SYTYCD Top 11 Results Show Discussion
Alright – judging from all the conversations going on here at the site today, I know y’all are going to have a lot to say about tonight’s episode. Here’s a space for you to do it.
Who do you think is going to be in the Bottom 3 tonight? Who do you think’s going home?
Ready…set…DISCUSS! 🙂
Ever since Anthony never made it in the top 10/11 I feel like watching the show is pointless. How can you choose dancers who need to time to “grow” in their talent, and place them on a show based on the premise that those trying out have to be at the top of their game talent wise? The comments from the judges alone proved that he was practically far too talented to even be in the competition – male or female, he was the best dancer this season – and yet those with poor extensions and other technical flaws made it to the top spots? This is the biggest “rigging” since Bush was voted into office!
@Peach, that’s a really interesting point that I hadn’t thought about until I read your comment. They make a big deal about dancers growing while on the show, which I think is great. But, they also made a big to-do this season about, because there are only 10 dancers, they all have to be at the top of their game right from the beginning.
There is something to be said for a dancer like Katee Shean from S4 or Heidi from S2. They were both very very talented, but we got to watch them grow through the season. Katee came out W1 and tackled hip hop, her partner’s genre, and did a really good job. Then we got to see her move from broadway to contemporary to west coast swing to jazz etc and really show an upward trajectory.
Heidi came in as strictly a ballroom dancer, but, as evidence by her broadway number with Benji and The Bench routine, she really grew and improved.
I’m a HUGE fan of Anthony’s, I really am. I’m wondering, however, that if he had been on this season, he would have been in a situation similar to Will Wingfield, almost too talented for such a small group of dancers. Will was the most technically gifted male dancer in S4, probably one of the best dancers SYTYCD has ever had, but he never really got a chance to show what he could do until his Imagine routine with Katee, by then it was too late as Joshua and Twitch had been incredibly popular with viewers because we had gotten to see their growth. Hopefully, with S8, they’ll go back to a top 20 format and Anthony will be there, along with a bigger group of talented dancers.
I automatically assumed that we’re getting this new formula precisely because of dancers like Will. And perhaps Nathan too. Jessica grew leaps and bounds because of Will, but he didn’t get the same from her. Nathan and Mollee were cute together, but what they brought to the table, the other couldn’t blossom on.
By having the all-stars, the new dancers have to bring up their game every time. (Though I’m not sure how far Comfort could bring up Jose).
I am a new fan to the show and what drew me to the show was when I found out that one of my favorite bands called Black Gold was doing the send off song. Since then…I have really started to like the show. What does everyone think of the send off song?