SYTYCD ~ And America's Favorite Dancer is . . .

Well, here we are at the end of what was undoubtedly the most awkward season of So You Think You Can Dance ever. In case Tuesday’s episode didn’t make you uncomfortable enough (with only being 1 hour long, having too many dancers, no solos, and no group or all boy or girl numbers), last night should really have fulfilled your “what just happened to my SYTYCD” quota.

Highlights included faulty microphones, a bewildered Cat when her babies weren’t reporting to the stage on cue, an injured Russell with the disappointing loss of several live performances (we had to watch video of the originals instead), awkward guest judges who we haven’t seen since auditions, and 4 musical performers that we had no interest in watching (JLo’s was lip sync hell, but she does at least get props for using girls from current and past seasons of SYTYCD). Was it the universe’s way of saying “DON’T EVEN THINK ABOUT DOING A FALL SEASON AGAIN. EVER.”? Methinks so.

Somehow amongst all the crazy they managed to name a winner. America’s favorite dancer of season 6 is . . .

Russell!!!

We admit that we were heavily rooting for Jakob or Kathryn, but we’re not totally bummed about Russell. We liked him from the beginning, and his versatility outside krumping was really impressive. But who else was surprised when he won and suddenly stopped leaning on people to begin jumping around and celebrating? We were so worried about him all episode and though that he was really really seriously injured. I guess the adrenaline kicked in?

Here’s the skinny on the injury straight from Russell to Eonline:

“I went to jump back up on stage during my three-man piece and I came down on my leg wrong. It got really numb and swollen and felt like something had gotten sprained.”

Like the rest of us, Russell was also bummed that he couldn’t perform for the rest of the finale.

"It hurt, but I was fine enough to walk, so I thought I could dance. After they tested me backstage, they told me I couldn't dance. That was the worst feeling because my family came all the way from Boston."

Well, at least his family got to hear his victory speech live and in person.

“Yeah! Yeah! I just want to thank everybody so much. This means everything to me. I’ve been dreaming of this ever since I was born. I just thank the judges so much for their criticism — you guys make me better as a person, as a dancer… I want to thank my parents, my mother, my father, my girlfriend’s over there, my little brother. I love all y’all.I messed my knee up… I mean my leg up.”

Throw in a few“God”s and a ripped t-shirt, and Season 6 was officially wrapped. We’re looking forward to SYTYCD’s return in the summer (so long as it stays in the summer – you hear that Fox?).

So You Think You Can Dance ~ Top 14

There they are America – your top 14 dancers! It was a pretty decent week for most couples. Here’s our quick spin on last night’s performances.

First of all, we were a little worried about Cat’s ensemble at first, but it grew on us. By the end of the night we both agreed that she looked fabulous.

On to the dancers:

Kathryn and Legacy: We thought they ruled the night with their paso doble. Legacy was good, and he was especially charming in his post performance talk with the judges. Kathryn was on fire. She more than made up for her week character work in last week’s performance. At the moment we’re calling her our favorite girl. Of course now that we’ve put that in writing she’s destined to be cut early (hopefully not!!!!). If they aren’t safe this week we will be upset.

Ellenore and Ryan: They were granted the gift of a Travis Wall contemporary piece and did not disappoint. Strong performances from both. Plus Ellenore’s outfit was really cute. Certain to be safe tonight.

Jakob and Ashleigh: As much as we hated Ashleigh in the beginning (which was quite a lot) we enjoyed her in this NapTab hip hop piece, and we have to admit that she’s been pleasing us week to week. Darn you, girl! We wanted to hate you so hard! We love Jakob and everything he does is magic, so no qualms there. They should be safe this week.

Noelle and Russell: We thought that they did a fine job with this foxtrot. It was smooth and nicely done. Was it enough to get America to pick up the phones? We hope so, but we’ll have to wait and see.

Channing and Victor: Tyce’s dance was certainly interesting, and pretty much guaranteed to give Courtney bird-fear related nightmares. As apathetic as I am towards Channing, I thought they did a pretty good job with it. Here’s why they could still end up in the bottom: the music was downright distracting and by the end of the night I had completely forgotten that this dance existed.

Mollee and Nathan: Despite the judges claims that this was a vast improvement over last weeks and that the these two are a couple of the most talented young performers they have ever seen – we just aren’t buying it. We didn’t think that they did a good job with this routine. If they are not in the bottom three it will be entirely because of their teeny bopper following and the luck of a Lady Gaga draw.

Karen and Kevin: Oh guys. Not good. When Cat greets you after a dance and says that she remembers how good Shirely Maclaine danced to that song in the movie, and then says nothing about your performance, you should know you are in deep doo doo. As the judges all were very quick to point out, this wasn’t something you can pin on bad choreography (newbie Spencer Liff is breathing a big sigh of relief) – ya’ll just weren’t good in it. What should have been high energy and quirky came across as down right sleepy. While I feel a little bad for Karen because Nigel got all pervy on her during his judgement basically saying that she was worth nothing without her sex appeal – we might kind of have to agree. Worst performance of the week. Sorry guys.

Agree? Disagree? Thoughts?