I really think he could win, which is tragic and wrong. I have had my disagreements with past winners of this show. I could argue that Travis should've beaten Benji in S2 and I am 100% certain that Danny was robbed of his crown when Sabra beat him out in S3, but even when I've wanted someone else to take the crown, I've believed that the person who did win was a talented and versatile dancer. Sabra could do anything on the show - ballroom, hip hop, jazz, contemporary. I can think of routines that she danced in every genre that were some of my favorites from her season. Benji is the same way. Yes, he was a West Coast Swing goofball. But he also turned it out in Hip Hop with Too Much Booty, and he had a number of lovely ballroom pieces with Donyell and he became a skilled enough contemporary dancer to hang in that Top 6 group routine by Mia (still the best top 6 routine of all time!). These were dancers who learned and grew and had many, many layers to their dancing. Evan has the one cute, MGM Musical, Gene Kelley thing that he does and while he's great at that, he doesn't do anything else particularly well. I haven't seen a ton of growth from him this season. And that would make him, IMO, the worst winner that the show has ever produced. I'm hoping either Jeanine or Brandon can take him down. I think Kayla's personality is too stank to do the job. But who knows?

Yeah, I'm sad for both Ade & Melissa, Ade moreso. I heart Evan doing the Evan thing, but really, the others are far superior dancers.

I never did get on the Kayla train. I think she's too angular in her movement, which may be an inadvertent criticism of her physique, but I want more grace and curve from her. Probably she's a superior dancer to Melissa, so I'm not totally choked up over that.

But Ade. Oh, Ade. It's tragic he fell under the wheels of the Evan machine.

So yeah, I'm now hoping for Jeanine or Brandon. Either of those would be fine for me. But it may well be Evan, and I agree that if so, it's a shame.

This ep made me realize how much I miss Mark, though.

Me too. I've rewatched that routine a few times already, and I bet I will be several more times this weekend too.

I am watching the Will/Jessica piece. I forgot how STUNNINGLY GORGEOUS Will is.

I completely agree. I didn't realize how much I missed Mark and his quirky style. I really understood his weaknesses as a dancer when he did the Top 5 (?) men's dance to "Those Guys Named Moe" - but I still really liked him.

SYTYCDism on Youtube has most of this season's routines - theirs don't seem to get yanked, for whatever reason.

My goodness, compare this Courtney and Will samba to the much weaker Jeannine and Ade. Oh, Will! [link]

Watching that, it just occurred to me: How awesome would an all-star SYTYCD be?

So, so awesome. I have been dreaming of an all star SYTYCD. And we're at the perfect point now, 5 seasons in. You could get four dancers from each of the first five seasons. For every season but this one, I think it would be really hard to pick just 4, though. On first thought, I'd probably choose:

S1: Blake, Artem, Ashley and Kamilah
S2: Travis, Jason, Allison and Natalie
S3: Pasha, Danny, Anya and Shauna
S4: Will, Mark, Chelsie and Katee
S5: Brandon, Ade, Janette and Jeanine

Not a hip hopper in the bunch. Huh. And there have been some really good ones. Jamile and Josh, even Dom I liked until I didn't like him. Sarah for the girls. Oh, well.

I've also been dreaming of a fan favorite choreography episode. Have the dancers do some of the classic favorite routines from seasons past. Maybe not the whole season, but once they start doubling up on dances, have them do one new piece and one SYTYCD classic piece. I think it would be really interesting to see new dancers trying to interpret some of the best pieces from seasons past.

Sarah could do anything and got robbed by...what's her name.

And where the hell is Sabra, they never even mention her?