Comments on: SYTYCD: Final 14

By: Brian J

Brian J — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:04:16 +0000

I stopped watching DWTS a few seasons ago, but I can point out another plus: it’s produced for an older audience.

By: Susan M

Susan M — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:21:42 +0000

I’ve gotten to love the pros on that show. I almost root more for the pros than I do the stars. But there’s always one star who’s really good and at least a couple others you can’t help but root for. It’s fun to watch them grow as dancers on the show. The live band is excellent.

You see them as painfully bad dancers. I see them as people stepping out of their comfort zone and trying something really difficult—and on live TV. An MMA fighter dancing ballroom on live TV? Genius.

Last week Donny Osmond totally blew his tango. Got tangled in the costumes and just completely lost it. In the semi-finals! But he came back and delivered two other really strong dances. It’s good TV.

By: Clark

Clark — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:47:30 +0000

Really? Can I ask why? My wife watches both but somehow the bad dancing on DWTS really doesn’t excite me nor do I care about the “stars.”

By: Susan M

Susan M — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:48:08 +0000

It’s competing somewhat with DWTS, and I’ve been choosing DWTS over SYTYCD.

By: Clark

Clark — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:54:43 +0000

BTW – I’m not sure the strategy of having two SYTYCD in one year is working for Fox. Ratings are down and have been getting worse each week. For the results show it got a 2.1 while Glee got a 3.3 and South Park got a 1.5. (Jay Leno, of course, sucked down at 1.4 – worse than Top Chef which I stopped watching last year) The episodes of SYTYCD from before baseball clobbered everything got 2.5-2.8. I’m not sure why the past two weeks have sucked so bad.

By: Susan M

Susan M — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:32:05 +0000

I just watched Ryan’s crotch-grab on youtube. It does seem odd. Maybe he was trying to adjust but make it look like part of the choreography.

By: Clark

Clark — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:26:40 +0000

I was pretty mixed on Jakob and Ashleigh’s dance. I think Tab/Nap are pretty hit or miss on their choreography and that one was a miss for me. As you said, it was very heavy on the lyrical. I’d have loved to see them try that hip hop from Lil C that Ryan had to try. Like you I want to see Jakob try a hard hitting hip hop or crump dance.

That all said, they danced the routine competently even if I didn’t find the performance had that extra “oomph.” It helped that they were at the beginning too so there was nothing to compare them to. I think had they gone at the end it wouldn’t have been judged quite as well. However let’s be honest. Jakob right now blows everyone else out of the water. This was their weakest dance and it was still better than the strongest of many of the other couples.

By: Brian J

Brian J — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:34:11 +0000

Clark: I completely agree with your original post.

My favorite dance of the night was the Paso. I normally hate the Paso, so that’s saying a lot. In close second was Travis’ piece.

I agree with others that Gibson’s choreography is the worst. Why do the judges like her?!

I liked Jakob and Ashleigh’s dance, but can you really call that “hip-hop”? I know that Tab/Nap refer to their style as “lyrical hip-hop,” but that was pretty heavy on the lyrical. I’m not giving Jakob a pass on that genre just yet.

By: Dancer JMLS

Dancer JMLS — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:11:01 +0000

I just watched it again on Youtube (“fourth routine together”).

Such a beautiful piece. The TMI is still puzzling, especially since it occurs at an awkward point in the dance, for 4 or 6 counts, when he has released from Ellenore’s embrace and they are about to go into that beautiful unison part.

I hope he and Ellenore make it to the top ten. They are both amazingly expressive dancers.

By: Clark

Clark — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:09:16 +0000

I just watched again. Weird. It was really subtle but he definitely is grabbing his manhood. It doesn’t look like he’s adjusting. But maybe he is. Only there for a second though. It didn’t look choreographed. So perhaps something got caught where it wasn’t supposed to.