In my last post about potential Season 8 All-Stars, I asked whether people would like to see dancers from SYTYCD around the world participate as All-Stars. So far, it’s not very positive. Allow me to post these videos as defense for the awesomeness of my idea. 🙂
Exhibit 1 – Denys and Amanda of SYTYCD Canada Season 3 (Winner and Runner-Up)
This was their FIRST performance together and made it pretty obvious that they were going all the way. Mary Murphy cameo, fyi.
You should watch all their routines, but their “Hey Hey” house routine was pretty impressive.
Exhibit 2 – Robbie and Ivy of SYTYCD Australia Season 3 (Winner and 3rd place)
NOBODY thought Robbie would pull off a Paso doble with Ivy, but he killed it. Ivy really made him a better dancer/performer and I think it’s due to their partnership that he made it all the way.
Also, their “Bad Romance” is NOT to be missed. Another Mary Murphy cameo.
Exhibit 3 – Charlie and Tommy of SYTYCD United Kingdom (Winner and Runner-Up)
Again, Tommy was another guy who was misjudged a bit and his partnership with Charlie (who was an early frontrunner) really gave him a chance to shine and grow. In keeping with my Latin theme, their tango:
But, of course, their most memorable routine is probably their week 1 hip hop.
These are just a handful of routines from some of the top dancers of the English-speaking SYTYCD franchises. If we don’t have International All-Stars, SYTYCD US really should find a way to feature some of these amazing dancers on our stage and give American audiences better access to the episodes. Luckily, the BBC put theirs online last season and I imagine they’ll do that again for SYTYCD UK Season 2, which is coming up soon.
Well…on the discussion post, I said that I might have to flip back and forth between the SYTYCD finale and the first Saints pre-season game. Well, the good news is that I won’t have to flip back and forth. The bad news is that my local FOX channel has pre-empted the SYTYCD finale in order to show the first Saints pre-season game. I won’t be able to see the show till 10:30 local time.
You have to understand that little else matters in New Orleans during football season. We love our Saints. Though, I’m a little ticked off with them at the moment.
My mom lives in Atlanta, so she’s gonna help me out with the music. If you can see the show and would like to help me, please do. 🙂
Top 3 Group Routine:
Choreographer: Christopher Scott from LXD
Song: My mom says it was Nation Lanier’s “Ra,” but I can’t find them on iTunes, so help me out if we got it wrong. Ha! Marianya just said it’s NATHAN Lanier’s “Ra,” which isn’t on iTunes, so try is “Invisible Children Theme” – instead. I know it’s not the same, but enjoy anyway. 🙂
Kenny Ortega’s Chosen Dance:
Dancer: Kent Boyd
All-Star: Neil Haskell
Style: Broadway
Choreographer: Tyce Diorio
Song: “Shoeless Joe from Hannibal, Mo” from Damn Yankees –
Nigel’s Chosen Dance:
Dancer: Billy Bell
All-Star: Ade Obayami
Style: Contemporary
Choreographer: Stacey Tookey
Song: Michael Andrews ft. Gary Jules’s “Mad World” –
Professional Performance:
Dancer: Quest Crew!!!
Song: Caravan Palace’s “Suzy” –
The crazy love and smooching montage was to “Love.” I’m not quite sure who the singer is, but maybe Keyshia Cole . Our commenter Natasha pointed out that it’s L-O-V-E by Joss Stone –
Dancer: Kent Boyd
All-Star: Anya Garnis
Style: Cha Cha
Choreographer: Jean Marc and France Genereux
Song: 3OH!3 ft. Ke$ha’s “My First Kiss” – , which was on my predicted music list.
Tyce’s Chosen Dance:
Dancer: Robert Roldan
All-Star: Dominic Sandoval
Style: Hip hop
Choreographer: Nappytabs
Song: Basement Jaxx ft. Kelis, Meleka and Chipmunk’s “Scars” –
Dance Day Recap:
Music: Flo Rida ft. David Guetta’s “Club Can’t Handle Me” –
Guest Performers:
Tappers: Luke Spring and the Manzari Brothers
Professional Performance:
Dancers: Season 6 winner Russell Ferguson and Lil C
Song: Buckmouth’s “Hazardous” – which I haven’t found on iTunes yet
Mary Murphy’s Chosen Dance
Dancer: Jose Ruiz
All-Star: Dominic Sandoval
Style: Breakdancing
Choreographer: Nappytabs
Song: District 78’s “Battle for the Beat” –
Professional Performance:
Dancers: SYTYCD UK Season 1 winner Charlie Bruce and Neil Haskell
Choreographer: Mandy Moore
Song: Celine Dion’s “I Surrender” –
She and Drew danced this on SYTYCD UK, but I loved seeing her dance it with Neil, I have to say.
3rd Place goes to: Robert
Song: The Undeserving’s “Something to Hope For” –
Cat’s Chosen Dance: (?)
Dancer: Alex Wong
All-Star: Allison Holker
Style: Jazz
Choreographer: Sonya Tayeh
Song: Jeff Buckley’s “Hallelujah” –
Stacey’s Chosen Dance:
Dancers: Billy Bell and Robert Roldan
Style: Bollywood
Choreographer: Nakul dev Mahajan
Song: “Ganesh” – from “Bombay Dreams”
Mia’s Chosen Dance:
Dancer: Kent Boyd
All-Star: Neil Haskell
Style: Contemporary
Choreographer: Travis Wall
Song: DeVotchka’s “How It Ends” –
Musical Performance: Black Gold with Season 7’s elimination song “Shine” –
Check out this cute video of them rehearsing for the show:
Everybody’s Chosen Dance:
All-Stars: Twitch Boss and Ellen Degeneres
Style: Hip-hop
Choreographer: NappyTabs
Song: Lil Jon ft. LM*AO’s “Outta Your Mind” –
Well, I’ve been debating whether to post the “secret” person who will be dancing with Twitch in the place of the injured Alex Wong. Of course, when they say that I’m totally interested to know who it is. Although, the show didn’t really try to hide who it was going to be. They gave it to the various “TV Guide” like sites to have it listed as the description for tonight’s show.
So…now for the SYTYCD Finale Spoilers (you’ve been warned): Read more..
So, in my Odd and Random – 5/21/10 post, I linked to an interview with some of the All-Stars where Lauren predicted that the SYTYCD powers-that-be still had some surprises in store for everybody, including the All-Stars themselves. I hinted that I had an idea of what one such twist could be.
I know for sure a lot of you will hate this idea. Let’s see if some of you love it.
We’re a bit late this week, but if you’re like me, you’re dying to know what happened on the newest SYTYCD UK episode. Here’s a list of the music on the episode and you can see all the music from SYTYCD UK here.
The Top 4 females danced Broadway to “Move” from Dreamgirls
The Top 4 males danced Ballet to “Swan Lake”
The Top 8 danced to “Relight My Fire (Element Remix)” by Take That
Couple Dances
Lizzie Gough and Alastair Postlethwaite danced Contemporary to “No Air” by Jordin Sparks and Chris Brown
Charlie Bruce and Drew McOnie danced Lyrical Hip-Hop “Doesn’t Mean Anything” Alicia Keys
I apologize that we’re a little bit late this week in listing the music from the So You Think You Can Dance UK top 10. However, better late than never. Also, be sure to check through our entire list of SYTYCD UK music.
Top 5 female danced Bollywood to the song “Jai Ho (You Are My Destiny)” —A. R. Rahman & The Pussycat Dolls
Top 5 male danced Broadway to the song “Jet Song” from West Side Story choreographed by Tyce Diorio
Top 10 danced Hip-Hop to the song “Pump It” —The Black Eyed Peas choreographed by Kate Prince
Time for the music from Week 2 of SYTYCD UK. We’ll have the video up real soon for you to check out. I’m gonna say now that I am *not happy* with the results, particularly one. But they, unfortunately, make sense based on the performances. Don’t forget that you can check out all of the SYTYCD UK music here. Enjoy!
Yanet Fuentes and Robbie White danced hip hop to “Boom Boom Pow” by The Black Eyed Peas
Chloe Campbell and Gavin Tsang danced Broadway to “Toon Darn Hot” by Ann Miller
Hayley Newton and Drew McOnie danced contemporary to “Speechless” by Lady GaGa
Mandy Montanez and Alastair Postlethwaite danced a cha-cha to “I Like It Like That” by Peter Rodrigues
Charlie Bruce and Tommy Franzen danced pop-jazz to “Everybody in Love” by JLS (not available on iTnes, except in karaoke versions)
Lizzie Gough and Mark Calape danced a Viennese Waltz to “Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?” by Bryan Adams
**SYTYCD UK SPOILER**
The bottom 4 performed solos to the following music:
Chloë Campbell danced Jazz to the song
Gavin Tsang danced Contemporary to the song “Dare You To Move” —Switchfoot
Mandy Montanez danced Jazz to the song “Drumming Song” —Florence + the Machine
Alastair Postlethwaite danced Ballet to the song