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SYTYCD – The Top 20
Last night was the coverage of Vegas week where the dancers were cut from 160 to 31! Too much happened to try and write about it all here. Tonight we get our top 20 and a first look at them dancing in their own styles. Nigel tells us that the top 20 will dance together until there are 10 of them, then they will dance with the pros like last year. This kind of gives us the best of both worlds and maybe helps to cut down on the number of injuries.
June 9, 2011 Comments Off
SYTYCD – Salt Lake, NYC & LA
Just the quickest of run downs on the last 2 SYTYCD shows. This season they have done a great job of focusing on the good dancers instead of the bad/crazy. There were an abundance of contemporary dancers, some hip-hop, some street dancers, an Irish step dancer, sisters, and a girl who did something she called whacking. I’m looking forward to the Las Vegas rounds next week and then on to the live shows.
June 2, 2011 Comments Off
SYTYCD – Atlanta & San Francisco
So Idol is over and I’m pleased at least that Nigel didn’t get Little Lauren all the way through, Scotty wasn’t my first, or second, choice but he is a good performer who should do well in the country market. Now it’s time for another of our family’s favorite shows So You Think You Can Dance.
The Atlanta auditions spotlighted several spectacular dancers and a record number of dancers (11) in a row were sent directly to Vegas. I like that while the spotted a few of the bad the heavy focus really was on the best dancers. It always seems a waste to me when they say 30 dancers went to Vegas and all I can remember seeing is are the ones who never stood a chance.
The San Francisco auditions had more rough spots but once again the focus was the best dancers, the ones who actually stand a chance, and not the crazies. I never mind seeing a few seconds of the nut cases but it seems only fair that those who are take the competition seriously should get the most attention. I’m really looking forward to the rest of this season now.
May 26, 2011 Comments Off
American Idol – Top 3 Results
Tonight is a big night, we will see the Idol cut of all three contestants victorious trips home, and then the final 2 will be revealed. I’m really hoping for a Haley vs. Scotty finale and I will not watch if we get a Scotty vs. Lauren finale. There is only so much that can be expected of a person.
There were over 95 million votes cast last night, a record number for this stage of the competition. Jimmy predicts there will be a guy in the finale. Now if he’d just said his name is James, I would have been happy. Cute video of the kids seeing a preview of Super 8. Looks like something the munchkin would like.
We get to see Haley’s trip home first. She is shocked by the limo, it pours for most of her day, and she is still a ball of sunshine. Aaron her bodyguard is a trip and even shows up on stage to do a little more fake crying.
The Ford video is to Uncle Kracker’s Smile it’s set on the beach and cute. Il Volo is up next with O Sole Mio it’s cute if a little odd hearing those old voices coming out of three little boys.
Scotty’s trip home is up next. Scotty is more than a little overwhelmed by the whole thing. He gets a huge welcome on his trip back to Garner. He sheds tears more than once, then breaks down in the car. Such a sweetie. Next is the grocery store where he worked, a parade and his mini concert all of which bring more tears. Scotty gets surprised by Josh Turner and there are more tears. Scotty is in the audience with his family and they admit to being in tears most of the time.
A taped performance of Nicole Scherzinger and 50 Cent with Right There, gosh this is bad, another FF worthy moment. Perhaps they should invest a little more in their guest performers next season.
Now we’re treated to Lauren’s visit home. She’s cute pretending to be scared of the escort detail. Lauren get her own day at her high school. Lauren talks about the recent tornados, it is just devastating. She meets a little boy who saved his family and then performs in front of a massive crowd in Coolidge Park.
Ryan pulls all three to center stage, after the nationwide vote the kids will be waiting through one more commercial break to find out the results. Some days you just want to wring Ryan’s neck.
May 19, 2011 1 Comment
American Idol – Top 3 Perform
Trip home filler and then a brief view of James welcome home. A video about Beyonce since she is this week’s mentor. We’ll get to see the premiere of Beyonce’s new video later in the show. First round of songs is the contestant’s personal picks.
May 18, 2011 2 Comments
American Idol – Top 4 Results
Ryan opens reminding us that three will go home hometown heroes while one will just go home. Tonight’s show will include Steven introducing his newest video for It Feels So Good and performances by Jordin Sparks, Enrique Iglesias, and Lady Gaga. Ryan tells us that almost 72 million votes came in last night the most ever for a top 4 show. We are obviously killing time as we recap all the performances. James and Scotty do a duet with Start A Band, it’s all kinds of cute and weird, not to mention a few of those kids look less than thrilled to be a part of the performance.
Ryan shares audition info then the girls duet to Gunpowder And Lead, I’m more than a little scared of what all this country music means. Despite all the efforts to make Lauren more believable in this song Haley wins, unfortunately Lauren can’t resist singing over anyone she duets with. The kids get a chance to talk with their families courtesy of Windows 7, some real sweet moments there. Ryan pulls all the kids out to center stage and announces that the first person in the top 3 is…
May 12, 2011 Comments Off
American Idol – Top 4 Perform
This is the dividing night, the night that decides who goes home to a huge media circus and who just goes home. Okay, not really, you know that most of these towns have already set this up and celebrate the one who goes home 4th, we just don’t get to see it. Here’s the judges, here’s Ryan, and now here are the final 4 Haley, Scotty, Lauren, and James. The first round is songs that inspire the contestants and the second round is the music of Lieber and Stoller.
May 11, 2011 Comments Off
