If you’re not interested in the music, you can read Rocky’s full recap of the ABDC Speed Up Challenge.

Boogie Bots danced to the song “Lollipop” by Lil Wayne
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- Edited long version music video
Super Cr3w danced to the song “Creator” by Santogold
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A.S.I.I.D. danced to the song “Dangerous” by Kardinal Offishall ft. Akon
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- Original music video
SoReal Cru danced to the song “With You” by Chris Brown
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- Original music video
Fanny Pak danced to the song “Touch My Body” by Mariah Carey
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- Original music video
Supreme Soul danced to the song “Party Like a Rockstar” by Shop Boyz
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- Original music video
Phresh Select danced to the song “Shawty Is a 10” by The-Dream
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Chelsie Hightower and Mark Kanemura danced the Salsa to the song Fuego sung by Joe Bataan choreographed by Alex Da Silva

Chelsie Hightower and Mark Kanemura danced the Broadway to the song I’m a Woman from Smokey Joe’s Cafe choreographed by Tyce Diorio

Comfort Fedoke and Thayne Jasperson danced the Hip-hop to the song Can We Chill sung by Ne-Yo choreographed by Napoleon D’umo and Tabitha D’umo

Comfort Fedoke and Thayne Jasperson danced the Contemporary to the song A Different Corner sung by George Michael choreographed by Mandy Moore

Jessica King and William Wingfield danced the Contemporary to the song Silence from Unfaithful choreographed by Tyce Diorio

Jessica King and William Wingfield danced the Quickstep to the song Bandstand Boogie sung by Barry Manilow choreographed by Tony Meredith and Melanie LaPatin

Courtney Galiano and Gev Manoukian danced the Cha-cha-cha to the song Don’t Stop the Music (The Wideboys Club Mix) sung by Rihanna choreographed by Anya Garnis and Pasha Kovalev

Courtney Galiano and Gev Manoukian danced the Jazz to the song Standing There sung by The Creatures choreographed by Mandy Moore

Kherington Payne and Stephen “Twitch” Boss danced the Krump to the song 2 Buck 4 TV sung by Tha J-Squad choreographed by Lil’ C

Kherington Payne and Stephen “Twitch” Boss danced the Tango to the song Assassin’s Tango from Mr. and Mrs. Smith choreographed by Jean-Marc Genereux

Katee Shean and Joshua Allen danced the Viennese Waltz to the song Iris sung by Goo Goo Dolls choreographed by Jean-Marc Genereux

Katee Shean and Joshua Allen danced the Bollywood to the song Dhoom Taana from Om Shanti Om choreographed by Nakul Dev Mahajan

Video of Junior and Emily “Salsa” - America’s Got Talent 2008 - This was the fastest salsa I’ve ever seen.

Video of America’s Got Talent 2008 Joseph Hall as Elvis

Video of Nuttin’ but strings - America’s Got Talent 2008 - Violin goes a little bit ghetto, but I really like it. I’m excited to see what else they bring.

Video of Holly Hardin - “These Boots are..” America’s Got Talent 2008 - I liked Holly more than the judges. Sure, she’s not the most refined talent, but she’s got something about her that I really like and I’m glad that we’ll get to see more of her.

Video of The Southern Belles - America’s Got Talent 2008 - Bringing tap to another level. When you see something like this, it makes you realize that tap could be really cool if it was done right.


Video of America’s Got Talent 2008 - Busty Heart Uncensored - I really can’t say much about this video.

Video of Paul Salos “Frank Sinatra - Fly me…” - America’s Got Talent 2008 - Pretty impressive at any age, but at his it makes it that much more impressive.

Video of Indigo from Romania on America’s Got Talent

America’s Got Talent 2008 - Jonathan Aarons

Video of Baton boy - America’s Got Talent 2008 NYC auditions

“The Baby Borrowers” is an intriguing new social experiment based on the hit British program that asks five diverse teenage couples — ages 18-20 — to fast-track to adulthood by setting up a home, getting a job and becoming caring parents first to babies, toddlers, pre-teens and their pets, teenagers and senior citizens — all over the course of three weeks.

As the social experiment begins, the five young volunteer couples are asked to literally grow up overnight when they are each given a home in a quiet cul-de-sac outside Boise, Idaho and attend pre-natal classes as each “mother” wears a simulated “empathy” belly to prepare them for the arrival of their “baby.”

When a real baby (all aged six-11 months old) appears at their door — courtesy of five pairs of real volunteer parents (some of whom were teen parents themselves) who entrust their infants to one of the couples — the nervous, fumbling teens are in for three long, arduous days that make chilling out a distant memory. They must stick to rigid routines, handle the feeding chores, diaper duty and crying jags that might be shared by baby and teens — all the while under 24-hour supervision by nannies and the real parents who are stationed next door, watching via monitor, and able to step in at any time. Plus, one teen from each of the couples must start a job, ranging from working in a local vet’s office to a lumberyard, leaving the other alone as caregiver for the day.

After three surprising, intense days, each teen couple will bid bye-bye to the baby and receive a toddler as their fast-forward adult life progresses. They will have to cope with typical “terrible twos” behavior, including pouty tantrums, potty training and other messes. Three days later, the weary couples must face the reality of parenting several sassy pre-teens/”tweeners” at once — each with a family pet in tow, adding to their responsibilities.

Seventy-two hours later, the teenagers arrive, thereby perhaps providing them with a mirror image of their own recent relationships with their parents. To complete the cycle of life, the experiment ends with as couples are graced with the opportunity to care for a senior citizen, including some with health issues, who represent what might be in store for them in the distant future.

Here’s a 2 minute recap of episode one.

Catch the Encore Presentation Wed, July 2nd 8/7c on NBC, followed by Part 2

07/02/2008 (09:00PM - 10:00PM) (Wednesday) : FACED WITH THE REALITIES OF CARING FOR BABIES, KELSEY AND ALICEA MAKE SURPRISING REQUESTS TO THEIR BOYFRIENDS – After sleepless nights and busy days feeding, changing and playing with their infants, both Kensington, New Hampshire’s Kelsey and Houston’s Alicea make unexpected requests to their boyfriends — they want to go to work. The pressure of maintaining a job, house and family is starting to build, but the teens get a surprise from home that make some teens happy and others not so thrilled. As the teens say goodbye to their infants, the parents are anxious to be reunited with their kids and give the teens their first evaluation as “parents.”

Let’s take this weeks challenge. Seven designers were each given a white room to show their design savvy. The catch, it had to have a worldly theme. Six of the designers were assigned one of the following countries: Italy, Thailand or Mexico. One designer had the option of picking any country. Sounds like a fun project, doesn’t it? Not so fast.

Since this is a show for entertainment purposes, the designers had more challenges thrown into the mix.

1. They had exactly twelve hours to design, shop and create their space from the moment they were told ‘time starts now’. No prep time to look over the space and really think about it. They had to go with the first thing that popped into their heads.

2. They were each given $500 and allowed to shop at one store. Now if it had been a pier1 store, one of my favorite stores, this would not seem like a negative. But the store they were limited to was an arts and crafts store with a limited selection of international themed items.
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3. They had to use furniture provided which was very contemporary. With more time and access to things like a sewing machine these pieces could have added something to the overall theme, but that was not the case.
Featured Furniture

As you can imagine, none of the rooms had the wow factor. Most were minimalistic, playing it safe.

You can see the results here: Design Star

Here’s where the confusion starts. Do the judges want functional rooms viewers can replicate at home, rooms that will photograph well, or rooms that show amazing artistic vision? No one knows, not even the judges. I think it’s a case of, we’ll know when we see it.

Again the discussion among the judges before elimination had them referring to someone’s style as ‘grandma’ and tacky. Only one room really captured a worldly flavor and even that room was not authentic to the country intended.

The bottom three…

Michael Stribling designed a modern Spanish club theme. If you google you will find that he was right on the money with his design. However, it did not capture the Spanish culture which was the task. Michael has not had a failed space until this week.

Matt Locke designed an abstract vision of Thailand that was a high concept idea that didn’t work out. That’s the problem with the judges comment ‘Go big or go home’. Sometimes going big can be a disaster and could send you home anyway. Matt has been highly praised until this week. Many believe he is the designer to beat.

Tracee Dore designed a romantic Italian space that was heavy on the theatrical. One judge said it was very cartoonish and another said he really hated it. Tracee has been in the bottom three the last two weeks of this competition.

Sooo, who goes home. Surprise! It’s not the worst designer on the show. This week Michael’s show was cancelled.

Surprise of the night…Boogie Bots in the bottom two. SAY WHAT!?! Chicago’s Xtreme Dance Force got more votes than the Boogie Bots! Someone’s been fibbing to me because everyone I talked to after last weeks show had them in the 5th or 6th place. Ok, who didn’t vote? Remember Shane’s warning last week: Pay attention to who you’re voting for America.

Whew! Boogie Bots are safe for one more week.

This week we say goodbye to Sassx7.

I can’t wait till next week to see what happens next.

Shane mentioned that he’d like to see more robotics in Boogie Bots routines. Here’s a fun instructional video on learning the robot dance.

Disclaimer: No chickens were harmed in the writing of this blog.

Here’s a look at the top 10 crews. This also features some clips from last years winners, Jabbawockeez.

My picks for the night:

West Coasts Super Cr3w - They had a Ninja theme going that was exciting from the very beginning.
Houston’s SoReal - They exploded to a whole new level.
Washington D.C.’s Boogie Bots - A smooth blend of Kaba Modern & JabbaWockeeZ.
Philadelphia’s Phresh Select - These guys turned up the volume.
San Francisco’s Supreme Soul - Promises to bring the heat this season.

Bottom two up for elimination:
Los Angeles-based Fanny Pak
Distorted X from Texas

The judges have spoken, Distorted X is the first crew to go home.

You can see full episodes and loads of backstage goodies at http://www.mtv.com/ontv/dyn/dance_crew/series.jhtml

Rocky

If you’re looking for the music from previous shows here’s all the So You Think You Can Dance 2008 music.

Group dance (video) was danced to the song Elevator sung by Flo Rida ft. Timbaland and was choreographed by Shane Sparks (Welcome Back!)

Chelsea Traille danced a solo to the song Time Is Now sung by Moloko

Thayne Jasperson danced a solo to the song Belief sung by Gavin Degraw

Susie Garcia danced a solo to the song The Anthem sung by Pitbull ft. Lil Jon

Marquis Cunningham danced a solo to the song Stop and Stare sung by OneRepublic

Comfort Fedoke danced a solo to the song Planet Rock sung by Afrika Bambaataa

Chris Jarosz danced a solo to the song Again sung by John Legend

SYTYCD Elimination Songs
Susie Garcia was eliminated to the song “Brave” sung by Idina Menzel

Marquis Cunningham was eliminated to the song “Wonderful World” sung by James Morrison

Chelsea Traille and Thayne Jasperson danced Jazz to the song Untouched sung by The Veronicas choreographed by Mandy Moore

Chelsie Hightower and Mark Kanemura danced Argentine tango to the song Mi Confesión sung by Gotan Project choreographed by Alex Da Silva

Jessica King and William Wingfield danced Hip hop to the song Whatever U Like sung by Nicole Scherzinger choreographed by Olisa Thompson and Cicely Bradley

Kourtni Lind and Matt Dorame danced Foxtrot to the song A Foggy Day in London Town sung by Michael Bublé choreographed by Jean-Marc Genereux

Courtney Galiano and Gev Manoukian danced Contemporary to the song Lost sung by Anouk choreographed by Mandy Moore

Katee Shean and Joshua Allen danced Broadway to the song All for the Best from Godspell choreographed by Tyce DiOrio

Susie Garcia and Marquis Cunningham danced Salsa to the song Aguanilé sung by Willie Colón and Héctor Lavoe choreographed by Alex Da Silva

Kherington Payne and Twitch Boss danced Viennese waltz to the song A New Day Has Come sung by Celine Dion choreographed by Jean-Marc Genereux

Comfort Fedoke and Chris Jarosz danced Krump to the song Come and Get Me sung by Timbaland feat. 50 Cent, Tony Yayo & Mira Craig choreographed by Lil’ C

Will Wingfield (William B. Wingfield)’s solo

Jessica

Rayven Armijo’s Solo

Matt Dorame (Matthew Patrick Dorame)’s Solo

Kourtni Lind (Kourtni Josephine Lind)’s Solo

I’m really sad that this is all the solo dancing we’re going to see from Rayven Armijo and Jamie Ray Bayard.