My New Favorite SYTYCD Choreographer

Stacey Tookey.

Mia Michaels who?

I kid, I kid. No one can replace Mia. However, Stacey's pieces have all been home runs so far in my book (Falling Slowly, the Mistress Piece, Fear, and whatever yesterday's piece can/should be called). That and she doesn't seem to have the overinflated ego/artist mentality/bitchy edge to her that many of her caliber (or below her caliber, ahem, Laurieann Gibson, I'm looking in your direction) seem to carry.

Don't change, Stacey. Please don't change.

So You Think You Can Dance: The Start of Season 6

Ok, is it just me?

I f&*#ing hate this bitch.

It's Laurie Ann Gibson from SYTYCD (well, apparently - she just randomly showed up one week last season). She made last season's winner (who I was never impressed with, but winner nonetheless) cry. Anyhow.

So You Think You Can Dance already has a bitch - Mia Michaels. However, the fundamental difference between the two - Mia Michaels is fucking amazing. She's Mia Fucking Michaels - emmy award nominee/winner. She has at least 2 of the best 5 dances each season to her name. She choreographs like none other. She's like pizza - even when she's bad she's good.

Laurie Ann, however, is NOT. She's not bad. But she's yet to impress me. She's yet to do anything choreographically outstanding. She's no Mia Michaels. To my knowledge, I've seen two routines of hers - and they both seemed like standard jazz fare. Fine. Good. Nothing more.

Anyhow. I think her biggest problem is she thinks she's better than she actually is. She carries Mia Michaels' attitude. Perhaps even moreso than Mia. She's marching around there being like "I'm Laurie Ann Gibson, so move the f' over and bow down'. Yet she's the weakest of all the SYTYCD choreographers. Including Tyce DiOrio and Brian Friedman. And Wade Robson during his fox routine.

Am I the only one who feels this way about her? Please let me know.

My Favorite Dance of the SYTYCD Season

So You Think You Can Dance, Season 5

To be quite honest - I am not really ALL that impressed with any of them. It's not like last season, when there were SO many that I LOVED (Twitch, Josh, Katee, Kherington, Chelsie Hightower, Kortni, Courtney, Matt, etc.). It seems as though, on the show, every other year is an off year. I LOVED LOVED LOVED the second season, and the third season, again, left me feeling a little under-satisfied. Sure, I loved Sabra, Danny and Neil, but most of the rest were just underimpressive/might as well have not been there.

Anyhow.

My thoughts on the cast this season. I like Randi and Evan, but I like them as a pair. Also, I think what I like best about them is that they seem to be sincere, down-to-earth people - I don't know that I'm in love with either of their dancing. I don't know if either of them will hold me when the partnerships separate - to be quite honest, I don't really know what Randi does (when not doing someone's choreography).

Melissa and Ade - I like Melissa's dancing, however, each time she opens her mouth, I like her less and less. That and she doesn't seem to have what it takes to actually win things. Ade - he is a good partner, but kind of like Randi, I don't even know if I notice him outside the partnership. I don't really know what he does. I kind of assume he's good because the final product is good, but I'd be hard-pressed to tell you something about him as a dancer, individually.

Moving along - Janette and Brandon. Janette is good. I like her style and sass, although I don't know if she has what it takes to win. In another season, she'd probably have found herself in the bottom 3 by now, but with this group - she's pretty much got a one way ticket to the finale. Brandon. Ok - call me Mia Michaels on this one - I'm not feeling him. He's definitely GOOD. There's nothing wrong with him. But in a show that's featured SO MANY contemporary dancers, I don't know that I'm, in Randy Jackson's words, jumping out of my seat for him. Again, he's good. He's definitely good. I just am not taken in by him like I have been by other contemporary dancers.

Then, there's Kayla, whom the judges love, but America, and I, seem to be indifferent to. Another one who is undeniably good but just not outstanding. I could really do without Kupono. Jeanine - who is yet another good one who can't seem to get me to notice or care about her. Philip - who is not good at other styles of dance and seems to be getting old for people. Jason seems to be pretty good but doesn't appear to have the likability (and hasn't had the best luck in the draw of the dances). Then there's Caitlin. I like Caitlin. But America doesn't. And NONE of my SYTYCD watching friends like her. I give her two more weeks on the show, max.

Anyhow - long story short - the only dancers on the show who seem to have the following, ability, personality, camera time, and je ne sais quo necessary to win the competition are Evan, Janette, Melissa, Philip, and Brandon. However, I can't really see any one of them as a clear cut winner. Your thoughts? Is anyone a 'standout' this season?