One Year Old

BSYTYCD's first post was one hear ago today, a video of Musa Cooper's season 2 audition. Since the first year has been so successful, we want to start year 2 the same way.

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Musa fans will want to see him act and dance in this not-safe-for-work short film.

I bring this up because I'm sensing a great deal more anticipation around the web for season 4 than I did for season 3. No longer is So You Think You Can Dance just a fill-in for American Idol watchers.

I also want to thank our friend and frequent commenter, Sue Brody, who has agreed to become a contributor to BSYTYCD, and will be recapping season 4 for us. Thanks Sue!

SYTYCD News Roundup

Fox Utah has a video report from the first day of auditions in Salt Lake City.

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The Salt Lake Tribune was there too.

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Kristin at EOnline says Hok and Dominic's Quest crew tried out for America's Best Dance Crew, but their contract with 19 Entertainment prohibited their participation.

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Shimmy Online has interviews with Sara Von Gillern, Musa Cooper, and Dan Karaty. Dan hints that we may see him guest-judging on the Australian show.


Apparently, Dan is a good judge of football talent too. His Super Bowl prediction from last week:

“It’s going to be a GIANT upset. Let’s just hope Randy Moss can handle the loss better than T.O. did. Sniffle, sniffle.Giants 28, Patriots 23.” — DAN KARATY, choreographer (So You Think You Can Dance)

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Blogger Mr. Melodicus gives us an alternate take on the premiere episode of So You Think You Can Dance Australia:

And then our host appears. In case you haven’t been flicking through the pages of your local TV Guide recently, the job was given to Rogue Traders lead singer Natalie Bassingthwaighte. No, wait, Bassinghthwaithe. Or is it Basghsighthwaighthte? Who knows, but there are far too many letters. I prefer Cat Deeley the minute Bassinghthwhaihththththe opens her mouth, complete with her nauseating nose inflexions and grating Australian twang.

We’re given little more time to analyse our hostess as we are instantly transported to Perth, the setting for the first round of auditions. But wait! Here she is again!

“This is an ABSOLUTE MASSIVE TURNOUT in Perth…HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS have turned out here today!!” screams Bashingtwit as she scurries up and down the line of maybe one thousand people and assuring her audience she knows nothing about adverbs. Hundreds of thousands? It’s as if she’s insinuating the entire population of Perth were there.

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Around The Web

We have a couple of things going on.

Nigel Lythgoe was involved in what sounds like a lively panel discussion on reality TV at an industry event last week.

Fox's reality guru Mike Darnell and "American Idol" executive producer Nigel Lythgoe sparred at a lively panel discussion Thursday night about Britain's role in the reality boom on American television.

At the BAFTA event entitled "Another British Invasion," hosted by BAFTA and CAA, the two fired several back-and-forth zingers good enough to land them their own improv show.

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Mary Murphy will be a presenter at the 2007 Fox Reality Channel Awards.

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Two frequent contributors to BSYTYCD, Loralyn and Nick, recommend this interview with musician Mario Spinetti. He discusses working with Danny Tidwell and meeting Mia Michaels, amongst other SYTYCD-related moments. It's at Daily Purge, a podcast of the tragically fabulous variety.

LINK directly to the MP3 file.


Phillip Chbeeb (PacMan), season 1 finalist Sandra Colton, and season 2 finalist Musa Cooper are competing in a brand new round at the FAMECAST Dance Stage. Our friend Clarita writes:

Hi, we need to support our friend Musa. Plus, Sandra Colton and Pacman are competing, like they did last season. This round is for the top 50, and currently Musa is ranked 64, so we need to get him up there! I know you have to register to vote, bummer, but it's worth it :)

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Musa Freestylin'

Season 2's Musa Cooper Freestylin' at a workshop.

Natalie and Musa: Closer

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A really beautiful piece choreographed by Tovaris Wilson. Natalie Fotopoulos and Musa Cooper dance contemporary to Goapele's Closer.

Video: Musa auditioning for season 2