Now I love me some Melissa but we haven’t seen that’s she’s ultimately that much more technically capable than the others yet. Psyched for that pas-de-deux

I think the judges have jumped on her bandwagon because she’s come out week after week and done a fantastic job. So, if she’s now the TCO, I’d say it’s because she’s earned it.

You know I love ya, Spense, but I have to disagree with you on this one. While I do think Melissa has done a great job, there’s really no reason she shouldn’t have. She hasn’t been asked to stretch out of her comfort zone yet. Now, if she goes out there and does the most earth-shattering, spectacular hip-hop routine EVAH or something, I then might think she is fabulous. There’s a big part of me that thinks she’d crash and burn on a hip-hop (or a jive, or a samba, or probably a lot of various other things), which is why she has conveniently not “picked” any of those genres “out of the hat.” I mean seriously, the pot of duh IS a ballet for goodness sake!

ETA: Looking at the list again, it appears that MOST of the dances are one in one of the partners’ styles. Also, didn’t Jeanine and Phillip already do hip-hop? Do we know how credible the source is?

Nico – the winner of SYTYCD Canada is far from being a ballerina sunchick.

Ahhh, I got it flip flopped. I thought Allie won and Nico was runner up. But yeah, from what I’ve seen on YouTube…superhot. Didn’t they dance the Stacey Tookey piece to Cookie’s Permanent? *off to search for video*

Melissa comes off ice queen. Unlike Allie, speaking of her.
I think TCO is Evan. Don’t care much for him myself.

Nico – the winner of SYTYCD Canada is far from being a ballerina sunchick. The guy is HOT! whew… but the runner-up Allie was a ballerina. Yes a ballerina, Talia, won SYTYCD Australia this year (a broadway guy won in the first year).

Enjoy some Nico http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2c0xYR It was choreo’d by Blake
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbzQBD7YvY0

That’s why Kayla’s pre-show edits threw me off. Another female contemporary dancer? (I know Katee didn’t win last year, but she might as well have.) And if, as it now seems, she wasn’t TCO, what the hell was the point of all that? sunchick I like your idea that they wanted to make sure she’d make it far enough to dance with some of the male powerhouses, as she is technically gifted.

And I don’t even know what to say about this week’s spoilers. I mean, sure giving everyone their own styles will make for great television, but the audience will see through whatever credibility the producers had about the show’s fairness.

Karla and Vitolio have overstayed their welcomes of course.

She’s a ballerina so where is giving her Jazz, Rumba and Contemporary a favor?

The particular jazz and contemp pieces she was given were choreographed with Melissa and Ade’s technical strengths in mind. All three drew on the whole “sexy” thing as well that Melissa was known for since her audition. She hasn’t been forced to stretch much physically (the rumba would be the easiest of the Latin dances for a person with heavy classical training to pull off) or emmotionally, as all three of her pieces were of the boy meets girl variety.

Flove Melissa and Ade. None of her dances have been in her style so can’t see where people think she’s being handed anything. She’s a ballerina so where is giving her Jazz, Rumba and Contemporary a favor?

Good for Evan and Randi. Too bad for Jason and Caitlin, seems they are being thrown under. Don’t care for Kayla, don’t see the greatness.

Phillip gets HH again? How convenient.

So do people still think that Kayla is TCO? So far, Melissa has had contemporary, jazz, rumba (not exactly a ballroom that is uncomfortably out of her wheelhouse), and now pas de deux. Could they BE more obvious??

The Melissa as TCO theory does have some merit, especially considering a ballerina has just won SYTYCD Canada and I think Austrailia recently and the series do tend to siphon ideas from each other. Honestly, though, I think Ade is TCO, or at least fighting it out with Brandon for top guy. He’s been front and center in every group piece, has the best personality edit, was given a wealth of dances in his wheelhouse, and a technically proficient partner. Mia’s already familiar with him and it’s been speculated that her annoyance at Brandon is an attempt to to weaken Ade’s most direct competition because she favors Ade. (A typical Mia tactic, lolz. I still adore the crazy bitch, even if she did poor Marky wrong last season.) Which is actually fine by me because I really actually adore Ade, second to my sentimental fave Kupono.

I have to say it’s hard to come down on Kayla for being the beneficiary of shenanigans when there have been shenanigans out the wazoo this season. This week, if those spoilers are correct, well, we should at least get some decent stand out pieces.

I think this got buried in the last results show thread, so for those who haven’t seen it here’s a video of Ade and Kayla dancing a piece they choreographed. I think the producers will be chomping at the bit to put these two together eventually. Might save it for the top four, we’ll see.

I think the judges have jumped on her bandwagon because she’s come out week after week and done a fantastic job. So, if she’s now the TCO, I’d say it’s because she’s earned it.

I like Melissa, but have a hard time saying she’s earned it when she hasn’t even been challenged yet. The self proclaimed naughty ballerina has had two technique heavy contemp/jazz pieces which should be a snap for someone with her training and a naughty rhumba. I’m waiting to see if she can keep up with Ade in a hard hitting hip hop or krump.

Since I don’t think Evan started out as top tier fave, I am guessing he and Randi must really be pulling in the votes because they changed their tune on him a bit since the jive. Also, if those spoilers are true, not only are Evan and Rande getting Broadway, which is directly in Evan’s wheelhouse, but Randi’s said her favorite choreographer is guess who? Joey Dowling.

PHillip getting Nappy Tabs hip hop again…well, yeah. Not much else to say.

Sucks to be Karla and Vitolio unless they tapped Jason Gilkison to choreo the Quickstep.

Oh God Mia Michaels, that egotistical classless bitch will rag on Brandon again I betcha whether he does well or not, for some reason he brings out my motherly side so i’d like to punch her in the face when she starts that crap.

She’s a disgusting piece of crap. My fast forward on the DVR will come in handy tonight because I have absolutely no desire to hear anything that comes out of her pie hole.

Melissa? The old ballerina who burps?

:lol_tb:

Hey, you are making me feel really old!

i also don’t get the kayla love, same for janette. i guess i like rooting for the underdogs (melissa, karla, jeanine)

I do not like Mia Michaels.