My SYTYCD Season 5 Quick Thoughts
Time for my thoughts on the finale. You can find a lot more discussion from other people here.
I just want to say that I really enjoyed the finale. Sure, this season was a bit of a down season, but like I’ve said before, if this is a down season, then I can’t wait to see an up season.
I loved the Kodak and think they should do all the finales there. It was a great atmosphere and really added to the energy. Plus, the judges didn’t have to feel like they were totally crowded in the little table.
I think the real issue with choosing past dances is there weren’t enough stand out dances. So, we’re debating which of the average dances should have been on the show.
The surprise of the night for me was how good Jeanine and Phillip’s Nappytabs dance was. I forgot how good that really way.
Jeanine gets a black mark from me. That kiss of Jason wasn’t as good as the previous one.
Jason gets a big man hug from me for kissing 2 of the most beautiful girls on the Kodak stage in front of millions.
I couldn’t help but notice that Lil’ C didn’t participate with the other judges in the Chorus Line number. I love that he’s true to who he is. That said, I couldn’t help but notice that the choreographers that I’d never really want to see dance on stage were the ones on stage. The choreographers I’d like to see dance weren’t on stage. Although, with that said, I didn’t mind the little 30 second thing they did. However, how cool would it be to see say Lil’ C, Dave Scott and Shane Sparks on the same stage?
Cat Deeley proved that she does look good even in just a sheet.
If Ryan Kasprzak gets into the top 20 of SYTYCD season 6, he’s going to have such the advantage with all this face time (and Evan’s fan base).
21 million votes is a lot. I’m glad that SYTYCD is doing so well.
I wonder if it’s a bad thing that I knew pretty much every dancer that was shown in the SYTYCD 5 highlight video. Actually, not just knew them, but remembered their back story and often knew the song that they danced to. Yes, I am a SYTYCD-a-holic.
I’m really glad that SYTYCD did a good job of not drawing out the results. They just brought them on stage and told them. Perfect pacing for the results I think.
Janette was a real highlight of the night. So glad to see her back. Although, Caitlin is still stunningly beautiful. She should be a model or something. WOW!
I was really glad they gave Max a spot on the finale. He shouldn’t have been sent home when he was sent home.
I most missed not seeing Karla perform on the finale. She deserved some time and I would have loved to see her again.
I loved the Fame preview. I’d already seen it before and I’m a self proclaimed Kherington Fan-boi, but I can’t wait to see Fame.
Mary needs to be removed as a permanent judge and replaced by Adam Shankman. Time to start our #VoteMaryOffSYTYCD campaign.
Nigel’s beaming smile in this show was interesting. I think he’s sincerely excited about the success of SYTYCD.
I could have done without the Argentine Tango. Didn’t really enjoy it either time.
I still love the Nappytabs/Dmitry group number and I’m glad it made it to the finale.
My thoughts on Jeanine are here.
I can’t wait for the SYTYCD tour and SYTYCD season 6. However, next week I’m going to enjoy a few days break from SYTYCD. Don’t worry though. It will only last a couple days and then we’ll be back getting things hyped for SYTYCD 6. The really good thing for me (and my family) is that a number of people have offered to help blog for Pure SYTYCD next season. Although, I’m considering covering SYTYCD Canada on Pure SYTYCD, so if there are any other Canadians that would like to help out please let me know.
John, you’re so wrong for wanting to out Mary Murphy. ;”) I love her, just hate, hate, hate when she’s screaming. My best case scenario would be for her to tone that down a lot, but who knows if it’s possible to go back. What do you think about the perhaps bringing Paula on? I do love Adam, don’t get me wrong. And Tyce, I love him.
I looooooooooooooooooooooved the Chorus Line number with the judges. It’s always been one of my favorite dance movies (never saw the musical, unfortunately). Actually, I have a fun little post I’m thinking about with that, but it may take some time.
Your comments were great. But I was annoyed that Louis van Amstel had so many of the favorite routines slots. Though, I have to admit that I enjoyed the Asuka/Vitolio waltz a lot more this time around.
I got chills watching the Jeanine/Jason Travis Wall routine again. It was a good night.
You are so wrong my dear Emilie. You totally contradicted yourself when you said “I love her, just hate, hate, hate when she’s screaming.”
All she does is scream so you must just hate her like me. Although, it’s not really hate her. It’s just hate her as a judge. Nothing personal of course.
I hope you cover SYTYCD Canada! I’m looking forward to the new season next week!
It’s looking very likely Nicole. It will probably be its own blog so that people don’t get confused. Then, we might just do some update posts on this blog that points to the SYTYCD Canada one. It will probably just be at https://puresytycd.com/canada
Glad to know there’s interest.
Cool, that’s great news. Looking forward to it!
Great observations, John. I loved the atmosphere and grandeur of the Kodak too–just for finales, but it’s a great way to end each season. Jason and his cute little squishy cheeks may have had a better night than Jeanine last night, IMO. Kissing Jeanine and Caitlyn? What a player! lol
I’ll be looking forward to getting pumped for SYTYCD 6. Some things I’m looking forward to seeing:
–What other dancers from last season will be back this year?
–Will Ryan make it through to LA?
–Will we FINALLY get some female hip hop dancers (like Sara) who can hold their own in different styles?
–What new choreographers will be introduced?
–Will we get a new full time judge?
–Will Paula Abdul do choreography for the show?
–What dancers from this or season 4 will come back to choreograph? (Maybe Chelsea from Season 4?)
Ah, this is such a guilty pleasure of mine! 🙂
beth,
Nice list. Are you going to start blogging about each of those already?
I think we can say for sure that Chelsie won’t be back though. She has a contract with Dancing with the Stars and it’s running against SYTYCD.
i TOTALLY AGREE that KARLA should have been shown alot more
her Falling Slowly, and even the Quickstep should have been danced last night for being the best routines
Hey, the woman has some seriously good things to say. When she’s not screaming. 🙂 @John re: Mary.
Great to hear your thoughts John!
I found the same with the Nappytabs routine, that I had forgotten just how good it really was.
While I love Adam Shankman and am absolutely willing to participate in any campaign that will get the man a permanent seat on the judging panel, I’ve actually enjoyed Mary (yes, even her screaming) more than ever before this year. Who knew botox came with a sense of humour?
I know that with the overlap of seasons it would be a lot of extra work but for purely selfish reasons I would love to see you and the site cover SYTYCD Canada. SYTYCD may be addictive, but I think Pure SYTYCD is as well!
Chelsea,
I decided to forgive you for saying that you liked Mary and now I’ve officially created the Pure So You Think You Can Dance Canada blog. Of course, it’s just getting started, but we’re going to try and use the same format as we do on this blog. I’m also going to try and add a few elements to differentiate the 2 sites. Let’s hope we can keep up;-) Luckily I have some help or I wouldn’t have done it.
You asked me to ask again: What will happen now that the season is over? Oh, and if Ryan lives up too it, I might just fall in love with him like I did with Evan.
Kelsey,
Good question…lol The good thing is that I don’t think this blog is really going to stop between seasons. So, keep coming back. Of course, we’ll be back here again next season and hopefully even better organized than this season. There’s been a lot of interest in helping me out with the blog, so hopefully that will all turn out well. I also just started the SYTYCD Canada blog which should be great for all the Canadian readers.
Also, during the break I’m hoping to do some upgrades to the comment section to make things a little nicer. We’ll see how that goes.
I won’t be surprised if Ryan doesn’t make it to the top 20. However, I can imagine many would fall in love with him like they did Evan.
Haha thanks John, I won’t mention Mary in a positive way again 😉 Great news about the SYTYCD Canada blog though, I can’t wait to read it!
Ryan seems like a nice guy, his dances on the show have been great, and he’s clearly one of these dancers with a huge talent for choreography. I’ll be hugely surprised if, whatever happens in season six, he isn’t asked to choreograph a piece for season seven. I’ll be rooting for him.
If Mary Murphy didn’t scream, the SHOW just wouldn’t be the same and besides, SHE MOTIVATES the dancers in a totally AWESOME way!!! I love all the judges and their own personal styles!! Bring on Season 6, but I’m very disappointed that Brandon DID not win!!
“If Mary Murphy didn’t scream, the SHOW just wouldn’t be the same ”
You’re spot on with this one. It wouldn’t be the same….it would be better;-)
Mary’s actually gotten better as the season progressed, but I still don’t like her. A memorable tweet during one of the last shows was when I said “I actually agree with something Mary said for the first time this season.”
I actually wouldn’t mind Mary as an occasional judge, but not as a permanent judge.
Brandon did win. He got yours and millions of others love and affection. He’ll do well no doubt. However, I’m happy Jeanine won. I’m also happy we can disagree respectfully. I echo your thought “Bring on Season 6!!”
I think all of them were winners. They all got exposure on the show and they all got to do what they love to do every week. The top ten (twelve) will continue during the tour and (I think) get paid for it. It’s very probably that at least the top four will be offered jobs from the choreographers/judges. There was a rumor posted on Wikipedia on Friday morning (that was removed by that evening) that said that when Kayla was pulled aside by Tyce DiOrio at the end of the finale/winner show that he was offering her a job on Broadway. Rumor or truth who knows. Her technique was phenomenal. I’m sure someone will offer her a job if Tyce didn’t.
HEY JOHN,
Random question. BUT since you may have sytycd music connections, I was wondering if the versions and remixes of songs they use are purely for the routines, or if they release them. For example, the mix of Bleeding Love from S4 and the mix of They’re Everywhere from the zombie hip hop dance fromS5. If so, do you know where to find them? Thanks John 🙂
Kayla,
I wish I had better connections. I haven’t seen the mixes released anywhere. They finally were able to do it for American Idol so I assume once we reach season 10 they’ll have figured out how to get the rights for the various songs and sign some deal with iTunes and then I’ll be put out of business;-)