My newly predicted final 4. Photos from fox.com.
Last night. the Top 10 dancers were revealed on “So You Think You Can Dance.” After eliminating Comfort, we were left with Jessica, Courtney, Kherington, Chelsie, and Katee for the girls. Thayne was also eliminated, leaving us with Will, Gev, Twitch, Mark, and Joshua for the guys. Next week, the couples will be randomized, and each dancer will perform a solo. America will vote for an individual dancer rather than a couple, and the judges will have no power. Hopefully, home viewers will vote using the judges’ critiques.
Comfort and Thayne have spent almost the entire competition in the bottom 3, so it was no surprise that they were finally cut. As the judges said, they just didn’t share a connection. Thayne is obviously a talented contemporary dancer, as we saw from his audition. On the show, however, he did a lot of frozen smiling and often looked awkward. That being said, I think Chelsea was a much better partner than Comfort. Comfort certainly rocked her solo last night, but it wasn’t enough to make up for her other dances. I don’t think Comfort partners well. She just never connected with her partners, and she often looked blank. Unfortunately, they had been in my predicted top 4. Guess I’ll have to make a new top 4 prediction.
Now that we’re at the top 10, I think the top 4 in the finals will be: Will, Mark, Chelsie, and Katee. Will is clearly a judges’ favorite, and there’s no denying that he is the most talented dancer on the “So You Think You Can Dance” stage. His solo last night was unique and amazing. It also helps have a nice body that lots of squealing teenage girls will vote for. Mark is quirky and theatrical, and he has never faltered in a dance so far when partnered with Chelsie. Voters love good partnerships and don’t want to split them up. Also, his Vegas performance that we saw proved that he has extremely strong solos. Chelsie has a firecracker personality and is skilled at all forms of dancing, plus there is always a ballroom girl at the end. Her experience with partnering will mean she can dance well with everyone. Katee is a judges’ favorite, and she seems sweet and humble, much like last year’s winner, Sabra.
Which means that everyone else will be eliminated one by one. Next week, Jessica will certainly be leaving, but it’s up in the air as to who will be joining her. The guys are all very solid, and have good solos. The girls are also very talented, though I can see Kherington leaving soon, and possibly Courtney, along with Gev, if they don’t partner with others well. I guess we’ll just have to wait and see.
