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indeed i am still here, i have just been so busy at work...

alas, it was the final four i wanted. i did love pasha, but it was his time to go, and danny has definitely started proving himself to me performance-wise. lauren has consistently gotten better and better for me, and was her very best during her solo last night. but there's no way she should have been there over lacey and/or sabra.

on a side note, i really appreciated sabra and lauren doing contemporary solos to up-tempo songs. this should be done more, rather than always have slow droopy songs that meld into the same thing when it's all you see all season.

i can't wait for neil and danny to dance together, and the top 4 dance is going to be amazing. can't wait for tonight.

Did we all know that Neil was in The Times They are a Changin'??? Somehow I missed that...good for him, booking such a hard core Twyla - umm.. creation.

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Em, at this point, I don't think it matters much who stands out; people will vote for their favorite regardless. For instance, I, like a dope, made plans on Sunday to go see "Hairspray" tonight, forgetting that the SYTYCD finale will be on. However, as soon as I get home, the first thing I will do when I begin watching on Tivo is to find the phone number for Sabra and start dialing. I will watch and dial, watch and dial, watch and dial ...

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Wow, Cat, that is quite a dress... haha.

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I really like Lacey but her interview made me think that she is not passionate enough about dance to win. I also hated her solo dance costume. However, loved the waltz she just did and also loved Danny in this as well. Very entertaining show but still waiting on that wow factor!

Danny's solo was amazing. Those leaps gave me goose bumps- they were perfect! However, it seems like the producers are trying really hard to soften Danny up this week. Even my daughter said she likes his personality better tonight than she ever has. I actually didn't love Danny and Neil's dance. I think last years dances were better. I don't cuss, but WTF was the Sabra/Lacey dance- very wierd. As my daughter said, tonight was the first night that Sabra didn't get glowing reports or good choreography. Maybe it will inspire people to vote for her!

I LOVED Neil and Danny's dance. As in ADORED it. I think every season brings an awesome male duet. Jamile and Nick's hip hop, Tranji's hip hop, and now this.

I also loved Sabra and Lacey's dance. I got it for the most part, but what I was waiting for the judges to say was that even though they really didn't get the message, despite that, it was danced beautifully, because it was.

I didn't particularly like the "co-ed" dances. Neil and Lacey's lindy hop was a bit confusing and I didn't like Neil's performance as much as I usually do, although those lifts looked terrifyingly hard. Mad props for making it look as good as it did. The cha-cha was also good, but not a-mazing. Definitely better than the lindy hop, though, IMO.

The solos were all amazing, except for Lacey's. I just didn't see much at all. And I agree, after her interview with Cat I'm confused about her and what she's doing here. Despite all this, this was one of the only nights where I actually enjoyed Lacey as a person AND performer. Her kookiness tonight was nice.

Danny's solo made me smile so big. It was breathtaking. The leaps around the stage reminded me of Mr. Mistoffelees haha. Danny overall tonight won this whole thing. Based on tonight it should be between him and Sabra, IMO.

So, for me, after tonight, I have no idea what's gonna happen. As much as I finally enjoyed Lacey tonight, I would be happy with either Sabra, Danny, or Neil. I would love to see Sabra win this just to see her expression after the announcement. Something tells me that if anyone else won, they would have a more "It's about time all my hard word paid off," but I can see Sabra having a response similar to Benji's last season.

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From the performances tonight, based on that alone, I'd have to go with Danny. But we all know that's not how these things work. :) I still love Sabra and Neil but they weren't the best tonight. I actually really loved Lacey and Sabra's number, and I agree with ComaBaby that I was surprised that they didn't comment on how beautifully danced it was, regardless of how effective they thought the concept was. I enjoyed Danny and Neil's number as well, but not nearly as much as the final dance from Tranji.

I'm looking forward to the results! But not all of the crap that leads up to the announcement in the two-hour time slot.

ETA: I'm trying to vote, for once, but the lines are busy. Unfortunate!

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Updated On: 8/16/07 at 11:49 PM

Inexplicable duplicate post!

Updated On: 8/16/07 at 12:16 AM

If this was based on last night alone, I would want Danny to win, followed closely by Neil, then Sabra, then Lacey...AND YES I have always loved Danny, but Sabra has been my girl from way back when

That said, I still believe in my heart of hearts that Sabra will take this. She didn't overly impress me last night, but that's probably because they gave them the freaking hardest ballroom dances (the cha-cha is so much more complex than it looks). I loved her fox, I loved that dance! I thought it was different and interesting and intricate and well executed.

The Mia Princes number could have been spectacular if they had taken a breath and honed in some of their energy (some parts felt all over the place, but other parts were AMAZING, like when they were banging the sceptors on the floor.)

I still think tonight was on another level than last season, even if it didn't entertain quite as well.

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I found the "princes" number to be off. It was more impressive during the practice overview. I almost never track with the judges.

Updated On: 8/16/07 at 10:18 AM

When it was announced that Neil and Danny would dance a Mia Michaels' rountine, my interest was definetly piqued. She is my favorite choreographer on the show, so I thought, "This should be interesting." I hoped that she would do something to defy convention.

Instead, Mia resorted to a stereotypical view of men as violent and competitive. Why couldn't Neil and Danny dance something like her father/daughter routine, or even Wade's mother fox/baby fox number? I would have liked to see the two same-sex dances reversed last night. Are we so afraid of seeing a man being something other than butch when he's dancing that he can't be shown doing anything but being the sexual aggressor with a female partner or engaging in battle with another man?!? (Huh, Nigel?!?)

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