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Near the beginning of So You Think You Can Dance, I read someone suggest that SYTYCD should have the various choreographers dance on the show. Ok, I think this is a great idea if we’re talking about Wade Robson, Lil C, Shane Sparks, Tice D’orio, etc. However, there are a number of choreographers that I respect and enjoy as choreographers and professionals, but I never want to see them dance. My short list for now includes: Mary Murphy, Nigel Lythgote (sp?) and more than any of the others Mia Michaels.

Take a look at the following video and see what I mean about Mia Michaels dancing.

It’s nothing personal. I’d say the same thing about myself dancing on SYTYCD. Not something that America wants to see. She’s a great choreographer and I usually like her as a judge, but I don’t want to see her dance.

Who else did I miss? Oh, I wouldn’t mind seeing Tabitha and Napoleon do a little number.

What a show!! Both of my favorites get sent home. Sucks for me. I guess that’s why I’m posting this music a little later than usual. If I’m late just check the music from past SYTYCD episodes.

Group dances:
All dancers: “JBJ” from Jhoom Barabar Jhoom by Shankar Mahadevan, Sunidhi Chauhan & Zubin (Bollywood; Choreographer: Nakul Dev Mahajan)

Female dancers: “Ave Maria”—Celine Dion (Contemporary; Choreographer: Mia Michaels)

Male dancers: “Five Guys Named Moe” from Five Guys Named Moe (Broadway; Choreographer: Nigel Lythgoe)

Solos:
Comfort Fedoke: “Egypt, Egypt”—Egyptian Lover

Mark Kanemura: “Black Betty”—Ram Jam

Kherington Payne: “Myphilosophy”—Inner

Gev Manoukian: “Feeling Good”—Michael Bublé

Eliminated:
Kherington Payne
Gev Manoukian

Elimination songs:
Kherington Payne: “Forever You May Run”—Gavin Rossdale

Gev Manoukian: “It Ends Tonight”—All-American Rejects

After dealing with Jessica being out and Comfort back in, there was 2 hours of incredible dancing on SYTYCD. The 2 hour show also means tons of great SYTYCD music. Here’s the full list of songs from the top 10 show.

Courtney Galiano and Joshua Allen danced Hip-Hop to the song Skippin’—Mario choreographed by Dave Scott

Courtney Galiano and Joshua Allen danced Rumba to the song Hero—Enrique Iglesias choreographed by Jean-Marc Genereux

Kherington Payne and Mark Kanemura danced Country/Western Two-step to the song Kick Back—Ty England choreographed by Ronnie DeBenedetta and Brandi Jobais

Kherington Payne and Mark Kanemura danced Jazz to the song Canned Heat—Jamiroquai choreographed by Tyce Diorio

Comfort Fedoke and Stephen “Twitch” Boss danced Smooth Waltz to the song Open Arms—Journey choreographed by Hunter Johnson

Comfort Fedoke and Stephen “Twitch” Boss danced Hip-hop to the song Forever—Chris Brown choreographed by Dave Scott

- Original Music Video
Katee Shean and William Wingfield danced Broadway to the song Sit Down You’re Rocking the Boat from Guys and Dolls choreographed by Tyce Diorio

Katee Shean and William Wingfield danced Pas de deux to the song Imagine—David Archuleta choreographed by Dwight Rhoden and Desmond Richardson

Chelsie Hightower and Gev Manoukian danced Contemporary to the song These Arms of Mine—Otis Redding choreographed by Sonya Tayeh

Chelsie Hightower and Gev Manoukian danced Jive to the song The House is Rockin’—Brian Setzer choreographed by Jean-Marc Genereux

Music from the Top 10 SYTYCD Solo Performances
Chelsie Hightower danced a solo to the song “Pon de Replay” sung by Rihanna

Gev Manoukian danced a solo to the song “Hello Goodbye (Uncool)” sung by Lupe Fiasco ft. Unkle

Courtney Galiano danced a solo to the song “I Want You to Need Me” sung by Celine Dion

Mark Kanemura danced a solo to the song “Bohemian Rhapsody” sung by Queen

Comfort Fedoke danced a solo to the song “Need a Boss” sung by Shareefa ft. Ludacris

Stephen “Twitch” Boss danced a solo to the song “I Question Mark” sung by Wade Robson

Katee Shean danced a solo to the song “This Woman’s Work” (MTV Unplugged) sung by Maxwell

William Wingfield danced a solo to the song “Dance With My Father” sung by Luther Vandross

Kherington Payne danced a solo to the song “Breakin’ Dishes” sung by Rihanna

Joshua Allen danced a solo to the song “Jam” sung by Michael Jackson

Today, Rocky and myself were chatting about tonight’s SYTYCD top 10 show. I thought it might be of interest to our readers. Feel free to chime in with your thoughts in the comments. Also, let me know if you think a SYTYCD chat on this blog would be cool too.

Rocky says:
I’m with you! I can’t wait till the sytycd comes on tonight….but I’m not looking forward to Thursdays anymore.
John says:
why not?
John says:
it will make you cry?
John says:
2 hours tonight…should be good
Rocky says:
I think what I will feel most is annoyed For the next few weeks elimination will be strictly fanbase without regards to quality of performance on Wednesday. Every season good dancers go home because weaker ones still have pity votes.
Rocky says:
Kherington may well go home tonight and that will make me sad.
John says:
nope…she can’t go home…i won’t let her
John says:
everyone said that twitch was carrying her, but I think that she might have been carrying twitch, although since they were in the bottom 3 it’s hard to say either was carrying the other
John says:
tonight should be exciting, because it’s the night where they get new partners
Rocky says:
I know, that makes it exciting to see what everyone can do with new partners. I’ve read that overall it will be a good show. They are doing a group Bollywood routine Thursday night, I can’t wait. I love it.
John says:
sweet…i loved the previous Bollywood number. Bollywood can be really cool if done right or really bad if done wrong. Like most dances really
Rocky says:
Very true, but for this show, I’m sure they will make it good! The dancers will be doing another routine on Thursday, as well. One with just the females, and one with just the males. Mia choreographed the one for the girls so it will be interesting, for sure.
John says:
Well, I’m biased and will certainly love almost any dance with all females. Mia can do some really cool stuff, but some of her stuff is just weird. I definitely haven’t drunk the Mia koolaid. She’s very talented, but not God.
Rocky says:
I agree, she’s not the world’s greatest choreographer but I love weird and quirky so most of her routines are great to me.
John says:
I’m really looking forward to the show…nothing like a beautiful Wednesday night of SYTYCD
Rocky says:
Agreed. Lots of dancing tonight. Two dances per couple and a solo each.

We’ve been the home of So You Think You Can Dance tour information in the past. We don’t plan on changing that anytime soon. Once the tour tickets go on sale, you can be certain to be able to purchase So You Think You Can Dance Tour Tickets on ebay.

The following are the list of SYTYCD tour dates. I’m mostly just upset that Las Vegas didn’t make the list. Looks like I’m going to have to travel a bit to be able to see the SYTYCD tour.

SEPTEMBER
DAY MONTH DATE CITY VENUE
SAT SEPT 20 Tacoma, WA Tacoma, WA - Tacoma Dome
SUN SEPT 21 Portland, OR Rose Garden
TUE SEPT 23 West Valley City, UT “E” Center
THU SEPT 25 San Jose, CA HP Pavilion
SAT SEPT 27 Anaheim, CA Honda Center
SUN SEPT 28 San Diego, CA Sports Arena
TUE SEPT 30 Oakland, CA Oracle Arena

OCTOBER
WED OCT 1 Los Angeles, CA Nokia Theatre
THU OCT 2 Sacramento, CA ARCO Arena
SAT OCT 4 Reno, NV Reno Events Center
SUN OCT 5 Fresno, CA SaveMart Center
TUE OCT 7 Glendale, AZ jobing.com Arena
FRI OCT 10 Grand Prairie, TX Nokia Theatre
SAT OCT 11 Houston, TX Reliant Arena
SUN OCT 12 Austin, TX Frank Erwin Center
TUE OCT 14 Tulsa, OK BOK Center
WED OCT 15 Kansas City, MO Sprint Center
FRI OCT 17 Chicago, IL United Center
SAT OCT 18 Green Bay, WI Resch Center
SUN OCT 19 St. Paul, MN Xcel Energy Center
TUE OCT 21 Milwaukee, WI Bradley Center
WED OCT 22 Columbus, OH Schottenstein Center
FRI OCT 24 Highland Heights, KY Bank of KY Ctr
SAT OCT 25 Detroit, MI Joe Louis Arena
SUN OCT 26 Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre
TUE OCT 28 Trenton, NJ Sovereign Bank Arena
WED OCT 29 Boston, MA Agganis Arena

NOVEMBER
SAT NOV 1 Mashantucket, CT MGM Grand Theater
SUN NOV 2 Manchester, NH Verizon Wireless Center
MON NOV 3 Providence, RI Dunkin’ Donuts Center
WED NOV 5 Long Island, NY Nassau Coliseum
THU NOV 6 Newark, NJ Prudential Center
SAT NOV 8 Pittsburgh, PA Petersen Events Center
SUN NOV 9 Norfolk, VA Constant Convocation Center
MON NOV 10 Baltimore, MD 1st Mariner Arena
WED NOV 12 Charlotte, NC Time Warner Cable Arena
THU NOV 13 Duluth, GA Arena at Gwinnett
FRI NOV 14 Pensacola, FL Pensacola Civic Center
SUN NOV 16 Miami, FL American Airlines Arena
MON NOV 17 Tampa, FL St. Pete Times Forum

Here’s all the music from the SYTYCD Top 12 Elimination show. Here’s all the previous SYTYCD music.

Group dance to the song “Closer” sung by Ne-Yo (Choreographer: Napoleon D’umo and Tabitha D’umo )

Guest dancer(s): Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater “Revelations” (”Sinner Man” sung by Billy Pointer)

Musical guest: “I Kissed a Girl”—Katy Perry

Comfort Fedoke danced a solo to the song “Oh Timbaland” sung by Timbaland

Thayne Jasperson danced a solo to the song “Come Home” sung by OneRepublic

Jessica King danced a solo to the song “Best For Last” sung by Adele

William Wingfield danced a solo to the song “Daraijan” sung by Kodo

Kherington Payne danced a solo to the song “All We Are” sung by OneRepublic

Stephen Twitch Boss danced a solo to the song “We Gonna Win” sung by Miri Ben-Ari

STYCD Top 12 Eliminated:
Comfort Fedoke
Thayne Jasperson

SYTYCDElimination songs:
Comfort Fedoke was eliminated to the song “The Greatest” sung by Michelle Williams

Thayne Jasperson was eliminated to the song “Believe” sung by Staind

Everyone knows that making the top 10 on So You Think You Can Dance is a huge deal since that means that you get to go on the So You Think You Can Dance tour. Sure, they always take a couple alternates, but it’s much better to have your name in lights as part of the top 10.

So, without further ado here is my projected top 10 finalists of So You Think You Can Dance and then who I personally think should be in the top 10.

Projected So You Think You Can Dance Top 10 (and my projected locks)
Girls
Kherington Payne (lock)
Courtney Galiano (lock)
Katee Shean (lock)
Chelsie Hightower
Jessica King

Guys
Twitch - Stephen Boss (lock)
Joshua Allen (lock)
Gev Manoukian
Mark Kanemura
Will Wingfield (lock as long as the judges are choosing)

Personally So You Think You Can Dance Top 10 (Basically who I would keep in my top 10)
Girls
Kherington Payne
Courtney Galiano
Katee Shean
Comfort Fedoke
Jessica King

Guys
Twitch - Stephen Boss
Joshua Allen
Gev Manoukian
Mark Kanemura
Thayne Jasperson

What do you all think?

Here’s all the music from the Week 4 (3 July 2008) Top 14 SYTYCD elimination show. If you’re looking for other SYTYCD music, it’s all listed here.

Group dance was done to the song “Money Money” from Cabaret with Choreographer Tyce DiOrio

Guest dancer: Robert Muraine danced to the song “Gonna Make You Sweat” sung by C&C Music Factory

Musical guest sang the song “Say (All I Need)”–OneRepublic

SYTYCD Solos:
Kourtni Lind danced a solo to the song “No Man”–Nina Storey

Matt Dorame danced a solo to the song “Sweet Contentment”–Bradley James and the Roadies

Courtney Galiano danced a solo to the song “What’s Another Day”–Maria Mena

Gev Manoukian danced a solo to the song “Everybody Loves A Carnival”–Fatboy Slim

Comfort Fedoke danced a solo to the song “Hit the Floor”–Twista feat. Pitbull

Thayne Jasperson danced a solo to the song “I Want To Break Free”–Queen

Eliminated:
Kourtni Lind
Matt Dorame

So You Think You Can Dance Top 14 Elimination songs:
Kourtni Lind was eliminated to the song “Incredible” sung by Clique Girlz

Matt Dorame was eliminated to the song “Might As Well Have a Good Time” sung by Crosby, Stills, & Nash

As promised here’s the 2 videos of the Mia Michaels routines from the top 14 of So You Think You Can Dance.

Katee and Joshua danced the heck out of this one. I really like the way they performed it. I wasn’t so into the routine myself, but sometimes Mia is hard to understand. However, Katee and Joshua definitely gave their whole selfs to the routine.

Enjoy the video of Katee and Joshua’s top 24 contemporary routine:

I think Twitch and Kherington’s bed routine will be the most memorable dance of the season even if I prefer the Viennese Waltz they did earlier in the season. Either way, the bed idea of Mia Michaels is an incredible concept that Twitch and Kherington really performed amazingly. The expressions on Twitch and Kherington’s face were priceless and expressed such emotion.

Enjoy the video of Twitch and Kherington’s top 14 contemporary bed routine

I’m pretty sure that Mia Michaels will have a choreographer job on SYTYCD for a long time to come.

Seeing Benji Schwimmer on the show tonight was a lot of fun. I don’t think he did the best choreography tonight, but I think he is the most famous SYTYCD alum out there. He definitely deserved to win and I think that this solo pretty much shows his versatility and ability to please the crowd.

I don’t think we have a Benji this season, but still plenty of talent to go around. Also, it’s worth going back and watching my favorite Benji and Heidi video and a close runner up.