Review: SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE “Top 10 Perform”

First of all, I love that Lil’ C is one of the judges. Ok, so tonight on SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE we switch partners and add solos. So let’s find out how the Top 10 did:

Joshua Allen & Courtney Galiano

#1 – Hip Hop

Choreography: Dave Scott
Music: “Skippin'” by Mario
Thoughts: That was so awesome! Courtney and Joshua worked really well together. Loved it!
Rating: 4/4
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#2 – Rumba

Choreography: Jean-Marc Genereux
Music: “Hero” by Enrique Iglesias
Thoughts: Well, that was sexy and hot! Joshua and Courtney are really good together.
Rating: 4/4
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Kherington Payne & Mark Kanemura

#1 – Two Step

Choreography: Ronnie DeBenedetta and Brandi Tobias
Music: “Kick Back” by Ty England
Thoughts: That was pretty bad, I was falling asleep. They had no energy and it felt really amateurish. Not a great start for this couple.
Rating: 2/4
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#2 – Jazz

Choreography: Tyce DiOrio
Music: “Canned Heat” by Jamiroquai
Thoughts: I don’t know what is up with this couple, but I totally agree with the judges, there was just nothing there. I didn’t really enjoy it and I didn’t feel there was any passion coming from either of them.
Rating: 2/4
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Twitch Boss & Comfort Fedoke

#1 – Smooth Waltz

Choreography: Hunter Johnson
Music: “Open Arms” by Journey
Thoughts: I actually enjoyed that. I know the judges didn’t think it was great, but I thought Comfort looked really good and Twitch was not too bad either.
Rating: 3/4
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#2 – Hip Hop

Choreography: Dave Scott
Music: “Forever” by Chris Brown
Thoughts: Now that was cool! Two hip hop dancers together, loved it!
Rating: 4/4
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Katee Shean & William Wingfield

#1 – Broadway

Choreography: Tyce DiOrio
Music: “Sit Down You’re Rockin’ The Boat” by Sam Harris from Guys and Dolls
Thoughts: OMG, I love these two together and the choreography and performance, that was awesome!
Rating: 4/4
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#2 – Pas de Deux

Choreography: Desmond Richardson and Dwight Roden
Music: “Imagine” by David Archuletta
Thoughts: First of all, I see that there is a little crossing with American Idol! About the performance, man Katee and William, what a great couple. I loved them!
Rating: 4/4
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Gev Manoukian & Chelsie Hightower

#1 – Contemporary

Choreography: Sonya Tayeh
Music: “There Arms of Mine” by Otis Redding
Thoughts: That was so cool! I really loved the choreography and the two of them were great. Great emotion. Great everything!
Rating: 4/4
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#2 – Jive

Choreography: Jean-Marc Genereux
Music: “The House Is Rockin'” by Brian Setzer
Thoughts: First of all did you guys see Jean-Marc Genereux and France dancing in the video? OMG how amazing are they? Well that puts everything in perspective for me. I mean Gev and Chelsie did not hit it as hard as Jean-Marc and France did. That said, I thought Chelsie totally outdanced Gev, she was really good. I’m not sure about Gev, but the performance was pretty entertaining.
Rating: 3/3
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SOLOS

Chelsie Hightower

Music: “Pon de Replay” by Rihanna
Thoughts: It’s hard to judge her solo, because the genre just doesn’t look that exciting when dancing by yourself.
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Gev Manoukian.

Music: “Hello/Goodbye (Uncool)” by Lupe Fiasco feat. Unkle
Thoughts: I think Gev is really good at dancing solos and this was another good one.
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Courtney Galiano

Music: “I Want You To Need Me” by Celine Dion
Thoughts: Wow, that girl has passion. She has really grown on me. Go Courtney!
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Mark Kanemura

Music: “Bohemian Rhapsody” by Queen
Thoughts: Mark is so awesome, I have been looking forward to his solos since the auditions. How awesome was this?!
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Comfort Fedoke

Music: “Need A Boss” by Shareefa feat. Ludacris
Thoughts: I think this is my favorite solo from Comfort. It was really cool.
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Twitch Boss

Music: “I Question Mark” by Wade Robson
Thoughts: It was ok. To be honest I was expecting more from Twitch.
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Katee Shean

Music: “This Woman’s Work” by Maxwell (MTV Unplugged)
Thoughts: I love Katee, she is my favorite of the girls. Such a beautiful solo.
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William Wingfield

Music: “Dance With My Father” by Luther Vandross
Thoughts: Will keeps impressing me week after week. He is such an incredible dancer. I just love watching him dance.
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Kherington Payne

Music: “Breakin’ Dishes” by Rihanna
Thoughts: My least favorite solo of the night. I didn’t really feel it.
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Joshua Allen

Music: “Jam” by Michael Jackson
Thoughts: Joshua is just awesome! Love him! Great solo!
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What a great night! And Comfort did an excellent job replacing Jessica. Now the hard part comes tomorrow when we get the first elimination decided by America. I guess we’ll find out tomorrow who leaves this week. I think I’m too tired to pick my bottom two.