Is Antin going to be on all the time? Because her face scares me.

The only person that really irritates me is that Woo guy. And it makes me so sad that he was chosen over the Professor.

That LXD choreographed dance was awesome! I really enjoyed the girls' dance too!

I'm very excited about this season!

The wee broadway dude bugs me. I am horrid at remembering names.

Where can I find videos of the show on the web? I'm dying here!

I think it's rickey.org, but I could be wrong.

Jess is the wee broadway dude. He's got mad skills, but tons of attitude to go with it. However, I can buy him as a semi-adult, as opposed to last season's Kent, who was sweet and also had mad skills, but was a kid and could not portray anything different.

Oh, and I forgot to say -- GODDAMN, Pasha's ass in those pants was AMAZING.

I know that Jess was called down for "arrogance". The woo guy is annoying (the "woo" - his dancing is fine). At one point I thought he was trying to imitate a theramin.

Thank you, Kathy!

So I have thoughts on last night's top 20 SYTYCD. I apologize already for the next 5 million posts.

Cat in a white doily? Awww, yeah, y’all. SYTYCD is back and in full effect.

I was initially excited to see Robin Antin this season because of my residual love for The Next PCD show, but she sucks ass as a SYTYCD judge and her plastic face is giving me nightmares. Someone please make her go home now. And take Tyce with her because I cannot with the chin strap beard and the standing up just so you can call attention to your diva self and then saying nothing but “Sick” and “Work” like some punch drunk gay maniac and dear god just make it stop. Frikkin’ Tasty. And the bitch is still the worst of the stable of contemporary choreographers (we won’t even get into how he murders broadway) so what is he good for? I need some Tasty-B-Gone.

I like the new mixture of green mile with the meet the dancers format. Let’s do this.

First Group: Ricky, Miranda, Melanie, Sasha in a Stacey Tookey contemporary piece

This group put it down. The choreography was not my favorite, a llittle too expected, but I thought every dancer in this group really shone. I don’t know why we couldn’t see even a second of Miranda prior to tonight. Just too busy with Chubby Santa, I guess. But she was lovely in this piece. Light, ethereal, gorgeous feet. Sasha continued to impress as well. She just has gorgeous technique. And Ricky was also a nice surprise. He has beautiful leaps and he’s a really good partner, solid lifter. But for me this piece was all about Melanie. Melanie is a revelation. She just shines. I didn’t even mind the “Here’s my panties” moment because it seemed full of intention. She exudes joy and passion when she dances and makes it impossible to really watch other people. I hope she can bring it in other styles because she is a wonder.

Second Group: Chris, Wadi, Tadd, Robert in a Dave Scott hip hop

Thank god it’s not NappyTab!

Family, I have some issues with the hip hop picks. I do not get Wadi. He’s fine, I guess. He seemed competent in this piece. But never once did he pop. Not one time were my eyes drawn to him. There wasn’t one move where I was just like “Whoa!” He’s just a solid hip hop dancer with seemingly not that much personality. And yet he’s in and Lil O is out? I call bullshit. And I know they filled their munchkin quotient with Broadway Jess but dammit! I definitely would’ve taken Lil O over Wadi. I also had a problem with Robert making it in over Bryce/Professor Lock. I understand that Robert is 31 and therefore would have had to be taken out and ritually shot if he didn’t make the show, but dammit, he’s just not as entertaining or as charismatic as Bryce seemed to be in the all to brief snippets we got of him in Vegas. Bryce was a solid partner, did well as a locker in both ballroom and contemporary (He kept up with Sasha! That’s not easy). And his schtick is not nearly as tiresome as the “Woo!” I can’t with the “Woo.” Not for a whole season. I’ma have to cut him with those hideous red plastic glasses frames. And was a rhythmic Urkel really the impression he wanted to go for in his first time on the big stage? Because he just completely overplayed that both in the performance and afterwards during the judging. I am tired of him already. I didn’t really have a problem with Tadd. Well, I have a problem with the double “d” at the end of his name, but that’s more a problem with his parents than with him. He was fine. He had some good impact in his b-boy tricks and he didn’t do too badly with the choreo which can sometimes trip breakers up. Solid introduction to the world. He is giving off slightly Dom vibes, though, so I hope he nips that right in the bud. But the stand out for me here was Chris, who once again did not get showcased at all through the audition rounds so that we could make way for more time with Kate Gosselin hair and her non-top 20 making ass. Sigh. Anyway, Chris was amaaaaazing! He was smooth when he needed it, hard hitting when it was (continued...)

( continues...) called for and while I hate to co-sign on anything Robin had to say, dammit if he wasn’t a sexy MF. Seems like he struggled in other styles in Vegas which is concerning, but for now and in his style, I like him.

Dave Scott did the damn thing with the choreo. He usually does when he gets to work with hip hop specialists. Hopefully, he’s learned how to work better with non-hip hop kids so that if he continues to choreograph, we won’t get anymore Tennis, Anyone? numbers.

Group Three: Iveta (+ Pasha) in a Jason Gilickson ballroom

Let me get my Tasty on: Work, dammit! Diva. She made me not watch Pasha because she was just that good. I can’t even . . . I don’t have the vocabulary to describe how good that was. I agree with Nigel that the routine was Anya/Pasha-esque. Homegirl is clearly an expert in her style of dance. And she seemed to more than hold her own in the girls’ group dance. I was trying to track her to see what she would do. All that said, it must be acknowledged that Iveta looks a little bit long in the tooth, yes? I know that 30 in real world years is not old, but most of these kids are babies and Iveta is a woman and it shows. The first partner dance she does will be interesting. I’m trying to picture her paired up with Jess or, I don’t know, even Marko. She will come off very mature. We’ll have to wait and see. But in this routine? Fire.

Let us take a moment for Pasha’s ass. Damn.

Group Four: Clarice, Marko, Jordan, Missy in a Sonya Tayeh Jazz

I have maintained since I saw her first audition that Jordan was more than just stripper moves and attitude despite the amount of hateration she’s caught for the Naughty Girl audition and she really stepped up in this piece. That said, I don’t think her technique was as strong as the other two girls here. Her moves were not as precise and when she sank into some of the rounded, bent knee moves that Sonya favors, she tended to look a little bit stumpy. She needs to learn how to maintain the tension and the pull even in moves where she’s deep in a contraction or working through some awkward positions. Also, there was one section where Marko really seemed to be struggling with a lift and I think she was the girl in question. If so, she has to learn how to engage her core more and really help in those lifts (which would be consistent with the whole balance between tension and contraction in the rest of the dance) I thought Clarice and Missy both tore it up, with Clarice perhaps a tick ahead due to better extensions and longer lines. Marko was great here. Loved the flip over the ladies. I was getting more Mark/Kupono from him here than I was Alex Wong.

I do not like blond Sonya but I did like this routine. She seemed to be stretching beyond her normal style a little bit tonight and it was good to see some new tricks up her sleeve.

Group Five: Jess, Nick in a Chris Scott Broadway/tap routine

Nick Young is the business. I love this kid. Love. This. Kid. I love his Bring in da Noise, Bring in da Funk tapping style. I love his attitude and his swagger and the whole him-ness of him. And later on he was serving in both the boys’ group routine and the top 20 piece. Serving! I have my eye on this kid. He can bring it. Jess makes me tired. I suppose he did well here, but it felt very desparate. I did not enjoy. And he’s teeny. Partnering will be a problem. As much as I loved Miss Debbie Allen telling Evan how he handled his big woman after he partnered Kayla, I don’t need to see that again. Still trying to figure out why he made the show. Still would rather have Lil O.

Chris Scott, please stick around. I would be so, so happy if Chris Scott and Dave Scott just took over and became NappyTab 2.0 only good, you know? Loved that piece.

Group Six: Caitlin, Ashley, Mitchell, Alexander, Ryan in a Travis Wall Contemporary

Peanut, or somebody telling Peanut what to do, sure loves him some Ryan. Is the pimping usually that blatant? Let’s put this girl front and center for the whole piece and dress her in black while everybody else is dressed in white and give her what amounts to a solo in the middle of the piece. Is that how it’s rolling now? Look, I like Ryan. I think she’s a heckuva dancer. And she did a lovely job in the piece. She did what she was asked to do. But you know what? I don’t need or want her all up in my grill. I thought Ashley was quietly turning it out in the corner upstage left that they had shoved her into and I didn’t even care too much for the pretty black girl through the audition rounds. Caitlin didn’t even get a chance to make an impression on me. If I were one of the girls not named Ryan in this piece, I’d be hot. As for the boys, flippy jeans boy!!! AKA Alexander. AKA oh my gosh, you better stop! He was just as divine as I was imagining both here and in the group numbers. He is fierce on another level. And so, so pretty. Mitchell seems yummy, too, but I can’t even front, I really wasn’t paying attention. Mmmm, Alexander. Mmmmm.

All the flowers on the stage took me to a bad Mia Dead Daddy Dance place before it even started so I feel like I can’t call it on the quality of the piece. I just had a visceral negative reaction before the piece even started. I suppose it was fine, not Peanut’s best work, but even his so-so work is pleasant to behold.