So You Think You Can Dance May 22 2008

Oh... faux pas of the night happens within the first 12 minutes when Mia Michaels says that a dancer isn't going to be very sex-successful. This right after he did a bump and grind without his shirt on. Nice.

Props to Cait for clueing me into the wonders of Grey's and SYTYCD being on the same channel in Canada, and therefore definitely not on at the same time. Sympathies to my best friends who are currently getting rained on in a squishy field in Fallowfield while chasing a frisbee that likely is very hard to see. If you ever meet my friend John, ask him to do last year's brutal solo that all top 10 dancers did to John Mayer's Waiting on a World to Change - yes, that's how much we love this show. He's pretty priceless.

I have nothing to say about Sex, the guy. I really... I'm just not sure why they let him audition.

This guy Twitch, with the red t-shirt - he was fantastic. How do I not remember him? He was up against Hok for the last guy spot - he's got a lot of the same things that Hok has going for him - great isolations, serious versatility, and a great sense of humour. Man, he was great. Almost as great as Nigel using the word "ass" with an American accent.

That guy... the one with the black shirt and the white pants? Okay, seriously... that was mesmerizing. But is he another Cedric? The guy with the army jacket and the spoken word poetry - that was a little weird. I'm not even sure if that was dance. (I'm going to guess Mia is going to disagree... and Mia loved the performance but she agreed with me. No versatility.) They both made it through the choreography round to Vegas.

What's with Russia and the ballroom dancers? I can never remember their names, but it seems like 1/2 of all the ballrom peeps in the final 20 for each season are Russian. And the Asian hip hoppers? (love that backwards plank push up AND that dude's test pattern tshirt!) And, then I'm immediately proven wrong by Asian ballroom types. Doh.

Loved the blonde soccer player. She's perky as hell - kind of like a Nathalie. But, you know me - I love da hip hop. That popper at the end - Robert Muraine is his name. Didn't you just wish Shane Sparks was there at the audition to do his stand up mouth cover hoot? Yeah, I totally missed that. Mary laughed - and that's not as good as a finger pointing full body bouncing shouted "SICK!" from Shane. (John - if you dn't use that nipple rub this summer, I'm never going to let you live it down!) Is that the first time anyone's danced a whole song in the auditions? Let alone carried it through to the ticket phase? Nice. The hugging was PRICELESS.

Good audition show, on the whole. Too much crap dance filler, but that's to be expected from a Lythgoe production. Can't wait til the performances start!