So Many Changes for SYTYCD!
Nigel’s Twitter account says it all:
First rule change. Only one dancer will leave the competition each week and not two. Many more changes to come by the end of this week. 11:19 AM Mar 24th via Echofon
Another rule change for SYTYCD this coming Season. The partners will change every single week. about 22 hours ago via Echofon
Check out tomorrow’s rule change. It will shock you. about 19 hours ago via web
This Season will not have a top 20. The pieces are falling into place. More tomorrow. about 4 hours ago via Echofon
What’s going on?!? I honestly don’t know how to feel about the partners changing every week. Part of me is excited and part of me is sad that we might not see great partnerships forming like we have in seasons past. Then again, each dancer will have to stand alone and not get taken for a ride by the popularity of their partner, right? No Top 20? What will there be instead? Stay tuned. And tell me what you think.
I love that Ellenore’s trying to keep it all clear for folks via Twitter:
Ellenore Scott
For those that don’t know, the new rules are: 1.) No top 20 2.) New partners every week 3.) 1 person eliminated a week. about 3 hours ago via web
I so need more details. Im glad Nigel is giving us a heads up but really wish he would let us know where we can at least read more details. I love that Ellenore is trying to help. Also did you catch Travis’s big news about choreographing a Macys stars of dance for DWTS.
Nope, I missed that.
Part of me really wishes they would’ve held off on the big changes. I still feel a bit unsettled after all the newness of Season 6 (though, I love the dancers, of course!). I was looking forward to the comfort of a regular summer season. Change is not always progress. Yet… I’m also intrigued by the possibilities and you know I’ll be watching to check it out. 🙂
I’m not gonna lie these changes are making me so nervousss but I gotta assume that Nigel has the show’s best interests at heart and that it will all be good. But I love the show the way it is so these changes are hard to take in. No Top 20? how is that going to work? Less contestants since its only on sent home a week, so they dont have to make the season longer? I loved season 6 and the changes it brought, and I really think the only bad thing was the scheduling which messed up everything (i.e. 1st few eliminations, top 6 finale). But i loved the meet the top 20 episode with all the group dances.
I like that they are mixing up the couples every week. Then dancers won’t have that safety net of a partner who is a fan favorite and gets through week by week only because of that reason. But I will miss the week to week constant partnerships because it’s fun to see the bonds and friendships grow! I most definitely have had my share of favorite partnerships.
Nigel, Nigel what are you doing?! It’s all for the better tho right? 😉
also, IS IT MAY 27th YET??!
so wait. if only one dancer leaves a week, how are they going to do partners every week?
They may do same gender duets or trios, depending on who’s left each week. I’m thinking it’ll be like the finale show where they match up the final four in every possible combination so we can see how they dance with everybody.
He seems really excited by these changes so I’m sure we can expect something fun. At least that’s the hope I’m holding onto.
I am actually wishing that somebody hacked into Nigel’s Twitter account and that all these tweets are false.
:/ OMG.
OMG.
dizzyfeet
CHANGE-The competitors will no longer choose their genres of dance. I’ll explain everything before the SYTYCD Press Conference on Monday! 31 minutes ago via Echofon
Nigel just tweeted half an hour ago.
What’s that change supposed to mean …?! So a Hip-Hop dancer can’t say he/she’s a Hip-Hop dancer?
@AJ I think he’s saying they will no longer choose out of the hat. But honestly, I stopped believing they chose out of a hat a long time ago. haha
Ok this is making me more and more excited. YES the format is drastically changing, but everyone can admit the choreography was slipping every season. I cannot wait to see what they have in store for us!
@AJ: Thanks for posting Nigel’s Tweet. This one, I’m not too sure about. In fact, I’d love for them to go back to choosing out of a hat live, so we can see. @Ben and all: Wouldn’t it be nice to have some old-school return, along with all the new changes?
From Travis: travISova
I’m really excited about all this change Nigel keeps talking about! I like change. It’s fresh and new and nothing feels tired! about 3 hours ago via Twitterrific
@Emilie, as long as the choreographers remain the same, then I can accept these changes. I want to see Nappytabs, Travis Wall, and the others challenged!
only one person a week? isn’t that gonna out number them? and no top 20?!?!??!? the only change i am happy with so far is the new partnership every week! i wish they did that last season cause i would have liked to see Kevin with other girls other then Keren….cause what if it was a bad partnership….and they get cut just because they had one bad dance……i didn’t think that was to fair! the first 2 seasons they changed partners weekly and i loved it!
oh my gosh, wouldn’t it be great, and i have no evidence for this its just wishful thinking, but they picked. 10 dancers and then, their partners every week were old favorites. like. Mark, Twitch, Kherington, etc.
i would LOVE that. but again. just wishful thinking. haha
haha Kenna to bad that is wishful thinking cause that would be great! How about have them as guest judges or choreographers!!!! that would be fantastic!!!!!
@Ben: I hear ya on the wonderful choreographers.
@Kenna & Glory: I’d love to have fan favorites back from previous seasons. I’d also love to see new dancers dancing our favorite routines from previous seasons on occasion. Wouldn’t that be awesome.
From Nigel today:
dizzyfeet
No top 20! No choosing genres! Only one goes home each week CHANGE – Less than 4 compete in the Finale! Fox reveals all the changes tomorrow
dizzyfeet
Of course there’s still one more exciting and awesome change that links together the other small changes and makes sense of the entire show. 24 minutes ago via Echofon
He seems to be enjoying blitzing us with all these changes. And taunting us. Tomorrow….
It so annoys me, the changes. I think know where the idea for the changes came from: at the end of SYTYCD UK one of the top 4 was injured (Robbie) and couldn’t compete so instead there was a top 3.
In the finale they had each from the top three dance with another eliminated contestant from their genre and they would perform a routine in that (ie 2 Hip Hop dancers would dance a HH routine). And then they would dance in the remaining combinations together. (See SYTYCD UK on youtube. The BBC posted the season.)
As for the changes themselves: I think that it will ruin the show. One of the problem with SYTYCD S1 was the cutthroat feeling to it. If each dancer is out for themselves the teamwork chemistry that develops is nil.
Quite honestly, the reason that the show is stagnating isn’t the contestant’s fault, it’s the producers sucking the life out of the show. SYTYCD started to go slightly meh in S4 when they stopped showing the hat pick (or rather when they stopped the random dance selections all together). The magic of Ivan, Benji, Gev, Dominic, and Hok exceeding expectations is when they let it happen organically. When they force it they get Lauren, Cedric, and Season 5 and 6. At this rate, they may need to stop calling it a competition, merge it with Idol and rename it a variety show.
It least the magic still happens on the Auzzie version. There they force the dancers to grow outside their comfort zone and perfomances like Robbie and Jessica happen: two ballet trained contemporary dancers killing Hip Hop to Radiohead. As an American so far SYTYCD AU seasons 2 and 3 beat SYTYCD US hands down.
SYTYCD US Season 5 and 6 lose out the Australian S2 and S3. To clarify. Why? They pick parteners and dances out of a hat on the stage at the end of the results show.
Here’s Adam on the changes:
adammshankman
What do u all think r the changes? Bet u don’t really know. @dizzyfeets being cagey. when u find out, you’ll love as much as me 🙂 27 minutes ago via Tweetie
Wow! @dizzyfeet FINALLY told me about changes to this season Sytycd! Totally fresh! Gonna really shake it up, and audiences will LOVE it! 39 minutes ago via Tweetie
Half it sounds like the 1st season. There could only be Top 16 and the whole partners has to be different every week sounds very familiar
I just hop these changes doesn’t affect the ratings at all I love watching this show!
hi guys! soo good to be back talking about SYTYCD! it’s been a long winter. i’m not totally sure how I feel about the new changes. I really like watching the couples develop, you get those electric moments (allison/ivan’s contemporary, sabra/dominic, joshua/katee). but switching can be a good thing, just look at what it did for jeanine when she got jason during top 10 week of season 5. so i don’t know, we’ll just have to wait and see. in terms of voting off one person/week, i’m still a little confused as to how that’s going to work in terms of partners and top 20. at this point, i’ll say i’m cautiously optimistic.
Oh my gosh! I just found out, I was right!!!!!!
They’re picking a top ten and each week one will be partnered with an “All-star so you think member”!
my dreams are coming true!
I wonder if they’re doing this because they have to combine the tour
@dizzfeet The dancers will change partners each week picked from an ‘All-Star Pool.’ Each ‘All-star’ will be a specialist in specific genres of dance
He said this last change will bring it all together and it really does. because now there isn’t a problem of uneven pairings or lengthening the season.
@Kenna – Good point about the tour. Now there isn’t a million people/routines to cram into it.
Who do you all want to see back on the stage as an all-star?
I can definitely name a few and then some!
Travis, Allison, Dmitry, Lauren, Neil, Hok, Sara, Pasha, Twitch, Joshua, Katee, Chelsie, Kherington, Mark, Will, Kayla, Jeanine, Brandon, Philip, Kathryn, Ellenore, Jakob, Channing, Russell, etc
I’m sure I’m leaving some awesome ppl out but those are the ones that popped into my head!
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From your lips to Nigel’s ears, apparently. Great guess, Kenna! I’m loooooving the changes now! This is going to be an awesome season. I still love the idea of combining the US, UK and AU versions somehow, but I’m looking forward to Season 7 even more than I was before.