Funny. Didn’t Nigel diss some same-sex dancers during the auditions? I didn’t watch them, so I am not sure’ ¦

The dude/dude ballroom couple he dissed was bad and they confused things by trying to switch up who was leading and following during the audition (or male/female roles if you will). Since the start of this show the final 4 have always had to dance in every combination so female/female and male/male. The Tranji duo has to be one of my favorite dances.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Au90mjwRZtY :clap_tb:

Maybe they should just pair the girls with each other and stop letting the guys drag them all down.

Funny. Didn’t Nigel diss some same-sex dancers during the auditions? I didn’t watch them, so I am not sure…

This is sad but true I think. Who would TPTB pair him with. Jeanie? My guess is they want more flexibility in the pairing down the road and as people get voted off.

The problem is that the girls this year are far better than the guys. Kupono and Jason are boring as all get-out, Phillip is downright AWFUL at anything that isn’t hip-hop related, and we’re not too sure of Ade’s ability because all he’s done is thrown Melissa over his head. Only Brandon seems to have wide technical skills, but he has no personality, so that’s no good either. Oh yeah, and Evan is short so that doesn’t work.

On the flip side, Janette, Jeanine, Randi, and Kayla have all proven to be magnificent, beautiful dancers. Melissa hasn’t gone too far out of her style, so I can’t really make a judgment on her yet. Caitlin is for sure the weak link there.

Maybe they should just pair the girls with each other and stop letting the guys drag them all down.

BTW, does anyone remember the name of Caitlin’s sister whom they featured with her in Vegas?

Megan

I think it will be Evan to go home next. When they start mixing up couples Evan is just too short and not overwhelmingly strong enough a dancer to compensate for the lack of extra visual punch (JMO) or stature

This is sad but true I think. Who would TPTB pair him with. Jeanie? My guess is they want more flexibility in the pairing down the road and as people get voted off.

Well, I think one thing we can ALL agree on is the awesomeness of Cat Deely. I have never heard or read a negative comment about her. Ryan Seacrest should study her technique.

Right. What other host(ess) is as gorgeous as she is, doesn’t mind squatting down in her mini dress and highheels to hug a distraught contestant (Twitch, I think, from last season) and is not afraid to put on his “grill” on a live TV show?

Ryan Seacrest = sadistic twit

Kupono is my least favorite male dancer.

I put my points on him. I think his time is up.

I think the majority of America is really completely clueless when it comes to dance and listen to the judges in order to form their opinions more than they want to admit.

I suppose it has some influence on some people. But, dance is a visual art form. The whole point of it is to move your audience, regardless of whether or not they know diddly about technique. Most people will respond to a dynamic routine. And, there are really a lot of talented dancers in this group. So, the worst thing I think that they can be right now, is dull.

The bulk of these dancers, at this point, dance at such a high level that it would be difficult for even trained dancers to rank them accurately based on their technical skills. And because dance is art, all of the other stuff matters too.

There really is no “right” answer to who is the best dancer here. And, since we’re picking our favorite – that doesn’t really matter anyway.

I adore Brandon. Baxter doesn’t like him (I’ll speak with you about that later Bax!). Both of those opinions are legitimate regardless of his skill level. His dancing speaks to me and draws my attention. Not so for some others on here. I don’t really think it matters what we know about the ins and outs of dance technique.

In a competition like this, we’re going to be drawn to different people for different reason. I’ve danced in the past, and I know a thing or two about technique. But even with that, I go with my gut and what really makes me say “wow!”. Sometimes that’s technique and sometimes it’s a whole host of other things.

Ade & Melissa and Brandon & Jeanette are my favorite of this season. I miss Joshua and Katee. Ade hasn’t been shown off much since Melissa is usually showcased in the choreographs so far. It will be interesting how he does with other girls. Jeanette is such a little firecracker. I mean, she looks kind of ordinary off stage and her haircut is worse than terrible. But, on stage, wow, she pulls off just about anything! Brandon is pretty impressive in his versatility and strength, too. I hope these guys make it all the way to the end.

Someone should make a recap video similar to the one made for Randy Jackson in AI:
“(Scream) blah blah blah, YES, YOU DID! Blah blah blah, YES, IT WAS! Blah
blah blah, YES I DID! Blah blah blah, (more scream)…”
Lady, inject some more botox so that you can’t scream the “YES, I/IT/YOU something” verse *all-the-time*, geez. But I have to say she was pretty funny when she joked about botox in one of the previous episodes. She does have a sense of humor. Heh.

I missed that, what did he say? Was that on the results show, cuz I missed it last week. Kupono has been one of my favorites, so. not happy to hear that.

I like Brandon (dancing), Evan (personality), and Jason (maybe not so much his dancing as the other “parts” heh). Jury’s still out on Ade.

I did like Caitlin and Jason’s second performance better than the judges did.
I’m not a Philip fan, but I like Jeanine. Janette is amazing. Not sure how I feel about Kayla right now.

These are all just gut responses, as I’m not a trained dancer, just going by what I like personally.

As per Caitlin, I just meant that the judges made it pretty obvious last night that she is the girl they want gone. Even with Randi, Mary put her on the hot tamale train and told her she deserved Top 10. They pretty much guaranteed Janine she wasn’t going anywhere and Kayla/Melissa are their pets. Janette won’t hit B3 and the judges love her.

Though as Nigel has admitted via his twitter, the judges already pretty much know who they want to send home before the solos and that is Caitlin.

What?! Nigel actually said they wanted to send Caitlin home?!

BTW, does anyone remember the name of Caitlin’s sister whom they featured with her in Vegas? I hope she tries out for Season 6 and makes it in. I thought she was very strong and was surprised she got cut over Caitlin who did seem to struggle more there.