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Beth4freedom
Member
10-24-2003
| Thursday, June 14, 2007 - 7:26 pm
I can't believe I actually picked the correct bottom three (see previous page): Sabra & D'Trix - Disco Ashlee & Ricky - Argentine Tango Faina & Cedric - Hip Hop I thought that the judges' elimination was based on the "save your life" performances. Note from Nigel to be sure and bring your absolute best if you have to do solo. On that basis, I agree with the eliminations. When I saw Sabra dance, I thought FABULOUS (and prior to dance, I thought she might go). I thought Ashlee didn't dance as strongly as I had seen her before. Faina I had mixed feelings about. The men...I really hated to see any of them go. I did agree that Ricky didn't dance as strongly as he might have (and remember Nigel had said when they put him in top 20, that he apologized to the women who had to dance with him...I think I have that right). I had thought however that they would have chosen to keep Ricky since the other 2 were in the same style.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Thursday, June 14, 2007 - 7:32 pm
Crap I slept right thru the show. Thx for the spoiling. I liked Ricky.
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Danzdol
Member
04-21-2001
| Thursday, June 14, 2007 - 7:37 pm
   I am very upset by Ricky leaving....he is extremely talented and yes, they are all going to get sick of watching Dominic's hand over hand tricks. What were they thinking? So Ricky had a bad partner for the first dance, so what? he DID show he was amazing in his solo. Just the jumps alone were amazing! I completely disagree! Beth- I think Nigel said that about apologizing regarding someone else no?
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Ketchuplover
Member
08-30-2000
| Thursday, June 14, 2007 - 7:39 pm
Cedric
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Beachcomber
Member
08-26-2003
| Thursday, June 14, 2007 - 7:50 pm
Mocha, you need to see a clip of Benji's dance, the ending was SHOCKING! Ohh, say can you see Benji's undies?
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Beachcomber
Member
08-26-2003
| Thursday, June 14, 2007 - 7:51 pm
Costa, YW. I am stuck in a hotel room and bored out of my mind. I was beginning to think I was in my own little world of SYTYCD! LOL!
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Thursday, June 14, 2007 - 7:52 pm
Aren't they dancing with the same partners, until they lose a partner? Same as last season?
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Puzzled
Member
08-27-2001
| Thursday, June 14, 2007 - 8:19 pm
Ashlee and Ricky got a really bum deal. The choreography for their Tango was just awful. They never should have had her hauling Ricky around like that. It made her look like some kind of frenzied Amazon because of their difference in sizes.
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Cricket
Member
08-05-2002
| Thursday, June 14, 2007 - 9:18 pm
Ricky was the only one of the 3 nommed males who could actually dance. I don't get the judges decision to send him home. I agree, Puzzed..bum deal. What makes it worse is the judges agree they got a bum deal, but still cut them both. The gal that stayed over Ashlee bugs me when she dances. She was awful in her dance last night, and when she free styles, she moves her legs too fast. They are faster than the beat of the music. It's annoying. I can't believe none of the judges have noticed this or said anything. She thinks she's better than she is.
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Watching2
Member
07-07-2001
| Thursday, June 14, 2007 - 10:54 pm
I thought they blew it sending Ricky home, too. Even if that wasn't his "best" it was far better than what Dominic did. Plus, like said above, I thought they would have kept him over 2 hip hop dancers. It was Cedric who Nigel thought wouldn't be able to dance with the ladies and then apologized to him tonight. Although, he did have to "dance for his life." Unfortunately, Ashlee did very little in her solo. I couldn't figure out why she didn't pull off some big dance moves instead of just waving her arms, etc. She's totally capable of doing much more as evidenced in her "journey video."
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Beth4freedom
Member
10-24-2003
| Thursday, June 14, 2007 - 10:56 pm
Ketchuplover, thanks for the clarification re Cedric...still hard to keep everyone straight, and this year I vowed not to tape!
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Friday, June 15, 2007 - 6:38 am
Oh wow Beach, maybe youtube will have it lol.
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Madelane
Member
08-20-2001
| Friday, June 15, 2007 - 6:42 am
"vowed not to tape"?? I would go crazy without being able to replay everything. I still have last year's finale on my Tivo and I can't bring myself to delete it. I watched it again the other day. I have saved Tuesday's show so I can watch all the dances again, particularly the lyrical one. Beth you must tape! How funny whoever said they felt guilty about Allison - I voted this year for the same reason. She was absolutely my favorite and should have won the whole thing. Although, Benji's dance last night was great. He is such a ham. I will say I expected, if I ever thought about it, for his body to be scrawnier in tight underpants. I was disappointed that anyone had to go home - I would enjoy watching all 20 dance every week, frankly. I actually think Ricky is not such a great technical dancer - he looks sloppy to me until he does his leaps, which are somehow perfect in every way. I also was disappointed in Ashlee's solo. So I didn't disagree with the judges' eventual decisions. How does Cedric make his arms and legs look so freakishly long when he dances? He is pretty much normal-sized but when he does his moves his arms just stretch and stretch - very cool. Did I mention that I, too, LOVE THIS SHOW?
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Mack
Member
07-23-2002
| Friday, June 15, 2007 - 7:27 am
Can't find much fault with the cuts last night but we did think Dominic was not as good as Ricky last night in his solo. The pairing of Ashlee and Ricky just didn't work and their tango was...well...bad. The part of the dance they played last night unfortunately happened to be the one part of the dance where it appeared Ashlee was dragging Ricky around the dance floor. Taken out of the context of the whole dance it was almost comical.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Friday, June 15, 2007 - 8:24 am
Faina's footwork is pretty standard for ballroom. That's why Mary likes her so much. She IS good at ballroom, I'm just not sure I like her personality. Yet. Ashlee's solo was a bit boring. She basically did a few things and then would hold and pose (vogue?). I think they sent the right guy home, too. Although I like Ricky and think he's a great dancer, it just didn't come across in his solo. And it sounded like that's what the judges were basing their decision on. I like that Nigel apologized to Cedric. For an untrained dancer, he's really done well. I think some of his moves are incredible (the way he looks like he has rubber legs!) And Dominic, too. For not having partner danced before, he really didn't do badly at all. Although Nigel was right... he's been doing, basically, the same thing over and over again during his solo performances. He needs to step it up or he'll be gone the next time he's in the bottom 3.
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Ketchuplover
Member
08-30-2000
| Friday, June 15, 2007 - 9:18 am
On another site someone suggested they dumped Ricky because he's Danny's chief competition and they're pushing Danny to win. I don't disagree.
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Beth4freedom
Member
10-24-2003
| Friday, June 15, 2007 - 9:57 am
Madelane, I "vowed not to tape" BECAUSE I still have a good deal of last year's on tape (including Travis' audition, which wowed me). I feel freer if I'm not taping and accumulating more videos to make declutter decisions on later. I was beginning to feel that they were clogging my life, so I am going on a "diet" and staying tape free until I can process the old ones. I once went without television for 10 years (approx 1985-1995) and felt so much freer and better then too. Free in the same way you can feel free when you dance. Some day I hope to be television-free again, but since my Mom died, I have needed the distraction, and it does help me from sinking into negative thoughts, especially since I try to watch only positive, uplifting, and laughter-filled material. Hope that explains.
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Trini
Member
07-06-2004
| Friday, June 15, 2007 - 11:57 am
I loved Ricky he can dance, why didn't he 'dance for his life'
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Trini
Member
07-06-2004
| Friday, June 15, 2007 - 12:01 pm
Quote:frenzied Amazon because of their difference in sizes. That deserves a repeat!LOL!!! so true.
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Madelane
Member
08-20-2001
| Friday, June 15, 2007 - 12:57 pm
Beth - I am weighed down by TV too, and I'm always trying to find reasons to stop watching stuff, so I know what you're talking about! Anyway, of course I was just teasing you about your vow. It's smart! Look at me sitting around watching last year's finale over and over! I have the same problem with books and magazines - they are everywhere and I never have time to read them.
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Fiat
Member
10-07-2004
| Friday, June 15, 2007 - 1:53 pm
I was sad to see Ricky leave. He was my favorite male dancer. Interesting comment, Ketchup, about the judges paving the way for a Danny win. I wonder why? Didn't they warn him about being too cocky when they placed him in the top 20?
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Ketchuplover
Member
08-30-2000
| Friday, June 15, 2007 - 3:09 pm
Come to think of it you're right. They did say that. Guess we'll just have to see what happens.
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Beth4freedom
Member
10-24-2003
| Friday, June 15, 2007 - 5:43 pm
They warned him about being too cocky, but they also considered him one of the best dancers. So far on the show, he has not seemed cocky, which is good. Never have forgotten that fabulous dancer from Season One who got voted out when he talked all over the place about Dan Karaty and how he could dance so much better than Dan--and then Dan saw the video interview and called him out on it.
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Biginjapan
Member
07-23-2005
| Friday, June 15, 2007 - 9:17 pm
No need to vote on this show. The judges have their favorites and those ones are gonna get through no matter how good anyone else is. They should let us do all the voting now. They put twenty great dancers in there. We should take if from there.
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Friday, June 15, 2007 - 10:02 pm
there is a need to vote ... if your favorite gets enough votes, the judges have no input. they just eliminate from the bottom three couples.
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