Fear not, Kat, there's still another night of auditions to go! You might yet find your One True Dancer! :)

Seriously, at one point in the show I went "are we going to see ANY ballroom people?" and then they finally did the one, and a superfast montage of the others (but didn't get to meet them). Oy.

And it’s fair to send him to do choreo. Lots of street dancers can’t hang.

They sent Russell to choreo, and then he ended up taking a few classes before Vegas, where he really turned it out.

He was a tiny bundle of fabulousness. And by tiny, I mean tiny. I’m trying to picture him partnering someone and failing spectacularly. Hard to get around that on this show.

Exactly what I was thinking. He's going to be harder to pair off than Evan was.

There’s still no one that I love unreservedly. Where is my Jakob Karr moment? Where’s Alex Wong?

As much as I preferred this week's batch of auditions over last week's, I still don't see any of these going onto my "Best of" dvd at the end of the season.

TCM - I agree that was just dumb. And I don't know why they can't just let these guys cook.

They sent Russell to choreo, and then he ended up taking a few classes before Vegas, where he really turned it out.

He clearly had years of training -- he's a dance major, and went to arts high school -- they sent him to choreo because he did a hip-hop audition. He didn't win because of the training between auditions and Vegas.

ETA: of course, the show implied that he had no training. But that was obviously false.

I can't get too attached to anyone during audition rounds -- I learned that the hard way with Idol.

Top Chef Master: I'm done. I didn't even watch last night. That was absurd.

Yes, Russell and Joshua (your two hip hop winners) both had extensive training in other styles of dance before going on SYTYCD. Russell went to a performing arts HS. Joshua had even studied with the fabulous Miss Debbie Allen. And yet the show sold them to us as untrained naifs. Feh.

They have had pretty raw street dancers on the show in the past who've gone far - Legacy, I think, hadn't done a lot of other styles of dancing, and Gev. I don't know about Dominic, but I don't think he'd done a lot of cross-training prior to being on the show. But most of the truly untrained hip hop/b-boy kids (think Cedric and Jose) flame out pretty quickly once they hit the show because they can't hang with picking up all that choreography in completely new styles at the pace that's needed to make it on the show. That's why I'm fine most of the time with hip hop kids getting sent to do choreo during the early audition rounds.

Yesterday at lunch one woman was talking about being at the pool and seeing a man in a Speedo (who REALLY shouldn't have been). Watching SYTYCD, these are the guys who can and should wear Speedos (and, yes, I saw the one who did ... which is what reminded me).

TCM - I agree that was just dumb. And I don't know why they can't just let these guys cook.

Seriously. I hope now that they are down to the final four they'll give the gimmicky shit a rest, but I'm not hopeful. Plus, I think Floyd is the only left I give a damn about.

That's why I'm fine most of the time with hip hop kids getting sent to do choreo during the early audition rounds.

Especially since they do send other styles of dancers there for much the same reason (even if it's not as common), like the Irish step dancer from last night.

Especially since they do send other styles of dancers there for much the same reason (even if it's not common), like the Irish step dancer from last night.

Sara did NOT understand that. "But she's so good, Mommy!"

I was sort of dazzled by the Broadway kid -- Jess? Whoever danced with the Latin ballroom girl in the choreo round. I didn't immediately see that he wasn't showing heart or connection, but I think that was also due to the song he chose -- "Mack the Knife," wasn't it? It's so slick and so cool, and he gave that vibe off really well.