It’s weird that despite my faithfully watching each and every single episode of this season’s SYTYCD, this will be my first post on the subject. So forgive me in advance if I get a little wordy. I’ve actually been chatting away with the folks on TWoP and haven’t felt the need to blog about it. But now that I have this dance-related blog, I must post! So let’s talk about some notables about last night’s finale performance episode, starting with…
- I miss Mark. I do. I missed my Marky-Mark. He was my favorite ever since I saw his “Bohemian Rhapsody.” I think the Russian Kepak would have been a much stronger dance if Mark had performed it instead of Twitch. That number was from a ballet after all. Notice how the choreographer didn’t include that sit-down-on-your-heels-and-kick-forward maneuver. Mark could have done it with his eyes closed. Speaking of which…
- We finally get a ballet number on SYTYCD! Okay, it was a Russian trepak, but it was from the Nutcracker! Kinda boring. No grace, no style, just a lot of jumps and tricks.
- The Jive was meh. Forgettable. I don’t want to see it on tour. And that Broadway routine was positively VOMITOUS! They had Gillian Lynne on the show two weeks ago! Why can’t they do a number from Cats?
- I think Courtney totally outdanced Twitch in that hip hop number. He basically just phoned it in. But Courtney really has improved over the course of the season. I was just telling DH that she was lucky to have been partnered with Gev early on. Their chemistry and sexual tension really sucked voters in when it was still vote-for-your-fave-COUPLE time.
- At this point, I don’t care who wins, just as long as it’s not Twitch. I think he has more of a future in acting or producing or choregraphing than in actual dancing. He can prolly choreo for SYTYCD or ABDC.
- Mary. Shut the fuck up. Can’t you say anything original anymore? I think Nigel needs to replace you with another ballroom expert. How about Melanie LaPatin??? She was all sorts of awesome last night with her, “Okay that was totally not it but let’s try again.” Heh.
Did I vote last night? No. Who do I think will win? Joshua. He’s just the perfect storm of greatness, humility, charisma and good looks. I hope he becomes an honest-to-god celeb from this show. I want him in movies and music and videos and concerts!
My favorite routine of the night:
