Guilty TV pleasures

So You Think You Can Dance is a guilty pleasure. Mostly because while I really don’t like “reality” or talent shows all that much, (I do watch the occasional one here and there) I always make an exception for SYTYCD.

I loooooooooove it.

Except for Mary. Would someone please rip out her voicebox? Or at the very least could she come down with laryngitis? Christ she’s annoying. That screaming – just kill me now.

(Debbie Allen was a judge tonight. Most excellent.)

After the night of the first episode with the top 20, I couldn’t help it, I had to find out who wins this series. But I’m not going to tell you – you’ll have to either find out for yourself or watch right to the very end. I can’t say anything else about this, or comment on their performances ‘cause then that may clue you in.

Besides, what has actually prompted me to do this post is tonight’s dance by Pasha and Jessi. I love these guys. Certainly not the best dancers in the show, but definitely the ones for whom I will stop whatever I am doing in order to watch.

So, finding out that Jessi wasn’t going to dance with Pasha bothered me. What happened to bring this about was that she was hospitalised due to breathing problems. Pasha ended up dancing the Cha Cha with Melanie LaPatin, choreographer Tony Meredith’s assistant. Pasha was on fire!

After the performance Nigel announced that Jessi would have to dance for her life in the elimination show, since she wasn’t able to perform on the night. If she was still unable to perform – she would be automatically eliminated! Boo! Hiss!

Thankfully, Jessi was able to perform. She and Pasha did their Cha Cha as it was intended:

Unfortunately, Jessi got the boot. Bastards.