So pissed off at SYTYCD U.S.

Yeah I am irked to the extreme...

If you watch the show, you'll know that my 2 favourite dancers were sent home, plus another couple that I really enjoyed.

Why?

Because of executive producer meddling bullshit.

The Top 20 performance show, there were some weak performances.  America voted and there were 3 couples in the bottom 3 plus one dancer (Mitchell) who was injured and had not been able to perform.

For some ridiculous reason, Nigel decided that NO ONE would go home that week.  Which, essentially him giving America the finger (or the bird) and then he stated that because of the non-decision that 4 people would go home after this week's show.

This week - they still only had the bottom 3 couples (many fans expected to see a bottom 4 of couples) and they were based solely on this week's votes rather than cumulatively (which many fans thought would be most fair - add up the votes from wk 1 and wk 2 and pick the bottom couples from THAT).

The bottom 3 couples were Ryan/Ricky, Nick/Iveta and Missy/Wadi.

Ryan had an atrocious solo - has been inappropriately smiling during her performances and has no chemistry with her partner.  She is also one of MANY contemporary dancing females in this season's show.

Ricky did a great solo, but so did Nick and Ricky is one of a sea of contemporary dancing males.

But, Ryan and Ricky are the ones who stayed.

I Tweeted a lot about it.

I posted on TWOP about it - multiple times.

But I thought I summed it up well with this post:

This is worse than Blake not making Top 4 in S1.
This is worse than Stanislav's early ouster in S2.
This is worse than Mischa Chan staying over Anya; Pasha not making Top 4, Lacey going out 4th and Sabra WINNING S3.
This is worse than Mark not making Top 4 and Katie not winning S4.
This is worse than Janette not making Top 4 in S5.

(Season 6 was the first season where I really started caring less about the show because I wasn't as excited or engaged with the contestants etc...)

This is on par with me - as a fan- as bad as when Alex Wong was eliminated due to injury in Season 7 re: show enjoyment.

This is as bad as Vincent and Lisa not making Top 4 in SYTYCD Canada S1
(I had no major complaints about SYTYCD Canada s2)
This is as bad as Hani's ridiculous early ouster in SYTYCD Canada S3.

Fuck you, Nigel.

You are going to make me HATE contemporary dancers because of over-exposure.

What the FUCK!?!!?!??!!?!??!

I will note that I also forgot to mention in S3 when Jesus was sent home far to early in my opinion as well...

My thought was that all the people who are pissed off should boycott the show next wk.

The ratings have gone downhill over the seasons and I attribute that to:

1. Nigel's machinations each season 
2. The fact that the show is VERY contemporary heavy re: contestants
3. Favoritism and nepotism that goes unacknowledged by the show

I'm just glad I have a new season of SYTYCD Canada to watch!

TV Talk - SYTYCD U.S. Season 8

Check out this Twitter bit between myself and Nick...

FatAngryBlog
is looking fwd to tonight's ep of #SYTYCD! Can't wait to see who @D8Nick, @D8Iveta, @D8Marko and @D8Melanie are partnered with!
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@FatAngryBlog not too long before you find out!!
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OK so I was thrilled that my 4 faves were paired together!

My Top 3 fav routines were:

Marko & Melanie statue contemporary ala Travis


Nick & Iveta Quickstep (of doom) ala Jason


Missy & Wadi sexy Pandora's box jazz from Sean Cheeseman

I thought that Tadd out-danced bday girl Jordan and there was just something about how she held and moved her arms for much of the piece that seemed "off" to the dramatic and emotional feel of the routine.

Sasha out-danced and out-performed the hell out of Alexander but I'd forgotten about their routine by the end of the show.

Clarice and Jess got saddled with some lame Tyce Broadway and I found it lackluster at best though 95% of that is on Tyce.  Jess out-danced Clarice.

Ricky & Ryan - lyrical hip-hop?  I can understand it if it were NappyTabs but we know Chris Scott can challenge dancers far more than that... and I HATED that Ryan was grinning throughout the routine.  I was also bored.  And I think Ricky out-danced Ryan but I'm not sure because like I say, I was bored.

Caitlynn & stand-in Robert (since Mitchell was injured) - did anyone else think he got hurt during that bit where she kind of rolled across Mitchell's back in rehearsal?    I thought this one was pretty good but my eyes kept going to Robert.  Sorry Caitlynn.

WOO Guy Robert & Miranda - I'm sorry but there was a lot of sloppy footwork in this Jive and the partnership wasn't jelling well (I thought) plus Robert - stop with the Erkel thing and remember that Twitch did the glasses thing already and with more charm - lose the schtick please.

Missy & Wadi - my first real thrills of the night -- excellent routine, I could feel the connectedness of their partnership and I thought they did an excellent job with a great song and choreographer!

Melanie & Marko - 2 of my 4 favourites, paired together, dancing my favourite style... Travis did a fabulous job with this piece and M&M danced the living hell out of it... my first goosebumps of the season and just such strength and partnering and FEELING!!! Love love love love!

Ashley & Chris - good song, cute idea but it came across rather juvenile by comparison to many of the other performances.  Too cutesy and not enough real emotion came through to me as a viewer, despite what the dancers said in the rehearsal footage.

Nick & Iveta - OK, my other 2 favourite dancers, paired together in the pimp spot of the night -- awesome so far... then, why did "ballroom" become the dreaded Quickstep???  That being said, it was a damn good, fast and entertaining quickstep - though I was hoping they'd have gotten something sexier rather than fun but I loved! 

Here's hoping America did because, as a Canuck, I can't vote.