Finally, SYTYCD recap...

Hi Delicious-

So we have FINALLY caught up and as my public (aka Mattie) has requested here are my thoughts on this week's SYTYCD, the last week that the judges have all the control.  (ok and I am SO over this Paula Abdul thing...don't WANT her on there anyway and clearly she doesn't want to be there..let it go @dizzyfeet!)

I thought about listing them in order of performance but decided to keep ranking my faves:

KATHRYN & LEGACY
My second couple moved up a notch this week based on the choreography they got.  They danced a Stacey Tookie (sp?) contemporary number in which he was fear.  It was very remniscent of Mia's Addiction but I was very impressed by just how good Legacy was and she came alive for me.  Last week I said she was the second luckiest girl on the show but I have to say that watching this number it's obvious that he was pretty lucky too and this is a great partnership.  I love how she conquers her fear at the end---sublime.

RYAN & ELLENORE
This was one couple that danced a great number extraordinarily and under dire circumstances.  I love both of them seperately and even more together.  But getting your heel caught in your dress and dancing as if you don't?  That's a champ!  And scary.  And even thought they don't run these live, that's good TV. 

PAULINE & PETER
this discarded couple whose partners both left last week got the good fortune to get Wade Robson.  I have to say I think I liked this number more than either of them, Wade's just so cool and this concept was bigger than both of them.  The costumes and the set and music, just so cool (I know I said that already, but it was).  I also think that Peter's a weird looking dude and this routine fit him while it didn't do very much for Pauline with me.

KAREN & KEVIN
Finally, NappyTabs is back!  LOVE this routine and that Hot Tamale Karen.  This time it's the guy who's lucky but he is going to keep getting completely outshone by her cuz he couldn't even do better than her in his own style. 

MOLLEE & NATHAN
I think every Bollywood routine will be forever compared to the first one by Joshua & Katee and while this one maybe wasn't quite there, it was really good!  They did such a good job with it and for the first time she didn't annoy me.  Very cool choreo and these two aren't going anywhere.

JAKOB & ASHLEIGH
(yes I intentionally put him first)  Ashleigh didn't annoy me this week as much either.  They danced a Viennese Waltz as a couple's first wedding dance.  If my husband is more elegant and fancier than me like Jakob was, I'd be sad but as a dance it was good and right at the middle of the pack for me.

The rest went downhill from there.  VICTOR & BIANCA butchered a Tyce Diorio number, NOELLE never got up to RUSSELL's level in their tennis hip hop match and CHANNING made her samba with PHILLIP look ridiculously hard.  Everyone's solo sucked to me and I think Phillip got the short end of the stick by being in the bottom 4.

Let's hope everyone likes my faves as much as me when the voting starts next week!

PS Also, to find all the great songs like Apparat's Arcadia from Ryan & Ellenore's cool first dance and Move Shake Drop from this week's hip hop, check out @SYTYCDmusic on twitter :)