So You Think You Can Dance Season 6 – Top 16 Performance – VIDEO

MJ, is chat ever going to work again

Good lord, I don’t know if I’m an idol geek or just an mj addict. I was stressing waiting for my SYTYCD thread. Pitiful…..

Oh dear, Kevin is not rocking this Hustle. Just a mule for the sexy girl I guess. And can I say I don’t enjoy the little rehearsal room vingettes. Show me some dancing.

ETA: don’t get what Adam is saying AT ALL.

What the heck is Cat wearing?

MJ, are you going to have a pool for SYTYCD?

What is with all the praisefor Kevin? I didn’t think that was very good at all.

What the heck is Cat wearing?

Very reptilian, eh? And the Star Trek hair – makes her looks like she came from the set of “V”.

What is with all the praisefor Kevin? I didn’t think that was very good at all.

Agreed. Kevin wasn’t that good. Karen did great though.

So, I still haven’t watched the past two weeks (though they’re on my dvr) – just been too busy – so this is really my first “introduction” to these contestants. So they all pretty much have a blank slate with me. I DID have a few faves coming out of auditions & Vegas week (Russell, Karen, Ellenore, Jakob, Nathan), so I’ll be curious to see how they do tonight.

Karen & Kevin were okay. Karen was good & definitely carried the routine, but Kevin wasn’t too bad. I didn’t really get all the judges’ gushing, but he wasn’t awful.

It will be interesting to see how the public vote turns out. I guess that will show us a little about fanbases.

Annnnnnnnnnnd Mandy Moore’s obsession with 80′s music continues. LOL. I like this routine so far though.

OMG did they just edit out the lyrics?!

ETA:

Annnnnnnnnnnd Mandy Moore’s obsession with 80′s music continues.

LMAO.

Ashleigh is icky – she’s gonna have to really dance to make me like her. But omg Jakob is fricking awesome! I can’t even see her stiff ass. He did not have enough to do – I need more of him!

Ok so Adam and I are watching two different shows. Sheesh.

But omg Victor is fricking awesome!

Isn’t that Jacob?

But omg Victor is fricking awesome!

Isn’t that Jacob?

Gah – my edit wasn’t fast enough! Lol.

Gah ‘“ my edit wasn’t fast enough! Lol.

I was going to edit my spelling to Jakob but you were faster too!

ETA: IMO that was the kiss of death Quick Step.

Pauline and Peter just look kinda messy to me. I can’t tell who wasn’t keeping up with who. But Peter is so cute – he’s entertaining to watch.

Sorry I can NOT stand Karen! Get that “oh woest me, I’m divorced and now I’m going to seduce the hell outta my partber” bitch off my TV! She’s so UNLIKEABLE! That sexy Latina routine is just no longer cute. I didn’t mind Janette in Season 5 because she had such a warmth about her that Karen totally lacks. I wish we could vote people OFF. This season’s cast is just blah for me so far.

So far, the jazz routine is the standout routine to me. The quickstep was not so great… probably exacerbated by the fact that I saw a GREAT quickstep on DWTS last night, and another good one.

Excuse me while I take a seat on the knoll – 3 weeks in and Legacy has “drawn” no ballroom dances? (Victor too, actually) Hip Hop, Contemporary, and Broadway. Hmmm.

Kathryn is so cute. She is darling in this routine. They are doing a great job! I didn’t expect to enjoy Legacy that much – he did good.

The Broadway number was cute, but really didn’t do it for me. Still…. wwwaaaayyyyy better than any Broadway Tyce has done lately.

OMG, my head is about to explode. I didn’t even LIKE Kathryn when she first came on the green mile episode, but these critiques are PISSING me off. She did about 3 times as much dancing as he did, and they’re panning HER? What the fuck ever, jidges.

AND OMFG, if they’re gonna call her “juvenile” and then cream themselves over Mollee, I’m gonna throw something out of the window.

All righty then! I give up – I have not agreed with the judges all night and I know I’m never wrong!! Kevin was stiff and awkward, Ashleigh was stiff and icky, I didn’t even notice Pauline, and Kathryn was much better than they said.

AND OMFG, if they’re gonna call her ‘juvenile’  and then cream themselves over Mollee, I’m gonna throw something out of the window.

But Kathryn isn’t blond. She’d be given a free pass if she was.

Channing and Victor = exquisite. sigh.

I love Stacey T’s choreo. Channing and Victor did a great job, IMO

It’s official – I hate the judges. What’s going on here? I’m ready to change the channel. I don’t look to be frustrated and pissed off by a stoopid show.

Yeah, I liked Channing and Victor too. I wonder if that tongue lashing was to fire up their fans & make sure they’re safe?

Stacey looked like she might have been a little pissed. Heh. I would have been too. That was great choreography that was very beautifully danced.

And WTF are Ellenore & Ryan wearing? LOL.

It’s official ‘“ I hate the judges. What’s going on here?

I can’t figure out what Nigel’s problem is tonight. I don’t like seeng that his pimping/bus throwing has started already.

Ellenore was killing that, man. Ryan wasn’t hitting some moves hard enough, but he was definitely decent. Better than I expected.

I liked that. So great to see Lil C choreographing again!

I’m just meh about the hip hop. It was strange, slow somehow. So the judges will think it’s the best dance evah.

I want some of whatever the hell these judges are taking! You didn’t dance great but you were really good? Ryan most improved? Say what? Respectable job? GMAFB.

God bless Nigel. The truth. Thank you.

Ellenore was great, Ryan not so much. He was way too stiff.

Who pooped in Nigel’s pants tonight? Sheesh!

I went to the SYTYCD Tour show at the Nokia (Los Angeles) last night. It was a great show. The kids have so much energy and danced their a**s off. The audience was very responsive. Lots of standing “O”s. The real hit of the evening seem to be Phillip. Our only disappointment was that with the exception of a couple of group number, they didn’t do any original routines. Also, a little too much video of Nigel.

I thought Nathan was respectable. Mollee wasn’t, for me at least. Absolutely nothing sexy about that dance.

I thought Nathan was respectable. Mollee wasn’t, for me at least. Absolutely nothing sexy about that dance.

Ditto.

Ouch. That Salsa was baaaaad. They will escape b3 though, I’m sure. At this point, I’m not sure who will be in the bottom 3.

Ooooo…. Sean Cheeseman from SYTYCD Canada. Should be great choreo.

Russell is much better than her – she needs to be a little sharper. And can I just say I would hate to put my sweaty dancer’s crotch in somebody’s face. But I loved the dance.

That Afro Jazz was FANTASTIC! Awesome job by both of them. Good stuff, great choreographer. He can stay. lol.

I just love that Russell. I want to take him home and keep him for my own. Is that wrong?

I agree… Russell out-danced Noelle. I’ve seen couples who have done Sean’s choreo better, but it was still pretty darn good.

B3 dances for me: Pauline and Peter, Mollee and Nathan, and a toss up between Kathryn and Legacy or Ryan and Ellenore.

I would love to send Mollee and Peter home. Neither does anything for me.

Russell has been on my radar since the auditions. He just has that something – a quiet brilliance? Humility and fierceness? Ability to morph and grow? Yep. He’s awesome. I am also happy with how Legacy has been growing and adapting, Karen & Kevin are both just so darn gorgeous to look at, for one, and he really impressed me tonight with his lines and grace. I liked the beginning of the show and the end. The middle was a struggle.

I thought Rusell and Noelle were right on awesome tonight! It seems there’s a lot of dislike for Noelle, but I think she more than held her own with the fantastic Rusell. Also loved Channing and Phillip, though I do agree with MJ that it’s kind of a tired theme after all, the overly intense contemporary pieces. Even though Kathryn missed her character, I still loved that routine with her and Legacy. And finally, even though Pauline and Peter had some technique issues, that was routine was all kinds of fun! Everyone else was crap for me.

Also just have to add that kudos to Noelle again for her amazing strength tonight. When Russell flipped over her, I don’t know how she kept her balance! That was insane!

Even though I liked half the routines tonight, I still must say that Season 5 trumps this season in both versatility and personality.

LEGACY!!!!!

and, also: KATHRYN!!!!

awesome

That is all:)

Luuurve Russell. Finally they acknowledge how awesome he is.

B3 for me:
Mollee and Nathan
Ryan and Ellenore
Pauline and Peter

Going home:
Ain’t gonna be Molle and Nathan. Otherwise, I really don’t know.

If you pull a wrong one next week’ ¦you are both going to be out of your element.’  Nigel was not impressed

This comment about Channing and Victor has me thinking that maybe they might be in trouble. This week will test the Mollee and Nathan fan club. Will they get out there and vote for them?

I almost felt like this was a “put you in your place” week for certain dancers who thought they had it made going to the TOP 10. I simply cannot see Ryan going home. Same with Mollee and Nathan.

The the judges feel Kathryn missed the mark? What? Wasn’t it up to Andy Blankenbuehler to tell her she wasn’t vixen enough for Nigel?

I just finished watching the show and then reading all your comments. It seems like its standard fare here to vehemently disagree with the judges. Well, I didn’t tonight. I thought they gave the first couple of dancers too much of a pass and that was annoying, but I got that it was as much a PR move as it was anything else. Doesn’t make for good TV if all you’re doing is being disappointed after each performance. No excitement or arc there.

I was generally disappointed in tonight’s show. I expected so much more. There were no dances I thought were incredible. There were a couple I thought were very good. I enjoyed Asleigh/Jacob, Kathryn/Legacy and Noelle/Russell. I felt that in all three of these dances, the guy was much stronger than the girl. And I have to say I very much agreed with the judges about Kathryn. She played cute instead of vixen and it diminished the performance. And I felt as torn as the judges since I really liked Kathryn up till now. Out of all the dancers tonight, I would give the top performance to Russell with Legacy a close second.

I also had the same reaction to Channing and Victor as Nigel did. I love Stacy’s choreography and I had really enjoyed Victor’s dancing beforehand. But while there were no glaring errors made, I just wasn’t moved by the dance. It reminds me of what happens when dancers have all the moves down but you’re left with little effect at the end.

And oy to Mollee/Nathan. That was some bad stuff. Clumsy, awkward, uninspired. Just plain bad. Yeah Ryan might have come the furthest but it didn’t matter in the end since the performance was a mess. I do think it was mostly Ryan’s weaknesses and not Eleanores, but it was kind of hard to tell where the problems lay. It just didn’t work – at all. I feel for Lil C. It could have been something, and instead it just lay there, flat and DOA. Another fail – Pauline/Peter. I almost forgot about them, probably because I wanted to cleanse my palate after that mess. Of these 6, I do hope that Ryan and Eleanore avoid the hook. I want to see more of them, especially Eleanore.

I think I’m gonna start watching this show for Russell, I only peeked at the auditions but I thought he was awesome.

B3 for me:
Mollee and Nathan
Ryan and Ellenore
Pauline and Peter

I agree suebrody..

I feel for Pauline because she was supposed to be paired with Billy Bell but that’s the luck of the draw. I think she and Peter are forgettable and of the above should be the two to go.

Sunshine girl - I have to agree with you about Karen. At first, I was somewhat dazzled with her dancing, enough to overlook the obvious self-absorption. I can’t overlook it anymore. Ugh.

Interesting though, that we learned some “real secrets” from some of the dancers (Victor as a goth boy, Peter and Noelle’s specific interest in charity work, and Karen’s divorce; all personal and interesting/revealing), and then we learn that Nathan likes to jetski (like a million other people, big deal!) and Pauline likes to … eat. Hmm.

My neighbour who is a dance teacher and choreographer was once a judge of a dance competition. One of the routines was called ‘Cheeseman’ (or something along those lines) and she remembers thinking that it was completely amazing. It was only after that, that she realized that it was choreographed by THE Sean Cheeseman. IDK I think that’s kinda cool.
Anywho I only watched one of the performances tonight so I’ll go watch the rest now.

I’m keeping my comments short. Please give Ashleigh something else to do besides walking, posing and one type of turn per dance. How can I compare her to the others who are dancing with their whole body.Also Nigel, how can you be in sync if your paired with someone off the beat and can’t do it. Elleanor did well, and had some good popping. Ryan tried but was behing the beat. BTW krumping is danced to the accents not the melody. The same with Nathan and Mollee. Mollee was off beat and just a hot mess. Nathan was on and when they were together it was a mess. Tomorrow will show us if the producers get what they want. me thinks they will. BTW loved the afro Jazz, thank you Andy Blankenberg for bringing a respectable Broadway number, and the others were just ok

i think the bottom three couples will be
Peter & Pauline
Victor & Channing
Karen & Kevin

not that i think they were the worst couples to dance tonight (that would be Nathan/ Mollee & Ryan/Ellenore & Peter/Pauline) but i think they have the smallest fanbases and the judges will elimanate pauline & victor. we shall see.

That Hustle by Maria Torres? I’d be hard pressed to find many ‘Hustle’ moves. You can’t just call something a Hustle then throw in some Disco music and expect it to fly. I used to compete in dance clubs back in the late 70′s – and yes, I did the Hustle (both partner and group). Yeah ‘“ there were SOME familiar moves ‘“ just not enough to rightly be called a ‘Hustle’ ‘“ not an authentic one, at least. And that Quickstep by Pauline and Peter? About a NAVY guy huh? Well ‘“ Peter was wearing an Army uniform with Marine insignia on the sleeves and Navy emblems (wrongly) placed on his collars. Oh ‘“ and you don’t wear medals with ribbons’ ¦but hey! Who cares ‘“ right? Picky, perhaps ‘“ but it takes so little to just get it right. At least Shankman called it in his critique.

I loved Mandy Moore’s choreo ‘“ and both Ashleigh and Jacob danced it well; though I think a little more rehearsal would sharpen it even more. It’s bound to be a pleaser on the tour (I expect both dancers to make top 10). I also enjoyed Stacey Tookey’s choreo (though along with Nigel, neither Channing nor Victor’s performance blew me away). Legacy is really growing on me ‘“ and I’ve always loved Russell. Everyone else? Have to wait and see. I will say I DON’T like the new theatre. Almost all of the camera shots are proscenium, the lights make the dancers sweat more ‘“ and the crowd seems really removed. I preferred the earlier (albeit smaller), more intimate venue. The camera could get closer, and the dancers didn’t seem so lost on stage.

I appreciate your comments TFLS. I felt there was a lot more Disco moves than expected. However, I believe the Hustle dance steps were in Saturday Night Fever, and this does cause confusion. I’d like to see both dances done back to back.

It is distracting when the lighting and background takes away from the dancers. I hope there will be changes made soon.

YAY for Sean Cheeseman that Afro Jazz was great. Russell and Noelle did a great job and finally they gave Russell who is totally underrated some props. Is it wrong that the main reason I watch the show is for Russell? If Russell got bad comments this week I would’ve cut someone! lol

The show by itself was a bit of a let down seriously two hrs and is way too long for just 3 routines that I liked. One thing I wanna know how do they know that Nathan/Mollee are fan favorites is it because they just assume since their young cute and bubbly that they just have the teeny bopper vote.

My top picks and guaranteed safe IMO
Russell/Noelle
Jakob/Ashliegh
Legacy/Kathryn

My bottom 3 predictions
I really can’t even call it it could be anybody in the bottom 3 except the couples I put at the top so it should be interesting.

Sean Cheesman can be a brilliant choreographer but he’s also had some really lame performances on SYTYCDC. He was brilliant last night that’s for sure.

Russell is awesome.

I really dislike the tap dancer… I don’t know why.

Also I am sick of the remote control choreos. Sean Cheesman did one on SYTYCDC and it was lame. This remote choreo was one of the worst I’ve ever seen.

Is there not enough US choreographers that SYTYCD has to bring our Canadian choreographers to do their show? Their choreos on US show is just like on Canada’s show and well there’s nothing new to add.

Enough bank robberies and remote control choreos. Overdone and stupid.

I was so looking forward to last night. Kinda let down. I am/was a fan of Nathan. More from viewing u-tube than his performances on the show. But boy, the remark last night has me a bit put off. Which just proves that it isn’t just a dance contest, lol….. another pageant… but the dancing. What the??? Was he dancing the right style on that? I still think he is a good dancer. But the two of them, together..bad, bad… That leg business and lift…painful to watch.

I like Victor and Channing. I am a sucker for the pretty stuff. Although Victor does need to dig into the emotion a bit. He seems like a robot sometimes. Like he knows the moves, but doesn’t live them. Oh Billy Billy Billy, I so wanted to watch him..boohooo.

Russell is a star, isn’t he. He isn’t perfect but has so much Charisma. You just enjoy watching him.

Jakob. I was really happy to watch him last night. He is growing on me. He totally got into the personality of the piece. I know that technically he is really good..but beyond being nearly double jointed I worried he wouldn’t be good at digging into the personality. But he really was good.

I am just into guys…or are the girls lacking this year?

I really like how they have freshened things up with some new choreographers. I agree with whoever up thread said the Hustle was much of a Hustle, I thought the same thing but I love Karen and Kevin so I still enjoyed it.
Ashley and Jakob were good, when he dances he reminds me of Michael Crawford and the dancers in Hello Dolly.
Peter and Pauline’s quickstep was enjoyable, he really brought that character to life.
I love the chemistry with Kathryn and Legacy, their routine was one of the best Broadway routines ever on that show.
I don’t see any good chemistry between Channing and Victor, I liked their Stacey Tookey routine but not them.
I liked the routine for Ryan and Ellanore but their outfits were so distracting. I thought she was awesome, not so much Ryan.
Mollee and Nathan weren’t great but I don’t think it will hurt them, their fans will pull them through to top 10. Too bad because I really don’t like Mollee, I think it’s her immaturity that bugs the hell out of me. I wish Karen and Kevin had had that routine.
Noelle and Russell were good. I was confused by Nigel’s comment about Russell being the ‘star’ this season because hasn’t Nigel pulled him out twice already and put him in the bottom? I like him a lot though, Noelle not so much.
I am so glad they put Adam on the panel, he’s a great judge who gives great criticism.
Hard to predict a bottom three, Channing and Victor, Peter and Pauline are the only 2 couples I can think might be in danger.

definition of vain and self-absorbed? Karen and Ryan?
Yipes…they are entirely too full of themselves and spend way too much time flaunting their looks. Just dance for pete’s sake and shut up! Oh and Ryan … get a shirt with buttons. While I love a good looking male chest — I annoys me to see you fall back on that instead of your dancing. Think about the dance moves and not your chest, would you?

Really Like Noelle and Russell. Both of them…dont know why are the hate for Noelle but i think she is good and not full of herself like some of the others. They are my favorite.

This week will test the Mollee and Nathan fan club. Will they get out there and vote for them?

How do your jidges know that Mollee and Nathan have this big fanbase, by the way? … When this episode was taped, there hadn’t been any kind of voting yet, right? This has puzzled me all along — How do you get fan favorites when the fans haven’t yet weighed in?

What remark by Nathan? I totally didn’t see anything that wasn’t humbling.. he was joking if anything b/c I did see him laugh, etc.

Adam is on twitter and he gets a lot of people talking about Nathan and Mollee. Also, look at Nathan’s view for his audition in Season 5. It has over 100k views. A lot more than other people who have auditioned this season or even in season’s past.

How do your jidges know that Mollee and Nathan have this big fanbase, by the way? ‘ ¦ When this episode was taped, there hadn’t been any kind of voting yet, right? This has puzzled me all along ‘” How do you get fan favorites when the fans haven’t yet weighed in?

I’m guessing it’s focus groups and feedback from the website (measuring who gets the most visits to their profile)

I haven’t gotten to post in forever; now, since I don’t have school I finally can. Anyway, Russell’s been my favorite since Vegas and he’s still my favorite now. The princess and the frog routine was one of my favorites, along with Channing & Victor’s contemporary, and Ashleigh & Jakob’s jazz (although Ashleigh still annoys me to no end). I think the bottom should be:
Mollee/Nathan (which is sad because I like Nathan)
Ellenore/Ryan (I like Ellenore, but Ryan is full of himself and did not do well in that hiphop)
Pauline/Peter (I actually kind of agreed with the judges on this one, I did like the performance, but the actual dancing wasn’t very good)

However, I think Nigel was trying to rally up the fans by declaring that Ellenore/Ryan and Mollee/Nathan would probably be in the bottom.

Also, mj, thanks so much for posting the videos…I didn’t get home last night until around 9:30ish (I was at school for over 13 1/2 hours) I just watched the first 5 dances on here, which I end up doing a lot… I actually found this website looking for an easy way to watch everything during season 4, and I’ve been hooked ever since.

I’m guessing it’s focus groups and feedback from the website (measuring who gets the most visits to their profile)

Wow, you’re probably right. Hard for me to get my mind around the idea that they probably pay to run focus groups on who people’s favorite dancer is. Cripes.

Wow, you’re probably right. Hard for me to get my mind around the idea that they probably pay to run focus groups on who people’s favorite dancer is. Cripes.

It’s all about the almighty buck. My guess is if favorites go to soon, people stop watching and rating drop.

kevin was a bit stiff and awkward, but with karen as his partner, he shouldn’t worry too much…at least for this week.

mollee and nathan? wow. offbeat, uncomfortable and extremely amateurish. the quality of that dance had zero to do with age, and more to do with skill level. nathan has some nice lines, but i wonder if that’s all he has. sorry, so far, after 3 weeks, he has yet to shine.

and i actually thought kathryn and legacy had chemistry. yes, her acting was a bit confusing with the choreography, but who is to say thats not the way she was told to dance by the choreographer himself? the judges’ opinions of why it didn’t work should have been directed at him.

ellenor did a good job…ryan was the one who dragged the entire routine down. she didnt receive enough credit. sorry. but she at least she was on beat and knew how to move her body.

I’m gonna go ahead and post this here because I think this thread is dead and nobody will kill me for saying this but here goes:

I do NOT like Legacy. That is a stupid name and he looks like a little monkey when he dances. And with that stupid hat on last night he looked even more like an organ grinder’s monkey and I do not get the Legacy love at all.

Whew. I feel better.