So You Think You Can Dance 6: Salt Lake City, UT
Posted by ERIN in So You Think You Can DanceOctober 7th, 2009, 09:12 AM
Ew, *gag* Was it really necessary for So You Think You Can Dance to dedicate alllll that screen time to Salt Lake City auditioner Leigh Asay’s toenail falling off? Ugggh, it makes me queasy just thinking about it and I was avoiding looking at the screen the whole time. *hurp*
Last night, Mia Michaels joined Mary and Nigel in Utah for the FINAL city of auditions (”Hallelujah!”). Highlights and video clips (from MJ)…now:
Hayley Cloud (Contemporary) - Hayley had a spinal injury that almost stopped her from dancing, but with a little acupuncture and physical therapy, she was miraculously right as rain and able to dance like a demon. She’s a really good dancer, you’d have no idea about her previous back problems the way she was whipping around and tumbling. Good energy and makes it to Vegas. VIDEO
Megan Kinney (Contemporary) and Genise Ruidiaz (Contemporary) are two curly-haired vixens that also make it straight to Vegas. You may remember that Megan also auditioned last year with her sister, Season 5 contestant Caitlin Kinney, but didn’t make it past Vegas. I always thought she was more fiery than her sister although they don’t even talk about her (compared to the screen time they gave Ryan Kasprzak), so I wonder if that’s a bad sign. VIDEO
Iveta Lukosiute (Ballroom) - Iveta is a tall, lithe thang with a platinum blonde bob. She’s from Lithuania and talks about how happy she is to be in America: land of opportunities. Her dancing is gorgeous and so impressive that Mary is reduced to tears. Iveta may not have “the look” of the typical SYTYCD contestant (she looks much older), but there’s no doubt that she at least deserves a straight shot to Vegas. VIDEO
Ashleigh & Ryan Di Lello (Ballroom) - Another married ballroom couple auditioning together. We get clips of the two cutie marrieds at home, but not so fast! While the judges think Ryan is amazing, they think Ashleigh is a cornball faker who has trouble connecting to her husband(!). Ouch. Both get sent to choreography (again, WHY bother to send the ballroom auditioners to the ballroom choreography test?) and both make it to Vegas. Good luck with that, Di Lellos. VIDEO
Leigh Asay (Ballroom) - Okay, this is NOT meant for the faint of heart. This is “the toenail girl” audition (my stomach churns every time I think of her). Leigh and her partner deliver a solid audition, although I don’t find her the strongest ballroom dancer (especially not after seeing Iveta). But that doesn’t matter because as she waits to be critiqued, she realizes her toenail came off *gag* Needless to say they spend TOO much time on this nastiness and even the judges are cringing and freaking out over the massive ickiness. Leigh gets sent straight to Vegas (I think they just wanted to get her off the stage), but her partner does not. VIDEO
Tonight? There’s MORE So You Think You Can Dance and we’re in VEGAS, baby! From the dramatic preview clip, they make it seem like Fame or something because we just see snippets of the choreographers shouting Debbie Allen-style at the dancers as they sweat, spin and split-kick in unison. Highlight? I see a milisecond of my cutie, Nathan Trasoras - I sooo hope he impresses! Gotta tune in tonight!
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