Yeah, he was in black and she was in bright green for a reason. Still, I really enjoyed it and all of the last numbers from this one on.

eta I was replying to le nub.

They are so going to kick Noelle off this week. If I were Ariana, I would be salty. Why didn't they just cut her along with Brandon/Billy last week? That's malarkey.

ETA: Wow, the judges can still surprise. I still think they kept Noelle just to avoid the uproar that would've sparked otherwise. Noelle's solo was a hair flinging nightmare.

Philip had better go home. If I lose Victor over Tasty's crap ass Broadway choreography, I will not be happy.

As for the last couples, Stacey Tookey is such a smart choreographer. I don't think she could've gotten more b-boy moves into that contemporary. But Legacy did them well, and he did have a few nice moments. I loved the routine, but she didn't ask him to stretch very far. Kathryn is exquisite. I'm kind of falling in love with her. I loved Wade's piece. I don't know why the judges like to make him their whipping boy, but I found the piece genius with interesting movement quality. I actually liked Peter more than Pauline. He totally got the character and committed to it. Nigel complained about the high shoulders, but if you watch Wade in the rehearsal footage, that's how it was choreographed. It had a similar movement quality to his piece for Brandon and Janette last season in a lot of ways, and was a teensy bit reminiscent of his Triplets of Belleville piece for Chuy and Sarah. That hunched shoulder thing is something he wanted from the dancers. I want more power from Pauline. She's lovely, but a little light. Ryan and Ellanore were not as good as the judges made out. They were graded on a curve because of the wardrobe malfunction, which admittedly she did handle well. He was great, really solid. He's a fantastic partner. She lacked. She was very tentative throughout. I can't help but compare that to Brandon/Janette and well, there is no comparison.

Damn. Now we have no chance of a couple tap number!

Also, the heart hands are killing me. Killing me. Frikkin' Gokey, man.

good grief. One has to ask, why did they cast the two eliminated tonight if they were going to kick them out so quickly?

I don't disagree with the male boot, after I saw the final two, I know whose goose was cooked. The women? Damn. I would have booted the "hair flinging nightmare."

I loved the Stacy Tookey number--it was great choreo and a great song. But Kathryn actually could've used some more facial expression. I was enjoying it a lot, but by the end couldn't help wondering what it would look like with some other previous contestants.

And I loved the Kevin/Karen number--much fun for her. (I so shouldn't be in here being spoiled yet, but....Kat, aren't you on West Coast? Are you getting this ahead of time somehow??)

Man, there really aren't THAT many African Americans in the show this year. :-)

Hah! I'd be all for it, LeN, if it mean more pretty boys to drool over, and fewer annoying blonde hair fling-y girls for Nigel to be drooling over!! Sadly, it was just my cable box misbehaving while I was out of town. Hrmph.

Well, I had a nice long post ready to go when my keyboard disagreed with me and blew it all up. Anyway, I was just going to agree with Kat on just about everything--loved Peter in the Wade piece, loving Kathryn so far, will miss Phillip's pretty face but he just always looked like a Broadway tapper and couldn't get his upper body movement past that, like Legacy so far but am waiting to see how he mangles ballroom, and thought that the tango was well done but paled in comparison to Brandon and Janette. I thought that Ryan should have been better, considering his background in ballroom should have given him a little more experience with the tango than Ellenore has.

Really liked the waltz (even though it should definitely have had more actual waltzing going on) and the Bollywood was excellent. Both hip-hop numbers were surprisingly good. I'll probably be keeping the Wade piece, Legacy and Kathryn's number, and the Bollywood for burning to disc later this season.

Some reactions:

Noelle & Russell: Loved that it was actually hip hop, but didn't like the tennis concept. And they were just too uneven as a couple.
Ashleigh & Jakob: Fine, but yeah, the choreographers blew it here. This reminds me of the Melanie leg-lift syndrome.
Bianca & Victor: Hated this.
Mollee & Nathan: I think I was watching a different dance than the judges because I thought it was sloppy and that it was obvious Mollee had no idea what she was doing.
Channing & Phillip: This was just awful.
Karen & Kevin: This dance had me liking Karen way more than I thought I ever would. She nailed it.
Kathryn & Legacy: I have a feeling that I will look back on this and realize that this is when I fell in love with Kathryn. And Legacy was way better than I thought he would be.
Pauline & Peter: Love. Love. Love.
Ellenore & Ryan: I think she didn't have her focus, but I attribute that to the dress glitch. Loved the drop.

Bottom three should have been: Noelle & Russell, Bianca & Victor, Channing & Phillip.
I would have sent Noelle and Phillip home.

meara, I wish that I knew of a way to get SYTYCD early. I am in the Chicago for work, thus I saw SYTYCD a full two hours early. What, what! Here's what I thought about the show tonight. Although y'all already know all about it because I always post it here first before it makes it into my blog. And now to bed. My body is telling me it's barely 10:30, but the clock is telling me otherwise.