There were not many happy dancers at the So You Think You Can Dance eliminations this week. Of course, elimination night is never happy for those chosen to leave, but this week was brutal for every dancer placed in the bottom three couples. Nigel Lythgoe scolded all "bottom three" dancers, saying that none of them had performed solos well enough to expect to stay on the show! Scanning the dancer's faces, they appeared almost in shock at the harsh remarks.
The show began with host Cat Deeley hugging the couples and announcing which were safe and which were in danger of being sent home.
In the first set of three couples, Channing Cooke and Victor Smalley, who had performed a contemporary routine, and Kathryn McCormick and Legacy Perez, who performed the Broadway style, were announced as safe -- and Ellenore Scott and Ryan Di Lello, who did a lively hip-hop, were the first couple placed on the in-danger list.
The second set of dancers found Ashleigh Di Lello and Jakob Karr, who performed a Mandy Moore choreographed number, and Noelle Marsh and Russell Ferguson, who did an impressive African jazz, safe -- while Pauline Mata and Peter Sabasino, who had entertained with a quick step, became the second couple with a possibility of being sent home.
The results of voting for the third set of dancers drew shock from the audience. Karen Hauer and Kevin Hunte, who had garnered high praise from the judges for their hustle number, were placed in danger. And Mollee Gray and Nathan Trasoras, who the judges felt had not performed their salsa well, had been voted safe.
But Lythgoe spared no words in telling Nathan that while the young girls might vote for him because he is cute, his dancing was not impressing -- so he had better get serious if he expected to stay on So You Think You Can Dance. Nathan's parner, Mollee, looked paralyzed with fear as Lythgoe spoke to Nathan, but it seemed that Lythgoe hardly noticed her -- and, in the end, she was likely very happy to have been left unchided.
As is typically the case, all six dancers in the bottom three couples performed their solos -- some quick-cutting hip-hop moves, jumps and twirls. And then it was time for the judges to once again decide which boy and which girl must be sent home.
Usually Lythgoe returns and reminds the dancers that, no matter what happens, they are very talented to have made it so far in the competition. But this week the judge returned with no smile -- and sternly announced that it was the opinion of the judges that none of the dancers had danced up to expectations and that the judges were absolutely disappointed.
Still, it would be two dancers who would be sent home, not the entire group. And it really did not seem to surprise many fans that the judges chose Pauline Mata, an 18-year old from West Covina, CA and her partner, tapper Peter Sabasino, 21, of Philadelphia, PA to depart. Neither were strangers to the "bottom three, but, still, clearly disappointed that their competition time had come to an end.
The show began with host Cat Deeley hugging the couples and announcing which were safe and which were in danger of being sent home.
In the first set of three couples, Channing Cooke and Victor Smalley, who had performed a contemporary routine, and Kathryn McCormick and Legacy Perez, who performed the Broadway style, were announced as safe -- and Ellenore Scott and Ryan Di Lello, who did a lively hip-hop, were the first couple placed on the in-danger list.
The second set of dancers found Ashleigh Di Lello and Jakob Karr, who performed a Mandy Moore choreographed number, and Noelle Marsh and Russell Ferguson, who did an impressive African jazz, safe -- while Pauline Mata and Peter Sabasino, who had entertained with a quick step, became the second couple with a possibility of being sent home.
The results of voting for the third set of dancers drew shock from the audience. Karen Hauer and Kevin Hunte, who had garnered high praise from the judges for their hustle number, were placed in danger. And Mollee Gray and Nathan Trasoras, who the judges felt had not performed their salsa well, had been voted safe.
But Lythgoe spared no words in telling Nathan that while the young girls might vote for him because he is cute, his dancing was not impressing -- so he had better get serious if he expected to stay on So You Think You Can Dance. Nathan's parner, Mollee, looked paralyzed with fear as Lythgoe spoke to Nathan, but it seemed that Lythgoe hardly noticed her -- and, in the end, she was likely very happy to have been left unchided.
As is typically the case, all six dancers in the bottom three couples performed their solos -- some quick-cutting hip-hop moves, jumps and twirls. And then it was time for the judges to once again decide which boy and which girl must be sent home.
Usually Lythgoe returns and reminds the dancers that, no matter what happens, they are very talented to have made it so far in the competition. But this week the judge returned with no smile -- and sternly announced that it was the opinion of the judges that none of the dancers had danced up to expectations and that the judges were absolutely disappointed.
Still, it would be two dancers who would be sent home, not the entire group. And it really did not seem to surprise many fans that the judges chose Pauline Mata, an 18-year old from West Covina, CA and her partner, tapper Peter Sabasino, 21, of Philadelphia, PA to depart. Neither were strangers to the "bottom three, but, still, clearly disappointed that their competition time had come to an end.
But it had to be a disappointment to So You Think You Can Dance tap dancing fans to have Peter leave because he was actually the third tapper in two weeks to be eliminated from the show -- meaning, too, that there are no tap dancers remaining in the competition.
It was definitely a rough week, but the harsh remarks will likely compel the dancers to work even harder this week. So perhaps next week's dancing will actually be the best of the season! The talent is obviously there -- the dancers simply need to step up to the plate, or in this case, step perfectly on the dance floor!
It was definitely a rough week, but the harsh remarks will likely compel the dancers to work even harder this week. So perhaps next week's dancing will actually be the best of the season! The talent is obviously there -- the dancers simply need to step up to the plate, or in this case, step perfectly on the dance floor!
