Who's ready for some SYTYCD?! This season is a bit different from past seasons. Instead of a Top 20, there's a Top 11, and every week someone gets paired up with a dancer from a past season, or an "All Star" as you will. Also, apparently the judges get to choose who goes home every single week, instead of just during the first half of the competition (laaaaaaame). Also, also, MARY MURPHY IS GONE!!!!!111 WOO WOO!!!1111 You have no idea how happy this makes me. Mary Murphy was like Kara DioGuardi times a thousand. Mia Michaels is a crazy bitch, but oh lordy is she better than Mary.
I won't bore you with detailed thoughts about everyone's performances. I got too lazy to do that. I will say that it was really super awesome to see some of my favorite dancers again though :D Mark, Pasha, Neil, Ade! YAAAAAAAAAAY! Definitely the best part of the episode. As there are less and less contestants though, does that just mean certain All Stars will take breaks certain weeks since they're attached to a specific style, or...how does that work exactly?
Despite the fact that it was super awesome seeing the old dancers again, I still felt the whole thing was a little strange in that they weren't being judged at all. They were there on the stage, having just as much participation as the actual contestant, yet we're supposed to ignore them? Often I thought the All Stars were better than the contestant, so I either couldn't really pay attention to the contestant at all OR the contestant paled in comparison and I thought they were worse than they probably were. For example, Pasha and Melinda's Jive, all I could focus on was Pasha who was killing it, so when they started bashing Melinda afterward, I was just like, "oh...really? I thought it was good". Really though, just Pasha was good lol. Or Mark and Christina's Jazz. Mark is so unbelievably good at that style of dance that I thought he totally outdanced Christina and she wasn't that good. Of course, the judges loved her lol. It's all a bit distracting. Aw well, I'll keep looking forward to seeing my favorite All Stars every week anyways.
One of the highlights of the night was Alex and Allison's contemporary piece. First, I have to point out the fact that Sonya is totally my favorite choreographer. Girl is amazing. Second, the Jeff Buckley version of Hallelujah is one of the greatest songs ever, so it already had that going for it. But it was still really really amazing. Both of those dancers were incredible and it gave me goosebumps. Just gut wrenching (best ever though? I don't think so). Another highlight was Robert and Courtney's African Jazz. SO fun and totally flawless. I think I really like that Robert guy. I will root for you, Robert!
Anyone else watching? What did ya think?
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