OK, is it just me or is Yvetta the Lithuanian ballroom dancer really creepy looking, in a "I've had too much plastic surgery" way?? I really really hope she doesn't make it on the show. Gahhhhh. (I also didn't think she was nearly as magically special as the judges did, though I thought she was good)

Not just you, meara.

meara, 100% agreement. I think Mary had seen such shitty ballroom dancers that day that she was just blown away.

OK, so I loooved Ivetta. She's like a character straight out of Strictly Ballroom. She's so Russian, and so Latin Ballroom, and so over the top. I will kill to hear her refer to Nigel and Mary as "Moose and Squirrel". That said, I don't think she'll make the show. First of all, she's 29 and looks every inch of it. Second of all, the costume was like 99% of why she came off so well, otherwise the technique was fine and she has pretty lines, but she wasn't "magical".

I am in love with Ryan of Ashley and Ryan. He is magnificent. She didn't pop for me at all, but for his sake, I'm glad she made Vegas because otherwise that could've been an awkward ride home.

Toenail girl shouldn't have made it through to Vegas. She and her partner were both very, very good amateur dancers. They would get killed in a professional open competition. And yes, dancers lose toenails a lot. I've lost my entire right big toenail twice and half of my left one once. The second time I lost my right one, it didn't even hurt that much.

I'm sad to see Caitlin's sister, Megan, back. I didn't care for her last year and I see that she is still a hair flinging nightmare. She and Haley of the huge rack can form a hair flinging nightmare club. Ugh, Haley. She's cute as a button (And did you see the huge rack? Cause, dude. Seriously. For a dancer. Huge) but she basically did a floor routine.

Thoughts on Salt Lake. This blog is a harsh mistress and I don't even worry about skipping from time to time. To bed for me.

Thanks for the recap, Jess. I couldn't make heads or tails of it when I went to the link either (I couldn't tell if something was missing, or I was just hating on that thread format).

The thread format is almost unreadable, but the answers had also all been deleted shortly after I posted the link. Sorry for the tease!

Damn, too bad about the delete. I was able to read it after you linked to it (thanks, Jess!)--I just hope that the guy who's a big TC fan whom I forwarded it to got to read it before it was zapped.

As for last night's dancing, yes, I did notice the big rack (hard not to!) and I agree, it was totally a floor routine, not a dance one. Loved seeing the burlesque dancer! And did you see how red Nigel was after her routine? Very funny.

They totally didn't mention that it was Caitlin's sister back, right? I recognized her, but then thought maybe it was another random blonde. But no. Agree, still not impressed.

Also agree that Ivetta looked old. I wasn't at all impressed by her dancing until the spins, those were good. But yeah, I don't see her making it.

I thought maybe it was the makeup making her look plastic. Or maybe it's that she's got the classic Eastern European bone structure that plastic surgeons are all aiming for.

Anyway, I'm glad the audition rounds are over. I'm ready for Vegas.

I thought maybe it was the makeup making her look plastic. Or maybe it's that she's got the classic Eastern European bone structure that plastic surgeons are all aiming for.

It's like when I suddenly realized that Kimora Lee Simmons just naturally had the features a lot of people end up getting artificially.

I'm really surprised Natalie didn't come back. I was totally shocked when she got cut in Vegas last season, and thought maybe they were "saving her" for Season 6.