Hah. When does it come out? I do have to take a lot of vacation before the end of the year...(but I think if they're already advertising it, probably not)

September!

I LOVED LOVED LOVED the opening number. I liked that you couldn't tell the guys apart. I looked for Evan, since I think he may the weakest of the five, but I couldn't see him.

Debbie Allen was AWESOME as a judge. I am continually astounded at how good she is when she shows up because some of the others can be just so horrible.

I'm looking at you Tyce.

Hey, that's my cousin! Except, yeah, he kind of is. Though IME with the men in that family, they are all secretly very shy and put on an overly genial front to cover which looks a lot like Michael's on-air skeeviness (I don't actually know him personally, he might be skeevy irl, too).

I can definitely buy it as a Persona.

I can totally see a line like "If I had a face like yours I wouldn't have to cook for a living" coming out of trying to cover for shyness, but still - EW.

I wonder if they all ate the fancy corn dogs in the stew room.

SYTYCD: I often watch the dances without sound at work, at the desk. It is fascinating - I can see the dancers so much better in silence. I can really evaluate the dancing steps and synchronization better when there is no sound.

Also, in the Top 10 number, I can tell the girls apart by their legs better than their faces (except Melissa and Kayla, who were obvious.) Ha!

I wonder if they all ate the fancy corn dogs in the stew room.

I hope so. I bet they were delicious. I feel bad for him - if he'd served anything for that challenge he probably would have won the whole thing, huh? Part o the challenge, I supose, but still.

That's interesting, flea. I was noticing last night how hard it is for me to separate my reactions to dance technique, choreography, and music, and also how hard it is for me to see the individuals separately whether they are in a group or partnered. Which I knew, but I was actively trying to notice individual performances and was forcibly reminded that that's hard.

SYTYCD: I often watch the dances without sound at work, at the desk. It is fascinating - I can see the dancers so much better in silence.

Hmm, that's interesting. I wonder if the Kupono/Randi dance would have looked better without sound. One of my issues is that the music was SO much stronger than the dancing.

One of my issues is that the music was SO much stronger than the dancing.

Yeah, and I hated the music! So I sort of lost interest right away.

I actually loved the music, but was disappointed that the dance moves weren't sharper, stronger, etc.

Did anyone stick with The Fashion Show? If so, what did you yhink of the collections?