Yeah, I can see why Adam was pissed. He lost 2/3 of his team last night and at the very least Judith should have stayed. I'm not much of a Sarah fan. I didn't have a problem with what he said, but he's crazy if he didn't think there would be a backlash. The open mike is not your friend.

I just went and rewatched what was shown here, and you don't hear Adam say anything specific--I suspect they must have cut that part.

Off to youtube!

Linda Holmes says everything I would have: [link]

Project Runway Teams: so, by the end I pretty much didn't care who won. The top three were all fine but no one made anything I was really in love with, so any outcome was all right with me. I did like the whole team set up for the season a lot more than I expected, somehow. It's interesting that Michelle and Patricia, who both really struggled with working in teams early on, ended up the top two.

I guess the Voice decided not to address the Adam Levin faux kerfluffle. Good on them.

I agree. I wish I liked the performances in general a bit more. I thought they way over-praised Amber for Patsy Cline. I love that song and I thought she ruined it.

J Freeze freestyles with Cyrus on Ellen! I just died of all the cute. He really has a lot of talent. Hope those parents nurture it correctly. SYTYCD, man. It really is the best thing ever.

The auditions tonight are breaking me, too. I just love watching these kids dance raw, so to speak. And Wayne Brady is adorable.

Random SYTYCD thoughts:

Pig girl was weird and jerky and struck me as very pageant-y. I wonder if it was the choreo, because I didn't see all of the "fantastic" technique. However, she was a scantily clad blonde, which often gets you to Vegas.

I wonder when people do these specialized dances (like the woman with the bowls), if they consider that that will be their style, and if they have to dance for their lives, they're stuck in that style.

I wish we could have seen the whole contemporary to "Poison"

God, I love the dance dads. Especially when their sons are the dancers.

I swear, Larry Boos was on pointe during his dance. And maybe he had his own issues, but it was nice that he withdrew to give his partner a better chance.

SYTYCD Memphis style.

After going through her brief whore phase, Mary has decided to dress like a soccer mom today. Alrighty, then.

The Blueprint – He’s awesome. So much body control. I was wanting more from the face from him. One thing I loved about Cyrus, and that makes most of the great hip-hop kids and b-boys really stand out on this show, is that he gave total performance. His face told the story just as much as his body did. This kid lacked a little of that expressiveness and therefore I found him less dynamic. But his isolations and just his whole style was amazing. And Mary put him on the fucking hot tamale train. Love it. I doubt he’ll make the show, but I enjoyed him.

Wayne Brady is a super fan. So cute.

Curtis – More tappers. They’re really going for it with the tappers this season. This kids’s pre-dance package is just precious. That smile... he’s infectious. I’m sold. Taklk about dizzy feet. I was tired just looking at him. I know jack about tap, but he seemed to be getting it in. A little sloppy and maybe lacking in control? I can’t call it. I was just enjoying it too much. His pirouettes were solid anyway. That was pure joy on that stage and love of dance. Yep. Still sold. I would’ve gone up and given him a hug just like Wayne did. I was glad to see Nigel give him some good critiques on his technique. I trust that feedback. Glad to see him make it through to choreo. Like the judges, I suspect, based on his turns, that he can do other styles.

Tucker Knox – I know this kid. What else has he been on? Has he auditioned for this show before? Gah. It’s gonna drive me crazy. That’s how you know you watch way too many dance reality shows. Awww, dance dad. Dance dad saves son from a burning car. Must resist the pull of darling dance dads. They are really trying to break down my sob story resistance. Got to keep the hate fires burning strong. As sob stories go, this kid has one of the better ones. Gorgeous. Just from that first step back. I am in love. The Feet. Check the feet. That is some toe point. There must’ve been a fire sale on pulls through second because that’s like the fifth person I’ve seen do that move. He did it beautifully, though. He’s lovely. Needs a haircut immediately, but he’s got good bones.

Contempo-tage –. Don’t care for pink bra girl – very trick heavy; love black and white shorts boy – great center and really dances down into the floor; grey headband – love her and she’s giving me Sasha vibes. I’m obsessed.

Courtney Thurston – And her dance dad. Alright, they are pouring it on real, real thick here with all the dance dads. “Dance saved me from everything.” Damn. I want that on a t-shirt. Nice turn sequence there at the beginning. A triple with a really great center. Then a lot of rolling around on the floor and reaching and hairography and good lord when will you start dancing again? And then another lovely turn sequence and then more messing about on the floor. This girl can clearly dance. She’s got flexibility and a nice center. The tour into splits in second was, as Nigel noted, amazing. But the choreography other than the turn sequences was shit. I’d like to see her in a well-choreographed piece because I suspect she has some talent. Dance dad is completely charming. The dancing was predictably geeky yet enthusiastic and the matching lucky pigs would’ve slayed me a lot more if I hadn’t already seen 70 million other dance dads trotted out to do pretty much the same thing already this season. I’m over it, show.

Bad audition-tage – Anyway.

ShanShan Qiao Rothlisberger – That is a mouthful. Gorgeous girl. And Nigel gets to show that he can read the production team’s notes on traditional Mongolian dance. For everyone’s sake, let’s just ignore the business with the horse milk, shall we? Wow, I love the shoulders she is giving me. This is just so peaceful and pretty. I can’t say anything else. Pretty. Soft arms, soft hands, balance, poise, posture, center, nice extension into her arabesque with a whole mess of bowls on her head! I mean. Gosh. I really enjoyed that. I hope Nigel doesn’t decide to make this the next ethnic dance on the show. You know he wants to. I can see why they are sending her to choreo. Sincerely hope she can do other styles.

Nico Greetham – Latinas in the house. Loud and proud. He’s so frantic. And he just throws his moves away. He throws his energy away. I feel like I’m watching a floor routine, not a dance. And he fell out of his turns. I was not impressed with papi. Eh, I don’t like him.

Elise – Dressed like Beetlejuice. OK. And she practices the circus arts. OK. Can she dance? That’s really all I care about. Get up off the floor already. Well, those turns were quite shaky. She’s very flexible. But I’m seeing more acrobatics than dance. And whatever is going on in the boob area with the costume is so, so distracting. I didn’t like much beyond that first pose. She did have a nice flow. I’ll give her that. She’s quite musical. I have questions about her actual technique. I suspect Vegas will eat her alive.

Choreo Round – Sasha’s back. All is right with the world. Tapper is burning the floor. Thank you very much. ShanShan not so much. They put her through anyway, though. Bad decision. And they put him through, too. Good decision.