We are down to just eight couples
as we get closer and closer to finding
America's favorite dancer.
Tonight, once again, they battle it out for your votes.
Welcome to "so you think you can dance."
Please welcome Kourtni Lind.
Will.
Kherington.
This is Matt.
Comfort.
Here's Gev.
Katee.
Chris.
Jessica.
This is Thayne.
Courtney Galiano.
Twitch.
Chelsie Hightowe.
Joshua.
Chelsea Traille.
And Mark.
These are the girls.
And here are your guys.
Please welcome your top 16 dancers, America.
This is "so you think you can dance."
Please welcome your host, Cat Deeley.
Hello, welcome to the show.
As usual, after last Thursday's results show,
each couple picked a new dance style
randomly from the hat.
Tonight, they perform
and they're hoping to win your votes.
Here to give you a helping hand,
we have our panel of experts.
Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome your
Judges!
We have choreographer, director,
and just general fabulous friend of the show
Mr.Adam Shankman in the studio.
And as ever, we got ballroom expert Mary Murphy.
Looking glinting
And of course, we have executive producer,
Mr. Nigel Lythgoe.
Thank you.
Adam, I knew you were going to be here tonight,
so I stepped it up a notch.
Well, the awkward thing is,
no joke, I almost wore the same thing.
So that would have been so weird.
Tell us where you have been?
let me first say, No joke. You look
categorically, cataclysmically cat-tastic.
As usual.
What have I been up to lately?
I just wrapped actually like five days ago,
Shooting the new Adam Sandler Christmas movie
called "bedtime stories".
And I was fortunate enough to cast
some of the dancers in it people from the show.
I had Lacy in it.
And Travis was in it.
the show was Putting the dancers was a spotlight. It works.
Thanks Adam. Glad to see you.
I miss you.
Desperately.
Mary, how did you think the season is shaping up so far?
I think we're shaping up into an unbelievable season!
I think at this point last year,
It was a little bit easier to tell who was going
To be kicked off the show in the first few weeks.
That is not the case this year.
They are all bunched up in a pack.
Just getting ready to let loose here.
You know, it's really going to be tough.
I can't believe it.
It's gonna be our best year ever.
She just has to do it.
And Nigel, I'm gonna come to you now.
This week, the world of dance lost a legend.
A lady who I believe you brought to us before.
Yeah, it's Cyd Charisse we are talking about.
She was certainly the epitome of style and grace.
Very tall lady. How tall are you, Cat?
I'm 5'9" with no shoes. if put on shoes about...
She's about 5'8" I guess, without shoes.
I was lucky enough to dance with her
about 40 years ago.
I was the only 2-year-old she danced with
and she shouted at me, actually.
I had to lift her, and she said,
don't lift me like that, young man,
You'll leave marks.
For anybody that hasn't seen Cyd Charisse dance,
And you are interested in dancing,
I really would suggest, Cat,
They go to a video store,
get some of those films.
"singing in the rain".
And "bandwagon".
silk stocking Brigadoon.
she had a long material routine
A remarkable woman.
And a real star of dance.
Yes. Absolutely.
Brilliant and extremely talented.
Back to the show tonight.
Remember the contestants,
only your votes keep them out of danger tomorrow,
and they have some incredible routines tonight.
in every imaginable style.
From quick step and disco to rumba and samba,
It all starts with some hip-hop
It's Kherington and Twitch take the dance floor
after the break.
Hello there.
Welcome back to "so you think you can dance."
We want to find out a little bit more
about our remaining dancers tonight.
Who better to ask than their partners.
After all, they have been living and working together
for three weeks now.
In just a moment,
Kherington and Twitch are going to take to the dance floor.
But before they do,
let's hear what they had to say about each other.
Take a look at this.
One thing that America does not know about Twitch
is that when he laughs, like really laughs,
he sounds like a bear.
Like a bear?
I don't know what a bear sounds like when they laugh,
But if they laugh that's what they sound like.
Kherington has a huge, huge shopping problem.
That's a lie, America.
I mean, we have been here for about three weeks,
And she's gotten probably about 427 shoes.
Easily.
So America, please help me out.
If you see her in the store,
say Kherington, put the shoes down.
Last week, it was really awesome.
that was the best we could've,
Having a style that's completely out of our element.
I learned a lot.
I have never done the viennese waltz before.
I'm very surprised.
I'm glad my body kicked into autopilot.
'cause I thought it rely on my brain.
I don't know what it would turn out.
The vienna.
Did we do it?
We just did the waltz.
This week, they will shift gears to hip-hop,
With the help of Tabitha and Napoleon.
i'm nervous.Hip-hop is not my thing, you know?
I think I can do hip-hop.
But I really can't.
They're going to be extra hard on me
because it is my forte
so I have to make sure our connection is up to par.
Today's routine is a prison break.
By the end of the number,
they're gonna be America's most wanted.
In a good way.
The number is really fast,
It has a lot of musicality
and a lot of moments where you have to be staccato
and smooth at the same time,
which is a really hard thing to do.
So it's a very difficult routine.
I don't want Twitch to come down a level for Kherington.
I want her to come up two levels to match him.
Yeah, I'm picking it up.
I'm doing better than I expected.
Kherington is kicking your...
i told you she's more gangster than me
always always
She's doing it.
She's gangster.
She likes to shock.
Hoping you'll buy their hip-hop routine,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Kherington and Twitch.
Nothing to see here.
I didn't see nothing.
Nothing.
Nigel, did you see anything?
Nothing.
Let's take a look at the positives first. Okay?
You're both brilliant dancers.
And you both got a spirit and an energy
which goes beyond dancing.
It is just -- we like to watch you.
Even when you're talking up there.
There's a light in your eyes.
Both of you, that just captivates us.
Third good thing,
Tabitha and napoleon created a fantastic routine for you.
Thank you, guys.
You know, even if you're not interested in dance steps,
There's a story there, there's a humor there.
There's something that's going to entertain an audience there.
It gives you room to show your personalities as well.
Fourth good thing, you danced it brilliantly.
So there are the positives.
All right, let me list the negatives.
Can't think of anything.
Should have known.
Mary?
I had a feeling you were going to say that.
Such a bluffer.
Mary,Well, for sure,
They're going to be on the top ten most wanted
List on "so you think you can dance," that's for sure.
look at you can dance with it ...
You know, I thought maybe the outfits, I wasn't going to see the hitting,
But honest to god it was hard hitting.
You know, kherington,
You definitely stepped up to the plate like napoleon said.
Did you bring it up two notches?
Yes, I think you did.
Twitch, your own style, i think you just killed it, I really do.
You know, there's an ancient old murphy proverb that's
Been passed down from generation to generation.
That's right. its...
that's right, Yes! to dan
Adam, tell us you missed us, i think you have, right?
that's not so sure.
No, you gonna do it right in there.
Yes, I will.
she's on fire.Take her, she's yours.
That will shock a few people.
What did you think?
Well, what am I supposed to say after that?
you know what i mean, It was really good.
No, you guys, it was awesome.
Now, I want to -- I am not going to criticize,
But I am actually going to make some suggestions for the
Future because I believe you have a long time to go on this show.
Here's the thing, if you get hip-hop again, twitch,
I know you're probably doing this,
Make sure you're really teaching her the proper way to do stops and stuff.
He can really help you with all of that and
You obviously have come a long way and it's amazing.
Thank you.
You guys discovered something that only really mature dancers understand,
But everybody who's on this show should also know,
Is when to hit it and when to lay back.
Know how to pace yourself through one of the routines or
Each of the routines, and you guys did a beautiful job of that.
So just keep that up.
That was awesome.
Here's one thing, kherington,
Totally -- you were so great it doesn't really matter.
Make sure -- I noticed there was a time when you were walking behind to
Do the hand stand behind him, you kind of dropped character a little bit.
You were scrambling to get in place.
You've just got to keep it going, keep pushing it up.
But all in all, awesome.
It was fantastic.
Well done, guys. love the loculus there
One thing you are all always guaranteed on this show is variety.
After hip-hop we're getting ready to rumba with courtney and gev.
they are about to take to the stage...after the break
> welcome back to "so you think you can dance."
Tonight our dancers are letting us in on their partner's secrets.
Time to find out what we need to know about courtney and gev.
One thing that america doesn't know about gev is that
Gev actually looked like a little girl when he was younger.
He showed me pictures of when he was younger and I was like,
Is that your sister?
No, that's me.
Courtney going to school to be a special ed teacher which
Shows her soft side and shows how good a person she is.
I was observing in a school for emotionally disturbed children,
for Like 3 and 5-year-olds.
That was interesting.you know,
It makes you very thankful and fortunate for the things that you have.
Last week was intense as usual.
We did contemporary which I was actually really happy to get.
I was more nevous have my style than the style I didn't know because when you have your style,
The bar is set ten notches higher.
I'm really proud of gev because that was not his area at all,
And he really did a great job.
This week,
They will be learning to rumba with
The much-needed help from tony and melanie.
The rumba is -- I don't know.
The most I know about it is that you make a
Figure it with your hips and that's about it.
let's get ready to rumba.
In this routine, they'll have a lot of technique, a lot of hip action,
back action, Partnering, conection, eye contact, nonverbal communication.
so you wnat Put your hand right here.
All right.
You like that?
There's this one part where he grabs my butt actually.
And I was like, oh, really?
That's in the choreography?
Gev grabbing my butt?
Grab her butt.
I was kind of shy, but it's nice.
Drop the legs.
Then, lift her up.
Gev was blashing at few times, he was really loving it.
He couldn't wipe the smile off of his face.
There you go.
This is the rumba.
Now, this is the rumba.
Let's see if they're still smiling at the end of this.
pleas welcome courtney and gev.
little Courtney and gev, all glammed up.
Did you hear the big cheer you got for the...
Did you hear that?
Nigel, what did you think?
Um, I am very, very happy with that routine.
I think they did a really good job.
I think they make a fabulous couple.
And for first time, I mean,
I had a go at gev last week because I didn't think there was much passion,
But I felt it tonight, i thought you had good connection.
He felt it too.
Yeah, no, I think he grabbed it.
Yes, he did.
Getting back to the plot.
Gev, You reminded me a little bit tonight of
Dominic who's in the audience tonight there.
And mary, remember when dominic did his latin routine?
I mean, there's something -- very sort of sensual about it.
And you brought everything together tonight.
Your outfit is fabulous.
I mean, right out.
It's amazing.
You look so beautiful.
Thank you.
I'm so pleased that the wardrobe budget could
Only afford half a dress too, but it looks fantastic.
Me too.
Terrific, well done.
Excellent tonight.
Mary?
Our resident ballroom expert, what did you think?
I thought it was great.
I really did.
Great job by tony and melanie too.
It was a beautiful beautiful routine
It gave you so much to work with too.
You know from the are beginning when you laid down and went down his back,
It was just beautiful.
When you stood up, your rumba walks were not bad.
Then you went into a really tight spiral turn that you just nailed it,
Courtney.
It was so tight and crisp.
Just the way that it should have been.
Off and on, yes, it went in and out,
It could have been a little bit more
More melting from one step to the other.
You know, it was totally believable.
The chemistry, gev,
That you guys were pulling off up there tonight i
Really have to say when you -- you know, when you went for it.
You really did.
The pot stir into the lift, I mean, you just nailed that.
That's a very tough trick.
I have to say.
And it was effortless right through it all the way.
Congratulations, you guys.
I'm really proud of you tonight.
Adam,What do you think?
First of all, I think that mary looks like a really pretty disco ball.
But you guys have no idea when you guys are doing
Well how exciting it is to be up and we're like yeah!
You know, that's so cool, you know?
I -- I really, really loved it.
Gev, man, you are a strong dude.
And I need it to be remembered that you're a hip-hopper, dude.
Like that's nuts.
It does remind me a little bit of dominic last year.
Now, the little comments for the future, do you know what I mean?
I also think you guys are going to be around for a while.
I'll make a few suggestions.
Number one, gev, if you're doing contemporary,
You need to think more of your hands and the reach because
That's not just something you do in -- naturally and all that.
But the thought is when it's extended that
You materialing that pull and all of that stuff.
So think about that.
When you did your air bask attitude it didn't come up all the way around.
do you know, excuse me
Adam carry on because we've got super blanket frost audience
Ok, i got it
You mentioned the arabesque.
Yeah.arabesque attitude was beautiful
but it could be higher i can see on your body
Also, maybe, you know -- that's it,
Because I had a thought and I just
Realized that I think you actually did do it.
I'm not going to say it.
But what I would like to say -- wow.
Really, do I deserve this, ladies and gentlemen?
All right.
I'm trying to be helpful.
In short -- I loved it.
I thought it was fantastic.
You guys are awesome.
Thank you so much.fabulous
Okay.
Congratulations, guys.
Well done.
Remember,
Only the bottom three couples will be in danger
Of being sent home by our judges tomorrow night.
If you want these two to be safe, then you need to vote.
well done, guys.Good stuff.
Well, last week,
Comfort and chris were in the bottom three and
Now they're back with a jazz routine after the break.
welcome back to "so you think you can dance" where
Our top eight couples are dishing the dirt on each other.
Let's find out what chris and comfort have been keeping secret.
What america doesn't know about chris is that
He's a big moocher when it comes down to food.
Wait, wait, wait.
is it good? i just want to try
Did you really do that?
Don't touch his food,Don't even ask for his food.
Don't even look at his food.
It's not happening.
One thing about comfort that america doesn't know is
When she was younger she actually was in a beauty pageant.
Believe it or not.
So there's a soft side to comfort for sure.
You know, her hair all done and all these gowns and stuff.
Her doing -- here's wave.
here comes comfort.I would die laughing.
I think I would die laughing.
Last week when we danced the krump, I was excited,
I was excited because it was my style,
But it was not at all what I expected it to be.
That was a little hard and then being in the bottom, it was tough.
Got to bring it now.
I was actually shaking before I performed my solo.
To be honest with you,
I don't remember doing my solo but I was
Hoping that would get me to the next round and it did.
It was good to show america what I can do, why I'm here.
Why I got picked to be in the top 20.
When they said comfort, you're safe, I was so happy.
So extremely happy, you don't even wanna know.
Hoping to keep the smile on their faces is their choreographer tyce diorio
This is very grounded, it's earthy.
It's not your regular jazz -- no.
I like to do the african jazz.
African?That's me
African shouldn't be too hard.
Bringing me to my roots.
Call my dad:"Dad, tell me more about africa, yeah."
So we'll play with this idea for a second.
when i saw the sheet I was really scared
because what does a sheep mean?
Yeah.
Kind of like mud.
We're sliding in mud.
The thing has to become your friend.
I need water.
I think me and chris are going to pull it off.
It will be off the chain.
Mary is gonna scream.let's hope
Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome comfort and chris.
Okay, this is comfortable swagger, I would say.
Nigel, did they have the right feel confident?
I'm not sure they do.
Okay.
I don't know if it was the film
that presold the capes on the floor,
But I was expecting much more use of them.
To be frank.
I thought, wow, what's -- you know?
And tyce does some incredible african choreography.
I mean, last season he did a brilliant routine
I'm also expecting a lot from the choreography, too.
And I think I was disappointed a little bit with the
Power that you are actually putting behind the routine.
There was this incessant beat going on, very strong, very tough.
And I found it a little soft, chris, from you.
A little too soft.
Comfort, I think you were there with it.
But I needed you and your partner to be there to sell that that.
I'm not sure what you were.
Were you warriors?
What did tyce tell you?
We were basically kind of african
Warriors that went through a lot of stuff.
We were going through like the mud.
Everything had a symbolism to it.
It should have been stronger and bigger and
It should have been more animalistic for me.
- Oh, mary is pointing at the animalistic comment. - that's right
go on.
I felt the same way.
It should have been more animalistic, more wild.
Just crazy up there.
And it just fell short of that for me.
The best part of it was honestly the beginning.
You came out animalistic.
I loved that little roll,
The turn that you did with the leg and everything.
And then it just started to fall for me.
And I became slightly disinterested.
I'm sorry, it wasn't off the chain for me, comfort, and I'm sorry, chris,
It is not going to get strain from me tonight.
-Sorry. -thanks.
Okay.Adam?
Here's the thing.
This is an interesting challenge that tyce put before you because
This is nothing if not a giant performance piece so it demanded a view
That because it wasn't about trick this and trick that it was all
About performance and sometimes you're there, and sometimes you weren't.
You have to hold it in your face.
The most important thing to remember about dancing in general,
You have to listen to the music and i
Need to feel the music moving through you.
And I felt like you were kind of dancing to the music.
I didn't feel like the aggression and really about that aggression,
And I needed to see it in your face, you know what I mean?
I didn't see it in your face, I saw it in your bodies,
But not in your face.
I thought you guys did really good.
There was a chain,
But it was a little bit more on the chain than off the chain.
So it was like -- you know?
But as long as there's a chain.
Yeah, right.
As long as there's a chain. that's good.
Just got to be off.
So anyway
Anything until our final couple has performed.
Well done.
Get mean.
She will teach him to do it.
We'll have to take a short break, but don't go anyway.
And jessica and will are going to be taking on
a Doriana Sanchez' routine on the other side.
Be nice meeting.
Hello and welcome back to "so you think you can dance."
The search for america's favorite dancer.
Tonight, our top 16 dancers are performing for your votes.
And we're finding out from their partners what we need to know about them.
Next up are jessica and will.
Let's take a look.
Something that I have learned about jessica is
That other people at home might not
Know is she goes by the nickname aerial.
Her mom calls her aerial because she used to have a
Long hair back down to the middle of her butt.
I never heard anyone nickname their kid the little mermaid.
so its very cool to hear from her mom's perspective, you know,
telling me :"take care of my little mermaid".
Something that I learned about
William is that he is an absolute gentleman.
I mean, ladies first.
Stand up.
Greets you, shake your hand.
Opens doors.
He just super sweet.
His mama raised him right, that's for sure.
Last week we did hip-hop.
We felt like we performed well.
The judges loved william.
they thought he was fabulous. me? they thought i was, uhmm,
It was kind of cheerleader like.
There's something powder puffy about the way you're doing it.
Judges were really hard on jessica last week.
I think people are estimated for the Hip-hop. And she did her thing.
I was very, very proud of my partner last week and I was very proud of us.
No matter what happened, no matter what the judges said,
We were happy with the job that we did.
And now we want to get back in here and do better.
This week,
They're taking on the disco routine from choreographer doriana sanchez.
Will is incredible that Jessica hasn't been given a chance to get to shine,
So I'm hoping in this routine that shall pull up
that people will see how good she really is.
This is a serious business.
It is fun. But serious when we've got to work.
Jessica was kind of playing around more than she should,
And I want her to absorb things and she just wasn't.
Wow. my brain.
You got to take the turn like the pirouette, step, step, turn, turn, like,
That's not happening for you.
It's really cool she's putting some emphasis on me,
So that I can step up and america can see who I am.
Rather than kind of dancing in will's shadow.
Jessica is no one's shadow.
sanchez really wants jess to shine this week.
And I think that's why she's being so hard on her.
You have to pull together.
Really. OK? like no jokes.
Okay.
Prepare yourselves for some serious disco.
Ladies and gentlemen, it's jessica and will!
Oh, man. shall they cutes?
That was so cute.
When he lose banlance, she tried to make him line manage.
Putting her hand down.
That was answering. That was great partnering.
Shh, you're not supposed to tell people. it's a secret.
Oh, really?
Because we didn't just see it?
No, not really.
You didn't really.
Nigel?
Well, for a start, you know, disco can appear to be very cheesy.
When you dance it if you dance it badly.
Doriana sanchez is such an expert in this area.
She's the choreographer and director of cher's new show in vegas.
And if she has a go at you, if she takes you apart,
She's going to shout at you.
I'm sure she didn't yell at you or anything, but she really just spoke to you, look,
This is what's wrong, this is what you have to put right.
Wonderful to have her experience talk to you like that.
I think it's helped a great deal.
Okay?
I thought you danced it very, very well.
There were two or three areas there where it went wrong.
It just went wrong.
And after the death fall and the turn around,
It looked like there was a blank going on.
I don't know what hand, but you lost energy.
And then obviously at the end, as has been pointed out,
Whatever mistakes there were, you carried them off.
And that's the most important thing.
Things are always going to go wrong.
Okay, mary, the real things of the show must go on.
What did you make of the routine?
Absolutely they carried it off.
Yes, there were mistakes like nigel said,
But there were so many great things about this number,
Not to mention that it was incredibly difficult.
The first ,listen, you did were absolutely effortless.
I actually think it's a turning point not just for jessica tonight,
But for you too, will.
You have to really get into character and believe what
Doriana is telling you, and I believe that you did tonight.
You owned that routine up there.
Yes, you did.
Thank you very much.
But a lot of people have been talking about, you know,
Worried about your personality, worried about your personality.
Well, tonight, i mean, like I said, it's a turning point.
You brought it on.
Yes, you did.
Jessica, you stepped up to the plate.
I think now you should be really proud of yourself.
I'm very proud of you sitting right here,
And congratulations to both of you, because I thought you two were lean,
Mean disco machines.
Yes I did!
Adam, so you split the mean first of all, tell me more.
Tell you more about what?
What did you think of the routine?
What did I think of the routine?
Here's what I thought of the routine.
I thought that the routine was really fantastic.
I thought that doriana gave you incredibly challenging material.
I mean, that stuff is hard.
For people who haven't done that,
You just have no idea how difficult some of those lifts are.
And all of that.
Jess, you are so beautiful, it's scary.
You are such a great dancer.
I wish you knew how good you were
Because that's where I think you're falling
Down is I think that inside -- I have
A feeling you're your own worst enemy.
And when you let go and just danced, you were so special.
You were so great.
Thank you.
So just as the competition goes on that's the most important thing.
Don't get in your own way.
Will, you are scary.
You are so good.
You are so, so great.
Thank you very much.
from the most votable point.
He was in character that's what I loved about it.
When you choreograph that because it's the iconic move of the period,
When you choreograph that, people do it so badly.
You know, put a hand on the hip and point like that.
You were there.
You hit it.
It really is important to do that.
It was hard on the moves.
Do it one more time.
One more.
Thank you very much, guys.
Let's hear it for them.
Don't go picking a favorite just yet.
We still have four more to go.
Courtney lind and matt call on with contemporary routine
after the break.
Welcome back to "so you think you can dance."
You know, all night we have been asking our dancers to,
Tell us something we didn't know about their partners.
Next up are kourtni and matt.
Take a look at this.
The one thing about kourtni,
She has a tattoo on the back of her neck.
It's really cool. it says dot dot dot.
So she would dance.
It come from a tattoo that,
My mom gave me for my birthday a couple years ago.
and it really kinda hit my heart
It was her happily ever after.
No matter what happens in her life, good, bad,
She'll dance through it and overcome it.
One thing that america doesn't know about matt,
He has the ninja mask he likes to put on sometimes.
And I'm not really sure why he wears it,
But it may be because he thinks he's a ninja.
Or he wants to be a ninja.
Or he thinks he get the power of a ninja
She thinks it's weird that I have a ninja mask,
But she wears bandannas.
It's the same thing.
Just a different accessory.
Last week, the pair danced the fox trot.
I felt like ginger rodgers, fred astaire.
Just like all hollywood glamours
It was so pretty.
I felt so girly and glamorous,
And my hair was done in finger waves.
I loved it.
The one that i remember that i missed up the most.
Is when I slipped and I lost some of the gripping
From the floor to the shoe.
Right before the dropping off kourtni
And the judges didn't notice it, but my mom noticed.
Because she's harsher than Nigel is
This week we're doing contemporary.
It's so nerveracking doing your own genre because,
I feel like the judges are away more harsh on you,
They'll know what you are doing,
You should master it.
To help master the routine would be the first time
guest choreographer sonia.
I'm madly in love with so you think you can dance.
I've been wanting to work on the show
since I first the first episode.
I couldn't wait to get my hands on them.
And it seemed like matt had met his ninja match.
Her ninja skills are very good.
The piece is about two comic book characters
Chasing and flirting with each other.
That's it.
You want to see how fun flirty it is.
They running away but you really want them to come with you.
The way you really coming like frame by frame.
It has a lot of holds and stops and freezes.
This is a whole different contemporary,
That I've never done before.
A very playful one, and it's like,
I hate you, I hate you, oh,
I love you, I'm just kidding.
Find it out on stage,
Ladies and gentlemen, kourtni and matt.
That's what's tie for.
Okay, nigel? what did you think?
I think that this is the first time I have seen
Both of them find a style that they can work it.
It's so good to introduce,
New choreographers to this program.
Sonia did a great job.
Welcome, Sonia.
Whenever we talk about contemporary,
We think about semi-classical,
And interesting movement that way.
This is so quirky it's a different
Flavor of contemporary that's what I like it.
It's introducing something else.
Do you think that the public will understand it,
As much as say a mia michaels romantic routine?
No, I don't think so.
But I think dancers will love it,
Because you showed every bit of technique,
That you've got there,
And it allowed you to do that.
Which is fantastic.
Congratulations on that.
I think the style, matt,
I would still like to see you relax a little more.
Otherwise, it's all a bit stiff up there.
You can use your whole body a little more for me.
Mary?
Well done though, the pair of you,
I thought it was great.
Well done.
Nice to see you in that style.
Mary?
Yeah, absolutely, sonia,
There were something weird going on in your mind,
And going on up on that stage.
Something weird for sale and I'm buying it.
she's up she's up.
Yes, indeed, it was quirky.
But it did just show case your talent,
And how very talented you both are.
Your feet and your extensions,
Every time you kicked and leaped,
The synchronized leaps that you did were flawless.
I'm telling you, it was terrific.
As far as, the old broom, brother,
You're sweeping the floor,
That's right!
Okay.
Adam?
A couple things.
Number one, dude, the ninja mask thing, weird.
No, it's weird.
That on a -- bad on a first date I'm sure.
Put people off.
Okay, so your control is so beautiful.
Both of you.
Your bodies are so extraordinary and
Literally when they talk about people who
Are supposed to be dancing,
They're talking about you guys,
Which is really great.
And also,
Which makes me now really mad at the wardrobe department,
For putting you in a shopping bag.
You're literally wearing like
An old clown bag on your body, but whatever.
That's not your fault.
That's -- I would have liked to have seen your body,
While you're doing all that extraordinary stuff.
Now, I'm go--i'm sure the wardrobe is going to poison me,
But whatever.
You can let loose a little bit more.
You're more upright and you need to
Dance into the floor a little bit more.
Just dig in.
But all in all, I thought you guys did a fantastic job.
-Congratulations. - thank you.
It's coming a little characters up there. It's fabulous.
Thanks, guys. well done.
Only three more couples to go,
Before we open the lines and you get voting.
Last week, they were in the bottom three.
This week chelsea and thayne take on the dreaded quick step
after the break
Welcome back to the show.
Only three more couples,
And then it's make your mind up time.
Who deserves your vote?
Next up are chelsea and thayne.
One thing america doesn't know about thayne
Is he really wanted to be a fashion designer.
what's this ? That's creative.
He's always telling about you should wear this.
I think It will bring out your eyes.
I'm like,really? when we come to our rehearsals
he's got so many different shirts
where did you get those shirts?
He was like, I made it.
some of the shirts are like who designs it,
off the shoulder, and then down the back.
He said I spend a lot of time on the shirts.
One thing about chelsea that america doesn't know
you wanna keep quiet,
She's quite the little flower thief.
She steals flowers from people's gardens
She goes to the restaurants, and takes the place settings,
Or she goes to the hotel lobbies and all of a sudden,
You see her running out of with her arm around and
getting out of there.it's crazy
Watch out, america.
She's going to be coming to your garden next.
Last week, thayne and I danced jazz.
Our song was so fast and quick paced that
It was tough being on count and the movements all on heel
I feel like we did our best, you know?
We really tried.
It just didn't turn out very good, you know?
Then when we had to dance for our life and do our solos,
That was a scary moment.
When I came out there,
It's like the moment of a lifetime.
And we both were saved.
I'm so glad I got to show america what I do.
I was definitely relieved to know I had another shot.
It was like let's go and get them.
This week the couple will be living life in the fast lane,
With choreographer heather smith.
quickstep is a realy happy and fast-paced dance.
Quick and quick, one, two, three.
The hardest thing that you learned today,
Is to have a beautiful topline, no chicken wings.
You can't let your arms get into the chicken wings.
no hands like the chicken wings
None of this. none of this.
hot tamale chicken wings... We like those ones.
It's very difficult to get used to the frames.
Here we go.we gotta get it.
all the sudden she brings out that hula-hoo and i am like...
A hula-hoo
I want you to dance with a nice round back.
Round back like this.
No, not like that.
It's a completely new style.
It's crazy.
I'm a little nervous,
But I'm excited because I love the feel of it.
I think it's going to be good.
so I'm to take him and his wing.
We're going to go practice, okay?
Ladies and gentlemen, chelsea and thayne.
Well done, guys.
I have to say, you both look beautiful.
She looks gorgeous, and you look handsome.
Let's see what they thought.
Nigel?
I thought you tried to keep your body shape quite good.
It was a little too bouncy for me in places.
And the bad thing for me was,
You didn't really show your personalities.
You still can have fun,
Even though -- I'm sure you must have been
Concentrating like mad on the footwork,
You can still have fun.
It looked like somebody put band-aids
Over the pair of you and drawn teeth on.
It was that -- for the whole routine.
You could have been a ventriloquist
Trying not to move your mouth while talking.
It was just that.
You know, when you do lose your close--
or when you do the joust and whatever,
You can have fun with the joust and you can
enjoy yourselves and get some your personalities over.
I thought it was--it was a much better attempt,
Than I thought it was going to be.
Heather did a great job with the choreography
And in trying to bring out your personalities.
But chelsea, if we lose your personality,
If your personality gets swallowed up by the routine,
We lose you.
Because you are -- you are miss personality, you know?
But I do think that you both better get your solos ready.
Sorry.
Okay, mary, just how difficult is this dance?
Cause I know i've been stood there
when the hand dancing pulling out and they turn around,
they go...
Absolutely, cat,
I mean, this really is a difficult dance,
To pull off in 5 1/2 hours.
You know, it was okay.
Which is pretty good, you know,
In these kind of standards.
You do look beautiful tonight.
i'll give you guys the entrance for me
The entrance for me was really good.
It's really the substance of it that it really felt short.
You know, yes, it's difficult,
But I have to compare you to season one, two and three,
And also people that have never done the quick step before,
Like jamile and Nick Lazzarini and cameron last season.
I mean, he nailed it and he was contemporary.
This really fell short to that tonight.
Thayne, I'll give you the scatter short saying
The foot work is right in a short period of time ,
and I commend you for that.
Like nigel said,
You were trying to hold your character,
And your frame and the top line,
And for the most part you did,
You did a respectable job, I have to say.
Chelsea, you on the other hand,
I don't think you were helping out your partner tonight.
I think that you really let him down a little bit.
Last week, the two of you --
Yeah, you can say -- last week, you know,
Let's say the first week, you know,
You were on my hot tamale train,
And that's one thing,you know,it's scarty about this comp
cause one week you can be right there on top of it,
Being on the hot tamale train and then,
The next week I had to put you into the caboose
And this week, I have to take you off the train,
And thayne, you're just holding on for me, all right?
Adam?
You're both great dancers.
I really -- I loved watching you this evening.
That's really important that you know that I think that.
To me it's important. - thank you.
But I think that you don't look comfortable.
You don't look in your element.
And even if you're not,
You have to learn to make it work.
That's the thing.
You can't ever let us know,
That it's not your -- not your jam as it were.
Not your thing.
And, you know, there's a million times,
That I began to think, I hate this,
But you have to get out there and make it work.
But I want to end on a very positive note,
Which was great trust on that end dip.
You just let go to hit that button,
And you're like, I hope he's there.
Because I mean, I saw it.
It was fantastic.
So, you know --
One thing -- you two you've alway been there for each other.
if you want to keep this two safe and away from the judges,
You've got to pick up the phone and vote for them.
Let's hear it for them.
Time to take another short breather.
Don't go anywhere,
Chelsie and mark are hippoping their way,
Into your hearts after this.
Welcome back to "so you think you can dance."
We're down to the final eight couples,
As we get closer and closer,
To finding america's favorite dancer.
Time to find out more about chelsie and mark.
something that america probably
Doesn't know about mark is his pinky are crooked.
I can do eyebrow.
I've got a good angle and I took my nose in.
so that's good.
It's weird.
Chelsie is such a tomboy,
When she's not on stage being sexy.
On stage she's like firing, amazing very feminine,
but off the stage, she has her foot up in the air
And she's like picking her teeth.
She's such a boy.
Don't breath on my face.
It's fun. it's cool.
That's what makes her chelsie.
last week we ran very well.
Mark was a big surprise,
He really got into character.
I think we felt out with each other
during the performance.
So much passion and
It's just I love getting deep like that with stuff.
So it's like it ran very well. I felt good about the performance.
Will they be as hot this week with the hip-hop routine,
Choreographed by napoleon and tabitha.
we're going to start dance battle right now
Oh, get down and groovy, yeah.
Down and groovy.
This is a hip-hop number.
Hip-hop with emotion.
The song is about a workaholic.
I'm emotionally attached to my work.
And i'm might his wife or girlfriend,
I don't know, take your pick,
And I don't want him to leave.
Nice.
I like getting charactersŁ¬
Because I feel like it motivates me to move a certain way.
It's a challenge.
you should bend down
and then rotate like that
I think it shouldn't be done with another man
Every word has a meaning,
And every dance move tries to match that meaning.
My heart beats for you.
I really like to have some intend behind that i'm doing
though that makes it silly, really really cool.
I don't care what they say.
Just a lot of detail in the choreography.
If they don't have the timing down together,
Can't move on
As long chelsie and I practice and get the timing down,
I think that we have the potential for a good number.
Our dance is pretty s-i-c-k, if you will.
i mean sick
she can spell it but can they dance it?
Ladies and gentlemen, chelsie and mark.
Nigel?
I dare you to say something bad in the scheme of love.
Let me start by saying,
I am lovin' tabitha and napoleon this year.
I'm so pleased that
They came to the real number one dance show.
Not to say that I'm not in love with you two as well.
I thought you were excellent today.
Chelsie, I was a little bit upset with you last week.
I didn't think there was enough passion in your movement.
This week there was.
Absolutely.
I truely believed you.
And mark,
I don't know if you're the husband, the boyfriend
or just a very lucky door to door travelling salesman.
For me, you were crazy leaving her.
I loved the manipulation in the choregraphy,
The stealing of her heart.
There was so much to grab hold of for an audience there.
It was absolutely brilliantly choreographed and danced.
Congratulations. thank you.
Mary?
I have to agree. what can I say?
I loved it.
I really believed the struggle,
That was going on up there on stage.
And it is really so true in today's society,
The struggle of us all working so hard,
That we have to leave loved ones behind
To put in a 15, 16 hour a day to make ends meet.
and I believed it,
I felt that emotional struggle,
And you guys brought it to life,
And you lived it right there on stage right now.
You guys were hard hitting,
You were smooth when you needed to be.
Harsh when you needed to be,
And it was synchronized when it needed to be.
I loved the passion
When you did a simple three pops
With your chest and harmony.
I loved it.
Congratulations.
Adam, what do you think of
This partnership we've got going on here?
Yes! that's what i am talking about.
That was awesome.
And I'll tell you why I think it was awesome.
This is one of the great things about this show,
Is that we really explored a totally new thing,
Which is lyrical hip-hop and you nailed it.
Tabitha and napoleon, you're so great.
It showed you that hip-hop stuff is,
Completely become a really legitimate, Beautiful genre.
And you can tell such beautiful and heartbreaking stories.
But most compellingly they gave you the steps,
But you guys put life into it.
And you made me feel so horrible about your situation,
Which was fantastic.
And really more importantly,
Because this is a television show,
Not just a stage show, and the camera does close,
You both had it in your eyes.
I saw it in your eyes.
That's what every dancer on this show has to know,
As the contest gets further, that camera gets close,
You better have it in here and you guys had it.
You guys are the couple to beat.
You're the couple to beat.
Well done. you've had your eyes
fabulous. well done
Thank you, guys.
Thank you very much, indeed.
Only one more couple to perform,
Before the lines open, and you get voting.
Katee and joshua are hoping to add some spice
To the proceedings with the samba,
After the break.
Welcome back to the show.
Katee and joshua
Are our final couple to take the floor tonight.
Before they do, let's find out some more about them.
America might think that josh is like this tough guy,
Like he likes to drive cars, races, dirt bikes,
But he's actually a softy.
He's really sweet and
He's like this big teddy bear all the time.
One thing that america doesn't know about katee
Is she screams like a boy.
go back in the new york city.and you'll see
Nothing like the aagh!
That's one thing you should know about her.
Don't tell her.
I'm nervous every time we step on the stage,
but when the music starts,
It comes our faces away.
joshua and me act in broadway last week.
I couldn't have been happier.
I mean,It was like electricity on stage.
My mom was there in the audience,
And I wouldn't be here without her support.
So to see her there cheer me on
it's always something I look forward to.
we really glad that we are moving on to week 3
I can't wait to start.
Samba.
We can do it.
Yeah.get this in your brain
This week, they have to pick the brains of choreographers.
Tony Meredith and Melanie Lapatin.
The samba is a rhythmical dance,
Lots of procacious It's a hot, sexy,spicy, yeah.
Samba.
Are you alright, honey.
You look a little scared.
He should be.
I have never attempted to do the samba before.
It's so scary.
In the real life, doesn't like i'm in dance .
I'm a very innocent person.
So now that I'm trying to play this
Really like the role of the seductress,
There's going to be a lot of awkward moment dances.
Katee doesn't feel like she's pretty or sexy or whatever,
But she really is.
I think this dance is going to help her outŁ¬
Because she has to do things that
She wouldn't probably normally would do.
I think we would see a different side of Katee.
Katee's hot.
That's the idea.
Katee was grabbing every time we're doing a trick.
what was that all about? that's her thing I guess.
Just scream like a girl.
I'm not one to go around and be like, yeah all the time.
So this week we're going to step out of the comfort zone.
just that one. just that one step.
Now I have to get the whole dance.
Give it up for our final couple of the night.
It's katee and joshua.
Your dad is there,giving it.Yeah,That's my boy
That's my boy.
ok,Nigel?
You know Tony and Malia are always do a sexy routine,
But they have excelled themselves tonight,
With this routine.
Absolutely fabulous routine.
I'm so pleased that
You found the other half of courtney's dress.
You look amazing.
You know what's so sexy about you is that
You don't overexaggerate any of the moves.
You just are sexy.
And you don't have to push anything,
Because it all works.
Well done.okay?
Now, joshua, josh,
The camera cut off you
Just as katee opened up that note saying samba.
What did you think when you saw that?
Time to do the solo.
I was at home --
Now, joshua, you have a really natural samba rhythm.
You have the right hip movements.
It's all natural,
And we have spoken about that dress.
I think we've got to speak about those trousers.
I'm not sure -- I'm not sure who poured you into them.
Did you get those buns from your daddy?
Are you got those?
Stand up.show up,turn around.
Yeah, you did!
You did.
Um, you two have so much wonderful chemistry.
You -- again, we talk about couples to beat.
I think there have been four routines tonight
That are absolutely outstanding,
And this was one of them.
Congratulations.
Okay, mary?
Oh, my goodness,
Let me calm down here for a second.
The samba was hot,first of all.
Okay, let's crank it down.
Let's go back to let's see, the merit system.
Personality merit.
Um, animated, yes, you were.
Spirited, yes, you were.
Energy, full of it.
So big check in the personality department.
technical level.
Let's see,
Did you walk down like a really man,
When you went get to the partner?
Yes you did.
Was they were hot? yes, they were.
were the tamale hot or not,yes they were.
And man did they were flying off the handle,yes they were.
Now, down to the real merit.
Hot tamale merit, yes they were!
You're on the hot tamale train.
Yes, you were.
Not only was it hot tamale train, they are worthy,
But it's two first-class tickets on the train!
yes it is.
Adam?
That was competing.
That was some serious competing.
Mary covered all the merits.
I'm just going to tell you that I loved it.
Keep -- young lady,
I don't ever want to hear
You don't think you're pretty or hot again,
Because you're smokin'!
You are smokin' hot.
You guys really know how to end the show.
Thank you so much.
That was great.
But remember, you have to vote for them,
If you want them to stay in the competition.
you got to vote.
It's katee and joshua
Congratulations, guys.
Before people start dialling,
Let's go over to our judges,
And find out who they think is in danger tonight.
Nigel?
Well, it isn't because anybody was bad tonight.
Because I think everybody was of the very high standard.
So it's a difficult one.
I think probably the one that will be going home,
Will be joshua's dad.
Any comments about anybody else?
No. - no? okay.
Only will be joshua's dad.
I think everyone else is great, to be frank.
Okay. very good. mary?
I think everybody did a tremendous job,
And I'm going to agree with nigel.
I think josh's dad is going home next.
Shankman. Joshua's dad.
I give up asking the question.
It will be very worth it at the end of the day.
Good luck to all of you, guys.
Well done.
So the lines are now open.
Remember,
You're voting to keep your favorite
Out of the bottom three
And away from our crazy judges.
Join us 9:00/8:00 central tomorrow night
And one guy and one girl will be going home.
If you don't vote,
Your favorite dancer could be cut.
Plus we have performances from jordin sparks,
And america's best breaking crew, qwest.
Thanks to our judges
Thanks to the incredible studio audience,
And thank you all for watching.
stay to for your locally.
I'm cat deeley, good night!