Thursday, May 21, 2009

So You Think You Can Dance - Season Premiere

Yay!! This is another of the shows that my mom and I watch together and chat about. So I'm at her house (hubby is working again) live blogging for you tonight. I'll throw her comments in where applicable.

Wow, my mom's first blog, even if she isn't the one writing it.

8:06 - Gabi Rojas is up. Mom says the way she moves she could be in The Lion King on Broadway. She is pretty stinking amazing. And cute to boot. They're putting her through obviously, and Nigel called it one of the best auditions he's ever seen. Aaaand we already have Mary Murphy's first scream of the season. That's gotta be a record.

8:10 - Uh, I don't even know what to say about these guys. "Storyboard" and "Hobgoblin" are buddies that are freakin' me out! They're good, but it's way bizarre good. Almost scary. The word "crazy is thrown around a lot with the judges. They're staying for choreography before a final decision.

8:18 - Obligatory not-so-great dancers. By no means professional material, but according to mom they're cute. They do look like they're having fun.

8:21 - Peter can tap. Which is funny because he is not what you'd expect a tap dancer to look like. He's already earned two "wows" from Mom. Yeah, he's pretty good. He's through to Vegas.

8:23 - Inspirational story of the night. Tiffany has severe spine issues. It's basically a short spine, her arms and legs are the length of your average adult. And she is AMAZINGLY graceful. Nigel is SO impressed with her and the fact that she went out for this. She still isn't quite good enough so she's not through, but she's pretty damn impressive.

8:34 - Maksim is doing the cha cha with a contestant from last year. He's pretty good. They're keeping him for choreography.

8:36 - Bunch of random dancers at once. All of which make it through to Vegas.

8:38 - Mom and I are going to hell for laughing at the Asian guy who pronounced ballet as "barray." Oh we're horrible. But now we're watching him and he's good. Not great. Mom says he's funny, but a little too much flailing in his dancing.

8:40 - Mom just made another "barray" joke. I'm still cracking up.

8:41 - They're keeping him for choreography.

8:42 - Choreography challenge. The "Mutants" give up. Maksim is staying. Our "barrey" dancer is through also.

8:49 - Don't know this girl's name because we were too busy downloading Animaniacs songs. But she's REALLY good. She's through.

8:51 - My mom is giving me overshares. Big time. I'm uncomfortable. This couple is a little intense. They're not great, but I have to acknowledge that they're better than Tim and I would be. The judges didn't like them. They're not going anywhere.

8:53 - Medley of just plain bad dancers.

8:54 - Nina and Igor are dancing. Mom and I are being evil because we're envious of her stomach. Mom said someone needs to slap her. I chimed in, "Or feed her a sandwich." Mom said, "No. A box of cookies. A sandwich won't be enough." But back to the actual dancing, they're really good. I wish I could dance like that. This girl spun for like, five minutes! Okay, not five minutes, but a super long time. They're keeping them for choreography.

9:02 - Kellen is up. He's pretty good. Not sure why he's using an umbrella as a prop. He's good enough without a prop. Turns out he used the umbrella because he just lost his aunt, and made a pretty good analogy. That I'm far too lazy to type out. And he's through.

9:05 - Chimezie rocks because he is wearing a Transformers shirt. Oh, and because he pretty much rocks right now. He was super fun. They're going to keep him around for choreography.

9:08 - Choreography round. Igor is in, Nina is not. Chimezie is in, which makes me happy.

9:16 - Kayla is super good. The judges love her. She's through.

9:19 - Dad just walked in and started fake-whining about us having another show to watch so soon.

9:24 - Bunch of good dancers. And the weird choreographer judge in her mohawk and 80's prom dress looooves them all.

9:26 - Um. Not to sound intolerant, but the two guys dancing together just doesn't look right. Misha and Mitchel. One is straight, one is gay. And they're great. Mitchel totally dropped Misha right now. And Misha is better than Mitchel. It was... interesting. Nigel totally compared it to Will Ferrell in Blades of Glory. They're going to put them through to choreography.

9:31 - Choreography. Mitchel isn't through. Misha either. I swear if the show gets crap for this, I'll be vocal FOR the producers.

9:37 - Mom is dying. She loves Star Wars with every inch of her being. And this girl is swinging light sabers dressed as a bear or something. To the theme song. Wait, she's supposed to be a lion and acknowledged that it had nothing to do with the dance. The judges are pretty much calling her out. She's obviously not going through.

9:40 - Another medley of people who can't dance. OH HER PONYTAIL JUST FELL OFF! and I'm pretty sure we had a stripper in there.

9:41 - Elias brought his brother with him. And they're actually really good. Brother is too young for the show apparently so he's not actually trying out. So Elias is going to choreography.

9:50 - Natalie tried out last year with her friend Katie (who made the top 3). She was good last year, and she still is. The judges love her again. And she's through to Vegas.

9:54 - Brandon picked a pretty sweet song. And he's pretty stinkin' amazing. Like, holy cow amazing. Mary is crying he was so good. They all love him and he's totally through. Complete with a Mary-scream.

9:57 - Choreography. Elias didn't make it. But they want him to come back next year.

Done. Until next week.

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