So You Think You Can Dance Week 2 Performance

Another “wow” week! With this being the second week some comparisons can be done. This week had more dancers out of their element, which is I think, “key” in this competition.


Nailed it two weeks in a row:

Ade and Melissa danced Jazz this week “nailed it”. My surprise was Melissa. Her specialty is ballet and you would never know it by the way she danced this week.

Brandon and Janette danced Disco and I think it was the best Disco routine ever danced on SYTYCD. Great energy, fast movement, and very well done.

Max and Kayla danced Pop-Jazz and once again “nailed” it. It was a strange routine, but they pulled it off with their dancing. Judges consider Kayla a front runner and I agree as I said last week.

Most improved since last week:

Vitolio and Asuka danced the Waltz and this was my “special” routine this week. It was touching, beautiful, and inspiring. Compared to last week they improved the most this week.

Jonathon and Karla danced contemporary compared to last week, “nailed it”. I don’t usually like Contemporary, but they held my attention throughout the routine. Jonathon looked like he has danced Contemporary all his life even though it was completely out of his specialty. Mary said the same thing. In fact Mary said, “I have never said this on this show. Jonathon you danced like contemporary is you’re specialty.”

So-so routine of the week:

Evan and Randi danced Jive and it was ho-hum for me and the judges liked Randi, but there was some criticism of the way Evan moved, but as a pair the judges liked it.

Worst routines of the week:

Jason and Caitlin danced Hip-Hop and for me it was “clunky”. There wasn’t any flow or as the judges put it, out of sync. Last week they danced “Bali wood” great, this week was a bust.

Kupono and Ashley danced Hip-Hip and I agree with Nigel, “It was under-whelming”. It looked like Kupono did not have any confidence even though Ashley danced it fairly well.

Phillip and Jeanine danced the Tango and it was bad. Philip’s technique was really “not good at all” and he danced without confidence. When he did a lift you could see the exertion in his face. Last week a world class Tango pair danced and did not change their expressions once during the entire dance routine. That is how the Tango is done. Granted Phillip was completely out of his element, but facial expressions should be easy to maintain.

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Nothing more to add until the "results" show tomorrow night.