Top 10 Results Thoughts and Discussion
Here are my live thoughts on tonight’s Top 10/All-Star results episode. I hope you’ll join the discussion, too!
The Top 10 group Broadway routine was cool in some parts, but felt kinda loose and empty in some places. I’m not familiar with the choreographer’s work, so I don’t know if this is typical of his style. Anybody? Was it just me or was there a lot of little wobbles and out of unison moments? Was that Clarice off the the right in the back and really off in the beginning? I really liked the Chorus Line-esque gold hats and unison bits at the end, though.
I’m bummed that they’re still cutting 1 guy and 1 girl and Amanda is confused that the judges are still apparently in control of the fates of the Bottom 4 (got that wrong in the Power Rankings, yesterday).
Here’s a spoiler space as I start to talk about the results…
Between Mitchell, Melanie and Tadd, it’s not big surprise that Mitchell’s in the Bottom 4 OR that both Melanie and Tadd are safe. No surprise that Clarice is in the Bottom 4 between her, Sasha and Tadd, either. But then, they generally save the surprises for later, don’t they… Now that I’ve remembered about the Bottom 4 (not 3) and Clarice is there, I think it may be her and Mitchell.
Sooo excited about the All-Stars for next week. Ivan Koumaev (S2, Allison’s original partner), Jaimie Goodwin (S3), Anya Garnis + Pasha Kovalev (S3), Lauren Gottlieb (S3), Neil Haskell (s3), Ade Obayami (S5) and last season’s winner LoFro!
Maybe I’ll get my wish and LoFro and Caitlynn will dance together! There are SO MANY wonderful possibilities here and I know my mom’s excited that Ade will be an All-Star next week.
Between Jess and Rickey, I think Rickey danced better, but I’m not surprised he’s in the Bottom 4. Same thing with Jordan and Caitlynn. It was sad to see how sad Jordan obviously was, but she and the Clarice are the weakest girls left in my opinion, so it’s only fitting that they’d be the two in the Bottom 4.
Guest performer Daniil Simpksin was entertaining, but also really confusing for me since he looks like a taller, skinnier version of an ex of mine. But that’s just me. What did y’all think of him?
Looooved the Gatorade check up for the dancers. That was really cool and also, adorable. I especially loved Cat telling them that they better have behaved and Sasha saying, “See, dancers are athletes!” and punching the air. I think Gatorade should just license that from SYTYCD/FOX and make that a commercial.
I thought Clarice showed some improvement in her solo, but it was really jerky, just not fluid at all. Loved Mitchell’s solo, but I was fairly certain watching it that a great solo in his genre just wasn’t going to keep him safe anymore. Jordan re-used last night’s solo song, but it looked like slightly different moves to me. Am I crazy? Still not crazy about her freaking leg extensions. I’d really like to see her dance a solo that concentrated on her torso and arms for once or was just a bit more well-developed. Rickey’s solo rocked, so I definitely think he was saving his energy for tonight with last night’s solo.
LOVED that Cat was like, “should we spy a bit longer?” and we got to see a bit of a heated discussion between Neil Patrick Harris and Nigel. Wonder which of the dancers they were discussing then. Or maybe Nigel had just said that Dougie Houser had a bigger place in pop culture history than Barney Stinson and NPH had just said, “Take it back, Lythgoe!”
I liked the speech that Nigel gave them before he cut Mitchell and Clarice where he pointed specifically to Twitch and Allison sitting in the audience (they ARE dating, I just know it!) and said they were in the Bottom 3 and 4 times respectively and look at their careers. He just sounded so stern, like he was scolding them that I think it took them (and me) a while to realize he was reassuring them.
Well, that’s my thoughts for the moment. Just for the fun of it, here’s a poll about which All-Star you’re most excited to see come back next week (you can only pick 1). Yes, I am a little poll-happy lately. Hope you don’t mind.
I agree with Amanda, I thought it was purely on votes now.
so the judges still decide even though we’re in the top 10?? hmm.. unsure how i feel about that. i do think they made the right decision tonight sending those 2 home out of who was in the bottom, but so sad to see them go.
SO EXCITED FOR THE ALLSTARS NEXT WEEK. (esp IVAN YAY!! ahahaha)
Yay for jaimie!! Her frequent mention, esp recently, on travis’s twitter made me think they might bring her back. Jaimie deserved to go further than she did during s3, she and dom were saddled with a rather unfortunate spanish-themed viennese waltz during top 10. Her personality wasn’t as big as some of the other girls (lauren, lacey, sara) so I think that may have done her in. She’s a spectacular dancer (the hummingbird and the flower anyone?!) So I’m thrilled she’ll be back. And same with ivan!!! The growth he showed during his season was nothing short of remarkable. I’m putting in my vote now for ivan nd allison to do “why” on a results show!!
@Margaret: I don’t disagree that Jaimie’s a great dancer (and I think she’s gotten better since her season) but she really only has that one memorable routine, don’t you think? I’d rather see Katee back. I hope we see her again soon. And also, now that you reminded me about it, I really want to see the All-Stars re-dance their memorable routines.
I really want to see Katee too, definitely, but I’m excited to see Jaimie because I want to see how much she’s grown/changed as a dancer. Like with Allison, everyone knew she was amazing during her season, but watching her come back last season showed how much she’d grown/become a more refined, mature dancer. I wonder if the same is true for Jaimie. Katee was incredibly lucky to be partnered with Joshua, Jaimie had Hok, who is fabulous in his style but struggled in many others. His struggles, unfortunately, brought her down. And since we only got to see her dance with Hok and Dom (both b-boys) I’m really excited to see what she brings to her own genre with one of the male contestants.
SO EXCITED THAT IVAN IS COMING BACK. He was my first favorite boy on the show, I remember I always wished that he and Allison would date. But, I guess if she’s happy with Twitch….
I was happy to see one guy and one girl go, rather than the 2 lowest vote-getters. But I wish it had been the guy and the girl with the lowest votes instead of the judges still making the decisions.
I would have sent the other pair home tonight (Jordan and Ricky), but I suspect that it’s just a matter of one week for them.
I still can’t stand Jess, but apparently the majority disagree with me.. I wish Clarice had more time apart from him. I think she was victimized by not having the bouncy personality that people voting for this show seem to like (see: Jeanine, Lauren).
Another interesting note – everyone who has danced a Bollywood or Tyce Broadway routine (5 total dances) has gone home with the exception of week 1 when Nigel saved Jess and Clarice.
I’m SO excited for Neil, as long as he doesn’t get Jordan. Argh. I’m just glad that the voters chose the right bottom two girls.
Well, America definitely picked the right Bottom 4.
Personally, I would have let Clarice stay over Jordan, but like others have commented it’s probably only a 1 week difference. Then Caitlynn will get cut right before the finale.
Not as sure about the guys, but I’ll throw it out there that I think Marko and Tadd will be the final 2.
Notes about other stuff – other than the dancing I mean:
Do you think NPH was thinking specifically about Idol when he put down group numbers on “other shows”? I think so…
Loved Cat’s sly commenting on the judges mugging for the camera during that “peek behind the curtains”.
Why no comments about the horrible musical guest?? They were so bad.
I agree with Kevin, even if Jordan and Ricky had gone this week, it would probably have been Clarice and Mitchell next week. It looks like we’re headed for a Melanie/Sasha/Marko finale with either Tadd or Jess. And while I don’t dislike Jess, I don’t think he comes close to Evan from Season 5 as a Broadway dancer. And yes, Bollywood seems to be the kiss of death.
When she saw who the low four were this week, my wife said that the comments should be aimed at Cat’s dress for the results show. She thought it was just not flattering to her. Any thoughts?
My wife agrees with your wife on Cat’s dress, Lee!
I’m wondering if there’s some footage that I’ve missed, because I find Caitlynn so underwhelming that I was shocked she wasn’t in the bottom last night. I don’t want to argue about it, but would love to hear, for example, HOW she would be so awesome dancing with LoFro.
@Kevin, re: Bollywood and/or Tyce… I still groan if my favorite dance gets either one of these, and did you ever call it…
@dense I thought they were awful, too. I wonder how many of their 15K free downloads are left… not!
I called the Mitchell (or Ricky) departure; but really thought Caitlynn would be heading home.
@Margaret: That’s a really, really good point about Jaimie. I’ll be interested to see what she does next week.
@Hannah: I can’t tell if I’m starting rumors or not. I’ve never seen confirmation that they’re dating, but I feel like they are and I just missed something. Does anybody know whether they’re dating or not?
@Johan: I think Caitlynn may surprise you. It would be cool if we didn’t have to be evenly matched m-f in the finale because I think Caitlynn might be in the final 4 with Melanie, Sasha and Marko. She’s definitely better than Jess and I’d rather see her in the finale than even Tadd. Yes, I know it wouldn’t be a very diverse finale dancing-wise and gender-wise, but she’s a better dancer in my opinion. And yeah, I think NPH was definitely talking about Idol. Of course. Their group numbers almost always suck.
@dense: I tweeted a few times about the awful musical guests, but I guess by the time I finished the thoughts post, I was just tired of talking about them. 🙂
http://twitter.com/#!/emofalltrades
@Lee and Kevin: I liked Cat’s dress. :)- to both your wives. Lol. I think we should have a special club for the male fans of this show. Y’all are the best.
@Lisa: I think she’s really good at building chemistry with her partners, so that’s one reason I think she’d be good with LoFro. She’s really talented and versatile in my opinion. Her first performance, she danced with Robert, now and All-Star, and completely matched him. She dances even better with All-Stars than she did with Mitchell if you take the example of her tango with Pasha. I enjoy watching her dance.
@Emilile, you make a very good point. I will re-watch (yep, the DVR is going through its paces keeping our women’s soccer stuff till my daughter is home from dad’s and SYTYCD and the other miscellany we record).
I wasn’t as impressed with Chelsea as I would have liked to be. And the HAIR all over the place makes me cringe (maybe that’s why I also enjoyed Caitlynn’s dance more this week). She seemed a little off-balance, but that may have been from not seeing….
Faves were Sasha and Melanie.
I was okay with Mitchell going home, but would have rather Jordan gone home. There is just something about her that I don’t like. I liked Clarice, and I really like her Bollywood number with Robert.
I’m really excited to see Neil again next week, he’s always been a favorite of mine!
Emilie – I haven’t seen confirmation of Twitch and Allison dating, but I have been thinking that also. They both tweet similar things about missing “someone”, but they never say who. Either that or they’re just messing w/ the twitterverse.
@Lisa (not the 1st): I hope you enjoy re-watching her performance(s), whether you see why I love her or not in the end. 🙂
@Lisa (1st): I’m excited about Neil, too. I’d love to see him dance with Caitlynn. Yeah, that’s what makes me thinking Twitch and Allison are dating – their tweets and the plethora of them together. Did they announce they’re dating and I missed it or are they being coy? And what’s their couple name gonna be if they ARE together? Twison, maybe. Or Alitch. Lol.
And lol to both you Lisas, first and not first.
Did anyone else think there was something going on in Twitch’s pants after his hot number with Sasha? His hand in his pocket didn’t cover it up too well
I can’t believe we only have two weeks of the show before the final week… it has felt so short for some reason :/