So You Think You Can Dance – Top 10 – Who Will Be Eliminated?

MJ, I’m with ya on Gev. In the past few weeks he has come out of the fringes to surpass Mark as my favorite. I voted for both last night, but fear that Gev just doesn’t have the rabid fans to push him past the judges’ unfairly lukewarm comments. Honestly, all of the guys are so so strong I will feel a little twinge no matter who goes tonight.

Of the girls, I’m sure it’s Comfort’s time (again). But if by some miracle that fantastic Dave Scott hip-hop pulls her through? I think Kherington’s a goner. She’s fading fast.

If it is based on last night I would go with Mark and Kherington although I do like everyone left. I wouldn’t shed a tear if Comfort left but she did dance a good hip hop last night and Twitch did bring out the competition in her so maybe she does deserve another week.

someone can tell me what the second bonus question is about ? i don’t get it ?

I picked Comfort (BIG SURPRISE!) and Will to go for tonight. I think Gev did kind of “come from nowhere” to win hearts – but I think he may not only be winning hearts here. I think that what works for us, works for the rest of America, too. (Hope!) And, in my opinion, Gev and Chelsie, along with Josh and Courtney were the two best couples last night. I think Gev outdanced Will and Twitch because he had two (count ‘em, two) outstanding routines, (as did Joshua and Courtney), whereas Will and Twitch each only had one. And I didn’t particularly care for Will’s (the Pas De Deux) at that. I didn’t “get” it. I must be an ignoramus.

I did just watch the Pas De Deux again (without sound). It was better than I remembered it last night. But the boat thing was not too great at all, imo.

My take on the bonus question is — there will be four people in the bottom tonight. Were these four people from 2, 3 or 4 couples? Meaning if Will, Comfort, Twitch and Kherington are in the bottom four, the correct answer will be 3 couples. Twitch & Comfort were in one couple, the other two in different couples — three different couples represented with the four in the bottom.

Someone chime in if I’m wrong!

Kerfuffle – I’m willing to bet my house that Will does not leave tonite.. I’m afraid it will be Twitch. I think Katee and Joshua are a lock for the first pair of Final Four….and Will may get there in front of Twtich, Gev and Mark although I would rather it be either one of those guys instead of Will. Beautiful dancer – but he doesn’t move me enough to vote.

MJ, I was thinking the same thing about “chipper” Jessica! (Broken ribs are supposed to be very painful.)

I think Comfort and Gev will leave tonight. Actually, at this point, I won’t like seeing any of the guys leave. (Nor any of the girls, once Comfort departs.) Must say though that Comfort & Twitch’s hip-hop was fabulous last night. I had the same impression that Nigel talked about — that the routine had an improvisational quality. Really impressive.

Right now, I think Courtney is outpacing Kherington. Also think Katee is shaping up as the best of the girls, with Chelsie a close second.

In a way, the guys are harder for me to call. Will seems to be TCO, as is Katee. But I enjoy Mark and Twitch too. I’m not as big a fan of Joshua’s as many people are. To be honest, I think it’s his body-type that turns me off. But, all-in-all, as I’ve said before, they’re a great group!

mpl009
Jul 17th, 2008 at 4:12 pm
someone can tell me what the second bonus question is about ? i donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t get it ?

Since, the voting is no longer for couples, rather for individuals, the bottom 4 can either come from 4 different dance teams (1 from each) or, 3 (i.e. Joshua and Courtney, plus one each from 2 other teams) or, 2 (i.e. Joshua/Courtney and Will/Katee) So, those are your 4 options for the second bonus question. I was a lil confused when I read that at first also, you are not alone.. :unsure_tb:

mpl009
Jul 17th, 2008 at 4:12 pm
someone can tell me what the second bonus question is about ? i donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t get it ?

There will be two girls and two guys in the “bottom four”. (The two girls with the lowest votes amongst all of the girls, and the two guys with the lowest votes amongst all of the guys.

If you think that the bottom four will be made up of “parts of” four couples (i.e. no couple will have both the guy and the girl in the bottom four), your answer is “four“. If you think two couples will have BOTH the guy and the girl in the bottom four, your answer is “two“. If you think one couple will have both the guy and the girl in the bottom four, but the other guy and girl will come from two separate couples, your answer is “three“.

This is all possible because starting this week, America votes for individual dancers, not for couples. As you noticed last night, each dancer had their own phone number to call to vote for them, which was shown during their solos, not during any of the couples’ dances.

I hope this helps.

The change of partners has made me see a few of them in a different light. I never liked the Gev/Courtney match-up, because I didn’t think she returned any of the affection and I thought it showed in their performance. (YMMV. I know others saw that differently.) Chelsea, on the other hand, seems to like Gev a lot, and for some weird reason that makes me like him and his dancing better. I didn’t think Chelsea was very fond of Mark,but I didn’t think she let it affect her performance. But now Mark, who I thought was so inventive, seems wooden without her. Meanwhile, Courtney has come more alive and is having more fun, ’cause she clearly thinks Joshua is a hot partner.

God, I am even boring myself with this! I hope nobody else bothered to read this far, lol.

I’m trailing badly in the pool so… I had to go a little off the wall. I won’t give away who I picked, but it rhymes with sandwichington

we were at the county fair last night, so I missed it! Gotta try to catch up on the dances before tonights results! reading everyones recaps, hypotheses are making me chomp at the bit (but my son is watching tv right now)- God bless Tivo!

I still may change my pick of Will to Twitch. What to do? What to do? Ack!

It’s time for Kherington to go… for me it’s a toss up between her and Comfort though. I’ll pick Comfort.

The judges ARE still having the last say regarding the ones who are kicked off, right?

If so… then for the guys, Will lacks personality and maybe a fan base, but the judges love him. He will not be leaving. Gev… I dunno. I like him, but he’s not the most talented of the bunch. Twitch is a little overrated. He does fine in his genre but not much else. The judges might consider that a lot. And Joshua ain’t going anywhere. As for Mark, again I think the judges really like him and he has the fan base as well… So it’ll be toughy for they guys, but I’m going to say if Gev isn’t saved by his fanbase, that he’ll be the one to get the boot.

No, the judges do not decide from what I understand. It’s just the vote.

I put my points on Mark and Comfort.

Yep – just the phone votes from here on out. The judges “say” is limited to their critiques of the performances.

Maybe I’ll toss a coin: Heads it’s Will, Tails it’s Twitch.

ETA: I just tossed a coin three times. It was tails all three times. Twitch it is. I’m off to change my vote. Again.

My picks were Comfort and Will. Comfort was the easy one but, while Will and great skills, he can’t even excite me when he disrobes. He’s got like negative charisma. I’m betting on most of America not bothering to vote for him. Then again, I’m so far behind in the pool, it really doesn’t matter.

I hear ya, gingerly. Those are my thoughts about Will, too. But, I think there may be at least enough people voting for the best dancers to keep him in it one more week.

I’m sucking at the poll, too, though, so what do I know? Nothing obviously.

I think I’ll be going with Will next week if he’s still in it.

Imo, the two “weakest” dancers over all, are Comfort and Twitch (though I love me some Twitch). It’s just that they seem weakest – again, to me – outside their specialties.

Thanks to the ones who explained the second bonus question. It makes sense now

I’m pretty sure that Comfort will get the boot. I’m leaving my girl points on her.

As for the boys…I’ve changed my points 3 times now. Being that there is no money involved in this pool, the only thing I have to lose is bragging rights.

After the results show last week, I put them on Will. Then during the show last night I changed to Mark. After the show, I switched to Gev. I have made one final change…back to Will.

I’d like to think I singlehandedly saved Gev. I powervoted for him for 45 minutes. That’s not quite AI dedication, but still pretty good, considering I also voted for 4 other people.

Loved your thoughts MJ. I agree wholeheartedly. Didn’t appreciate Nigel’s swipe at Gev after the contemporary piece. His whole lonely customer in a cafe metaphor was completely off target. Didn’t think Gev deserved any criticism for that routine. I really like Katee. She is so committed to her craft. You could see the look of disappointment after the flub during Imagine. She REALLY wants it. I’m pulling for Courtney over Kherington too. I think she is also very full of passion and talent. Starting to see that Kherington’s nerves are mounting against her. She is slipping.
I wish it were Comfort and Twitch, but I think Gev will be sent home.

Comfort or Kherrington are on the outs tonight. I actually would rather see Kherrington leave than Comfort. Maybe Kherrington can leave twice and that way we can keep all the guys? Is that possible? I love Chelsie more and more each week. She’s definitely going to be top four, but she’s also my pick to win. Mark or Will is going home for the boys. I missed Jessica dancing tonight though, I really did.

It’s interesting that the girls seem to be a unanimous toss up between Comfort and Kher but the guys have a spread across four. There have been several posts with points on everyone but Joshua! This is a hard one to call this week. I’ve changed mine now three times and I might do it again before I go to bed.

Twitch has got such an awesome personality, I have a hard time believing he doesn’t have a big enough fan base to carry him through at least one week. Of course, I’m biased because I just love him. He and Joshua are my two favorite guys.

Will does nothing for me but he is a great dancer. Do enough voters care about that? I think it might be Mark. I hope it isn’t Gev.

There really was much more obvious cannon fodder in top tens in previous years!

There really was much more obvious cannon fodder in top tens in previous years!

Is that because they are all better this year or because there was more disparity in the past? I haven’t watched until this year.

It’s tough at this point because I really like them all personally. I really like Twitch but watching him do the waltz last night was borderline embarrassing. I just knew the judges were going to eat him alive and I didn’t want that for him as a person. His hip hop was crazy good, and his contemporary is amazing, but I just think his limitations are being exposed having a weaker partner. And would probably be worse if he had a GREAT partner like Katee or Chelsea. We shall see. Anything after this point will be a hard decision because they all deserve to be there and it is such a pleasure to watch them do what I could NEVER do!!!

Girls – should be Comfort. Boys – Man I wish we could just keep them all. I am leaning Mark.

will there come a time when they don’t have to let go of a girl and a guy? the guys are so much better it doesn’t seem fair to let them go in equal parts. hope this changes soon.

my picks for tonight are kherington and twitch(!). kherington has been losing steam for a few weeks now and twitch just can’t do ballroom. the “waltz” he did with kherington a few weeks ago wasn’t really a waltz.