by Gina Scarpa

 

Perhaps there is no more important week on So You Think You Can Dance than this one. Making the Top 10 not only means getting to dance with all stars starting next week, but it also means a spot on the national tour. No doubt it will be a tough decision for the judges tonight to send two dancers home.

 

Things kicked off with an energetic, modern, ballroom-esque routine choreographer by newcomer Kelly Abbey, of Australia.

 

Before we get to the results, can we just acknowledge how awesome it is that So You Think You Can Dance got a ton of Emmy nominations? Travis, Tabitha and Napoleon, Mandy, Mia, and even Cat were all acknowledged. Very cool!

 

First up to find out that they're in the Top 10 are Jes and Clarice. Joining them are Melanie and Marko, and Jordan and Tadd. Slightly surprising on the last, given that Broadway routine but they've been strong all season otherwise. This week's bottom three couples are Caitlynn and Mitchell, Ryan and Ricky, and Sasha and Alexander.

 

Here's some shocking news for you. So You Think You Can Dance asked Alex Wong to be an all star. However, this past weekend, while doing the same move that he did last year when he got hurt, he snapped the other tendon in his left foot. He's injured and won't be able to return. That's gotta be the worst luck in the world.

 

You can look forward, though, to the return of Melody, Allison, Pasha, Twitch, Comfort, Chelsie, Brandon, Kathryn, and Robert. Anyone you're particularly excited about?

 

Jason Samuels Smith and his dance troupe peform an awesome tap routine featuring season 7's own Melinda Sullivan.

 

In their solos, Caitlynn fills her performance with tricks and jumps, Mitchell dances with a ton of power, and Ryan continues to fail to connect with the audience. I will give her some credit for doing something different than what we've seen from her. Ricky takes the Caitlynn approach and also shows off his best moves, Sasha performs with every inch of her body, and we see Alexander return to his ballet roots.

 

While the judges debate, Nicole Scherzinger performs her new song, "Right There".

 

The judges are unanimous in their decision for the girls and they have decided that it's Ryan's time to go.  Like Nigel said, she's been looking down and depressed lately. Perhaps, this show was more stressful than she had initially anticipated.  As for the guys, the judges are not unanimous and it's 3 to 1.  Alexander will be leaving, which is so unfortunate because he just started to hit his stride in the competition but his solo was just not up to par at all.   

 

 

Be sure to watch the Top 10 take the stage on So You Think You Can Dance, Wednesday at 8/7c on FOX.

 

(Image courtesy of FOX)

 

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