Top Twenty perform for the first time. Mary Murphy should really ration those screams for those who matter. Besides, her screaming might ruin her beautiful Botox smile.
As expected, the choreographers put out their best stuff for the first episode. The first genre was a hip hop routine by "Tabither and Napolean" to Ne-Yo's "mad". Dancers Phillip and Jenine started the night off right. No one expected her to hold her own as well as she did. Phillip, a home-trained popper, danced in the shows finale last season...and was not a top twenty dancer. Needless to say expectations were met, and the night seemed to be on a higher note than expected. With the exception of Wade Robson's Crash Test dummy piece...I mean, seriously? I am glad the audience loved Kapono so much to not vote him off for a choreographer's mistake, that was really big of them. But, if Wade wants to keep his job, he will have to stop giving into his needy wife and choreographing whatever she thinks....her mind is not a sane place.
Other performances that were weaker than the choreography were Haitian sensation Vitolio and his Asian salsa partner Asuka's broadway routine. Before we get into the routine, lets stop for a minute and think about the couple itself. I understand that there is a lot of thought that goes into partner choosing. However, who thought it made sense to put Asuka and Vitolio together? The mere fact that she's an Asian salsa dancer raises eyebrows. Putting her with extra friendly over-emotional Vitolio, that surely sparks major chemistry...or not.
What made Asuka and Vitolio's dancing so bad was that they were forcing the cheesiness of broadway more than it normally needed. They looked like the kids in Drama class that are there for the fine arts credit and will do just enough to get an A because they're perfectionists, but not enough to impress anybody of importance because that would be too much work. Well, it worked, and they did not get the coveted scream from Ms. Murphy. Although we couldn't tell, she frowned at the hopeful couple at the end, calling it 'just good'.
Tony and Paris' routine would have been so much nicer if Twitch and Comfort from last season did it. They danced to a funky, hardcore remix of Black Eyed Peas "Boom, Boom, Pow" The only reason it sucked was because he reminded me of Vanilla Ice. Judge Adam Shankman said that the couple danced 'mushy'. He was being nice. They looked like the people who take hip hop lessons for the first time. Honestly, it would have been better if their wardrobe wasn't so corny. It was a space age red and black creation that did not make much sense. No one was sad to see them voted off, or shocked for that matter...They sucked before they got to the top 20 anyway.
My expectations for next episode are to see more emotion on Ashka's face, and the next two obvious couples to go home....that girl and the somewhat ballroom dancer guy....he particularly sucks booty.
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