I voted for Will! I voted for Mark, too. I think it was the Melinda Doolittle effect. Everyone thought everyone was voting for him/her, so some people didn't vote for him/her.

Wow, I'm really shocked about Will, and agree that he didn't get votes because everyone assumed he would be fine. Yikes!

Oh, now I read that not only did they name the winner, post the exit interviews with the losers - they also added the winner's tv show to their drop down menu.

sumi, I read the same thing. I think it is kind of hilarious.

I'm actually away on vacation, so I won't now feel pressed to watch the show. I know who the winner is, so that's fine with me.

I know!

The incompetence is just amazing. But it does mean that I know I made the right decision in choosing the Mad Men premiere over the NFNS finale.

In makeover-show news, I think the women on this week's What Not To Wear (Olympic hopeful swimmer) and How To Look Good Naked (curvy mother) were wearing the same dress! Or very similar, anyway. It makes me want to get one, since it apparently looks good on anyone.

I really like How To Look Good Naked, and I think a big part of it is that just looking at your body a lot and focusing on how it looks OK goes a long way.

I haven't watched the results show for SYTYCD even though I know the result (I hadn't watched it, and forgot and clicked on TWOP, and was SHOCKED. And then I gave in and read their recap, and came here). Now I'm just not watching it because until I watch it it won't be true. How can it be true? SO RIDICULOUS. SOOOOO ridiculous. I mean, yes, clearly he's got quite a career ahead of him, no worries there, but...WTF, America?? I wanted a couple more weeks of gorgeous, amazing, pretty, and GOOD, on my TV screen!! And, preferably, shirtless! Don't get me wrong, I love Mark, but...WTF, America?

Don't get me wrong, I love Mark, but...WTF, America?

See, this is just the thing that has me worried for my poor, beautiful Mark. Mark wasn't even in the B2 on Thursday and he is not the one who beat out Will for votes. Twitch was. I think Mark and Will's fan bases overlap, yes. And I also think that Mark's fans went into overdrive voting for him last week to try to save him from the outrageous bus throwing that the judges were trying to do to him. (And really, it was Olympic calibre) But what really got Will was that he had a good night (as he always does) on a night when the other boys all had at least one bad dance (and Twitch had two). So while other fans were highly motivated, Will's fans weren't. It's not a Mark vs. Will thing, but it sure is playing out like that, which is sad because now I think Mark's gonna get a tsunami of backlash. And it will mostly be undeserved, IMO.

Also, I guess I'm just not that shocked. I mean, I was shocked, but I never had Will in my top 4. From the beginning, he was destined to be the Blake of the season (minus the diva bitchiness of course). He was clearly the "best" technical dancer, as well as a lovely performer and solid partner. But America wants a story or a journey. They don't want to see a great, talented person who's off the charts fabulous from the beginning. That's not Horatio Alger-y enough. The only reason Danny made top 2 last season is that Nigel and Co. gave him that bullshit "Tin Dancer gets a heart" storyline. In four seasons of SYTYCD, the best technical dancer has never won. Blake in S1, Travis (or maybe even Ryan) in S2, Danny in S3 and Will now. (And it's even worse when you consider the ladies. Watching Ashle go down in S1, Allison go down in S2, Jamie in S3 - all technically better than the girls who made top 4) Further, I doubt that the best technical dancer will ever win on this show. On AI, you can have the best voice also have a compelling, up from nothing storyline play out (Kelly in S1, Fantasia in S3 though I know some would argue that, Carrie) over the course of a season and that can propel you to the win. But if you are a phenomenal technical dancer, you've been really good for a long, long time before you got on the show. You've probably already experienced some success in the dance world and acquired some admirers and mentors who are going to work with you regardles of where you place. So,you will be perceived as not "needing" to win and won't garner the votes that will push you to the top.

And now I've spent way too much time thinking about SYTYCD.

I am now annoyed by Next Food Network Star. What food expertise? He didn't tell us anything about the food! What if America still doesn't get plantains? What makes his version of jerk different from real jerk??

Argh!

(Not sure why I even care about this -- it's not like I've watched any of the previous winners' shows!)

Also, I'm bummed out that this week is just an hour of SYTYCD on Wednesday, and it's 9-10, just like PR.