SYTYCD Top Eighteen
Feb. 24th, 2008 09:57 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
nigeltdeBonnie is such a useless judge, pointing out the obvious. "You know what? You all tried SO HARD!" Shut up. Jason is the best of the three. And please god, stop letting the dancers speak!
Standout dancers: Demi and Henry. Henry really surprised me with his awesome popping and locking. Demi has amazing muscles in her back. She was just as good at partner dances as I thought she would be! I really want to see more from her.
Standout couple: Demi and Jack. These guys work so well together! Jack's not a personality like some of the other male dancers, and is more eliminateable, so I hope they don't get split up.
Hilton and Kate (foxtrot) - Elegant, sexy and sleek, like Matt said. Kate was particularly striking with those opera gloves. Very cool routine, nice use of the chair, lots of sweeps and lifts and a song I am really into at the moment (Kylie's Two (2) Hearts. Wooooh! Woooooh!). Pity Hilton get much chance to show off his gorgeous leaps but I thought he did well with the foxtrop steps.
Camilla and Sermsah (hip hop?) - Terrible unison when dancing away from each other but they looked good when dancing together. Camilla is a much sharper dancer and handled it well. Not great overall, though.
Kassy and Graeme (contemporary lyrical?) - Boring, maudlin, overwraught, coreography and acting. Same clothes as last week. Kassy attracted the eye a lot more than Graeme when they were side-by-side but even she's not as precise as some of the other dancers.
Markos and Steph (swap (swing and hip hop)) - Boring! What an unfortunate song choice, seeing as Danny and Neil's routine to this fabulous Presets song last year was so freaking great. This really missed the mark and had no relation to the syncopated rhythms of the song. More their problem than the choreography I think, because they just don't seem as good as the other dancers.
Anthony and Laura (disco) - These two could be brother and sister with those gorgeous long bodies and big mouths and awesome era-appropriate fake tans. This was a really fun and cool routine, and Boogie Wonderland was a great song choice! Apparently Laura didn't really nail some of the moves but I thought Anthony was the one who was a bit stiff.
Rhiannon and JD (lyrical jazz?) - JD's technique is amateurish to the point where even I can see it, but he tries at least. I enjoyed this routine, especially the ending; the Prodigy was a good song choice, and the costumes were great. Rhiannon is a good, sharp, committed dancer.
Demi and Jack (salsa) - A Latin dance that felt Latin! I loved this dance too, although I thought the choreography didn't really go anywhere. However, the choreographer was so happy and cute during the judging! I got sick pretty quickly at all the gushing over how amazing it is that Demi is a real girl now she's wearing a dress and heels. Also of the good: Jack and Demi don't do that awful mugging for votes. Anyway, Jack's spins at the start were great, and Demi was really lovely and sexy, she stuck her butt right out and shook it up!
Jemma and Rhys (jazz) - These two worked well together too. I thought it was good! Certainly not one of the worst routines, as the judges seemed to think. Although in the end, it was mostly memorable for the vampire theme and the inspired choice of INXS's Need You Tonight. I thought Rhys was the better dancer.
Vanessa and Henry (animation hip hop (they can't just call it popping and locking?)) - Neat! Henry was really excellent, much better at it than Vanessa, although she had some neat moves.
Standout dancers: Demi and Henry. Henry really surprised me with his awesome popping and locking. Demi has amazing muscles in her back. She was just as good at partner dances as I thought she would be! I really want to see more from her.
Standout couple: Demi and Jack. These guys work so well together! Jack's not a personality like some of the other male dancers, and is more eliminateable, so I hope they don't get split up.
Hilton and Kate (foxtrot) - Elegant, sexy and sleek, like Matt said. Kate was particularly striking with those opera gloves. Very cool routine, nice use of the chair, lots of sweeps and lifts and a song I am really into at the moment (Kylie's Two (2) Hearts. Wooooh! Woooooh!). Pity Hilton get much chance to show off his gorgeous leaps but I thought he did well with the foxtrop steps.
Camilla and Sermsah (hip hop?) - Terrible unison when dancing away from each other but they looked good when dancing together. Camilla is a much sharper dancer and handled it well. Not great overall, though.
Kassy and Graeme (contemporary lyrical?) - Boring, maudlin, overwraught, coreography and acting. Same clothes as last week. Kassy attracted the eye a lot more than Graeme when they were side-by-side but even she's not as precise as some of the other dancers.
Markos and Steph (swap (swing and hip hop)) - Boring! What an unfortunate song choice, seeing as Danny and Neil's routine to this fabulous Presets song last year was so freaking great. This really missed the mark and had no relation to the syncopated rhythms of the song. More their problem than the choreography I think, because they just don't seem as good as the other dancers.
Anthony and Laura (disco) - These two could be brother and sister with those gorgeous long bodies and big mouths and awesome era-appropriate fake tans. This was a really fun and cool routine, and Boogie Wonderland was a great song choice! Apparently Laura didn't really nail some of the moves but I thought Anthony was the one who was a bit stiff.
Rhiannon and JD (lyrical jazz?) - JD's technique is amateurish to the point where even I can see it, but he tries at least. I enjoyed this routine, especially the ending; the Prodigy was a good song choice, and the costumes were great. Rhiannon is a good, sharp, committed dancer.
Demi and Jack (salsa) - A Latin dance that felt Latin! I loved this dance too, although I thought the choreography didn't really go anywhere. However, the choreographer was so happy and cute during the judging! I got sick pretty quickly at all the gushing over how amazing it is that Demi is a real girl now she's wearing a dress and heels. Also of the good: Jack and Demi don't do that awful mugging for votes. Anyway, Jack's spins at the start were great, and Demi was really lovely and sexy, she stuck her butt right out and shook it up!
Jemma and Rhys (jazz) - These two worked well together too. I thought it was good! Certainly not one of the worst routines, as the judges seemed to think. Although in the end, it was mostly memorable for the vampire theme and the inspired choice of INXS's Need You Tonight. I thought Rhys was the better dancer.
Vanessa and Henry (animation hip hop (they can't just call it popping and locking?)) - Neat! Henry was really excellent, much better at it than Vanessa, although she had some neat moves.
