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Auditions: Bay Area/Atlanta (or "Tyler Perry's
Neighborhood of Make-Believe")
May 26
It's season 8 of "So You Think You Can
Dance." How did we go from there? What surprises will we bring to the
table? And what could be the best way to find a dancer? To do that, Cat
Deeley and Mary Murphy, who is returning, have joined forces with some
of the greatest choreographers and the alums for a season you will never
forget. To find the dancer, we go first to the deep south....
ATLANTA
Fox Theatre
Mary, along with Nigel and Lil' C are in the judges table and Bianka
Hinkerlan is up first. Her fast-paced salsa gets her to round 2. Then
came Melanie Moore, a college student who saw her dad die as a teenager,
but didn't die by dancing a contemporary, sending her off to Vegas. Next
came the team of Deon & Damon known as "D-Day" for a comedy/serious
routine, splitting one of the 2 to Las Vegas. With 10 straight dancers
to Vegas, it could be a record that could never be broken.
DAY 2
Kimalee, who is a dancer, kicks the day off with a contemporary routine,
Her partner: Lorenzo Lamas. But it's not the star from "Renegade," it's
the ordinary person. Name dropper. We get a montage of words said by he
judges you might find in the dictionary. Now here's John Palermo whose
nickname is "White Chocolate" with a break dance that sent him out in
the sun....where the chocolate obviously melts...Ick! More dancers to go
Vegas and we go to....
SAN FRANCISCO
(Technically, Somewhere in Oakland)
And who's joining Nigel? Toni Redpath & Tyce Diorio. Amber Williams
comes up on stage. she dances her "tusher" off....and she said it
herself. And off she goes to Las Vegas! Next up, Timothy Joseph does a
b-boy dance, but in round 2, an injury drops him out. Danielle Ihe comes
through to Vegas. Why? Because of her family being abandoned by her
father. Ashley Rich did contemporary and zips through to Vegas, but the
dancing of Iesha Moss gets stripped like a poster trying to taper off.
D'-Onque Anderson. ...yes, it's the first name, comes in with
multi-colored hair and a routine taht looks black & white. The judges
send him to arts & crafts school as his punishment....Just made that
comment up for the hair, but we move on.
DAY 2
Jeffrey McCann is "The Machine" and he made the whole thing work. They
grant him a patent to Vegas and Ryan Ramirez returns for some revenge
after what just happened last year. Levi Allan aka "I Dummy" does a
style of breakdancing on the floor called "turfin" which was a lock for
round 2, but they get rid of him for his lack of following the
choreography. And that's why they call him "I Dummy." To the dancers
going to Vegas from the Bay Area, they ain't dummies, they're geniuses.
So what did we learn?
- Strippers can't go to round 2 or Vegas. Just ask a strip club DJ who
audtioned there.
- Floor dancing isn't for preschoolers anymore.
- Multi-colored hair is perfect for sporting events, but not on this
show.
- 10 straight dancers to Vegas will make it 11 by next week. It could
happen.
Anything else I learned so far? You'll know why next week as we hit up
Salt Lake City and New York City. See you guys later.
To see this episode in its entirety,
go to www.fox.com/dance.
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