Episode Guide
It was a night of love juice, shaved toes, birds of a feather, and belly bling. It was week 2 of So You Think You Can Dance's pairs, down to nine couples now.
As Entertainment Weekly reports, it was neat to see Mia Michaels in the first slot of the judges' panel, for a different face and opinion — especially since Mary Murphy and Nigel Lythgoe agree on everything.
Nigel tried to defend his axing of classically trained Ricky last week by explaining that the show's aim was "to keep the unique dancers here" and remarking that he disliked dance snobs — the people who think you need years of training in order to call yourself a dancer.
Never mind that winners of the first two seasons were very well-schooled dancers, and one of last week's unique dancers (Cedric Gardner, pictured) was a big disappointment to the show and his partner last night.
After he shone last week with his specialty, hip-hop, the So You Think You Can Dance gods threw him some ballroom. Ouch.
When choreographer Hunter Johnson explained to Ced that lines in foxtrot are like railroad tracks, it was trouble from the get-go.
Cedric is just not well-rounded enough for this competition, and it's too bad that his partner, Faina, will have to dance for her life again as a result again this evening.
Who else might join Cedric and Faina in the bottom three? I would have to say Jaimie and Hok, whose samba brought out mixed comments from the judges. Mia, high on "love juice," as she called it, thought it was amazing. Mary, though, thought it just wasn't high-level enough.
As could be expected, Hok Konishi had nice individual shoulder movement, but his rolls were too stiff and shallow, and the routine lacked overall flow. While Nigel thought it was a good performance, he put the blame on French-Canadian choreographer Jean-Marc Genereux, who clearly showed his disdain for Nigel's comment with an indignant raised brow.
How about someone puts Jean-Marc on the judges' panel and invites Dancing With the Stars' Bruno Tonioli over to compete for best, heavily accented metaphoric sound bites - now that would be reality gold.
Picking anyone else for bottom three is hard, but it will perhaps be Lauren and Neil, just because, compared with everyone else, their hip-hop routine was a bit lackluster — mainly on Lauren's part.
Neil pretty much saved it with his flying somersaults and other tricks, but their stomping seemed a bit by-the-numbers forced, and overall, Lauren's moves weren't edgy enough. The tutu didn't help either.
Who was good? Jessi and Pasha's bird-pecking, out-there contemporary style was unlike anything we'd seen before, while Sabra and Dominic (shaved toes and all - it's a jungle down there!) were both totally enraptured with a contemporary dance routine of their own. Anya and Danny's beautiful Viennese waltz, where grace and technical ability were on full display, was awesome.
Sara and Jesús, an underrated couple, had to do the paso to Queen's "We Will Rock You" - a song that drew the ire of the judges - but they still shined brightly with lovely Spanish dance moves throughout. Sara, a B-Boy dancer with no training, held her own - in heels no less.
Lacey Schwimmer and Kameron - who wants to hit that (even as her dad watches) so much it kills him - did an ode to Chicago that had plenty of pizzazz. They should be safe. But someone's going home tonight, and we can't wait to find out who it's gonna be.
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