Oh, Alexie. I loved her last year. She's even more gorgeous. Now that is control, ladies. Live it. Love it. Be all about it.

The montage girls were much better, too!

Melinda - I hope you are as cross trained as you claim. And why did she choose that particular Stevie song to tap to? I was distracted. I'd have perferred her to do it without music. Ah, and the judges and I are as one. She's really quite talented.

Ryan - Yeah, nobody cares about your money woes, horse face girl. Can you dance? Then, bring it. OK, it has been broughten. She's ridiculous. In a very Mia way. I agree that she's not a dynamic personality. But to put this girl through to choreo when the cheerleader went straight to Vegas? Total bullshit.

The Wapokeneta Kid is soooo cute. Oh, Kent. You need to get the hell out of Wapokeneta. Wow. How do you even learn to do that in Wapokeneta? He's so beautiful. There are no words. And he is the cutest thing ever. I see why the judges put him through to choreo, but I think he'll grow with experience and time. NY will do wonders for him. If it doesn't kill him first.

Andrew - We don't care about your brother. Can you dance? Then, bring it, cry baby. And of course, you can't actually bring it. Worst toe point ever? Why yes, I think it is. And he has sickle feet. He's just the worst amalgamation of competition tics and herky jerky, wannabe contemporary movements. No, Shankdaddy, this is not what dance is all about. You wouldn't hire him in a million years. None of them would. Stop patronizing this fool. He is not good enough to be on this show. Why even put him through.

Why are we wasting time with the hick hop girl? It's not even funny. I refuse.

Aww, Adrian, I love. His body controlled is insane. Out of this world. And it's so hard to dance with that much control. Soft landings. And a center of the gods. And of course, the feet. The feet. Gorgeous toe point, especially for a man. Nigel was nitpicking just to nitpick.

Jared - Total diamond in the rough. With a little training and work, he could be a supastar! And the mom. And the two. Oh my stars! I don't think he's near ready to make that show, but as Stacey Tookey (so much better than LA Mystery Judge) noted, the kid is gonna be goooooood.

All that time on Hella Hung? I refuse. Come on, SYTYCD.

No kidding.

Rhythmic gymnastics girl--she's all "I want to show them you don't have to be trained, you can be a gymnast and be good" and I'm thinking "...would you say that to a dancer who showed up at your gymnastics studio? WTF?"

The hairflinging montage of Cali girls is kinda cracking me up, just because it is SO HAIR FLING!!

Fling or not, I did like Alexie Agdeppa, who made it through almost to the top 20 last time (not that I remember her) and danced to some weird "Summertime" version. Her hair was flingy but I liked how pointy her feet were. (Yes, my critiques are totally dance-literate)

Was one girl just making a loser L on her forehead during her dance? WTF? And she went to Vegas?

I really didn't feel the tapdance girl.

I love Mia, but protege girl, you're dancing to "I Can't Make You Love Me". Hate.

SpinaBifidaBrother, I recommend you quit grabbing your shorts when you're nervous while dancing. It looks bad. You did it at least three times during the audition piece.

OMG, I love the boy with the cane and the crazy red and black sweater! Though his arm twisting tricks didn't seem to work very well. (Aww, no Vegas for him)

It may have been weird, but it was classic weird. That was Joplin, no?

I have a soft spot for "I Can't Make You Love Me," but I still had to laugh when Shankers said he uses it to clear a party.

some weird "Summertime" version

That was Janis Joplin! I love her version of "Summertime."

I too have a soft spot for the song, but only the Bonnie Raitt version. The dude who sang last night's version is a poseur. I laughed too when Shankdaddy said he uses the song to clear a party.

Okay, I know that I hate Rick, but he should have been eliminated. He disrespected the protein!!! That's a cardinal rule!

For some reason I wasn't bothered by him last night, but I'll totally miss Jonathan (though he was looking seriously burnt out by the end there).

Once again, though (as with the sandwich comment last week) the condescension about whether something deserved to win at this level (in this case roast chicken) really stuck in my craw. Don't diss roast chicken - one of the best meals I ever had in my life was roast chicken with lemon and garlic. It only LOOKS simple (I've seen the chef's recipie in a cookbook, and there's a LOT of prep).

Joplin love xpost!

Dude, Kherington Payne is a Pussycat Doll. [link] Congrats...ish?

Heh-smonster, when you said "Joplin," I thought "No, 'Summertime' is Gershwin, not Scott Joplin." That's because when I think of her, I use her first name not her last, because for me, "Joplin" means ragtime, not Janis.