a deep plie

I read this as "deep pile." I'm warming up to Bianca. I want Ashleigh gone though. Their overpraise did it for me.

I liked the Legacy/Katherine piece. it was nicely goofy, and I thought they had good chemistry.

I thought Legacy and Kathryn absolutely destroyed that piece. I'm blown away by her. She was on fire. He was great, but he should've been great because hip hop is, if not his style, then at least style adjacent. And in general, I loved hte piece. Dave Scott hasn't always done his best work for SYTYCD, but he knocked it out of the park with that one. Great concept, good choreography to go along with it. Bonus points for the Missy Elliot. That almost makes up for using Push It in the Cha Cha. Almost.

Grrr. I think I'm going to miss the last half hour--Local News is having another special report.

Boo, special reports. Don't they know SYTYCD is on?

Blah blah bay bridge closed blah.

They showed some of Nathan and Mollee's dance, at least.

Why is Russell up for elimination? Not right.

I also hope they let Brandon try out again. I assume he will be going home, and it doesn't seem fair for this to be his one chance.

Russell is just awesome. It's ridiculous. I think the judges put him in the bottom tonight just because they wanted to see him dance. And the rest of the kids all love him. So sweet.

I don't understand why Brandon spent half his time rolling around on the ground.

Neither of the girls made much of an impression. And Pauline's music choice was just bizarre. And I like Sergio Mendes and I adore that song, but it just didn't fit. If it were up to me, I'd kick Noelle off. Even if she is well enough to dance next week, it's not fair that she basically got a free pass this week.

I think the judges put him in the bottom tonight just because they wanted to see him dance.

Seriously. All three of the judges said pretty good things about him in the critique section. There were several guys that got worse reviews.

thus begins the overrating of Ashleigh. Jakob made her look like a little girl.

Seriously. I don't get it. I think she should have been up for elimination instead of Ariana.

OK, I think it was just mean that they put Brandon up against Russell. Because, obviously.

I was sort of hoping it was all a set-up to say they weren't eliminating anybody because of Billy Bell and Noelle being gone this week, mostly because of this:

If it were up to me, I'd kick Noelle off. Even if she is well enough to dance next week, it's not fair that she basically got a free pass this week.

SYTYCD: IF THEY KICKED RUSSELL OFF THE FIRST NIGHT THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN HELL TO PAY!

Erm. Sorry for the asscaps. But seriously. We need to get to voting stat, because the judges are not to be trusted! Okay, mind you with the Shankdaddy we get so much better and more reasoned judging I am willing to forgive most things, but boy howdy would I not have forgiven that.

I mean, it's bad enough we have to lose Billy Bell. Sheesh.

Jakob was fantastic. Ashleigh getting paired with him is the pairing of doom, because he will be excellent and he will carry her. Oh, tonight was our best option of losing her, because the elims weren't partnerships.

I was sorry to lose Ariana. I would have rather lost Pauline, I think. I only realized who she was tonight, and I remember her audition piece, which I loved. I feel ambivalent at Brandon, because it was such a roller coaster. I do have to say, can you imagine if we'd gotten that piece with Billy in it? Sigh.

Agree about Victor & Bianca. She surprised me for sure, but it was really nicely done and the chemistry was fab. Again, Travis knows how to choreograph, specifically for this show. He knows how to hit the notes and show off the dancers and communicate. Not all the choreos do.

Oh, Dave Scott! That piece was amazing. And I was so surprised by both Legacy and Kathryn. They did great with it, and the charisma really came through.