So You Think You Can Dance - Top 10 Performance Night - Ep. 619
Judges: Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy, Adam Shankman
Top 10! New Pairings! What an amazing night! With any complaints about S6 not living up to the buzz or bad choreographers, it was almost all excised this week.
Noelle Marsh &
Ryan Di Lello Dance #1
Style: Hip-Hop
Choreographed by: Tabitha and Napoleon D'umo
Song: "Give It To Me Right" - Melanie Fiona
Grade: A
Man that was hot! If Ryan was naked and Noelle was a guy, this would be amazing gay porn. And with that tight shirt and pants Ryan was wearing, he practically was naked. HOT!
Nigel thought Ryan was a bit TOO strong, but I actually thought that Noelle probably danced it a bit TOO hard but I'd rather see that then not enough. Ryan was pure perfection. His dancing was perfect too! Seriously, his lines were smooth yet just angular enough for the style and he had the perfect tone down.
Here's the video of Noelle and Ryan's Hip-Hop:
Ashleigh Di Lello &
Legacy Perez Dance #1
Style: Contemporary
Choreographed by: Garry Stewart
Song: "Poison" - The Prodigy
Grade: A
I don't really know what the choreo was but it looked hard and tiring and I thought Ashleigh and Legacy worked really well together. That Legacy armless headstand at the end was insane!
So much going on, and Legacy and Ashleigh did it all!
Here's the video of Ashleigh and Legacy's Contemporary:
Kathryn McCormick &
Nathan Trasoras Dance #1
Style: Broadway
Choreographed by: Spencer Liff
Song: "Choreography" - Danny Kaye
Grade: A
As the judges noted, this could have been a big problem for Nathan, but wow, I loved it and I loved Nathan and Kathryn here. As Adam said, Kathryn probably brought out some maturity in Nathan because he looks dapper and suave here and even his fake plastic style was perfect for the style (as Nigel mentions).
Always loved Kathryn and again, she's so smooth here, while Nathan finally shows us that early glimmer that initially caught our attention.
Here's the video of Kathryn and Nathan's Broadway:
Ellenore Scott &
Jakob Karr Dance #1
Style: Quickstep
Choreographed by: Tony Meredith and Melanie LaPatin
Song: "Four Brothers" - Manhattan Transfer
Grade: A
Oh great, my favorite new pairing and they get the Quickstep?
Oh GREAT! They nail the quickstep! Jakob... is... just... WOOOONDERFUL.
And Ellenore, has this quirky elegance and manages to integrate it into the hoppy boppy movements of the Quickstep and makes it work!
I loved that they could even zoom into the feet and it looked pretty good. I don't the technical elements but it looked like they weren't messing up. Meanwhile, they still managed to throw that flair into the dance and make it look FUN!
Here's the video of Ellenore and Jakob's Quickstep:
oh, thank you for restoring some of my joy in this show. I realized that last night, I made the mistake of watching the Obama speech right before the show and a lot of my feelings about that got channeled into my viewing experience. I ended up being really crabby and especially about the Dave Scott choreo. But rewatching the routines this morning with your recap I feel more free to experience all the joy in the dancing that I usually have. Thanks, sincerely. I think that this top 10 is wonderful, but I think that some of Nigel's attempts to steer opinion distracted me. I will be muting the judges during the next performance show.
What momo said! I wasn't actually that into a lot of the routines, until Jakob and Ellenore happened, at least. Their Sonya routine was the first time SYTYCD has gotten me really excited in a while.
However, reading your comments on (and re-watching) some of the earlier routines, particularly Ryan & Noelle's and Ashleigh and Legacy's, made me soften a bit on them.
It is, however, impossible to shake the feeling that Jakob and Ellenore are so much more appealing, cool, and just plain fun to watch than the other contestants that there's not really much of a competition left. But then, there are several weeks to go, so we shall see. Do these new partnerships carry over into next week? If so, victory seems even further out of reach for the other contestants.
My roommates and I are still occasionally mixing Noelle and Kathryn up, which doesn't bode well for either of them. Though I thought Noelle's solo was really good. Legacy is the man, and though he probably won't win, he's at least got a future in Cirque du Solei, if no where else. When he runs around on his hands, a small part of the rational world around me collapses.
But damn, that Sonya routine for Jellenore was sick. Jacob can do some ridiculous things with his legs, my gosh. Ellenore could pull it out in the end (I thought her solo was super rad), but I believe that at this point, the competition is Jakob's to lose.
Sadly, the partnerships don't stick and it's new pairings again next week. But there's actually only 2 more weeks left into the show because it's a final SIX Finale (because a final four would run into Christmas).
Last night's top 10 was a great night of dancing. I really don't want to see any of the guys go. I wouldn't mind losing Noelle, who kind of bores me, and Mollee, who although much more tolerable with Russell still bugs me a little.
I thought the judges were really harsh on Dave Scott and his hip-hop routine for Legacy and Ashleigh.
My sadness of losing Viktor (I'm a bit embarassed, but I'm miss his meaty thighs...did I just say that?) has been replaced with a deep joy at watching my new sweetie Jakob. Why is he so adorable? Don't get me wrong, I agree with you on the Ryan gay porn vibe, but Jakob is growing on me.
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Top 10! New Pairings! What an amazing night! With any complaints about S6 not living up to the buzz or bad choreographers, it was almost all excised this week.
Noelle Marsh
Ashleigh Di Lello
Kathryn McCormick
Ellenore Scott
7 comments:
No solos videos?
oh, thank you for restoring some of my joy in this show. I realized that last night, I made the mistake of watching the Obama speech right before the show and a lot of my feelings about that got channeled into my viewing experience. I ended up being really crabby and especially about the Dave Scott choreo. But rewatching the routines this morning with your recap I feel more free to experience all the joy in the dancing that I usually have. Thanks, sincerely. I think that this top 10 is wonderful, but I think that some of Nigel's attempts to steer opinion distracted me. I will be muting the judges during the next performance show.
What momo said! I wasn't actually that into a lot of the routines, until Jakob and Ellenore happened, at least. Their Sonya routine was the first time SYTYCD has gotten me really excited in a while.
However, reading your comments on (and re-watching) some of the earlier routines, particularly Ryan & Noelle's and Ashleigh and Legacy's, made me soften a bit on them.
It is, however, impossible to shake the feeling that Jakob and Ellenore are so much more appealing, cool, and just plain fun to watch than the other contestants that there's not really much of a competition left. But then, there are several weeks to go, so we shall see. Do these new partnerships carry over into next week? If so, victory seems even further out of reach for the other contestants.
My roommates and I are still occasionally mixing Noelle and Kathryn up, which doesn't bode well for either of them. Though I thought Noelle's solo was really good. Legacy is the man, and though he probably won't win, he's at least got a future in Cirque du Solei, if no where else. When he runs around on his hands, a small part of the rational world around me collapses.
But damn, that Sonya routine for Jellenore was sick. Jacob can do some ridiculous things with his legs, my gosh. Ellenore could pull it out in the end (I thought her solo was super rad), but I believe that at this point, the competition is Jakob's to lose.
I hadn't found good solo videos yet but let me look again right now.
Sadly, the partnerships don't stick and it's new pairings again next week. But there's actually only 2 more weeks left into the show because it's a final SIX Finale (because a final four would run into Christmas).
Last night's top 10 was a great night of dancing. I really don't want to see any of the guys go.
I wouldn't mind losing Noelle, who kind of bores me, and Mollee, who although much more tolerable with Russell still bugs me a little.
I thought the judges were really harsh on Dave Scott and his hip-hop routine for Legacy and Ashleigh.
My sadness of losing Viktor (I'm a bit embarassed, but I'm miss his meaty thighs...did I just say that?) has been replaced with a deep joy at watching my new sweetie Jakob. Why is he so adorable? Don't get me wrong, I agree with you on the Ryan gay porn vibe, but Jakob is growing on me.
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