# Why SYTYCD is better than AI (very long)

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**Created:** [August 5, 2009, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-sytycd-is-better-than-ai-very-long/505422 "2009-08-05T16:05:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2009, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-sytycd-is-better-than-ai-very-long/505422/21 "2009-08-07T17:38:06Z")

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I agree pretty much across the board.

I also think it’s a damn shame that there isn’t more acknowledgment for the fact that what these dancers do takes incredible work and dedication, it is extraordinarily difficult to do, even when you have a natural gift you need to train like hell to get good enough to make it to the top 20, learning 2-5 complex dance routines every 7 days for weeks involves jaw-droppingly long hours of rehearsal involving lots of pain, and in the end, even the most successful dance winner would be lucky to see 10% of the money that an AI LOSER can make.

All of which makes the dance contestants a thousand times more impressive than anyone that’s ever been on AI except for possibly Adam Lambert, who has spent his young life busting his ass like a dancer does - and it shows.

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**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2009, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-sytycd-is-better-than-ai-very-long/505422/22 "2009-08-07T17:41:10Z")

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> [@cactus\_waltz](#):
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> Also, sometimes the dance people get a bit overwraught when it comes to handling emotional topics.

I mentioned this somewhere else lately, but I’ve decided to embrace it because it is evidence of the fact that the dance world is so much more…real. For the reasons I just wrote (and I see someone else had said right before me) - dancers are serious. They are artists. They are motivated by pure love of what they do. Singers? A whole lot more people are motivated by money and fame.

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