Season 8 Top 20 Y'all!

Ok so I have guests in town, so this is straight up my "notes" from watching the show. Enjoy, lemme know what you think!


Jordan and Tad
- This is definitely a fun partnership! I wish they had more than 8 seconds to explore that!
- Afro jazz number was good, but I didn’t feel like they were having fun, no smiles, etc. Great dancing though!
- Showcased how powerful of dancers they both are. Tad especially stepped up to the plate. He was a great partner and really adapted to the style! Very proud of him!

Sasha and Alexander
- Do not like this partnership…Alex looks like a creeper face. Not a fan of this, producers. Wish she was with Wadi…
- Contemporary with Travis is always a good way to start your season. Everyone loves it regardless.
- Well, as I suspected, Alexander may as well have not been on the stage. Sasha KILLED that. I couldn’t not look at her. She’s so dramatic, and I LOVE LOVE LOVE it! Every movement is precise and filled with meaning, and she just gives me goosebumps!
- Even after the performance, they didn’t seem to be comfortable together. At one point when she wasgetting a compliment from the judges, he gave her this look that seemed to say “Damn it, I’m going to be in your shadow this whole time.” YEP.

Clarice and Jess
- Well, someone had to get Jess…she didn’t look too excited at the reveal haha.
- They have broadway with Tyce, so clearly this is going to be awesome! Kent and Katee are assisting, so it’s DEFINITELY going to be amazing.
- Well that just left me beaming! It was so incredibly cute!!! The audience reaction said it all, they couldn’t shut up!
- Jess definitely improved his “personality” aka he really seemed to be enjoying it, and their chemistry was surprisingly great!
- Judges seemed to fawn over Jess’s performance skills, which is a bit surprising actually!

Ryan and Ricky
- This should be an interesting partnership, since we don’t know much about Ricky and everyone LOVES Ryan.
- They have lyrical hip-hop with Chris Scott, so I have high hopes, especially because they have a story attached.
- Ryan is just straight up amazing. They way she emotes with her facial expressions and everything is just perfection. Nigel was confused by her smiling, but I read it that she was happy in the memory and being with him again, and he was missing her. She clarified that at the end ☺
- I really liked this piece, and I think this is going to be a good partnership! The only thing I would have wanted was a lift, maybe?
- Costume designers, step it UP. Ryan’s outfit was horrendous.

Caitlynn and Mitchell
- Well, we don’t know much about either of these two, but they have contemporary with Travis, so that’s a bonus. Since Mitchell’s hurt, she gets to dance with Robert which will only help her.
- Even though this was a Sonya piece, I didn’t get that fierceness feeling like I usually do. Unfortunately, Caitlynn doesn’t strike me as a strong woman type.
- There was almost no chemistry between her and Robert…there was a space between them that I can’t really describe.
- Caitlynn can DO the splits though, WOW. That one spin when she was in a full middle split! To quote Ckenn, “Owww, my crotch!” Seriously.

Miranda and Robert
- I actually called this couple! Yay!
- I love Robert and his nerdy fast talking Steve Urkel-ness, but I don’t know much about Miranda. I’m equating her to Kathryn for some reason. It will be interesting to see how they handle a Jason Gilkison jive.
- Cute and fun dance, I just don’t really love Miranda I think. As she said in the package, she’s not really “sexy” per se. Also, Robert’s arms could use some work…he was a little off on the partnering elements with his arms.

Missy and Wadi
- Damn it!!! My least favorite girl got my favorite guy. I hate when that happens. She’s clearly going to stay longer than I would like.
- Sean Cheeseman jazz, so at least it won’t be a contemporary dance in a jazz outfit. I wish it wasn’t to Juas by Gaga though.
- Well Wadi stole that show for sure! He’s so dynamic and powerful! At the end he was doing parkor off the cube for goodness sakes!

Melanie and Marko
- YAY! What a great couple, I love them both! This is a power couple for sure.
- Contemporary with Travis. Another contemporary. Great.
- Love this statue concept, very cool Travis, good call!
- This was absolutely beautiful! I got goosebumps and was completely drawn in the entire time. There is something soft and vulnerable and just lovely about Melanie, I swear! And they have absolutely amazing chemistry!
- Nigel predicted this could be an Emmy nominated routine! At the very least, we will definitely be seeing it again in the finale!

Ashley and Christopher
- Not sure what to think about this couple. They do look cute together, so that’s good!
- Christopher Scott hip-hop about a couple who finds out they’re both cheating on each other…interesting concept! And to “F*ck you”, so great!
- Ashley was great in this routine! She had attitude AND she was hilarious, and of course she rocked the dancing! I have loved her from the beginning, and this just proved why!

Iveta and Nick
- Well, I’m still not sure how I feel about Iveta yet, but I love Nick, so I have hope for their Jason Gilkison Quickstep. Jason always brings story to his ballroom routines, which really makes them more relatable for us normal folk.
- This was a great routine! Still don’t know how I feel about Iveta after it, but it was a really good dance. Nick totally held his own with her, which is amazing for him! Even Mary was impressed!
- I don’t think I can really judge them as a couple until they have a non-ballroom dance. They’ll be around for a bit, probably.

Best of the Night (BOTN): Melanie and Marko Statue dance HANDS DOWN
B3 Prediction: Miranda and Robert, Caitlynn and Mitchell/Robert, and Sasha and Alexander (pains me to say it but the dude is CREEPY)