It's ALMOST Vegas...

Welcome to the last day of auditions! Before I start though, I would like to correct myself on the Jakob/Jeanine prom date thing! Thanks to Alexandra for pointing that out! I welcome all of those peer edits, and I love that people that aren't already my friends are reading my blog! Yay! 

Man, I get excited just watching the promo clips!!! AMAZING! Although I hate Salt Lake City and will never ever go back, it does always have some amazing dance talent that feeds right into this show, so let’s see what the Season 6’ers have to offer!!

Just saw Megan Kinney in line! Loved her last year, hope they show some more sibling love and give her some camera time! Oh there, I saw her again!

Mia is the guest judge, so this should be fun! I always enjoy her rude/ blunt commentary!

Bryan Boyer – has hair like Sammy from last season! Wow this guy is a lot like Gev! His moves are quick and powerful and make my jaw drop! I didn’t really like his music though, but that’s not that big of a deal. He was so full of energy and I liked his smile. He’s an obvious yes to choreo, and it’s cute that he finds a partner right away to start practicing! Unfortunately he didn’t think he could do it so he gave up, but with a great attitude, and I think he could eventually be great.

Tristy Mirci - 25 car accidents in 3 years?!?!?! She has got to be some sort of bad luck charm! The question is, of course, will that bad luck be compared to her dancing?  And she’s not good at all, bring on the car accident analogies, Nigel and Cat. I can’t tell if this is a joke or what, but that was like zero skill level. Not really sure why that was in there except for the car accident thing.

Wow that theater is HUGE and filled with people! That is nuts!

Hayley Cloud - Ok well this girl is good already! And she has a herniated disc in her back??? Or had. Cleared from acupuncture. Nice. Wow her gymnastics are so light on the landings! She is just so strong but with such a light feeling to her. I agree with Mary, she is super confident, but not in a cocky way. And she can handstand for 5-8 minutes?! Mia wants proof, hahaha typical Mia! If she wasn’t laughing I bet she could do it! Wow, I love this girl already! So spunky and cute, but you can tell she's a hard core competitor! Straight to Vegas after some teasing from Nigel first. Can't wait to see much more of her!

Megan Kinney – She’s back and better than ever. She’s got a little more passion and spunk this year! A little shaky on some moves, but she has this character, and it always looks like she’s looking right at you, in good and not creepy way! Straight to Vegas, of course!

Genise Ruidiaz – She's wearing pink hot pants and has Cirque Du Soleil-esque flexibility! Long and graceful movements, but it's a little distracting that this is obviously not the song she's dancing to. Unfortunately we didn’t see much, but it was good enough to get her straight to Vegas.

Nigel is liking the pretty little Mormon girls. They would do a montage of his creepy faces. It’s getting old, editing team. How about we make him look appreciative of dance as an art form in a classy way for once? Ya thanks.

Arianna Rowley – 21 years old. She’s a burlesque performer. Sateen La Rogue is her stage name? This is ridiculous. And, sorry, but she looks like a man. Ha, Mary and Mia’s faces! I don’t even know what to write. And no one in the audience knows how to respond. This is just awkward. Next. Oh shit, they’re letting her do choreo. Damn it. Shockingly enough she is horrible, bye bye, do NOT come back please.

Iveta Lukosiute – She came from Russia when it was under Soviet Union control. She’s 29 but looks much older. Maybe it’s the close up on her stage makeup. Or her awkward haircut. Or the broken English maybe? The girl can really dance though! Wow, that was straight up PROFESSIONAL ballroom dancing. It looked like it could have been performed in a ballroom competition. Unfortunately she was absolutely no personality. She didn’t even react to making Mary cry. She is a phenomenal dancer, but she can not be on the show. I’d cry. I kinda wish her partner was auditioning – he seems fun! Oh well, I hope she can prove me wrong because she’s a really good dancer.

Did anyone else see the guy who came out with a ticket to Vegas that looked like he could be Mark’s brother?? Just me? Ok then. 

Pascal Nayigiziki - What is he doing? I’m so confused. This is not dancing. He is trying to learn how to walk? And now he’s ripped off his shirt. Great, that’s 2 strippers to come out of the SLC auditions. His work wasn’t even good. Nor was the fake crying. As Mary said, he was just running around the stage having a conniption fit! Apparently he’s a “great investment”. Psh. Next.

Ballroom montage! I want to see all these auditions!!! Not fair! *Afterthought – they showed two not-so-great ones, why???

Ashley and Ryan Di Lello – Well they’re going to be good because they’re in their house (they're married), right? And their clips are great. She’s got good feet, bad arms. I HATE the song choice. She’s just making stupid faces from the camera, and Mary calls her out on that. Roomie said that right away too. Ryan is great, a good leader and strong dancer and the judges really do love him. She looks bitter about the Ryan love-fest, but he definitely was better. We’ll see them in choreo to see if they can dance with other partners. Not surprisingly, they are both good enough for Vegas, but I don't see Ashley staying there very long. 

More ballroom please? YES.

Leigh Asay and Josh Murillo – They’ve only been dancing together for 2 weeks, and that is definitely She’s very cute and smiley, but something about this just seems slow motion. They both have technique, but something is just off. How bout not choosing Lady Gaga for your ballroom audition? I think that alone would make it better. Ok it gets better as it goes along, and I could see how she would be very adaptable and good on the show. She's slightly annoying and it seems like she knew to bring up the toenail right away. Ewww, so the toenail’s been pre-empted in the "Coming Up" sections, but it’s still so gross! Why would they show it so close up?? She’s handling it with a ton of personality though, which will probably play to her favor. And it does! She’s straight to Vegas (and the Emergency Room!), but Josh is off to choreo. Just as well, I didn’t really notice him anyways. And he’s not going to Vegas, so hopefully she will make up for losing a toenail.

I think I was distracted tonight by my excitement for tomorrow’s VEGAS WEEK! I can not wait to see all of the great dancers and start making predicitions! I also can not wait to see the tapping! I still say that this is the year of the tapper! Don’t prove me wrong, Nigel. Alright, that’s all for now. It's all good dancing from here on out, so Viva Las Vegas!!!!