We Lost A Good One
*sigh*
I’d like us to observe one minute of silence, please, for our fallen Janette.
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Thank you.
So……………………….
Did you think Katie Holmes did a good job last night? Honestly? I didn’t. And when I post something like what I’m about to say, I always imagine: what if I were to work with this person in the future, and they asked me about this post? And in this case, I think I would say, “Katie, listen… at this stage of the competition, that just wasn’t good enough. When a dancer on this show gives a poor performance, we discuss that fact… and we discuss why it was poor. It’s one of the things that makes for good TV. This is one of my favorite shows too, Katie. I, myself, know how to do a really mean “robot”… but no charity in the world should put me on that stage…. unless it was a comedy routine… even then.”
On a show that spotlights some of the most gifted dancers in America, for this dance to be set up as the “performance of a lifetime” is frankly a little odd. And I was really excited to watch it. As manipulative as this show can be… I actually thought she’d surprise us.
And was that REALLY for the benefit of the Dizzy Feet Foundation? Why? Because watching Katie Holmes dancing will make us want to donate? Will make us more aware of it? Hmmm… I guess we all wached it so maybe it worked.
But I’ll tell you what I would have loved to see… and I think it would have been WAY bigger publicity for Dizzy Feet: if after her dance, Cat had made a little comment like, “Com’ere you sexy set of legs”, then brought her over to the Judges, and they had gone down the line and technically critiqued her performance. I’d have been like, “wow, that’s cool… Katie’s really laying her self on the line for this Foundation…… perhaps I should be more aware of it.”
Okay, I’m probably making more out of this than I should, but… well………. I’m REALLY pissed that Janette went home!!!!
Here are those results:
Caryl on 24 Jul 2009 at 3:42 pm #
Maybe Katie is hoping to be cast in a movie like Chicago, like actresses Catherine Zeta-Jones and Renée Zellweger – or, like Moulin Rouge with Nicole Kidman. All of which I think sing and dance better than Katie Holmes did. It wasn’t bad. Just not great!
And, I really think Janette is a great dancer. She moves with length and more. I think at this point there will be a lot of disappointment as each leave.
jennhoney on 24 Jul 2009 at 3:46 pm #
I’m still in shock that Janette went home.
Now that it is up to the audience the Thursday ‘dance for their life’ is meaningless? so cruel.
I kept waiting for Katie to DO something, I also thought she was going to surprise me. I guess lip syncing and being carried around by male dancers is the traditional 100th ep celebration.
I got to see the Ramalama dance for the first time(!), as a true celebration of dance, I might go watch it again- or any dance by Janette.
K8 on 24 Jul 2009 at 5:25 pm #
I can’t say I was shocked that Janette went home, but I certainly don’t think she deserved to. I guess none of them did really. I think Kayla’s got it in the bag at this point since Janette was definitely her stiffest competition. I haven’t been able to figure out the competition you’ve got going on, but it must be terribly exciting.
I’m confident Katie Holmes is embarrassed by that performance. She’s absolutely stunning to look at and kudos to her for her involvement with Dizzy Feet, but that was awkward and inappropriate.
sorano916 on 24 Jul 2009 at 10:06 pm #
Heh… Am I really ahead by half a point at the moment? That being said, next week is going to be really tough. “Who will be in the Final Four” and “Who should be in the Final Four” might be total opposites.
chadrullman on 24 Jul 2009 at 10:57 pm #
Katie’s dancing was bad, but her lip syncing was atrocious. With all the great singers and singer/dancers out there, she should be ashamed. Nobody want’s to see lip syncing!
Boooooooooo.
It Sucks Janette went home. And Even did not. Can’t wait to see more jazz hands and silly face next week. Oh, and that ‘jump over his own leg’ bit. Sweet.
…how did Katie get off the spaceship anyway?
Vanalam on 25 Jul 2009 at 10:23 am #
Janette was BY FAR my favorite, and I’m really going to miss watching her on the show. She had all of the things I like in my favorite SYTYCD contestants: talent, personality, and growing/excelling from a background without much training (I’ll admit that I’m a little prejudice against the people who’ve had more training since they have a bit of an advantage).
For me, I’ve been a little disappointed in this season overall. I think the dancers have been technically better than other seasons, but I feel it’s been severely lacking in personality. Janette is the ONLY contestant who has really personality in every single performance and every time she speaks, or even just stands next to Cat trying to get people to vote for her. She’s the only dancer from this year that I would put in the same category as Benji, Twitch, Joshua, Lacey, Katie, Heidi, etc. (i.e. contestants who brought the dancing and the personality).
It was both annoying me and cracking me up that Cat kept building up Katie Holmes as being one of the biggest stars of the silver screen. Ummm…how many movies has she done? How many has she done lately? She was replaced for the second Batman movie because she wasn’t good in the first one. Anyway…I wondered if she might surprise me, considering they built it up so much, but the lip-syncing and the dancing…just not good, and it was all pre-recorded. She wasn’t even performing live! John, I love your idea of the judges critiquing her afterward. That would have been fantastic!
What was great was seeing 3 of my all-time favorite routines from the show again, and I enjoyed the montage of the memorable moments of the show as well. But, in the end, like Nigel said, Janette’s going home kind of ruined the 100th episode for me.
John Cabrera on 25 Jul 2009 at 6:03 pm #
Van, seeing Wade Robson dance his own piece was seriously thrilling. That’s the kind of surprise I like to see on this show. That was the kind of surprise I was just half expecting with Katie.
Sorano, yep. You’re winning by a hair.
Chad, the ‘jump over his own leg’ bit, good lord! lol! Are you with me that his brother would have probably been amazing in the competition?
Carmen on 26 Jul 2009 at 10:21 am #
well, i didn’t like katies performance either, i expected more, since it was in the news weeks ago, that she will perform on that show, and how great it will be… .
And yes, it really sucks, that janette had to go… i was really surprised and also shocked.
well, for the guys… i still like evan a lot, and at this point of the show, it is really getting harder to decide, who should go, and who deserves to stay.
is it just me, or are there still the results of last week? i’m too lazy to calculate it myself, but i’d really like to know my and of course everyone else’s score
John Cabrera on 26 Jul 2009 at 2:00 pm #
What do you mean, C? These scores are totally current. I updated them when I wrote this post. Last week you were at 87.5, and this week you’re at 103. Are you seeing something different here? And actually you’re in pretty good shape going into this final stretch. You have a decent shot at getting Melissa, Evan, Kayla, or Brandon right. And remember, each pick of the final four that a player gets right comes with 3 bonus points.
Vanalam on 26 Jul 2009 at 2:42 pm #
Completely agree, John. Ramalama (or the Zombie Dance) was fantastic before, but to have Wade Robson join the other dancers was a surprise and very cool to see.
Joanna on 27 Jul 2009 at 1:00 am #
I haven´t been able to see the show yet because I´m on the road with little access to internet, but I´m seriously bummed that the show lost Janette, and you´ve summed it up for me. She is the real deal for me as a dancer and I connected with her more than any of the remaining contestants.
Carmen on 27 Jul 2009 at 2:22 am #
I still see the results from last weeks show. I checked from different computers and they all show me the same…that’s weird, isn’t it? Am I the only one to see it wrong?
John Cabrera on 28 Jul 2009 at 1:21 am #
Carmen, have you tried clearing out your cache and then revisiting the page? The first score it should show is mine, and it says 97. Is anyone else having this problem?
Carmen on 28 Jul 2009 at 10:15 am #
I cleared out the cache as you suggested, but nothing has changed… (i tried again on two different computers…). Still see your 78,5 points from last week. What’s the high score at the moment?
Jen on 28 Jul 2009 at 11:39 am #
And not only did Katie Holmes dance, but she had to sing. She sang in an episode of Dawson’s Creek and it wasn’t great. Does she think she is some sort of triple threat?
I am still in shock that Janette went home. I didn’t vote so I guess I am part of the problem.
Jules on 28 Jul 2009 at 7:45 pm #
my score (and the rest of the scoreboard) is current, also.
I’m in midterm week of my last 4-week summer session of school, so I don’t have enough time to shake my head at you & Chad, JP, but I still love Evan. also, I was SO sad to see Janette go home. I could not believe that Janette and Kayla were the bottom two girls, they’re both my favorites.
I was also disappointed in Katie’s performance.
… that’s it from me for now.
xoxo
John Cabrera on 28 Jul 2009 at 11:53 pm #
Carmen, I’m so embarrassed. I looked at the code again, and you were totally right. I had overlooked something that caused certain browsers (clearly not mine and glitterbubbles lol) to see last week’s. Okay, everything should be fine now.
Thayer on 29 Jul 2009 at 9:45 am #
Man, I’m in the bottom three.
This season has been weird compared with others. Disappointing in a lot of ways, better in some cases. Cat’s style this season is far and away an improvement. Katie Holmes and all the build up for her performance is not. Ellen on the show was a nice addition, I thought, but I’m a big fan of Ellen and just wanted to keep laughing.
I was so sad to see Janette go; I really thought she might have a chance at winning. Kayla is a great dancer, but kind of generic when it comes to personality. Janette had gusto and personality coming out of her teeth! (it’s a season full of teeth thanks to Brandon) A lot of the solos have seemed frantic and desperate this season.
I definitely thought it was Evan’s time to go last week. What kind of crazy fan base does he have with America? He’s a great dancer at his style, but I feel like his last couple of numbers have been lacking in a way that should be landing him off the show. Jason & Jeanine’s number last week, on the other hand, was HOT. Sad to lose him over Evan.
Melissa, while beautiful and talented, seems like she should not be winning over Janette. Once again choreography can make or break a dancer.
So, who’s going to win it now? Jeanine? Brandon?
Thayer on 29 Jul 2009 at 9:46 am #
*shakes head* I am an idiot. The order in which my name appears does not correlate with my score. Obviously I should pay attention more. Is there an easy way to find out the order?