Wow. This was a crazy end to it all. Russel like, what? Breaking his leg or something? Bizarre, huh?

But what did I tell you? The show is totally shot out of order… it’s not Live! That entire set of placement announcements was done at the very end of the taping. Otherwise, Russel would have never been able to do all the dances we saw him do throughout. I don’t think any season of SYTYCD will ever be able to match this one in terms of frayed seams… and sheer bad luck.

And perhaps that rubbed off a bit on The Lark. For some players, at least. The final results were not what I was expecting. To be honest, I really believed not a Cage or Dart in the world would be able to take down Amrie… but in the end, it was just an insanely flawless set of Final Four picks by Rae that took the win.

But what was really crazy is that Vanalam nearly took both of them out using nothing but Darts and Bonuses. Let’s see what happened. And for the purposes of this, I have to reveal some of the Darting I promised I wouldn’t. I hope you don’t mind. We all know this is just in good fun, right?

Anyway, before the Bonuses or the Darting was accounted for, the standing was such:
Rae – 181
Amrie – 177.5
Vanalam – 172

All three of these players had Dart Guns. Rae and Amrie both shot their guns at Alyssa, who was caged the week before. But oddly enough, Rae, who did use a cage last week, wasn’t the one who caged Alyssa. Another player did. So neither her nor Amrie could be certain their Darts would actually hit Allyssa (unless there was some player collusion).

Vanalam on the other hand, shot BabsiS, also unsure it would land its mark. And I have to mention, she felt very bad shooting her… but admitted that, to her, BabsiS just had the best card she could see. She was almost correct… Rae did. And it’s very important to mention that Rae would NOT have been able to dodge a Dart had one been used on her… by say… Vanalam, for example.

By choosing BabsiS, Vanalam did get 9 points for the three Final Four BabsiS had right on her card. And that did bumped her score up to 181, tied with Rae. Amrie and Rae, on the other hand, got nothing from Alyssa.

Then for just the traditional 0.5 bonuses, Rae got 4 right, giving her an extra 2 points and bumping her score to 183. Amrie got all 6 right giving her an extra 3 points and bumping her score to 180.5

Vanalam ALSO got all 6 right, and would have gotten 3 points, bumping her up to 184 for the win…………. but Vanalam had been caged last week. Her Final Four bonus picks didn’t count. And so she only got 1 point for her correct 5th and 6th.

Final tally:
Rae – 183
Vanalam – 182
Amrie – 180.5

Amrie also took home the coveted booster shot for getting the most number of Bonuses correct during the season. So do these three know their So You Think You Can Dance, or do they KNOW their So You Think You Can DANCE?

As for me? Well, I did not hit my ‘Wonder Zones’. Nope. I also went down to the Trophy King on Saturday before I left for my trip. I was met by a sign saying store hours were Tuesday-Friday. I took a picture to include in this post but lost it when my phone got wiped out on Sunday… *sigh*

So yeah, my predictions were pretty much all wrong this season. And I hope Marivic and Rae don’t mind waiting until the New Year for their trophies (Marivic, it’s only right you get one for your win last season). And Rae, it looks like January will be the month you get to toilet paper my blog.

Here are the final results, including Dart Guns, Cages, Keys, Hits, Medals, and Boosters. A little cramped?

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