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?

I will be in the house for the SYTYCD finale on Tuesday . . . yes, I will! So ridiculously excited. I can't even explain it.