*It’s Almost Time to Reveal the All-Stars!!*
Hi everyone and happy Monday! I hope everyone had a great 4th of July holiday! As we get into Top 12 week, I thought I’d whip up a speculation post about the All-Stars! Unlike last season where Nigel gradually introduced who would be the All-Stars via Twitter, my thought is that they’re going to be introduced during the week between the Top 12 elimination (which is going to be so hard!) and the Top 10 performance show. Though, he might also just wait and introduce all of them on the Top 10 show. I’ve been wracking my brain (and watching way too much YouTube) to figure out who some of the All-Stars might be. If I had complete show control, these are some of the dancers I’d bring back:
#1 Robert Roldan: with the amount of time he’s spent on screen this season as an assistant as well as filling in for Mitchell during week 1 (he almost had to fill in on the most recent show, Mitchell’s foot was super swollen. Robert had his costume on and everything but Mitchell stepped up to the plate and delivered a fabulous performance with Caitlynn), I’d be SHOCKED if Robert wasn’t an All-Star this season. Not only is he an amazing dancer, but the public has really embraced him, even more than last year I think. Plus, he’s pretty easy on the eyes which might help dancers like Jordan and Ryan who seem to be having trouble getting the audience to vote for them.
Robert and Kathryn’s contemporary (top 6 week)-Stacey Tookey. I think this is the best he looked the whole season, and his partnership with Kathryn was absolutely amazing, the best partnership of the whole season. You can see through the whole piece how much he gives of himself to his partner, part of the reason he’d make a perfect All-Star. (sorry for the poor video quality, it was the only one I could find where embedding was allowed)
Katee Shean: I’m not sure if people remember that she actually stepped in as an All-Star last season when Allison Holker injured her ribs. She danced a Spencer Liff broadway number with Billy and the judges say it was the best they had ever seen Billy dance. Seeing her on the SYTYCD stage again made me remember what an incredible dancer she is. I’m embedding her “Imagine” number with Will from S4, a number I think should rank in the top 3 of the best dances in the history of the series. What the two of them did in that number is nothing short of extraordinary.
I would also be overjoyed to see Will as an All-Star, he’s an incredible dancer and it would be great to see how much he’s grown in 4 years since the show.
*your All-Star choices*
Kayla Radomski (S5) In the history of SYTYCD, Kayla has to be in the top 3 of the most physically talented girls ever to be on the show. For me, technique-wise, she’s tops. Kayla’s problem during her season was that she didn’t have much of a personality. She wasn’t boring, she just wasn’t very expressive and had trouble connecting to the audience. She began to break barrier near the end of the season, her jive with Evan during the finale was the most fun I saw her have on stage since her incredible week 1 samba with Max. Her partnership with Kupono was unexpectedly great and definitely kept her going in the competition.
Mia Michaels won a very well-deserved emmy for “Addiction” but it wouldn’t have been the same without Kayla and Kupono’s electric chemistry and partnership.
Janette Manrara (S5) Personality-wise, Janette is a great choice right off the bat. She’s also really good at multiple styles which is definitely a plus. If they’re doing a “pool” of all-stars, I want Janette in it because the ballroom, particularly the latin ballroom, this season has been pretty mediocre (this is me still being annoyed that Iveta and Nick were knocked out too early). For me, season 5 is a really underrated season, Jeanine, Kayla, Melissa, and Janette as the top 4 girls that season, that’s a pretty stacked group!
here’s Janette and Brandon’s Wade Robson “Ruby Blue” jazz number, my favorite of theirs from season 5, this also makes me miss the old stage and the stairs!
Ashleigh and Ryan DiLello (S6)
Ballroom is a tough category for All-Stars, since our best (Lacey, Dmitry, Chelsie) are all under contract with DWTS. I LOVED having Pasha and Anya back last season, and because of the lack of available ballroom All-Stars my best guess is that it will either be Pasha and Anya again or Ryan and Ashleigh. They’ve also been seen on camera helping out Jason Gilkison.
here’s their jive from the finale
and each with another partner doing ballroom
ryan and kathryn’s cha cha
ashleigh and jakob’s cha cha
Sara von Gillern (S3)
the idea of sara and tadd working together right now is making me giddy!! she is the only b-girl ever to be on the show, but sara’s adaptability was outstanding. I’m not really sure they could legitimately making breaking a category because it is so much about strength and practice, and we didn’t really see her do hip hop, but I would love to see her as an all-star.
I’m embedded one of the best performances in all 8 seasons, sara and pasha’s West Coast Swing π
Legacy (S6)
I miss Legacy! I’m not sure any of us thought, at the top 20 announcement for S6, that he was going to go as far as he did. For as much flack as the producers got for having a fall season, the fact that 3 couples (Ashleigh & Jakob, Ryan & Ellenore, Legacy & Kathryn) were 6 of the final 8 speaks to the fact that they picked people who America loved! Personality and stage presence makes Legacy an excellent choice for an All-Star
here’s his “Mr. & Mrs. Smith” number with Ellenore (another good all-star choice!)
…this is a list in progress. hit me up in the comments with your All-Star picks and I’ll add them + videos if I can find them to our big master list!
I want Jeanette the salsa dancer. π And Sara Von Gillern the B-girl from S3.
That would be AWESOME.
Jakob Karr from season 6. Pairing him with Melanie would be absolutely amazing!
I think it true might come down to who is available. Robert and Katee are great choices. With DWTS having three of our ballroom people we most likely won’t see Chelsie, Lacey, or Dmitry. Jakob Karr is someone I want as an All Star.
Pretty sure Nigel is betting on Alex Wong as an All-Star. He already stated in an interview that Alex would be welcomed back as one, but not as a contestant.
I wish I could find a link to the interview in question, but I remember also that Nigel stated that the pool of All Stars will be a week-to-week thing, basically who ever is available for a particular dance & week.
@beth, I LOVED Janette! Especially after the disaster that was Chris and Ashley’s salsa, it would be nice to have someone on the show who lives that type of dancing. and Sara would be a great addition as well, oh my gosh Sara and Tadd?!! That would be pretty awesome π
@Amanda, I think you’re right about it all being about who is available. Ballroom is where I was having the most trouble thinking b/c of DWTS. I haven’t kept good track of the DiLello’s but either of them would definitely be good choices if they want new All-Stars (rather than having Pasha and Anya again b/c they are just about the only SYTYCD Ballroom dancers NOT involved w/ DWTS).
@JamesG, oh gosh Jakob would be AMAZING. He’s an incredible dancer and a much better partner than I thought he would be at the beginning of season 6. He would be a welcome All-Star, definitely.
@Liz B, Alex Wong is an interesting case. I think he’s a fabulous dancer, no doubt. I might be in the minority here, but I wouldn’t really want to see him as an All-Star. I was just as devastated as everyone else when he got injured last season, that was a huge bummer, but the cool thing about the All-Stars is that they really show how far the show has come and how they’ve changed. Like having Allison from S2, we all knew she was an amazing dancer, but when she was a contestant she was only 18! To have her come back and really be even better is a testament to the success of the show. Or Comfort, people were kinda meh about having her back, but I thought she had gotten even better, especially with choreography and her emotional connection to her partners (I’m thinking specifically about her piece w/ AdeChike)
Just one word….. LEGACY! Have we all forgotten his Travis Wall Portishead number with Ellenore?? Awesomesauce!!!
We’ve seen Jakob (choreography rounds for the auditions) and the DiLellos (assissting one of the ballroom choreographers) early this season, so I hope that means their schedule is free to be all-stars.
@Paula – I’d agree that Legacy would be a god choice for a b-boy all-star since they had Dom on last season.
I’d also love to have Kathryn back again since she’ smy favorite girl that’s ever been on the show.
i was just thinking about something, they had a bunch of dancers on Ellen to promote the new season, and one of them was Jaimie Goodwin from S3, she would make a FAB all-star!
Looks like Jakob is going to work with Cirque du Soleil from August to October (as it goes from his FB), so I’m not sure if he could be an All-Star… And it would be a huge loss, he’s my favourite!
I think if Jess makes the top-10 they will invite Evan. Also Kupono may step up, Kayla, Katee among the girls. Hip hop – tWitch again? I would love to see Legacy. And maybe they will invite Ivan:)? Ballroom – not many choices. Lacey, Chelsey, Dmitry have contracts with Dancing with the stars. So maybe Pasha and Anya again?
Robert – I also would be surprised if he wasn’t invited. Maybe Kent? He assisted Tyce.
@ Kevin – Kathryn just got the lead role in Step Up 4 – Not sure when filming starts though……perhaps shell be available.
Lord knows I love me some Legacy – The Glee tour is over so Im keeping my fingers crossed!
I saw Billy Bell in the audience last week…..possible all star???
Im definately in agreement with all that Robert is an obvious choice. Not the biggest fan of either DiLello – so I wouldnt really care either way if either of them were on.
Neil is an absolute pleasure to watch – but I doubt they’d bring him back 2 seasons in a row.
Id definately rather see Jenette over Pasha/Anya. Im kind of over them…..
Really looking forward to seeing who they chose!
I’m sorry, but I just cannot choose! There are endless options! I love all of the past contestants! LOL! π (By the way, reading the comments did not help! LOL! :-D) With it being said, I happily welcome any past/former contestant of ‘SYTYCD’! π
My money is Jacob, who won his season (the hip-hopper)’ Cat tweeted a photo of him at her pool party on July 4th. Personally would LOVE to see Danny.
@Ng, Danny would be amazing, but he’s actually dancing in the Norwegian National Ballet! And the hip hopper you’re referring to, I’m guessing, is Russell. I’d be interested to know if they’re going to bring any winners back as All-Stars, Joshua and Jeanine would be AMAZING all-stars!
@Margaret, Ng is referring to Joshua Allen, ‘SYTYCD”s season 4 winner! Russell Ferguson, ‘SYTYCD”s season 6 winner, is a Krump dancer! π
@Jose, that’s my bad! hahaha, when Ng put Jakob and then said who won his season, for some reason I thought that was referring to Russell. I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to see Joshua back
@Margaret, LOL! π I automatically knew that he was referring to Joshua because he stated that “Cat tweeted a photo of him at her pool party on July 4th.”, and I for a fact know this because I too saw the picture via Cat’s ‘Twitter’ account. Also, Cat did mention it on ‘The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson’ on July 11th. (Oh, and by the way, I too would love to have/see Joshua back!) π
I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to see Legacy again!!! And Billy!! Jacob would be great too! Love them all. Cant wait to find out what will happen because I have been kind of disappointed in who they are letting go this season so far… So I am looking forward to the all-stars to get excited again!
These videos brought back such fond memories. Made my day, thanks Margaret and everybody for your suggestions!
Chelsie Hightower posted this on FB an hour ago:
“Got some exciting news to share with you all. Watch Fox’s So You Think You Can Dance tonight to find out!! xxx” So it is quite possible that she may be an all star… though I am not sure if I like that or not because that would probably mean she doesn’t have a contract with DWTS anymore, I know she has been tweeting about meetings and stuff.
Does dancing on SYTYCD preclude one from dancing on DWTS? Is that always the case? It wouldn’t seem very logical…
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I wish that they would bring back Joshua Allen for SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE ALL STARS. He is my favorit contestant ever.