The Judges Must Be Crazy

The feedback from the judges in last night's episode was ridiculous. I was literally jumping out of my seat at times and pacing about the room in a fury. So this will be a kind of bi-polar blog where I go back and forth between calm reflections and anger fueled ranting. 

To begin with, Cat looked like she was wearing a bridesmaid's dress that was eight sizes too big for her. 

Melissa is married too! This is like the Senior Citizen Season of SYTYCD.

Melissa and Ade: I did not think that was worth a "buck" from Lil C. Maybe for Ade. Ade was awesome. I found Melissa distracting. Nigel said that everything Ade did Melissa "did and equaled his strength." No way. Well, maybe she equaled his strength because she is the "buff ballerina," but she had none of his style. 

I think this is also Crazy Celebrity Look-a-like Season because Kaitlin also bears a strong resemblance to Leanne Rimes and I just realized how much Brandon looks like Carlton from "The Fresh Prince of Bel Air."

Well, now we know Jason can't do hip hop. Ditto that for Kaitlin. Which leads me into...

Anger fueled rant #1: How dare Nigel defend their routine with that insanity about the show evolving hip hop. Hip hop is hard hitting and if you are not hard hitting then you are not getting it yet. Shane did a different style to make them look good? Not bloody likely, Nigel. Talk about making excuses. "You see, Shane knew you guys were garbage, so he developed this routine where you were not challenged and could just basically flop around like amateurs. And you know what, you totally nailed it!"

Janette certainly proved she is worth the price of admission last night. She and Brandon tore up that dance floor. Tore it up. And Lil C is already eating his words about Brandon. Mia is next. 

Anger fueled rant #2: Why was I not surprised to hear that Asuka was not attracted to Vitolio? They have no chemistry! That routine was not worth Mary's tears. It was the same stuff as last week, holding back and empty steps. And could we all stop treating Asuka like a prostitute? Calling someone "dominant submissive" is not a compliment. It is yet another in a train of sexually based comments hurled at Asuka and it is getting out of control. 

Kayla killed it yet again. Max held his own regardless of that fact that he looked like an Aladdin/Drag Queen hybrid. 

Anger fueled rant #3: There are two types of people in this world, those that have seen "Once," and those that have not. Because you are not quite the same afterwards. That's how good it is. Those that have seen the movie realize the song Jonathan and Karla danced to is the most emotionally charged, amazing song ever. And they did it no justice. They did not even come close to matching the emotional intensity of that song. They left passion and love out of the most passionate love song. I was barreled over with disappointment. But the judges praised it! And Lil C gave them a "buck." I don't think so. That compliment now officially carries no weight at all. 

When they replayed the snippet from Jonathan and Karla's piece at the end of the show my boyfriend started laughing and said, "this one was the travesty." Enough said. 

Ashley and Kupono made me remember why I watch this show and then Mary said the routine was just okay. And Lil C was disappointed.  Well guess what, I am disappointed...in you guys! BIG TIME!!!!!! Would you rather Jonathan and Karla get back on stage and show us what it's like to not understand the depth of a piece of music? Maybe Jason could show us some more uninspiring hip hop. The judges were crazy last night. Just crazy.

The only real note of the show was when Nigel told Phillip that he needs to control his face during the lifts. That was a legitimate critique. That looked pretty bad in the playback and deserved to be pointed out. Most everything else that happened last night was just wrong.