Agreed, I've been rooting for Jeanine from the get-go, but I think last night's solo + performances put her over the top. Adam seemed to address when critiquing everyone's solos, Brandon aside. She seemed to be the only one trying new things, taking chances; everyone else seemed content to do the same-old same old…

Technically Jeanine wasn't the best - on technical merit I would've ranked the final four as Kayla > Brandon > Jeanine > Evan - but for me her personability put her over the top.

So it wasn't just me who thought last night was a bit bland, the lone highlights being Brandon's solo and Jeanine smacking Kayla during group rehearsals. Both group routines were a lot of fun but they should leave the costume choices to the professionals (What? Oh, never mind…)

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I never thought I'd be so upset about a freaking reality TV show, but I guess that speaks to what a high standard they've set for themselves in the weeks leading up to now. Heavy wears the crown, indeed.

Sashi, I had the exact same thoughts re. Melissa's headscarf.

After Melissa and Ade's performance, I was very curious as to whether or not this week's lucky firstie (very subtle btw, well played) would be subject to the usual "cancer, AIDS, etc." abuse. Too soon, I guess.

Two for two for me too. It gets a lot harder now.

WC - thanks, I'll be a regular. Great point re. Kayla's clammy feet in the West Side Story routine, I noticed that myself.

GK - thanks! I've been reading BCCZ's SYTYCD coverage all season, as well as her AI writeups here - after auditions, my MO is to just watch the performances on youtube and get the gist of what I missed via Claire. I knew she'd be covering SYTYCD for another site, so her blog was easy enough to find.

This is my first season of watching the show and I'm kicking myself for not signing up from the get-go.

I took Randi & Evan in Fantasy SYTYCD this week, assuming that the judges were heightists, but the fact that weren't even in the bottom 3 pairs was a stunner for sure.

The Adventures of Ford Fairlane
Booty time, booty time, across the USA!
Booty time, booty time… hey hey hey!

I heart German board games
I always thought the "tan" in Catan was like "taun", so Catantrum doesn't quite work for me. Oh, you Americans!

@Opinions!: I've played at a friend's place for a few hours and agree with pretty much all of your sentiments. The graphics are pretty good, and for new IP there's a lot to build on for future iterations. More comments:

Hmm. I agree that "In Our Gun" is when they started going for a more "accessible" aesthetic. It's for this reason that it is my least favourite of their studio albums. Bear in mind that I am a big fan of both their pre- and post-In Our Gun work.

Baltar's appearances have been few and far between in season 4.5, you may be onto something. Is his dream of Adama's execution significant or prophetic, even though it didn't actually happen? Or was it just a plot device to allow Baltar to convince himself to return to Galactica?

Athena Sharon was in the brig with Helo & Hera, Six and Anders… speaking of Anders, Sharon made a comment regarding his relative importance to the success of the coup. Did anyone else catch this?

Agreed Zapfino, nice review.

My girlfriend loves this game!
Very few games catch her attention but this is one of them - I agree with the final judgment, nothing groundbreaking here but its look and sense of humour are its best features.