I'm so sorry this is many days late, but nonetheless Cat seems especially sassy and giddy to open the performance show, so let's dig in, shall we?
Top 14 Performances
They seem to have cleaned up the camera work on the opening 8-counts enough that it doesn't look quite so awkward when they run out and interrupt each other, although the
After a short ferry hop to Tallinn, Estonia, teams spend the whole leg in and around that area, so it seems like a wee little leg with little room for the lagging, non-eliminated Gary & Matt to improve.
Their Speed Bump requires them to take a five-minute steam in a sauna bus with some friendly-seeming locals, including one particularly hot blonde girl.
It almost feels like the real show this week, doesn't it? If it weren't for the stupid giant stage, anyway...
So, Top 16 week. This could get long, so I hope you've got the patience to read through it all, because I'm hilarious, you know, so it's worth it.
Top 16 Performances
In which we revisit the infamous hay bale Roadblock in the game's first ever "Switchback"...
You all knew this had to be non-elimination, right? There is no way they're cruel enough to put an elimination mat right next to The Hardest Roadblock Of All Time. (Can you imagine Maria & Tiffany attempting this? Oh, the whining. Oh, the hugging.
The opening 8-counts are so dismal on this giant new stage. Each dancer has to awkwardly sprint to centre stage during the preceding dancer's 8-count, and then race off following their own. It's... unbecoming.
Still, Cat is as becoming as ever, so I guess we can all be happy.
I have thoughts, most of which are spoilery if you haven't seen the episode yet, so click below to read more...
I know it's not Dutch, but nonetheless schadenfreude is really the most appropriate word to describe the emotion with which I watched most of this week's episode. There's no doubt those poor poker girls looked miserable, but... come on, it was hilarious.
This week in Canada: Things finally come to a sputtering, predictable end.
And in the US: We meet the Top 20, and then we meet a different Top 20, but then it doesn't matter anyway. Also, new set, new credits, new stupid empty Paula Abdul chair.
So You Think You Can Dance Canada, Finale
'Twas a surprisingly interesting episode for one that didn't leave the city of Dubai at all.
In Canada: Top 4 week drags on...
In the US: The Top 20 is actually announced, like for real this time.
So You Think You Can Dance Canada, Top 4 Week
It turns out you can't just show up at the airport and request a flight to "the Persian Gulf" without getting a few funny looks.
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