Okay, so we’re doing this again. If you want to comment on anything I say, just leave a comment below. I’ll reply to you in the live blog itself if I can.

UPDATE: Everything in bold below was put in after the live blog.

  • Okay, getting ready for some of the good stuff
  • Ashleigh: I wore the red pants last week, you HAVE to wear the yellow shirt tonight.
    • This was during the opening group introductions. Ashleigh toned it down this week… only to have husband sporting a bright yellow, open, sleeveless button up.
  • Cat’s hair is okay. You can’t flick a quarter off of it, tho.
    • I mean, Cat looked good, I won’t deny. But it was a little safe. Or unsafe if she was riding a motorcycle (joke only makes sense if you saw her hair last week).
  • wow… embarrassing photos. Not really.
    • This little bit about their childhood photos was so tame. All I could think about were some of the humiliating shots of me that exist out in the world.
  • I have to admit, I was running kind of behind on this live blog. But I’m caught up now.
    • I was working on my blog all day yesterday, trying to figure out how it was getting daily spam links injected into the pages. I lost track of time and started this live blog minutes before the show. Took me about 10 minutes before I had my cut and paste flow.
  • Dang.
    • This was in response to the opening of the Hip Hop number. And I think it was in regards to Ashleigh’s performance, which I thought was rock solid.
  • What???!!!!!
    • This was for the same number. It was less of a surprised “what?!” and more of a “can I get a whut whut?!”
  • God I loved that. I wouldn’t totally classify it as hip hop though. That was a lot of contemporary.
    • Nappy T, sometimes straddle the line between contemporary, pop, and hip hop, and last night, I’d say pop was definitely winning.
  • It’s true, she may be my favorite.
    • Ashleigh. She is working her way to the top for me.
  • I loved the way she switched in and out of dance and character. It was shockingly good, I thought.
    • Am I the only one who thought this? I haven’t heard much about it.
  • Ouch. Broadway… not too broad.
  • Did he just try to nab a kiss there at the end and totally got shot down?!
    Kevin and Karen sitting in a tree
  • Pervy, Nigel.
    • What does Karen’s hotness have anything to do with how she danced that piece? I mean, sure she’s hot. It’s just odd to include it in a negative critique.
  • You can classify that guy as a hip hop dancer all you want, but Kevin has worn ballet shoes in his life.
  • More than once.
  • Maybe even pointe shoes.
    • There’s nothing wrong with it. But seriously, the way Kevin dances in anything that isn’t Hip Hop looks like ballet. Anyone else observe this?
  • Doesn’t the music going into the dancers’ back-stories sound like the theme to Rocky?
  • I totally understand why the producers fought to keep Noelle on the show. She’s got facility, down.
    • I’m really impressed by Noelle’s skills. I think the producers knew she would be disliked by fans early on because of what was perceived as unfair treatment. So perhaps they’ve worked to get her to a point on the show where her dancing outshines her past. For me, that point was this episode.
  • Russel’s pirouette was good. Thoughts?
    • Meaning… thoughts on whether Russel has more legit training than Krump? I say, no doubt about it.
  • It was a good piece.
    • But having Russel and Noelle dance this again is no coincidence. This is the first time a couple has gotten Fox Trot twice this early in the competition. Again, I say it’s to dispel the bad audience vibes over the Week 1 debacle.
  • And Noelle really is clawing her way out of an appeal hole for me. I’m starting to like her a lot. Definitely admire her fight.
  • I wish there was an app for making me a sandwich right now.
    • An iPhone commercial came on at the break. I was hungry. But I had to wait til after the show, cause I didn’t prepare.
  • Channing seems to get very nervous on cam. She loses her charisma.
    • She seems like such an outgoing person. Definitely painted that way in Vegas. Are they editing her differently now? Or is the pressure of the show getting to her?
  • I wish I could do Victor’s glasses.
    • I would look like an insect if I wore those.
  • Most distracting prop in the show’s history.
  • Set piece, I mean.
    • What’s up with all the distracting set pieces, backdrops, video displays, and lighting explosions, this year? In the past it was about dance. And even then, we had to try to see past choreography that was hurting a good performance… or elevating a bad one. Now we have to do the same thing with a giant bird cage on stage.
  • That didn’t make a lick of sense to me, what Nigel just said.
    • He said something about how Victor was growing but that he wasn’t growing as a dancer. Does he mean he’s actually noticed Victor getting taller?
  • I like Channing’s hair.
    • Now, her hair was rock solid. You can safely work in a mineshaft with that doo.
  • Totally. I couldn’t get into that Bobby McF song either.
    • That song was way too distracting for my taste. And I like Bobby McFerrin a lot.
  • Hey Kathryn.
    • What? I’m just saying hello.
  • Uh oh, is this gonna be Oh Fortuna again?
    • It wasn’t thankfully. But how many competition Dobles have used Carmina Burana, you think?
  • This is good.
  • DEATH DROPS!!
    • I love me some Drops. Especially done like it’s hot.
  • There’s Adam’s pervy remark that Rae was talking about.
    • This was regarding a comment by Rae below and an overall pervy mood to last night’s panel of judges (if you include Kevin’s kiss attempt, maybe to the whole evening)… culminating, of course, in Nigel’s “I’d like to meet you in a dark alley” remark. But you can’t fault Adam too much here. Legacy looked good in that piece.
  • Oh come on. Those two are in the top 10 already. Who are you trying to kid, Nigel?
    • Nigel was saying something like, he has a feeling they’re going to make it into the top 10… in regards to Legacy and Kathryn. He has a feeling. One of the executive producers, has a feeling.
  • Okay, I’m starting to drop my conspiracy theory surrounding Legacy. I’m starting to really believe this guy is transforming on the show.
    • And you know how much I love my conspiracy theories. But I really do get a sense this guy is as good as he is because of insane work ethic and practice. Combine that with someone who clearly picks up movement quickly, and it’s possible he really is “growing” as they say. Although I do find it hard to believe someone who played soccer growing up (who was working towards pro) wouldn’t have a strong endurance as Adam remarked. Conspiracy theory coming back.
  • Why was Nigel just whispering?
    • Did you guys notice that? There was a point in the Doofy Feet ad where Nigel was explaining something, and all of a suddenly he started whispering. Eh. Whatever.
  • I still wish it was called the “Awesome Feet” foundation or something similar.
  • Little known fact: there’s a VHS tape of me back in Miami as a mouse in The Nutcracker.
    • I was recruited to be in a few of my sister’s dance school ‘s productions. The random mouse, towns person. I think it may be when I first got bitten by the stage bug.
  • That’s gonna be a tough fight Ryan.
    • Ryan said he’s gonna fight to keep himself out of the bottom. It’s good they got a Travis routine, I’ll say that much.
  • That was good. Was it good enough to keep them out of the bottom? Not sure. I mean audiences do like their Travis.
  • I completely agree with Nigel’s critique of Ellenore. I really do have a difficult time seeing who she really is. She really is a remarkable dancer.
    • She has a ton of facility. No doubt. Very creative. But I’m waiting to see the real Ellenore. It seems like we’re getting this sort of “quirky” facade in all her backstage clips. If she could be as transparent as Mollee, I think she’d be the girl to beat this season.
  • Huh?
    • I think this was in regards to Mary’s “tall clouds” comment.
  • I don’t know, I thought it was an odd choice for his flannel shirt to be open on a bare chest. It should have been a T-Shirt, right? I know that has little to do with the dance or choreo.
    • What is it with that guy and open shirts? Young women don’t find that Dolph Lundgren thing attractive, do they? And the 20-50 demographic don’t need to see it to know it’s there. Unless he’s trying to prove to America that he doesn’t have a third nipple. Button up, dude.
  • The kiddie versions?
    • Cat introduced us to their back-stories by saying it was time to meet their kiddie versions. Aren’t the kiddie versions of Nathan and Mollee the same as their current versions?
  • “You’re not doin it son!”
    • That was a funny moment when the choreographer scolded Nathan.
  • I was expecting a lot more out of that choreo.
    • I’m not saying it was poor choreo by any means. I just expected it to be more complex and physical based on what we saw in the backstage clip.
  • It sounds like we’re hearing something about Nathan’s work ethic here. Something we don’t see. Sounds like they’re saying that behind the scenes he’s a slacker.
    • I know some of you thought he was being hard on Nathan, but I wouldn’t say his dancing has blown me away at all yet. And if what Nigel and Adam are talking about is a lack of effort he’s putting into his work… then I don’t think they’re being hard on him at all. They mentioned earlier how impressed they were by Ellenore’s and Legacy’s work ethic. And here they seem to be saying, “dude, the fans are keeping you alive because of your looks. But you aren’t working for any of it. You’re a great dancer. Imagine how amazing you would be if you actually worked the way some of these other dancers are.”
  • I think the producers are resigning to the fact that these two are going nowhere.
  • Mollee and Nathan. I mean, they’re not going home. And they need them for ratings.
    • What I meant by this is, I think the producers realize there’s nothing they can do to get rid of these dancers. That it’s very likely one, if not both of them will be in the top four… stealing that title away from a more deserving dancer. So at this point, their best strategy is to make them as deserving of the placement as possible. You know what I mean?
  • Kevin better get that solo ready.
  • Oh you know what? Kevin, just go out and have fun tonight!
  • Live blog complete.

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