So You Think You Can Dance- 6/5- VEGAS BABY

A bunch of the names are probably wildly incorrect. My bad...

Now, I know I missed the last two episodes. I saw last Thursday’s, but it was way to late to recap it. And I missed last night’s because it was my Mom’s birthday, but I have it, waiting for me to watch (I would have watched it today but I am now a workin’ man, and thus didn’t have the time today). So, I’m kinda just gonna break this down by sections of the show.

Cat tells all the dancers to go to the stage and introduces the 6 judges for Vegas: Nigel, Mary, Mia, Debbie Allen, and some two hip hop cheographers who I’ve never seen before (who are named Tabitha and Napoleon). Napoleon is an awesome name.

DAY 1- HIP HOP

Routine: It looks pretty cool, but we only see approximately 10 seconds of it, so I can’t really judge.

Awesome Breaker Robert Muraine is unhappy, because he sucks at learning choreography, which is why, as awesome as he was in LA, they should have made him do choreography. He’s basically gonna quit, so Nigel calls him up on stage and gives him a speech. Nigel has him do his solo for Debbie, Tabitha, and Napoleon, because they’ve never seen him. His solo isn’t as ridiculously awesome, but it’s still ridiculously awesome (if that makes sense). He gets a standing ovation from all the dancers and half the judges. He then quits.

NOTABLE ELIMINEES: Strip Club DJ Ryan Race, Ricky (of the Asian Ballroom couple), Claire Calloway (Mia Michaels calls her a hot mess)

DAY 2- BROADWAY

Tyce is choreographing, which always has me worried, since he never really impresses. No Robert Muraine style drama this time, just people who are worried because they couldn’t see Tyce. I think that’s a fair point to complain about. There is, however, a previously unseen girl (at least to me) who is paired with Erika Gee (there was a gender disparity) who shines. I think her name is Brittany. Also, the judges break out the crazy a lot more this time. Oh, and there’s a playful Mia/Debbie catfight.

NOTABLE ELIMINEES: 3 Time Auditioner Erika Gee (Aww, I liked her), Lesser Twin Antwain Hart

DAY 2- BALLROOM

Jean Marc Genereux is the choreographer, and he’s hit or miss. The two really good Texas hip-hop breakers are worried. The routine looks nice enough. Oh, and those two had nothing to worry about, they both make it to the next round.

NOTABLE ELIMINEES: Beauty Queen and Possible Bimbo Paige Jones.

DAY 2-3 SURPRISE CHOREOGRAPHICAL CHALLENGE

The dancers are broken up into groups, pick a random CD, and have to choreograph a dance to it. This portion will be split into groups shown identified by notable dancers.

Twitch, Aliona, et al (“Every Breath You Take”)- The tapping interlude is awesome, and ending with a little bit of stepping was nice, but the choreography was very amateurish. The judges all call it basically awful. Twitch and Aliona and the tapper make it, and one of them (a guy named Jason) has to dance for his life.

Comfort, et al: (also “Every Breath You Take): This group had major drama in the auditions, thanks to one of them, who went off to sleep at a certain point and left the rest of them to figure it all out. The judges like it. Every dancer makes it on.

Yeah, they only show two groups (and quick flashes of others). The guy from Twitch’s group who had to dance for his life survives.

NOTABLE ELIMINEES: BFF of Michelle/ Single Mother Kortney (But did eerily similar Michelle make it? Did she get cut earlier?)

Sidenote: The Hatfields/McCoys T-Mobile commercial is absolutely brilliant.

DAY 3- CONTEMPORARY

Mia Michaels routine, so, even though I’m typing this during the commercial and they haven’t even practiced, I’m gonna go out on a limb and say it’s awesome. Ok, so now it’s into the actual choreography and I was totally right. Mia’s use of sounds like “Zwah”, “Sikum”, “B-Gow” to illustrate choreography just makes me love her more. Also, some girl is pretty close to collapsing, and she promises if she collapses, she’s doing it on stage. But the judges all very pleased with her. She makes an impassioned speech about how she wasn’t stressed because she was just focusing on not letting her legs buckle under her. She seems to have a problem with talking back (Mia seems kinda pissed and Debbie tells her to shut it, too). And her talking back gets her cut. But at least her legs didn’t give out on her. Also, really good Jeremiah Hughes continues to suck at picking up choreography. He falls apart and walks off stage and everyone calls him on how shitty a move he pulled by walking off. He seems pretty humbled by how he’s screwed up.

Also, when dancing for his life, one of the contemporary dancers really screws up his leg really bad, and is cut. Other notable dancers for their life include Sheila Kayser, who gets cut, and Twitch, who is kept.

NOTABLE ELIMINEES: JEREMIAH HUGHES, SHEILA KAYSER
(Interesting, these cuts even get a play off)

The Final Group do their solos, which flash before us.

PRE-REVEAL TOP 20 PREDICTIONS: Twitch, Leonidas and Aliona, Comfort, Joshua Allen, Chelsea Hightower, Kelly Baker (even though I don’t even think I’ve seen her in Vegas, she’s just that good), Brandon Bryant, Anthony Hart, and Markus Sheilds will all make it. I’m not sure about anyone else.

The Final Named Group (Listed by Name- then Made it or Got Cut)(There are a Few Unnamed, who sadly, will not get a mention here)
Kelly Baker (I knew she was gonna be there)- Got Cut (Wait, What? For Real? Absolutely Bizarre to me…)
Courtney Galliano- Made It (Not a big surprise)
Chelsie Hightower- Made It
Susie Garcia- Made it
Chelsea Trayer- Made It
Kourtni Lind- Made It
Anthony Hart- Got Cut (Again, wait what?)
Leonidas and Aliona- Both Cut (Wow, I am sucking at predicting tonight)
Bianca, the Tapper- Got Cut
Joshua Allen- Made It
Twitch- Made It (Was this one even a question?)
Kherington Payne- Made It (Good, I liked her)
Rabin Ormeo- Made It
Thayne Jasperson- Made It
Matt Dorame- Made It
Marquise Cunningham- Made It
Mark Kanamura- Made It
Comfort- Made It (Good, she’s cool)
Jamie Bayard- Made It
Chris Jenrose- Made It (Endearing in his promises to amp up his personality)
Markus Sheilds- Got Cut (That sucks. I was a big fan. And again, wait what?)
Asuka Kondoh- Got Cut
Derek Spears- Got Cut
Jessica King- Made It
William Wingfield- Made It (I liked this guy too, but he may be a ringer of sorts), (Also, because of a previous relationship, Debbie Allen can no longer be a judge)

FINAL 2 MALES: Brandon Bryant and Gev Manoukian. I see no scenario where Brandon doesn’t make it, since he seemed like Danny Tidwell 2.0, but my predictions have been off tonight, so who knows. And I’m off again, because Gev makes it. This is somewhat of a bewildering night for me.

FINAL 2 FEMALES: Best friends and roommates Katie and Natalie are the last two and they seem all happy for the other one. Mia Michaels gets all pissed (actually all the judges do), because Katie indicates that she wouldn’t try out again if she gets cut. Nigel sends the girls out and the judges revote. It’s a split vote. They come back and Nigel tells them that Katie would have moved on, and even though it’s split, Katie still moves on.

So, Our Top 20:
The Boys: Joshua Allen, Twitch, Thayne Jasperson, Matt Dorame, Marquise Cunningham Mark Kanamura, Jamie Bayard, Chris Jenrose, William Wingfield, and Gev Manoukian

The Girls: Courtney Galliano, Chelsie Hightower, Susie Garcia, Chelsea Trayer, Kourtni Lind, Kherington Payne, Rabin Ormeo, Comfort, Jessica King, and Katie

So, What do you folks think of the top 20? I'm a little curious to the fact that I've never seen 10 of these dancers before (Were a bunch of them from the last auditions show?). But I'm excited for Twitch, Comfort, William Wingfield, Mark Kanamura, Chelsie Hightower, and Kherington Payne...