TOO MUCH TASTY.

Well it's completely frozen so I guess I'll wait.

Rabbit poem of adorability! (I have audio only right now. This is frustrating, for a dance show.)

I want to see Ricky do ballroom. He has lovely lines and posture.

Cat sang!

Where is everybody, I'm lonely!

I'm here! I'm loving Kristin as a judge, but I'm glad Lil C is there as well.

What the hell was that mess that Beverley was singing (and with who)?

Even though I can barely sit through this show since they drag it out so much, I am going to sorely miss the regular presence of Blake Shelton in my [tv] life.

I liked the costumes much more than the number, especially Melanie's

I cannot stand Train/Trane. Thank the heavens I didn't have to hear "Soul Sister" because I will take a hostage the next time.

SYTYCD:

It’s flapper Cat! Where is she getting all these sparkly dresses because I want them all!

Paired dance ins again. Boo. At least Sasha and Alex look like they planned something as did Clarice and Jess. Jordan and Tadd were cute. If they are gonna have to dance in together all season, then they should start planning for that.

4 judges? Look, I like Cheno as much as the next person, but why? Lil C is enough. Do not like the trend of celebrity judges on the show. I want to see the choreographers we know and love. Lil C rapping? Umm, no.

Group numbers. Huh. Keep us on our toes, show. But they stick them with Tasty for the first group dance? Why? And Broadway Tasty no less. Hit The Road Jack : So, the girls strut for eight counts while the boys noodle around with chairs. And then the girls walk with chairs while the boys strut and then some futzing happens and somebody does a split leap in second. And so far it’s been a whole lot of shimmying and posing and nonsense with a bunch of kids who can flat out turn it out. This is so bad, y’all. There is absolutely no dancing happening. I have never seen so much of “walk around in a stylized way and do some shoulder shrugs and pick up chairs” in my life. Where was the dancing in that dance? I think that may be the worst group routine Tasty has ever done. For real. Please don’t ever do that again.

Baby Sasha was a cutie. Baby frog Sasha? Oh my word! So adorable. Baby Alex in a bow tie? Oh my gosh. He looked like Alfalfa. Baby lion Alex was turning it out. How much do I love that he was working that stage and made his mama give him back up dancers? So, so much love.

Sasha and Alex/Contemporary/Dee Casprey/Belong – They should kill this if they can get the chemistry right. He really needs to match her intensity this week. She is a wonder. Even just putting her foot on top of the piano, she’s captivating. She has so much spark when she moves. He’s doing better here but she is still blowing him away. She’s dancing with him even when she’s not looking at him but he’s dancing inside of himself unless he’s looking right at her. Did not like the end with just the hands and the piano. There was more story than dance in that dance. They are both capable of giving more. I agree with Nigel that Alex needs to connect more . . . with his partner, with his audience, just, he’s very internal right now. He is dancing within himself and he needs to externalize what he’s doing and take us on the journey with him. Cheno is at least trying to discuss the dancing. Lil C bared witness to it, y’all.

Baby Caitlyn with a big old gun? Umm, OK. And she totally looked like Toddlers and Tiaras in that video. When you were a kid you were a ham, Mitchell? And how about now? He started dancing at 16? Wow. And he did kill it, y’all. Kilt it. I love that kid.

Caitlyn and Mitchell/Samba/Jean Marc/Put It in a Love Song – I think they can do well with this. I’m kind of excited. Nice lift at the beginning. The tempo is awfully slow for a samba. He is almost trying too hard with the hips. But they did get the little hip/chest contractions just right. That looked amazing. The limited work in hold could be better and the samba walks were OK for beginners but not as smooth as they could be. He is doing the vast majority of the work in this to my eye. She’s just kinda there. I’m watching him more than her and that’s a no no especially for Latin ballroom. He should be framing the woman and her hips should be working overtime. And it was so frikkin’ slow. I did not like this nearly as much as the judges. I thought Mitchell was kind of working it and she kind of was not. Maybe I need to watch it again because I found it kind of slow and heavy and almost overworked. Did Nigel just call Mitchell a woman beater? Umm, saying someone is the Chris Brown of the show is not a compliment. Maybe he said Chris Rock and I just missed it. I mean, it could be. Mitchell is hella funny. And then Cat called Caitlyn a wolverine? Is that good?

Baby Miranda. Why so much make up, stage moms? Make it stop. But Pepto Bismol tapper Miranda was all kinds of adorable. Robert on a big wheel was cute. Robert in white face was scary. Robert as an MJ impersonater makes cheesy sense. Miranda needs to stop wearing a bra and calling it dancewear.

Miranda/Robert/Broadway/Tyce/ It Don’t Mean A Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing) – So they are trying to get them sent home then? I can get with that. At least where he is concerned. Isn’t this their second time with Broadway? Sigh. I loved the move where she slid down his leg to the floor. It takes crazy core strength to do that and have it not look like just flopping to the ground like a dead fish. This is some of Tyce’s better Broadway choreo. Not that it’s good, but the characterization is there and they are actually kind of dancing. Miranda tapped and did a coupld of triple turns. Robert has done some dancing. There are steps and everything. It was almost pleasant. I liked Robert more in this than I ever have and she is still a marvel. Great legs. Agree with Cheno that they really got the characters and the feel of that Le Jazz Hot moment. Agree with C that Miranda’s legs are amaaazzziinnggg. Unassisted pressage? Work that technical critique, Nigel. They took on Tasty Broadway and survived. Props to them.