Also, you can tell it's not gonna have a happy ending when the main guy's all bumpy.

Tara ,'First Date'


Non-Fiction TV: I Reject Your Reality and Substitute My Own

This thread is for non-fiction TV, including but not limited to reality television (So You Think You Can Dance, Top Chef: Masters, Project Runway), documentaries (The History Channel, The Discovery Channel), and sundry (Expedition Africa, Mythbusters), et al. [NAFDA]


brenda m - May 27, 2009 8:37:14 am PDT #9148 of 23273
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

Wasn't there some staggeringly implausible number of votes coming out of Arkansas? Kind of lends some credence to the theory.


le nubian - May 27, 2009 8:58:22 am PDT #9149 of 23273
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

I heard a report of 38 million votes coming from Arkansas.

I think they need to figure out how many votes came from the vendor phones in question to see if this would have made a difference.


le nubian - May 27, 2009 9:00:27 am PDT #9150 of 23273
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

okay, here is mj's blog which seems to debunk the conspiracy theories:

[link]


tiggy - May 27, 2009 9:00:49 am PDT #9151 of 23273
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore

the 38 million AR votes things was retracted not long after it was announced.


Amy - May 27, 2009 3:41:19 pm PDT #9152 of 23273
Because books.

SYTYCD: Aw, Silky the tap dancer is awesome! That was so much fun! (Although I think he might have missed Savion Glover bringing tap back, honestly.)


askye - May 27, 2009 3:59:04 pm PDT #9153 of 23273
Thrive to spite them

With the girl in the tutu dancing to the cover of Toxic. I liked the song better than her dancing.

Tyce always looks like he doesn't really like anything.


askye - May 27, 2009 4:39:48 pm PDT #9154 of 23273
Thrive to spite them

Cool I'm glad we got to see Travis (the dancer) who has the cool football coach dad who is proud of his son. Neat dad.


Jesse - May 27, 2009 4:42:47 pm PDT #9155 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I was randomly wondering about the music rights in the auditions -- if they get a list of songs or what. But no:

ALL SONGS MUST BE SONGS THAT ARE COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE VIA RETAIL CHANNELS AND CANNOT BE A RE-MIX OF A SONG, A SONG DOWNLOADED FROM THE INTERNET OR WEBSITES, OR A CONTESTANT-CREATED MIX (I.E., A MIX OF SEVERAL SONGS).

[link] (PDF)

So I wonder if that has any impact on which auditions they show?


Jesse - May 27, 2009 5:07:40 pm PDT #9156 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

And I know I said this last year, but I really like that they encourage people to come back, and mean it.


Liese S. - May 27, 2009 7:43:17 pm PDT #9157 of 23273
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Yeah, I was so pleased with the proud football coach dad. I think it's just awesome that he's supportive like that. And you know damn well he's going to help his son build up his strength, because that's something he can do. And he'll be a hell of a dancer when he does. Can you imagine a guy with that height able to get serious elevation on a jump? He'd own the stage.

I'm glad the African dance guy made it through and I wish they'd talked to him about the style.

I really liked the second blonde (not curly) sister. I thought her work was really expressive and much better than her sister's.

The jazz/tap brothers are also cute, but I agree that they may be limited by their style. I hope to see what they do in Vegas.

What's the format now? We have one more round of early auditions, and then how much time in Vegas? This is the first time I've watched the audition rounds.