Encores & results...you know you want some
Posted: Friday, July 18, 2008 by Travis Cody in
The performance show Wednesday night was a bit uneven. We're looking for the pairs who make it through to the Top 8 to focus next week and bring the level up.
Disclaimer: Some of the videos are being disabled, most likely because the copyright monsters are running rampant again. So I say to you, I'm just posting the videos because I love dance! And I want to share that love! So move along because there's no profit motive to see in this space.
Now, on to the encores!
Katee & Will kicked off their tremendous night with a theatrical number choreographed by Tyce Diorio.
We really enjoyed Courtney & Joshua's Rumba. Courtney has moved into the #2 spot behind Katee as our second favorite gal. And Joshua has been one of our favorite guys from jump.
We lost Twitchington, but we gained this outstanding hip hop jam from Comfort & Twitch. It would have been our dance of the night...
...but then came this Pas de Deux from Katee & Will.
When it was good Wednesday, it was very very good.
We ranked the pairs last night so...
1. Katee & Will - two radically different dances, two brilliant performances
2. Comfort & Twitch - the first dance was forgettable, the second was outstanding
3. Courtney & Joshua - the first dance was good, the second excellent
4. Chelsie & Gev - the partnership is terrific and they had two solid dances
5. Kherington & Mark - off night, and it wasn't helped by a couple of sub par solos
And I ranked the individuals thus...
1. Twitch
2. Will
3. Katee
4. Courtney
5. Joshua
6. Chelsie
7. Kherington
8. Gev
9. Comfort
10. Mark
Pam switched up the top 4 like this - Will, Katee, Courtney, Twitch. The rest of her list matches mine.
So we have projected Kherington and Comfort as the bottom two gals, with Gev and Mark as the bottom two guys. We suspect that Comfort and Mark will be the ones to go.
We have a Bollywood group dance to begin the show.
Wooooooooooooooooooooo!!!! Shane Sparks (for Transformers), Mandy Moore (for The Table), and Wade Robson (for Hummingbird) all received Emmy nominations for their work on the show last season. YAY!
Emmy winner Mia Michaels (for The Park Bench) has choreographed another brilliant piece, this time for the Top 5 gals. Wow. You can see the video here.
Oh man. We have to do bottom two for the gals after that beautiful dance. Chelsie is safe. Katee is safe. And Courtney is safe. That means Comfort and Kherington are in the bottom two. Well, we called it but this is just so tough. We really do like all of these dancers.
Now the Top 5 guys perform a dance made by a mystery choreographer. That was great! And that dance was made by Nigel Lythgoe! Excellent! See it here.
Drat. Two of those guys are in the bottom, and one of them has to go home. Joshua is safe. Will is safe. Twitch is safe. Which means Mark and Gev are in the bottom two.
Each of the bottom four gets a solo. They can't change the result, but the more dancing the better I say!
Comfort - She's really good at what she does, and with some training she can become more versatile. I have to think that this experience would make a dancer want to go to class and get better.
Mark - There's just something about his solo work that we're not connecting with. We enjoyed him with Chelsie as they improved each week. For us he was off this week. He is quirky and unique, but perhaps his style just isn't or us.
Kherington - She's a beautiful girl, but this week she just didn't show off what a beautiful dancer she is. This girl has the talent and the skill, but she missed this week. And perhaps we've forgotten how young she is...she's 18.
Gev - His musicality in that solo was tremendous. This is a talented kid, and he's going to benefit from his time on the show because he's incorporating the different styles into his dancing.
I could have filled up this post with video, but instead I just put in some links. If you're a fan of dance, I hope you have some time to check them out.
OK...here we go.
For the gals, Kherington is out and Comfort advances. 
For the guys, Gev is out and Mark advances.
It keeps getting tougher from here. The Top 8 all need to bring it next week.
Have a fantastic weekend! Later babies!
I think the judges comments about Kherington not being there as a partner for Mark in their first dance may have made a big difference. They certainly stuck in mine and I agreed with them 100%.
People were given a second chance as far as Comfort was concerned and I guess this means they didn't agree with the judges. I think Kherington is a better dancer.. but what can you do?
I'm not surprised about the guys, I have to say.