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Okay, first, I must give an ill-formed "we're not worthy" bow to the second guest couple on tonight's show. And also to the Axis Dance Company. I wish I was being more fastidious and listening to names and things, but, um. Whoops? If you know their names, please feel free to blast me in the comments! But seriously! That second couple was amazeballs. I mean, I was literally yelling with delight with every crazy move. They kind of reminded me of ice skaters without the ice. Anyway. Yes. They were, as Tony the Tiger would say, Grrrrreat! Yes, I did just do that.
But let's get back to the competition, as that is what this show is supposed to be all about. The bottom three couples tonight were not very surprising, and I was only annoyed that one couple over another wasn't in the bottom. Can we guess which couple? Puh-lease. If you read this blog at all, you already know*! In any event, the three couples put in danger tonight were:
Ashley & Chris
Miranda & Robert
Caitlynn & Mitchell
And honestly, it's really no surprise who went home after that. Even though I feel like Miranda in particular had the best solo of all of the ladies. Robert also performed a pretty great solo (much better than his first one), but it's become clear he's just not very good at the other styles. Caitlynn and Mitchell did a whole lot of flailing about the stage for their solos, and while I understand strong emotions will breed such flails, it's generally not a good policy to rely on that alone. Ashley's solo, meanwhile, bored me. I enjoyed Chris', but felt he could've pushed even a little bit farther after seeing how explosive Robert's was.
And while I am not surprised at the decision to oust Miranda and Robert tonight, I will say that I can see why the judges were not unanimous on the decision for the girls. Because if it was my decision, I would've kept Miranda over Ashley. There is something a little off about the Ashley/Chris pairing, and I would've really liked to see Miranda and Chris do something together. But hey, I'm not a decision maker here, am I? Nope. I just win points on my fantasy league and call it a night.
And, Nigel? It was Robert who had the woodpecker routine, not Chris! Get it together!
Oh, and one more thing. Miranda and Robert had such graceful comments on their exits, it made it even sadder to see them go. Class acts, those two.
*Jess and Clarice. Duhhhhhhh.
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- Sytycd S8: Top 14 Results
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- Sytycd S8: Top 14 Perform
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- Sytycd S8: Top 16 Perform
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- Sytycd S8: Top 20 Perform Redux
Okay, first of all. Look, I have nothing against Debbie Reynolds. Let's make that clear. But if they're just going to use that third judging spot this season to simply place people who are going to ooh and aah over everybody? I'm not okay...
- Sytycd S8: Top 20 Perform
First of all - already an injury? ALREADY?! It's only the first week! What the heck. This time it's Mitchell, who I barely remember, so it does not bode well for him. He will already be in the bottom tomorrow night, so he'll have to...
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SYTYCD S8: Top 16 Results
Okay, first, I must give an ill-formed "we're not worthy" bow to the second guest couple on tonight's show. And also to the Axis Dance Company. I wish I was being more fastidious and listening to names and things, but, um. Whoops? If you know their names, please feel free to blast me in the comments! But seriously! That second couple was amazeballs. I mean, I was literally yelling with delight with every crazy move. They kind of reminded me of ice skaters without the ice. Anyway. Yes. They were, as Tony the Tiger would say, Grrrrreat! Yes, I did just do that.
But let's get back to the competition, as that is what this show is supposed to be all about. The bottom three couples tonight were not very surprising, and I was only annoyed that one couple over another wasn't in the bottom. Can we guess which couple? Puh-lease. If you read this blog at all, you already know*! In any event, the three couples put in danger tonight were:
Ashley & Chris
Miranda & Robert
Caitlynn & Mitchell
And honestly, it's really no surprise who went home after that. Even though I feel like Miranda in particular had the best solo of all of the ladies. Robert also performed a pretty great solo (much better than his first one), but it's become clear he's just not very good at the other styles. Caitlynn and Mitchell did a whole lot of flailing about the stage for their solos, and while I understand strong emotions will breed such flails, it's generally not a good policy to rely on that alone. Ashley's solo, meanwhile, bored me. I enjoyed Chris', but felt he could've pushed even a little bit farther after seeing how explosive Robert's was.
And while I am not surprised at the decision to oust Miranda and Robert tonight, I will say that I can see why the judges were not unanimous on the decision for the girls. Because if it was my decision, I would've kept Miranda over Ashley. There is something a little off about the Ashley/Chris pairing, and I would've really liked to see Miranda and Chris do something together. But hey, I'm not a decision maker here, am I? Nope. I just win points on my fantasy league and call it a night.
And, Nigel? It was Robert who had the woodpecker routine, not Chris! Get it together!
Oh, and one more thing. Miranda and Robert had such graceful comments on their exits, it made it even sadder to see them go. Class acts, those two.
*Jess and Clarice. Duhhhhhhh.
Previous Episode -- Next Episode
- Sytycd S8: Top 14 Results
I mean. I'm not at all surprised at who was let go tonight, but I do think one couple that should've been in the bottom three only was saved because one person within that couple has a devoted following. Once the couples get shaken up, the other...
- Sytycd S8: Top 14 Perform
Travis Wall is the gift that keeps on giving. Not only was he a great contestant, he's turned out to also be an amazing choreographer, AND a superb guest judge! That's right, Travis was one of the two guest judges tonight, the other of which was...
- Sytycd S8: Top 16 Perform
It's late, so I'm keeping this as short as possible tonight. For the top 16 performance show, we had two guest judges join Nigel and Mary - Lil C and Kristin Chenoweth. Now I know I've been kind of complaining about the stunt casting of judges...
- Sytycd S8: Top 20 Perform Redux
Okay, first of all. Look, I have nothing against Debbie Reynolds. Let's make that clear. But if they're just going to use that third judging spot this season to simply place people who are going to ooh and aah over everybody? I'm not okay...
- Sytycd S8: Top 20 Perform
First of all - already an injury? ALREADY?! It's only the first week! What the heck. This time it's Mitchell, who I barely remember, so it does not bode well for him. He will already be in the bottom tomorrow night, so he'll have to...