'So You Think You Can Dance': Vegas bound!

The audition process is finally over for "So You Think You Can Dance," which means that the show enters a more intense, more enjoyable phase, with the 200-plus dancers being whittled down to the top 20 as they're asked to perform out of their comfort zones.

Who from the auditions stood out that you think might make the top 20? Marcus Shields, the unsmiling dancer who wore a T-shirt featuring the face of his dead mother? Gev Manoukian, the ice-skating hip-hop dancer who tried out two seasons ago? Susie Garcia, the strangely sexy high school teacher?  Stephen "Twitch" Boss, the well-rounded hip-hop dancer?

Now is the time to make your call so you can feel the pride when your pony is chosen as America's favorite dancer.

Bonus question: Who can solve the mystery of judge Nigel Lythgoe's Easter egg?

-- Claire Zulkey 

Comments

[kerouac9]

I'm so excited for Vegas week!

I'm glad to see that so many of the B-boys (and girls?) are taking classes and such in other styles. It's good for the art (kind of a reverse _Save the Last Dance_), and allows some cool mixing of forms.

But I think it's impossible to gauge front-runners at this point. We haven't seen many Ballroom dancers and very few of the Jazz/Lyrical dancers. My personal preference is for the lyrical dancers, because they combine awesome technique with really moving coreography, and they seem able to at least be a little flexible between styles.

I loved both of the "onesie" dancers from the beginning of tonight's show, and I liked the Tap Dancer from the end (although I fear it was her having a meltdown in the preview for tonight's ep).

The usual reality show multi-season narrative would suggest that it will be a male B-boy who wins this season (if you believe that the fix is in on all these shows). But I appreciate the unusual movement and athleticism of the more "traditional" dancers.

Don't sleep on the 40s-style dancer from tonight, either, Claire.

[SafeTinspector]

40's boy... ELIMINATED! Awww....

I'm glad that the weepy, self-pitying Claire (they kept calling her "sexy" and "hot," even though it was obvious the girl has an eating disorder) is GONE.

Also, the tap dancer who talked herself right off the show....

Was I the only one slightly uncomfortable that the contestants were forced to troop through a video shrine to themselves on the way to final judgement? At least it appears the majority of the contestants ignored the screens and marched on to their fates...