SYTYCD Season 7 Top 7 Results Thoughts
Tonight’s episode. Sigh. Season Seven. Sigh. Okay, let’s do this.
-I loved Tyce’s Broadway Group routine tonight. I have a couple of thoughts about mixing the All-Stars and contestants, though. Part of me wonders if the contestants are getting to fully shine with all this sharing of the stage with All-Stars. BUT, I’m glad to see my favorites dancing, no matter how and when. Kathryn and Lauren really stood out to me, as well as Neil, Mark and Ade. Lauren was the only contestant who really stood out on her own to me.
-Loved that Cat was brought in on the couch by Adechike and Jose. 🙂 She’s so cute.
-The first two contestants came up – Kent and Lauren holding hands. Hmmm. First thought was this was confirmation that my #1 and #2 slots were correct in the Power Rankings last night. Cause no way were they sending either of the first two to Bottom 3 the way they did last week. Anyway, they were cute when Cat said the person in the bottom three wasn’t on the stage. Way to drag out the obvious, everyone.
-The Dizzy Feet/Mary Murphy dancing kids were cute. The girl seemed a little weirded out by all the attention, but that Fernando – he’s gonna be on the show in about 5 or 6 years. 🙂 I thought it was cute that Cat arm-wrestled him and even cuter than she let him win.
-Second pairing of contestants comes on stage – Billy and Adechike. I kinda had a weird feeling Billy was gonna be in the bottom again, even though I think Adechike deserves it more, even with that great contemporary last night with Kent.
-When Robert and Jose are brought on stage, I have another series of weird thoughts. Looking at Jose’s face, I think…somebody’s been reading the Internet. And I saw Robert’s face and I thought… “whoa, he looks really worried, I wonder if there’s ANY chance Ashley’s injury isn’t as serious as they thought.” But, then things went back to what I expected (and hoped, I have to admit). Robert’s safe and Jose’s in the Bottom 3.
-About this point, I’m realizing we haven’t really seen Ashley (unless I missed it) like we did with Alex, emotional in the crowd. Hmmm.
-I’m gonna get a lot of heat for this, but I wasn’t keen on the Alvin Ailey dancers Jamal and Rachel. First, I hated the music. I went through about a nanosecond of a Laurie Anderson phase and then I wondered what I’d been thinking. That and the costumes – but neither of those are J&R’s fault. They danced beautifully. But I wasn’t feeling either of those aesthetic things and I really wasn’t feeling how they each kinda lay or sat completely prone and still while they other danced. Just not my bag. Sorry, folks.
-I DID love seeing Twitch and Comfort in the “rewind” “Forever” dance from Season 4. Thanks to our reader Kayla for the term. 🙂 It was even better this time and really solidified for me how much Comfort’s grown since her season and that she really does deserve to be an All-Star.
-Billy’s solo was very much like all his others. Only, there did seem to be a fierceness in his eyes that isn’t always there. A digging in.
-Jose’s was fast and furious, as the judges said. Yet. Yet. Oh, Jose. I’m sorry. You’re so sweet and I felt for you when you said that you expected to be in the bottom 3 every week. But you need a lot more training before you can match those All-Stars. Maybe you would have had a steeper “growth journey” in another season, but in this one, you’ve been extremely lucky to get this far. It’s sad – but wise of you! – that you recognize this.
-SOOO COOOL to have Christina Perri performing “Jar of Hearts” on the show, since our love for her single enabled her to quit her job and concentrate on her music. I love that we all contributed to her career. It really gives me hope that we may see Black Gold on to perform “Shine” . I’m thinking they can do the very last elimination live with all the eliminated dancers dancing as they perform. That’d be cool, like it was UBER cool to see Allison and Neil dancing to Christina’s song. Highlight of the night for me.
-There’s Ashley. Finally. Blah blah blah from the judges. WAIT. Nigel talks about Michael Jackson and kinda refers to him in the present tense. Is Nigel one of those who believe MJ is still alive somewhere? Or just that his spirit is always with us and hence, present? Hmmm.
-Ashley needs 3-5 weeks of rest, so she’s out. Yup, I knew it. Sad. But, at least the mentioned that they want her healed up for the tour…
-…which will include SEASON 6, SEASON 7 AND ALL-STAR DANCERS!! Hurrahhh! Probably, some dancers (ahem, Jakob) have gotten contracts since their seasons and so won’t be available for the tour, so they’ll be able to include the best of the two seasons. And with Alex unable to perform…
-Awww, Cat kinda whisperes, “We want you on the tour. We want you to get better.” I love Cat. And she refuses to let Ashley apologize to us for being injured. LOOVE CAT. 🙂
-Awww, Ashley is crying so hard she can barely talk. Ah, Ashley, you’re my favorite. Get well for the tour.
That it for me. How about you?
Is Ashley allowed to return to next season like Alex? Or is she not able to since she’ll be on the tour?
Ashley 🙁
I was afraid of that. But I am relieved at least that Jose finally was in the bottom, so hopefully that means next week he will go.
I wish I could hear what the contestants are saying when they are being really sweet and supportive to each other, like Adechike with Billy, and Robert with Jose tonight. Awww.
I quite liked the Alvin Ailey piece. She was good but HE was amazing. Lol re: Laurie Anderson. I would never just play her music to listen to, but for use with dance, I love it.
And just because I forgot to say it after last night’s show… Louis Van Amstel is back!!!!!!!!! 🙂
I kinda figured that the results show was going to go the way it went. Thought the two kids were cute !! I show really loved the Jar of hearts song – loved to see Neil and Allison dancing – Neil is one of my all time favorites. Hopefully Jose will go next week – he just not a strong enough dancer.
@David, they didn’t say a word about Ashley coming back next season, just the tour. Suspicious…
Did anyone else notice that Jose didn’t appear until the end of the group dance? Or did I just miss him?
I think Nigel’s comments to Ashley kindof explained his earlier comments about Alex’s competition not being over. Because Ashley’s injury is not super serious and she’ll be dancing again in about a month (maybe even in time for the season finale), she’ll be able to compete on tour. And lets be realistic, she wasn’t going to win the season. But for Alex, not only did he have to prematurely drop out of the competition, but he wouldn’t be able to tour either. I do think it will be really unfair for contestants in future seasons to have to compete with him though, because he already has a HUGE fan base. So maybe his All-Star status is warranted. That way he could tour too!
Loved Christina Perri last night, such a hauntingly beautiful song.
@NC: Hmmm. I’ll have to look into that possibility. I didn’t really notice any of the male contestants. I noticed them in flashes and all together, but I didn’t really notice them solo.
@Rachel: I think Ashley had a very good chance of winning, actually. Especially with Alex “out of the way” (to use Nigel’s words). We’ll never know now.
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@NC: I noticed too! I was looking for him the whole time, because all of a sudden I thought why is he not there/how could he have gotten hurt too? I only noticed him at the end after searching and waiting for the camera to show him.
@NC & Annie: Is “at the end” the end of the dancing or when he and Adechike wheeled in Cat?
@Emilie: I saw him for a split second dancing before the cart part. I think he was on the left side.
So I’ve just discovered major six degrees of separation. the guy Ashley is in love with is her boyfriend, Jared Murillo, who used to date High School Musical’s Ashley Tisdale, who he met while he was a principal dancer on the movies. He met HSM director Kenny Ortega while he was dancing in the Opening Ceremonies of the 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake, Ortega cast him in HSM. Before that, he had been S3 Lacey’s partner in the competitive ballroom dance world after her father, legendary west coast swing dancer Buddy Schwimmer saw him compete. All roads lead to SYTYCD!
I’m happy for Christina Perri. She seemed to like the chance to sing it live although she sounded nervous. I mean two weeks from waitress to guest performer is really something.
@Christine: No kidding! I could see a bit of nervousness, too, but I think she handled it way better than the average girl would have!
i just found another reason to love Twitch. It’s really hard to see, but when he counted off the “1 2 3 4” at the beginning of “Forever” he did the 4-Real sign (their season symbol), love it!
@NC and others: I went back and watched the opening number in slow motion. Jose did not appear to just before the end, helping to push the “cart” in from the right side of the stage, on across the stage, then he and Adechike brought Cat back out from the left. Funny that he had such a small role. One thought is that he might have been cast in Dominic’s role originally, but something happened.
@Lee: That’s what I meant by “at the end”. Pushing out the cart was pretty late in the dance, wasn’t it?
AND it’s weird that Dominic had such a large part in the dance, since he isn’t competing. Not that I’m complaining – I think Dominic is much better than Jose – but I do think it’s odd. Maybe he was slightly injured, and they didn’t want to push it…