Vegas Week on So You Think You Can Dance always makes me think of the classic intro to ABC’s Wide World of Sports, and Season 9 proved no exception. Indeed, with 181 dancers battling through eight different rounds over four days, two people exiting on stretchers, and only 35 remaining at the end of the two-hour telecast, Jim McKay’s voiceover — “the thrill of victory, the agony of defeat, and the human drama of athletic competition” — would’ve fit right in alongside Mary Murphy’s whoops of approval and Adam Shankman’s tears.
Still, if memory serves, I don’t think there...
Still, if memory serves, I don’t think there...
- 6/21/2012
- by Michael Slezak
- TVLine.com
Dancers brave a week of grueling callback auditions as 'Sytycd' narrows down the field in Las Vegas.
By Natasha Chandel
Alexa Anderson on "So You Think You Can Dance"
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While every dancer might think they have the moves, less than two dozen make it to the top 20 on the dance-competition series "So You Think You Can Dance." The path to that coveted spot requires a pass through the grueling callback auditions in Vegas, the first of which was underway on Wednesday night's episode.Hundreds of dancers pushed, pulled and injured their way into and out of the show, as they endured a week of intense choreography that tested their skills in all the major styles of dance featured on "Sytycd."The week began with solos, graduated to group routines and culminated with 35 dancers making it to the final week before the top 20 announcement. Some had to "dance for their...
By Natasha Chandel
Alexa Anderson on "So You Think You Can Dance"
Photo:
While every dancer might think they have the moves, less than two dozen make it to the top 20 on the dance-competition series "So You Think You Can Dance." The path to that coveted spot requires a pass through the grueling callback auditions in Vegas, the first of which was underway on Wednesday night's episode.Hundreds of dancers pushed, pulled and injured their way into and out of the show, as they endured a week of intense choreography that tested their skills in all the major styles of dance featured on "Sytycd."The week began with solos, graduated to group routines and culminated with 35 dancers making it to the final week before the top 20 announcement. Some had to "dance for their...
- 6/21/2012
- MTV Music News
There’s nothing like the “Vegas Callbacks” round to make So You Think You Can Dance look like a common pool party!
Thirty-five dancers moved on after a grueling Vegas Callbacks round. Contestants had to make it through four routines: Broadway with Tyce Diorio, Jazz with Sonya Tayeh, Ballroom with Jason Gilkinson, and Contemporary with season 2 runner-up and frequent choreographer Travis Wall. We barely saw any names on-screen (so I’m sorry I can’t give you the official list of 35), but the editors did make sure to give us one complete Vegas story arc: that of Blake Lively lookalike Alexa Anderson.
Thirty-five dancers moved on after a grueling Vegas Callbacks round. Contestants had to make it through four routines: Broadway with Tyce Diorio, Jazz with Sonya Tayeh, Ballroom with Jason Gilkinson, and Contemporary with season 2 runner-up and frequent choreographer Travis Wall. We barely saw any names on-screen (so I’m sorry I can’t give you the official list of 35), but the editors did make sure to give us one complete Vegas story arc: that of Blake Lively lookalike Alexa Anderson.
- 6/21/2012
- by Annie Barrett
- EW.com - PopWatch
Here's something you'll never hear me say about any reality show besides So You Think You Can Dance: I'm sad that the audition episodes are over. The show handles its tryout weeks with gusto, a lot of respect for its competitors, and more celebration than mockery. (Take note, American Idol.) Even host Cat Deeley, who makes only a few short cameos in each audition episode, is wonderfully sympathetic as a contestant interviewer. The fact that she lives an Emmy-less existence is a human injustice. Let's take this crusade to the streets.
As usual, I've got the five best auditions of the week, this time from the Salt Lake City tryouts. Did anyone wear a tabernacle-like hat and jive in tribute to Brigham Young? Did guest judge Adam Shankman weep an entire great salt lake into his diet green tea? Stay tuned for the unsurprising answers.
1. Deanne "Dee" Tomasetta can't make you love her,...
As usual, I've got the five best auditions of the week, this time from the Salt Lake City tryouts. Did anyone wear a tabernacle-like hat and jive in tribute to Brigham Young? Did guest judge Adam Shankman weep an entire great salt lake into his diet green tea? Stay tuned for the unsurprising answers.
1. Deanne "Dee" Tomasetta can't make you love her,...
- 6/14/2012
- by virtel
- The Backlot
The So You Think You Can Dance auditions hit Salt Lake City this week, and guest judge Adam Shankman could not stop swearing. “Shut the f— up, you are amazing,” he screamed at the very first contestant after she had not said anything. Mary Murphy brought back the Hot Tamale Train for the first time in season 9, and Nigel Lythgoe informed a young man he “could have someone’s eye out with those nipples.” Just another day in the ballroom!
Who was your favorite dancer tonight? Mine was Amanda Bynes (pictured). Just kidding, that’s Deanna “Dee” Tomasetta, the lovechild...
Who was your favorite dancer tonight? Mine was Amanda Bynes (pictured). Just kidding, that’s Deanna “Dee” Tomasetta, the lovechild...
- 6/14/2012
- by Annie Barrett
- EW.com - PopWatch
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