By the way... I noticed that Dom is getting a lot of flak from other people... mostly what we call "haters." I'm actually unconcerned about this, to be frank. Dom is more well-known than the other all-stars (NOT meant to be taken offensively), because of all the exposure Quest Crew has gotten since winning ABDC. Maybe even the most successful, who knows? But the reason why I'm not worried is because the more people that know you, the more haters there are gonna be. The LESS people that know you, the LESS haters there are gonna be. That's why the other all-stars have less haters than him. People are probably gonna read this and be all, "No, it's because he's so attention-seeking and cocky." Well, those people are always finding excuses to hate on somebody, hence the term "hater." But try as hard as you want, folks; we're always gonna ignore your stupid, hateful remarks about people YOU DON"T KNOW.

I agree. He has done very well for himself and those of us who remember him, he was a fantastic contestant! Cocky? Maybe, but in a really good way. The boy has heart! And I totally agree, he is now famous enough to have people who don't like him! Not a problem compared to those of us who adore him! Thank goodness we can all have different taste or one person would get all the love!

See?! Someone who agrees with me! I'm pretty smart for a 12 year-old, aren't I? :) I thought about this last night, because I saw that there were people who hated him for no reason. After that I became unconcerned, and kinda laughed myself to sleep. We can't control other people who hate others, but we CAN ignore them. ;)

Wow you're only 12?! Nice to know that someone so young can express their opinions so effectively, and I agree with you. It all depends on where you go online to be honest. Certain sites or forums cater to fans of non-threatning contemporary guys and pretty young contemporary girls. Hip hop/Breaking aren't the most popular styles in these places. You take it with a grain of salt and always be mindful of the types of people who are making the comments (and yes most of them are simply haters) ; )

Finally I get to see Dom. (or, to purely Quest Crew fans, D-Trix. I'm STILL not used to him like that, because I'm used to him as Dominic on SYTYCD!) I'm pretty sure one of his tweets pretty much says that he's gonna be on the show this week. As far as I know:

Lauren & Dominic: Hip Hop :)

Can't wait for tonight's show!

wait isnt lauren getting dominic for a dave scott hip hop

you know, now that I think about it, I don't think that whoever is paired with Kathryn will get a contemporary or Jazz. With 2 jazz and 2 contemp pieces already accounted for, I have to guess that Kathryn and Partner will be getting a cultural dance. Bollywood maybe? What other options are there?

well disco isn't cultural but i think they would make kathryn partner it because she's versatile. there's also african/african jazz and even pop jazz could happen i think. maybe they'll bring back RUSSIAN FOLK. AHH!

Thanks guys! I thought nothing could bring me down from the high of it only being 6 hours away, Russian Folk and Can-Can....................yup, that did it! LOL

I just don't see them giving Jose ballroom this week, I could so be wrong. If I am right then Robert gets ballroom and I think he could do really well. I think Bollywood would be amazing with him too, or even disco! I am just on pins and needles. I really want everyone to do well, but that seldom happens. So I will take what I get. This certainly looks to be an amazing show no matter what. Well, unless they actually do bring back Russian Folk or Can-Can - nooooooooooooooo!

oh my god one time on sytycd canada they had go go COULD YOU IMAGINE ROBERT AND KATHRYN DOING GO GO. i would DIE.

Again, thank you for lowering my anticipation to a flat line! ha ha good grief!

I can't wait to see how this goes. And for the record, as much fun as this speculation is, I really wish I knew who the partners were and what the dance style was. I'm a bit on edge and not in a good way to see who Robert has and what they do. I want to know what Pasha, Mark and Neil are going to do so I can get my drool on!

i'm SO excited for pasha's paso doble with cristina. also looking forward to what travis concocts for mark and ashley

Gosh I think I'd rather see a Can-Can again than the Russian Folk dance. Spare us please!

Hey now if they get whoever did the Russian Folk extrazaganza (spl?) group number of the tour to do it then it would be good

you know, now that I think about it, I don't think that whoever is paired with Kathryn will get a contemporary or Jazz. With 2 jazz and 2 contemp pieces already accounted for, I have to guess that Kathryn and Partner will be getting a cultural dance. Bollywood maybe? What other options are there?

I cant wait to see Dom!!

tyce is terrible and I don't think anyone who dances contemporary thinks of him as a contemporary choreographer...I guess I'm being mean but his ego seems inordinately large compared to his abilities. As for Alex, most ballet people prefer to go from another style class into a ballet class rather than the other way around because it's such a huge emotional, physical and stylistic change. But having said that almost all of the dancers have diverse training in their backrounds. Melinda for example, has lots of ballet and jazz training.

I wouldn't be able to tell Melinda had training in ballet. She doesn't straighten her lets and her hands/arms are just all over

are you saying that just based on the jive though? because my ballroom partner was a ballet dancer first and when we started learning jive she got really thrown off with the rhythm and the bounce and she had trouble with hands/arms as well as straightening her legs on her kicks. if you are also referring to her broadway though then i don't have much to say because i didn't notice (other than that some of her turns made me say "oh she must have some jazz or ballet training)

Is it a rule that a guy has to dance with a female all-star and vice versa? I thought they just picked out of one hat? It would actually be pretty interesting to see two guys dance together, or two girls.

nigel said it is always going to be opposite sex all-star they dance with.

I can't believe that Mandy is back AGAIN I really like her and she puts out some good routines but she also has been known to put out some pretty bland ones and we really don't need that especially faced with our 5th tyce in 3 episodes.

Mandy's contemps are pretty decent. It's the jazz that she makes really athletic. I think Melinda will have Neil. There's no need to have Ade partner someone who isn't contemp. Neil can bring the pretty for his fans and hopefully votes for Melinda.

three weeks rather.

...wait what happened to tessandra chavez doing choreo?

she's doing hip hop for Dom and Lauren

cool!

maybe she's doing pop jazz for kathryn and partner?

im hope lauren & dominic are together this week i would love to see that...&&&& im super excited about the Kent & Courtney jazzzzz YEY :) i heart kent <3

Gosh, so 2 jazz and 2 contemporary again

Dominic said he is going to be dancing this week, so we can positively say:
Lauren and Dominic - hip hop
I'm going to say Jose and Anya - waltz
Robert and Kathryn - Disco (just because there is almost a disco in the top 18 - this case top 10 - every season

Does Kathryn do disco? I thought that would be more of a ballroom/latin all star as in Anya?

i don't think they would put Anya on disco because she already has 10 different dances to cover (actually 12 if they add salsa and argentine tango to the 10 international ballroom dances). also, the movement in disco (despite resembling cha cha in terms of form) is actually closer to watered down jazz/broadway with partnering and close position so it makes more sense for the jazz/contemp people to partner for it.

so my obsession with this show is officially UNHEALTHY. i CANNOT WAIT until wednesday!

im preeeeetty sure neil is not dancing this week, but i could be wrong.

Wow. I just realized. All 4 seasons nappy tabs has been on, The first couple (Or at least one of them) to leave have always been choreographed by them. S4 Jamie and Rayven. S5. Tony and Paris. S6. Ariana S7. Alexie. That must be discouraging LOL

They need to stop giving us Dan Karaty hip hop.

Can I guess at what the rest of the couples will be?Hm...

Jose/Kathryn (and if they really want to drive the Legacy comparisons home, I would guess they would have Stacey Tookey as choreographer)

Robert/Anya (Which would Kind of Make me excited. Robert, of all the guys, comes across more mature and maybe this is purely based on physique, but I could see this partnership working depending on the style they get)

Lauren/Dominic: (haha I hope this happens! Could be a lot of fun)

Cristina/Pasha (give cristina another chance to 1.Dance in her style and 2.Impress us with her style. She needs to if she wants to survive for very much longer.)

Melinda/Ade(Neil) (I want to see her tackle contemporary/Jazz. I hope she has Tessy cause I feel like Melinda could really pull her style off. I would rather she be partnered with Ade, but Neil is a possibility as well).

We'll see (hopefully) soon!

I really think there is disco this week, so I don't know which couple gets that - maybe Melinda and Ade?

Or Kathryn and Jose, That would be funny : D

Since the shows are live (and the camera guys on way too much coffee) we don't get the spoilers I am used to, wish we had the rest of the line up. Why am I so obsessed over this show - I don't even dance!

I wish it was Alexie (maybe with Neil) and not Adechike, who got the chance to perform a contemporary routine choreographed by Stacey. :(

Hmm...I don't know about that krump routine. Lil C has shown that he can choreograph well, (ex: Kherrington and Twitch), but he's also shown that he can also slack off and make a horrible routine (ex: Comfort and Chris). Sometimes I wonder if it's when he favors the dancers that he gives them a killer routine. Should be interesting anyhow. And I can't wait to see Kent and Courtney do a jazz routine. That one should be really good!

Damn, poor Billy. First Lauren, now Comfort AND krump. I guess he isn't their golden boy anymore. Next is what? Paso? Well, at least he would get Anya for that. lol


And why the same choreographers are getting multiple routines? Nobody can create so many choreos every single week. Call old contestants, stupid producers. Even if they suck people love to see their old faves.

Seriously - do they hate Billy now? And after Alex scored with his Desmond number last week they give him a Tyce Broadway. The only thing I can think of (other than that they hate my favorites and want them to go home) is that they are trying to get some of this out of the way early so we don't have to hear about how these contestants have done nothing but their comfort zone the whole show.
Or they are trying to even it up a bit for the girls, since the all girl bottom three last week.

I thought the same thing. Poor Billy. This season seems to have been a little unfair to him. No breaks at all. They are making it very difficult for him to even show himself.

Honestly they wouldn't even need to call old contestants. There have been a plethora of good choreographers on this show that haven't made an appearance yet this season which has caused multiple routines. Seriously, Wade needs to do more couple pieces (especially something like Slow Dancing in a Burning Room or the Crash Test Dummies), and where have Spencer Liff, Joey Dowling, Toni Redpath, Laurie Ann Gibson (even though she's like 1 for 3 with routine quality), Gary (cannot remember his last name for the life of me but he did two pieces last season), Brian Friedman (again, a little hit or miss), Dan Karaty (for that matter where has he been for the past 3 seasons?), etc etc been this season? There are honestly so many people that I can't list them all that they could use. Having said that I still wouldn't mind if Sonya, Sean and Travis were permanent fixtures on the show because I love all of their routines always.

Dan Karaty should not be used unless it is to boot a contestant.

I think Brian Friedman is busy with X-Factor and multiple other things. And about Dan Karaty, I would hope they finally noticed that dude is a terrible joke to dance. I still smile when I think about the pop/watered down hip hop thingy. LOL

I said they should use old contestants because people would love to see their old faves back. The producers are wasting a nice opportunity here. But I agree, they don't even need them. I have no idea why they are over using the same choreographers right now. A lot of people already hate Tyce and I'm noticing this trend starting with Sonya as well.

I guess also my thing is that if they use a bunch of old contestants it'll take the spotlight off of the allstars that they have chosen (some of which are also good choreographers) as well as the few contestants that have had the honour of choreographing for the show (Travis, Dmitry, Benji, Pasha/Anya) and I think it would be a bit of a past contestant overload. I think that Travis and the All stars this season are definitely having the desired impact of people seeing their old faves (and we could debate all day about some of the all stars not being everyone's faves but clearly these are the ones that were available and fit into the "no winners" rule)

oh also with this cast they could easily use Dwight and Desmond 2 or 3 times this season (mostly Allison or Kathryn with Alex, Billy or Robert).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmU3oIxH3E0 Just saw this video on youtube its a season 1-7 "best of" tribute check it out i think its great:)

i hope we get a Lauren & Neil 7.0 :) LOL that would make my entire life t=for them to pair up during this competition

I hope Adechike doesnt ruin the Stacey Tookey piece like he did to Travis's piece no ofense to anyone who likes him He is talented but he hasnt shown me why he made it to the top 10 he needs to step it up this week

Sadly, I agree. He has the heart, but does not seem to put it in his dance. I think he and Jose will be the first boys to go.

Either the boys are just so freaking good or the girls are actually weak this year. My fav right now is Christina, but I am pulling for Ashley to show us why she is here.

This should be a very interesting week. The contestants need to woo the votes as well as dance their hearts out! No pressure!

Then there are people who are going to vote their favorite no matter what. Can you say Evan? I'm guilty, unless Robert really falls on his face, he gets my votes.

gosh i cant help but wonder how do you know the spoilers?! thanks though for whatever work that went into it!

u.u. i want kent to get krump xd BUT I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE billy hope he kills it

I would have actually liked to see Kent do Krump...I know he can do hip hop (he is actually good) but would have liked him try Krump

The Krump requires a lot of personality. Kent could have done it and I think he could have killed it, but Billy needs it more at this stage. At the moment, we need to see a different dimension to Billy, because he has thus far been within his comfort zone. No he isn't a broadway dancer, but it wasn't exactly the challenge of his dancing life.

also its clear they needed to seperate billy and alex from the start and give the comeback kids different 'arcs'. Billy is obviously getting the early favourite who runs out of steam come competition time and Alex is getting the golden boy routine. It'll be interesting to see how this season plays out, especially with popular and talented boys like Kent and Robert thrown in there.

How is Alex Wong getting the Golden Boy routine when he is stuck with a Tyce DiOrio Broadway routine and on top of that paired with Lauren Gottlieb one of the most polarizing dancers ever to appear on SYTYCD? Sounds more to me like a Double Whammy Kiss of Death!!!

Even though you're calling her a kiss of death, I highly appreciate that you admit that Lauren is polarizing rather than just awful. You're a Gottlieb-hater, but a respectful one. Even though I love Lauren I agree that Tyce broadway is VERY RARELY decent.

Hate is such a strong word and one I would never use in relation to Lauren. She is a talented, vivacious and telegenic dancer. On the occasions I met her during the Season 3 Tour she was always warm, funny and gracious to me. Although, I must concede the Hulk Mask was a little off-putting! I appreciate you noticed my judicious choice of words in describing Lauren's effect on SYTYCD viewers and fans. For the Love of Fosse, I will keep my fingers crossed for Team Wong tomorrow night!!!

How is Alex getting the Golden Boy routine? - he's a ballet dancer, not contemporary or Broadway. Alex won't get to dance in his genre even once this year, unlike every other contestant. But I bet Billy will get contemporary and/or jazz - more than once.

I agree! Although ballet looks a lot like contemporary or jazz, it's actually a bit difficult to switch from a ballet mindset to that of a different genre.

omgggggggg please can we have a hot robert and anya tango that would make my lifeee.

Katy, if that happens we can fan each other! Even tho Robert said he has never done ballroom he throws himself into it and my guess is that he could pull it off. I personally would like to see a paso doble with Robert and Anya! Yum!

AGREED. As much as I would love to see Robert with Kathryn, I think he would do amazing in almost anything with Anya (Tango, Paso Doble but also even a Viennese Waltz or Foxtrot would be excellent).

I'm going to assume there is a disco this week.
So left are: Contemporary, 2 ballrooms (quick step and ...), Disco, hip hop (prob dominic and melinda), and can't figure the last one

i would say there's probably going to be a second contemporary, 2 ballrooms, hip hop and then one of the less common ones like disco, pop jazz, african jazz or bollywood

wasn't Ellenore's krump routine last season qualified as HH? meh..hope it's not this case

Looks like Ashley got her sytle again and Alex doing a style similar to last week cant wait to see jean Marc and Stacey Tookey's pieces lol I can Imagine Billy krumping im not too excited to see comfort every week

Get used to it! This is the year of the boys and we have a platform where they can stay in as the girls get voted out! So we will see more of our girl AllStars! RATS! I want my Pasha, Neil and Mark!!!!! Actually I love the girl AllStars too, just Its PASHA, NEIL AND MARK!!!!!!!!

Ok... here is my pet peeve of the season - All the Jazz and Contemporary.... There is so much so go figure they all look good cause they are all dancing styles they are used to. None of the Jazz or Contemporary dancers (apart from Alex) have impressed me cause they ARE ALL dancing in their styles! On the other hand I am glad Mia is on the panel because she doesn't bestow praise as easy as the boys do.

With that said - if Billy can pull off the Krump, I will be his fan for life. I have said he has needed to do something like Krump or a Samba to REALLY show if he is worth the hype....

I think Billy did really good at krump. The judges were too harsh. How could he have done it any better?

I remember in an interview Billy saying the one thing he doesn't want to do was Krump

I agree...sort of. Kent was totally out of his style and did OK, and got OK review for it. Christina was way out of her zone and did admirably! Not easy for Salsa/ballroom to go limp for contemporary style! Melinda was out of her zone and showed it!

I agree if Billy can krump I will start believing some of the hype! He could do it!

Wonder which girl is getting hip hop this week??? And who is doing ballroom? I hate not knowing!!!

I'm noticing a lack of love for Robert, now there is no hate, so that is a good thing too! Yes, the hands on his face drives everyone nuts! but if you look past that he is a pretty good dancer! I'm very excited to see who and what he gets this week. I honestly believe he is very genuine and dances from his heart and soul. I'm a fan!

I sort of agree that Adechike may get "set up" to fail, they need to keep girls and the other boys are pretty strong except for maybe Jose.

I have not warmed up to any of the girls. Christina is my favorite, she held her own against Mark - no easy task, he is truly the king of that style! I keep hoping Ashley will give me something to appreciate. I'm totally over Lauren and Melinda

There's some animosity towards Robert. He is not my fav but I definitely don't hate him or even find him that annoying. He seems genuine to me - whether people like his personality is not the question, but calling him fake seems wrong to me.

Robert seems genuine. Kent is FAKE, FAKE, FAKE.

I think he is fake too. Don't like the dumb farmboy routine.

How is Kent fake? I think he is funny and GREAT dancer with lots of personality

I Love Robert! He and Alex (with Jose and Ashley as a close 3rd and 4th) are my favorites this season! I think the dark horse status works in robert's favor as it may give him more room to explore and really grow into his own. He creates expectations, he doesn't have to live up to many.

I was over Lauren during vegas week. She doesn't impress me. I was never really a fan of melinda (or she wasn't on my radar) she still has room to win me over.

Yeah! Robert Love!!! I am really pulling for him and hate that he is in a season with Billy and Alex, to say nothing of Kent. Not sure how well Kent will wind up doing, he is holding his own so far and he is just so impossible not to like! I've tried! You just have to love him.

But my heart and votes are going to Robert for now!

Agree with you about Robert! I really like him too, but I do wish he'd shut the hell up sometimes :/ In any other season he'd be in with a shot, but with so many good contemporary guys, he probably won't last long, unfortunately.

While dancing he is gorgeous and amazing but before and after oh dear . . .

First off can I just say, YES YES YES! Dave Scott hip hop! : D

Ok on to the next one, Yes indeed poor Billy. The boy hasn't got an ounce of swag (that I've seen) in his body, and as Lil C typically likes to choreograph his routines to be slightly hardcore PLUS he's dancing with comfort who's proven so far that she is one t reckon with, Little billy may have quite the challenge o his hands. It's doubtful, but if he pulls it off than he is looking to gain more popularity.

Let's hope Alex fairs better with the Tyce/Lauren formula than Billy did last week.Alex can do no wrong in my eyes, but these 2 are pretty tough odds.

I like Ashley alot, Mark is a wild card for me as I don't really know how good he is as a contemp. dancer, but we'll see. I'm counting on travis to give them good choreo.

And kent should do fine. He's been given the best odds of this lot so far.

I think Billy is very self conscious and slightly awkward, and is in the habit of masking this by using technical training. It is his shield, what he hides behind. How he responds when that shield is taken away will be fascinating.

No dave scott

It isn't the fact that Billy got krump that I'm worried about...I'm sure he can at least fake it just like everyone else who did it. It's the fact that he's dancing with COMFORT. Who was awesome and has only gotten awesomer.

The only partners Comfort looked good next to were Twitch (but she couldn't make him look bad because he is awesome hip hopper) and Mark. I thing she needs to realize it is her job to make her partner look good and thus tone it down or do something to help them

I agree with PopCandy why should the All-stars tone it down? The new stars should push themselves to the limit. Not look better because their partner toned it down! Thats not what SYTYCD is about

Don't agree at all! If Billy can't pull it off, at least I'll have something to watch.

really happy for kent and really sorry for billy

hopefully billy's krump routine won't be as bad as ryan and ellenore's last season. when will the rest of the people's spoilers come out?

I hope Lil C's choreo isn't as bad either. I didn't like the routine not only because of how they danced it but the choreo too.

LilC choreo was the problem last season -OBVIOUSLY, I don't think Ellenore would be dancing with Janet Jackson right now if she couldn't do hip hop -duh! They need to lose Lil C

Don't want to be too controversial but remember from the first week of last year's SYTYCD, that Billy Bell had lots of problems with lifting his partner. Check out his dance last week with Lauren and notice that there is only one half-lift throughout the whole routine. Interesting! Wonder how many lifts he will have in the Krump routine? Hmm . . . Kent and Courtney will make a nice couple . . . looking forward to the show.

You do make a good point. Are you talking about for the Viva La Vida dance with Mandy? I remember maybe Kathryn saying they were having trouble "with the way their bodies moved" or something to that effect. Or were you talking about Pauline? If the boy couldn't lift Pauline. . . . EEEEEEEEEEEEEK! But give him the benefit of the doubt---dude had mono. I think he looks stronger now too. . .at least his back seems stronger.

Perhaps you're right and it was Billy's illness last season that dictated the lack of lifts -- however, I will be watching with eagle eyes this week to see whether he has to lift or carry his partner in his Krump routine. Definitely think it will be very strange if he gets out of hoisting his partner two weeks in a row . . . just saying . . .

Also watching the video of Season 6 first week introduction, think Billy has lost weight since then. Don't you think he looks frail? His legs are very thin. Lauren with her gorgeous, athletic dancer's body seemed considerably larger than young Billy while dancing with him last week.

Why is this show so limited with choreographers? Same old folk, week after week. Are they working on contract or something? Instead of changing things like stage, lighting and directors how about reinvigorating the choreographer scene?

Oh god, poor Billy! Wow Ashley's lucky, close to her style for the second week...

adechike's going to get anya and the waltz for sure since he just got contemporary last week

Since Jean Marc is the only ballroom choreographer on the list so far, any chances that Mary might choreograph a number this week? I'm in serious hot tamale train denial >.< :D

i hope alex gets something really interesting from tyce for broadway and not tyce's usual bag of broadway tricks.

Hoping for a good tyce routine is like hoping for a girl winner this season. Odds are pretty stacked against it ; )

I think Tyce is a good choreographer. His dances are unique and cute. Sure they arent a Mia Micheals routine but they are something entertaining. And isnt that what we watch SYTYCD for? Is the entertainment?

I doubt it. Too bad he got Tyce, the least talented choreographer. His broadway routines were extremely terrible.

I agree. Even at his best , Tyce DiOrio's Broadway routines are almost Joey Dowling bad!!

Wow I agree that Tyce is awful but I always think of Joey as an EXTREMELY welcome alternative to him! Guess not all Tyce haters are united.

Well, I'm one for optimism, and I say that Tyce has used all his sucky routines last week, so this week should be the good stuff he has been saving!

Tyce DiOrio and Good Stuff??? Isn't that oxymoronic?

I am going to guess Jean Marc generaux is going to do Quick step and it is going to Adechike - they want him out.
I am going to assume he is going to also choreo another one for a female - if I had to guess, Lauren - latin of some sort?

Ashley's situation reminds me of Melissa and Ade Season 5 - Do you guys remember how everyone figured since not much was shown of the two they would be fodders, but ended up getting their style or close to it almost until top 12?
But who cares, I already know who the producers are aiming to win it, and she is not even close.
AND TYCE 2 - ROUTINES AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!! REALLY??!!! like, really!!! Alex and Kent hopefully will let their personalities shine. I really don't consider Tyce's jazz, jazz btw - it is almost always close to contemporary, and as much as that is good for Kent, I would rather have him do an actual jazz. And what else can I say but poor Alex.
I'm almost positive Stacey Tookey's choreo will go to Jose and Tessandra's goes to Melinda - 2 people they need to save.

Ahhh hope Billy can bring it! Does this mean he's going first again?

Ashley gets to stay in her style (essentially) for two weeks in a row? She better not get "lucky" again next week

Don't they randomly draw what style they are going to do each week?? Didn't Ashley do Contemporary last week vs. Jazz this week?? Not exactly the same..... I hope she kills it!! She is my favorite of all the girls, besides I don't think she will have a problem with any of the styles!!

They need to throw her in ballroom or hip hop. She should do well in a Travis Wall piece.

Billy's not going anywhere. I'd be shocked if he wins it all, but I expect to see him in the finals.

gosh, billy so poor thing >.< i'm worried for him

oh nos.... billy and crump, do not mix. love ya billy!!

uuuuhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh ummmmmmmmmmmm oh dear Billy