Top 6 Now Top 4 Thoughts
Since there was no voting last night, I figured that I would save power rankings for next week and just do a thoughts post instead. I love having Jesse Tyler Ferguson as a guest judge, too cute watching him blush over admitting he has a crush on Aaron. Each of the dancers had three dances each; a solo, paired with an all star, and paired with each other.
Solos
Amy: She is just a little powerhouse and has been an early favorite from the beginning. Her solo was probably my favorite out of the girls.
Jasmine: Still love that song choice. I like the fact that yes, her legs are her best feature but I like that she doesn’t always remind us in her solos.
Hayley: I wanted a bit more from her solo.
FikShun: The fact that he was moving about as fast as the lyrics of that song was impressive.
Paul: Ballroom solos are always a bit hard to watch. I would have like to seen him do a more serious solo.
Aaron: I love tap solos cause it’s really the only time we get to see it during the show. I would think they could pull one of the other tappers that have been on the show to dance with him…it would be nice.
All Stars
Paul & Kathryn: the thing I like about Paul is that he tends to have chemistry with everyone who he is paired with on the show. There may have been a fight concept but for me they both seemed to be on an even level.
Hayley & Joshua: Who else thought of Katy Perry when they saw the stage set up? This was a major improvement from her last hip-hop. She really did seem like she was fighting to stay in the competition
Aaron & Melanie: I so wanted to know what they were yelling at each other during this piece, which made it entertaining to watch. Granted yes he sort of dropped her but thankfully it went with the theme of the dance. Also, Melanie being as good as she is caught herself.
FikShun & Witney: A ballroom dancer he is not but he sure did try. I agree with Mary that his close hold position was nice and probably with a little more time he could really do the fox trot justice.
Jasmine & Neil: I knew this was going to be good just from the rehearsal footage. Tyce created a beautiful number for these two. This was my favorite of the all-star pairings.
Amy & Alex: So happy Alex was able to do Bollywood and not hurt himself. Amy’s personality just suits Bollywood. It takes a lot of energy to tackle those dances.
Paired together
Hayley & Paul: I loved this version of the song and love watching these two dance together. Sad to see them both go but I had a feeling that they would be the ones that left.
Amy & FikShun: Happy that Dave Scott didn’t make this a cutesy hip-hop. They really do bring out the best in each other.
Jasmine & Aaron: This was my favorite out of the last three dances. I loved the concept of this dance and I did notice that Aaron took the judges note from earlier in the night and corrected it for this dance. Jasmine must be double jointed, how else would her legs be able to move like they do.
So our top 4 are Jasmine, Amy, Aaron, and FikShun. Who will you be pulling for next week? I’ll be pulling for Aaron mainly, as for the girl I’ll be happy with who ever wins out of the two of them.
I think we all predicted Hayley to go home but she gave a good run this week to show that she deserved to be top 6. It is ironic that Paul went though because he had the best night from all the guys. In fact, I think Paul is the only person in the competition who has never had a bad review (among the guys at least). I guess the plus here is that he probably already won the money from the sytycd in Armenia and has now gained the recognition here.
I was pretty sure Hayley would be the female dancer to leave, and I’m pleased that both Amy and Jasmine are in the top four. But I was both surprised and sad to see Paul leave. He was not only the best all-around dancer left in the competition; he was also a consistent fan favourite. I thought the combination would put him through to the finale. I had initially thought it would be Paul and Aaron, but then I started to favour Fik-shun over Aaron instead. Aaron seems to have hit his limit, possibly due to his size or his lack of flexibility or his shoulder injury or all three. Fik-shun just keeps going, and even though I think he still has a long way to go, I can’t help but like and admire him. And Paul seems to have no limits, which is why I was so sad to see him go. Besides, he’s hot! That never hurts (see Pasha, Robert, Alex, etc.).