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So You Think You Can Dance: top 6 elimination is your last chance to snicker at BJ's nickname

, Prev Next So, I sort of missed last night's elimination episode of So You Think You Can Dance, and by "sort of" I mean "I was out doing better things". However. I've watched enough episodes of SYTYCD that I think I can accurately say what happened without actually having watched the show. Read along and then tell me how I did!

The episode opens with a group routine that is hilariously weird/dramatically intense/off-puttingly avant-garde. (Delete whichever is not appropriate.) After the dance is over, Nat Bass descends onstage in an outfit and hairdo that is stupendously ugly/yawn-inducingly boring.

Nat introduces the judges — Jason greets the crowd with a stupid scissor-snip gesture/an open-palmed wave — who firstly suck up to whoever choreographed the group routine, then complain at length how awful it is to have to say goodbye to another two contestants. At some point, Bonnie says something which makes absolutely no sense.

This week the format of the elimination show changes slightly: instead of the usual "dance for your life", all the remaining contestants dance a solo. Nat makes out like this is a way for the top six to demonstrate why they've come so far in the competition, but really it's just an easy way for the show to pad-out its hour-long run-time.

Without actually having seen any of the solos, I estimate that: Kat tries to prove that she deserves to stay; Amy reveals her undies at some point; Talia is smugly awesome; Ben is goofy and likeable; Charlie gets the crowd pumped up; and BJ (heem "BJ") makes me snicker inappropriately at his nickname.

At this point there is probably about half an hour left in the show, which requires more padding: either a musical guest or an appearance by an established dance troupe. (The official site informs me that it's both: Duffy sings her new single, followed by a performance from Stomp.)

Eventually, it's time to read the verdict. After the top six performance show I predicted that BJ and Kat would be eliminated (not because they were weaker than the other four, but because they've been in the bottom two in the preceding weeks), and my prediction comes true: they're sent packing.

I'm kind of sad to learn that BJ is gone. Firstly, because he's a great dancer. And secondly, whose name am I supposed to chuckle about improperly now? Ben?!

Tell me: is that an accurate summary of the show? And more importantly: what do you think of the final four? Have your say in the comments!

User comments
Hey SYTYCD isn't a dumb reality show!! I love it. If you don't like it don't watch it. Sam shame on you-write something with feeling and with a little less stupidity and ignorance.
I couldn't be bothered to watch SYTYCD because is now soooo boring and long drawn out, so logged on to read review the next day, to discover reviewer also found show so boring and hadn't bothered to watch, but wrote accurate review anyway! "HEE, Sam!"
these shows are really good when you have constipation...a 10-second burst of them is enough to give anyone or anything the s****!
Get over it you idiots. Sam this review was spot on and freakin hilarious because it's true. SYTYCD spins out the same sh*t every week and anyone who thinks otherwise is delluded! Get a life people ... and watching SYTYCD doesn't count!
stop whining ppl. The writer wrote her opinions, if u don't like it - don't read it.
Everyone just LIGHTEN UP! It's just a dumb reality show. This review was FUNNY and Sam said what happened in the show which is the same thing that happens EVERY WEEK! It's funny, stop taking SYTYCD so seriously!
It sucks the bottom 4 because i do not like them
I'm sorry Sam but isn't this your job?? If this is meant to be some sort of witty satirical piece you've missed the beat a little bit. Stop trying to "appeal to a younger market" and take your job seriously. If you want to be anything more that an internet journalist you might want to actually watch the shows you're meant to be critiquing. On another note I do agree with all your comments about Natalie's styling- the channel Ten wardrobe and hair people should be shot, stat, and someone should tell Nat that she has hideous knees.
I agree fully with Andy. Sam-you write this article when you don't care about the show...get someone who does care about this show!!
You got the off putting avant garde group routine spot on. They were either astronauts or aliens and it was WEIRD! Not a good weird but a 'I feel sorry for those dancers, they must be embarrased' weird. But Jason seemed to love it, or seemed to be sucking up to the choreographers. Should we remind him about his comment to Tahlia that this reality TV. Don't lie!

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