So You Think You Can Dance: Season 5

[LeslieAGD]

Another spectacular week for Janette and Brandon! They were by far the best couple on the stage last night (...although in the Wade piece, I couldn't stop thinking about Johnny Depp as Willy Wonka when I saw Janette in the hat, wig, gloves, and glasses lol).

I also really enjoyed both of Caitlyn and Jason's dances. The foxtrot was very elegant and the Mandy Moore contemporary was lovely.

Other than that, I thought Mia's "Addiction" piece was amazing. This was the first time I actually agreed that Kayla deserved praise because she danced it wonderfully, as did Kupono. However, their Broadway dance sucked.

I am not really impressed by Melissa and Ade. Yes, they are good dancers but so is everyone on the show. I feel like they've gotten really easy dances style-wise and that they haven't been challenged like the other dancers have. I would've liked to have seen them have to do hard-hitting hip-hop before they got broken up.

Jeanine and Phillip did what they could with the Russian dance. It certainly wasn't their fault that the choreography was bland. The Jive was okay...I found the costumes to be very distracting and not Jive-like.

As for Randi and Evan, welllllllllllllllllllll...I didn't like either of their dances last night. They danced the hip-hop adequately but, like Nigel, I was wondering why a pregnant woman would be flipping in the air. I know that's Nap/Tab's doing - not R&E's - but it just took away from the performance, IMO. Also, the Samba was weak...but it was nice to see Pasha and Anya again!

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Bottom three / going home commentary:

It's kind of crapshot tonight...

- I'm pretty sure that neither Janette/Brandon nor Melissa/Ade will be in the bottom.

- Randi/Evan have never been in the bottom before, but they should be tonight, IMO. I wouldn't be surprised to see either - or both - of them go home.

- Jeanine is not going home, even if she's in the bottom. The judges pretty much guaranteed her a spot. Unless she fall and sits down on the stage through her entire solo, she's staying.

- Caitlyn is questionable if she is in the bottom. Everytime she is in the bottom, she dances the very best solo but, if comes down to her and the judge-favorite Kayla, she might be sacrificed...which would be sad and unfair.

- Jason, Kupono, and Phillip are all iffy. The judges like - but not love - all of them. Neither Jason nor Kupono have had great solos in the past, but Kupono is weaker in the solo department. The judges admire Phillip in his own style and probably want him on the tour for diversity, but if he doesn't go this week he'll go home very soon.

- Kayla, Kayla, Kayla...unfortunately, she's most likely safe. Her solos suck ass, but the judges pucker up every time she steps on stage even before she does a single step of choreography. Sigh.

( sorry for writting a novel this week, but I had a lot to say! )

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by LeslieAGD

Another spectacular week for Janette and Brandon! They were by far the best couple on the stage last night (...although in the Wade piece, I couldn't stop thinking about Johnny Depp as Willy Wonka when I saw Janette in the hat, wig, gloves, and glasses lol).

I thought the exact same thing! haha

Janette and Brandon were amazing. I know little to nothing about dance, but I just knew that their tango was incredible. It's one of those dances where you have to nail it. And they definitely did.

I was really happy that Jeanine did well last night and actually received some praise from the judges. As I've said before, I think her dancing has always been "hidden" behind Phillip. If he does a hip hop routine, he's amazing and you watch him. If he gets something else, you still watch him to see whether or not he's going to get things right. I'm glad they had a good dance together that wasn't in Phillip's style.

Kayla... Again, I don't much like her and don't understand why the judges think she's so much better than everyone else. But... I did like her and Kupono's first dance last night. Mia Michaels is definitely different, and generally, I don't like her choreography. But when I do like it, I love it.

And one more thing about Kayla... the judges always say how beautiful she is and I've always thought that every other girl on the show looked better than her. But this week, I actually thought that she looked good... because she wasn't wearing 5 pounds of makeup! I'm sorry, but when you have fair skin and very blonde hair, you don't wear thick, black eyeliner around your entire eye.