I'm back! After a week like no other (for various good and bad reasons) I'm back on for blogging.
So we're here for the Top 18, and like last week, we're doing all the performances as well as judges' eliminations all in one night. I gotta admit, I kind of like this format...moves things along at a good clip that's for sure.
Before we get into performances, some good news from Nigel; Billy Bell - who left the Top 20 due to illness - will be allowed to re-enter the competition in Season 7 during the Top 100 in Vegas. Additionally, Brandon - who stepped in in Billy's absence - will be allowed to try out again in Season 7, even though he technically made the Top 20.
First dance of the night is Noelle and Russell who've drawn a Jamal Sims Hip Hop number to 'Move Shake Drop Remix' by DJ Laz, Flo Rida, Casely. It's tennis themed and the dancers each have tennis raquets. I sort of thought there was just too much going on in this dance and it ended up looking kind of messy. It started out okay. They were both really strong in the beginning but then it went all over the place. I honestly think there was too much 'stuff' in the choreography. The judges were kind of meh about the whole thing too.
Next up was Ashley and Jacob doing a Viennese Waltz choreographed by Tony and Melanie to 'At Last' by Etta James. Is anyone else completely over this song? It's just been so overdone. The judges really liked this but I just couldn't get enthusiastic about it. Maybe the song wrecked it for me, but I just didn't like it.
Following that was Bianca and Victor. They got a Tyce Broadway number to 'Maybe God is Trying to Tell You Something' from The Color Purple soundtrack. I could see where Tyce was trying to go with this, but I don't think B&V pulled this off. It just seemed like they were way too focused on hitting all the steps just so and it lost the performance factor. Had they just let go a bit it would have been excellent. As it was, it was just okay.
Then we had Mollee and Nathan doing a Bollywood routine by Nakul Dev Mahajan. The song was 'Azeem O Shaan Shahenshah' from the Jodhaa Akbar soundtrack. These two are just too cute, aren't they. I generally prefer when they do Bollywood as a group routine, but this was really good. Nathan does these cool spins and then just stops on one foot and stays there. Very cool. I think they both have the potential to go really far in this competition. Nathan's been one of my faves right from the start. The judges thought it was fantastic.
Channing and Philip came next with a Tony and Melanie Samba to 'Maracatu Funk' by The Samba Squad. Channing was clearly the stronger of the two in this piece. I totally agreed with the judges when they said the lifts seemed labored. There were parts when it was almost like the stopped to calculate what was going to happen next. It was pretty obvious that they weren't comfortable with this piece.
Next up was Karen and Kevin doing a Hip Hop number choreographed by Napoleon and Tabitha to 'Ice Cream Paint Job' by Dorrough. Yeah, I don't think anyone will be unhappy with the wardrobe department for putting Karen in that cat suit. The woman just exudes sex all over the place and I can't decide if that's a good thing or a bad thing. I gotta say, Kevin could be a complete screw up and no one would notice, 'cause everyone's watching Karen. The dancing is really strong and shows just how weak the earlier Hip Hop piece was. In addition to last week's 'AOOGAH's from Adam, this week he's falling out of his chair over Karen. Dude cracks me up all the time.
Contemporary is up now with Catherine and Legacy doing a Stacey Tookey piece to '2 Steps Away' by Patti LaBelle. Yay Stacey Tookey! She's probably the strongest choreographer from the Canadian series and her pieces are always excellent. This one was no different. Great, great dance. That sideways leap that Legacy does to wrap around Catherine's waist is just outstanding. There's just some wonderful movement here that is executed so well. Legacy is really growing on me. The judges love it and are almost teary over Legacy's growth.
Up next is Pauline and Pete with a Jazz/Contemporary/somethingorother routine by Wade Robson. Yay Wade! They're dancing to 'Little Green Bag' by the George Baker Selection, which is ironic because I think Wade was dipping into the 'Little Bag of Green' when coming up with this one. I just love it when Wade's whacked out. Loved this piece. The dancing was excellent. All the little moves stayed little and sharp and the bigger moves were surprising in contrast. Costuming, props, stage...whole thing was fantastic. The judges think that some viewers may not get it (which is a fairly consistent comment from the judges with Wade's stuff), but I think they will. My favourite of the show.
Finally we had Ellenore and Ryan doing an Argentine Tango by Miriam LaRici and Leonardo Barrionuevo to 'Violentango' by Astor Piazzolla. Are these the same choreographers that did the Matrix-y Paso Doble last season? I think they are. Anyway, these two danced this fabulously. Especially when you consider that Ellenore's dress was caught on the heel of her shoe for at least half of the routine. At first I thought that was intentional - it sort of worked! They were both so focused and in it that it was like she didn't even notice the wardrobe malfunction. Great, great job.
Then it was up to the judges to determine the bottom two guys and girls (because apparently we're throwing tradition to the wind and not basing it on paired couples like it's supposed to be at this stage in the game) and after much yammering from Nigel we learn that Noelle, Bianca, Philip and Victor are in the bottom. Not such a good night for the tappers.
Solos, solos, solos....Songs are below:
Noelle - 'For a Reason' by Zhane
Victor - 'Navras' from The Matrix Revolutions soundtrack
Bianca - 'Tootsee Roll' by 69 Boyz
Philip - 'Almost Like Being in Love' by Nat 'King' Cole
And going home tonight are....Bianca and Philip! Bianca looks a little pissed. Philip is gracious and holds it together really well, especially considering his father died a week and a half ago. That's really impressive, sincerely. The safe group is losing it off stage.
And that was that. Things are all back to normal next week with the viewers voting on the dancers and an actual results show - Yay for group routines! While I usually skip through the majority of the results shows, I always look forward to the group routines and I've missed them in this compressed format.
We'll be back next week for the Top 16 and, if I have time, I'll try and find some performance show spoilers and post them here.
And for those who may be interested, I posted a quick post U2 show report on my blog and will be posting a full review (hopefully with pictures) fairly shortly.
Cheers!
So we're here for the Top 18, and like last week, we're doing all the performances as well as judges' eliminations all in one night. I gotta admit, I kind of like this format...moves things along at a good clip that's for sure.
Before we get into performances, some good news from Nigel; Billy Bell - who left the Top 20 due to illness - will be allowed to re-enter the competition in Season 7 during the Top 100 in Vegas. Additionally, Brandon - who stepped in in Billy's absence - will be allowed to try out again in Season 7, even though he technically made the Top 20.
First dance of the night is Noelle and Russell who've drawn a Jamal Sims Hip Hop number to 'Move Shake Drop Remix' by DJ Laz, Flo Rida, Casely. It's tennis themed and the dancers each have tennis raquets. I sort of thought there was just too much going on in this dance and it ended up looking kind of messy. It started out okay. They were both really strong in the beginning but then it went all over the place. I honestly think there was too much 'stuff' in the choreography. The judges were kind of meh about the whole thing too.
Next up was Ashley and Jacob doing a Viennese Waltz choreographed by Tony and Melanie to 'At Last' by Etta James. Is anyone else completely over this song? It's just been so overdone. The judges really liked this but I just couldn't get enthusiastic about it. Maybe the song wrecked it for me, but I just didn't like it.
Following that was Bianca and Victor. They got a Tyce Broadway number to 'Maybe God is Trying to Tell You Something' from The Color Purple soundtrack. I could see where Tyce was trying to go with this, but I don't think B&V pulled this off. It just seemed like they were way too focused on hitting all the steps just so and it lost the performance factor. Had they just let go a bit it would have been excellent. As it was, it was just okay.
Then we had Mollee and Nathan doing a Bollywood routine by Nakul Dev Mahajan. The song was 'Azeem O Shaan Shahenshah' from the Jodhaa Akbar soundtrack. These two are just too cute, aren't they. I generally prefer when they do Bollywood as a group routine, but this was really good. Nathan does these cool spins and then just stops on one foot and stays there. Very cool. I think they both have the potential to go really far in this competition. Nathan's been one of my faves right from the start. The judges thought it was fantastic.
Channing and Philip came next with a Tony and Melanie Samba to 'Maracatu Funk' by The Samba Squad. Channing was clearly the stronger of the two in this piece. I totally agreed with the judges when they said the lifts seemed labored. There were parts when it was almost like the stopped to calculate what was going to happen next. It was pretty obvious that they weren't comfortable with this piece.
Next up was Karen and Kevin doing a Hip Hop number choreographed by Napoleon and Tabitha to 'Ice Cream Paint Job' by Dorrough. Yeah, I don't think anyone will be unhappy with the wardrobe department for putting Karen in that cat suit. The woman just exudes sex all over the place and I can't decide if that's a good thing or a bad thing. I gotta say, Kevin could be a complete screw up and no one would notice, 'cause everyone's watching Karen. The dancing is really strong and shows just how weak the earlier Hip Hop piece was. In addition to last week's 'AOOGAH's from Adam, this week he's falling out of his chair over Karen. Dude cracks me up all the time.
Contemporary is up now with Catherine and Legacy doing a Stacey Tookey piece to '2 Steps Away' by Patti LaBelle. Yay Stacey Tookey! She's probably the strongest choreographer from the Canadian series and her pieces are always excellent. This one was no different. Great, great dance. That sideways leap that Legacy does to wrap around Catherine's waist is just outstanding. There's just some wonderful movement here that is executed so well. Legacy is really growing on me. The judges love it and are almost teary over Legacy's growth.
Up next is Pauline and Pete with a Jazz/Contemporary/somethingorother routine by Wade Robson. Yay Wade! They're dancing to 'Little Green Bag' by the George Baker Selection, which is ironic because I think Wade was dipping into the 'Little Bag of Green' when coming up with this one. I just love it when Wade's whacked out. Loved this piece. The dancing was excellent. All the little moves stayed little and sharp and the bigger moves were surprising in contrast. Costuming, props, stage...whole thing was fantastic. The judges think that some viewers may not get it (which is a fairly consistent comment from the judges with Wade's stuff), but I think they will. My favourite of the show.
Finally we had Ellenore and Ryan doing an Argentine Tango by Miriam LaRici and Leonardo Barrionuevo to 'Violentango' by Astor Piazzolla. Are these the same choreographers that did the Matrix-y Paso Doble last season? I think they are. Anyway, these two danced this fabulously. Especially when you consider that Ellenore's dress was caught on the heel of her shoe for at least half of the routine. At first I thought that was intentional - it sort of worked! They were both so focused and in it that it was like she didn't even notice the wardrobe malfunction. Great, great job.
Then it was up to the judges to determine the bottom two guys and girls (because apparently we're throwing tradition to the wind and not basing it on paired couples like it's supposed to be at this stage in the game) and after much yammering from Nigel we learn that Noelle, Bianca, Philip and Victor are in the bottom. Not such a good night for the tappers.
Solos, solos, solos....Songs are below:
Noelle - 'For a Reason' by Zhane
Victor - 'Navras' from The Matrix Revolutions soundtrack
Bianca - 'Tootsee Roll' by 69 Boyz
Philip - 'Almost Like Being in Love' by Nat 'King' Cole
And going home tonight are....Bianca and Philip! Bianca looks a little pissed. Philip is gracious and holds it together really well, especially considering his father died a week and a half ago. That's really impressive, sincerely. The safe group is losing it off stage.
And that was that. Things are all back to normal next week with the viewers voting on the dancers and an actual results show - Yay for group routines! While I usually skip through the majority of the results shows, I always look forward to the group routines and I've missed them in this compressed format.
We'll be back next week for the Top 16 and, if I have time, I'll try and find some performance show spoilers and post them here.
And for those who may be interested, I posted a quick post U2 show report on my blog and will be posting a full review (hopefully with pictures) fairly shortly.
Cheers!
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