SHINY ALEX TOY!!!
 
I was unprepared for him to go up against Billy Bell, though. This ep was fraught, yo. I am glad the last kid made it through. I hope he kills Broadway.
 
Waaaay too skinny on that girl. And also are her palms and soles orange? My tv is weird sometimes. Also, hair-flinging bwah. So true.
 
So from the preview Iranian girl pulls out and Nigel gets pissed? I hope not; I liked her. But with only 5 dancers each, there is just not that much room. And yeah, Teddy had to go. I cannot believe he didn`t get other training in between.
 
Everyone! Study partnering! You have to pay attention to your partner`s body! Basic things, like how long their limbs are! Sheesh.

And also are her palms and soles orange?

It looked that way on my TV, too.

I'm gonna go against the group and say it was Jonathan's time to go on TCM. Nobody at the table was impressed by his chicken, and he made no attempt to integrate the avocado into the dish. (If this hadn't been the masters, he would have been ripped to shreds at judges' table for turning the key ingredient into a side salad.) He really hasn't had his heart in this competition for weeks now - every time we see him in the stew room he's been resigned to going home.

Rick is a PITA, but at least he's still attempting to put out competition-level food.

Following up on Liese's whitefont,

Ida left because she has been named as a US Presidential Scholar and was committed to going to the ceremony to get her medal from the President. The list is here: [link]

so, suck it, Nigel.

I assume Nigel's yelling is the promo people and that it's in reaction to something else.

Jess, I agree re: Jonathan. He got screwed in the challenge assignments, but I thought he could have gone long ago.

Jess, I agree re: Jonathan. He got screwed in the challenge assignments, but I thought he could have gone long ago.

Yes to both of this.

I think Jonathan was really weary the last few weeks. But he was Obi-Wan! I liked him so much personally, but he really did sort of give up on this challenge.

I'm gonna go against the group and say it was Jonathan's time to go on TCM.

I can't disagree with your assessment, but I still think that raw pork deserves to get sent home. OTOH, I think that I would have been okay with it if it had been any other chef. I just hate the whining.

I haven't seen SYTYCD yet, but Alex Wong + Billy Bell = Automatic win for dance fans everywhere. Lovely. Lovely. I want both of them in my men's top 5.

I was just mentioning to my mom on Wednesday that lots of these girls are pin thin. Like bone snappingly thin. I don't like it.

That hair girl is distractingly thin, but she doesn't look like she has an eating disorder to me. That looks like genetics.