Friday, August 1, 2008

Liveblog: The "So You Think You Can Dance?" Top Six Results Show


The Top Six results show for FOX's So You Think You Can Dance? was tonight, and as anticipation builds for the finale, a by the minute recap of the results seems in order. Chelsea, Courtney, Joshua, Katee, Mark and Twitch find out tonight who's going home (for a week before getting ready for the tour). Recap after the jump!





9:00: Welcome, to So You Think You Can Dance! Cue "the Rose" by Bette Midler. I'm sure this is probably beautiful, and all I can think of is Napoleon Dynamite. Never mind, Mark's shirt is ubuttoned.

9:03: Cat Deeley arrives!!! She looks pretty fine tonight as well, lovin' the colour. Thank you SYTYCD fashion department for not maiming her tonight. Ooh, Mandy Moore choreographed.

9:04: Do you think Nigel secretly forces the audience into yelling "JUDGES!!" so enthusiastically? Maybe tonight there will be one of those angry grandpa vs. surly teenager arguments between Nigel and the audience. They seem to occur more often every week.

9:05: Ooh, a dancing role in a new (untitled) movie by judge Adam Shankman is being given to the big winner as an extra bonus. Maybe the Hairspray sequel that's been announced?

9:08...aaaaaaaand we're back. And we're kicking off being back from the break with time-filler-judge-peptalk.

9:12: Courtney's probably gonna get the boot tonight, but can we all be in agreement that she rocks the pants off the solo efforts?

9:13: Loving the outfit choice Mark. Never before have suspenders ever been used so enthusiastically. Even if the funky of the bunch gets the boot tonight, at least he brought something never really seen before on the SYTYCD stage.

9:14: Katee is a gorgeous dancer. But does anyone else feel she scores better when being choreographed? She's in my top two, but Joshua may end up squeaking her out on the solo front.

9:18: Best Buy airs the same Miley Cyrus/Jonas Bros. commercial twice in a row, and i suddenly feel on the very old side of my demographic.

9:20: Over 11 million votes!!! It's a shame this isn't the show that brings in the kind of numbers better than presidential elections.

9:20: Maybe I was wrong, apparently Joshua knows how to bring the funk as well.

9:21: How does Chelsie always get the uber sex-bomb outfits? One can't almost blame Nigel for being such a creepo.

9:22: Twitch's solo proves to be the best of the evening. His "Don't Worry, be Happy" seemed like the kind of go-for-broke dance where, feeling as if you may go home, you throw upon the audience the one you just love for yourself.

9:23: A small breakdancing child just exerted more physical energy in 12 seconds than I did all day.

9:24: Maybe Nigel should actually widen the allowed SYTYCD age range to six year olds. But cat Deeley, that kid has no clue who Obi Wan is.

9:25: That Dairy Queen commercial with the couple squabbling over who gets to bring in the ice cream cake is on. Nobody has cheered for a the presence of forks since the middle ages.

19:29: Beware, the Snuggle with Fresh Release Bear has unleashed the unsuperhuman dancers upon us. Avert your eyes.

9:31: Cat cues us into the recaps of the girls' dances for last night. Let the filler clock begin. Tonight's goal is to see if we could fit in all the significant stuff (results, musical and group dance performances, and the 6 solos) into a half hour.

9:35: I do enjoy the recap of Chelsie's Pussycat Dolls dance though. "When I grow up, I wanna be famous, I wanna be a star, I wanna have boobies". Or groupies. Still not so sure. Enunciate, PCD!

9:35: Katee makes it to the finale. Chelsie and Courtney proceed to look like their being tortured as Cat excruciatingly cuts to the break. This is like watching torture porn for reality show contestants.

9:41: We now have a recap of scenes from the boys. Also known as the same dances we just watched recaps of six minutes ago. I'm using this for a potty break.

9:43: I return in time to see a recap definitely worth watching: Cat placing Twitch's grill, "spit and all", in her mouth. That girl is Buck.

9:44: Joshua is the first boy to make it to the finale. Katshua fans everywhere rejoice (myself included).

9:46: Lady Gaga begins her performance, and we're lead to believe were witnessing a Daft Punk show.

9:47: Never mind, it's not Daft Punk. Just a Cher drag queen.

9:48: Lady Gaga should learn that during non lip-synced performances, the mic should be farther away from your mouth.

9:49: What's the deal with shining the blacklight in your eye, Lady Gaga? Your eyes will hurt as much as our ears.

9:53: And girl number two is.... Courtney!!!!! Holy guac!!! I totally thought Chelsie had it for sure. Wow, there's a surprise I'm not mad about. Don't get me wrong, Chelsie was fantastic, but I never clicked with her as much as I did with the other final two girls.

9:55: Awwww.... I'm about to get teary during a SYTYCD results show. It just stings no matter who's going home tonight, they're just all that good.

9:56: And the final boy is..... Twitch!! I thought Mark was gonna slide right in there, figuring Twitch and Joshua would split their own votes. Twitch is amazing and I'm glad he made it. But kudos to Mark for always bringing that overwhelming sense of new to that stage. And you're pretty darn cute to boot.

9:57: Ooh, love the recap song. Go download some Brendan James immediately!! (namely "All I Can See" and "Green").

9:59: So the former partners got the boot tonight. When the top six have been this good all season though, not everyone must be entirely pleased with the top four. However, all of them are strong dancers, so strong that it's hard to pick the big winner. My money has been Katee all season, but now I think the smart money is on Joshua. The fact that he has little to no real training should push him over the edge in the votes. What do you think? Is there another in the top four whom you think has a better shot? Also, aside from Chelsie or Mark, is there anyone who's not in the final four that should be? Post below!!


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