the Two Princes that Mia did with Danny and Nick (?) was great.

megan swings and she scores. Thanks!

Well, I have just watched all 9 seasons.

Two Princes is Danny and Neil from Season 3.

My write-ups with favorite clips of Seasons 1-9 are here: [link]

This YouTuber has playlists for every season but 2: [link]

They are mostly backwards, which is annoying, but almost every dance is there.

Neil! and he was on tonight! D'oh!

I don't want to like him, but man Fik-shun has a real star quality. Personality Plus.

SYTYCD: the upper body on Brandon....*meow*

the ballroom (Jean-Marc) choreo was kind of fucked. The breaks in the dancing really looked bad. Paul looked okay, but the all-star (Whitney) looked BAD and I can only attribute that to the choreo. Her legwork was really choppy. Way over-praised.

I thought Melanie and Fik-Shun were spectacular - they seemed to inspire each other to be better. I missed some of it, due to a storm coming through.

I do wish they had people changing partners earlier in the season - sometimes it seems that someone good gets paired with someone who's not up to their level and both suffer.

Oh, I hate not chatting with y'all every week about SYTYCD because after a missed week, I always write way too much, so I apologize in advance. Also, I thought this was one of the best weeks of dance they've had in a long, long time. I thoroughly enjoyed it. So here goes.

MISS DEBBIE ALLEN!!!!! It’s about frikkin’ time.

OK, on to our regularly scheduled dance chat.

Cat looks gorgeous with the hair all sleek and flat ironed but that nude color washes her out a little bit. Discuss.

Top 10 Group Dance/Contempo-Jazz-Hip Hop-Ballroom-Fusion/The Gravel Road/The Village – It really doesn’t so much matter what genre the opening dance is supposed to be. The choreographers just go for the grab bag approach so that they can highlight everyone at least once. Love the opening with everyone in rockers. Eerie and evocative. Wow. So, I thought this piece was genius. Full stop. One of the best group dances on the show pretty much ever. All the work with the chairs was amazing. And all these children know how to point their feet. Hallelujah! Aaron and Other Jasmine were ruling that center. The moment with the girls on the floor kneeling while the guys stood behind the chairs and everyone was rocking back and forth in time was just so, ugh. And the girls were giving me some lovely ballet technique in their solo group section. I have to give super props to Fik Shun. He wasn’t as polished as some of the other boys, but he definitely brought his A game to something that was probably really foreign to him. And the section featuring Jenna made me remember why I used to like her so much. Gorgeous. Chris Scott is the man.

Fashion Side Note: I love that Cat is wearing a Wonder Woman cuff. I want it.

MISS DEBBIE ALLEN!!!! It cannot be said enough. And the weave is kicking. You go, Miss Debbie Allen. You go.

Solos – I totally forgot that Aaron is on the show primarily as a tapper. He’s so versatile. Other Jasmine is a beast. Still hate Nico. He just reminds me of every competition kid ever. He lacks maturity and just, ugh. Go home. Paul, on the other hand, is love. This kid has charisma. The others were just kind of there.

I normally don't even pay attention to the recap but I really did love last week’s show, even though I didn’t write about it. Damn out of town guests.

Bottom 4

Tucker

Mackenzie

Nico

Jenna

Mackenzie is just there for not being Haley. Apparently, America just hates Jenna. How long can they keep saving her? Pleasantly surprised that Nico is in the B4. Well done on that one, America.

Amy and Brandon/Disco/I Will Always Love You (Hex Hextor Radio Mix)/Whitney Houston - If we must have disco, I couldn’t have asked for a better couple. Brandon and Janette’s disco routines are still some of my favorite disco numbers on the show. Maybe only Nick way back in S1 has been better at Disco than Brandon. Doriana. Obviously. OMG, amazing. I could not have loved that more. They had a little bit of funkiness on the hand connections at the beginning, but once they got into it, the whole thing was fire. First of all, props to the wardrobe hos and the crack monkeys in hair and make up because the kids looked fabulous. I want that dress on my body right now. And the kids brought all kinds of attitude and fierceness. Brandon was giving me total Ben Vereen realness. They did a lot of dancing in this, not just lifts, which I appreciated. And I agree with the judges that Amy is magnetic. The smile, the hairography, the energy. . .it was all there. And the lifts themselves were spectacular. As Mary pointed out, the arabesque lift was insane. And the final death drop, ummm, BAM! 10s across the board.

My Thoughts Immediately After the Next Two Contestant/All Star Pairings Were Announced: OK, just from the initial pairings, we’re getting a sense of who the favorites are. I mean, not all All Stars are created equal. Amy gets Brandon and disco which he is famous for on the show. Fik Shun gets Melanie, one of the best winners they’ve ever had. And Aaron gets Kathryn, high (continued...)