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Thank you for alerting me that there is a whole hour of Steven Seagal on tonight. Glorious.

Sigh. My ponies never win the famewhoring races. Maxx Factor was one of three acts to get a standing ovation in the first hour of The Sing Off and were unceremoniously booted for a great performance. Then Ellenore was forced to play pageant runner up, plaster on an unmoving smile, and pretend to believe the experience of SYTYCD was winning instead of beating the crap out of Nigel for throwing her under the bus last night. And now it seems like one of the crazies is going home on Launch My Line.

Anyone want to see what a more successful famewhore from my hometown is like? Turn on Ghost Adventures Academy tonight for the finale. Jane Riley, the troublemaker, was a few years ahead of me in school. We did a lot of shows together and she was always determined to not take the blame for any mistake she made. It's been simultaneously satisfying and horrifying to see her taken to task three weeks in a row for being so two-faced and manipulative.

I agree, kilmo, ripping your shirt off and shouting "It is DONE!" (WTF?) is a bizarre reaction to winning, as was ignoring Jakob and yanking Kevin on stage instead. I was hoping for Jakob to win--I just think he's the better dancer and I enjoy watching him a lot more--but since Russell was also excellent I didn't expect to feel disappointed. Then he acted like such an ass (even Cat seemed annoyed by him) that I WAS disappointed.

Nigel has always seemed like a funny guy to me, but he keeps negating it with the creepy lecherous old man thing. And they definitely need to go back to having a guest judge on the panel--when they brought everyone back for the finale I felt like they didn't belong. Plus I love hearing Lil'C make an ass out of himself using big words he doesn't understand in combinations that make no sense. He's the Sarah Palin of the dance world.

Good morning Kballs,

I'm gonna have to watch the episode again, cause I didn't see what you saw, obvs.

In 5 seasons (+ 2 Canadian version) of SYTYCD, no one has ever celebrated a win like that before. It's was a little disconcerting. I actually really like Russell, maybe my enthusiasm was tempered by Kevin being brought on stage. He really bothers me along with his stupid hair, cut it!!!

Also, I don't think Cat was trying to taunt the kid. She was just trying to make the best out a bad situation. I thought the stool comment was pretty hilars.

ps.
thanks for throwing 3 words at me "Wet. Fucking. Blanket(s)", that just made my morning.

Holy hell, KBalls, did you go off your meds? You shouldn't do that without asking your doctor first, you know. No one's hating here. I just thought taking off his shirt and yelling "It is done!" was weird. It came off sounding like he thought he had single-handedly wiped out poverty and improved race relations by winning a dance competition. It didn't seem to match up with the humble personality he had shown up to that point. I'm not saying he didn't have a shitty childhood, didn't have to fight hard to get where he is now, or even that he didn't deserve to win. I just found some of his reactions baffling. Other than that, I was happy for him and his parents.

The problem with reading someone's opinion as opposed to hearing and watching them say it is that it sometimes gets taken the wrong way. I reread my comment and didn't see the hate, but maybe that's because I wrote it. I was just a little bummed for Jakob. I read your comment, however, and I get plenty of hate and rage. Talk about a wet blanket. You reading hatred into a comment in which none was expressed says more about you than the person doing the commenting.

Four words for you: Chill. The. Fuck. Out. Your guy won; be happy.

Well, you used the word "hater" which I reacted strongly to, but I also used the word "ass" in referring to Russell which I didn't really mean anything by. Aside from Joshua, no one else has won that I rooted for, so I can certainly understand your excitement and passion.

*hugs*

*cops a feel*

Mimes are creepy so do what you must Kballs.

Alright, I can see your point about the other winners and that's like totally true. Except, no ballroom dancer has won, it's only been contemporary and hip hop.

Robert,
from the other thread: the couple for the top 20 aren't random. They're picked by Nigel and company for esthetics and height etc. The only bad pairing I can remember is from season 2 where this short kid and a gigantres were paired together. They were gone first week.

The dances are picked at random however, which is why some couples go 3 weeks with a ballroom routine.

kilmo,
Remember Benji's stupid ass? He's the only ballroom dancer to win. Also, I thought Joshua was a contemporary dancer, not hip-hop. Wikipedia would've been useful about 2 hours ago.

Oh sure, when I put out, THEN I get your attention, KBalls. Don't toy with me, I know you're already taken. *sniffles*

kilmo I too thought the top 20 couples picked each other at random in addition to the dance styles. It makes sense that they wouldn't be; otherwise a lot of awkward pairings might result and some really good dancers wouldn't get a fair chance.

Benji choreographed a really fun swing number a season or two back which I enjoyed. I wish they could devote a little time to seeing what former winners are doing now. Don't they usually get some kind of dance contract for a year in addition to the money? Occasionally you see former contestants in the audience, and they spent some time hyping the Fame movie with Kherington, but otherwise they seem to just disappear. I'd like to see what Joshua was up to.

I actually thought Ryan Kaspersak (I'm sure I'm spelling that wrong) deserved to be cut this season. I don't get what happened to the guy; he was so close to making top 20 last year, he gave a great audition this season, and then when he did hip hop and ballroom he totally stunk. I was sooo bummed out by that.

I do NOT get what happened with Katie's roommate (Natalie? I'm gonna go with Natalie) last season. The judges raved about her, they showed her and Brandon in rehearsal doing a Sonya routine, which they KILLED, and then she was a little off during the actual audition. A little off. And they gave her no slack, just cut her instantly and acted like she had bombed so bad that she could never be redeemed. Yet they gave Tony (I think? Too many names at this point), the hip-hopper with the briefcase routine, multiple shots despite him sucking again and again. Natalie deserved a second chance way more than that guy did.

I remember they gave Katie some runner-up money but I've never seem them do it before or since. Consistency is not this show's strong point. In any case, it's some consolation to me that the top 10 will be touring, and you know a lot of those dancers will go on to great careers because of the exposure they got on the show, as well as the experience.

Damn, I'm chatty today. Apologies for my long-winded-ness; work is slow.

To clarify: I'm happy Russell won. I wanted him or Ellenore for quite a while.

Meanwhile, my brother has blocked Pajiba, with a password, from all of the home computers. He really dislikes the site. He says it's a bad influence and makes me want to watch films he's never heard of. Cellphone access just isn't the same.

Robert--your brother is an ass. But then, you probably already know that.

Over Christmas break I will either have to access Pajiba through dial-up (oh so painful), or go to my mom's to use her DSL connection (perhaps just as painful). So I understand your pain.

Bessie,
I'd be watching it again tonight as well, except I gotta watch the Olympic torch come down Yonge Street for national unity or something.

I'm using it as a total exuse to get some Second Cup hot chocolate, Starbucks can suck it!

You will find Lopez absolutly hilarious.

Robert - that's not cool about the passwords, but a little hilars at the same time. I heart my iphone, but my eyes are burning.