Okay so I guess I’m gonna try my hand at some live blogging here. I figured, why not. I do it on Twitter almost every week. I actually hold back on Twitter for fear of overwhelming everyone’s streams and giving away spoilers.

So this might be just the right venue for my minute to minute thoughts. I’m not sure exactly how it’s gonna work, so bear with me, okay?

I’m gonna be doing it from my iPhone’s WordPress App, so expect poor spelling, bad grammar, and typos like mad.

And I guess you’ll have to refresh the page to see any new updates I make to the post.

So, here we go:

[UPDATE: All of the bolded commentary was added after the liveblogging.]

  • Waiting for SYTYCD to start. Who’s stoked? Me for one.
    • What can I say, I was stoked. You could also say I was ampped. Jonesin for some dance.
  • I haven’t watched The Simpsons in a while. Anyway, it’s about to start.
  • Pants on Ashleigh!
    • This was in the opening number. Ashleigh was wearing these really big red pants. Now, I know this comment is kind of vague, but it really does sum up perfectly how I felt. I don’t know if I liked the pants. I don’t know if I hated them. I just knew thems were some serious pants worthy of exclamation.
  • I have to admit, I’m not seeing the Ellenore appeal.
    • I feel like there were a bunch of you who really liked her last week. I don’t know what it is. Maybe it was when she told us we might be witnessing the best dance the show has ever seen.
  • I know Cat’s gonna get some crit for the hair, but I’m super into it.
    • I wanted to set a drink on top of it.
  • What?!!! Murphy!!
    • This was in response to Mary saying she might be dancing. Because I’ve been wondering how she dances since first season. Screaming aside, I’m imagining it’s awesome. And I wonder if there are any dances where she incorporates the screams. Food for thought.
  • I think dizzyfeet sounds a little too much like a saturday morning cartoon. Am I the only one?
    • Every time I hear Nigel say it, I sort of cringe. And I know I shouldn’t, cause it’s a good cause. But I must be remembering some furry sports mascot named Dizzy or something… cause it just sort of doofs it up for me. Yes, I feel the same way about Dizzy Gillespie
  • Who’s Kevin?……. Ha! Just kidding Kevin!
    • I do feel bad for that guy. It really seems like the judges are purposefully messing with him by gushing over her.
  • Hey hey. Not bad. Those death drops or whatever they’re call were decent.
    • Okay this comment was in regards to the disco number. And after a night to think it over, I’ve come to the conclusion that “Yes bad”. It was a pretty weak number, and when they showed Kevin’s face during those death drops it all started coming together for me. I do think death drops are pretty cool to look at, so maybe I was just swayed in the moment. Maybe I’m a sucker for death drops. What does that say about me?
  • Kevin is happy.
    • The judges gave Kevin his first real compliment, and he looked like a kid on Christmas morning.
  • “Quiet Fire”
    • That’s what they called Karen.
  • I’m sorry, Kevin is NOT as “street” as we’re being sold. I don’t buy it.
    • K8mclin and I had a little exchange over this bit in the comments below.
  • Mmm. Interesting. Jeanine.
    • There really is something so insular about this show. It does feel sometimes like the pool of talent they pick from is much smaller than we’re led to believe in the audition phase.
  • Yes!
    • This was when Jakob and Ashleigh started their piece. It was mostly excitement over the song.
  • Aww man, “Relax!” I wasn’t crazy about everything. But there were amazing moments.
  • I agree with Table Routine remark.
    • Okay, to clarify: Nigel said this was the first routine for Mandy that really came to the level of the Table Routine. And I agree. However, I don’t think it was as good as the Table Routine. But ever since that routine, I haven’t remembered any of Mandy’s stuff. I think we expected her to be a star choreographer on the show after that dance… and she just wasn’t. But I think this one was really solid and stands out for the first time in a while.
  • Not sure I agree with the “I’m actually a nerd” remark, though.
    • People throw that phrase around too much, I’m sorry. I mean, she probably is a nerd. But it’s still hard to hear a really hot girl say it. My friend Matt Champagne has a stand up bit about that. It’s funny.
  • He really does look like Joel Grey.
    • Nigel compared Jakob to Joel Grey, and it’s true. I mean, take a look at this.
  • Oh, and by the way, if you want to comment on any of this Live Blogging, I have to answer you in the live blog itself. And at the commercial break.
    • Unfortunately the way the WordPress iPhone app works, I can only approve comments. So I was reading everyone’s comments and then answering them here in the Live Blog. Then after the show, I went into my WP admin panel and moved all of my replies down into the comment section below.
  • That’s awesome, Peter.
    • I know showing him working with the disabled is a bit manipulative, but there’s something really genuine about the guy. I’m really liking him a lot.
  • I hope that doesn’t give Peter too many votes though. He’s low on my card.
    • But I don’t like him enough to lose this Lark. Peter GO HOME!
  • Is that awful of me?
    • Nah.
  • The concept for that was effin brilliant!
    • The South Pacific backstory to the Quick Step. A really smart idea.
  • Totally agree! I loved the South Pacific story here!
  • Lame, Murphy.
    • Look, I know she knows what she’s talking about when she says someone “wasn’t gliding”… but compared to others she’s praised even when they weren’t technically perfect, I thought her knock on Peter was off. This may be one of his last decent pieces on the show. She could have celebrated that a bit more. I don’t know, that’s just me.
  • I’m expecting Legacy to knock Broadway out of the park.
  • Neither of those stories are much of a surprise, are they?
    • This was in regards to Kathryn’s mission work and Legacy’s soccer skills. I mean, if we had to match everyone’s ‘what you don’t know about me’ fact without knowing, I’d have gotten those two right, for sure.
  • Oh man, this is gonna be good.
    • I was wrong. That Broadway number was not as good as I thought it would be.
  • Didn’t like the choreo at all.
  • That’s the CHOREOGRAPHY, Adam!!
    • Adam was saying he thought Kathryn’s performance was too cutesy… but almost all of that was in the choreography– and come on THE COSTUME. That wasn’t a fair critique in my opinion. She was given a cutesy character with not much choreography except shaking her hips, and I think she danced it well.
  • I’m starting to get suspicious about Legacy’s training. He did a really good little tap bit in there, didn’t he? Hmm, maybe it’s the soccer.
    • Anyone else a conspiracy theorist like me?
  • Yes she do.
    • Referencing Mary’s “Yes I do!”
  • Kathryn’s cutesy movement was dictated in the friggin CHOREOGRAPHY!!!
  • Stacey Tookey!!!!!
    • I think she’s one of the most gifted choreographer the show has seen. And I’m not just saying that because she’s a friend. But if she does ever suck, I probably won’t say it here.
  • A commercial for Der Wienerschnitzel just came on, and I feel like I have to let say it: Schnitzel is a neutral word. It should be Das Wienerschnitzel.
    • Yes I originally typed “Die” accidentally. But I caught my mistake fast. That restaurant’s had that name for at least 30 years.
  • Wow. That was sort of anti climatic… the Disney World win I mean.
    • It was sort of an awkward pause when Channing said she won a trip to Disney for the tractor race, no? It didn’t seem like it was supposed to be funny. It was just a strange edit.
  • Already have chills.
  • Glassy eyed.
    • HEY, I’M A SENSITIVE DUDE, OKAY?!
  • Giving these two Stacey Tookey, it’s clear to me that the producers REALLY want them to last in this competition.
  • What?!
    • I was shocked that the judges were knocking this dance. Am I crazy to think it was really beautiful?
  • Booooooooooooo!!!!!
  • I can’t STAND when a judge criticizes and in the same sentence calls them “Great”.
    • Seriously! Nigel said “it was great, but we expected that.” Huh?!
  • Really??!!!! Extreme sports you say? Would have never guessed. Action hero, too??!!! No!
    • Ryan dreaming of being an action hero. This is another one I’d have guessed correctly in a ‘What fact about me?’ game.
  • Hmmm. Naht suh much.
    • I thought the crump was hard to watch. From both of them.
  • I thought he was a bit too tight actually. But I guess it’s true… he took a pretty big step with that one.
  • Totally agree.
    • I can’t remember what I was agreeing with here.
  • I’m torn, cause on the one hand I totally agree with Nigel, but on the other hand, it’s hard for me to hear him critique hip hop.
    • This is HANDS DOWN my biggest pet peeve of the show.
  • Cat, I REALLY love your hair!
    • You know, looking at it again, it does seem to be toppling to the side at this point in the show. Maybe setting a glass on it wouldn’t have been the smartest idea.
  • That’s not a jet-ski. That’s a wave runner. Very different.
    • Nathan says he loves to ride jet-skis, but they showed him on wave runners. Jet-skis are much more difficult to ride than wave runners. So when someone says, “I ride jet-skis” I’m usually very impressed. Until I see that it’s actually a wave runner… that they’ve just rented.
  • Whoa!!!
    • That whoa was for Mollee’s sexiness at the opening of the piece. She looked good.
  • Did she just mess up?
    • But then it started going downhill real fast.
  • O
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  • !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • That was perhaps one of the worst routines the show has ever seen.
    • Okay, last week’s Phillip and Channing number was pretty hard to watch. Those two dances may be the worst the show has ever seen. Wow. In the same season. Back to back. That’s not a good sign, is it?
  • He said “Graff-ing”! He totally stopped himself from completing the thought! lol!
    • Maybe “Graff-ing” is a term that’s used now. I’ve only ever heard “tagging”. It sounded like he was gonna say he does “Graffiti” and then sort of cut himself off at the “Graff”… so instead it sounded like he enjoys making charts and diagrams.
  • I learned some of those steps in theatre school. I did.
    • African Dance. K8mclin, Sean Gunn, and Michael Muhney know what I’m talking about.
  • What tattoo are they trying to hide on Russel?
    • Did you guys notice that Russel has a tattoo over his right chest that was covered by painted writing? I’m wondering what it says. Anyone else?
  • I thought it was good. I don’t know if I’d say great. I might have to watch that one again.
    • Noelle and Russel’s African Jazz. I don’t love it. Rullman, I know it’s your fav, but I just didn’t think there was a lot going on. What am I missing?
  • I still say audiences are not happy about what happened with Noelle. I don’t think she’s totally safe.
  • Kevin’s split jeté just makes me think of Jakob’s split jeté. Right?
    • I made this comment as I was watching the recap of the dances. In Kevin and Karen’s, they showed that moment when he does the little jeté jump. I think this is the second time we’ve seen Kevin do a jeté… and I guess it’s just so much less impressive than Jakob’s that I wonder why he would want to do it.
  • The kids (Mollee and Nathan) are just riding on their cuteness.
    • I have a feeling they will ride it far.
  • Hmm. What are the judges trying to pull here?
    • Maybe I read into their critiques a little too much. It just feels like they’re trying to influence us. Hmm. I still haven’t made my Bonus Picks for tonight. I might have to watch this bit again.
  • Live blogging complete. Switching to comment mode.

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