The So You Think You Can Dance format in the U.S. has been one of eliminating contestants until there is one champion left standing, but the wife of a judge for So You Think You Can Dance Canada show has opined that the Canadian version of the show should name both a boy and a girl winner.
France Mousseau, wife of Canadian judge Jean-Marc Genereux, believes that SYTYCD Canada should award two prizes -- one to a boy and one to a girl -- because the performance of boys and girls are not identical. While Jeanine Mason won the U.S. version of the competition last week, the second girl to do so, the US dance competition has crowned more boy champions than girl champions.
"It's too bad, because the girls do so much difficult legwork and footwork," explained Mousseau in an interview with Vancouversun. "Maybe the audience does not understand just how difficult it is to do."
The SYTYCD Canada show is off and running this week. Host Leah Miller told Metronews that after watching auditions, including dancers in genres absent from the competition last season, the level of talent is so high that there is no time to show "bad talent." She said, "We don't really have people who show up that just want to be on TV. The people that come, even if they aren't as talented or technically trained, really believe that they're good and they're passionate about it. Some of them are from small towns that don't have dance studios and they learned how to dance from watching videos and YouTube."
"What I love about this show is our kids are for real," said judge Jean Marc Genereux. "They really want to do the best they can. Every tear that comes out of my eyes and their eyes ... is real emotion, and it can't be a better feeling for somebody to be invited to witness that every week.
Dancer Tre Armstrong added, "Throughout the travels, we have found some of the most dynamic and freakin' unique dancers I have ever seen. I have seen a lot, we all have, but nothing like what we have this year."
Judges on SYTYCD Canada are Jean Marc Genereux, Tre Armstrong, Luther Brown and Blake McGrath. But special judges who will be making appearances are familiar names to viewers of SYTYCD in the U.S. -- Mary Murphy, Mia Michaels and Lil C.
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