The latest castoffs from Fox's So You Think You Can Dance (tonight at 9 pm, the winner is announced Aug. 16 at 8 pm/ET) acted positively cheery when they were sent home last week: Natalie Fotopoulos let out a big fat Greek "Oopah!" while Ivan Koumaev playfully pinched Benji Schwimmer on the butt. The day after their dismissal, TVGuide.com caught up with the "Nativan" (as the 22-year-old jazz dancer and 18-year-old hip-hopper have taken to calling themselves) to find out how making it to the final six has affected them personally and professionally, and where we might seread more
I have to say, I'm pleasantly surprised by tonight's show. Despite Lauren Sanchez doing her best Seacrest suspense lines, there were a lot of enjoyable performances. It was fun to see everyone back for a group piece by Shane Sparks, except the zoom-y camera work detracted a lot from the effect. Even Lauren's surprise salsa with Latin choreographer Alex da Silva was fun to watch; she was sexy and a good sport, so you could overlook the sloppy footwork. Rejectee Anthony Bryant's ribbon dance was pretty and graceful, though his skills wouldn't have translated at all to other genres. The wild energy and skill of hip-hop dance group the Groovaloos was exactly what tonight needed. It said, "This is Example A of what all these contestants can aspire to." And I was so happy and nostalgic when the final four dancers got to revisit their favorite performances with their original partners. Seeing Nick shine in the disco and jazz routines drove homeread more
There's another episode next week? Really, guys? 'Cause, um, the summer TV season was over a few weeks ago, and you're not up against reruns anymore. I guess another hour of dance would be great, but you just know it's going to be 10 minutes of dance to 50 minutes of Lauren Sanchez drawing out the suspense before they reveal the winner. I don't know how it's going to be more surprising than tonight's big upset: judges' favorite Blake getting the boot before Jamile and Nick. I'm thrilled, though. Nick has all of Blake's skill with none of his cockiness, and he's got so much ahead of him. He even kind of showed up Jamile in their hip-hop duet tonight. Nick and Melody's paso doble was really a whole lot of poses, but that was enough to make Mia curse on national TV. Jamile and Ashle's salsa was too mild. Both same-sex duets had more energy than anything else all night, especially Ashle and Melody's athletic performance to "Message in aread more