Yes. That was appreciated. However, go back and watch Nigel’s body language – it’s a text book example of contempt.
I thought this was an annoying episode. Maybe I was in a bad mood, but there were too many goofballs and too few actually interesting dancers. And can a person with challenges, difficulties or whatever do an audition without having the judges break out in tears or talk condescendingly about courage and emotion? I’m sure even deaf dancers, unusual as they are, like to be treated like normal people every once in a while.
On that first point, I think they just need to revive the alien impregnating routine from last season and she’ll be right at home!
On the second point, I was totally thinking that when I saw that. I could tell that Nigel was making a point of being exaggerated with his lip movements and was trying to help her. Mary… she’s like a freaking ventriloquist. He lips don’t effing move except to scream!
The guy in the plaid pants and bow tie is amazing – I hope we see him again.
And Nigel needs to stop trying to banter with the auditioners, because it’s just fucking painful. His comments to the super tall hoofer? Dumb, obvious, unoriginal, and not even a tiny bit funny.
Man, Tice annoys me, almost as much as Mia Michaels and that one black judge who needs to put down the thesaurus.
Overall, a good show last night. I thought plaid guy was good, but I could see how his personality could get annoying really quick.
I suspect if he made it into the top 20 he’d tone it way down – I think he’s a serious dancer and not just a persona.
That was the nice thing last night–several contestants were played up so we were expecting some kind of freak show novelty (plaid guy, tall guy), but they really did deliver with some surprising chops. I thought Nigel’s “joke” to the Krumper was uncalled for, but the auditions must be grueling so I’m willing to sympathize a little when they have short fuses. I wasn’t that impressed with the married couple, but overall the auditions have me quite excited about what the season has in store.
I was thinking last night, has a non-contemporary dancer ever won?
Yes. Check out the wikipedia chart.
Joshua was hip hop. Benji was latin/swing. I missed the first season, so I can’t vouch for whether Nick’s “lyrical/jazz” was not just code for contemporary.
He was on good behavior. Usually it’s “It must be cold on stage because your high beams are on. By that I mean your nipples are poking through your leotard. I’m pointing this out because I don’t want people to think I’m gay”.
Heh. He is a sad case, isn’t he?
However, he’s pretty much single-handedly responsible for creating this, my favorite show on TV, so I guess I’ll just have to ignore him.
A heads-up for those watching the audition shows – there’s a bonus episode tonight (9 Eastern), plus the regular show tomorrow at 8 Eastern.
These are the last two audition shows – Las Vegas starts next week.
I wanted to smack the “my solo is dope” dude. He had a condescending, eye-rolly attitude and his sweater kept distracting me during his solo. Which wasn’t the least bit dope, by the way.
Nothing too interesting last night, other than the one-handed girl, yikes. I switched over to DWTS for the last ten minutes – did she make it to Vegas?
No, she couldn’t handle the (salsa-based) choreography. She was on the verge of tears at the news, but swore she’d take more latin dance lessons and try again.
Yup, she said something about joining a salsa club.
She was destined to not make it, the moment Mary called her “inspiring” (or “an inspiration”, or whatever). As far as I can remember, no “inspiring” person has ever made it to Vegas.
I wouldn’t worry about that too much. The top ten dancers go on tour at the end of each season. Ultimately the point isn’t to become some world-famous celebrity dancer. It’s to break into a career in professional dance and choreography.
I’ll start watching the show once they pick the final contestants for the season. I have no interest in watching the freakshow at the audition.
Did you see her partner during the choreography? He reached out to grab her non-hand, whipped his hand back, they both missed a step.
I felt bad for both of them.
I’m already tired of the docudramas. Dude who was a crack baby: “There’s nothing here for me” said right after comments from the obviously ailing aunt who raised him. I get what he was saying, it’s a chance he may not have again (or until next season!), but she’s not dead yet.
From my NY hometown newspaper So You Think We Wanna See Your Coochie.
I don’t see how that’s possible, Biggirl. I read the article and watched the uncensored video clip on Perez Hilton’s site, and I still don’t understand how it’s possible that a dancer in a short skirt was no wear underwear. Their movements are always, uh, crotch revealing; we see lots and lots of underwear (well, or dance uniforms that mimic the shape of underwear). She had to be wearing underwear and it moved…right?
I want to see her entire routine to try and make more sense of that.