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Results from SYTYCD Canada Top 16 becomes 14

Tonight’s episode shocked me horribly.

My #1 routine from last night ended up not only in the bottom 3, but were the two couples sent home!

I can#t believe they got into the Bottom 3, however, given one of their solo’s I knew they would be going home.

Here is how the show went:
Melissa & Christian – safe
Denitsa & Joey – not safe
JP & Geisha – safe (I was shocked!)
Jordan & Shane – now safe (I was shocked!)
Carlena & Adam – safe
Francois & Lindsey – safe
Shelaina & Kevin – not safe (I was shocked!)
Yulia & Matt -safe (I was shocked!)

These voting results had be absolutely stunned!

Onto the solos:

GALS:

Denitsa – “These Boots were made for walking” – Nancy Sinatra

She did well. It was her style, which she excels at, but I have yet to see much else outside of this that wow’s me.

Jordan – “Gorecki” – Lamb

Stunning, beautiful, if she was sent home for this solo, or this week, I think I actually may have stopped watching!

Shelaina –

Her solo was pretty weak. While I DO NOT think she should have been in the Bottom 3, based on solo’s alone, her was the weakest. Which is too bad because she is one of my favourites this season and was my favuorite routine last night!

GUYS:

Joey –

Amazing, he is so beautiful to watch.

Shane –

Another fantastic solo

Kevin –

another great solo, all the men were fabulous.

Results:
Shelaina and Kevin were sent home, in what I think is a complete upset!

What do you think? I am still surprised! I hopepeople start voting, I mean Jordan in bottom three? With that amazing routine last night? Shelaina and Kevin? really?

Comment Below – Please, I am dying for others thoughts on this!!!

Oh and sorry for lack of music, I was really in shock and focused on the solo’s not the songs tonigt, my apologies!

SYTYCD Canada Top 16 Performance Show

I am sorry I did not post this last night, but it was a Canadian long-weekend and although I watched the show, I was exhausted from a busy long weekend and didn’t hop on the computer.

But, here is the information from last night’s show. Tonight will be the results show.

Judges: Jean-Marc Genereux, Tré Armstrong, Sergio Trujillo, Dan Karaty.

Francois & Lindsey
Hip Hop – Luther Brown
“Massive Attack” – Nicki Minaj

She was definately harder hitting than him. They were alien robots and they moved very quickly. It was entertaining and fun and should keep them safe, I hope.

Jordan & Shane
Contemporary – Nico Archambault & Wynn Holmes
“Wake Up Alone” – Amy Winehouse

This was a moving piece, not only because of the artist, Amy Winehouse’s recent death, but also because of the choreography. It is no secret how much I adore Jordan, and I am also a huge fan of Nico and Wynn. This piece was really amazing and the way the two moved together was really effortless. Judge Dan Karaty commented on how in past seasons it was aspiring dancers, but how we are spoiled this season with such talented, established dancers. This was one of my favourites of the night.

Yulia & Matt
Quick Step – Tony Meredith and Melanie LaPatin
“Can’t Touch It” – Ricky-Lee

They had good speed, it was good choreography, but overall just an average performance for me. I expected more from Yulia since it was her genre. Great effort, but just sort of fell short unfortunately.

Christian & Melissa
Tango – Tony Meredith and Melanie LePatin
“La Bohemia” – Electro Dub

This has some really nice lifts and flips. It was extremely sexy. I really enjoyed it, and I generally don’t care for the ballroom as much as Contemporary or hip hop.

Geish & JP
House – ShoTyme
“What I Need” – Crystal Waters

This was kind of a hot mess in my opinion. I tlooked chaotic, and not the “controlled chaos” that some routines require. JP looked very feminine in the white wavy pants, which took away form his foot work because they were flapping around his legs. It was a really good effort, you could see them really trying, but it fell short for me as it looked all over the place.

Kevin & Shelaine
Contemporary – Sabrina Matthews
“Rolling Deep” – Adele

The story for this routine, as Sabrina Matthews always has a story, was a man who left his wife for another woman and is now trying to get her back. She is supposed to be angry and Shelaina played the part well. It was very angry and spastic, on the edge of losing control, but still in control (unlike the House piece with JP and Geisha) it was emotional, it told the story well and was really engaging to watch. Probably my favourite of the night, which is saying something because usally Jordan steals that spot!

Denitsa & Joey
Salsa – Gustavo Vargas
“Mirame” – Chivirico Davila

The judges really loved this piece, but I didn’t see it. Of course I am not a salsa expert but to me they wereout of synch, lacked chemistry and their arms were tangled and not fluid. I love Joey and I know Jean-Marc loves Denitsa, so maybe the judges comments were to try and convince viewers they were good and to vote? Besides a nice ending lift I just found the routine to be pretty unimpressive.

Carlena & Adam
Theatre – Sean Cheesman
“Kiss of the Spiderwoman” – Chita Rivera

I always love Sean Cheesman’s choreography. He takes a very unique approach to the music and this routine was no different. I loved Carlena in this, she was fierce! Adam did well also, catching and throwing and supporting Carlena, but she was definately the star! There seemed to be a hiccup with a lift, but no one mentioned it so maybe I am wrong… they really beat up each other in this routine flying and jumping all over. It was supposed to be the battle between the King and Queen in chess – really awesome!!

SO based on that here are my POwer Rankings, feel free to argue. I am going against the judges on a few here so will be interesting if Canada votes with judges or how I think they might.

Top 3:
Kevin & Shelaina
Jordan & Shane
Christian & Melissa

Middle 2:
Carlena & Adam
Francois & Lindsey

Bottom 3:
Denitsa & Joey
JP & Geisha
Yulia & Matt

I know my Bottom 3 were not the judges Bottom 3, so I could be way off, but that is how I felt about the routines – so I am going with my gut. I think JP and Geisha will go home…. even though I thought LAST NIGHT Yulia and Matt were not as good.

We will see later tonight – – – Comments? Leave them below!

The Table Has It

This is a silly post I got the idea for last week (Sasha and Twitch made me think of it). It occurred to me that while routines with props can go either way, there are A LOT of routines choreographed around a table that seem to be highly memorable. So, I thought it’d be fun to look at some of those.

First, probably the most memorable table routine, the one that people generally think of when you say “the table routine” is from Season 3. Sabra and this week’s All-Star Neil dancing a Mandy Moore jazz routine.

Next memorable I’d say is the Travis Wall contemporary routine danced by Ellenore and Legacy in Season 6, the “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” routine.

Then, there’s the super-hot crossbreed of samba and hip hop that Dmitry and Nappytabs choreographed for Season 5’s Top 16, which featured several tables (and water!).

I also couldn’t help thinking of this Tyce Diorio-choreographed jazz routine with Season 7’s Kent and All-Star Courtney featuring one of my favorite Amy Winehouse tunes, “Amy, Amy, Amy” .

Season 7 also had a phenomenally memorable Top 6 group routine which featured a table. Choreographed by Mia Michaels, it should’ve shown off eventual winner (and this week’s All-Star) LoFro, who was injured, but instead All-Star Allison (then and last week) took her place.

Here’s a video of LoFro performing it on tour:

Which brings us to the inspiration for this post, last week’s “Misty Blue” , choreographed by Christopher Scott and danced so fabulously by Season 8’s Sasha and All-Star (of all time) Twitch.

All of this “evidence” that tables make for great routines *almost* makes me wish that Caitlynn and Mitchell’s Stacey Tookey choreography to “Turning Tables” had had a table in it instead of two armchairs and lamps. Except, it’s just so memorable on its own. I’ll include it anyway.

Can y’all think of any other great table routines I’ve forgotten? Can you think of a bad table routine ever in SYTYCD history? And you’re not limited to the American version of the show. Go for it!

UPDATE:

Thanks for commenter Anne who reminded me about Wade Robson’s Season 6 Top 20 routine, “Comanche.” I miss Wade so much. This is such a good one, check it out:

Top SYTYCD Music of 6/27 – 7/4

Happy 4th of July, everybody! Everybody American, anyway. 😉 For a holiday treat, here’s your list of the Top Ten SYTYCD songs this week.

1. Christina Perri’s “Jar of Hearts” –
2. Florence + the Machine’s “Cosmic Love” – . SYTYCD has featured three of their songs. “Addicted to Love” was on the 6/13-6/20 list.
3. Crookers ft. Roisin Murphy’s “Royal T” –
4. Lil John ft. LMFAO’s “Outta Your Mind” –
5. Annie Lennox’s “Bare” –
6. Lissie’s “Everywhere I Go” –
7. Damien Rice’s “Prague” –
8. N.E.R.D. ft. Nelly Furtado’s “Hot-n-Fun” –
9. Skunk Anasie’s “Squander” –
10. M.I.A.’s “XXXO” –

And because they were pretty close, your lagniappe –

11. D.H.T. ft Edmee’s “Listen to Your Heart” –
12. Amy Winehouse’s “Amy Amy Amy” –
13. Amanda Blank’s “Something Bigger, Something Better” –

Check back later for my personal Top Ten so far of the season – as requested by our commenter Anna. And of course, all of the Season 7 music is here.

Top SYTYCD Music of 6/20/10 – 6/27/10

Last week, I started a new regular post where I’ll list each week’s Top Ten songs on SYTYCD the previous week. These results are unique to our site and not based on any numbers from Billboard or iTunes – just the songs that are most popular here at PureSYTYCD.

Keep in mind, these are the most popular songs of the week, so many of them come from the most recent performance or results shows. If not, I’ll link to the original episode it aired. Enjoy!

Top SYTYCD Music 6/20-6/27

1. Annie Lennox’s “Wonderful” –

2. Skunk Anasie’s “Squander” –

3. D.H.T. ft. Edmee’s “Listen to Your Heart” –

4. Sylvestor “Summertime” –

5. Amy Winehouse’s “Amy Amy Amy” – (One of my personal favorites from the week!)

6. Lissie’s “Everywhere I Go” –
(This song has remained popular since the audition episodes!)

7. Crookers ft. Roisin Murphy’s “Royal T” –

8. “Marjaani Marjaani Kasame” – from Billu Barber

9. Damien Rice’s “Prague” – (This has been the most popular song overall this season so far.)

10. James Dooley’s “Ira Deorum/Sanctus” –

And for lagniappe, the #11 song just happens to be the “goodbye” song that everyone’s been talking about: Black Gold’s “Shine” – , from the Valentine’s Day Soundtrack – It remains to be seen whether this is the exit song for everyone or just the girls. We’ll have to lose a guy, just to be sure.

This week’s Top Ten was mostly from the week’s episodes, so I can’t wait to see if any songs stay with you like “Prague” and “Everywhere I Go” have. As always, all Season 7’s music is here.

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Results from SYTYCD Canada Top 16 becomes 14

SYTYCD Canada Top 16 Performance Show

The Table Has It

Top SYTYCD Music of 6/27 – 7/4

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