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Joshua’s definitely being set up as the winner, though Katee–like Sabra last year–has performed consistently well no matter what was thrown at her, and deserves the win. (I know you don’t agree, like my Mom didn’t agree, but there ya go.) And wordy McWord on the Tyce D’Orio girl-on-girl hot mess…that shit was insulting, both to the dancers and to us.

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Can’t really disagree with any of that.

Wade is indeed choreographing “Believe” (it’s the Cirque Criss Angel Vegas Show) which opens in a couple of weeks – so I’d tend to lean towards accepting the company line he just didn’t have time. Cirque isn’t exactly known for their laconic rehearsal schedules.

I’m sure the pressure from the network to fill a full two hours is intense, but I can’t be the only viewer who would have preferred a tighter one hour show that didn’t leave everyone so beat down by the end. Given that it sounds like two rehearsal days were lost after Twitch and Joshua went to the hospital, they collectively had somewhere between 48-72 hours to learn three partner dances, a group routine, and devise a new solo.

As the final four, we’re rooting for them to kill their last routines and go out on a high (is anyone who votes in these things going to change their minds now, doubt it), but the choreographers seemed to want to prove what insane taskmasters they were this week, ignorant of the fact every other choreographer was doing the same thing. As a result we ended up with a show full of high degrees of difficulty, but varying executions.

I do have to say that I think my out-and-out favourite routine of the year remains Chelsie and Mark’s “Bleeding Love” – but I’ll be the first to admit that’s still more to do with how the routine somehow added up to so much more than it’s component parts.

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@Gemma

Yeah, forgot to mention as someone who actually usually enjoy’s Tyce’s Broadway (what can I say, I like schmaltz) – that routine was nigh unwatchable.

Also the costuming work this season has been really, really, awful at times.

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thelibrarygirl said on August 7th, 2008 at 4:23 pm

I completely agree with your call on the Joshua Courtney jive number. I hoped against hope Mary would explain why their jive was lacking in technique and finesse. I was surprised Nigel stepped up. Although he is the likely front runner it has been difficult to cheer for him based on the judges constant compliments and harping on how he’s miraculous although untrained. Was that not a childhood photo of Joshua in a dance class?

I acknowledge he is a very talented, versatile dance who is not as technically trained as other finalist, but does Twitch somehow lap him in years of training?

This is the first time since the show first aired I am thankful the season is ending. I’ve had my fill of the “jidges.”

I’m also a little afraid of SYTYCD Canada. Does anyone think it will be worth watching?

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thelibrarygirl: Joshua isn’t as technically trained as most of the dancers, but he’s had some. (I mean, for fuck’s sake, during his promo reel with Cat last night, they showed pictures of him at ballet classes.) Twitch is probably the least-trained dancer remaining; so far as I know his only formal classes were taking jazz dance classes in the time between the third and fourth seasons.

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