Thursday, June 5, 2008

Vegas Gambles

Vegas auditions are here and we'll finally see the good people and cut it down to the top 20.
There are some surprises and some drama.  It's SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE!

One of the early cuts is tiny Claire Calloway, who was on season 1 and got hurt then had to sit out season 2 to have a baby (she looks like shes 14 btw) but she apparently she forgot how to dance and totally falls apart and is cut.  

Tyce Diorio Broadway routine:

First is a girl-girl partnership (I guess there's more girls than guys)- the girl playing the guy part is awesome and gets through, while the girl (Erica is cut and is shocked, since she cleared her schedule to be here and totally thought she would make it).

Lots of people get through, lots of Mary shrieks.

Twin bros Anthony and Antwone are not very good apart, and Anthony makes it through without Antwone.   It's really sad cause they love each other, but its probably better so we don't get them confused.  

Day 2:
Jean-Marc Genereaux is teaching the dancers the foxtrot.  Hip-hoppers Joshua and Comfort (?) are having trouble with the foxtrot, its interesting that they are dancing together. SHe seems to be holding up ok, I'm not sure about him though.  The judges really liked them and thought they did well for it not being their style- I like them and hope to see them do their hip hop thing.  But stop crying and just dance. 

Barbie girl Paige is up and is dancing with a hip hop dancer Will and does not look happy about it.  They both aren't through yet, but arent cut.  Some people we saw in the auditions are through, including Twitch from last year.  
Paige dances with a ballroom dude and her and another girl get cut anyway.  She references Jesus and whatever she was annoying. She sounds exactly like Legally Blond and this is probably the first time shes failed at anything. 

Now it's group time.  They will have to choose a cd randomly with music and are told to choreograph a dance by the morning.
Group 1 is dancing to Sting and then it stops and the tap dancing chick comes out and taps, which was good- but like Nigel said, the rest was a mess.
Other groups were bad too- I think in general they are all messes. It must be so hard when you have different styles and different ideas to put something together.
This group is pretty good actually- the dancing worked with the music (also Sting) this group includes Comfort.  
Actually some of them weren't that bad.

Next crazy Mia choreographs a routine.  She speaks in code apparently (zah boom bah ahh etc) and did I mention she's crazy.  The dancers are running on no sleep and its affecting them. This one girl Liz apparently thinks shes working harder than everyone else even thought they are all doing the same thing.  She does a pretty good job though. But then she starts talking and its really annoying, just shut up and dance!  Debbie says it the best that she talked too much, and they cut her, basically cause she talked too much.  Dummy.

Cocky Jeremiah is up next.  Not so cocky now- he totally effs up the routine and walks off the stage.  He has a tantrum and gets cut.  He's weird and I'm not upset he's gone.

Dancing for lives!  Dominic Pearson is up first, in tiny spandex shorts and he kind of lies down and waves his arm, hurt somehow. Debbie massages his leg (he only pulled a muscle) but he's out. Twitch is through, but Sheila, who the judges loved in the auditions, is cut. 

Now its solo time for everyone, then the final cuts are made. 

Kelly, HSM choreographer daughter is first.  She doesn't make it but the judges tell her to come back next year.  A modern dancer Courtney, Latin dancers Chelsea and Susie and another Chelsea and Courtney are in.  Twin Anthony is cut but told to come back next year.  Tap dancer Bianca is cut too.  Hip Hopper Josh makes it and starts crying again.  Debbie tells him to pull it together. You said it girl. A bunch of other people make it, including Twitch, Kherington, Comfort and more.  

Next week the real dancing begins, I can't wait!

PS No cute guys this round (like Neil and Pasha from last year) ah well, hope the dancing is as good.

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