So You Think You Can Dance "Top 10 Results Show" 7/16/09 *spoilers*

I had predicted both the bottom 2 of the guys and girls and also the ones going home. Not too shabby! . There's clearly a difference between what the judges see and what the audiences see.

The judges had been saying for a long time that Randi was keeping Evan in the competition. It appeared from tonight's results it was the other way around - give them new partners and Evan is not even in the bottom 2 and Randi goes home. Hmmm...

On the other hand, the Pasa Doble really is the kiss of death. Do the dance and both dancers go home.

Another interesting comment, although perhaps not relevant. Of the 5 women left, 2 were married. They comprised the bottom 2...

 

I don't think Ellen is the guest judge next week: I think it's Mia. Unless they're going to have four judges? Have they ever had a judge that wasn't a dancer or someone from the dance world? They said Ellen would be there but they didn't say in what capacity.

I think the audience feels the judges are being too harsh on Evan. He definitely struggles with some of the styles but they never give him any props; finally last night they gave him a bit of love for his lifts (which, I admit, were surprisingly good). Plus I really enjoy his solos.

It's a shame to lose anyone but... that Paso Doble was really bad. Ouch.

 

hmm called it this week too, though I was a little surprised Ade was in the bottom. I like him better than Jason.

Melissa is gone this week for sure, but 2nd girl in bottom 2 or bottom 2 guys could be any of them? going to get interesting now

 

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Haven't you seen the beginning of every Ellen episode?

 

Remember that next Thursday's show is the 100th - Ellen might be involved in that somehow.

-- Don

 

They mentioned Ellen in the context of being a comedian, so maybe she's going to tell jokes? I hope not, because I don't find her very entertaining.

By the way, did anybody else notice what I did? Just as Cat said "The girl will will be going home is..." then the screen went black for several seconds. When it came back, the announcement was already made. It was the only blackout in the whole show, and it came at that crucial moment. (But it was obvious by which girl was still standing next to Cat who'd been eliminated, so it wasn't a big deal to me.)

I don't know if the blackout was at the national level or a local Austin problem. I will report that KTBC (local FOX in Austin) is doing work on their antenna, and the new stronger antenna has been hoisted by crane (last Wednesday) but not yet in service. A lot of Austinites are having trouble tuning into FOX, but not me, because I live just 9.9 miles from the (albeit weak) tower, and have a straight shot view of it from my window.

 

no blackout at the end here (st. louis)

 

I thought all the solos looked the same as the night before, so I thought it was odd that she was dinged for that in the comments and others weren't. I did think it looked better, but at least part of that was because the outfit she was wearing was far more flattering than what she wore on the performance night. She had a terrible choice of outfit for that.

Shocked Ade was in the bottom 2. Kinda surprised Melissa was, but her solos aren't really that good to me, especially the one this week.

 

Shirley Temple goes home.

They really should ban the Pasa Doble from the top ten part of the competition. It's almost unfair.

 

Couldn't agree more! I said these words to my husband right after the judges' comments on performance night.

 

The right dancers went home, although they are both very good. It's going to be hard to see anyone leave next week.

 

Not only have I not seen the beginning of every Ellen episode (has anyone, except Ellen? ), I haven't seen the beginning of any Ellen episode. Is there dancing? I like Ellen (at least I thought her sitcom was not bad) but sh strikes me as a person who might be somewhat rhythmically challenged.

I didn't watch the very end of the show (just saw who got voted out and the videos then turned it off) so I didn't hear about the guest judging spot. I don't think I'll like this. It's bad enough with someone like Debbie Allen, who, while she never actually gives any critique and instead just gushes constantly, at least if she ever did offer any advice she knows what she's talking about. It's hard to see how any of these dancers would or should take any commentary from Ellen on their performance seriously. I guess she might be good at offering advice on getting America to vote for them.

 

I don't think Randi should've been the one to go--I think she was a really good dancer. And I am looking forward to Ellen being on the show!

 

If we banned every dance style from SYTYCD just because someone had given it a lackluster performance, we'd have much the same result as if we banned people with typos in their posts from posting here.

We would have nothing to talk about and no one to talk with.

Jan

 

The problem with the Pasa Doble is it is never done well. It just doesn't excite the viewers. Just like that Russian folk dance - I doubt it will ever be back.

Let's trade the Pasa Doble for a polka

 

I begin to suspect it wasn't a typo, murgatroyd

 

so does everyone have the same partner next week? I'm so hating the Kayla/Evan combo. Evan is really popular and Kayla is versatile so they'll stick around for awhile but the height difference really bugs me and there is zero chemistry.