News Update

Us Magazine gets Mary Murphy and Dan Karaty's thoughts on last night's show.




Mary Murphy is ready for a hiphopper to win, plus she's planning something big for the finale. Hmmm.



Rachel Howard shares her observations on the elite 8 performances.



BuddyTV published live thoughts last night. There's also "5 cliches we've come to love".



Joanna Weiss of the Boston Globe thinks Katee Shean is a secret weapon.



Kourtni Lind gets the Cool Person Award from Cool Addict.

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The LA Times has another behind the scenes look at what happened during the results show that didn't make it on camera. Before she gets into the juicy details though, she references Leee:

"...inquiring chatter "Leee" asked a very good question: "Why hasn't Gev gone shirtless yet?"

We may never know.

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My Dance Place gives us a "Play by Play" recap of the results show. She had a few guesses about the "secret choreographer" and was just as surprised as I was when Nigel was named the man behind the dancing.

Zap 2 It has a wonderful interview with Cat Deeley. She goes from making jokes about her shoes to explaining how she tries to make this experience wonderful for each dancer:

""The really important thing is that there can only be one winner, so therefore you've got 19 other people who come to this stage in Hollywood and what you try and do is make the experience quite positive for them and make it a real life experience. Sometimes it's going to be hard, sometimes it's going to be challenging, sometimes it's just going to be downright bad, but then other times it's going to be really great and really fulfilling and it's their chance to do something new."

Cat is also on the cover of Eve magazine for the month of July.

People gets some quotes from each of the Top 10 dancers.

CTV gets Mary, Dan, and Jean Marc's thoughts on the Top 10.

Rachel Howard over at the Voice of Dance gives us her recap of the Top 10 performance show.

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Mia Michaels examines reality in her new column at movmnt magazine.



SF Chronicle dance critic Rachel Howard knows her world dance:

Bollywood style, however, suits Joshua’s hip-hop skills surprisingly well. Those jumps into deep knee-splayed bends, by the way, derive mostly from the South Indian classical dance form of Bharatanatyam (as does the custom of wearing bells on the ankles). Neither Katee nor Joshua pull off the knee-turns (not fast enough), and Nigel tosses in facile “It’s a Small World” political statements, but the style is a terrific addition to the show, and Katee and Joshua do an admirable job in it.

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Smug Doug noticed something I had missed:

Notice that they are no longer calling the solos "Dancing for Your Life?" The term has apparently been dropped with no anouncement or fanfare. The judges just refer to them as "solos" and note that they need to impress.

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Wisebread.com is giving away tickets to this season's tour.





So You Think You Can Dance Australia's Henry Byalikov is taking his ballroom moves to Dancing With The Stars Australia after the current Aussie tour. Here's his African Samba, with Vanessa Sew Hoy, from the Gold Coast Convention Center.

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The Shankman dishes on this season's contestants for LA Times. Thanks to GerritV for the link.



EW's Adam B. Vary was at the Monday performance show taping. Apparently, Nigel couldn't even remember one dancer's name:

I realized why this season's been such a nonstarter for so many viewers. There's been no Dominic, no Sara, no Ivan — no appealing underdog who's shown real, true improvement and growth week to week, allowing us a sense of progression throughout the season. All the dancers have either remained at the same level they started at — and that includes the out-of-the-box fabulous Joshua — or have faltered slightly since Vegas and the top 20. It's appeared to me that the judges have been working overtime to make Jessica this season's ''story,'' to set her up for some impending moment of triumph, but they've piled on so much at this point that she could just as easily crumple under the pressure. (Behind-the-scenes tidbit No. 3: It really didn't help matters when Nigel had to re-record saying Jessica's name a few times during the first ad break because, as he mouthed to someone off stage, he'd plumb forgot it when they were filming his comments.)

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Dance critic Rachel Howard, writing for the Voice Of Dance:

So You Think You Can Dance doubled the ante this week with each of the top seven couples dancing not one, but two routines. Everything became twice as clear: Who’s brilliant and who ought to go home pronto; who’s holding their partners back (and I don’t mean just Jessica); and whose technique ain’t going to cut it. The hip hoppers are at a growing disadvantage now, training-wise, and yet, two of them are emerging as serious contenders, while the other two have probably stretched their crossover talents to the limit.

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Still catching up.