Comfort Fedoke and Thayne Jasperson are eliminated tonight - VIDEO

Group Dance by Tabitha and Napoleon – Song – “Closer” by Neyo. – VIDEO

Cat Deely says the Top 10 will go on tour in September.

Quitter-boy Robert Murain will get more camera time! That Philip guy has agreed to a dance-off in the finale. Pretty sweet deal for someone who picked up his toys and went home.

Eliminations:

  • Comfort and Thayne and Katee and Joshua take center stage. Comfort and Thayne are in the Bottom 3. Katee and Joshua are SAFE. Duh! – VIDEO
  • Jessica and Will and Chelsie and Mark take center stage. Chelsie and Mark are SAFE. Jessica and Will are in the Bottom 3. Nice fake-out, Cat! You almost had me going. – VIDEO
  • Courtney and Gev and Kherington and Twitch take center stage. Kherington and Twitch are in the Bottom 3. Courtney and Gev are SAFE. YAY! – VIDEO

Members of Alvin Ailey Dance Theater perform Revelations – Song: “Sinner Man” by Billy Porter – VIDEO

Dancing For Their Lives:

  • Comfort Fedoke – Song: “Oh Timbaland” by Timbaland. Thayne Jasperson – Song: “Come Home” by One Republic. Jessica King – Song: “Best for Last” by Adele. Will Wingfield – Song: “Daraijan” by Kodo. – Holy COW, Will’s solo was AMAZING. Now that the pairings are through, he should just begin to fly through this competition. Joshua, Twitch and Mark–watch out! – VIDEO
  • Kherington Payne – Song: “All We Are” by One Republic. Twitch – Song: “We Gonna Win” by Miri Ben-Ari. – VIDEO

Katie Perry performs “I Kissed a Girl” – Fake lesbianism gets on my nerves. So do terrible singers. Wow, wow, wow, that was sh*teous. – VIDEO

Eliminated tonight:

The Girls – Nigel asks Kherington to step forward. He tells her that she’s reminded everyone this week that she’s not just a pretty face. He tells her she’s danced brilliantly and asks her to sit down. Kherington is SAFE. Comfort and Jessica are left. Nigel says he’s had his mind changed in the course of conversations with the other judges. He congratulates Comfort, “You really pulled it out with your solo.” he tells her. Does that mean he’s going to keep her? He tells Jessica that they were somewhat disappointed with her solo, but that she’s had at least one routine a week that’s been absolutely stunning (don’t make me go back to the tape Nigel! Jessica has had some good performances, but not one a week) Because of the good routines, Nigel says, the judging panel has decided to keep her. Jessica is SAFE and Comfort is Eliminated.

The Guys – Nigel asks Twitch to step foward. “I’m glad you were in the Bottom 3,” he says, “It wakes everybody up…it also gives us the opportunity to see your unique style and musicality. Nigel tells him he’s SAFE. Will and Thayne are left. Will and Thayne are left. Thayne has got to know he’s a dead man walking. Nigel compares Will to the Alvin Ailey dancers who had just performed. He tells Will that his work is superb and that “we certainly can’t lose you tonight.” He asks Will to sit down. He is SAFE. Thayne is eliminated.

Nigel tells Thayne he wishes he could have eliminated TWO girls tonight, and kept all the boys. Oh, I agree! To Thayne, Nigel says, “You have been superb on this series, your work is excellent, and I know that Mia Michaels will be working with you soon, she’s very upset at losing you tonight, although we have been unanimous in our decision.” A nice send off for Thayne.

Comfort Fedoke is Eliminated. Thayne Jasperson is Eliminated. – VIDEO

 
  • http://dreambabysdreams.blogspot.com/ Dream Baby Dream

    Well, my guesses for the Bottom 3 were right…I wonder if my guess for who goes home will be right too.

  • sumidol

    My fav’s are all safe – Courtney/Chelsie yay – Twitch – please dont let him go home. Not my fav but up there. Of the three girls in the bottom – I really wont mind any of them going home right now. Hope it is Comfort though

  • champ

    oh i hope they don’t send jessica home!!!!

  • http://dreambabysdreams.blogspot.com/ Dream Baby Dream

    I really like both Twitch and Kherington…so I’m hoping that they’ll both be safe. I think that with Jessica and Comfort both in the B3, unless Kherington really turns in a stinker of a solo, she’ll be fine. And Twitch should put in a fabulous solo, combined with the fact that he’s never been B3 before, so he should be okay. Both Will and Thayne have been in the B3…so that should help Twitch. Doesn’t stop me from being nervous for him, but still, it helps.

  • http://dreambabysdreams.blogspot.com/ Dream Baby Dream

    WOW! Will’s solo…that was fabulous.

  • AInoob

    Cat just basically did the SYTYCD version of Randy’s telling Syesha that’s why she was standing there “at #3″ when she told Thayne something like they’ve loved having him there for his smile. Poor Thayne, I think its a given he’s going home, even without yet seeing Twitch’s performance.

  • SpenserJ

    So, Thayne & Mia are wearing the same shirt tonight, and that makes me giggle.

    I’m about to lose my shit right now waiting to see the fate of my beloved Twitch. One thing I’m sure of though – he’s the greatest chest popper I’ve ever seen. And, he, Joshua & Will rocked that opening number.

    For me – Comfort’s solo was weaker than her last one. Kherington was a wee bit better than Jessica, but I think Jessica earned her spot in the top 10. Hopefully, the judges agree with me.

    I can’t see sending Will home after that little bit of dance magic. So, my only hope for saving Twitch is if they send Thayne home. Sorry Thayne – but you have to go.

    ETA: Oh thank jeebus. And, I think I got some pool points too!

  • Lisa

    Well Woohoo, I got them both right! LOL. This is the first time I have picked instead of using default. I move up a tiny bit from being a bottom dweller in the pool, lol.

  • champ

    i haven’t even seen the show yet, because i’m a spoiler kinda gal, but there is nothing “brilliant” about Kherrington. That being said, I’m so happy for Jessica!

  • SpenserJ

    Nigel tells Thayne he wish he could have eliminated TWO girls tonight, and kept all the boys. Oh, I agree!

    Ditto on that. And, I’m in complete agreement with your assesment of Katie Perry.

  • AInoob

    Even though I’m not surprised by the results, my heart breaks for Thayne. I’m glad Mia wants to work with him though, that must mean a lot to him. You can tell Cat had some real affection for him.

    I wonder what the IV Real shirts were about.

  • http://dreambabysdreams.blogspot.com/ Dream Baby Dream

    Well, I don’t think many people will be surprised by those results. I know I wasn’t. I especially wasn’t surprised by what Nigel said about wanting to lose 2 girls tonight and keep Thayne in place of one. Sadly, that couldn’t happen.

    I was bored by both Comfort and Jessica’s solos tonight. I don’t feel like Comfort was even trying. It was like she had already given up and knew she was going home, so why bother. Thayne on the other hand had to have a pretty strong feeling he would be going home tonight, but he went out on a pretty high note.

    Twitch’s solo? Heck yeah. That is why I absolutely love him. LOVE! And Will’s solo made me with even more that we could see that kind of magic in one of his partner routines. Maybe next week, with a new partner, he will be able to bring that to it. I hope so. I have been getting really frustrated with him, because he is simply an amazing dancer, but I lose something from him in the choreographed routines usually.

    I’m not sure what it is about Kherington, but I love watching her dance. I still haven’t been able to quite put my finger on it, but she makes me feel something every time she dances.

  • http://www.myspace.com/swood1104 Sarah

    I sooooo called NapTab choreographing the group dance tonight.

    Poor, underrated Thayne. He lost the partner lottery twice. As much as I feel for Jessica for all the shit she’s taken from the judges, I would have booted her for Thayne, too.

  • wfowfowfo

    ok — safe for another week. When do we see who gets who for partners?

  • spritely

    Nigel liked Comfort’s solo?? Why??

    Will was AMAZING. I had to agree with Nigel on that one, that Will could have been one of the AA dancers–who were also amazing. As much as I love Joshua, he may not be able to stand up against Will’s phenomenal skills. ::sad::

    Okay, I will admit in the smallest of voices that I think Katy Perry is cute and so’s her song. ::slinks off, head ducked::

  • idolbeat

    Is it just me or did it look like Cat kind of dissed Comfort at the end?

    Twitch’s solo was pure fun!

    Will did look like the 4th Alvin Ailey dancer!

    I don’t think Kerrington deserved to be in the bottom 3. I think she is equal to the other 3 girls and much better than Jessica. Thayne danced better than Jessica and Comfort – Nigel was right!

    The guys’ solos were all fantastic!

  • lilbrusc102

    yay Twitch was awesome!!!! I too wish they could have sent 2 girls home….I enjoyed Thayne’s solo way better than Jessica or Comfort’s.

    what was up with the matching shirts Twitch, Will, Comfort and Josh were all wearing? They were cool t-shirts!

  • daisy

    Not a surprise tonight, Comfort looked relieved, seems she was well aware that the other girls were kicking her butt.
    Her solos are dullsville, no excitement, I agree with other posters who noticed that she barely tried tonight
    I felt for Thayne, watching his solo tonight, he is gorgeous to watch, Glad that Mia has appreciated him and I suspect that we will see him again. I would have been fine with Jessica leaving, she leaves me cold
    The group dance was fab tonight, My guy Joshua looking hawt as usual
    Katie Perry- what the hell was up with that? protools in the studio,and whamo, we have a hit song, kids..she stunk up the room, would have liked to see another dance by the Alvin Ailey troup who were all kinds of fantastic

  • champ

    I hope Jessica really comes together this next week, or rather, has some appreciation shown to her by the judges. They really are just plain rude to her. This will be a good week for her I think; she needed a new partner just as much as Will did. It will be a fresh start. She’s my #2 gal officially.

  • KrazeeK120

    Can Dan Karaty be the 3rd judge next week?

  • idolbeat

    Dreambabydream, I’m with ya on Kherington and Twitch! Kherington reminds me of Tinkerbell, flying through the air like a pixie.

    Twitch’s interpretation of the music made you want to keep your eyes on him the whole entire time – I didn’t want it to end! My body kept twitching along with him!

  • http://dreambabysdreams.blogspot.com/ Dream Baby Dream

    Can Dan Karaty be the 3rd judge next week?

    I’d be good with that.

    And I’m officially going on the record that I thought the group dance tonight was pretty lame. I mean…so much of it was in the dark where all you could see were the glow-in-the-dark stripes on the sleeves. A little of that would be okay, but it got to be annoying. Napoleon and Tabitha didn’t do anything to grow on me with that one. So far, out of all the routines they’ve choreographed, I’ve only really been into 2.5 of them.

  • SpenserJ

    Kherington is a really good dancer with strong technique. I was prepared at the beginning to write her off as one of Nigel’s blond, contemporary lust objects – and I really did hate her name. But, she totally won me over. She works hard, and she throws her whole self into the dance.

    You can see that Jessica has had a lot of training, but she’s wobbly and she doesn’t have a strong center. So, while I’m glad she made it to the top 10, I do believe that’s the end of the road for her. There are 3 contemporary dancers who are all better than her in her own style, and Chelsie is just a little powerhouse.

    I’m very interested to see all of the re-pairings. And, I’m wondering if that will change the order of how I rank this top 10 in my head.

  • sumidol

    Yay no more Comfort or Thayne. I didnt thinkThayne would outlast Will or Twitch – no way.

  • spritely

    How would you guys like the new pairings to go? I’ve been thinking about it, and I think that at least once I’d love to see how it would go with:

    Twitch and Jessica (cause he’s big enough to match her)
    Mark and Courtney
    Joshua and Chelsea
    Will and Katee
    Gev and Kherington

  • sumidol

    I cannot wait to see Will paired up with someone who is on fire like he always is, someone like Courtney. Kherington really is great and lucky to be so lovely at the same time. I think Jessica was lucky to have gotten Will as a partner to start out with. He was able to push her to better herself. What I saw with Jessica was that she did not flow smoothly from beginning to end. It was never effortless ALL the way thru like a lot of the others. She was great in bits and pieces but you saw a lot of stops and starts with her, a lot of thinking not just feeling it and letting go is how I felt about her. Oh I just cant wait now to see how they all do all mixed up.

    I would like to see:

    Will/Courtney
    Joshua/Kherington
    Mark/Katee
    Twitch/Jessica
    Gev/Chelsie

  • Grammie Kari

    No real surprise tonight, but I felt Nigel set up Jessica to be the next one to go home. I think she did give a real effort in her performances. As has been mentioned, I am sure we will see Comfort and Thayne do some work on the tour.

    I am also sharing the Kherington and Twitch love. It will be exciting to see them with other partners. Now, the real fun begins!

  • AInoob

    This is my first season watching so I’m curious, do they change partners every week going forward? I’d like to see:

    Mark/Courtney
    Joshua/Kherrington
    Gev/Katee
    Twitch/Jessica
    Will/Chelsie

    At the end of one of the result shows, when the remaining dancers all dance around freestyle on stage as the credits roll, I saw Courtney and Mark dancing with each other. I knew the couples would be breaking apart soon and after seeing that I wanted to see how her and Mark would partner in a choreographed dance.

  • SpenserJ

    Lovely peeps, I need a favor….. I need you to please stop saddling Twitch with Jessica in your imaginary pairings. It’s causing me actual physical pain LOL.

  • sumidol

    LOL – sorry – hmmmmm? Jessica with Mark and Twitch with Katee – is that better? You KNOW they always listen to me

  • CRB

    Ms Perry (how bought fake names, like those?) has that eye roll down to a high art.

  • SpenserJ

    LOL – sorry – hmmmmm? Jessica with Mark and Twitch with Katee – is that better? You KNOW they always listen to me

    Yes, that is much, much better :)

    Actually, I think Twitch could survive the curse of Jessica. He’s a stronger lifter than Will, so perhaps he could get her in and out of the lifts without all of that herky jerky stuff.

    I think I just like Twitch so much that I want to see him dance with one of the girls that I like too.

  • sumidol

    Yeah, so you know what I mean about the stop and start stuff. I know I am not using the proper dance “lingo” but herky jerky I believe is used quite often when discussing dance moves. :smile1_tb:

  • pud333

    I’m pretty disappointed in that Robert Murain kid. He’s got so much talent for what he does, it was a shame to see him just quit like that. I’d rather crash and burn than quit like he did.

    At any rate, the dance off between him and Philip is going to be amazing. Two of the best as far as I’m concerned.

    Oh, and as for those that went home, whatever. Their time as up. Will or Twitch will win this whole thing.

  • http://www.petsinpastel.com Seraphina

    Well dammit all to hell. First time I’ve had to say goodbye to my favourite before the finale…really not a happy feeling. Goodbye Thayne, wonderful Thayne. You left on a high and I wish to god they could have kept you another week. At least the judges looked despondent and it sounds as though good things are in your future…

    All three of the guys brought their A games to their solos tonight. Great stuff.

  • geekygirl

    No surprises tonight really but I am still saying I thought Thayne was an absolutely beautiful dancer who got the short straw with partners and orthodontics.

    Also in the minority glad to see Robert Moraine coming back. I think it was smart to leave before the judges kicked the shit out of his confidence about the fact he can only do one thing. He knew his limits, but he does that one trick pony thing beyond belief! I look forward to the contort-off! I don’t condone quitters, but I think he did the right thing. If you listen to his speech, he knew he was out of his league and didn’t want to take anyone down with him.

    And yes, lose two girl this week instead. Altho I don’t think Jessica is that bad. I’ll reserve judgement one more week until I see her with another partner. I think it is also a case of Will is THAT good!

  • katyness

    God, if mark gets jessica he might be going home. I think they are setting him up to be the next judge pariah. This top 10 will certainly be fascinating, now that everyone the judges didn’t like have mysteriously gone home, I’m excited to see how they pit their golden couples.

    but oh my god, thayne was beautiful tonight. he didn’t smile at all during his solo and then in his exit video I started crying. I guess my full favourite support has to go behind mark now.

  • http://stores.ebay.com/BookWomanBlues-Book-Nook Bobbi

    I was really happy with the results last night. Once they put Will & Jessica in the bottom three, I was sure Jessica was going to be going home. So, to hear Comfort eliminated instead thrilled me to no end. With the guys in the bottom three, Thayne was the obvious choice. The competition would have truly suffered if they had lost either Twitch or Will. I think they have the right top ten.

    MJ, I completely agree with you about Katie Perry. That was horrendous! The Alvin Ailey dancers were just breathtaking. I haven’t seen that dance done in years and it was just as beautiful as I remembered.

  • BootStar

    This is my first season watching the show, and I’m no expert on dance (although I used to work for an organization closely affiliated with Judith Jamison, so I’ve seen a lot of good dancers in my day, like, whoa, those AA guys who were AMAAAZING), but it seems to me that the guys are so much stronger than the women on this show. Will that become less apparent when they start doing solo routines every week? (I assume that’s what will happen.)

    I guess because I’ve only watched intermittently, it was “obvious” to me who was going home before the show even started. Very sad to see Thayne go; I thought he was delightful, and beautiful, and never seemed to get a chance to really shine, but, boy, did he go out on a high note!

    So far my three favorites are Will, Twitch, and Joshua. I like Gev and Mark, but haven’t really been wowed by either of them. I think Gev will be in trouble without Courtney because the magic with them was in the partnering, for me. Not sure about Mark, but I don’t think he can do anything to sway me away from my three guys. Twitch and Joshua were my favorites until I got a sense of Will as a solo artist. I think he is the best pure dancer on the show.

    Again, I don’t know how these things work; do the winners tend to alternate male/female year in and year out, and are genres a factor?

  • Joanna

    BootStar….This is my first real season watching as well, but Sabra is the only girl who’s ever won.

    Random thoughts:

    -Ditto on losing 2 girls instead of Thayne.
    -Ditto on Katy Perry. The only reason her song is popular is because of the subject matter. How fresh.
    -Did my ears deceive me, or did I hear correctly that Nigel said they were all happy with Comfort’s solo last night? Really? She just ran around the stage frantically until time ran out.
    -I’m also interested to see how the new pairings work out. I’ve convinced myself that they won’t stick my poor little Gev with Jessica because she’s bigger than him. Right? Right? Surely they will put him with a smaller girl. All the guys are so strong, I’m afraid he’ll go next week anyway. :(

  • rher

    On the plus side, I think that Thayne will be rewarded by being an alternate on the tour. He surely deserves it.

    I’m glad that Nigel et al. recognized that Jessica was more deserving of the last top 10 spot over Comfort. No wonder Comfort looked untrained – she was! Only 2.5 years of dancing? Come on, surely there were more deserving hip hop girls during auditions with more training? I’m thinking it was her face and personality that got her in.

    Okay, now I’m back on the Twitch fan wagon. That solo was more than awesome. When do tickets for the tour go on sale?

    And why is that song I Kissed A Girl a hit? That was painful.

  • Layla

    I would love to see Will and Katee together…they would tear that stage UP!

  • SpenserJ

    Okay, now Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m back on the Twitch fan wagon. That solo was more than awesome.

    Aw, we’re glad you’re back. Please don’t leave the train again – that can be very dangerous, as I tend to drive really fast :lol_wp:

    I would love to see Will and Katee togetherà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦they would tear that stage UP!

    Totally agree that Will & Katee as a pair would be made of awesome. I also think Will would do well with Courtney as his partner.

    Chelsie has superb partnering skills, so I think whichever guy gets her next week is going to be very, very lucky.

  • AInoob

    -Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m also interested to see how the new pairings work out. Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ve convinced myself that they wonà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t stick my poor little Gev with Jessica because sheà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s bigger than him. Right? Right? Surely they will put him with a smaller girl. All the guys are so strong, Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m afraid heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ll go next week anyway. :(

    I agree :( I love me some Gev(ney) but unfortunately, I think it doesn’t quite matter what he does next week and with whom, the writing is on the wall for him. And I think next week is likely to be Jessica’s long-awaited-by-the-judges time to go. After that I think my Courtney will be sent packing unless Kherington really falls flat.

    I really can’t wait to see who Twitch gets. From his personality to his dancing, I just love him.

    And I still wanna know what those IV Real shirts were all about last night.

  • kerfuffle

    For those who are watching the show for the first time this season, and for those who don’t recall: At this point the pairings are determined by drawing a name out of a hat every week (just like the dance styles). They aren’t determined by the judges (or “jidges”, as Cat would say). The pairings change every week. The phone votes are for individual dancers, no longer for couples. The guys with the fewest votes amongst the guys end up in the bottom. Ditto the girls.

  • jenniewdc

    Thanks, Kerfuffle, for explaining the process. Will they also be dancing solos? Or, just when they’re “dancing for their lives?”

  • AInoob

    This is my first season so thanks for the info kerfuffle. How does the bottom grouping work now? Do they just automatically send home the least voted male and female or do the judges still have some input?

  • http://dreambabysdreams.blogspot.com/ Dream Baby Dream

    Thanks, Kerfuffle, for explaining the process. Will they also be dancing solos? Or, just when theyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢re à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“dancing for their lives?à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ 

    They will dance solos on performance night, so that is part of what the voters will vote on.

    This is my first season so thanks for the info kerfuffle. How does the bottom grouping work now? Do they just automatically send home the least voted male and female or do the judges still have some input?

    The male and female with the fewest votes each week will be the dancers eliminated. The only influence the judges have at this point is in their comments following the performances. In the past, they have only commented on the paired dances each week, not on the solos. The solos are for the voters to make their own minds up on.

  • Michelle

    Well, Comfort/Thayne going wasn’t a big surprise. Thayne should’ve stayed longer but the rest of the guys just did better last night imo. I hate when I agree w/Nigel (about wishing they could elim 2 girls).

    The opening group number – cute!

    Oh good, so Katy Perry did sound as horrible as I thought. My bf thought she sounded fine, of course it might have been cause she was singing about KISSING A GIRL ZOMG. (Another thing I hate is that that song is #1…puke)

  • rher

    Last year, perhaps the first week of doing solos, all of the dancers performed the same solo. It was a very short piece, and it was to a John Mayer song, I think. However, despite it being short, it got very old after the first few people did it (although I also think the dancers could improvise a bit to make it their own). I wonder if they will repeat that sort of exercise with these dancers? The only plus is you really got to see sort of a level playing field and clearly see who was strong and who wasn’t (especially regarding musicality).

  • goldenlpb

    Do the partners get picked for them or do they draw names? I can’t remember if that was just for picking dance numbers or for picking partners too. Anyone remember????

  • Joanna

    Haha….”jidges.” On Hell’s Kitchen, Gordon Ramsey always says “restrunt” for “restaurant.” I love the British.

    So much for convincing myself that Gev won’t be paired with Jessica next week. Darn.

  • kerfuffle

    goldenlpb,

    See my answer on the previous page. In short, they draw names each week.

  • goldenlpb

    sorry kerfuffle, I must have missed you on the first page!

  • BootStar

    Thanks for those explanations, kerfuffle!

    So we’ll be seeing each dancer perform once as a pair and once in a solo. Are they pulling out of hats for genres for both performances, one or none? (Sorry, I’m so dense on this. AI is just so much simpler in this regard.)

  • SpenserJ

    Are they pulling out of hats for genres for both performances, one or none? (Sorry, Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m so dense on this.

    They pull their dance partner, and their dance style out of a hat. For their solo, they dance it in their own style.

  • kerfuffle

    BootStar, As I recall from past seasons, the girls pull a guy’s name from the hat. Someone (the guy?) pulls the couples’ dance style from a hat. Solos are a bit vague in my recollection. I think they’ve done different things in different seasons (2 & 3) – I didn’t watch season 1 – and different things different weeks. As rher said, last season they all danced the “same” solo, “interpreted” differently by each dancer at least one week. But that got WAY tedious, so they may not do that again. IDK.

    goldenplb, No worries!

  • http://myspace.com/girlgeek mj

    I lurve the Gevster, but I dont’ think he stands a chance against the male dancers who are left. And I think Jessica is definitely being set up as the next elimination amongst the girls.

    I should just make my pool picks now, and be done with it…

  • milajoy

    They draw names and it changes weekly.

  • SpenserJ

    I should just make my pool picks now, and be done with ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦

    This is the week that I’m taking the little Spenses to that evil mouse’s kingdom – so I’m going to have to do just that! I’ll have to make my picks on Monday without seeing anyone dance. Oh well, I guess it’s adios to the number 6 position. It was great while it lasted :)

  • jenniewdc

    Thanks to kerfuffle and to dreambabydream for explanations about the process on SYTYCD from here on.

  • spritely

    This has probably been mentioned a million times, but I’ve missed all of them. Does anybody know what has happened to/with Sabra? Or Danny?

    (I hope I’m not too far OT.)

  • http://dreambabysdreams.blogspot.com/ Dream Baby Dream

    As I recall from past seasons, the girls pull a guyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s name from the hat. Someone (the guy?) pulls the couplesà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ dance style from a hat. Solos are a bit vague in my recollection. I think theyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ve done different things in different seasons (2 & 3) – I didnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t watch season 1 – and different things different weeks. As rher said, last season they all danced the à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“sameà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  solo, à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“interpretedà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  differently by each dancer at least one week. But that got WAY tedious, so they may not do that again. IDK.

    I think it changes from week to week, whether it is the guys pulling girls names or the girls pulling guys names. And then whichever is the pullee (as opposed to being the puller) is the one who picks the dance styles from the hat.

    Last year, it was when there were 10 left that their solos were all the same choreography. After that, they did their solos in their own style. I think even the judges were bored with seeing the same routine over and over and over again by about 4 or 5 in. I highly doubt that we’ll see that one again. I would expect that they simply do their solos in their own styles.

    Also, someone asked on the previous page whether it was just one partner dance and one solo each…nope! Whoever they get partnered with, they will perform 2 partner dances with. And each individual dancer will perform 1 solo. So, every performance night from here on out, we will see each dancer perform at least 3 times. They started doing 2 numbers a couple of weeks earlier than they have in the past, so who knows what else they’ll change on us. Maybe when they get down to the Top 6 or so, they’ll do 3 partner dances? I don’t know.

    But, once it gets to the Top 4, everything changes. They will all dance a solo, each girl will dance with each guy, etc…the two girls will dance together, the two guys will dance together, and all 4 will dance together. I believe once its all said and done, each dancer will dance 5 routines that night. It’s insane. But lots of fun.

    Granted, like I mentioned earlier they could change all of this on us and throw us for a loop. Who knows?

  • smartcookie

    They don’t always do solos, but as far as I can remember, they do two dances with their new partner each week. Season 1, they started doing two (partner) dances in Week 4. But Season 1 was so different in every way that it really doesn’t count.

    Season 2, they didn’t start doing two (partner) dances until Week 6, when all they had left was the top ten. That was when they threw out the couples and mixed up the partners, and also started two (partner) dances per week. All ten of them also did solos in their own styles. So, for example, Travis, who had been paired with Martha until the Top Ten, now had Heidi, and they performed the Paso Doble and a contemporary routine choreographed by Mia. Travis did a contemporary solo to Gavin DeGraw and Heidi did a Latin solo, I think, to the Black Eyed Peas. They switched partners each week after that, with two partner dances and a solo. (They may not have done solos Week 7 (Top Eight) actually. I don’t remember.)

    Season 3, the only people doing solos were the ones in the B3 until the Top Ten. Then each couple did ONE (instead of two, like the previous season) partner dance, plus each individual did the Wade solo to “Waiting on the World to Change.” While it was cool to see them each perform the same dance, it was also not fair in the least to give a contemporary solo to people like Pasha the Latin ballroom dancer and Dominic the b-boy. Top Eight, it was two partner dances and no solos. Top Six, it was two partner dances and everybody did solos as well.

    Oh, and in the Final Four, the last two seasons, everybody danced with everybody else, including the two girls having a number of their own and the two boys with a number of their own, and each has to do a solo in addition.

    Because each season so far has been slightly different from the others, I don’t know that we can guarantee what they will do. Giving the top 14 and top 12 two partner dances a week was already different from the previous seasons, so whether they will add solos this week or do something completely different, I have no idea.

  • AZIdolFan

    i hope next week for the first hour they dance with the new partner of the week and the next hour they each do a solo for a 1 and 1/2. cause as Thayne proved (over and over) a solo can change a person’s mind about who they want eliminated. and i really really want to see Gev’s (again) and Joshua’s solo!

  • yf7184

    Thank you mj for pointing out the fake lesbianism and simply bad singing. The contrast is stunning when you compare that with all the great dancing.

  • hcpoirot

    Judging from the votes so far, Only Katee, Joshua, Mark and Chelsie never been in bottom 3. So thats mean 4 of them had large fans base or at least one of each couples.

    In season 2, Donnyelle and Benji never got into bottom 3 when they made into top 10. Both of them smoothly into final 4.

    In season 3, Benji sister (how I can forget her name?????) also never made to bottom 3 and she alone made into top 4 cause her partner didnot had big fan base and eliminated in top 10.

    So we will see in next week, if Joshua/Katee and Mark/Chelsie fansbase. If no matter the result of the dance in top 10 good or bad, both four of them didnot falled into bottom 4. It mean it was s trong indication 4 of them will sailed to final 4.

    If one of them in bottom 2, example : Katee in bottom 2 next week and Joshua not. Mean Joshua was 99% will be in final four cause his votes alone carying both of them to top 10. And vice versa.

    (2 girls and 2 boys at the bottom vote will be called and the lowest girl and boy in votes will be send home)

    So next week will be simply interesting.

  • hcpoirot

    I do hope the judges specially NIgel was not foolish enough to do season 3 routine in top 5 where all 10 people dance the same choreography. What a lousy stupid idea.

    All 10 people shall dance in their own strength cause at the end, we only picked one winner.