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SAG says talks with the producers could continue past July 1 without a strike. I can't tell if this is progress or not. (AP)
The Boston Globe has a funny story this morning analyzing what might be key moments for contestants on shows like "American Idol" and "Dancing With The Stars" - when they react to the judges' comments. Snap back and you could end up looking like a bitchy diva who ought to be voted off. Hello, Danny Noriega! Or rather, goodbye, Dan-o! But sniffle and confess all your failings and cheerfully accept Simon's abuse and you could end up looking like, well, Brooke White. The story has put me back to thinking that maybe "sheepish talent" David Archuleta (right) will pull it out over rocker David Cook after all - Cook's slightly odd approach to the judges might not go over as well with 12-year-old girls "Idol" voters as well as Archuleta's wide-eyed, grinning, You mean I really am good? look. Although seeing it week after week it's getting a little hard to credit the kid's sincerity.
There's nothing like a still photograph to catch even the most graceful of dancers an an awkward moment. Out of the hundreds of photos provided by our agency, I've selected the funniest, starting with Lacey Schwimmer's butt.
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Everyone can dance in some way, shape, or form. Or at least people think they can after a few "confidence" beers. Singing is another talent that should be reserved to the experts. Perhaps the most awful display of singing is that by drunk sorority girls who think everyone wants them to sing Def Leopard's Pour Some Sugar On Me at a karaoke contest. For anyone who has been witness such an atrocity you know what we are talking about!
Shows that have contestants compete in singing or dancing challenges are all the rage on TV today. Video Top 5 looks at the featured theme of singing and dancing this week. So You Think You Can Dance has found its winner this season and this girl definitely knows how to move. If you missed any action this season catch up with old highlights. Find out what all the buzz is about surrounding the Singing Bee by checking out interviews with the Honey Bees. We also have past clips from Don't Forget the Lyrics!, interviews from the rejected Pussycat Dolls contestants, and updates on the kids from High School Musical 2. Finally, we have Chad Vader's dramatic interpretation of Chocolate Rain. It's been a huge hit for the Dark Side.
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...Sabra Johnson! And once you're done reading our hot-off-the-presses summary above, Kathie at Give Me My Remote has every last detail in her "So You Think You Can Dance" finale recap. "It’s ladies choice, and Mia Michaels decides to showcase the Neil & Sabra 'Boardroom' routine choreographed by Mandy 'no I’m not her so stop asking me' Moore. This dance kicked ass once again tonight." Personally I was relieved to hear that a threatened Nigel performance proved to be just a gag, but...I would also just like to say that for next season, they should rename this show, "So You Think You've Got Abs." But that's just me.
Let me save you the effort of watching the entire two hour finale spectacular for "So You Think You Can Dance," and tell you the key fact that everyone wants to know: Yes, Cat Deely's dress was just as bad as you would expect. She looked like someone had surgically implanted a chocolate-lace fountain in her navel.
OK, no, seriously. You want to know if anything good happened in the two hours of performances by the top twenty dancers, video clips of episodes past, and soft-focus tender moments. Nah. The moment I most liked was getting Brandon the clogger back on stage, dancing to Timbaland of all things:
"Brandon The Clogger" Uploaded by mickeymcc
OK, OK, the winner...
Passing thoughts during the next-to-last episode of "So You Think You Can Dance:"
The introductory group song is Liza Minelli. It's supposed to be "slick" and "sophisticated" but it reminds me of your average community theater production: people who can dance do ballet, people who can sing do chorus, people who can act do non-singing theater, and people who can't do any of those things put on a musical.
Sabra says she thinks she's not sexy. I think she's just saying that out of modesty, but if she means it, it's kind of sad. But it's also kind of cute that she doesn't know how beautiful she is.
Neil says he thinks he's sexy. I don't think he's joking. The only other people who think Neil is sexy are middle-aged gay men and twelve-year-old heterosexual girls. Sadly, they make up the entire voting bloc for SYTYCD, so I think we know who's going to win this competition.
Lacey fails at a slide through Danny's legs and says "Oh my gosh, my head hit Danny's goodies!" as though she's never had her face in a man's crotch before.
Yahoo! Buzz has a list of the top "So You Think You Can Dance" searches, and they make clear what I've been suspecting ever since Cedric got booted last month: the show's most serious fans are young girls.
All four of the contenders left at this point are excellent dancers, but the searchers who put Neil in first place aren't elevating him because he's better than Danny or Sabra. They're doing it because he's cute and non-threatening. In my opinion, Cedric was among the best dancers, but was too tough to be crush-worthy, and that left him out in the cold last month. Last night's elimination of Pasha was tricky, because he has smooth romantic image and professional-level ballroom skills. However, I think he's just a little too grown-up, and the boy-band-worthy Danny Tidwell wins out there.
If I were deciding the show, I'd pick Sabra over any of the others. Frankly, I'd pick any of the top five women over any of the men. But in particular I love Sabra's performances: she's got grace on and off the stage. Sure, Lacey is good, but she's a bit too much of a ham for my taste, and it seems like she's relying more and more on skimpy outfits instead of outstanding dancing. Last night she said "I think my bum might have been in a camera." Gee, you think? Maybe that's because you were wearing nothing more than a t-shirt and underwear while waving it around on a stage! There's nothing wrong with dancing around in your underwear, of course, but her fake embarrassment and over-stylized faux-sexiness just annoy the living daylights out of me.
But my opinion hardly matters. I'm not deciding the show's outcome, and that's why my bet for the winner is going to be Neil. I think Sabra's a better dancer by far, but I don't think there are enough 12-year-old girls who want to be her. The dream is getting to dance with Neil, and that means he's got the support of the show's key voting bloc. Get on the comments and tell us what you think!
Only one contestant on "So You Think You Can Dance" is named as America's Favorite Dancer, but an awful lot more people go home as winners. Cedric, for example, was voted off on July 12th, but was given a scholarship to the Debbie Allen Dance Academy. If he's not in the top 10 next year, I'm willing to guess it will be because he's got a job dancing on Broadway.
And the two dancers eliminated tonight... well, I won't tell you who they are. I'll leave that in Give Me My Remote's capable hands. But they're sure to find work and possibly even fame: even as "losers" on the show, they're among the hottest up-and-coming dancers in the country.
Just two episodes remain this season: Wednesday and Thursday. Who's your pick to take the crown?
Ducky reminds us that "So You Think You Can Dance" tour tickets are on sale starting at 10 AM today - if you're friends with the show on MySpace. It's rumored that the secret pre-sale password is "PERFORM."
Obsessive fans who don't use MySpace will have to wait until Saturday, when tickets become available through AEG Live and of course Ticketmaster. Expect to pay between $35 and $55 to get in the same arena with Cat Deely and your favorite dancers.
Who's dancing? The top ten performers: Lacey, Neil, Pasha, Lauren, Danny, Jaimie, Dominic, Kameron, Sara, and my current favorite, Sabra. In addition, early favorites Hok and Anya are likely to make occasional appearances as alternates or special guests.
The live shows begin on September 21st; check the Fox tour page for locations.
Page Six says someone else claims that Paula Abdul is whacked out on painkillers. She claims she's just insomniac. Judge her behavior in this video:
Adam Shankman, this week's guest judge on "So You Think You Can Dance," was alarmingly talkative, enthusiastic and sweaty in his segments. By which I mean, he's got a lot to say, the dancers were very good, those lights do get very hot, and Mary Murphy does kind of hog the limelight with her shrieking and her gigantic, blindingly white veneers.
"Man Vs. Wild" is facing accusations that the wilderness used in the show is not as wild as the real wilderness. BuzzSugar loves the show unconditionally, though. After all, even if there is a medical crew just a quick chopper-ride away, one episode is still more adventure than most of us get in our whole lives.
Who went home last night? Give Me My Remote has all the details. The show began with a "slick hip hop routine," GMMR says. "Lauren took the lead ... if she danced this well in the actual competition she might be more beloved by the fans.
Kathie of Give Me My Remote almost went to bed and forgot to recap SYTYCD!!! We would be in deep water without her. Thank God for TIVO. She's got play-by-play on each performance, as well as a prediction for who's going home tonight. Read GMMR's complete recap here>>
Also, apparently a lot of folks are asking her about something called the "bench dance" that was mentioned last night. And she offers a look at that via GMMR if you click here.
They drink tea, have bad teeth, and no longer have the best navy in the world. Yep, we're talking about the British. It's not all tea and crumpets for these lads as we definitely see represented on TV. Our British TV friends are a bit of a wild group and for some reason are apparently good judges of things. They make for good TVs so we guess we can let them stay. Just as long as they don't try to tax our stamps and sugar!
Hollywood has a new narcissist in town and her name is Victoria Beckham. If you haven't seen it already, visit the Beckhams and see why Victoria is more irritating than the Spice Girls overexposure in the 90's.
Next up are our token British judges on America's Got Talent and So You Think You Can Dance. We don't know why there's a trend of British judges, we just know there is a trend.
Gordon Ramsey is once again featured on Video Top 5 for his brilliant British shenanigans on Hell's Kitchen. This guy's blood pressure must be off the charts!
Da Ali G Show may not be producing more shows anytime soon, but we just wanted to share the laughter with you.
Last, we have our YouTube Clip of the Week mocking the phenomenon that is HARRY POTTER.
Give Me My Remote recaps last night's results show: "And you thought there was drama last night on SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE! Tonight was very interesting as two couples I didn’t expect to see in the bottom three were dancing for their lives. ... it left Danny & Anya, Jesus & Sara, Jessi, and Neil & Lauren dancing for their lives."
Give Me My Remote has much to say about last night's dancing:
Sooo happy. SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE makes me
happy. That’s all I can say. And what a show tonight. Some fantastic
dancing, some mind blowing choreography and some serious drama. Let’s
get to it, shall we?
Joining Mary and Nigel at the judges table tonight, is the uber-talented Debi Allen. Debi is fun and fierce and I hope this isn’t the only time we see her as guest judge this season. Her personality was a perfect fit for this show and you can tell she is a big fan who watches like the rest of us at home. But it’s not all about the judges, so let’s talk about the dancers.
The TV Addict has a few hints about what will happen next season on "Battlestar Galactica": some people get in trouble, there are new ships, and at least one Cylon feels guilty about his cyborg nature. They'll be doing more updates from the set all week.
Duckyxdale knows what tonight's dance assignments are on "So You Think You Can Dance." Ducky is excited that Dan Karaty will be a choreographer for tonight, instead of a judge. Personally, I'm
looking forward to seeing Hok and Jaimie try to do jazz dance, and I can bet that Pasha will break some hearts with his cha-cha-cha.
Lastly, you've probably already heard about the purported Harry Potter spoilers. Let me save you the trouble: They're probably not true, and even if the guy does have some inside information, he's incoherent enough that it's hard to figure out what he's trying to tell us.
Give Me My Remote has all the scoop on the "So You Think You Can Dance" final six and who got sent home last night: "As I’ve said before, it’s so difficult to send dancers home this early
because many of them have not really had the opportunity to show
America what they’re truly capable of. But the rules are the rules."
Prepare for tonight's "So You Think You Can Dance" results show with this amazingly detailed "SYTYCD" recap at Give Me My Remote. I personally don't care two hoots for the show - where are the celebrities, dammit? But I read these recaps for riffs like this: " Cousin Heidi in the house y’all. She’s sitting with
Benji. Anyone else think the Schwimmers eat dinner and then just dance
all night long in their living room? Yeah, I think it might be a creepy
house to visit."
Benji Schwimmer won last year's "So You Think You Can Dance" and the title of "America's Favorite Dancer." By that logic, the first two losers of this season are "America's Least Favorite Dancers." In addition, since both of the eliminated contestants specialized in the same style, we can also infer that Lyrical/Contemporary is "America's Least Favorite Dance."
In other words, Mia Michaels and her fans didn't have a good night, because the first two people kicked off "So You Think You Can Dance" were Ashlee Langas and Ricky Palomino. Frankly, they deserved it: in the previous night's performance, they managed to make tango look unsexy, despite the fact that their audition performances evoked nothing more clearly than tantra-scented massage oil. For more details, check TVSquad.
Great moments of competition in history: Roman gladiators battle in the Colosseum. Jesse Owens' achievements in the 1936 Olympic games. Jordin Sparks wins "American Idol." OK, maybe the last one was a stretch, but competition amongst TV celebs and reality-show stars is a phenomenon that has virtually overtaken television today. During the Roman era, fans' input of either a raised or downward pointed thumb influenced the fate of a gladiator's life. Nowadays, TV competitors fall victim to either a maniacal TV judge or the more anonymous "text decider" in which the amount of text message votes determine a contestant's fate. We truly live in a crazy world!
Our five exclusive videos this week focus on competition.
Check the latest dramatic climax from "Survivor: Fiji." Play the online game of "1 vs. 100." Honestly, do you have anything better to do? Catch clips of the sister shows "So You Think You Can Dance?" and "Dancing with the Stars." Finally, we have a talented singer/songwriter featured on our YouTube Clip of the Week. Having split personalities has never been so funny!
Our blogger pal DuckyxDale's enthusiasm for the return of "So You Think You Can Dance" on Thursday night is positively contagious. For him the show is a harbinger of summer, even with the spastic and downright hazardous early-stage auditions by no-hope hoofers. Check out his complete recap.
