OMIGOD! I Laughed. I Cried. JOSHUA WON! And I Saw Will Dance Again!

So I had two personal epiphanies during last night’s So You Think You Can Dance finale show.

NUMBER ONE:
I am going to be a sad, bored and lonely person until the next incarnation of SYTYCD airs. I just feel – somehow – like I have really gotten to know these people and I will miss them. Pathetic, I know.

NUMBER TWO:
I am old. The Jonas Brothers? Who CARES? My kids would care, but they are well abed by the time this show airs (from 9:00 – 11:00 here). That was the first time I actually saw them perform and all I can say is…blah. Pretty typical of the ‘tween sensations (à la Hannah Montana) but not worthy of a show like SYTYCD.

But now to the show: I actually clapped out loud after two of the numbers! Yes, that’s right, crazy old lady alone in her living room clapping at the TV…right here! And both times I was moved to applause by Nigel – his choreography in 5 Guys Named Moe and his DANCING with the kids from the Debbie Allen Dance Academy to Boogie Wonderland:

More of my fave moments:

Mary DANCING!

Will, Will and WILL! He was sooooo the best dancer of them all, but just not “popular” enough. Oh well. The point of the show is not to find the BEST dancer, but the most popular, so, fair enough. Will was eliminated. Still: he was the best dancer and it was a treat to see him again. He shone in 5 Guys Named Moe (you can really see the difference when they’re all up there dancing together). But honestly, the pièce de résistance of this show (even, I will admit, better than Bleeding Love, although BL still remains my fave) is this pas-de-deux, with Will & Katee (btw the two best dancers of the whole season). Imagine:

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The Popping Battle...wow. I do agree with Mia in that Philip Chbeeb was my fave - Robert Muraine is, as Adam said, a freak of nature. A talented freak, but a freak nonetheless. I do hope Philip comes back for next season...I think he would have done well in Vegas if he hadn't gotten pneumonia. So Philip Chbeeb, if you're out there, make sure you audition for SYTYCD 5, just for me, okay?

And did you notice over the last few episodes that IKEA has been airing a commerical (with the theme "do you think you can decorate?") starring none other than Robert Muraine?

do you think you can decorate?

Check out the entire video here.

Just goes to show you that this show really does launch people into professional gigs. As we saw in the recap of some of the dancers from previous seasons.

Seeing Bleeding Love again. I won’t re-post the video, you can see it in my post, Good-bye, Chelsie & Mark.

Seeing Courtney and Gev reunited. Mary’s right. These two were magic. I think I even liked them more than Joshua & Katee.

One word: BOLLYWOOD!

Courtney & Mark’s jazz number, the Garden:

And Cirque de Soleil was BRILLIANT, bien sûr. I liked the whole rabbit thing. Weird, but RIVETING.

As for the results, well I was thrilled that Katie got $50,000 – she totally deserved it! I really had my hopes on her to win, but after all the constant chatter about how Joshua was so brilliant but had never received ANY FORMAL TRAINING I knew that he would win the hearts of American viewers. Pit an untrained raw talent against a privileged, trained dancer and the votes will go with the raw talent, every time.

And before you go all postal on me for dising Joshua, it’s not that I don’t think he deserved to win. He is, without a doubt, a fabulous dancer. Brilliant. I totally think he deserved the win, but then I would have been happy with any of the top 10 taking this one.