Tonight SYTYCD Canada kicked off it’s 3rd season with Toronto auditions.
I am quite excited that SYTYCD is on all week and by next Sunday we will get our Top 20 reveal. I feel like this keeps all the dancers fresh in my mind and doesn’t waste a ton of time on auditions.
Toronto is like our Vegas and all the best dancers across the country will meet back there for finals which will air Thursday. [SEE THIS WEEK’S TELELVISION SCHEDULE HERE]
Tonight’s Thoughts on Toronto’s Auditions.
Tonight’s Judges were Jean Marc, Tre Armstrong, Luther Brown, AND Special Guest Mary Murphy
Host is Leah Miller, who I don’t like at all… so apologies in advance to her fans, I just find her annoying!
Here were the featured dancers and some thoughts.
Amanda Cleghorn – Straight to finals
Aneal Ramkissoon – Bollywood routine, but was told to get more training
Jenna Speir – Went to Choreo
Ajamu Freezy Everlsey – great dancer
Yana Gorodjanova – back from last year, unique dominatrix style routine
Roxanne Mignacco – great moves
Sarah Vance – 100th invetro baby, went to choreo then to finals
Rodrigo Basurto – choreo then finals. He had taken ballet with Shavar to improve, cute montage of them in ballet slippers.
Shavar Blackwood – straight to finals, understandably
Christian Cee Ancheta – unitard boy – wearing same unitard as last year, said he wore it everyday and trained everyday, it paid off he went straight to finals.
Caroline Holody – Cute outfit, wants to impress Jean Marc – went to choreo then finals
Alvin Collantes – had an emotional season 2 audition and returned this year to dance for himself after proving to his parents last year dancing was worth pursuing. He has magical movements and strength, went straight to Toronto and an immediate favourite of mine.
Enisa Mulic – Luckily, one of the only “bad” dancers they spent any time on (besides a “bad dancer montage” that followed her audition) I was glad, I don’t enjoy watching tons of horrible dancers)
Kirstie Kennan – So incredible, her grandma passed away, her mom is sick and her dancing just lets it all out! Went to Choreo then Finals. She had this robotic, yet fluid movement, such passion!
Jonathan (JR) Roumain – Former figure skater, I am always hesitant with the cross over though Emmanuel did it amazingly.
Brothers Dane Gulston and then Dwayne Boneless Gulston – both went to finals doing awesome hip hop.
Charlene Hart – is from Abbotsford BC, she is the one who had her shirt fall off during last year’s auditions, she was sent t choreo then finals.
Nisheeth Proshanti – Indian traditional dance and song went to chore but did not make it, one of the few who didn’t.
Jesse Wafer – He has done Criss Angel’s Show and heis amazing!
Matthew Cuff – was vogue-ing and barely made it to choreo but somehow made it to finals after choreo
Nina Strazzula – did acrobatics and was pretty awesome.
Jennifer Abbey – hard-hitting went to chore then to finals.
Andrew Chung – very confident but backed it up, I really liked his dancing, I hoe he can keep his confidence from being cocky! Went straight to finals
Graeam Goodhall – a Street runner from season 1 who has improved his dancing. He didn’t showcase it well and was sent to choreo and then finals. He will have to bring it in finals to go on.
Lisa Frias – it is her 3rd time auditioning and she isn’t that strong yet in my opinion but she was sent to chore and then to finals, but I think she will struggle… very likable and sweet though.
Patrizia Gianforcaro – her nerves didn’t seem as bad as they made them out to be, in fact, she seemed quite confident. She is really camera cute and would be great on the show I think. I would love to see Sean Cheesman choreo her!
Blake Bootcamp
I am a huge Blake fan, I think he is adorably cute, I just wish he’d keep his mouth shut ha ha…. he comes across really egotistical and cocky, to be fair, he is AMAZING!! I love his “Ca ca boom ha ha” as he hits moves… “If you aren’t sweating, I don’t care what the judges say, I’ll send you home”
A shocking amount of dancers made it through the Boot Camp.
My faves from tonight:
Alvin
Jesse
Andrew
Patrizia
Nina
I was focussingon music to send to Emilie so I may have overlooked some great dancers… who were your faves?
Emilie is working on the music from tonight, it will be a very busy week here is the schedule once again:
Monday, August 16 at 9 p.m. ET (two hours) – Calgary and Halifax Auditions
Tuesday, August 17 at 8 p.m. ET (one hour) – Vancouver Auditions
Wednesday, August 18 at 9 p.m. ET (two hours) – Montreal Auditions
Thursday, August 19 at 9 p.m. ET (two hours) – Finals Week
Sunday, August 22 at 9 p.m. ET (one hour) – Top 20 Reveal
Monday, August 23 at 9 p.m. ET (two hours) – Top 20 Performance
Tuesday, August 24 at 8:30 p.m. ET (half hour) – Top 20 Results
I am a blogger and reality tv lover. I blog here for SYTYCD but mostly the Canada version, since I live in Vancouver BC. I also blog about other reality tv shows on my own blog www.mandysmind.com
SYTYCD US only just ended on Thursday. Luckily for everybody, SYTYCD CA is here to the rescue! It premieres tonight with the Toronto auditions. For all you US readers, there are ways to watch Canada. For all your Canadian and international readers – yippee! Welcome to the site!
Until I’m able to view tonight’s auditions episode myself, Malicious Mandy and AJ are sending me the music they’ve found.
Recap of Season 2 includes these songs:
Stars’ “Your Ex-Lover Is Dead” –
BeeGee’s “You Should Be Dancing” –
Open to Toronto – Ke$ha’s “Tik Tok” –
Auditions:
Amanda Cleghorn interview: Train’s “Hey Soul Sister” –
Aneal Ramkissoon:
Jenna Spier: Sarah McLachlan’s “Possession” –
Ajamu Freezy Everlsey – J-Kwon’s “Hood Hop” – (thanks to Mandy’s husband, “the rap music master ha”)
Yana Gorodjanova:
Roxanne Mignacco: Cascada’s “Evacuate the Dancefloor” –
Sarah Vance: Snow Patrol’s “Chasing Cars” –
Rodrigo Basurto: George (Nozuka)’s “I Wanna Love You” –
Shavar Blackwood: Marques Houston’s “Hold N Back” –
Montage: Stereo’s “Turn It Up Now” – didn’t find on iTunes
Christian Cee Ancheta:
Caroline Holody: Duffy’s “Mercy” –
Alvin Collantes:
Montage: Miley Cyrus “Party in the USA” –
Enisa Mulic: Pitbull’s “You Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)” –
Bad Dancers Montage: Cobra Starship’s “Hot Mess” –
Kirstie Kennan: Jason Mraz’s “Details in the Fabric” –
Jonathan (JR) Roumain:
Dane Gulston:
Dwayne Boneless Gulston:
Charlene Hart: Enur ft. Natasja’s “Calabria” –
Nisheeth Proshanti:
Jesse Weafer: Florence + the Machine’s “Howl” –
Sexy Dancers Montage:
Matthew Waff:
Nina Strazzula: Michael Buble’s “Feeling Good” –
Jennifer Abbey: Eve’s “Tambourine” –
Andrew Chung: Run DMC’s “It’s Like That” –
Graem Goodhall: “I Can Make You Dance” – maybe DJ Cool’s
Lisa Frias: Lamb “What Is That Sound,” which isn’t on iTunes, so try “Angelica” –
Patrizia Gianforcaro:
Montage of ticket winners: Cascada’s “Evacuate the Dancefloor” –
Blake Boot Camp: The Black Eyed Peas’s “Meet Me Halfway” –
Montage: Adam Lambert’s “For Your Entertainment” –
Our reader Dennis wrote us about this clip from Drop Dead Diva that features quite a bit of Tyce Diorio dancing, as well as Katee Shean (S4) and Kayla Radomski (S5), though not enough of the latter to suit John. 🙂
A few of us felt that there were some routines that got left out of the finale showcase of favorite routines. I’ve culled these from your comments and my own personal opinions. So, feel free to chime in via the comments and let me know if I’ve missed any myself.
1. Lauren and Kent’s “prom dance” Choreographer: Travis Wall Song: Howie Day’s “Collide” – Why: This showed them both to incredible advantage, hitting their strengths and having enough chemistry to fill a stadium (which they likely will, on tour) and it included That Kiss.
2. Ashley and Neil’s Week 1 contemporary Choreographer: Tyce Diorio Song: Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway “For All We Know” – Why: I dunno if this was Ashley’s best dance on the show, but it was pretty freaking incredible and it caused me and Marianya to question whether she and Neil were in love, they had such great chemistry. Plus, it was the dance that made me realize how much Neil had grown since his season.
3. Ashley and Mark’s Week 2 jazz Choreographer: Travis Wall Song: Annie Lennox’s “Wonderful” – Why: Yeah, she basically got her own style again, but this showed that Ashley wasn’t a one-hit wonder, that she was a phenomenal dancer who was great at generating chemistry with her partners. Plus, Mark was really sexy and it’s always cool to see him dance again.
4. Robert and Courtney’s African jazz Choreographer: Sean Cheesman Song: “Norweg” – from Cirque du Soleil’s Saltimbanco Why: This was Robert in Week 1 – I think a lot of us forget how good he was from the get-go. And considering how much he grew over the course of the season, how cool would it have been to see him dance it again with Courtney?
5. Robert and Anya’s Argentine Tango Choreographer: Jean-Marc and France Song: Bond Quartet’s “Libertango” – Why: Again, this was Week 2, and considering how good this was already, it would’ve been amazing to see him do it again after everything he’d learned.
6. Robert and Kathryn’s Bob and Kathie jazz Choreographer: Sean Cheesman Song: Roisin Murphy’s “Sinking Feeling” – Why: This was the beginning of “Robyn,” was the Robert-Kathryn pairing is called some places. The choreography was perfect for both of them, but there was some awkwardness, some small hitches. It would’ve been really, really cool to see them dance it after Robert’s solo growth and after the two of them danced together three more times.
7. Billy and Kathryn’s contemporary, which propelled Christina Perri to overnight success story Choreographer: Stacey Tookey Song: Christina Perri’s “Jar of Hearts” – Why: Because it’s brilliant. Two amazing dancers, together to a great song and great choreography.
8. Lauren and Billy’s Mandy Moore jazz Choreographer: Mandy Moore Song: KC and the Sunshine Band’s “Boogie Shoes” – Why: This is just flat-out one of my favorite routines of the season. Both cool and funky, it was danced by exactly the right pair of dancers, to the exact right song and the perfect moment.
9. Lauren and Mark’s Tahitian Choreographer: Tiana Liufau Song: Last Voices’ “Jungle” – Why: Because it’s fun. And hard. It showed that Lauren was up (and down) for anything and really put her in a different place, in my opinion.
10. Lauren and Dominic’s hip hop Choreographer: Tessandra Chavez Song: Beyonce’s “If I Were a Boy,” Why: This was Dominic’s first time on Season 7 and it was good to see how much he’d grown. Also, for me, it was one of the first moments where LoFro stood up to her reputation coming onto the show, the first twinkle in our eyes that she might win.
11. Kent and Adechike’s contemporary Choreographer: Dee Caspary Song: Tom McRae’s “You Only Disappear” – Why: This was the first time I saw just what all the Adechike fuss was all about. Kent wasn’t bad, either.
12. Kent and Courtney’s jazz Choreographer: Tyce Diorio Song: Amy Winehouse’s “Amy Amy Amy” – Why: Another one of those kisses. It was a grand combination of dancers, song, movement.
13. Adechike and Courtney’s jazz Choreographer: Tyce Diorio Song: Gizzy Gillespe’s “Manteca” – Why: It was just so good. So light-hearted and joyful and just well-danced.
14. Jose and Comfort’s hip hop Choreographer: Marty Kudelka and Dana Wilson Song: Otis Redding “Try a Little Tenderness” – Why: I loved the unexpectedness of this routine. I was firmly anti-Jose by this point, but I couldn’t help loving this cool little routine. Even though he was eliminated right after this routine, I think it, together with his contemporary with Allison (theme from “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,” which I couldn’t find on YouTube) are two of Jose’s finest routines because they play to his strengths.
15. Contemporary group routine with Allison and 10 male dancers Choreographer: Mia Michaels Song: Sting’s “Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic” –
Professional Performance Why: As amazing as the routine was with Allison, it would’ve be awesome to see Lauren dance this, as was intended before she was injured.
So the finale would’ve had to have been 4 hours to include all these routines, plus the ones that they did spotlight. I know a lot of you wanted Spencer Liff routines and more of Kathryn’s routines as well, but I had to cut myself off sometime. Tell me in the comments which ones you would’ve picked!
I know there are frequently twitter round-up’s posted but I wanted to start by sharing the SYTYCD Canada Twitter Accounts. If you know of any other’s let us know and we will update them.
I am a blogger and reality tv lover. I blog here for SYTYCD but mostly the Canada version, since I live in Vancouver BC. I also blog about other reality tv shows on my own blog www.mandysmind.com
This is the last of the weekly Top SYTYCD music posts EXCEPT for one very special upcoming post where I’ll profile the top songs of the entire season – with a personalized surprise. 🙂
Top SYTYCD Music of 8/8-8/15:
1. DeVotchka’s “How It Ends” –
2. Basement Jaxx ft. Kelis, Meleka and Chipmunk’s “Scars” –
3. Joshua Radin’s “Sundrenched World” –
4. Kosheen’s “Hide U” –
5. Anouk’s “Lost” –
6. Michael Andrews ft. Gary Jules’s “Mad World” –
7. Cinematic Orchestra’s “That Home” –
8. Astor Piazolla’s “Oblivion” –
9. Lissie’s “Everywhere I Go” – [Speaking of Lissie, I just got her album “Catching the Tiger” in the mail and it’s fantastic!]
10. Tom McRae’s “You Only Disappear” –
And your lagniappe (cause they were all pretty close this week):
11. My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult’s “Wasted Time” –
12. Roisin Murphy’s “Sinking Feeling” –
13. Janelle Monae’s “Tightrope” –
14. Black Gold’s Season 7 elimination song “Shine” –
15. Telepathe’s “Lights Go Down” –
16. Coldplay’s “Fix You” –
17. Project Jenny, Project Jan ft. So Percussion’s “You Said” – from my “I Hear Music” suggested music post
18. Kate Earl “Impossible – , also from my suggested music post
19. Caravan Palace’s “Suzy” –
20. Kanye West’s “Power” –
And because the list has to end somewhere, I’ll cut it off there. Keep an eye out for my “Top SYTYCD Music of Season 7” post with special surprise and, in the meantime, you can check out all Season 7’s music here.
