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Was Benji in the audience? Oh, did anyone find it awkward how they praised the choreographers this week. I much prefer it when they are sitting in the audience. Having them stand in their own little section looked a little too awkward.

After seeing the group routine, I must say, why can't JM just stick to choreographing. Yes, it wasn't nearly as good as his waltz routine last year, but compared to his judging... Oh, and one of the girls showed serious latin flavour in the routine. I think it might have been Jayme (hard to tell on youtube, but I hope it was her). As for the solos, JL was much improved over last week. She had some repetition, but not nearly as much. But she needs to make her routines more than just a series of leaps, bounces, and hairflips. Amy was... well, I really want to like her, but I haven't seen the brilliance that the judges speak of. Her leaps were a little weak, but at least she showed more swagger than last night (although, again, youtube only allows you to see so much). It wasn't bad, but she needs to pick it up.
Melanie had a very nice solo. It may have just been the youtube fuzzing up her face, but her performance actually seemed subdued. Her movement quality is very interesting (and very musical), and it was a nice solo. My only problem is that he second leap looked very, very weak.

As for the guys, Nicolas had a good (but generic) solo. He had some nice moments (and not all tricks), and I love how he just kept going at the end. And props to him for not having any this time. Vincent has become my official favorite of the competition. I LOVE jive solos, and his was clean, and clever. I don't know why you didn't enjoy his solo in finals week, Heliox, it looked fine to me. Anyway, this was much better than that. As for Cody, well... he was better than I expected, but I hate him, so that does not say much. He was okay, but repetitive, and just a weak dancer all together. Even Ivan was stronger than him, and I hated Ivan.

I really wish Cody had left, especially after the solos, and I sorta would have liked Amy to leave with Cody, not just because I don't particularly care for either dancer (well, I hate one of them), but because it would have paired Vincent with Melanie. How cool would that have been (and it would have helped Vincent avoid the bottom)? But with Nicolas leaving, there isn't much incentive to pair JL with Vincent, so it isn't as bad that she left. Still, unlike the rest of you here, I enjoyed most of her dancing, and I don't know if it's because Nicolas was so small, making it hard to partner her, but I fount her to be a much stronger overall dancer than he was.