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New SYTYCD Voting with SuperVote

Beginning tonight, SYTYCD has a new method for handling votes for the dancers on the show. They’ve announced what they’re calling a SuperVote. A SuperVote is where you “cast multiple votes online at one time.”

Viewers can vote via any of these destinations: www.fox.com/dance, the FOX NOW app (data and message ratesmay apply for app download and use) and Facebook. To SuperVote, fans canallocate votes for one finalist or multiple finalists, for a total of 20 votes(across all online voting destinations), and in a unique interactiveexperience, they can adjust their vote selections as performances happen during the show. When the voting window officially opens, fans can submit their final votes – all at once.

It’s also interesting that they’re requiring a Facebook account to be able to vote as well. I wonder how many fake Facebook accounts will be created tonight. Yes, the voting is still restricted to the US.

At the end of each performance show, the toll-free and text message systems will be open for at least two hours per time zone and SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE viewers will be able to vote for their favorite finalist(s) via the toll-free telephone numbers (855 GO HIM 01, 02 and 855 GO HER 01, 02, etc.) Additionally,wireless customers can use their cell phones to vote by texting the name of the dancer as shown on-screen to the short code 83676 to vote for the finalist of their choice.

What do you think of these changes to the voting system? I think the SuperVote is pretty cool. It basically makes what people were doing with their 20 votes much easier. So, not much change there other than a much better voting experience. I expect many other shows will follow something similar.

June 25, 2013 I Written By

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

SYTYCD Season 9: How will voting work?

The major question that has been on everybody’s mind is: how is voting going to work for Season 9?

In the past seven seasons (excluding Season 1 since that was a one-episode per week season and I don’t remember how that season went)
– performances commenced on Wednesday evenings
– the public call in their votes for an hour or two after the end of the episode
– on Thursday evening we find out who are the Bottom Three couples
– the dancers of the Bottom Three couples are asked to “dance for their solo”
– judges choose who to let go

Since Season 9 is only going to have one episode per week as opposed to two, how is that going to affect the flow of the show. In a previous post I mentioned the possibility that So You Think You Can Dance may run in a similar vein as that of America’s Best Dance Crew.

According to the following interview between Nigel Lythgoe and DancePlug :

So what is going to happen is the following:
On Wednesday, July 11th
1: The Top 20 will have their first partnered performances
2: After the show the public will be allowed vote for the dancers that want to keep on the show. All the dancers will be voted individually as opposed as by pairs

Then on Wednesday, July 18th (in order)
1: The judges will announce who are the bottom three guys and bottom three girls at the top of the episodes
2: The dancers (including all the bottom guys and girls) will dance their partnered routines
3: The judges will decide who will leave the show… if the judges are still unsure they would ask the bottom three guys and/or bottom three girls
4: The voting public will be allowed to phone in their votes for the following episode

Rinse and repeat.

Not exactly confusing, but definitely different from what we are used to. What might be noticeably different is that the dancers do not appear to be dancing solos to prove that they should be considered to be kept on the show. I think a major reason that the “dance for your life” solos are eliminated is that because the bottom three guys and bottom three girls are already announced at the top of the episode they have their partnered routines to prove to the judges that they should stay on the show. To me that kind of makes sense as to why having a solo thereafter would almost be overkill. But that’s my opinion.

July 4, 2012 I Written By

My life can be summed up in the following two quotes: 1) "I am married to engineering and am its faithful wife by day, but at night my wanderlust takes hold and the arts becomes my jealous paramour." and... 2) "Engineering is my safety net. Writing is my passion. Acting is my escape when the other two become too much." So where does dancing fit in? Pretty much anywhere at this point... =)

SYTYCD Season 9: Reference Pages of the Top 20

So I spent the past few days scouring the web for Twitter accounts, Facebook pages, online contract pages for So You Think You Can Dance Season 9 dancers. I also included the SYTYCD related Twitter and Facebook pages that the Top 20 are required to use throughout the duration of the season. This way if you wish to follow the dancers on Twitter or Facebook you are able to.

Very few dancers have any other pages beyond Twitter and Facebook but those that do I have also included for your reference. If you have any information you wish to contribute, just comment below. 🙂

Will Thomas (Contemporary)
SYTYCD Season 9 Facebook Page
SYTYCD Season 9 Twitter

George Lawrence II (Contemporary)
– Audition City: Atlanta
SYTYCD Season 9 Facebook Page
SYTYCD Season 9 Twitter

Matthew Kazmierczak (Contemporary)
Personal Facebook Page
Personal Twitter
SYTYCD Season 9 Facebook Page
SYTYCD Season 9 Twitter

Dareian Kujawa (Contemporary)
– Audition City: Salt Lake City
Personal Facebook Page
SYTYCD Season 9 Facebook Page
SYTYCD Season 9 Twitter

Nick Bloxsom-Carter (Latin/Ballroom)
Personal Twitter
SYTYCD Season 9 Facebook Page
SYTYCD Season 9 Twitter

Daniel Baker (Ballet)
– Audition City: Dallas
– Danced at the San Francisco Ballet
SYTYCD Season 9 Facebook Page
SYTYCD Season 9 Twitter

Chehon Wespi-Tschopp (Ballet)
– Audition City: New York
Personal Facebook Page
SYTYCD Season 9 Facebook Page
SYTYCD Season 9 Twitter

Cole Horibe (Martial Arts)
– Audition City: Los Angeles
– Staff Member of 24-VII Danceforce
Personal Twitter
SYTYCD Season 9 Facebook Page
SYTYCD Season 9 Twitter

Cyrus “Glitch” Spencer (Animator)
– Audition City: Atlanta
YouTube Channel
SYTYCD Season 9 Facebook Page
SYTYCD Season 9 Twitter

Brandon Mitchell (Stepper)
Personal Facebook Page
Personal Twitter
SYTYCD Season 9 Facebook Page
SYTYCD Season 9 Twitter

Alexa Anderson (Contemporary):
– Audition City: Los Angeles
Personal Facebook Page
Personal Twitter
SYTYCD Season 9 Facebook Page
SYTYCD Season 9 Twitter

Amber Jackson (Contemporary)
SYTYCD Season 9 Facebook Page
SYTYCD Season 9 Twitter

Janaya French (Contemporary)
Personal Facebook Page
Personal LinkedIn Page
– Dancer of Bloc Talent Agency (Facebook Page)
SYTYCD Season 9 Facebook Page
SYTYCD Season 9 Twitter

Amelia Lowe (Contemporary)
– Audition City: New York
Personal Twitter
– Faculty of The Dance Academy of North Jersey
SYTYCD Season 9 Facebook Page
SYTYCD Season 9 Twitter

Witney Carson (Latin/Ballroom)
– Audition City: Salt Lake City
Personal Facebook Page
Personal Twitter
SYTYCD Season 9 Facebook Page
SYTYCD Season 9 Twitter

Lindsay Arnold (Latin/Ballroom)
– Audition City: Salt Lake City
SYTYCD Season 9 Facebook Page
SYTYCD Season 9 Twitter

Eliana Girard (Ballet)
– Audition City: Los Angeles
Personal LinkedIn Account
SYTYCD Season 9 Facebook Page
SYTYCD Season 9 Twitter

Tiffany Maher (Jazz)
Personal Twitter
SYTYCD Season 9 Facebook Page
SYTYCD Season 9 Twitter

Audrey Case (Jazz)
– Audition City: Atlanta
Personal Twitter
SYTYCD Season 9 Facebook Page
SYTYCD Season 9 Twitter

Janelle Issis (Belly dance)
– Audition City: Atlanta
Personal Twitter
Personal Facebook Page
– Teacher/Choreographer at Encore Performance Company
SYTYCD Season 9 Facebook Page
SYTYCD Season 9 Twitter

June 28, 2012 I Written By

My life can be summed up in the following two quotes: 1) "I am married to engineering and am its faithful wife by day, but at night my wanderlust takes hold and the arts becomes my jealous paramour." and... 2) "Engineering is my safety net. Writing is my passion. Acting is my escape when the other two become too much." So where does dancing fit in? Pretty much anywhere at this point... =)

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May 26, 2011 I Written By

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