Your idea sounds more radical/interesting, but I'm under the impression that it's going to go w/ the first season's voting system (and the one that's used by ABDC) where we get eliminations every week at the end of a show, and the vulnerable dancers are those based on the voting tallies based on the previous week's…

Same here re: "Titanic" — I was amused that Nigel mentioned he liked the synchronous crescendos in both music and choreography, because as far as the choreo goes, it's set at the same volume all throughout the number, i.e. no real dynamic range.

Same here re: "Titanic" — I was amused that Nigel mentioned he liked the synchronous crescendos in both music and choreography, because as far as the choreo goes, it's set at the same volume all throughout the number, i.e. no real dynamic range.

The show has always skewed young — the average age for each season has been between 21 and 22 — but the trend towards 18- and 19-year-old girls has definitely accelerated within the past couple years. My preferred theory is that the show casts and attracts the modern/jazz/contemporary/lyrical competition circuit,…

The show has always skewed young — the average age for each season has been between 21 and 22 — but the trend towards 18- and 19-year-old girls has definitely accelerated within the past couple years. My preferred theory is that the show casts and attracts the modern/jazz/contemporary/lyrical competition circuit,…

I've seen Eliana and non-SYTYCD powers-that-be classify her as contemporary ballet, so maybe that's what you're picking up on. (I'm not entirely sure about the difference myself.)

I've seen Eliana and non-SYTYCD powers-that-be classify her as contemporary ballet, so maybe that's what you're picking up on. (I'm not entirely sure about the difference myself.)

@DesertDweller79:disqus — don't forget Russell, who went to an honest-to-gods performing arts high school, and whom Nigel also framed as raw-but-gifted naif who plied his trade on the streets.

@DesertDweller79:disqus — don't forget Russell, who went to an honest-to-gods performing arts high school, and whom Nigel also framed as raw-but-gifted naif who plied his trade on the streets.

Chelsie Hightower, Malk, Kherington

Chelsie Hightower, Malk, Kherington

No fewer than four things I need to correct!

No fewer than four things I need to correct!

As fun as the Zooey dogpile's been (HIGH FIVES, BROS), I don't think that anything she said was considerably less substantial than the vapid spittle being ejected by Nigel and Mary nowadays.

As fun as the Zooey dogpile's been (HIGH FIVES, BROS), I don't think that anything she said was considerably less substantial than the vapid spittle being ejected by Nigel and Mary nowadays.

If any of the ballroom ladies last longer than Iveta did, let's just say I'll very mixed feelings.

If any of the ballroom ladies last longer than Iveta did, let's just say I'll very mixed feelings.

"although this season doesn’t have any actual “hip-hop” dancers"

"although this season doesn’t have any actual “hip-hop” dancers"

See, I wonder about the feasibility of the "take a year of training and come back" notion for someone who presumably isn't being supported by their parents, as taking classes can be a serious expense and the amount of time that it'd take away from their day job. A lot can happen in a year, both good and bad, and…