The top 11 killed some time in So You Think You Can Dance Season 7 Episode 5. Tonight the competition starts for real. Oh, and the numbers have changed this season, to ones that seem silly.
Billy Bell with Lauren
Style: Broadway
Choreographer: Tyce Diorio
Song: Footloose by Kenny Loggins
Nigel: Really suited you.
Mia: So proud. Awesome job.
Adam: Dancing is too bloody easy for you. Your biggest challenges will be figuring out the character and staying there, filling out what’s in between the steps, and finding what the choreographer did not give.
Number: 1-888-6-BEST-01
Cristina Santana with Mark
Style: Jazz
Choreographer: Sonya Tayeh
Song: Starstruck by Santigold
Nigel: Tremendous in that routine. Now showing America that you’re good.
Mia: Partnered with the best, and you did an awesome job.
Adam: Saw no trace of a salsa dancer.
Number: 1-888-6-BEST-02
Jose Ruiz with Comfort
Style: Hip hop
Choreographers: Tabitha & Napoleon Dumo
Song: Beautiful Monster by Ne-Yo
Nigel: For me for you, that was absolutely outstanding.
Mia: The choreography is a little bit of ihh (I don’t know if that’s how you spell it).
Adam: Improving from week to week is what gets people through. Work on power moves that are faster.
Number: 1-888-6-BEST-03
Adechike Torbert with Kathryn
Style: Jazz
Choreographer: Travis Wall
Song: Addicted to Love by Florence + The Machine (is this a real singer?)
Nigel: Didn’t quite believe this was your fantasy, that you really wanted her as much as she was giving. Steps were done really well.
Mia: No sexual chemistry. Just stiffness, strength, and empty technique.
Adam: There for your partner all the time, but you did not go that extra step.
Number: 1-888-6-BEST-04
Melinda Sullivan with Pasha
Style: Jive
Choreographers: Melanie Lapatin & Tony Meredith
Song: L.O.V.E. by VV Brown
Nigel: Be careful you don’t pull your lovely face around too much. Style didn’t suit you. Break open your tap shoes so you can dance tomorrow.
Mia: Something about your legs. There’s a lack of… something. Like a big box of Corn Flakes (I think that’s a bad thing).
Adam: Good performer, which was used to mask your weaknesses.
Number: 1-888-6-BEST-05
Alex Wong with Allison
Style: Contemporary
Choreographer: Sonya Tayeh
Song: Hallelujah by Jeff Buckley
Nigel: Set a new standard. You can have structure and artistry melded together.
Mia: The best piece of work danced on the So You Think You Can Dance stage anywhere in the world to date.
Adam: Those dancers made Sonya a totally different choreographer.
Number: 1-888-6-BEST-06
Alexie Agdeppa with Twitch
Style: Hip hop
Choreographer: Tabitha & Napoleon Dumo
Song: Butterfly by Jason Mraz
Nigel: Such a cute little dancer. Maybe too cutesy.
Mia: Danced like a young adorable girl. No hip hop groove.
Adam: Won over by charisma. Make sure you’re dancing with power.
Number: 1-888-6-BEST-07
Lauren Froderman with Ade
Style: Pop jazz
Choreographer: Mandy Moore
Song: Oh Yeah by Yello
Nigel: Great routine but no chemistry. Safe. At the moment.
Mia: Kind of flawless technically and athletically, but there’s a lot of unused space.
Adam: Focused on presentation. And don’t thank us for criticizing you.
Number: 1-888-6-BEST-08
Kent Boyd with Anya
Style: Chacha
Choreographer: Melanie Lapatin & tony Meredith
Song: Lady Marmalade by Diva Invasion
Nigel: The overriding factor is you enjoyed it. Wapakoneta can be proud.
Mia: Committed to everything. Great other than the one step in the middle.
Adam: Determination, and it showed.
Number: 1-888-6-BEST-09
Ashley Galvan with Neil
Style: Contemporary
Choreographer: Tyce Diorio
Song: For All We Know by Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway
Nigel: Absolutely beautiful.
Mia: I felt you a lot, but I’m not sure what I felt.
Adam: Not connected with you emotionally.
Number: 1-888-6-BEST-10
Robert Roldan with Courtney
Style: African Jazz
Choreographer: Sean Cheesman
Song: Norweg from Cirque de Soleil’s Saltimbanco Soundtrack
Nigel: A dark horse in this competition.
Mia: So many things I love about you.
Adam: Knew exactly what you were dancing about. One of the best contemporary dancers ever on this show.
Number: 1-888-6-BEST-11
Aside from a couple of shining examples, it was hard to focus on the actual contestants because of who they were dancing with. Shocker.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of So You Think You Can Dance Season 7 Episode 7, which airs Thursday at 9/8c on Fox.