So You Think You Can Dance Archives

Last night, I had the opportunity to watch the sold-out So You Think You Can Dance tour at Madison Square Garden in NYC. I sat sixth row center for most of the time and took crazy pictures of the top 10 dancers — Ivan, Travis, Heidi, Benji, Donyelle, Dmitri, Natalie, Martha, Allison, and Ryan. Check out all the pictures in the gallery!

I had so much fun watching all of the performances LIVE that they danced on the show and some of the new routines they threw in. My favorite dances are still the ones choreographed by Wade Robson — Justin Timberlake’s “SexyBack” and Roisin Murphy’s “Ramalama Bang Bang.” All of the dancers brought their A game and I had so much fun watching them from start to finish. I CAN’T WAIT ‘TILL SEASON 3!

Donyelle Jones & Travis Wall - Blues Contemporary
Benji Schwimmer & Travis Wall - Hip-Hop
Heidi Groskreutz & Travis Wall - Disco
Heidi Groskreutz & Donyelle Jones - Broadway
Benji Schwimmer & Heidi Groskreutz - Club Salsa
Donyelle Jones & Benji Schwimmer - Viennese Waltz
Travis, Heidi, Benji, Donyelle - Pop

Above is a listing for all of yesterday’s performance on So You Think You Can Dance. Travis, Heidi, Benji, and Donyelle also had to perform their own solos.  The best performance of the night was, of course, choreographed by Wade Robson… the group dance at the very end.  Watch the video below!  The dance is set to Justin Timberlake’s "Sexy Back."  Mmmmmmm.

Some thoughts:  I always felt bad for Benji’s partners because the entire studio audience always chants Benji’s name but not his partner’s… I’m rooting for Heidi to win the whole thing but I don’t think any of the girls stand a fighting chance… I can’t see Benji or Donyelle fitting into Celine Dion’s Las Vegas show either… Travis would definitely be the best fit.  And did you know that Travis was originally cut in L.A. and re-auditioned in South Carolina?

In the gallery is a NSFW picture of, as the title states, Travis Wall… from behind.  Oh la la.  Scandalous!  And another picture of Benji and Heidi dancing together as tiny tots.  Cute!

WHO WILL WIN? ::  Benji or Travis?

• Posh looks so punk rawk sans hair extensions. And dang, girl can pout!!  Becks rocks the beanie…
• 500 Free iTunes Downloads!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
• Mariah Carey’s Horrid Concert Ensemble
• Buy Clothes Worn By Film Stars
• Pink Peeing on the Street.  Really.
• Madonna Writes a Note for Mel Gibson
• "Colin Farrell Experience" isn’t all that it’s cracked up to be.
• Avril Lavigne and Kristin Cavallari to star in the movie Lost Summer together.  What excellent casting choices!!!!
• Lenny Kravitz Cruises With Half-Naked Beauties
• Zach Braff and Rachel Bilson at the listening party for their upcoming film The Last Kiss, due out September 15th.
• John Travolta attended Tony Bennett’s birthday last Thursday at the Museum of Natural History and bought the singer an art book by Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard.

I gave up my dream that Ivan Koumaev would win this season’s So You Think You Can Dance competition. And now, very surprisingly, Heidi Groskreutz is fast becoming my favorite to win. Yesterday, she performed the Smooth Waltz and a Pop routine with partner Travis Wall.  And both performances were fantastic.  The African pop routine was choreographed by world-renowned Wade Robson and can be watched below.  And was it just me or did Ivan dance his solo to a Wade Robson song?

Donyelle Jones and Benji Schwimmer performed a Broadway and Hip-Hop routine. Ivan Koumaev and Natalie Fotopoulos performed the Jive and a Contemporary routine.  Watch Ivan, Travis, and Benji’s solo here.  More pictures in the gallery!

WHO’S GONE TONIGHT? ::  Ivan and Natalie (?)

• Pictures from the night of Mel Gibon’s drunken madness! "Mel grabbed a bottle of vodka from behind the bar, poured himself a drink – and filled an empty water bottle with the clear booze.  Then he started sipping out the water bottle.  Everyone thought it was just water.  It was straight vodka!"
• Free Cleaning Samples!  Free OxiClean Detyergent Toss-N-Go Ball, Free NeverScrub (For Toilets), and Mr. Clean Extra Power Magic Erasers.
• Did Barbra Streisand Have Some Work Done?  Her beekeeper outfit would indicate YES!
• Christina Aguilera Has Sex In Public
• Avril Lavigne Dolls Up On Her Honeymoon
• Mischa Barton Modeling Morgan Clothing
• Posh Beckham Debuts Extension Free Head
• Check Out The More Toned Nicole Richie
• Janet Jackson Ain’t Faking The Funk
• Queer Eye Has Not Been Cancelled

• Helena Bonham Carter, an Oscar nominee for The Wings of the Dove, who most recently starred in the hit film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, has joined the all-star cast of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.  Bonham Carter will play Bellatrix Lestrange, Sirius Black’s cousin and a Death Eater, who is one of Lord Voldemort’s followers.
• Gilmore Girls creator Amy Sherman-Palladino is returning to her half-hour comedy roots with a new Fox Broadcasting project.
• Aw, poor Zach Braff is still home alone moping over his break-up with Mandy Moore.
• Naturally, So You Think You Can Dance > America’s Got Talent.  BTW, a new SYTYCD episode airs tonight!

BOTTOM TWO GIRLS :: Natalie, Allison
BOTTOM TWO GUYS :: Ryan, Travis
SENT HOME :: Allison, Ryan

Ryan Rankine and Allison Holker were eliminated from last night’s results show of So You Think You Can Dance.  Busta Rhymes performed "I Love My Chick" off his latest album "The Big Bang." Last season’s SYTYCD winner Nick Lazzarini stood up and enthusiastically cheered for Travis. Added a couple more photos of Travis from the TCA’s. More pictures in the gallery!

Cousins Benji Schwimmer and Heidi Groskreutz as little babies.
Cute as buttons!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cousins Benji Schwimmer and Heidi Groskreutz were partners on last night’s episode of So You Think You Can Dance.  They danced phenomonally to Broadway and Mambo.  Watch their Broadway routine below.  More pictures in the gallery from last night and the TCA summer press tour.

WHO’S GOING HOME? :: Ryan!  And Donyelle?

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Not surprisingly, Jaymz Tuaileva and Jessica Fernandez were eliminated from the competition on So You Think You Can Dance 2 during last night’s results show. Their response to the judges’ critiques did not go over well with the judges themselves… and apparently America as well. Jaymz and Jessica were a pair, so no new pairs will be formed this week. Is the Dmitry curse really over?? The other bottom two couples were: Ivan & Allison and Ryan & Heidi.  Is Heidi growing on anybody else?  Her solo performance was wildly entertaining for some reason. Watch the "Footloose" group performance below; more pictures in the gallery!

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