Some "So You Think You Can Dance" news - Black Eyed Peas on next Thursday's results show.
And...with the elimination last night of Caitlin Kinney and Phillip Chbeeb, the show is now down to a special benchmark in each season - the top ten.
For that list, on to the jump!
Yes, Max Kapitannikov and Ashley Valerio of Hollywood. Here's the line from Fox:
"The three couples who received the fewest votes after Wednesday’s performance show were: Kayla Radomski and Max Kapitannikov; Caitlin Kinney and Jason Glover; and Ashley Valerio and Kupono Aweau. After each of these six dancers performed solo routines, the judges eliminated Max Kapitannikov and Ashley Valerio...."
Kapitannikov has an unusual - and tragic - background, as he relayed in the show's opener, and as this piece explains.
Yup, all announced last night, and here they are...bios on the jump.
Anyone from LI?
No.
But Brooklyn is very well-represented. Show begins in earnest next week. And who...will...win?
Courtney G.?
Of COURSE you remember her. She was the pint-size dynamo from Commack (now living in Dix Hills) who very nearly upended the field in last spring's "So You Think You Can Dance," by winning - but alas, ending up in fourth place instead.
In any event, she's back on the Island next Wednesday for the "SYTYCD" tour at Nassau C.(7:30), and Newsday own dynamo, the "American Idolista" extraordinaire, Ronnie Gill, spent a few minutes with her recently - a piece runs in the paper Monday.
[And before I forget..."SYTYCD" auditions are Nov. 13 in Brooklyn, at the Mark Morris Dance Center, 3 Lafayette Ave.)
She is/was/has been a Knicks City Dancer, and told RG, about a visit back to North East Dance Academy in Commack, where she started dancing, to teach the kids the Dancers' routines: "There’s no place like Madison Square Garden. It’s historical, the world’s largest arena. It's amazing performing there because of the energy whether the Knicks are winning or losing [which, ahem, they tend to do on a regular basis; plus I must dutifully add here that Cablevision which owns the Knicks and the Garden also cuts my paychecks too] ... My Knicks girls were so supportive of me" during the Fox run.
OK, here's a clip from Court's "SYTYCD" run - which, she says, was one of her favorite routines...It's with partner, Mark Kanemura, performing a jazz piece to "The Garden," choreographed by Sonya Tayeh... And go to the jump for her audition...
I hate to be the bearer of bad news this morning, so I'll let DialIdol be the bearer: Commack's Own Courtney Galiano will not only lose tonight's final of "SYTYCD," but will lose without scoring almost any votes!
Improbable - at least the latter part? Of course, but that's what DialIdol seems to be implying in its latest survey.
DialIdol? You don't know about it? Well just let me tell you then: It's an insanely accurate measurement tool that gauges busy signals of various reality comps on vote night ("AI" being the most famous.) At least I believe that's how it figures this out. The site doesn't claim absolute accuracy (and in fact it's whole MO is to help fans dial in their choice), but it's accurate enough to make even Karnac the Mag envious.
Who's tonight's winner? It appears that Joshua Allen has it by a hair; Twitch Boss is just behind him, while my pick for the winner's circle - Katee Shean - is waaaay back of the pack. So it doesn't look good for her either.
Truth be told, Courtney - by her own admission - never had much of a chance to win this, as good and talented as she is. Joshua and Twitch? I think they really sealed this last night with that show-stopper ballet-hiphop mash routine from "The Nutcracker." They both had remarkable nights.
Again, DialIdol could be completely off-base here. So let's just wait...
(Photo: Courtesy Fox, and yup, that's Joshua.)
Yeah, Courtney's still in it. Courtney Galiano - Commack's (and I suppose, Dix Hills', too) own. As promised, I'm keeping track of "SYTYCD," for the next two weeks, because someone from Long Island -someone very good who stands a very good chance to win - is still in it. "SYTYCD" certainly doesn't have the big audience cache of "DWTS," but in some ways (energy, originality, better contestants) is a superior show. So, let's see what happens. Court (19) easily made it to the top six, but who knows what "easily" means cuz no vote counts are revealed. Plus, like all these shows, curves are thrown. Twitch Boss landed in the bottom four, but he's one of the best of show, so who knows. Meanwhile, Comfort Fedoke, 20, of Dallas got voted off for THE SECOND TIME in ONE season. Not sure, but that's gotta be some sort of Guinness Book of Reality TV Shows record. (Also gone - Will Wingfield, Court's partner since Gev...) Let's see...besides Court and Twitch, who survived, the other finalists are Mark Kanemura (24), Joshua Allen (19), and Chelsie Hightower (18). 
Funniest - by far - part of last night's show was LL Cool J - "funny" only because I'm SURE Fox had no idea what he was gonna sing, and probably never heard the song "Baby" before either. 'Cuz if they had...I wonder what they'd think of lyrics like this? "...Met this little girl, she was off the hook/I got cold chills when her body shook/Hot sex on the platter no need to cook/I let her steal my heart like a horny crook/Had her grinding and winding against my leg/She messin with my head, wanna play in the bed/Sexy pumps on, toenails red/Your body's a gun baby, pump me full of lead..."
Oh baby....
Phew. Back. Survived. Alive. No RSI symptoms. Press Tour. Over. Praise the Lord.
Sorry for the long delay but after the press tour - that windy press junket thing that just concluded - I realized a couple things. First, if I had stayed just a few hours longer at the Beverly Hilton, I could have seen John Edwards in a foot race with some paparazzo. (Real news!) Second, I realize that there's nothing much going on in TV for at least one day after the press tour ends, because all the people who write about TV are in transit - in my case, hitchhiking back from Beverly Hills. (And if there's no one to write about the tree falling in the forest, did the tree actually fall?)
But enough of the fond reminiscences and inscrutable asides. There's important stuff to talk about and we have to get to it right away. I speak, of course, of Courtney Galiano. Let's make sure for the record exactly how to spell her name (just one "L") and where she's from: Dix Hills, right now. These are important facts because suddenly, Courtney is the most important person in my TV world...
Yes, tonight's the results show for the top eight - two will leave - and with Courtney still in the hunt, this means, I'm gonna actually have to start paying attention to "So You Think You Can Dance" for the first time this season. I wasn't certain she'd last this long - something about her not being as popular, say, as the other contestants, or maybe Lithy's tepid response to her on occasion. But there she is - in the hunt, and maybe a winner too. It'll all happen very fast, so I've gotta pay close attention. The top six - which I'm confident she'll be in - perform on the 30th, the top four on August 4, and the Finale and winner crowned: Aug. 7.
Will Court make it this far? Beats me, but if she does, you know what I'll be doing. Meanwhile, she did have a good night last night; the opening Samba with Will scored kudos with Lithy. So, we'll see.
Did I tell you yet that I was back from the press tour?
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