SYTYCD S7 E4 Vegas Week Discussion Thread
Already, the 45 minutes we saw of Vegas Week were inTENSE, so I imagine tonight be just the same, if not more so. Here’s one handy dandy place for you to kick start your Episode 4 Vegas Week discussions. I will be treating all of your comments as SPOILERS! because I won’t be able to watch the show until later. But don’t mind me, go ahead and theorize, bemoan, suppose, lament, appreciate and discuss to your hearts’ conent.
I am so excited. Lauren Froderman has so much personality and technique to boot. I hope she doesn’t get jipped like Katee or Kayla. I’ve seen a lot of youtube videos of LoFro and s is just amazing.
There’s also a youtube video of her called ‘Starfish and Bananafish’. She pretends to be Cat Deely. She looks so young and well-rounded.
Here’s another contender for SYTYCD…Roxy, my Frenchie.
Hi Dennis:
It’s really dark, but is this the “Starfish and Bananafish” video you mean?
I’m pulling for Giselle Peacock. She’s improved a lot since she tried out in season 1 with Artem, and has got personality to boot. Definitely one of the stronger ballroom girls I’ve seen from the past few seasons, and seems generally likeable. I’d love to see Iveta make it as well, but I think Giselle has her beat in terms of personality and general well-roundedness…that, and she hasn’t been featured on camera once – usually a harbinger of doom that a particular dancer is not going to be a finalist 🙁
I’m actually having a bit of a hard time getting attached to the guys this season – if I had to pick one that I really liked, I would have to say Alex Wong, even though Billy Bell seems to be the favorite over him to make it to the top 10…Alex is just so strong & masculine in the way he moves. I worry that Billy’s youthful look could result in him getting overpowered by sassier female partners (Lauren, Anya, Comfort), but I have noticed that he appears more grounded in his movement than he did last season. I may be pulling for Alex, but in the end I think it will likely be Billy that makes it through – the judges seem particularly fond of him.
YES!!!
She’s as cute as a button. She grew into that raspy voice.
Henry Rivera better make it all the way through. He is just adorable. He was the one in Miami who couldn’t take the heat and was nervous but had a GREATT solo. Jose is also a beast.
I hate the top ten thing, I like new talent and fresh solos and such. It seems like the season will be over so quickly with only ten new dancers.
The guy from Wapakoneta is my new favorite! I didn’t realize there was someone in Vegas that lives so close to me! And he’s just so amazing… my new obvious favorite.
I’m really pulling for Kent Boyd. He’s so fantastic and that last bit with him was so great.
My question is – the boy who danced for his twin brother – what happened to him? I forget his name, but I don’t think I’ve seen him in Vegas. Did I miss him?
Lisa- Yeah the twin! He was good. I guess he got cut :[ Kent is also one of my favorites.
I find a lack in good girl dancers this season.
Kelsey – I don’t think I saw him at all in Vegas, I wonder why he wasn’t shown if he was there. I also agree, I don’t really see a good female dancer…
I don’t think this season will go by that quick, because we used to get rid of two dancers / wk now we will just be getting rid of one / wk.
Also, I’m so pumped to see Mark and Neil again this season! Did anyone check out the new Lady Gaga video for Alejandro? There’s some pretty good Mark shots in the video. Same w/ the telephone video. Love him!
Really Love all the contestants they picked but I wished they chose Ryan to make it a top 12
Official Alejandro video. Warning – contains explicit religious and sexual imagery.
@Ryan: I’m so with you on Ryan. Next season!!
What happened to Arielle Coker? I thought she was in the top 24, and I was on pins and needles hoping for her to make it. I just adore her. But, apparently, she got cut somewhere and I missed it. Did anyone else catch that?
And you guys who say there are no good girl dancers – you are INSANE! Lauren in particular astounded me with her final solo. They’re all amazing, really…but I do miss having 20. I am keeping an open mind about this top ten (eleven?) thing, but I’m still sad because I think that, often, the top 10 surprise the judges. Oh, well.
Very disappointed in Ida Saki. She was my favorite…but I think she is a very young 18 year old. Maybe she’ll come back after college and all that extra maturity will blow us all out of the water. SYTYCD11, all the way!!! I hope to see Giselle Peacock again, too.
PS…I was surprised they took Adechike over Anthony. Any one want to explain that one to me?
@Stephanie: I’m not sure why, but hopefully we’ll see Anthony again soon.
Am I the only one who didn’t mind the fall season? What I liked most about it was that there was hardly any gap between SYTYCD – when you consider that there was S6 in the fall, then UK and AU, and then S7 in the summer. I haaaaate waiting all year for the next SYTYCD. It makes my skin itch. But, then, I guess it’s kinda like Christmas that way. Christmas in the summer.
I’m VERY disappointed about Anthony. I’m hoping they were just concerned about his injury and wanted to give him until next season to recover.
As for favorites, I love Alex! I also like Ade and Kent. When Ade danced for his life, he struck a pose that made me wish I was a sculptor or painter so I could capture his beauty. Kent just makes me want to give him a big hug. I wonder if that’s what Adam S. looked like when he was a kid.
The girls don’t stand out to me as much, but I really enjoyed Lauren’s last solo and her Broadway turn. She’s my favorite girl.
I loooove Kent Boyd! What happened to Adrian Lee? And Nicole (the one who had headphones on during her audition?) And Ida Saki (the Pakistani contemporary girl?)?
When Nigel drove o Kent’s, here was a shot of him on 161/33 passing the Post Road exit. That’s ~1 mile from my house. So I guess I’ll pull for Kent!
Tha said, I’d rather have had Anthony instead of Kent, or Boyd, or the b-boy from Miami.
Lauren and the tapper were the only girls who stood out, although it probably elped that they featured them a lot. I’m always amazed that there are people who were in the top 24/20 who weren’t on screen for more than the 10 seconds when they were cut.
@Kevin: Now we all know where you live! 🙂 Anthony for next season, I hope. I’m sure he’ll get great gigs in the meantime, from the exposure.
I commented this already, but I’m really sad about Anthony and Adrian, Adrian at least has a few more seasons, but Anthony I believe is 29, which would make him too old to audition next season. He was so inspiring, I hope he gets lots of jobs because of the incredible work he did on the show. If there had been a top 20, Anthony and Adrian would have made it FOR SURE, but the producers knew this risk when they decided to do a top 10, that they were going to have to cut great dancers like Adrian and Anthony.
@Ryan I agree with you. I didn’t get to catch the end of the show because I had to leave for work, but my friend told me those chose 6 boys and 5 girls? What’s up with that? They should definitely have chosen Ryan as a 6th girl if that was the route they were going to go. Better yet, give the All Stars their own show and give us a top 20 back! 😀
@Kevin Yeah… I used to drive on 33 past Wapakoneta when going back and forth from college (OU) and I was sitting there like “Nigel! Go That Way!” Lol…
@Dennis,
I’m glad I’ve got a friend here who loves Lauren Froderman as much as I. Woot!
Boys.
@John
When are the LoFro shirts going for sale? I usually get a ticket to the finale and would kill to have one.
She made me laugh when she unleashed her kick boxing skills on the theater seat and fist-pumping the ground like a crazy woman.
It’s terrible they couldn’t have an extra girl like they did with the guys. Argh!!! It’s like the All-Stars will be playing musical chairs with the Newbies.
@Emelie
Thanks for post the video. She’s always been a character.
Like a lot of people… I’m a HUGE Anthony Burrell fan… according to his MySpace he’s 27 years old… so he still has a couple of years to get into SYTYCD.
Oh and his Twitter
Oh, boy, LoFro is John’s new blonde girl? 😉 Hope that bodes better for her than his last couple blondes. haha! (j/k John!!)
I was really bummed about Anthony. He was my hands down favorite. I would have chosen him over either of the last two boys chosen (robert or billy). But, ’tis life!
I’m cheering for Ade Chike, Kent and Alexie this year. Yay!
(Oh, and Emilie–I liked the Fall too–you’re not alone!!)
I’m so excited for Season 7’s Top 10!!! But listen to this…Hollywoodlife.com just dished some great gossip about Cat Deeley leaving SYTYCD!?! 🙁 🙁 🙁
@Beth: Yeah, John’s adoration might just be a curse. 🙂 At least if the adored dancer is blonde… Lol Glad I’m not alone on the Fall season.
@Dennis: You’re welcome! 🙂
@Dennis
I think we can put together some LoFro shirts. They’ll be simple, but should work. I’ll comment when I get them up.
If people have ideas for other shirts, let me know and I’ll do what I can. Like I said, they’ll be simple, unless you are a graphic designer and want to help.
@beth
She’s not really blonde;-) I’m definitely the curse, but that’s ok. She’ll be around for a while I think.
@John–
Oh, I’d say she qualifies as blonde to me. 😉 Blonde highlights…or “dirty blonde”.
btw, just added Anthony Burrell on twitter–he’s been bombarded with support after last night’s show!! I posted something about him and he even thanked me (which is kinda cool). Hopefully this will get him, if nothing else, some more exposure in his dance career (ahem, he was Rihanna’s backup dancer in two videos already…and linked as her bf in 2007!!! Seems like he’s already having a great career in videos and on tour…yay!)
http://mediatakeout.com/1669/man_stealing_rihanna_strikes_again.html
@Beth, good catch on the article! That’s great to hear he’s gotten so much support. Very very much deserved.
Thanks, Beth!!
What was the first song that Lauren and Kent danced to during the 1920’s parisian dance? Anyone know I loved it so much.
Kira – The song is St. Vincent – Paris is Burning
you could find that song and others from this season at the music thread
@beth What’s his Twitter account? I’ll add it to the Twitter list: https://puresytycd.com/sytycd-twitter-accounts/
I also posted the LoFro t-shirts.
@John
Yay!!! Thank you. I can’t waited. Maybe you can get a black silhouette of LoFro in the signature ‘Assisted Arabesque Penchée’. That would capture her perfectly.
@Dennis
I’d buy that!!
Only problem is that I have no graphic design skills. Shall we start recruiting a graphic designer?
@john:
ABurrell630 is his twitter.
I think SYTYCD was robbed when the guy from the Bronx was cut, the one to whose house Mia went. We were robbed…
@Lisa: I agree. I miss Anthony Burrell. He would’ve been amazing in any of those routines. Imagine him dancing with Anya. Or Lauren. 🙂 He could bench press Courtney, easily. 🙂 With his legs, not his arms.