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So You Think You Can Dance: season 6, episode 12
The top 18 perform; two are eliminated
November 3, 2009 - 09:11p.m.
Thanks to the scrappy Phillies, we have another two-hour performance show culminating in judges' cuts. And I'm grateful, because better the judges having to make these decisions than America. Even last week I thought there was only one clear ...
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So You Think You Can Dance: season 6, episode 11
The top 20 perform, two are eliminated
October 27, 2009 - 10:10p.m.
Well, So You Think You Can Dance, you were just full of surprises tonight, weren’t you? I come home expecting to cover a one-hour performance show, and there Cat Deeley is, telling me it will actually be a two-hour ...
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So You Think You Can Dance: season 6, episode 10
Meet the top 20
October 26, 2009 - 08:10p.m.
So we've got a top 20! Sort of! And that means America needs to get a good look at them -- the ones who said yes and didn't get injured or whatever the excuse might be, at least -- so ...
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So You Think You Can Dance: season 6, episode 9
The top 20 are chosen
October 21, 2009 - 09:10p.m.
Since midway through last season, SYTYCD producers have been hammering it into us how great season six is going to be. In the midst of the lackluster season five, it was tempting to think that maybe they had been saving ...
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So You Think You Can Dance: season 6, episode 8
Las Vegas callbacks continue
October 14, 2009 - 08:10p.m.
Vegas Week! This is why I watch So You Think You Can Dance. Hollywood Week is my favorite part of American Idol, too. America has no say yet, so we just press our faces to the glass and gape. The ...
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So You Think You Can Dance: season 6, episode 7
Las Vegas callbacks begin
October 7, 2009 - 08:10p.m.
And so, after five weeks of auditions, SYTYCD finally drags itself on to… well, more auditions. But this is Vegas Week, baby, which means no more joke auditions, fewer heartstring-tugging backstory montages, and, every now and then, a glimmer of ...
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So You Think You Can Dance: season 6, episode 6
Auditions: Salt Lake City
October 6, 2009 - 09:10p.m.
During the final episodes of last season, I was singing the praises of SYTYCD to any skeptic would would pause to listen. Any one of the final six or so would have been a deserving winner. Week after week this ...
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So You Think You Can Dance: season 6, episode 5
Auditions: New Orleans
September 30, 2009 - 09:09p.m.
After last night’s show, which was a serious uptick in a quickly flagging audition cycle, Donna noted that “The fun of auditions -- what little there is -- is the sense of discovery, seeing something exciting for the first time.” Tonight ...
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So You Think You Can Dance: season 6, episode 4
Auditions: Atlanta
September 29, 2009 - 09:09p.m.
Genevieve bemoaned the auditions that have worn out their welcome last week, and let me just chime in with a hearty "amen." The fun of auditions -- what little there is -- is the sense of discovery, seeing something exciting for the ...
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So You Think You Can Dance: season 6, episode 3
Auditions: Boston
September 23, 2009 - 10:09p.m.
At this point in our history together, I’ve come to regard So You Think You Can Dance as I would a long-term significant other. We’ve been through five seasons and countless good times together, and no matter how ...
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So You Think You Can Dance: season 6, episode 2
Auditions: Phoenix
September 16, 2009 - 09:09p.m.
We're into the second week of a grueling six-week audition schedule, and the question is whether the trends Genevieve noted last week will continue. As a reminder, those themes are: Tapper Chic, Contemporary Glut, and Hip-Hop Hiatus. Let's ...
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So You Think You Can Dance: season 6, episode 1
Auditions: Los Angeles
September 9, 2009 - 09:09p.m.
Has it been a month already? The Season Five live tour hasn’t even kicked off yet, and here we are, weeding through another round of auditions for So You Think You Can Dance. What will that quick turnaround mean ...
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So You Think You Can Dance: season 5, episode 22-23
"Top Four Perform"/"The Winner Is Announced"
August 6, 2009 - 10:08p.m.
There’s a lot of discussion among So You Think You Can Dance fans—and, this season, even among the judges—of how much choreography factors into a contestant’s success on the show. Do (relatively) undeserving dancers ride the ...
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So You Think You Can Dance: season 5, episode 20-21
Week Eight Performance/Results
July 30, 2009 - 09:07p.m.
I'm as much of a cynic about reality shows as anyone. Even though I defend many game operas (Survivor, Amazing Race) on the grounds of cultural relevance or sheer entertainment value, I too feel all icky when trumped-up drama ...
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So You Think You Can Dance: season 5, episode 18-19
Week Seven Performance/Results
July 23, 2009 - 10:07p.m.
Loyalty is a funny thing in reality-show competitions, isn’t it? When the field of competitors is wide, it’s easy to pick favorites and cheer them on as they trounce over the rest of the pack. But what happens ...
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So You Think You Can Dance: season 5, episode 16-17
Week Six Performance/Results
July 16, 2009 - 10:07p.m.
Well, now what? Where do we go from here?
Last night’s performance show, hands-down the best of this season, showed that the judges aren’t just blowing smoke up our asses when they talk about this being the best ...
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So You Think You Can Dance: season 5, episode 14-15
Week Five Elimination/Results
July 9, 2009 - 10:07p.m.
Although this season of So You Think You Can Dance has been highly entertaining—I think it’s pretty much impossible for this show to not be entertaining, in the purest sense of the word—it’s been lacking in ...
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So You Think You Can Dance: season 5, episode 12-13
Week Four Performance/Results
July 2, 2009 - 10:07p.m.
First of all, a thousand apologies for abandoning you all for two whole weeks, and a million thank yous to Todd and Donna for filling in as your SYTYCD guides while I was on various planes and boats in the ...
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So You Think You Can Dance: season 5, episode 10-11
Week Three Performance/Results
June 25, 2009 - 09:06p.m.
Genevieve's coming back from vacation today, so I'll be your guide to this week's dancing and results. I'm glad to have this chance, because I have a theory about the difference between American Idol and SYTYCD ... -
So You Think You Can Dance: season 5, episode 8-9
Week Two Performance/Results
June 18, 2009 - 09:06p.m.
(Genevieve Koski is on vacation, so I’m covering the show for her this week. She’ll return next week. – TV)
Prior to this season of So You Think You Can Dance?, my experience with the show was mostly limited ...
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So You Think You Can Dance: season 5, episode 6
Week 1 Performances/Elimination
June 11, 2009 - 10:06p.m.
And so So You Think You Can Dance kicks off proper, with the best performance show ever in the history of time and space—at least if the judges are to be believed. While last night’s performance show had ...
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So You Think You Can Dance: season 5, episode 5
The Top 20 Are Chosen
June 4, 2009 - 10:06p.m.
“It’s about degrees of winning,” Nigel said tonight, right before he told Diana that she had not, in fact, won a spot in the top 20. It’s a nice sentiment, and certainly true to an extent—no one ...
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So You Think You Can Dance: season 5, episode 4
Vegas Auditions: Part One
June 3, 2009 - 10:06p.m.
“I love cutting. Because I enjoy seeing people who aren’t good at what they do go home.”
Oh Mia Michaels, you wonderful bitch. I’m glad you like cutting, because from where I’m sitting, Vegas is brutal, for ...
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So You Think You Can Dance: season 5, episode 3
Auditions: Los Angeles and Seattle
May 28, 2009 - 10:05p.m.
And so with a couple of uninspiring jaunts through L.A. and Seattle, audition week (and a half) comes to an end. Sure, the producers tried to “Sex” it up (groan) with a silly “dance battle” package at the end ...
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So You Think You Can Dance: season 5, episode 2
Auditions: Miami and Memphis
May 27, 2009 - 10:05p.m.
And so the So You Think You Can Dance auditions heads south, to Miami and Memphis… and so, unfortunately, does the overall quality of the dancers auditioning. Oh, don’t get me wrong, there were still a handful of really ...
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So You Think You Can Dance: season 5, episode 1
Auditions: New York And Denver
May 20, 2009 - 04:05p.m.
So after five seasons, So You Think You Can Dance (dance, dance…) finally makes its way to T.V. Club. Why now? Well, why not? Once you get past the minor shame of admitting that you watch a televised dance ...
