I like Cat because she really does root for the dancers and I've seen her make comments on the show about, ooh I can't remember the phrase, but she called the dancers "my little ones" or somehting. This was last year towards the end of the show and I really believe she cares about them and wants them all to succeed.
Plus she handled whathisname's constant remarks with grace when I would have gotten fed up with him
The thing is there's a feeling of niceness and respect on the SYTYCD I don't get from American Idol. Okay Nygel is a letch and Mary needs to turn it down a bunch, but there's not the bickering and meanness that goes on with the judges and Ryan on American Idol and there's not a feeling of one judge being really dismissive towards Top 20 contestnants.
Also even the results show of SYTYCD is better, there's only 2 nights of this, since there are 10 performances and the results show has actual stuff and not just filler. Plus by the time SYTYCD is over, I'm kind of sad.This year I gave up on AI, it just seemed to drag on forever.
SYTYCD - during the auditions, they can get kind of mean, but often it seems to be in response to an unskilled/ untrained/ untalented person who has delusions about their abilities. Once they make it to this stage, the judges are more respectful.
Yes, and the judges like and respect each other, even when they disagree. I mean, it's clear that Simon has no respect for Paula.
Well, sometimes on SYTYCD it seems that Mary's taken a happy pill, but Paula seems to be, um, detached from reality.
Trib's chat with Stephanie - hey she knows the season 3 Dale too.
Ok, so i've been watching SYTYCD and blame it all entirely on Meara! I don't know what their lighting designer is on, but a lot of last night was terrible. The lighting was literally fighting with the choreography so many times that i could barely watch the dancers. It wa s a constant barrage of "what?" "now?" "that was so not with the music, choreography, OR Dancers!." Distracting is hardly the word, i was astonished at how poorly conceptualized the cuing was. Maybe there was some timing error with the cameras, or stage manager, or maybe the lighting designer and choreographer just didn' get enough time to collaborate but i kinda wanted to kill someone!
ION, the dancing was REALLY GOOD! I was astonished. Even the bad dancing was pretty good. OK, sure, it was obvious that someone of them were waaaaay out of their comfort level with ballroom, but still very watchable. I'm getting hooked ;)
Despite it looking easy, ballroom seems to be one of the hardest to learn. I think it's because in good ballroom dancing you have to do more synchronous moves with a partner who is being held much closer than you're used to. Much easier to trip each other up or blow a move, they tend to err on the side of caution and it shows.
Grrrrr! We are having tornado weather and that is all that is on my Fox station. Someone let me know who is in danger on SYTYCD!
Danger rangers:
Matt and Kourtni, Rayven and Jamie, and Jessica and Will, who Dan Karaty basically said did not belong in the bottom 3.
SYTYCD - I am loving this results show so far. Rock.
Some random musings:
Oh, Wade? You crazy genius! I have no words for the awesomeness of that routine. It was . . . wow.
Why is Cat wearing coffee filters? Maybe it’s a PR Michael original?
Can I see that Wade number again and again and again?
What’s up with the Bourne Identity camera work?
OK, Twitch and Kherington, Chelsie #1 and Thayne, Chelsie #2 and Mark. Who, oh who could be in danger? And then they brough the nice fake out. I was ready to be sad for Chelsie #2 and Mark.
I’m enjoying the group love vibe. They may hate each other IRL, but they give a good impression of a funky bunch.
Is it time for the Wade routine again? Courtney was turning it out, up, down, and around! Mo’ fiyah. Mo’ fiyah. Mo fiyah. (Oh, Cicely and Olissa, where have you gone?)
Kourtni and Matt. Well, they’re obviously B3. What is up with the funky sound mix tonight? Bad, bad production values.
Wow, the judges really lied to Marquis and Susie a lot last night. I’m kinda surprised they’re safe.
Aw, Joshua putting a bandage on Comfort. Those two are the cutest things ever. What the hell is Rayven wearing? Chris should be thanking his lucky stars he got paired with Comfort.
Why are we even spending time on Joshua and Katee? They killed. Just send them over to the safe zone.
C’mon Courtney and Gev. Then I’ll go three for three. But a sad three because I love them.
Wow. Did not see the Will/Jessica B3 coming at all. Well, let that be a lesson, judges, in the dangers of overpraising.
And what’s this? Featuring dancers rather than extraneous pop singers? Look at the show learning and growing. And these two are ridiculous. Good lord! How can that man still move like that? And why isn’t that skinny kid on the show right now? I loved that! Hooray, show.
