SYTYCD: Who’s Safe and Who’s in Danger
I felt like everyone in the Top 9 had a good performance this week…so it’s kind of hard to figure out who might be in danger of going home next week.
Safe
Taylor: Currently, she is the one to beat so far. I enjoy watching her dance and the partnership with Robert will only get stronger. I’m looking forward to seeing her dance some other styles.
Koine: I felt like she had the best dance of the night…or at least the most interesting. I don’t see her going home anytime soon.
Kaylee: Thankfully Nigel’s comments last week didn’t affect people voting for her. I thinking Kaylee could be a fan favorite, so I don’t think she’ll be in the bottom 3 unless they just have a bad week.
Most likely safe
Lex: I’m sure Lex is safe but sometimes the ballroom dances don’t go over well with the at home audience. We also got to at least see his solo in his own style.
Sydney: Close call for Sydney this past week but thankfully this week her performance was much better. With this dance being emotional, I think she will have enough votes to keep her safe next week.
Could go either way
Mark: This was a case of the choreography being kind of blah…well for me. I did think Mark had the best solo of the night. I hope that he will be safe.
Dassy: I really hope I’m wrong, cause I think she’s so cute.
In Danger
Kiki: Even though Kiki was able to get into character…I just don’t feel enough grit for a hip hop.
Logan: I was a bit surprised that he ended up in the bottom 3. Logan is a great dancer but there is just something missing that I haven’t quite figured it out.
Looking forward to next week. Who will be the next to go home?
I definitely agree with Kiki being in danger. It seems like for the most part looking around that a lot of people agree that it was a pretty watered down hip hop and even though it was better than his attempt at the academy it still wasn’t jaw dropping. I think Kiki is probably the one at the biggest disadvantage since he seems to excel the most in ballroom and where there isn’t a lot of ballroom week to week the chances of him dancing something he’s not as good at is pretty high.
With Logan I felt like during the first live show Allison is what was missing not having his partner that he had developed chemistry with. I definitely enjoyed their dance this week enough to where I sent some votes his way. I still think he’s safe but in a few weeks that may not be the case.
As for who is joining Kiki in the bottom.. I wouldn’t be surprised if Logan is thrown in again if it’s a bottom 3. But as for who else, part of me wants to say Sydney again. While this week she was better than last week she wasn’t a stand out to me. Especially on a night where to me Koine, Kaylee, Mark, Logan,and Dassy were the stand outs. I think that Taylor and Lex will both be safe because they seem to be fan faves. I thought Taylor’s dance was great but not as good as week 1, same for Lex. There were parts of the AT that I liked but there was parts that were a bit sloppy and not as clean and crisp as I would have liked.
So my guess for bottom 3 is Kiki, Sydney, and Logan with Kiki going home. And for drama purposes Sydney gets saved first to where its a duel between Jenna or Allison’s partner going home.
I agree with most of your rankings. Of all nine, Koine exceeded expectations by far last week. Taylor and Lex stepped down from week one, but still have enough steam to be popular. Despite the stumble, which I didn’t know was a stumble until they kept pointing it out, Dassy did very well with Bollywood. (Which is funny, normally I see Afro Jazz and Bollywood as a disadvantage this early in the show, but both Koine and Dassy entertained and amazed me.) Mark and Kaylee were middle of the pack for me, but I think both are likeable enough to survive this week. I agree that the bottom 3 is Kiki, Logan, and Sydney. Sydney has done nothing wrong, but she has yet to wow like Taylor, Lex, and Koine, and she doesn’t have the personality to match Dassy, Mark, and Kaylee. As for Kiki and Logan, someone made a comment on Youtube that really made sense to me. Those two, along with Lex, are more suited for solos. Tell them to do as they please and they are amazing. Tell them how to move and they lose that sparkle. The one wild factor is Kiki’s fan base. Judging from the comments online, he has very devoted fans. Whether they are indeed numerous or simply vocal won’t be determined until he ends up in the bottom or makes it to the end.
I’m predicting a Sydney/Dassy/Logan or Lex bottom 3 this week. No one seems to be talking about Sydney. Dassy seemed to fall under the radar, much like Logan did last week. If only the bottom 2 and not bottom 3 were in danger I think Logan would be safe this coming week but there are only so many contestants and people are starting to cement their loyalties. Lex could be in trouble because he had trouble with his dance AND it was ballroom. You mentioned Kiki’s performance which got mixed reviews from viewers but he’s quickly developed a fanbase (you see the whole “Daddy Kiki” thing on twitter? XD) so I think he’s safe for now. I GUESS Mark could be in the bottom but he’s not as likely as Sydney/Logan/Dassy/Lex.
I think the rest are fine this week, though I thought Taylor’s dance was strange (probably because of the music not really suiting the choreo so not her fault) and IMO calling someone “the one to beat” is overstepping for a reality show judge to do. I like it better when they talk about the contestants own growth rather than comparing them to others. Leave that to the audience, Nigel! 😛
I feel like with Kiki’s “fanbase” it could be them just being more vocal online but not following through with the voting. The way that some Kiki fans have acted when I’ve interacted with them they remind me a lot of 5H fans that we dealt with this past season on DWTS. They claim that they are big and mighty and that they are doing all this voting and then Normani landed in 3rd on DWTS. And I think too where Kiki has the connection to Val and Maks since he did their tour a few years ago it might be some vocal Val and Maks fans as well. It seemed like to me I saw a lot of people being pretty skeptical of what Kiki can do for the most part then the diehard Kiki people saying he did fantastic. And even I saw a few of those who thought the routine was pretty subpar.
I just can’t see him staying around but for another few weeks when there are way stronger dancers that are way more versatile. Even though Sydney isn’t the best I can see her outlasting Kiki because out of the two I feel like she’s more versatile. Kiki while he didn’t completely bomb hip hop last week like he did during the academy it was pretty watered down, he wasn’t front and center Jenna was, and then the last 30 seconds wasn’t even dancing it was just him and Jenna standing there trying to act like the characters they were playing.