Oh, yes, that was hilarious!

I am crossing my fingers for some Mark tonight! That is the treat we want, SYTYCD producers.

-t, oh that didn't cross my mind. Maybe we will get Mark tonight.

On first watch, I actually didn't love the Sasha/Melanie dance. I found the music distracting, somehow. I think I'll try again with the sound off.

flea,

I kind of think it was over-praised, but I don't know.

I'm interested to see what you think without the music, flea. I've been kind of down on Sonya this season, her stuff has seemed a little stuck in a rut, but I really appreciated that this one was not all about the pretty shapes you can make your body into, tra la. Also I just loved watching it beyond my ability to analyse why.

OTOH, I didn't care for Marko and Alison's number at all, and that was Sonya, too. It just didn't hold my attention.

I am not a person to be listened to is my point, I think.

OTOH, I didn't care for Marko and Alison's number at all, and that was Sonya, too. It just didn't hold my attention.

I thought their number was a rehash of last year's Alex and Alison's piece.

le nubian, I totally got what Lady Gaga was saying about the Marko/Ricky hip hop choreo feeling contrived but I enjoyed it mostly because Marko was a beast in that routine and he ripped it. Old school locking, the glides, popping, the b-boy tricks, there was even some hyphy in there (that's all the super fast footwork at the end) and he crushed it all. He elevated the piece for me and that's what I enjoyed more than the piece itself. Come to think of it, that's true of the piece he did with Alison, too. I wholeheartedly agree that it was mainly warmed over elements of past dances, including the very first lift which I swear I saw in Alex and Alison's dance from last year. I think last night might be the best I've ever seen Marko dance on the show, maybe because his mom was in the audience? (Oh, and I'm not complaining about the tears. I love that he gets that close to the bone when he dances! I just think it's funny that every week, he's a jibbering mess after his dances. He must be exhausted!)

I didn't see NappyTab's piece for Jess and I am so glad of that because in the recap I saw that not only was it NappyTab in what looked like their lyrical hip hop mode (which I hate) but also there was the return of Mischa Chan and now I'm thinking that my tv was just trying to protect itself by going out when that shit was on because had I had to deal with all that all up in my face, I might've thrown a shoe through the screen and not because I was giving mad props for a job well done.

Overall, I felt the choreography this week was not up to the high standard of Top 10 week, but the quality of the dancers stayed at an extremely high level that pushed some of the pieces from OK to I really like that even though on their own merits they might be not that special.

I liked the Marko/Ricky dance, but I was irritated that it seemed when they were doing the fast footwork the cameras would focus on their upper bodies most of the time.

Camerapeople, make up, hair and wardrobe people on SYTYCD = all on that junk. It really is distractingly bad at times. It was also tough on the hyphy section because Marko and Ricky got out of time with each other.

Wardrobe - are they the people we can blame for dance "costumes" consisting of underwear (and, sometimes, diapers)?