Power Rankings – So You Think You Can Dance Canada – Top 14
Last Week’s Power Rankings I predicted 1/3 of the Bottom 3 and one of the two going home.
This week I hope to be more accurate (Hey, the previous week I was 3/3)
Our judges this evening were Dan Karaty, Karen Kain, Tre Armstrong and Jean-Marc Genereux. Dan spoke about how SYTYCD Canada pushes the envelop and keeps getting sexier. Tomorrow Night Blake’s choreographed an “almost too sexy for tv” routine that I can’t wait to see.
1.Cody & Melanie
Hip Hop with Luther
“Turnin’ me on” – Keri Hilson ft. Lil Wayne
Yes, they are my favourite couple (though Jayme Rae & Daniel are creeping up a close second lately) but this routine by Luther was HOT! Cody didn’t have what I refer to as “Evan syndrome” (being too cute and innocent) he rocked it hard along with Melanie who was hard-hitting. They were convincing, they were in unison and they were sexy. Best routine of the night in my opinion.
2. Jayme Rae & Daniel
Disco with Melissa Williams
“Disco Inferno” -The Trammps
The lifts, the spins, the flips, the bounce, the outfits… it was hot. I don’t know what the heck Dan Karaty was watching but he was not watching these guys dance if he thinks they weren’t “there” When Jayme Rae did those splits in a lift then a spin and flip – holy guacamole – amazing! Disco is face-paced and fun and these guys did a fantastic job and entertained me.
3. Austin & Corynne
Hollywood Jazz with John Byrne
“Paparazzi” – Lady Gaga
I haven’t liked Austin since auditions but that guy can dance. I have liked Corynne since auditions and I am really glad these two are paired, they seem to really connect and I think they will stay out of the bottom 3 again this week. I didn’t like the gun part, it seemed corny but the falls and jumps and that KISS!?! wow!
4. Natalie & Danny
West Coast Swing with Benji Schwimmer
“Love Lock Down” – Kanye West
I have tried West Coast Swing and this to me was so unlike what I have tried (at a novice level obviously ha ha!) Benji is a genius. There were some amazing flips and complicated patterns but the air worked well together and performed beautifully. (Although I wasn’t a fan of the song – especially after kanye’s lil’ outburst at the VMA’s this past weekend!)
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5. Tara-Jean & Everett
House with Sho Tyme
“When Love Takes Over” – David Guette
I don’t want to put these guys in the Bottom 3 but it’s a close call with Natalie & Danny / Tara-Jean & Everett. It was very fast, it was entertaining, it truly was body versus feet as Dan Karaty said. I enjoyed it but something about Benji’s routine made it stand out slightly above this one and so here we are with our Bottom 3 predictions.
6. Kim & Emanuel
Contemporary with Stacey Tookey
“To Build a Home” – Cinematic Orchestra
They seem defeated in the rehearsal clips. With bruises and injuries and struggling with the lifts. It felt like a real bummer just watching. Though they performed well, their outfits were boring, it was slow and seemed to just drag on for me. Near the end it pick ed up and they gave it some life but I just felt like it fell short.
7. Amy & Vincent
Cha Cha with Gustavo Vargas
“Rie y llora” – Celia Cruz
It was fun and sexy and cute but it didn’t stand out much compared to other routines this evening. it was quirky but just nothing spectacular in my opinion.
Assuming my Bottom 3 are correct (and it is so hard to tell at this point) I would predict that Amy & Vincent go home… ooh I dunno…. everyone deserve to be where they are on that stage… so sad to send people home each week.
Can’t wait for Blake’s routine tomorrow 🙂
It’s so interesting to read other people’s opinions on the dances!
I’m not an Emmanuel fan, as I have said before, but I loved his piece. The two misses of the night for me were the disco and the West Coast Swing. The disco just did nothing for me and I didn’t see a lot of swing (not that I know anything about that style) in the swing despite what Jean-Marc said.
I enjoyed Melanie and Cody and really thought they hit it well, but at this point with all the dancers being so capable it comes down to choreography and the luck of the draw in many ways. Although Melanie is one of my favourites I’m worried about her simply because I didn’t love the choreography even though she danced the crap out of it!
I thought the House routine was really fun, something that made you just get up and want to join in, but I don’t know how well that will translate into votes.
And in an example of what choreography can do, Vincent and Amy’s was one of, if not the only, mambo I enjoyed watching. I like Amy but it’s Vincent I’ll be extremely upset to see go if your bottom three predictions are true. I find him to be the ‘Danny’ of this season, a ballroom dancer who can do so much more, and he’s one of my favourites this year.
If my favourites are still around next week I hope they get some more crowd-pleasing pieces. Surely Emmanuel and Kim can’t draw ALL the contemporary/theatre/jazz/sexy hip hop pieces…
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