ACK! I'm late! I almost didn't make it! I mean, it was my mother's birthday celebration and all, but come on - it's RESULTS NIGHT! This show is taking over my life. And I love every minute of it.
Got here as soon as I could, and thanks to the wonders of digital recording, I actually caught up such that I was barely over the end time when I finished. Normally, I skip through the musical acts when I’m in this situation, but no way was I missing either of tonight’s performance – LXD is the epitome of incredible dance crew-ness, and even I wanted to see Gaga return to the scene of her first TV appearance. Personally, I thought LXD gave the better show, but I wouldn’t say Gaga was exactly a waste of time, and I enjoyed watching SYTYCD alum Mark in her backup crew.
As for the results:
The Bottom Half
Well, are we really surprised? If either Melanie or Sasha had ended up in the bottom, I think America would’ve just just turned off its collective television set. It is right that Jordan and Caitlynn made it this far, but it’s also fair that Melanie and Sasha are on top. I hate seeing either one of these lovely ladies go, but only one dancer is going all the way to number one, and that choice is going to be hard enough with those that remain. As for the fellas, I think the only sure thing was that Marko would go on. I kinda had a feeling that Ricky might pull off the coup; Nigel and Mary both did the kiss-of-death commentary, suggesting that Ricky would be in trouble and Tadd would be in the finale. In fact, there was even a moment last night when, after realizing how out of the way Nigel had gone to say that, that I wondered if Nigel hadn’t planted his comment specifically to help Ricky garner votes. Only Nigel knows, but here Ricky is in the Top 6, regardless.
The Solos
I had to agree with Nigel that neither girl really gave her all, and I think a coin toss would’ve been a perfectly acceptable way to determine this week’s winner. Individually:
Jordan – a lot of the same that we’ve seen before, but still love watching those legs.
Jess – Now that boy just danced for his goshdarn life! Might not be enough to keep him over Tadd, but he showed us his best stuff.
Caitlynn – You know, it was kind of a shame she had to go after Jess, because it looked lackluster by comparison, but I’m not sure it was really all that mediocre, move by move. I just don’t think it was outstanding either.
Tadd – I don’t know…he may have had the better night last night (at least in the judges’ eyes), but I’m not sure his solo was up to the caliber of Jess’s. Great tricks, but not exactly dancing. Still, Mary kinda backed herself into a corner last night, so you know she's gonna go to bat for him.
The Sad Goodbyes
Jordan & Jess leave us this week, and while I can’t say I’m happy in either case, there isn’t anyone I’d have rather seen go either. Okay, maybe I personally would’ve rather seen Jess go on another week and let Tadd go home, but I agree with the logic of keeping Tadd. I think it’s a farther stretch for him to accomplish the things he has, and it merits seeing what else he can surprise us with. I will just focus my attention on someday seeing Jess on Broadway, because I totally expect to find him there one day. Until then, I'll just have to make do with the show...
Five more to go 'til we crown Number One!
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