SYTYCD Canada Top 22 to 20

I apoligize for posting this late, I had my wisdom teeth out Tuesday morning so I have been delayed in posting.

Meet the TOP 22 Dancers here

Moses suffered an injury and was replaced by Quebec’s Adam Asselin-Rioux, who almost made Top 22 originally.

Monday Night's routines were as follows:

Salsa: Lindsay and Christian
(choreographed by Tony Meredith and Melanie LaPatin)
"Salsa Dura" - La Excelencia

Contemporary: Jordan and Joey
(choreographed by Stacey Tookey)
"You lost me" - Christina Aguilera

Hip-hop: Denitsa and JP
(choreographed by Tucker Barkley)
"Super Bass" - Nicki Minaj

Contemporary: Shelaina and Matt
(choreographed by Sabrina Matthews)
"for the people" - Mark Huculak

Theatre: Yuliya and Adam L.
(choreographed by Melissa Williams)
"Oh Boy" - Buddy Holly

Rumba: Cassandra and François
(choreographed by Eric Caty and Kelly Lannan)
"Alone Again" - Alyssa Reid (feat P. Reign)

Hip-hop: Carlena and Boneless
(choreographed by Steve Bolton)
"Somebody to Love" - Justin Bieber

Contemporary: Teya and Kevin
(choreographed by Stacey Tookey)

Cha Cha: Lauren and Rodrigo
(choreographed by Gustavo Vargas)
"El Sol De La Noche" - Salsa Celtica

New Disco: Geisha and Adam A.
(choreographed by Melissa Williams)
"Edge of GLory" - Lady Gaga

Afro Jazz: Melissa and Shane
(choreographed by Sean Cheesman)
"Umoya We Nkosi" - Soweto Gospel Choir

*I apologize if some music is under wrong couple, let me know in the comments and I can switch up - the wisdom teeth surgery had me loopy*

Tuesday was Reults Night...

The Top 22 Group routine was choreographed by Luther Brown.
Hip-hop Routine: On the Floor (feat. Pitbull) ~ Jennifer Lopez

So You Think You Can Dance Canada's results show is only 30 minutes, so we really get down to it quicker than the USA version.

CTV writes:

Each of the bottom six dancers had 30 seconds to dance for their lives. First up was Cassandra performing a jazz routine, followed by Lauren’s salsa number and finally, Geisha’s lyrical contemporary performance.

The guys took to the stage next. François kicked it off (literally!) with a high energy jive, followed by Rodrigo’s hip-hop routine that had the audience shrieking with excitement. Last up, Adam A. combined contemporary moves with b-boying tricks.

At that point, Adam and Cassandra were sent home, leaving only the Top 20 for next week. Talk about short-lived for Adam A?! Ah well...

Get to know the SYTYCD Canada Dancers better here

Adam A and Cassandra were sent home Tuesday night.

Meet SYTYCD Canada's Top 22

With our first So You Think You Can Dance Canada Season 4 Performance Show airing next Monday, July 11, 2011 on CTV - - - I thought I would share a little bit more about the dancers.

CTV has posted quite a bit of information on each dancers bio - which I have linked to for each dancer if you wish to read more about any of them.

Here are SYTYCD Canada's Top 22 Dancers:

Adam LoPapa, 19 - Woodbridge, ON (Jazz)

Carlena Britch, 20 - Vancouver, BC (Hip Hop, Locking)

Cassandra Flammini, 19 - Etobicoke, ON (Jazz)

Christian Millette, 28 - Montreal, QC (Ballroom)

Denitsa Ikonomova, 24 - Montreal, QC (Ballroom)

Dwayne "Boneless" Gulston, 23 - Toronto, ON (Hip-Hop, Popping)

François Pruneau
, 26 - Trois-Riviéres, QC (Ballroom)

Geisha Chin, 19 - Toronto, ON (Contemporary)

Joey Arrigo, 19 - Newmarket, ON (Contemporary)

Jordan Clark, 19 - Tottenham, ON
(Contemporary)

JP Dubé, 19 - Montreal, QC (Hip-Hop)

Kevin Howe, 22 - Ottawa, ON (Contemporary)

Lauren Lyn, 24 - Toronto, ON (Salsa)

Lindsay Leuschner, 19 - Stouffville, ON (Contemporary)

Matt Marr, 20 - Quispamsis, NB (Contemporary)

Melissa Mitro, 23 - Richmond Hill, ON (Contemporary)

Moses Layco, 26 - Winnipeg MB (Contemporary)

Rodrigo Basurto, 26 - Toronto, ON (Hip-Hop)

Shane Simpson, 23 - Thornhill, ON (Jazz)

Shelaina Anderson, 20 - Edmonton, AB (Contemporary)

Teya Wild, 23 - North Vancouver, BC (Hip-Hop)

Yulia Zavadska, 29 - Toronto, ON (Latin)

[Source: CTV]

sytycd canda - top 20

I originally posteds this here on PURE SYTYCD

SYTYCD Canada Season 4 Top 20 revealed tonight
I was out of town so I have not posted any of the other audition details, but if you are interested I can do that this week.

Tonight the Top 20 were revealed. If you do not want to know who made it yet, do not read on…. you have been warned.

Judges on hand included Mary Murphy, Tre Armstrong, Luther Brown, Blake McGratha nd of course, Jean Marc Genereux.

I was so sad to see some of my favourites go…. but excited to see some awesome, talented dancers make it.

Here are Canada’s Top 20 Dancers for this season:

Males:

JP Dube
Boneless - Dwayne Gulston
Christian Millette
Joey Arrigo
Adam LoPapa
Moses Layco
Francois Pruneau
Matthew Marr
Shane Simpson
Rodrigo Basurto
Kevin Howe
Females:

Cassandra Flammini
Teya Wild
Jordan Clark
Carlena Britch
Melissa Mitro
Geisha Chin
Shelaina Anderson
Denitsa Ikonomova
Yuliya Zavadska
Lindsay Leuschner
Lauren Lyn

No, your math is not off, they did a TOP 22 again!!!

There were some emotional rejections. Derek with green and purple mohawk cried and dropped to the ground. Snarky Jo called it “bologna” and acted “too cool” for the show.

Miss attitude Carlena sat alone in a room after her behaviour towards other dancers and production made judges question if she deserves to be in the Top 20. Of course she ended up making it, but I don’t think it is fair to see people act that way and be given this great opportunity. Then again, Shelaina Anderson had attitude in her early years of auditioning, then finally learned from her mistakes and made it last year… only to hurt her foot. But she too is being gien a chance this season, so let’s see how it goes for both of these seemingly reformed “brats”

SYTYCD Canada Season 4 Premiere Details - Toronto Auditions

I originally posted this
at PURE SYTYCD



For those of you who are not able to watch SYTYCD Canada, I will try to bring you updates each week.

First of all the basics:

Our judges are Jean-Marc Genereux, Tre Armstrong and Luther Brown.
We often have guest judges. Tonight it was Mary Murphy and Rex Harrington.

The procedure during auditions are the same, they dance then get a ticket to the finals or go to choreo or get sent home.

Our host is Leah Miller. She is not nearly as amazing as Cat Deely and to be honest, gets on my nerves almost as much as Jean-Marc.

Choreo is run by Blake McGrath, called “Blake Boot Camp”

Any questions?

Tonight were the Toronto Auditions

I have listed the dancer, the music if I could figure it out and then any details I could. Feel free to comment if I missed anything important or let me know what you think.

More... Tonight was the premiere of So You Think You Can Dance Canada Season 4 on CTV.


Daniel Keith Morrison
Hip hopping in his thatched hat appeared to be a joke but busted out some serious (and goofy) moves.
Sent to finals.

Jordan Clarke
“Firework” – Katy Perry (montage)
“Fall at Your Feet” – James Blunt (audition)
Sent to finals.

Cassandra Flammini
“Fever” – Peggy Lee
Jazz Dance
Tre said she had“delicious toes” while others called her “Cassexy”
Sent for choreo – made it through

Joey Arrigo – 18
“A Drop in the Ocean” – Ron Pope
Stunning contemporary
Sent to Finals

Rodrigo Basurto
“Pressure” – Belly
B-boy
Sent to Finals

Sarah Vance
“Bleeding Love” – (acoustic)
Sent to Choreo – made it through

Marivic De Vera
Tahitian Dancer
Sent Home

Adam Lopapa - 18
“Feeling Good” – Michael Buble
Sent to finals

Jennifer Abbey
“Perfect” – Pink (montage)
“Only Girl” – Rihanna (audition)
Very heartbreaking story, quite emotional

“Can’t Touch This” – MC Hammer – warm up routine / mid-day montage

Lisa Frias
“The Way I Am” – Ingrid Michaelson
Sent to Choreo – made it through

Jordan Davis
Very fun hip hop
Sent to finals

Jena Singh – 19
Salsa dancer
She had been a partner for someone auditioning during season 2 but was too young until now to audition herself. Her shoe came undone during her routine but she still rocked it.
Sent to choreo – made it through

Melissa Mitro
“S&M” – Rihanna – (montage)
“Say You Don’t Want It” – One Night Only (audition)
She is so muscular and athletic, she joked about her “guns”

She actually made it to the finals in season 1 but did not show up, because she was committed to competition dance with a team and did not want to let them down.
Sent to finals – hope she makes it this time, I like her!

Jean-Marc returned, he had been at a ballroom competition. I honestly, prefer when he is NOT there, his voice and the way he hits on all the hot ladies gets on my nerves.

Yara Casconcelos
Sent to finals

Shandal Lee Williams
Crump – Hard-hitting, spasms and throwing himself on the floor doing Contortions. The judges were more fearful he was going to hurt himself than anything. Was told to calm his aggression.
Sent to Choreo – did not complete choreo

Matthew Cuff
“Sexy Chick” – David Guetta
Voguer – He auditions every year, but his ‘flamboyant’ style is not well recieved typically. Tonight he had fun and had improved a lot.
Sent to Choreo – made it through

Andrew Chung
“We No Speak Americano” – Yolando Be Cool
B-Boy who auditions every year. Decided to focus on locking this year to take it to the next level. He almost made Top 20 last year and I predict he will make it this year after judges compliments on how much cleaner and confident he is.
Sent to finals.

Katie Arnold
“Marry Me” – Train (montage)
“Bleeding Love” – Five Finger Death Punch (Acoustic)
Unsupportive father, emotional intro, but she is nervous and weak and stopped mid-dance
Sent Home

Suzana Garcia
“Errtime” – Nelly (montage)
“Commander” – Kelly Rowland (audition)
Lot’s of compliments on her looks, but that she was needing to bring more precision to her dancing, she was too wild.
Sent to choreo – made it through

Brenner Smith – 18
Everett Smith (tapper from Season 2) is his brother. I LOVED Everett! Brenner is Contemporary though. I really liked him.
Sent to finals

AJ Lopresti
“Shambala” – Three Dog Night
Tapper who auditioned as contemporary in the past and did not make it.
Sent to Finals

Kirstie Keenan – 19
“Best for Last” – Adele
Some mixed responses from the judges. I really think she is cute and quirky and fun.
Sent to choreo – did not make it through this year

Esie Mensah – 25
Martial Arts Black Belt in 3 Disciplines. She was unique and hard-hitting and I could just see Sean Cheesman having a hay-day with her.

Captain Canada
After another year of all No’s he announces he is “retiring” This guy has a hat and a Canada Flag Cape… all in fun.

Jordon Barley – 18
“Like a G6″ – Far East Movement
He was really awesome. He learned off the internet!!
Sent to finals

Vicky Luo – 23
Chinese Dancer, amazing, made it to finals season 2 and has studied other forms of dancing to prepare for this year.
Sent to Choreo – made it through

Aleksandra Jurevich
“Where I Stood” – Missy Higgins
A returning auditioner, she did very well.
Sent to finals.

“I Like to Dance” – Hot Chelle Rae (montage of dancers sent to finals)

Blake Boot Camp

“Mine” – Ace Hood (montage of dancers sent to choreo)

*New those who got sent to finals get to go to choreo to see what is to come in finals if they wish*

Montage of sweating dancers making mistakes, saying it is hard and hurts, while Blake says it is not good enough.

“DJ Got Us Falling in Love” – Usher (Blake’s Routine for dancers)

I included choreo results above next to each dancer sent to choreo.




And that was SYTYCD Season 4 Premiere.

What did you think?

Next Episode:
Vancouver, Edmonton, Saint John Auditions next Monday, June 27, 2011.

Reality TV Updates - June 2011

It's been a while, but there is a lot going on in reality tv world...

Bachelorette - Well the whole Bentley thing is just stupid. What is it with girls and going after bad boys. I swear I want to grab and SHAKE some of these Bachelorettes. It is even worse when they are past "contestents" and KNOW how the "game" works... Michelle told Ashley Bentley was there for his career... granted he didn't seem to push his career, but he did play his son like a card, publicly say he wished she was Emily and basically be a complete douche... yet stupid girl kept obsessing *sigh* played like a fiddle.

Tonight they boys fought each other in Thailand - Muay Thai though none are trained.... WTF? It was NO shock when Ames was sent to the hospital. What are the producers thinking?! Then poor old Ashley is all, "I care for them, I don't want to see them hurt" really? Did NOBODY think this was a bad idea? a dangerous idea? a potentially harmful idea?

I know three boys will be on Bachelor Pad - I would love to see more JP, William and Blake (if they don't make it to the end ... See my post here)

Big Brother - Starts Thursday July 7. I can't wait. No casting news or twist sharing yet... I can't wait - I really am considering getting live feed since it is on sale - then again, I rarely get time to sit online and watch and may not have time... BUT - it's cheap and I have a fairly lazy few weeks after I get my wisdom teeth out mid-july, so perhaps...

Master Chef - I really love this show. I think it's great to see home cooks from all walks of life come to the show and go through the challenges. I already have some faves. I am excited to see tonight's episode.

SYTYCD - Early faves include Ryan, Jess, and also Tadd, Missy, Melaniel Robert... gah - - - It's too early to tell how they will fair in all the types... but there are some great characters. Of course for the first round, no one was eliminated, which means four will be this week - stress!

In funny, somewhat related news, @dizzyfeet accidently tweeted his phone # thinking he was sending a DM to a friends... oops! Well, I called and got his humourous voicemail basically saying he would not be answering the phone anymore ha ha - changing his number - clearly!

SYTYCD Canada - Premiered tonight. I always love the flavour Canada's show brings. Though I hate when it airs at the same time as the USA one - it's just SO MUCH tv time - - Thank god for PVR!

The Voice - Best new show, I have to say. I am Team Adam.... He has a great team. I really love the banter between the coaches and the social media component... it's awesome to have the tweets going throughout the show.

America's Got Talent - I have to admit this and Biggest Loser are probably the only two reality shows I do not watch religiously... In fact, I maybe catch one or two a season and do not follow.

Bachelor Pad - I am so psyched this is returning. I really really loved the show last summer... take all the bachelor(ette) rejects and throw them in a house for money and "love" (ahem - sex) See who is cast here.

Expedition Impossible - Premieres after Wipeout on Thursday... I may or may not watch this. I feel a bit full as far as tv goes and I stopped watching Amazing Race a few seasons ago - so I feel like this will be very similar... we`ll see.

Love in the Wild - this I plan to watch. I don`t know why, I just like watching people fall in and out of love in wacky situations ha ha

Am I missing anything?