So You Think You Can Dance Canada - Canada's Top 20!

I haven't watched the episode yet but we've narrowed it down to Canada's Top 20 Dancers!

And they're really HOT!!! Seriously, too many cuties. I'm not sure who I'm going to crush on/stalk.

Nico doesn't even look that great in the photos below and I remember his audition and it was SEXY! Other faves that made it include Miles Faber, Kevin Mylrea, Breanne Wong, Tamina Pollack-Paris, Nico Archambault, Francis Lefreniere, Allie Bertram and on and on...

Little things I noted... Montreal guys are HOT. Though I kind of knew this when I went to McGill but why did I NOT take advantage of that more while I was there? Oh how young and stupid I was.

LOTS of contemporary dancers. LOTS. Very few Hip-Hop. Well, this is Canada. They need to bring Mia Michaels up here to choreograph those contemp dancers.

Allie Bertram - 18
Calgary, AB
Auditioned in Halifax
Main Style: Ballet










Arassay Reyes - 21
South Surrey, BC
Auditioned in Vancouver
Main Style: Contemporary/Latin










Breanne Wong - 25
Ajax, ON
Auditioned in Toronto
Main Style: Contemporary










Caroline Torti- 23
Oakville, ON
Auditioned in Toronto
Main Style: Contemporary










Danny Arbour - 26
Montreal, QC
Auditioned in Montreal
Main Style: Latin and Ballroom








Danny Arbour (left) and Francis Lafrenière (right)


Dario Milard - 19
St. Hubert, QC
Auditioned in Montreal
Main Style: Contemporary










Francis Lafrenière - 28
St. Bruno, QC
Auditioned in Halifax
Main Style: Ballroom










Izaak Smith - 19
Prince George, BC
Auditioned in Calgary
Main Style: Hip Hop and Ballet










Jesse Catibog - 29
Toronto, ON
Auditioned in Toronto
Main Style: B-Boying and Contemporary










Joey Matt - 19
Calgary, AB
Auditioned in Calgary
Main Style: Contemporary










Kaitlyn Fitzgerald - 18
Loretto, ON
Auditioned in Toronto
Main Style: Contemporary










Kevin Mylrea - 22
Westbank, BC
Auditioned in Vancouver
Main Style: Contemporary











Lara Smythe - 25
Toronto, ON
Auditioned in Toronto
Main Style: Acro











Lisa Auguste - 27
Rexdale, ON
Auditioned in Toronto
Main Style: Contemporary/Hip-Hop










Miles Faber - 21
Calgary, AB
Auditioned in Toronto
Main Style: Popping and Boogaloo










Natalli Reznik - 28
Toronto, ON
Auditioned in Toronto
Main Style: "Something Sassy"










Nico Archambault - 23
Montreal, QC
Auditioned in Montreal
Main Style: Contemporary and Hip-Hop










Romina D'Ugo - 22
Toronto, ON
Auditioned in Toronto
Main Style: Salsa










Tamina Pollack-Paris - 19
Toronto, ON
Auditioned in Toronto
Main Style: Hip-Hop










Vincent Noiseux - 22
Saint. Jean-Sur-Richelieu, QC
Auditioned in Montreal
Main Style: Cannot decide










So the next new episode will be on Wednesday, Oct. 8th at 8pm on CTV, although I'm not sure how it's going to be done since the Performance episodes will tape on Mondays and then Group Performance/Results will tape on Wednesdays. I'm guessing it will all air on Wednesdays with judges decisions?

Anyways, if you made it all the way down here, you deserve to know that you can get free tickets to the audience tapings in Toronto here. And if you get some, please invite me! (I'm not kidding here too! If you're a longtime reader, contact me!)

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Top 12 Performances, Results 12 to 10
Top 14 Performances, Results 14 to 12
Top 16 Performances, Results 16 to 14
Top 18 Performances, Results 18 to 16
Top 20 Performances and Results
Introducing Canada's Top 20

Auditions:
Toronto Week - The Cut to the Top 20
Vancouver, Halifax, Calgary, Montreal - West, East, Middle and Quebec
Toronto - Toronto's Best Foot Forward
The Judges, The Host, The Teaser, All Photos from CTV

So You Think You Can Dance - Season 4:
Finale
Top 4 Performances
Top 6 Performances and Results 6 to 4
Top 8 Performances, Results 8 to 6
Top 10 Performances, Results 10 to 8
Top 16, 14 and 12 Weeks Recaps by Vance again
Top 12 Performances, Results 12 to 10 - Guest Blogger Linz McC
Top 14 Performances, Results 14 to 12 - Guest Blogger Linz McC
Top 16 Performances, Results 16 to 14 - Guest Blogger Linz McC
Top 18 Performances, Results 18 to 16
Top 20 Performances, Results 20 to 18
Introducing the Top 20

Auditions:
Callbacks in Las Vegas - The Top 20 Revealed - What Happens In Vegas
Milwaukee, WI - How The Midwest Was Won
Charleston, South Carolina and Washington D.C. - S.C.D.C. The New Electric (Boogaloo) Term!
Salt Lake City and Dallas - Yeehaw Utah!
Los Angeles - It's Time To Put On Those Dancing Shoes Again Kids!

So You Think You Can Dance - Season 3:
Live Tour - Toronto, Pasha's Solo Video, Neil's Solo Video
Finale - Winner Result
Top 4 Performances - Finals
Top 6 Performances, Top 6 Results
Top 8 Performances, Top 8 Results
Top 10 Performances, Top 10 Results
Top 12 Performances, Top 12 Results
Top 14 Performances, Top 14 Results
Top 16 Performances, Top 16 Results
Top 18 Performances, Top 18 Results
Top 20 Performances, Top 20 Results

For So You Think You Can Dance Season 2:
Favorite Video Clips
Song List Live Tour 2006 - Toronto
Live Tour 2006 - Buffalo, Pics, More Pics

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My Busy Day in LA Yesterday

I forgot my cord so my pictures from yesterday will have to wait but I went to check out the set of The Office (met Mindy and Paul (Kelly and Toby!)), ALMOST got to see Ellen on standby (damnit, Leonardo DiCaprio was just on the other side of the wall and we could totally hear him (and I even offered to hold down the guards and let LinzMcC run for it but in the end we didn't do it)), finally ate at Roscoe's Chicken and Waffles (and now I'm about to have a heart attack), then saw the So You Think You Can Dance Live Tour at the Nokia Theatre in LA and I'll write more about that soon but here's some quick notes while I still have them in my head:

I LOVE Mark! He would totally make a great choreographer. He has such weird and fluid movements.

I forgot how good Thayne was and how good looking he was. And the big surprise, he was a pretty good host.

Less video montages this time, (or, at least it's integrated better and only the start Top 5 auditions that Nigel always does felt like a big time waster).

Gev is adorable.

Katee is SO precise in her movements. Amazing.

Twitch is better in person and his solo rocked.

But Gev's Solo was better. In fact the best of the night.

Pasha and Anya made an appearance!

The show lasted almost 2 hours and 45 min. with intermission.

The boys as a group are SO entertaining and their personalities really stand out on stage.

Chelsea T. and Kherington should have stayed longer in the competition.

So should have Gev and Thayne.

The best dance of the night was probably the Bollywood GROUP dance.

They ended the night with what I gather is a tradition now, with "You Can't Stop The Beat" but I still think the Season 2 choreography was better suited for the stage.

The Nokia Theatre is ENORMOUS though still smaller than The ACC where SYTYCD Live will play in Toronto.
I'm not sure I'm digging that the tour is getting bigger and bigger and more concert like and less theatrical like. And thus more impersonal.

The set now has a fancy video screen that can break apart. Apparently they've given the set dept. a bit of money now.

Major disappointment though now is that there were NO NEW routines created JUST for the Live Tour. Did they do any last year? Can't remember right now. They did for the 1st tour (of Season 2).

Hopefully I'll be able to post reviews and pictures soon of ACE (from the Signature Theatre in Washington DC) as well as everything I saw in LA.

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Everybody Wins Tonight At 8pm

Tonight at 8pm, Friday Night Lights (season) premieres on DirectTV for those who have it in the states!

Tonight at 8pm, Pushing Daisies (season) premieres on ABC!

Tonight at 8pm, So You Think You Can Dance Canada narrows it down from all the auditions to its first Top 20 on CTV!

Tonight at 8pm, Billy Elliot finally opens on Broadway with its first preview (Officially opens Nov. 13th).

Tonight at 8pm, I'll be at the Nokia Theatre in LA watching the So You Think You Can Dance Season 4 Live Tour.

That's all I have to say.

It's a win-win-win-win-win for everyone!

Although, actually, two more things:

Plus the very funny The New Adventures of Old Christine is on at 8pm on CBS.

And the very enjoyable Bones is on at 8pm on FOX/Global.

Add in two more wins, well, except for the viewer that has to choose. Or the DVR/PVR/Tivo/VCR that will be working overtime at 8pm on Wednesdays.

When did Wednesdays at 8pm become the hot spot?

Thank goodness NBC stuck the sucky Knight Rider in the same time slot. At least we can ignore ONE channel!

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Working 9 to 5 at The Office

LinzMcC and I just saw 9 to 5 The New Musical and I'll have a full review out soon. (It won't beat Billy Elliot for the Tony but the show is a LOT of fun!)

But I just wanted to request that Andy Blankenbuehler choreographs everyone that surrounds me in life so that people can dance so amazingly around me. Seriously, he had the most amazing choreography in In The Heights and now he's done it again with 9 to 5.

In the meantime, and hopefully I don't jinx this by writing about it now, but I'm off to The Office in the morning!!! Hopefully I'll have some pictures of the set or something to show, though no cast is around I think tomorrow. Boo. I'll have to stalk John Krasinski some other time).

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How I Met Your Mother - Hungry For More

How I Met Your Mother - The Best Burger In New York - Ep. 402

I'm sure they were referring to The Burger Joint (below).

Though the Shake Shack might just be a better alternative now. Or does anybody know anything even better in New York? (Preferably one that is at actual burger joint prices. Overpriced ones made with filet minion or caviar don't count). I haven't tried BLT Burger yet though (though BLT Fish (upstairs) was good but WAY overpriced).

Oh yeah, and the show. Marshall tastes the best burger in New York City and can't find it again. Apparently Regis has been looking for the place too. Regis is not that funny is he? The more I think about it. Maybe Kelly DOES carry the show. In fact, my favorite episodes now are when Neil Patrick Harris guest hosts with Kelly. Now THAT'S fun and I would love to see more of THAT! (Or NPH on any talk show. His pre-Emmy appearance on Emmy was a hoot with Mr. Roper expression).

I love my How I Met Your Mother but while it hasn't been at its worst, tonight's episode just left me wanting more, and mostly because I felt unsatisfied and was still searching for that perfect hunger filler. You know? Too much starch, not enough meat.

(On a side note, my sis has also been checking out all the Cupcake places around New York that people say are better than the apparently overrated Magnolia's.

Apparently this is how she ordered them though she said something about not having updated it since we went to Cupcake Cafe but as a big brother, I was half not listening so can't remember what she was blabbering about, but this is how she emailed the list to me, so do your own taste test and let me know what's worth my gym time and what isn't (not that it would really stop me):

Billy's Bakery
184 9th Ave (between 21st and 22nd Streets) - Chelsea

Crumbs
1371 Third Ave (at 78th Street) – Upper East Side
321 ½ Amsterdam Ave (at 75th Street) – Upper West Side
87 Beaver Street - Wall Street
43 West 42nd Street (between 5th & 6th Aves) – across from Bryant Park
37 East 8th Street – The Village

Sugar Sweet Sunshine
126 Rivington Street (parallel to E Houston and Delancey Streets) –
Lower East Side?

Buttercup Bake Shop
973 2nd Ave (between 51st and 52nd Streets) – Midtown East?
141 West 72nd Street (between Amsterdam and Columbus) – Upper West Side

Cupcake Café
18 West 18th Street (between 5th and 6th Ave) - Chelsea?
545 9th Ave (between 40th and 41st Streets) - Midtown

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The Knowledge I've Gained From Watching A Bad Reality Show

I'm staying with friends in Orange County and they took me to dinner in Laguna Beach and even though I've never been, I totally recognized a few spots just from watching that damn assed TV show.

I swear, I stopped after the first season. Okay. Maybe partially through the second.

At least I've stopped myself at The Hills. Although the fact that I still seem to know everything going on with Lauren Conrad and co. is quite disturbing to me.

You know what though? The real Laguna Beach really is quite a lovely place. I could totally see myself living there. Now I just need a couple of million of dollars. Anyone? Anyone? Or I'll take a Stephen (although I really preferred Trey even though he was rarely on).

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Overheard At The Airport On The Way to LAX

"Do you know Jake McDorman? He's on that really crappy show that I'm on" - Clark Duke from Greek and Clark and Michael to his young traveling friend.

I don't think it was so much a slight at Jake McDorman but it was kinda funny. Ah young actors. Always biting the hands that feed them just so that they can seem cool to their friends.

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Idol Territory

I heard three songs in the last month that I've liked and then almost choked each time when I realized each song was from a former Canadian Idol loser. All losersfrom last year actually (the year Brian Melo won).

I particularly like Carly Rae Jepsen's new song which sounds un-Idoly and actually kind of cool! It's quite unexpected actually.

Carly Rae Jepsen- "Tug of War" (not the actual video but it's all I could find):


Canadian radio seems to have been bombarded with a lot of Idol music. Between the American Idol's David Cook and Jordin Sparks adding to Carrie Underwood and Kelly Clarkson, and non-winners David Archuleta and Chris Daughtry getting lots of airplay, there's already a LOT of Idol on the radio.

Then add the Canadian Idol's, none that really broke out huge like the Americans but Hedley has faired well, and Brian Melo, runner-up Rex Goodie, Eva Avila and Melissa O'Neil put out pretty good albums (Rex's still ranks as one of my favorite Idol albums of them all (Canadian or not)) but now it seems like anybody who was on Canadian Idol at all has an album coming out. Well, a lot did and CTV plugged it every moment they could but now they actually seem to be GOOD with new songs from Jaydee Bixby, Tara Oram (videos below) and Carly Rae Jepsen that all caught my attention on the radio, only to later realize they were all Idol contestants. (I had already mentioned Oram's song before).

Plus, I never mentioned the latest winner Theo Tams who deservedly won last month is also, to my knowledge, the first Idol winner of any (English) version that had an openly gay man actually win. No? (Will Young wasn't out when he won, Anthony Callea was runner-up for Australian Idol and only came out afterwards as well). No idea about the other idols in other languages.

(And speaking of finales, how the heck did Canadian Idol land Mariah Carey and John Legend to perform???)

Theo Tams first single "Sing" is out at i-Tunes and the album comes out soon.

Tara Oram and Jaydee Bixby's songs after the jump:

Tara Oram - "Fly Girl":


Jaydee Bixby - "Old Fashioned Girl" from his new album Cowboys and Cadillacs :

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