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In Defense of International All-Stars

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.

October 25, 2010 I Written By

SYTYCD Season 7 Finale Part 2 Music

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” – Invisible 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 – Shoeless

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” – Mad

Professional Performance:
Dancer: Quest Crew!!!
Song: Caravan Palace’s “Suzy” – Suzy

Mia’s Chosen Dance:
Dancer: Adechike Torbert
All-Star: Comfort Fedoke
Style: Lyrical Hip-hop
Choreographer: Nappytabs
Song: Alicia Keys’ “Fallin'” – Fallin'

The crazy love and smooching montage was to “Love.” I’m not quite sure who the singer is, but maybe Keyshia Cole Love. Our commenter Natasha pointed out that it’s L-O-V-E by Joss Stone – L-O-V-E

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” – My, 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” – Scars

Dance Day Recap:
Music: Flo Rida ft. David Guetta’s “Club Can’t Handle Me” – Club

Guest Performers:
Tappers: Luke Spring and the Manzari Brothers

Nigel’s Chosen Dance:
Dancer: Lauren Froderman
All-Star: Pasha Kovalev
Style: Tango
Choreographer: Miriam and Leonardo
Song: Astor Piazolla’s “Oblivion” – Oblivion

Adam’s Chosen Dance:
Dancer: Robert Roldan
All-Star: Allison Holker
Style: Travis Wall
Choreographer: Contemporary
Song: Coldplay’s “Fix You” – Fix

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” – Battle

Professional Performance:
Dancers: SYTYCD UK Season 1 winner Charlie Bruce and Neil Haskell
Choreographer: Mandy Moore
Song: Celine Dion’s “I Surrender” – I
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” – Something

Adam’s Chosen Dance:
Dancer: Lauren Froderman
All-Star: Twitch Boss
Style: Hip-hop
Choreographer: Nappytabs
Song: Ludacris and Nicki Minaj’s “My Chick Bad” – My

Cat’s Chosen Dance: (?)
Dancer: Alex Wong
All-Star: Allison Holker
Style: Jazz
Choreographer: Sonya Tayeh
Song: Jeff Buckley’s “Hallelujah” – Jeff Buckley - Grace - Hallelujah

Stacey’s Chosen Dance:
Dancers: Billy Bell and Robert Roldan
Style: Bollywood
Choreographer: Nakul dev Mahajan
Song: “Ganesh” – 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” – How

Musical Performance: Black Gold with Season 7’s elimination song “Shine” – 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” – Crunk

August 12, 2010 I Written By

So You Think You Can Dance Finale Special Guest *Spoilers*

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..

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Just call me Charlie...but where are my angels?

The Twist – Emilie’s Prediction/Suggestion

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.

What if…

Read more..

May 24, 2010 I Written By

So You Think You Can Dance UK FINALE Music

The SYTYCD UK Top 3 danced a group Pop-Jazz routine choreographed by Frank Gatson to the Black Eyed Peas’ “I Gotta Feeling” Black Eyed Peas - The E.N.D. (The Energy Never Dies) - I Gotta Feeling

The SYTYCD UK Top 13 danced a Jazz routine choreographed by Gareth Walker to Lady GaGa’s “Bad Romance” Lady GaGa - Bad Romance - Single - Bad Romance

Music for Group Numbers:

Lizzie Gough and Tommy Franzen danced Jazz to The Eurythmics “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)” Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) [Remastered Version] - Sweet Dreams

Charlie Bruce and Lizzie Gough danced Broadway to Catherine Zeta Jones’s “All That Jazz” Catherine Zeta-Jones, RenĂ©e Zellweger & Taye Diggs - Chicago - Overture / And All That Jazz

Charlie Bruce and Tommy Franzen danced Tango to Ewan McGregor’s “Tango el Roxanne” Ewan McGregor, Jacek Koman & JosĂ© Feliciano - Moulin Rouge - El Tango de Roxanne

Lizzie Gough and Alastair Poslewaite danced Samba to Sergio Mendes’ “Magalehna” Sergio Mendes - Brasileiro - Magalenha

Mark Calape and Tommy Franzen danced Hip-Hop to Daft Punk’s “Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger” Daft Punk - Discovery - Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger

Charlie Bruce and Drew McOnie danced Lyrical to Celine Dion’s “I Surrender” CĂ©line Dion - A New Day Has Come - I Surrender

Music for Solos:
Lizzie Gough danced Hip-Hop to RiHanna’s “Don’t Stop the Music” Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded - Don't Stop the Music

If you’re hankering for other SYTYCD UK music, it’s all here.

Tommy Franzen Breakdanced to Justin Timberlake’s “Cry Me a River” Justin Timberlake - Justified - Cry Me a River

Charlie Bruce danced Jazz to Ricky Martin’s “Livin’ la Vida Loca” Ricky Martin - Ricky Martin - Livin' la Vida Loca

Special Musical Guest was Robbie Williams’ “Morning Sun” Robbie Williams - Reality Killed the Video Star - Morning Sun

February 16, 2010 I Written By

So You Think You Can Dance UK Top 6 Music

The SYTYCD UK top 6 danced a group Broadway number to the song “Big Spender” choreographed by Karen Bruce

Music for Group Numbers:
Lizzie Gough and Robbie White danced Broadway to the song “Hot Honey Rag” Original Broadway Cast - Fosse (Original Broadway Cast Recording) - Hot Honey Rag—Chicago
Lizzie Gough and Robbie White danced Hip-Hop to the song “Mad” Ne-Yo - Year of the Gentleman (Bonus Track Version) - Mad—Neyo
Mandy Montanez and Alastair Postlethwaite danced Contemporary to the song “Fix You” Coldplay - X & Y - Fix You—Coldplay
Mandy Montanez and Alastair Postlethwaite danced Paso Doble to the song “Dies Irae” Karl Jenkins, Marat Bisengaliev & West Kazakhstan Philharmonic Orchestra - Karl Jenkins & Adiemus: The Essential Collection - Requiem: Dies Irae—Karl Jenkins
Charlie Bruce and Tommy FranzĂ©n danced Jazz to the song “Circus” Britney Spears - Circus (Deluxe Version) - Circus—Britney Spears
Charlie Bruce and Tommy FranzĂ©n danced Quickstep to the song “Do Your Thing” Basement Jaxx - Rooty - Do Your Thing—Basement Jaxx

Music for Solos:
Charlie Bruce danced Jazz to the song “Conga” Gloria Estefan - Greatest Hits - Conga—Gloria Estefan
Lizzie Gough danced Lyrical Hip-Hop to the song “Bleeding Love” Leona Lewis - Spirit (Deluxe Version) - Bleeding Love—Leona Lewis
Alastair Postlethwaite danced to the song Ballet to the song “Tetsujin” Juno Reactor vs. Don Davis - Matrix Revolutions (The Motion Picture Soundtrack) - Tetsujin by Juno Reactor vs. Don Davis from The Matrix Revolutions
Tommy Franzén Breakdanced to the song Variations from Song and Dance Orchestra & Harry Rabinowitz - Song and Dance - Variations 1-4 (Andrew Lloyd Webber)
Robbie White danced Contemporary to the song
Mandy Montanez danced Contemporary to the song

Special Musical Guest was Leona Lewis singing “I Got You” Leona Lewis - Echo (Deluxe Version) - I Got You

Find all the SYTYCD UK music here.”>here.

February 6, 2010 I Written By

Just call me Charlie...but where are my angels?

So You Think You Can Dance UK Top 8 Music

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” BeyoncĂ© - Dreamgirls (Music from the Motion Picture) - Move from Dreamgirls

The Top 4 males danced Ballet to “Swan Lake”

The Top 8 danced to “Relight My Fire (Element Remix)” Take That - Never Forget - The Ultimate Collection - Relight My Fire by Take That

Couple Dances

Lizzie Gough and Alastair Postlethwaite danced Contemporary to “No Air” Jordin Sparks & Chris Brown - Jordin Sparks - No Air by Jordin Sparks and Chris Brown

Charlie Bruce and Drew McOnie danced Lyrical Hip-Hop “Doesn’t Mean Anything” Alicia Keys - The Element of Freedom (Deluxe Version) - Doesn't Mean Anything Alicia Keys

Mandy Montanez and Tommy FranzĂ©n danced Broadway to “Gotta Be Something Better Than This” by Cami Thompson

Yanet Fuentes and Robbie White danced Lindy Hop to “It Doesn’t Mean a Thing (If it Ain’t Got That Swing)” by Billy Banks

Solos

Alastair danced Ballet to “Bang a Gong (Get It On)” T. Rex - Electric Warrior (Remastered) - Bang a Gong (Get It On) by T. Rex

Lizzie danced Hip-Hop to “Poker Face” Lady GaGa - The Fame - Poker Face by Lady GaGa

Tommy danced Locking to “Blame It on the Boogie” The Jacksons - The Essential Michael Jackson - Blame It On the Boogie by Michael Jackson

Mandy danced Contemporary to “Kissing You” Des'Re - Romeo + Juliet (10th Anniversary Edition) [Music from the Motion Picture] - Kissing You (Love Theme from Romeo & Juliet) by Des’ree

Robbie danced Contemporary to “Wherever You Will Go” The Calling - Camino Palmero - Wherever You Will Go by The Calling

Yanet danced Salsa to “Let’s Get Loud” Jennifer Lopez - On the 6 - Let's Get Loud by Jennifer Lopez

Drew danced Broadway to “Call Me” Blondie - Greatest Hits - Call Me by Blondie

Charlie danced Contemporary to “Apologize” OneRepublic & Timbaland - Dreaming Out Loud - Apologize by Timbaland ft. OneRepublic

February 2, 2010 I Written By

So You Think You Can Dance UK Top 10 Music

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 - Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny) [feat. Nicole Scherzinger] - Single - Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny) [feat. Nicole Scherzinger]—A. R. Rahman & The Pussycat Dolls
Top 5 male danced Broadway to the song “Jet Song” Original Broadway Cast - West Side Story - Jet Song from West Side Story choreographed by Tyce Diorio
Top 10 danced Hip-Hop to the song “Pump It” Black Eyed Peas - Monkey Business - Pump It—The Black Eyed Peas choreographed by Kate Prince

Couple Dances:
Lizzie Gough and Drew McOnie danced Disco to the song “Disco Inferno” The Trammps - Sensational 70s - Disco Inferno—The Trammps choreographed by Karen Bruce
Mark Calape and Mandy Montanez danced Contemporary to the song “Show Me Heaven” Maria McKee - Ultimate Collection: Maria McKee - Show Me Heaven—Maria McKee choreographed by Henri Oguike
Yanet Fuentes and Tommy FranzĂ©n danced Salsa to the song “La Malanga” Eddie Palmieri - Superimposition - La Malanga—Eddie Palmieri choreographed by Richard Marcel
Alastair Postlethwaite and Hayley Newton danced Hip-Hop to the song “Forever” Chris Brown - Exclusive (The Forever Edition) - Forever—Chris Brown choreographed by Simeon Osyea
Charlie Bruce and Robbie White danced Contemporary to the song “This Woman’s Work” Maxwell - Now - This Woman's Work—Maxwell choreographed by Tyce Diorio

Musical guest: “One Shot”—JLS

Solo Dances:
Charlie Bruce danced Jazz to the song “Pop” *NSYNC - Celebrity - Pop-‘N Sync
Robbie White danced Contemporary to the song “This is your life” Switchfoot - The Best Yet - This Is Your Life-Switchfoot
Hayley Newton danced Jazz to the song “Supermassive Black Hole” Muse - Twilight (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - Supermassive Black Hole—Muse
Alastair Poslethwaite danced Ballet to the song “Any Other World” Mika - Life In Cartoon Motion - Any Other World—Mika
Lizzie Gough danced Popping to the song “Comptine d’un autre Ă©tĂ©: L’après-midi” Yann Tiersen - Amelie from Montmartre - Comptine d'un autre Ă©tĂ©, l'après-midi-Yann Tiersen
Drew McOnie danced Broadway to the song “Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart” Judy Garland - Judy At Carnegie Hall - Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart-Judy Garland
Mandy Montanez danced Jazz to the song “Cruel Intentions” Simian Mobile Disco - Temporary Pleasure - Cruel Intentions (feat. Beth Ditto)—Simian Mobile Disco feat. Beth Ditto
Mark Calape danced Lyrical Hip-Hop to the song “If I Ain’t Got You” Alicia Keys - The Diary of Alicia Keys - If I Ain't Got You—Alicia Keys
Yanet Fuentes danced Salsa to the song “Crazy” Lumidee & Pitbull - 100% Black, Vol. 12 - Crazy (feat. Pitbull)—Pitbull feat. Lil Jon
Tommy FranzĂ©n danced Breakdance to the song “Beggin'” Madcon - Conquest - Beggin'—Madcon

January 25, 2010 I Written By

Just call me Charlie...but where are my angels?

So You Think You Can Dance UK Top 12 Performance Music

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” Black Eyed Peas - The E.N.D. (The Energy Never Dies) - Boom Boom Pow by The Black Eyed Peas

Chloe Campbell and Gavin Tsang danced Broadway to “Toon Darn Hot” Ann Miller with Bill Lee, Hal Hopper, Bob Wacker, Gene Lanham, Mac McLain, Hermes Pan & Saul Chaplin - Kiss Me Kate - Too Darn Hot by Ann Miller

Hayley Newton and Drew McOnie danced contemporary to “Speechless” Lady GaGa - The Fame Monster (Deluxe Version) - Speechless by Lady GaGa

Mandy Montanez and Alastair Postlethwaite danced a cha-cha to “I Like It Like That” Pete Rodriguez - I Like It Like That - 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?” Bryan Adams - Don Juan DeMarco (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - 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 - The Best Yet - Dare You to Move—Switchfoot
Mandy Montanez danced Jazz to the song “Drumming Song” Florence + The Machine - Lungs - Drumming Song—Florence + the Machine
Alastair Postlethwaite danced Ballet to the song

January 17, 2010 I Written By

So You Think You Can Dance UK Meet the Top 7 Girls

And here are the videos for the Top 7 Girls of Season 1 of SYTYCD UK. Enjoy!

Anabel Kutay
(Apparently, hers is not available like the others. I’ll put it up when/if it is)

Charlie Bruce

Chloe Campbell

Hayley Newton

Lizzie Gough

Mandy Montanez

Yanet Fuentes

January 10, 2010 I Written By