So You Think You Can Dance' Finale
So You Think You Can Dance Finale 2009 – ‘So You Think You Can Dance’ Finale aired this evening.Here is a recap of what occurred:
Brandon Bryant,Evan Kasprzak,Jeanine Mason,Kayla Radomski all performed Pop-Jazz on “Boys Boys Boys” by Lady Gaga.Jeanine Mason and Evan Kasprzak danced Jazz on “Heartbreaker”—MSTRKRFT featuring John Legend.Later on Kayla Radomski and Brandon Bryant took on Broadway by dancing on “Bye Bye Love” from All That Jazz.Brandon Bryant and Evan Kasprzak teamed up on Pop-Jazz by shaking their bodies on “Nasty” by Miss Janet Jackson.Jeanine Mason and Kayla Radomski picked Contemporary and took the floor to “The Four Sections: IV (Full Orchestra)” by Steve Reich.Kayla Radomski and Evan Kasprzak showed what they were made off on Jive by stepping with “T.R.O.U.B.L.E.” by Travis Tritt.Last but not least Jeanine Mason and Brandon Bryant selected Paso Doble and the music was “Tetsujin” from The Matrix Revolutions.
Breaking TCA 2009 News: 'SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE' IS TALKING WITH PAULA ABDUL
However, exectuive producer Nigel Lythgoe does not think the judge is completely out of IDOL yet.
THE SKINNY: Well, it’s Fox’s turn at bat for the Summer TCA Press Tour and the first panel up is SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE.With Paul Abdul claiming on Twitter that she’s no longer part of IDOL, rumor has had she may jump aboard another Fox competition show, with SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE being the most obvious.
So it’s no surprise that the show’s executive producer and judge Nigel Lythgoe would have something to say about Abdul and whether he would like her involved in his show.
“Absolutely, not a question about that,” says Lythgoe. “I don’t know anybody who has her experience of being a performer, a dancer and a judge. I’ve been trying to get her since Season 1. I spoke to her yesterday morning. I didn’t get into her negotiations, but I said, ‘we were going to Vegas for Season 6, what was she doing’ and she’s coming out to meet me and we’re going to talk about what opportunities there might be.”
If there was a DANCE opportunity, Abdul’s involvement wouldn’t necessarily hop aboard as a full time judge either.
“At this time, we’re talking about opportunities for Paula,” says Lythgoe. “With this program Mary [Murphy] and I are the solid full time judges and we have a rotating chair. I’m not a fan of four judges. I don’t mind a guest judge, but it should never be about the judges. It should be about the talent that’s up there. So I’m not talking about filling a third chair.”
And Lythgoe isn’t even sure that Abdul is completely out of IDOL either.
“I still don’t know she’s going to leave IDOL,” he adds. “Until IDOL goes on the air, there’s always an opportunity for renovations. Who knows what might happen. IDOL is far bigger than any individual. It’s been successful all over the world with different judges. I believe it’s always about the young talent on the show, along with [producer] Simon Fuller’s concept of the country getting behind to make the next star.”
So, So You Think You Can Dance Finale is over with the great question that who is the winner of the spectacular session and who should be the winner.
Don’t be sure about Evan as you all think that he is the one surely won’t be entitled for the no. 1 position, as experts assume that the way judges- Adam Shankman, Mary Murphy and Nigel Lythgoe openly let poor Evan Kasprzak know in front of the audience that its a real surprise how he could entered into the top 4, may reverse the whole thing.
In each and every occasion when ever it was indicated that Evan is the odd man their, the audience didn’t liked it and this overkilling factor may prove to be a enormous blessing for Evan, who knows ?
However Evan’s finale performance with Jeanine (Sonya Tayeh Jazz routine) was enjoyable as always, though it was not a exceptional one.
Among the four finalist it appears that ‘the should be winner’ could be Brandon or Jeanine Manson, and Jeanine is a step or two ahead of Brandon. But who knows it still could be Evan or even Kayla Radomski- who was highly pampered by the judges throughout the show as the best dancer of the show.
The finale of "So You Think You Can Dance" reached its largest venue Wednesday. The show may not yet be the phenomenon "American Idol" is when it takes the Kodak Theatre, but the large crowd was enthusiastic as the final four dances went through their last routines before phone calls and texts would determine the winner.
It was a great bunch on "Dance" this season, stronger than most seasons, but with a couple in the finale that were never seen from the start to reach there. Evan Kasprzak, 21, of Michigan has a winning smile and a goofy demeanor; nobody with his Broadway style has gone so far. But he fared badly in comparison with the others; much as the judges love him, they couldn't deny that he wasn't as strong as the others.
The other unexpected dancer in the finale is Jeanine Mason, 18, of Florida, who barely stood out in the larger rounds, but grew and grew in power throughout the weeks, emerging as an everywoman with a gumption to succeed.
But it is the personality of Jeanine and Evan that will have to surpass the technical skills of the other remaining contestants, Brendon Bryant, 19 of Utah, who overcame indifference from some judges to emerge as the male dancer with unsurpassed strength and grace, and Kayla Radomski, 18 of Colorado, whose exquisite lines and skills bespeaks years of training.
Yet only one of the past four seasons had a female winner; Brendon is very much like last season's winner. Personality may surpass skill at some point this season, as seen when Melissa and Ade did their moving dance to breast cancer one week when it was hailed as one of the show's best, and were both eliminated the next.
I'd say Brendon has the best chance, followed by Kayla, Jeanine and Evan.
The finale originates from the Kodak Theatre ... and, for the first time, "SYTYCD" returns in the fall - on Tuesdays and Wednesday starting Sept. 9 (Tuesday's second hour will go toe to toe with "Dancing With the Stars").
THE FINALISTS: Brandon Bryant, 20, Miami; Evan Kasprzak, 22, West Bloomfield, Mich.; Jeanine Mason, 18, Miami; and Kayla Radomski, 18, Aurora, Colo.
WHAT IT'S ABOUT: The finals take place Wednesday night, while the winner is crowned Thursday. Judges Nigel Lythgoe and Mary Murphy will be joined by guest judges Mia Michaels, Tyce Diorio, Adam Shankman and Debbie Allen. More performances by the season's top 20 and guests Rage Boyz Crew and Talia Fowler, winner of the "SYTYCD" Australian edition.
THE PRODUCER SAYS: In an interview last week, judge-producer Lythgoe was asked who he thought the winner will be. Already "lost her," he said of his own longtime favorite, Janette Manrara, whom voters dumped two weeks ago. "We've been saying all season that this has been our best top 20, and they're almost all on one level. There's no standout, no one has peaked above (their ability), although Janette did everything we asked her to do in whatever style she was asked."
He says this season's real "standouts" have been the choreographers, like Diorio, whose tribute to those fighting breast cancer will end up on a "Best of 'SYTYCD" collection someday.
OK, Nigel, and what of the sixth season, just weeks away, when "SYTYCD" competes against "DWTS"? "I certainly have worries about it, no question about that ... I don't appreciate going head to head with it. I don't think we will help each other."
BOTTOM LINE: Amen, Nigel. The peculiar paradox of season five is just how good the contestants actually are. All of them, to a man and to a woman, have been excellent. But as individual personalities who jump off the screen into your living room (or heart)? That's another question, answered largely in the negative. (Manrara and Ade Obayomi did. Both are gone.) Season four was stuffed with "personality" - Katee Shean, Comfort Fedoke, Courtney Galiano, and, of course, Twitch Boss.
"SYTYCD" has more passion, artistry and pure unvarnished love of dance than "DWTS." But the former better get the "personality" quotient up in a hurry, or the latter will eat it for dinner.
