Season 7 auditions begin in New York.
Nigel Lythgoe is joined by Adam Shankman and Mia Michaels. Mary Murphy will be returning this season only as a choreographer and guest judge, while Mia Michaels is her replacement, despite having seemingly quit in season 6.
Sarah Brinson has always been the big dancer, but she says she doesn’t feel self conscious any more. Nigel thought that was amazing. Mia tells her she’s beyond her years, which is very rare. She’s going to Vegas.
Ballroom dancers Giselle Peacock and Henry Byalikov have danced for Burn the Floor. Where do you go from Broadway? So You Think You Can Dance. Smoking. Both get tickets to Vegas.
Mike Perlman got tired of getting kicked out of bars and clubs based on the way he dances. A very small percentage of people despise and loathe what he does. Like the Boston Police Department. For the record, that was not choreographed by Adam Shankman, whoever that is. He’s going to go out right now to get people to remember 1 2 3 Party!… but he won’t be doing so in Vegas.
We get an ever so brief glimpse of the woman lifting her husband that we saw in America’s Got Talent last year. These are judges are unimpressed.
Teddy Tedholm made it to Vegas last season. This year he’s back with a less outrageous outfit. Mia’s reminded of the unpopular kid who just didn’t quite fit, but his emotion is genius. Adam is honored to be able to watch that.
Scott Vogel loves his job cleaning up the stains and so forth following violent deaths. He calls it a biohazard something something something I think. Even after it’s replayed, it’s still entirely unclear. He’s going to have to stick with that rather than country line dancing. Oh, and after he cleans up the bodily fluids, he sells cereal bars.
Kevin “Shockalock” Porter brings his student Chris “Isolock” Dixon, who combines isolations with locking. Nigel’s seen better isolations but not with the locking. The question is what else he can do.
Courtney Galiano from season 4 and Jason Glover from season 5 will be taking the dancers through choreography.
Isolock easily gets the axe after this.
Jamie Greco makes low budget horror films. Depending on the day, he may be a she. This whole female impersonator stripping with fruit routine is just weird. Nigel reaches for the hand sanitizer.
Wadi Jones trains in Parkour (the free running in Prince of Persia). He will be advancing to choreography.
Edward Spots is returning for a second season. Now his dad supports his dancing. After they gush over him, the judges make him go to choreography. Why?
Megan Carter is the final dancer in New York. She’s “thicker” than other dancers. Her performance has Adam and Mia crying. Mia claims that size doesn’t matter, but Nigel is a realist. She will also be advancing to choreography.
Both Wadi and Megan have been cut. Edward, however, is going to Vegas.
Next we’re going to Miami. Bienvenidos a Miami. Jason Gilkison and Sonya Tayeh join Nigel there.
Michael Petr started ballroom dancing after seeing Dirty Dancing. Nigel’s happy to see someone not making (too many) weird facial expressions. He’ll be going to Vegas.
Tyrell Rolle is from the hood, Liberty City, not to be confused with the place from Grand Theft Auto. Contrary to the stereotypes, he’s a contemporary dancer, hoping to use dancing as an exit. Nigel found that to be tremendous. Sonya and Jason also loved it.
Henry Rivera has one first task: composing himself so that he can finish a complete sentence in the interview. But his dancing leaves those worries behind. The judges all agree he’s the best dancer so far in Miami.
Daria Kopylova dances with her dad. Doing a somewhat sexy number with her father creeps the judges out. Next time don’t bring a relative.
Ami Aguiar-Riley has a 6 year old son Donovan. She may be older, but she’s ready to do something for herself. Nigel thinks it was too static, although the technique is nice. After choreography, she’s going to Vegas.
Candace Craig hopes to be sexy, but hopefully not too much that they put a censor over her (this lasts until she swears). Jason thinks she’s a very likeable performer, although she doesn’t make clever choices. The over the top sensualness is a distraction. She’ll be wearing a sports bra for the choreography.
Rose Neptune has an awkward performance, and the partner she’s chosen is not helping matters any. The rest of the day in Miami gets progressively worse.
Jose Ruiz is a B-Boy inspired by Legacy to be on the show. The judges are impressed and relieved that Miami has stopped sucking with the final dancer of the night. He’ll have to get through choreography.
Candace is out. Despite not quite having it, Jose does go to Vegas.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of So You Think You Can Dance Season 7 Episode 2, which airs Wednesday at 8/7c on Fox.