So You Think You Can Dance 2008 recap: The Top 18 results

Results time people, are you ready? I was keeping my fingers crossed this whole time for you-know-who to get cut and I was not disappointed by any means but more on that later.

Shane Sparks!! Where have you been? Oh, how I miss him and his assured smile. They didn’t even flash to him in the audience, which makes me think he must be really busy with MTV’s Dance Crew and we won’t be seeing much of him this season. Bummer because he is my most favorite choreographer the show has had. I was so excited to see his opening number, I loved it from start to finish. It was great to see some of the dancers featured, the guys really hit it hard and the mood was just killer!

More blah feature performances though huh? It was kinda bizarre that they featured a “best” flamenco dancer that has auditioned for the show twice and not made it. I was a bit confused with that one. And Flo Rida, I mean, I like the song “Elevator” played during the Shane Sparks’ opener but maybe live is just not his thing? It was kinda boring and shouty for me. And the performance aspect was really lacking, I expected a little more entertainment.

So after much anticipation we find out our bottom 3 couples are: Chelsea Traille and Thayne Jasperson, who performed a jazz routine by Mandy Moore; Susie Garcia and Marquis Cunningham, who performed Salsa choreographed by Alex Da Silva; and Comfort Fedoke and Chris Jarosz, who performed a Krump routine by Lil’C. I was not at all surprised by Chelsea/Thayne and Susie/Marquis in the bottom but I was shocked a little that Kourtni and Matt or Jessica and Will weren’t there with them since last week didn’t treat them well. Maybe Comfort and Chris got less votes because of Nigel’s wacko behavior last night?

During the solo performances, I felt like Chelsea, Comfort and Thayne did a pretty good job. I obviously have a bias against Susie even being in this competition and while I loooove the song “The Anthem” by PitBull that she danced too, she basically flipped her hair around and did not wow me. I also felt Chris let me down. He totally emoted but that was it. There seemed to be a lot of passion but not much substance to his solo. I was however impressed with Marquis. He has mad skills! He might fail a little as a partner but wow, he brought it all to his solo. To my happiness, Susie Garcia was finally out! I’m sure she is a very sweet girl but I really did not feel she belonged among this talented group. But of course, there had to be some shock thrown into this episode and Marquis Cunningham was sent home. Whaaa? They said too many tricks and not enough dancing. Whatever. I think the wrong guy got cut. Also, a little strange that another entire couple was cut together. I guess no partner changes so far!

So what are your thoughts? Do you agree with the judges? I’ll be back next week with our Top 16!