SYTYCD: I also agree that the judging is horrible this season. For me though, the problem is that they are not acknowledging the choreography shift. I feel like in early seasons the Viennese waltz was, you know, a Viennese waltz. And they critiqued technique with the ballroom stuff. But how can you critique the ridiculous floaty Celine Dion one that Twitchington did? The paso doble is about the matador and his cape, not two matadors. How did the twist even appear in a quickstep?

But, no, every routine has the "fabulous choreography" of "insert name here" and aren't we lucky?

I missed the show last night, but just watched the Bollywood dance on Youtube and got chills. Man, they tore that up!

Man, they tore that up!

Do we think the little peck on the cheek Joshua gave Katee during the dance was part of the choreography, or not?

(see about minute 1:23 [link]

I thought that looked spontaneous.

I think that Joshua and Katee are the strongest couple. Will is an incredibly strong dancer, literally and figuratively (those thighs!!!!!), and I think that Jessica drags him down.

I'd love to see Will and Katee do contemporary.

me too, flea.

I would also like to see Mark and Jessica paired up. I think that would be an interesting mix. Maybe Mark and Courtney.

Just watched it, and have to agree on so much stuff. I really really wish they would switch out the partners sooner. Because there are so many people who would have such a different time if they had switched earlier.

Barring a huge upset, I think Thayne and Comfort are going home tomorrow.

I can't imagine who else would.

I felt like Mia veered from honest and truthful to being just overly harsh, as the judging went on. Because (a) there's no way Comfort isn't going home tomorrow. Lighten up. And (b) Jessica is already going to get a new partner other than Will, if she makes it to the top ten, so you don't need to go on and on about how he's tired supporting her and needs a new partner. Damn. We get it already.

I can't wait for them to all have to dance with new people. Can you imagine Gev and Jessica?

The problem I'm having is that I don't especially like any of the girls. I'm finding Katee is working for me quite a lot, and Chelsie I'm not hating on much, but none of them are really making me go "Ooooh!" So I am not especially looking forward to the pairings of the boys with any of them, other than in terms of BAD pairings.

Do the judges hate Mark? That makes me sad, cause I love him. Him and Will and Joshua, though I can tell Joshua isn't as good a dancer, obviously, he's still awesomecakes.

Do the judges hate Mark?

I don't think they hate him, I just don't think they believe he should win and so their comments are framed to make sure he doesn't get so popular that he takes a top 4 spot from someone they think should be there.

I think there's a disconnect with the judging and watchers' opinions because the judges actually watch them all week, talk to each other, and don't form their opinions from watching the one routine we get to see.

I can't remember how it goes - how long do they keep the gender balance? Once they get to top 10 they remix couples, but do they eliminate 1 boy and 1 girl every week right up the the final 4, and then pick the winner? It feels like the boys are much deeper right now.