So You Think You Can Dance – Top 18 Results – Recap

So last week Wade Robson choreographed the group number…this week, Shane Sparks. It’s making me wonder if that is the only kind of contributions we will be getting from them…no choreographing the competition pieces, no judging. I really loved them as both choreographers and judges. Too bad, if this is all we’ll get from them…that’s a big loss for the show, IMO.

Havn’t watched, but Suzie being gone is no surprise…as she’s pretty much hated on every forum I’ve read. Marquis is a bit of a surprise to me. I was hoping that Thayne, or especially Chris, would be gone.

I actually thought Marquis’s solo was the best of the guys…and I found some dance in there, not just tricks like Nigel said. I was actually really surprised that they chose him to eliminate. I honestly thought that Thayne was toast.

I agree with Susie but not Marquis. I would have eliminated Tree boy instead.

I agree with the judges decision to send Susie home, but I’m on the fence about Marquis. I think his solo earned him another week as I found it to be the strongest of the three guys. I found Chris’ the weakest and really thought tonight he’d be clocking out.

I thought they were right on both selections to go home. I didn’t care for Marquis solo at all and found Chris’ to be good.

I am ecstatic that Susie is gone. Like…jazz hands ecstatic. She makes me feel like I should lick a dollar and stick it on her ass.

LMAO, chachi!

I thought Sparks’ routine was fantastic! I know all the dancers were there but I couldn’t seem to find Courtney G. in the group dance. Quick question, which guy was it at the end standing on his head?

Can I just say how great Cat is? I think she is by far the best host of all these talent competitions.

I think that was Gev, AInoob.

I am a bit sad that Marquis went. I thought his solo was far better than Treebread’s (tm cheese). Not sad that Susie went though. She was definitely one of the weakest girls.

I should go rewatch my summer tv boyfriend’s group routine. Hmmm.

Dang, I could’ve gotten 15 points had I joined the pool (would’ve put 10 on Susie and split 5 and 5 with Thayne and Marquis)! I have a feeling it’ll work against my favor once I do join, though, so I won’t. And I’m now behind two weeks anyway, so I wouldn’t get anywhere.

Nice to see Cat wearing a dress that doesn’t suck, for a change. And yes, she’s still a great host (minus her occasional inability to have a good sense of fashion).

Re: “Chris is not a *stick tree picture here*” sign – Of course he’s not a tree, he’s freaking WONDER BREAD, for God’s sake.

I am ecstatic that Susie is gone. Likeà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦jazz hands ecstatic. She makes me feel like I should lick a dollar and stick it on her ass.

LOL. Win!

I’m glad Susie is gone, but I also thought Marquis’s solo was better than Chris’s….I guess it came down to personality, but it was sad seeing Marquis tear up….

Loved the Shane Sparks group number….I’ve been missing his choreography!!!

Yup, just as I thought. Chris’s determination and positive outlook is being noticed by the judges. He’s safe for another week. Good for him.
FYI: I worship at the altar of chachi.

I’m thinkin’ Thayne’s coast to coast grin reminds me of “Bob” from those stupid get your wood on commercials on Spike TV.
Dial it back, please. Oh, and your solo did not impress me. Nope, not a bit.

I thought Marquis’ dance-for-your-life was the best of the guys. Made me wish he’d been given one more chance. The other 2 are so interchangeable.
Hooray — Susie is gone. I never could figure out why she made it this far.

MJ – LOVE that you’re covering this show. I love the show and it’s such fun to have a place to chat about it.

Methinks the guys are a lot better than the girls this year. Go Twitch, Matt, Joshua, Mark and Gev!

And someone else said it — but I think it’s so cool that the judges know what they’re talking about and actually offer constructive criticism (well…except for Nigel. Yipes – he is really ‘different’ isn’t he?)

Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m thinkinà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ Thayneà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s coast to coast grin reminds me of à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“Bobà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  from those stupid get your wood on commercials on Spike TV.
Dial it back, please. Oh, and your solo did not impress me. Nope, not a bit.

Glad I’m not the only one who feels that way…at least about his solo. Okay, fine…about his smile too. I give. I think he might need a Xanax or something, to calm down a bit.

Thayne reminds me A TON of Benji, except he’s a better contemporary dancer and not as good at ballroom. But he looks and acts so much like Benji that I can’t figure out why he’s not as popular.

O.K….are you kidding me? I just watched the show, finally. Chris was so incredibly weak. Compared to Marquis, it wasn’t even close. He looked like he was giving up, as he knew that the two dancers before him are far more talented. Also, Comfort…she SUCKS. Suzie danced her rear off and was actually pretty good this weak. Comfort sucked in her own style. Suzie had a much harder routine, and I’m sorry some of your are threatened or something by sexy women, but she deserved to stay. They booted the wrong partnership. They don’t want to break up partners yet, so they are booting couples and to me Comfort and Chris far and away were the weakest. What a shame.

Thayne reminds me A TON of Benji, except heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s a better contemporary dancer and not as good at ballroom. But he looks and acts so much like Benji that I canà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t figure out why heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s not as popular.

Benji can dance rings around Thayne.

This is going to be a tight year – there are a lot of good dancers. It’s going to be rough when we get down to 8 or so and the boys will prevail.

Follow up…TRICKS??? They have only 30 seconds, and those performances are always going to showcase what they can do. I didn’t find Chris to have that much feeling at all…except depression. He knew he was gone and he’s very lucky to be there, as Marquis is ten time the dancer, and for me a sweeter, more genuine person. He seemed so crushed, but he took it like a man. Too bad this show kept the boy instead to cater to the kiddies who crush.

I don’t think the right boy went home. I also think Marquis was the strongest of the three tonight.

So last week Wade Robson choreographed the group numberà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦this week, Shane Sparks. Ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s making me wonder if that is the only kind of contributions we will be getting from themà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦no choreographing the competition pieces, no judging. I really loved them as both choreographers and judges. Too bad, if this is all weà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ll get from themà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦thatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s a big loss for the show, IMO.

It is a HUGE loss for the show. I wonder if their schedules just wouldn’t allow now that they are more popular than ever. Good for them but bad news for the show. The LA Times article today commented on something missing this season and I think it’s the choreography that we’ve come to expect.

Shane Sparks is judging Americas Best Dance Crew – Season 2 but did he judge that last year and then go back and forth to this show?

just watched the clips and felt Marquise definitely had the best male dance tonight. Seems like the judges again wanted to boot a couple instead of splitting. Chris was definitely the weakest of the guys. I would have chosen Comfort to go instead of Susie. Thought Susie put a lot more into her dance than Comfort did. I don’t really care for either of the girls but Susie did a better job. I tracked down the audition clips in the MJ archives and seeing them was very helpful seeing how they were chosen and their personal favorite type of dance. Wish they were all there but I got to see about half (probably a little more than half). Thanks for posting them MJ.

I agree that it was Suzie’s time to go, although Comfort just squeaked by. She sure doesn’t seem to be giving much on this show. Her solo was incredibly weak. I’m also on the fence about the guys. I thought Marquis had a powerful solo, while Chris’s was very bland and uninspired. If they were really judging by the solos, it would have been Chris’s time to go. I think they’re looking at a bigger picture though, so…oh well. Neither of them were likely to get into the Top 4 anyways.

I really wish they would not hold to an even guy/girl ratio for the Top 4 as its clear to me that there’s at least 4 guys that deserve those top spots – namely Joshua, Will, Twitch and Mark. All these guys talents exceed the women in this competition, IMO, and I think it would make for an amazing show if these guys could compete head to head at the end. I’m actually surprised that the show ended up fielding this crop of women as there are so many exceptional women dancers out there.

I also agree that Marquisà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ dance-for-your-life was the best of the guys. Chris really didn’t display anything exceptional, but I said I wanted to see more from him. OTOH, Comfort’s solo was good and she sved herself. I am not sure how likeable she is, but if she gets it all together, she’ll be TOP 10 material. They need a Hop Hop girl.

Poor Marquis…Cat is so comforting.

How long do they keep with the girl/guy ratio being voted off?

Not sure that America’s Best Dance Crew was on at the same time as SYTYCD last season, so, Shane was probably available last time. Wade – no idea.

I don’t believe the judges strictly use the solo to choose who’s going home. It’s likely a combination of that, past performances, work ethic, personality, crowd response/vote totals, and potential to take on future genres. Based on those items, I think they chose correctly.

I’ve loved that Flo-Rida song, since I first heard it and was hoping that would be his performance song last night – makes me dance, wherever I am.

weelassie — they keep it up until the end, don’t they? They dance as couples pretty much all the way through. Top 4 maybe? Someone?

I enjoyed the show last night, and agree that Marquis going home might have been the wrong choice, although I like the other two guys a lot too. How about we send home all the gals first…. all male SYTYCD, could work? No. Not Chippendales, I realize. Just thinking out loud. Would make a lovely summer for us lonely gals.

Anyway — Comfort and Chris are as opposite as Mark and Chelsie. Who ever called Chris “Wonderbread” gets kudo’s. “I didn’t want to grab my crotch” — funny boy. He could have learned from the rapper dude that sang at the end. Keep your friggin’ hands off yourself — sheesh — we teach our boys that at age 3 — why is this cool all of a sudden. God, I’m old.

One more anyway — I was glad to see Susie cut too. She really did need $1′s hanging out of her dress, she might have gotten more votes.

I chose Susie and Marquis on the poll. I didn’t care for either of them.
It’s very hard to choose who is going home, when they get a second
chance to dance for their lives. Marquis, as Nigel stated, did have more
tricks than technique in his routine. That being said, after seeing the
‘Dance for your life’ routines, I would have kept Marquis for another
week and sent Thayne packing.

I picked Susie to go home. IMO she’s not sexy at all. She’s looks rather cheap and is not a good dancer. I just figured they would want a couple to go again this week so Marquis had to go with her. I just figured he was expendable.

I’m thinking the pool won’t be so easy next week.

OK, this is coming from a complete dance moron, and I don’t even particularly care for Marquis, but to me his solo was far and away the strongest. I thought Nigel’s comments were bullshit. I think they eliminated him because of personality/partnering issues. Don’t tell the poor kid the reason was his solo had too many “tricks”. Neil made it to top three last season, and all he did was “tricks”. This is the kind of bullshit that drove me crazy on AI. Bleh.

They could have eliminated all six of them and I wouldn’t have minded. This year, the cream seems to have risen so early and so high that it’s practically out of sight of the bland milk down below. Maybe a few others will shine when they’re dancing on their own.

I, too, am “jazz hands ecstatic” that Susie went home. I said from the get go that I would put all of my girl points on her until she went. Luckily, it only took 2 weeks!

As for Marquis, I agree with the people who said he had the best solo. However, I had put all of my guy points on him, so I can’t exactly say I’m sad that she’s going.

I do think Treebread is a goner next week. Shoot, just when cheese thought of a good nickname for him…

Thayne reminds me A TON of Benji, except heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s a better contemporary dancer and not as good at ballroom. But he looks and acts so much like Benji that I canà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t figure out why heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s not as popular.

There is a fine line between goofy/fun and goofy/irritating. Thayne is just irritating, starting with his thname. Benji was/is by far a better dancer. And his humor was way more organic and not so forced.

This, show, much like Idol, has its agenda and this year seems to be dump-whole-couples, for awhile at least. Marquis was far better in his solo than Chris, but I believe there were other factors at play here and leave it at that.

While I really like this show overall, I think there is a problem with your season when the most interesting and enjoyable person on stage is still Cat Deeley.

I will add, though, that the opening numbers on elimination night still kick total a**. Last night’s from Shane was totally terrific.

In this particular case, I think personality trumped technique. Nigelà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s assessment that Marquisà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s solo dance was a bag of tricks was harsh. Marquis welled up, he knew he was going home. At that moment, my heart broke for him a little.

Perfectly put! I don’t remember them ever eliminating whole couples two weeks in a row before.

The only thing different about Chelsea’s and Suzie’s dance for your life was that Chelsea moved about the stage more. I am questioning Chelsea as a dancer because her moves were sub-par yesterday. I don’t think she even pointed her toes. Not that I don’t think that Suzie’s time on the show was going to end sooner than later.

And don’t get me started on Comfort. That was not very imaginitive or good at all. Can’t believe that Nigel saved her on the fact that she did well on the group dance. So did Marquis! And I still can’t believe he said that she was the best hip hop dancer ever. Does he not remember Sara? It is kind of maddening when the show becomes transparent, like it did last night.

Marquis knew he was a goner as soon as they announced Suzie’s name. What a shame because he was so much better Thayne/chris.

Marquis, as Nigel stated, did have more
tricks than technique in his routine.

I’m calling BS on Nigel’s theory here. They give them 30 seconds to show what they can do. What are they expecting? Some kind of lyrical piece with a fully fleshed out storyline? Marquise’ tricks were technique, and an example of excellent techique at that. For me, he was far better than both Thayne (what a stupid name) and the Treebread ™.

Comfort & Chelsea T. are WAAAAAY over-rated. And, they’re just lucky they had the Miami Tranny there to suck even more than they did.

I’m a wee bit bitter about how badly I tanked on the Pool this week! :rolleyes_wp:

The LA Times reporter who was at the taping had this to say about Marquis being eliminated:

“You can lose tonight, two of you,” remarked Nigel, “but that doesnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t stop you being great dancers.” Nigel complimented Chris on his passion, and I was sure he was just softening the blow. I was wrong. After stopping time with his minute long dance routine, Marquis was sent home. And that’s when I did something I thought I’d never do. I led my first “boo.” In an instant, the whole studio had joined me. We booed loud and we booed long and we booed hard. We booed for the people at home, who could not be heard. And we booed for Marquis, who could not boo, but instead, was forced to take the high road. “Thank you,” he said. “It’s been a really awesome road, and I can’t wait to keep going on it.”

What bugged me about Nigel telling Marquis he had too many tricks … is that Nigel is the one that jumps all over them if they don’t pull out all the stops and show everything they can in the ‘dance for your life’ bits.
Hmmmm… Nigel is flip-flopping …

What bothered me last night was Nigel’s ridiculous assertion that Marquis was sent home for having tricks and not technique. As I said in chat last night (and btw, where were the rest of you during the show, huh?), Marquis was much more fluid, much more technique, than Thayne. And, since when were tricks discouraged? Wait until we get a few more poppers and hip-hoppers in the dance-offs, Aren’t they pretty much all trick dance styles? It’s unfortunate that Marquis left when he did but, I don’t think he was going to be a long term dancer regardless.

Shane Sparks is busy! Right after the SYTYCD results show ended I flipped over to America’s Best Dance Crew and there he was again I suppose it’s a smaller workload than Ryan Seacrest’s during Idol, though.

Agreed with Susie leaving, but surprised at Marquis. I think the judges’ decision came down to seeing more potential in the other two.

Mj, I also read that LA times article; thank you for posting the quote here because it echoes and asserts what a lot of us were thinking.

Spenser – you said it. Comfort and Chelsea better watch out because Suzie ain’t saving them anymore.

Interesting quote you brought over, mj. That kinda summed up my thoughts on the whole thing. Granted, I was expecting it to be Thayne to get the boot instead of Chris, but honestly I could see how the judges would go either way with the two of them. They are rather interchangable to me. Both are contemporary dancers who are struggling in the personality department, and I found both of their solos to be a bit lackluster, especially in comparison to the one Marquis gave us.

They are rather interchangable to me.

That’s completely how I feel. They may as well be the same person. Why not just get rid of one of them while you have the chance? It’s not like one of them is so special he’s going to get to the top 4.

I had a school board meeting last night, so I didn’t get to watch. I had computer issues until just now and was able to watch the videos – Thanks MJ!

I seriously got goosebumps watching Marquis dance his solo. I split my points on Marquis and Thayne but am very sorry to have made my points on his elimination. I feel guilty even taking them. He didn’t deserve to go after his solo. No. Way. Of the three guys, Tree was the weakest of the solos. I loved reading the LA article and I feel the writer booed for me too! Go BOO!

Susie, not good enough. Although, whoever said the pairing didn’t showcase their strengths was right. Still think she was the weakest of the girls.

Comfort, IMO, can’t hold a candle to Sara. But, she could make me change my mind – we’ll see!

Lest we forget that we didn’t to vote on the dance for your life performances, only the ones from the previous evening.

Right Nola, sure, we don’t vote on those performances.

However, why even term it “dance for your life” – or taking it a step further, even have them in the first place – when it’s obvious that in some situations, it doesn’t even matter how well a contestant dances in one of those performances, they’ll get eliminated anyway? It was pretty clear to me this week that the judges already had their minds made up, and nothing was going to change them.