SYTYCD Season 7 Top 7

Last night I watched both Wednesday and Thursday's performance and Results show.

We started with word that Ashley had been injured and I can tell you she was the one eliminated.

This seasons rules dictate that injured people are put on the bottom 3 list and joined by 2 others who are chosen by least amount of viewers votes.

Then the two uninjured dance for their lives.

It happened last week with Alex and now this week with Ashley. Both injuries were substantial enough that they wouldn't be able to dance the next week, which means they are gone. (THe new rules also say if you can't dance two weeks you are disqualified)

I was less sad to see Ashley go, don't get me wrong she is amazing but I had an emotional attachment to Alex. I am now rooting for Kent.

Billy is awesome too but Kent is the whole package.

Something I have been able to do fairly accurately since last season is guess who choreographed opening routines simply based on the dance itself. Tyce did a great job with the opening number it was broadway but fun and not overly cheesey.

I also loved seeing Twitch and Comfort dance together - wow!

Favourite dances were Travis Wall's choreography for his mother. RObert is just so amazing!

Also loved Jose and DOminic's B-Boy thought there was that middle part where they kind of ran from side to side that should have been filled with more of their smooth moves...

Kent and Neil did an awesome baseball broadway routine. I am not generally a fan of broadway - I mean it's fun and quirky but usually overly cheesey - this was good.

Lauren's Tahitian dance was AMAZING Mark - - - wow! I have never looked at Mark as "Sexy" usually more "odd" or "eccentric" but last night, in that dance, holy SEXY!


Loves seeing Christina Perri performing “Jar of Hearts” live. What a great story - waitressing one day and #1 itunes the next because of her song being used on SYTYCD - way to go Stacey Tookey for giving her that opportunity!

One thing I really really LOVE about this season is the all-stars who stck up for and encourage their contestent partners regardless of who they are each week... also hearing Cat Deely support and voice her thoughts on things more than in the past. I do miss Mary's shrieking, though just a little, and I would rather see Mia choreo than judge, she annoys me as a judge, she gets way too bitchy!

I wanted to post videos of my fave dances but youtube is hard-core for sytycd copyright and most videos are taken down but feel free to search the dancers and song to see them if you missed them!

Performance Show:

Dancer: Lauren Froderman
All-Star: Mark Kanemura
Style: Tahitian dance
Choreographer: Tiana Liufau
Song: Last Voices’ “Jungle” –

Dancer: Adechike Torbert
All-Star: Anya Garnis
Style: Salsa
Choreographer: Liz Leary
Song: Eddie Palmieri’s “Oyelo Que Te Conviene” –

Dancer: Jose Ruiz
All-Star: Courtney Galliano
Style: Broadway
Choreographer: Joey Dowling
Song: John C. Reilly’s “Mister Cellophane” from “Chicago” –

Dancer: Robert Roldan
All-Star: Allison Holker
Style: Travis Wall
Choreographer: Contemporary
Song: Coldplay’s “Fix You” –

Dancer: Billy Bell
All-Star: Anya Garnis
Style: Jive
Choreographer: Louis van Amstel
Song: Meatloaf’s “Paradise By the Dashboard Light” –

Dancer: Kent Boyd
All-Star: Neil Haskell
Style: Broadway
Choreographer: Tyce Diorio
Song: “Shoeless Joe from Hannibal, Mo” from Damn Yankees –

Dancers: Billy Bell and Lauren Froderman
Style: Jazz
Choreographer: Mandy Moore
Song: KC and the Sunshine Band’s “Boogie Shoes” –

Dancers: Jose Ruiz and Dominic Sandoval
Style: Breakdancing
Choreographer: Nappytabs
Song: District 78’s “Battle for the Beat” –

Dancers: Kent Boyd and Adechike Torbert
Style: Contemporary
Choreographer: Dee Caspary
Song: Tom McRae’s “You Only Disappear” –

Dancers:Robert and Kathryn (for Ashley)
Style: Disco
Choreographer: Doreana Sanchez
Song: Dan Hartman’s “Instant Replay” –

Results Show

Top 8 Group Routine
Choreographer: Tyce Diorio
Song: Paul Gemignani’s “Charleston” – from the album Jerome Robbins’ Broadway.

Dizzy Feet Dancers
Dancers: Fernando (11) and Lauren (10)
Song: Elvis’s “Jailhouse Rock” –

Professional Performance
Group: Alvin Ailey Dance Theater
Dancers: Jamal Roberts and Rachel McClaren
Song: Laurie Anderson “Gravity’s Angel” –

All-Star Performance
Dancers: Comfort Fedoke and Twitch Boss
Song: Chris Brown’s “Forever” –

Surprise Musical Performance: Christina Perri performing “Jar of Hearts” live!!! We loved and downloaded her song, took her from waitress to guest musical performer!!!

The Bottom 3 Solos:

Billy solos to Ben E. King’s “Stand By Me” –
Jose solos to RJD2’s “Chicken Bone Circuit” –

Ashley is eliminated due to injury to the goodbye song: Black Gold’s “Shine” – from their album Rush.

[Song list compiled by PURESYTYCD who I guest blog for and who I will be returning to blog for once SYTYCD Canada starts again)

So You Think You Can Dance Changes

Nigel Lythgoe finally tweeted the changes to Season 7 of SYTYCD. Changes were rumoured to be coming to prevent "letting things get stale" on the seventh season.

Here's what we know:

-New partners every week
-One dancer goes home every week
-All-Stars from past seasons will be the partners
-Contestents won't draw "genres" of dance but an All-Star to be partnered with, all of whom are experts in their own genre.

"They had to be dominant in their genre, because they are the ones who are going to dictate what competitors are going to dance," he explains. As an example, he uses season-four runner-up, Stephen "Twitch" Boss. "You wouldn't want to do ballroom with him, particularly."

Mandy's Mind - I wonder if the All-Stars will do the choreo too or no?

- After the dance the All-Star leaves the stage and the contestent is judged alone.

"This will be the first time ever, apart from their solos, that they will walk forward alone to be judged," says Nigel.

What stays the same:

-American still votes on bottom 3
-Bottom 3 will still dance solo
- Mary Murphy will still be screaming with her plastered smile.

"She will be on the panel, and she will be choreographing as well," Nigel says, adding that with the guests judges (Debbie Allen, Lil C, to name a few), there will sometimes be four on the panel.

And what of the white whale that is Paula Abdul coming on as a judge? "I can't think of anybody better than Paula Abdul to judge on this show. Whether it's the right time for her is up to her and her management. I certainly would love her at any point, even if it means having five bloody judges on the show!"

Who are the All-Stars?

Besides knowing they are "dominant in their genre" your guess is as good as mine... Nigel will be tweeting the names one at a time over the next couple weeks. What a tease. I follow him do you? @dizzyfeet

The two-hour season-seven premiere is on May 27!

My predictions:

- I would have said Chelsie Hightower but she is currently on DWTS
-Blake McGrath (Though I love him on SYTYCD Canada)
-Evan Kasprzak(Broadway)
-Mark Kanemura or Kupono Aweau though Mark was quirkier
-Brandon Bryant was amazing but there were lot's of amazing contemporary dancers
-Ade Oba
-Melissa Sandvig(Ballet)
-Janette Manrara (Salsa/Ballroom)
-Phillip Chbeeb (Though I doubt they'd have a whole category for his genre?)
-Jakob Karr
-Legacy Perez
-Katee Shean
- Travis Wall
-Dmitry Chaplin
-Hokuto “Hok” Konishi
-Stephen “Twitch” Boss
-Courtney Galiano
-Kayla Radomski
-Tapper... hmm... Phillip Attmore ?

Who do you think?


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**Updated:

This answers some of my questions and was found on the blog I guest-write for PURE SYTYCD.
1. There will only be a Top 10 this year. 5 girls, 5 boys.
2. Only one (new) contestant will be eliminated each week.
3. The contestants will not pick their own genres anymore. (~cough~) They will draw photographs of an all-star and that will dictate their style. The all-stars will never be out of their element.
4. 10 contestants from the past six seasons will partner season 7’s Top 10.
5. Only the new contestants will be judged. The all-stars will be asked to leave the stage after the performance.
6. America will vote for their favorite dancer, and one of the bottom 3 will go home.
7. The Top 10 will rotate partners from the all-star dance pool.
8. Mary Murphy will be off the permanent panel and will choreograph and guest judge again.
9. Mia Michaels will be back.
10. The all-stars will not choreograph their routines, they will learn as a normal partner.
11. The finale will be the original format, dancing solos, with each other, groups, etc. No all-stars to our understanding.