This is directly from my notes last night, kittens. No filtering other than small formatting sleight of hand. You are getting mama’s pure, unadulterated thoughts because she is a huge slacker and must get something in under the gun before tonight’s performance show. Lucky you!
Love the new credits!
Oh, and new set. Cat Deeley looked gorgeous in that dress. I wanted to rip it off her back and put it on mine immediately.
Shankdaddy on the panel. What, what! And the promise of Paula. Bring it on! Take that AI.
Group Routine by Wade. Love Wade. I’m so glad he’s back, kiddies. So the dance is like Beat It? Alright, Wade. Get over MJ. That was a really long time ago.
Here we go. They all looked gorge. Wade is a genius. And who was that boy front and center turning it out? And the two hip hoppers? Forget about it. The ladies in green were also tearing it up. Was that Pauline and one of the unknown black girls? That routine was fire, darlings. Strangé, Wade Robson, sir. Strangé.
NappyTab. Ugh. Why?
Russell/Kevin/Legacy/Hip Hop/NappyTab(Beggin/District 78 Remix) – Um, hi, Show. You have had a krumper on before. Comfort? Remember her? Little black girl? Didn’t dance as big as her personality? These three were infinitely better than the choreography that they were given. That choreo sucked tremendous amounts of ASSS. Dammit, NappyTab. They really can’t do other than the interpretive, mime style of choreography.
Tasty? Ugh. Well, at least it was contemporary, which he can do well usually. Just keep him away from the Broadway, for the love of all that’s holy.
Ariana/Jakob/Channing/Nathan/Contemporary/Tyce (Crying/KD Lang)– Awesome. Jakob. Jakob Karr is a wonder. He’s so real, so authentic. And his lines are out of this world. I told y’all. He is the truth. Nathan. And that leap by Ariana. Oh my damn. That was beautiful. Just breathtaking. Nathan’s turn sequence – I just . . . there are no words. I loved that piece beyond reason. Why can’t Tyce be that good all the time? It is a puzzle, kiddies.
A tap dancer has made it to top 20 before. They really just want to pretend like S1 never existed. You lie, Cat! (Quick, somebody make a t-shirt)
Bianca/Philip/Peter/Tap/Derick K. Grant (Take the A Train) – Derick seems like a funky dude. And those three make a cute crew. I still don’t like Bianca. What was she wearing? Oh, crack whores. The camera monkeys don’t know how to film tap. Dear Coked Up Camera Monkeys, Please watch some old Fred Astaire and/or Gene Kelly movies and learn how to effectively film tap. Thank you. Love, Me. That was a nice set for Peter. And Philip is so smooth. I think the boys are much better tappers than the girl. Nigel, you sure are right about not being able to teach tap in a week.
Mollee/Pauline/Ellanore/Jazz/Sonya (Ona Cloud/IPPPO) – So this is the first time they are letting jazz be a separate category. I wonder how they made the distinction. Probably just asked the kids what they preferred, I guess, because I seem to remember that Mollee, at least, was classified as “contemporary” during the audition rounds. I was loving this routine in the rehearsals, darlings, but the performance fell flat. The girls all displayed solid technique. Nice, centered doubles turns. And that turn into a held extension that Ellanore did? So hard. So much control. And yet, the whole thing lacked oomph. I feel like these three girls are all better dancers than what was shown. That was kind of a theme of the night. They could’ve done much, much more than what they were asked to do. Kittens, I often think I like Sonya herself more than I like her choreography. And the whole thing was done no favors by the horrible, hideous costumes. Wardrobe whores? Still on crack.
Victor/Noelle/Kathryn/Billy/ Contemporary/Mandy (Viva La Vida/Coldplay) – So this is the annoying and irrelevant group + Billy, no? At least the high talker was less high tonight, darlings. I LOVE BILLY. He is exquisite. There was some really nice partner work in that piece from him, too, which surprised me. And the body control on that kid is insane. Insane. Look at the toe point. The extension. Kittens, I was not even watching anyone else. He’s just so fucking beautiful.
Karen/Ashleigh/Ryan/ Latin Ballroom/Jason Gilickson (Everything I Can’t Have/Robin Thicke) – That was cute rehearsal footage. And it was a cute routine. Sexy Time is still a hot tamale. And she has gorgeous feet. And Ryan really is that good. Dammit. Because I’m all set not to like him. Ashleigh is just a cipher. It’s tight on you when you can’t generate more heat with your husband than an almost complete stranger. Well, that was fun, but lacked the punch to close the show, no, noodles?
On to performance night. I’m gutted to be losing one of the two folks we’ll lose. And if that’s a spoiler to anyone, then y’all really need to get out more.
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