We’re nearly at the end, folks. Here we are for the Top 6 performance show. Each couple is doing two dances tonight, in addition to a girls group number, a guys group number and solos. Should be a packed full evening.
Joining us on the judging panel tonight is Lil C. We haven’t seen nearly enough Lil C this season and I am particularly dismayed that we haven’t had a Krump routine. I’m hoping it’s because Lil C has been working heavily on Season 6, so we’ll see a lot more of him then.
Up first we’ve got the guys working with Sonya Tayeh for the group routine. It’s Willy Wonka-esque. From rehearsals it looks like it’s going to be fun. The guys are dancing to ‘True Romance’ by She Wants Revenge and they’re done up in whacked out sort of suit costumes with neon green highlights. Though I must say they are badly placed neon green highlights.There’s some very cool throws and flips. The boys are very sharp and together. Evan’s sort of standing out to me in this piece. He seems to do quirky the best out of the three of them. Well done guys.
Sonya’s standing up in the audience cheering for them. Lil C loved it, calls Brandon dedicated, says Ade’s proving it, and commends Evan for not getting swallowed by the other two. Mary just loved it, yes she did. She was impressed with their synchronicity. Nigel says Evan stood out of the three. He congratulates all three.
First up for the couples are Jeanine and Ade. They’re doing a Samba with Louis Van Amstel. It’s non-traditional and suggestive apparently. They’re dancing to ‘LoveGame’ by...ugh...Lady GA GA (I’ve decided I’m going to say it like Nigel says it all the time now). Jeanine’s definitely got the hips down. I know nothing about the technicalities here, but these two look really good doing this piece. Oh, wait....those turns look messy...really messy. Ade looks like he has to ‘catch up’ here and there. Jeanine’s definitely the stronger of the two here. Started out well... Why at this point is Ade still sloppy in some of these routines? I sometimes get the feeling that he's not taking this very seriously.
Mary says the first 15 seconds were great and then it fell apart. I sort of agree. Lil C says Jeanine looks amazing and he was excited about the partnership. Unfortunately the piece fell short for him. Nigel says Ade didn’t get down enough but thought Jeanine did a wonderful job.
First solo of the night is Kayla dancing to ‘You Found Me’ by The Fray. Her extensions are just lovely, really. I really like the fact that she’s able to be sharp and soft all in one piece. I didn't like this solo as much as I usually do with hers, I'm not sure why... It felt a bit frantic to me...
Back from commercial and we’re on to Melissa and Evan doing a Broadway number with Tyce. Evan’s really into it. They’re dancing to ‘Get Me To The Church On Time’ from My Fair Lady, performed by Matt Dusk. Hmmm....they both seem to be making great efforts with their facial expressions, but I’m not getting a lot of energy in the dancing. Again, Broadway’s not really my thing, but I’m not feeling this at all. It was cute, but not final 4 caliber. This was just "meh" for me unfortunately. Too bad really because isn't Broadway supposed to be Evan's strength? You know, I kind of put this one on to the choreography. I thought it was going to be really good, but there just didn't seem to be a lot for them to grab on to, and it really fell short.
Lil C is disappointed that Evan didn’t take the helm. He says they both did really good but there was something missing. Mary seems to think it was Finale worthy. It was entertaining for her...which I imagine doesn’t take much. Perhaps just a shiny object waving in the wind (bwah!). Nigel praises Melissa for adapting so well to all the styles and thinks Evan brought enough personality to the routine. I’m not sure at this point we should be praising ‘enough’. I want more!
Up next for solos is Ade dancing to ‘18th Floor Balcony’ by Blue October. This piece seems better composed than last week’s. His spins are really good. Well done.
Now we’ve got Kayla and Brandon. Powerhouse coupling. And right before Finale Week... good timing for them, I'm thinking... They’re doing Contemporary with Stacey Tookey. It’s a piece about two people in an extra marital affair. This looks like it’ll be a challenging routine. Song choice is ‘All I Want’ by Ahn Trio. Kayla looks fantastic here and...oh! Brandon lost his shirt! Yay! I’m not really sure about the lighting on this. You can’t see Brandon’s face at all and it seems to be taking away from the piece. I agree but I think maybe the point was that it was supposed to be more about Kayla's feelings than Brandon's ~ and in that case the lighting hiding Brandon's face was appropriate. The movement is beautiful, but without being able to see his expression cuts off the connection to him for me. Again, the dancing is fantastic...there’s just a little something missing. Not for me - this was my favourite routine tonight.
Lil C says it was really intense and beyond amazing. Kayla’s a beast and this is the first time she was with a partner equally matched to her. I agree with C here. Mary says it was exquisite, perfection. Nigel agrees with the others and praises Stacey Tookey’s choreography. He would’ve liked to see them together sooner...hinting that they didn’t quite have the chemistry, but technically they were fantastic. Whole heartedly agree, Nigel.
Solos again with Melissa dancing to ‘I Put a Spell on You’ by Nina Simone (seriously the best version of this song ever). Sadly, the solo is pretty boring. You’ve only got thirty seconds here...it needs to have impact and this didn’t. This is just more of the same from Melissa...so "meh" from me on this.
Now I’m going to shake things up a bit and head out! I have somewhere I have to be, so Carly’s going to pick it up where I left off for the second half of the show. Enjoy the rest of it!
Joining us on the judging panel tonight is Lil C. We haven’t seen nearly enough Lil C this season and I am particularly dismayed that we haven’t had a Krump routine. I’m hoping it’s because Lil C has been working heavily on Season 6, so we’ll see a lot more of him then.
Up first we’ve got the guys working with Sonya Tayeh for the group routine. It’s Willy Wonka-esque. From rehearsals it looks like it’s going to be fun. The guys are dancing to ‘True Romance’ by She Wants Revenge and they’re done up in whacked out sort of suit costumes with neon green highlights. Though I must say they are badly placed neon green highlights.There’s some very cool throws and flips. The boys are very sharp and together. Evan’s sort of standing out to me in this piece. He seems to do quirky the best out of the three of them. Well done guys.
Sonya’s standing up in the audience cheering for them. Lil C loved it, calls Brandon dedicated, says Ade’s proving it, and commends Evan for not getting swallowed by the other two. Mary just loved it, yes she did. She was impressed with their synchronicity. Nigel says Evan stood out of the three. He congratulates all three.
First up for the couples are Jeanine and Ade. They’re doing a Samba with Louis Van Amstel. It’s non-traditional and suggestive apparently. They’re dancing to ‘LoveGame’ by...ugh...Lady GA GA (I’ve decided I’m going to say it like Nigel says it all the time now). Jeanine’s definitely got the hips down. I know nothing about the technicalities here, but these two look really good doing this piece. Oh, wait....those turns look messy...really messy. Ade looks like he has to ‘catch up’ here and there. Jeanine’s definitely the stronger of the two here. Started out well... Why at this point is Ade still sloppy in some of these routines? I sometimes get the feeling that he's not taking this very seriously.
Mary says the first 15 seconds were great and then it fell apart. I sort of agree. Lil C says Jeanine looks amazing and he was excited about the partnership. Unfortunately the piece fell short for him. Nigel says Ade didn’t get down enough but thought Jeanine did a wonderful job.
First solo of the night is Kayla dancing to ‘You Found Me’ by The Fray. Her extensions are just lovely, really. I really like the fact that she’s able to be sharp and soft all in one piece. I didn't like this solo as much as I usually do with hers, I'm not sure why... It felt a bit frantic to me...
Back from commercial and we’re on to Melissa and Evan doing a Broadway number with Tyce. Evan’s really into it. They’re dancing to ‘Get Me To The Church On Time’ from My Fair Lady, performed by Matt Dusk. Hmmm....they both seem to be making great efforts with their facial expressions, but I’m not getting a lot of energy in the dancing. Again, Broadway’s not really my thing, but I’m not feeling this at all. It was cute, but not final 4 caliber. This was just "meh" for me unfortunately. Too bad really because isn't Broadway supposed to be Evan's strength? You know, I kind of put this one on to the choreography. I thought it was going to be really good, but there just didn't seem to be a lot for them to grab on to, and it really fell short.
Lil C is disappointed that Evan didn’t take the helm. He says they both did really good but there was something missing. Mary seems to think it was Finale worthy. It was entertaining for her...which I imagine doesn’t take much. Perhaps just a shiny object waving in the wind (bwah!). Nigel praises Melissa for adapting so well to all the styles and thinks Evan brought enough personality to the routine. I’m not sure at this point we should be praising ‘enough’. I want more!
Up next for solos is Ade dancing to ‘18th Floor Balcony’ by Blue October. This piece seems better composed than last week’s. His spins are really good. Well done.
Now we’ve got Kayla and Brandon. Powerhouse coupling. And right before Finale Week... good timing for them, I'm thinking... They’re doing Contemporary with Stacey Tookey. It’s a piece about two people in an extra marital affair. This looks like it’ll be a challenging routine. Song choice is ‘All I Want’ by Ahn Trio. Kayla looks fantastic here and...oh! Brandon lost his shirt! Yay! I’m not really sure about the lighting on this. You can’t see Brandon’s face at all and it seems to be taking away from the piece. I agree but I think maybe the point was that it was supposed to be more about Kayla's feelings than Brandon's ~ and in that case the lighting hiding Brandon's face was appropriate. The movement is beautiful, but without being able to see his expression cuts off the connection to him for me. Again, the dancing is fantastic...there’s just a little something missing. Not for me - this was my favourite routine tonight.
Lil C says it was really intense and beyond amazing. Kayla’s a beast and this is the first time she was with a partner equally matched to her. I agree with C here. Mary says it was exquisite, perfection. Nigel agrees with the others and praises Stacey Tookey’s choreography. He would’ve liked to see them together sooner...hinting that they didn’t quite have the chemistry, but technically they were fantastic. Whole heartedly agree, Nigel.
Solos again with Melissa dancing to ‘I Put a Spell on You’ by Nina Simone (seriously the best version of this song ever). Sadly, the solo is pretty boring. You’ve only got thirty seconds here...it needs to have impact and this didn’t. This is just more of the same from Melissa...so "meh" from me on this.
Now I’m going to shake things up a bit and head out! I have somewhere I have to be, so Carly’s going to pick it up where I left off for the second half of the show. Enjoy the rest of it!
Good Evening dance fans! Sorry about the delay ~ my toddler was a bit of a nightmare tonight so I was unable to get to this until much later than I wanted.
Okay, moving on into hour 2 and first up we have Jeanine and Ade, with a Hip Hop routine by Tabitha & Napoleon Dumo (no I don't say NappyTabs - sheesh). The song is 'Move (If Ya Wanna)' by MIMS. The theme/story is a couple of room-mates who have been evicted from their apartment and are pissed! about it. This couple is really projecting the heavy, angry feeling of the piece. I like the use of the boxes integrated with the dancing ~ though I have moved MANY times in my life and I've never had boxes that light. I liked this very much. BUT am I going to be hated if I say that I think Jeanine is a better dancer than Ade? This boy has coasted I think on the strength of his partners. He's strong but something is missing for me. I thought Ade did get more into this one than he usually does... but I'm not really connected to him one way or the other, so I'm usually left feeling a bit 'whatever'...
Lil'C says that he thinks they "danced that WAY better" than he thought they would...and a lot of other gobbledegoook that I didn't follow. Mary goes back to the Samba of earlier and says she feels bad that she didn't tell Jeanine that she was "terrific". Nigel says Mary was "a bit mean" and mentions his ex-wife's divorce attorney(??). Mary goes on to say this in this routine, Ade & Jeanine were "tremendous". Nigel says we the audience could have been applauding the choreography and not the dancing - but we didn't, the dancing was excellent.
Gosh I'm wordy...going to try to simplify.
Brandon's solo is next - and Sweet Jebus! the boy is almost naked! The music is a very powerful piece called 'O'Fortuna (from Carmina Burana) performed by the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg & Kurt Prestel. Wow! That was really amazing (the dancing people ~ get your minds out of the gutter)! The judges and the audience are giving Brandon a standing (cringe) "O". Nigel breaks in and says "he's just given us one of the best solos we've ever seen on the show". It was incredible - I got the chills. For me, this will be You-tubed over... and over... and over again...
After a commercial break we've got Even & Melissa with the dreaded quickstep ~ routine by Louis Van Amstel. Song choice is 'As Long as I'm Singing' by The Brian Setzer Orchestra. I know nothing about the quickstep other than what I've been told - which is this is VERY hard to pull off well. Okay - can we stop harping on poor Evan's height please? We get it - he's short! I liked this better than their broadway routine from earlier, there's more energy. I agree, this one was pretty good!
The judges don't seem to agree with me. Lil'C commends Evan for "dancing bigger than you've ever danced on the show before" and then hands out some tough love saying his "contractions" needed to be better and says Melissa was fabulous. Mary congratulates Louis Van Amstel on the routine. She then says after the first few seconds things started to fall apart and she was a little disappointed. Nigel. Well Nigel goes on a bit about how Melissa is being hard on herself for being the oldest girl in the group - then says that there was just a bit of lost energy in the middle and this wasn't one of the best routines of the night.
Another break and then Jeanine's solo is next using the song 'Feedback' by Janet Jackson. This was good, a bit different for her, a little more sexy than usual.
Moving on to Evan's solo, with a song choice of 'Lady is a Tramp' by Sammy Davis, Jr. Oh my dear Evan, I like you so much, but unfortunately this solo is just more of the same. Your quirkyness will be missed, as I believe you'll be going home tomorrow night. Yeah. Sad though, cuz he is so enjoyable... didn't actually think he would make it this far...
Oh look ~ Kim's favourite commercial is on during the break. HeeHee.
Okay, moving on into hour 2 and first up we have Jeanine and Ade, with a Hip Hop routine by Tabitha & Napoleon Dumo (no I don't say NappyTabs - sheesh). The song is 'Move (If Ya Wanna)' by MIMS. The theme/story is a couple of room-mates who have been evicted from their apartment and are pissed! about it. This couple is really projecting the heavy, angry feeling of the piece. I like the use of the boxes integrated with the dancing ~ though I have moved MANY times in my life and I've never had boxes that light. I liked this very much. BUT am I going to be hated if I say that I think Jeanine is a better dancer than Ade? This boy has coasted I think on the strength of his partners. He's strong but something is missing for me. I thought Ade did get more into this one than he usually does... but I'm not really connected to him one way or the other, so I'm usually left feeling a bit 'whatever'...
Lil'C says that he thinks they "danced that WAY better" than he thought they would...and a lot of other gobbledegoook that I didn't follow. Mary goes back to the Samba of earlier and says she feels bad that she didn't tell Jeanine that she was "terrific". Nigel says Mary was "a bit mean" and mentions his ex-wife's divorce attorney(??). Mary goes on to say this in this routine, Ade & Jeanine were "tremendous". Nigel says we the audience could have been applauding the choreography and not the dancing - but we didn't, the dancing was excellent.
Gosh I'm wordy...going to try to simplify.
Brandon's solo is next - and Sweet Jebus! the boy is almost naked! The music is a very powerful piece called 'O'Fortuna (from Carmina Burana) performed by the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg & Kurt Prestel. Wow! That was really amazing (the dancing people ~ get your minds out of the gutter)! The judges and the audience are giving Brandon a standing (cringe) "O". Nigel breaks in and says "he's just given us one of the best solos we've ever seen on the show". It was incredible - I got the chills. For me, this will be You-tubed over... and over... and over again...
After a commercial break we've got Even & Melissa with the dreaded quickstep ~ routine by Louis Van Amstel. Song choice is 'As Long as I'm Singing' by The Brian Setzer Orchestra. I know nothing about the quickstep other than what I've been told - which is this is VERY hard to pull off well. Okay - can we stop harping on poor Evan's height please? We get it - he's short! I liked this better than their broadway routine from earlier, there's more energy. I agree, this one was pretty good!
The judges don't seem to agree with me. Lil'C commends Evan for "dancing bigger than you've ever danced on the show before" and then hands out some tough love saying his "contractions" needed to be better and says Melissa was fabulous. Mary congratulates Louis Van Amstel on the routine. She then says after the first few seconds things started to fall apart and she was a little disappointed. Nigel. Well Nigel goes on a bit about how Melissa is being hard on herself for being the oldest girl in the group - then says that there was just a bit of lost energy in the middle and this wasn't one of the best routines of the night.
Another break and then Jeanine's solo is next using the song 'Feedback' by Janet Jackson. This was good, a bit different for her, a little more sexy than usual.
Moving on to Evan's solo, with a song choice of 'Lady is a Tramp' by Sammy Davis, Jr. Oh my dear Evan, I like you so much, but unfortunately this solo is just more of the same. Your quirkyness will be missed, as I believe you'll be going home tomorrow night. Yeah. Sad though, cuz he is so enjoyable... didn't actually think he would make it this far...
Oh look ~ Kim's favourite commercial is on during the break. HeeHee.
Next up - Kayla & Brandon as the last couple of the night. A Disco routine, choreographed by Doriana Sanchez. Music is 'Dance (Disco Heat)' by Sylvester. Holy man - this is fast, my brain is having a hard time keeping up. OMG was that a booty slap?! Nice lifts guys and my God Kayla's legs go on for days. Uhh what was that? A "death drop" is what I think they call that - and Kayla's was awkward, but then Brandon tried one? Kayla is just not strong enough to pull Brandon up out of that and it seemed he pulled her along. This is a great routine but the "double death drop" was maybe a mistake and the only "eeg" part for me. There seemed to be a lot of hesitation before each lift, each time he picked her up, and put her down as well, just that moment of pause, it seemed. It looked they were always trying to 'get in position', which kind of wrecked it for me...
Lil'C - blah blah blah he liked it. I'm sorry but Lil'C is kind of irritating for me, get to the point for crying out loud. Mary says "Holy Smokies!" and that this was a "home run" tonight. Nigel - well - Nigel loses his shit. This is not what I expect from the British and I'm slightly disturbed. Though I think this means he likes it.
The last routine of the night is the girls' group routine choreographed by Sonya Tayeh with the theme of Superheroes. My first thought is 'my husband will love this'. Sonya says while their aestetics are very similar, the girls strengths are different and that the routine is about being triumphant. Then Sonya says that Kayla is supposed to be Storm (X-men), Jeanine is Wonder Woman and Melissa is Buttercup. WTF? Buttercup? I do a small search - because I can "Google it" and this is what I come up with:
This is Buttercup, people...that's right... a Powerpuff Girl.
Okay so this routine is fun - the music we're listening to is 'Kick It (Stereoheroes Remix)by Nina Martine' But for a routine that is supposed to show off each of the girls' strengths I'm really not feeling that. This was very synchronized and to be honest, other than the costumes I'm not getting a superhero vibe. I think that Sonya overthought this and while the girls' danced well, the routine itself was just not that great in my opinion.
Lil'C...oh God Lil'C...the short of the long: The girls should have tried to shine individually in this group routine, and because they didn't no one stood out. They were being too "courteous" to each other. Mary says "amazing is AMAZING" and that they need to be featured at Comic Con next year. **rolling eyes** Nigel's comments run along the lines of all the girls are fantastic and kind of makes an S&M comment about Jeanine's costume. Seriously!
That's it for tonight folks - it's up to the voter's now. My guesses for the two going home tomorrow night are Evan and Melissa. Not because they are bad dancers (there really is no such thing as bad dancers when you are this far along, so you don't have to apologize when someone is about to get cut :) ), because they certainly aren't, I just think that the audience wants a final four of Brandon, Kayla, Ade & Jeanine.
We'll see what happens...until my next chance to blog ~ have a good night!
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