alonewiththemoon | SYTYCD (Reply)

Totally concur with Randi being the girl to leave this week. It's going to get tough from here on in though, I like all four of the remaining women. They each really have their own unique strengths.

Obviously I am very sad about Kupono, because I enjoy his dancing very much and think he has been continuing to grow. But I can see that quirkiness and character and idiosyncrasy isn't what wins the contest, technique and adaptability is, and he falls a little short compared to the other men in the last two areas. Although I think the same argument can be made for Evan--it's just that his quirky character is more palatable to the American public.

sirendipity , I think I also agree with your observation that he tends to only rise as far as his partner goes, hence some of his best dancing has been with Kayla. I also think that Kupono's very admirable comfort with being femmy worked against him. Doing some SYTYCD surfing last night, I was astonished to find how much many people seemed to actively dislike him--not just think the other dancers are better, but actively wanting him to be kicked off the show. If people could have voted against him in addition to voting for others, they would have. So that made me a bit sad. Though I guess it's nice to know that what I like best and what mainstream America likes best still aren't quite the same ;-)

Was surprised to see Ade was the other low-scoring male dancer--I thought his solo was superb on Wednesday (though shaky on Thursday). I really expected it to be Evan. But I guess Evan's fan club came through for him, and I don't think Ade has a strong fan club at this point.

Really enjoyed the Wade Robson opening number. I've given up on trying to gauge the political correctness of dance routines on the show and am just enjoying them for the spectacle. Melissa looked like a beautiful ghost.