt: Hip Hop (Cecily & Olisa)
Mambo (Alex DiSilva)

Courtney/Gev: Hip Hop (Cecily & Olisa)
Broadway (Andy Blankenbuehler)

Marksie: Jazz (Mandy Moore)
Foxtrot

Will/Jessica: Jive
Lyrical Jazz (Mandy Moore)

Comfort/Thayne: Smooth Waltz
Broadway (Andy Blankenbuehler)

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Guest — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 08:56:21 -0000

ah Kourtni and Will, now there is a COUPLING!! I agree with you about Kourtni...she was one of my favorites during the audition rounds but she is getting overshadowed in this boy-worshipping season of SYTYCD. Or "SYTYCDLJTMW" otherwise known as "So You Think You Can Dance Like Joshua, Twitch, Mark, and Will?" I want to root for my gals...I just feel like sometimes the judges beat it out of me.

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Sara — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 07:58:16 -0000

I am TIRED of the choreographers and judges having their favorites. You can totally see who gets the special treatment just by the choreys. That's pure BS. You can totally see it from the spoilers at Twop

I don't want Kourtni to go home. She's my second favorite. If predictions are correct and we see Matt/Kourt, Thay/Comfort and Will/Jessica in the bottom 3, and if it all goes according to my wishes (although I'd rather not have anyone leave), I'd say Jessica and then Thay or Matt go home. If Matt leaves and Kourt gets paired with Will...men, she better bring her A++++++ game next week like I know she can.

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Guest — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 04:41:39 -0000

Re: 2 routines this early...part of me is happy because I get to see more great dancing, part of me is happy because if someone gets screwed with a routine like quickstep they get another chance to redeem themselves, part of me is indifferent because I don't believe that two routines will change the outcome of the predestined bottom three guys & girls: Thayne, Matt, Will / Comfort, Kourtni, Jessica. Is it their fault or have the judges&production hammered this into my consciousness with the relentless eulogizing of their favorites? Take these 6 out of the competition (although Will will remain) and when favorites are pitted against favorites things will start getting very interesting.

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Flem — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 02:20:03 -0000

I agree it is too early for the couples to be doing 2 routines. It is way too many routines to remember. Poor dancers. They must be in pain and are majorly lacking in sleep.

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DJ — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 01:48:28 -0000

Each couple got two routines already isn't that early, they are working these people to death I feel sorry for them.

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Erin — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:59:20 -0000

I found this on TWoP.....spoilers are up! :)

http://forums.televisionwit...

It seems that everyone is dancing twice this week. I'm surprised -- it's only top 14 yet?

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Ms Anonymous — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:26:23 -0000

There's a poster from TWoP who was apparently going to the show tonight... Hopefully they will save us tragic spoiler addicts sometime soon!

(Here's a link to the spoiler thread at TWoP: http://forums.televisionwit...

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beejers — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:50:25 -0000

I think next season could be more fun if all the dancers had unisex names, but all were either named some variation of Pat or Sam or Aaron(Erin, Aron, Arin), or Joe(Jo, Joey). It would be downright comical.

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beejers — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:40:48 -0000

If i recall, the spoilers didnt post until around 10pm pacific time 2 weeks in a row. Get that coffee brewing.

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Sue B — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:28:08 -0000

Hm. I need the names of the dancers, the style of the dance, and the choreographer b/c my Wednesday crit. It's confusing enough (MattMark, Courtney/Kourtni). No Chelsea/Chelsie anymore, though...