Now it's time for our first elimination of the season!
But first we've got an outstanding group performance choreographed by the fantastic Shane Sparks! (Danced to 'Boom Boom Pow by the Black Eyed Peas) We've been subjected to so much Tabitha & Napoleon, it's nice to have a fantastic reminder of hard hitting, hip hop dancing. This was excellent.
After that, we get to whittling the group down to the bottom 3 pairs. After all the recaps and Cat's teases, our bottom 3 is revealed to be Paris & Tony, Asuka & Vitolio and Karla & Jonathan. No big surprises there. It was pretty clear last night.
Before we get down to the solos, we get a Tango performance from Miriam Larichie (spelling help anyone?) and Leonardo Bario Nuevo to 'Tanguera' from Luis Bravo's Forever Tango. Normally I wouldn't bother commenting on the guests on a results show, but I do love a Tango. The foot work is so compelling, it's a wonder to me that they don't get all tangled up.
After a brief commercial break, we're back with solos. We start with Paris dancing to 'It Doesn't Hurt' by Katie Thompson. It's pretty good for what it is, but then again, I'm a poor judge of solos.
She's followed by Tony dancing to 'Early in the Morning' by The Gap Band. Ummmm...again, I'm a lousy solo judge, but this seems really sloppy. There's nothing sharp in it at all. I'm thinking Tony phoned it in tonight.
Up next, dancing to 'Did Ya' by BoA, is Asuka. She's really sharp and on the mark. My god, she has tiny ankles! I keep waiting for her legs to just collapse!
Now we've got Vitolio dancing to 'We Belong Together' from Gavin DeGraw. Out of all the guys I thought this one was the best. While not super exciting, it was strong and passionate.
Last up for the girls is Karla dancing to 'Natural Woman' by Aretha Franklin. I think she's let her nerves get to her, 'cause she's a little shaky. It's alright, but just alright.
Finally, Jonathan's up dancing to 'Krazy' by Pitbull featuring Lil Jon. Like Tony's solo, it's pretty weak. Not a lot of strength and purpose with this one.
While the judges head off to deliberate, we've got a performance from Sean Kingston. Yep, I fast forwarded through this. Not really my bag.
Okay, it's time for results! The girls are up first. Karla is the first one safe of the three and she looks incredibly relieved. At this point, I'm pretty sure Asuka is safe because we're pretty heavy on contemporary dancers this season, so there's no way they're going to get rid of a really talented ballroom dancer. Which is essentially what Nigel says when he sends Paris packing. Sorry Paris, you got stuck with a not so great partner, a mediocre routine and bad costumes.
Now the guys are up and Nigel tears into all of them for pretty weak solos. Vitolio's safe right off the bat, which again, isn't surprising. His was the strongest solo. I wasn't terribly sure which of the remaining two guys was heading home. Sadly (for him anyway), Tony's shown the door. I'm actually a little torn on this one because he reminds me a bit of Ivan from Season 2. Ivan was pretty green at the start of the competition, but really grew and ended up making it to the Top 6. On the other hand, he could've turned out like Cedric, who the judges kept around way too long and managed to sewer the chances of other, more qualified dancers.
Ah well, first eliminations are down. Now the rest of them know what it's going to be like if they don't step it up every week.
That's all I've got for tonight. Keep an eye out for spoilery bits on next week's show. As soon as I find any, I'll post them here. Carra's on the road for a bit, so you probably won't see her comments until next week.
Cheers!
But first we've got an outstanding group performance choreographed by the fantastic Shane Sparks! (Danced to 'Boom Boom Pow by the Black Eyed Peas) We've been subjected to so much Tabitha & Napoleon, it's nice to have a fantastic reminder of hard hitting, hip hop dancing. This was excellent.
After that, we get to whittling the group down to the bottom 3 pairs. After all the recaps and Cat's teases, our bottom 3 is revealed to be Paris & Tony, Asuka & Vitolio and Karla & Jonathan. No big surprises there. It was pretty clear last night.
Before we get down to the solos, we get a Tango performance from Miriam Larichie (spelling help anyone?) and Leonardo Bario Nuevo to 'Tanguera' from Luis Bravo's Forever Tango. Normally I wouldn't bother commenting on the guests on a results show, but I do love a Tango. The foot work is so compelling, it's a wonder to me that they don't get all tangled up.
After a brief commercial break, we're back with solos. We start with Paris dancing to 'It Doesn't Hurt' by Katie Thompson. It's pretty good for what it is, but then again, I'm a poor judge of solos.
She's followed by Tony dancing to 'Early in the Morning' by The Gap Band. Ummmm...again, I'm a lousy solo judge, but this seems really sloppy. There's nothing sharp in it at all. I'm thinking Tony phoned it in tonight.
Up next, dancing to 'Did Ya' by BoA, is Asuka. She's really sharp and on the mark. My god, she has tiny ankles! I keep waiting for her legs to just collapse!
Now we've got Vitolio dancing to 'We Belong Together' from Gavin DeGraw. Out of all the guys I thought this one was the best. While not super exciting, it was strong and passionate.
Last up for the girls is Karla dancing to 'Natural Woman' by Aretha Franklin. I think she's let her nerves get to her, 'cause she's a little shaky. It's alright, but just alright.
Finally, Jonathan's up dancing to 'Krazy' by Pitbull featuring Lil Jon. Like Tony's solo, it's pretty weak. Not a lot of strength and purpose with this one.
While the judges head off to deliberate, we've got a performance from Sean Kingston. Yep, I fast forwarded through this. Not really my bag.
Okay, it's time for results! The girls are up first. Karla is the first one safe of the three and she looks incredibly relieved. At this point, I'm pretty sure Asuka is safe because we're pretty heavy on contemporary dancers this season, so there's no way they're going to get rid of a really talented ballroom dancer. Which is essentially what Nigel says when he sends Paris packing. Sorry Paris, you got stuck with a not so great partner, a mediocre routine and bad costumes.
Now the guys are up and Nigel tears into all of them for pretty weak solos. Vitolio's safe right off the bat, which again, isn't surprising. His was the strongest solo. I wasn't terribly sure which of the remaining two guys was heading home. Sadly (for him anyway), Tony's shown the door. I'm actually a little torn on this one because he reminds me a bit of Ivan from Season 2. Ivan was pretty green at the start of the competition, but really grew and ended up making it to the Top 6. On the other hand, he could've turned out like Cedric, who the judges kept around way too long and managed to sewer the chances of other, more qualified dancers.
Ah well, first eliminations are down. Now the rest of them know what it's going to be like if they don't step it up every week.
That's all I've got for tonight. Keep an eye out for spoilery bits on next week's show. As soon as I find any, I'll post them here. Carra's on the road for a bit, so you probably won't see her comments until next week.
Cheers!
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Thanks for posting the songs. This way I can look them up on iTunes.
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