Jassanja

First my over-all impression of the final four dancers

Melanie: I mentioned before that I disliked her from the first moment on. Her "look-at-me-I'm-so-cute" smile makes me want to punch her everytime.
Perhaps this makes me not see why she is supposed to be so great or it just is that the judges hyping her to no end, while never pointing out when she fuckes-up (as she did a couple of times)

Marko: I loved him during auditions, but then he spent the first five weeks pared up with Melanie. So I was constantly rolling my eyes during their routines that got nothing but praise even if they fucked-up
But since the all-stars came on, I started to remember why I liked him to begin with

Tadd: He was in the bottom so many times, I'am tired of his solo. Yes, solo, not solos. Because he shows the same tricks over and over and over again. In the final he's the odd one out, with no chance at winning

Sasha: Funny enough, last year when she was touring with Adam Lambert, I didn't like her at all. But she won me over in the video packages to this show.
Somehow she managed to get through the first five weeks with good humor, despite being pared up with Alexander (Insider gossip has it, that all through Vegas Week he made fun of Sasha's sister, and how people of her body type shouldn't be allowed to audition for the show)

( On to the dancing )

Who I think should win: Sasha
Who most likely will win (due to audience influenced by the judges pimping) : Melanie

Personally I think I will not remember this season for the things that were great, but for everything that went wrong

- The lack of diversity in dance syles. Both in the routines on the show as well as in the selection of the Top 20 Dancers
- The judges refusing to eliminate Jordan and Robert in week one, and therefor not eliminating anyone
- The double elimination in week two, where the judges decided to eliminate Ivetta over Ryan. (Choosing Ricky over Nick hurt the show again in the diversity department, but was fair due to Ricky's outstanding solo)
- Keeping Ryan and Jordan safe again and again over girls that had more talent
- The fact that most of the girls on the show were pretty much interchangable in both syle and looks

After a really good run in the UK today's double elimination just showed again that there's something really wrong with the US version of the show!!!

Danielle & Luke - Once again the judgest give them more credit than they deserve- I'm pretty sure there was even a fucked-up lift in early in the routine! - Also who choose that shitty music for a Passo Doble?

Bethany Rose & Israel - For 18 years of training, she had really clumsy footwork

Alice & Charlie - I like them, but I think Charllie was off most the time. Also, Charlie looked a lot like the 11th Doctor in this

Katie & Lee - I think that wonderful Sean Cheesman routine was wasted on them

Katherina & Tom - The show just needs to drop the Quickstep. Because if it't done traditionally it is a pain for everyone, and if the choreographer turns it into something the dancers can do and the audience can enjoy, then it isn't a real Quickstep

Kirsty & Lee - I think they had a fuck up in there too. plus that choreographer doing a lyric based number with a deaf girl .. What was he thinking? (Where are NappyTabs if you need them???) Still, my favorite couple!

Rithy & Shane : Medicore, but in this show, that already puts them in the better half of this show

Charlotte & Matt - By far the best couple/ routine of this show

My bottom 2:
Can't really choose. Almost every couple had one person who let the other down. Even predicting is hard as it looks like the British Audience is voting against everything the judges say.
Everytime Sisco says that Israel needs to go, he just gets more votes

( Spoilers for Result Show )

After my rant about the missing SYTYCD episode it took 5 minutes to show up

I guess it took so long because someone just wanted to safe us all. Out of ten routines only about four were watchable. The rest was a hot mess.


Also, why did nobody tell me just how great Sherlock really is?
(On the other hand, now I only have to wait a couple of months for new episodes, rather than a full year, and there are already over 1000 pieces of fanfic for it on the AO3)

so I gave in and watched the finale performance show and the result show


( About the winner )

And I think next week starts the new Season in Canada
I can't wait to see Tre and Jean-Marc as judges after all the shit that went down with Nigel, Mia and Adam
and of course I hope for more controversial choreographies by Luther and Blake

I already spent two weeks fast-forwarding the judges comment and just watching the dancing
Now I am really done, after they sent home the guy who had the three best routines this week, and keep the medicore people around

So it wasn't quite like the American Idol finale (even if they did have Adam Lambert there)

( and the winner is )