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I am going to be unpopular for a moment. Even though he was a bit much, I got Nathan tonight. Mollee dances like a cow in heat, and HE was always the one Unca Creepy went after. They take young kid and put him on the show without much fight, probably before his time, and then peck him down piece by piece. It's really kind of sadistic. Adam was really right on. In his way, he was admitting that Nathan had gotten reviews that were far too harsh. Every week, he was the one Nigel had to preach to. Build em up, then tear him down. I felt horrible for him. His spirit was broken and though he will probably be a better dancer coming out of it, I feel for him. Great or horrible, he is the one who has taken the most lumps by far this season, and mostly it seemed way too harsh, even when I agreed he was not great.

That said, he deserves to be on the bottom. I don't think he needs to be out. His first dance was just good enough for me. Ryan, on the other hand, was good both times, but really just struck me as a hried hand, a stunt double. He shows no great charisma nor precision EVER (which Nathan DOES show in his solos). Russeell, too, could go for me. Charisma he has, in spades; but his smile and cockiness mask a lack in technique (that he HAS trained for... I am sorry but he definotely has outside training).

On the positive side: THANK GOD for Ellenore. She woke Jakob the fuck up, and he FINALLY showed some real personality and joy in his dance. He was actually better than her tonight; but I give her the credit. I want her to win. As for her dancing being heavy? It IS, in parts, and then she does a smooth silky roll or a perfect jump. The best dancers mix the light and the heavy; and she knows how to do just that (where Mollee just IS lead-footed).

Legacy and Ashleigh.... the first dance was one of the best of the night, actually. Amazing technique and a jaw-dropping finale. The second was not god awful, but indeed was the worst of a very good night. Most of the blame was to be given to choreography and costume. There were actual several times where the cape hid Legacy's isolations, even when they were quite good in the flashes we saw; and Ashleig's outifut made it impossible to like her. Dave Scott must want her gone and now.

So here are my rankings right now:

Ellenore
Jakob
Kathryn (lovely lovly lovely)
Rusell (his solo moved him higher on the list, and not being bad bad in either routine)
Mollee (hate her, but she had a pretty strong night)
Legacy (solo and one dance amazing, hip hop not so great and dragged him down)
Ashleigh (see above)
Noelle (she is just really not memorable at all
Nathan
Ryan

swim4life227 wrote:

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Jakob won't win IMO. He's way too "gae" too have the fangirls on his side IMO. I could be wrong but it always seems that every year the "technician" doesn't win. Blake, Allison, Travis, Danny, Will, Katee, Kayla, Brandon, etc. the list goes on and on.

Tonight, Jakob finally moved past technician. He did tonightwhat most of them (Danny, Kayla) cannot manage until the last two weeks: He had real charisma, conviction to character and joy in his dance; and he had star quality. On boards, he has a HUGE fan base, interestingly enough. I really hated him until last week. He started to move forward last week. This week, he took a leap. I shall give credit to Ellenore.
Sorry, Swim, but that Jakellenore dance WAS amazing: It had varied speed, used the whole stage, had character and pizazz. It was not as moving as some, but was really a good showcase of the two dancers.