I'm going to try to Tweet my way through tonight's SYTYCD show. I want to watch it on the good TV in HD and I can't blog that easily in the bedroom. You can follow me on Twitter at:
http://twitter.com/kmantoni
I hope you join me!
I'm running late.
Max and Kayla are safe
Randi and Evan are safe
Phillip and Jeanine are safe too!!!!!
Next up are Caitlin and Jason and they are safe!
My faves are up! Melissa and Ade. They are SAFE!!!
Ashley and Kupono are next along with Paris and Tony. Paris and Tony are in danger! Ashley and Kupono are safe.
My husband is being a turd! SO I'm doing this live and can't pause a thing. I also can't rewatch the show tomorrow. I should know better. I shouldn't have asked him to stay home with me instead of going to poker. I'll know better next time. He is soooo not going to be home next Thursday!
Asuka and Vitolio are in danger!
Brandon and Janette along with Karla and Jonathan are up. One of the couples are going to be in DANGER! And that couple is...Karla and Jonathan!
TIme for the first special guest. Awesome Tango! So fluid!
Okay, I may have to stop blogging this show. I'm watching tonight in the bedroom (no Tivo) and the HDTV is AWESOME!! OMG!!!! I can't believe the difference!
Paris is first with her solo. It was okay.
Tony is next. That was fun but not anything exciting.
Asuka is next and I found that a little strange...not sure why.
Vitolio showed great technique but it seemed a little strange as well.
After the commercial it's Karla and I liked her solo.
Jonathan is next. I didn't know he was a ballroom dancer???
Now it's the special musical guest while the judges decide who is going home.
One of the dancers for the musical guest had a five-head...as Tyra would say!
The camera people need a little bit more practice.
We're back and the girls are up first. Karla is safe. It's down to Paris and Asuka and it's Paris going home.
The guys are up and the judges were not happy with the solos. Vitolio is safe. It's down to Jonathan and Tony. Tony is the one going home! Too bad, he was a cutie!
Tonight starts the real dancing! Luckily, we didn't have to wait through 18 hours of auditions before getting to the good part like on Idol. BTW, did you know that Adam is gay? That's a big DUH! But I'm sure that there are people who didn't know. As a matter of fact, my Aunt Kim didn't know until I told her the night of the finale.
Also, three out of the top four have signed record deals. I'll give you one guess who hasn't...
I'll give you another minute...
That's right!!! Danny Gokey! That's okay, I'm sure he'll get signed by someone...anyone? Hello?! Is there anybody out there for Danny?? *crickets*
Maybe later.
Another BTW: I started to tweet. I'm basically just using it as my facebook status update but I have made a couple of new friends already. Follow me @kmantoni
Speaking of twitter, I follow Lil'C, Nigel, and Adam Shankman! Adam is a tweeting madman! Lil'C leans that way as well. It's very interesting. It's almost like I know them.
Okay, enough chit chat! On with the show and the ultra fabulous Cat Deely!!
The top 20 dancers are a bunch of hotties!!! Guys and girls! Cat has new babies!
The judges tonight are Adam Shankman, Mary Murphy, and Nigel Lithgoe. BOY! I missed this show!!!! I love me some Adam! Even when he's plugging his movies. I'm skipping the recap.
Jeanine & Phillip - Hip-Hop - Tabitha and Napoleon - “Mad” by Ne Yo (1-888-836-7601)
We get very little background on the dancers before we see Nappy Tabs. Looks like Tabitha is getting hair tips from Nate Marshall from American Idol. That wasn't too bad for the first dance. There were some pretty good moves but some standard Nappy Tab moves as well (which I could have done without). I'm sure it's hard not to reuse moves...I know I reuse the same moves EVERY time I dance! I think Phillip and Jeanine did well but I don't think I bought the story coming from them. I think it might be too early for great chemistry. Adam calls it un-freakin' real! I think he liked it. Mary pulls the old tired "I hate to disagree with XXXX .... SO I'M NOT GONNA!!!!" Nigel thinks Jeanine kept up with Phillip and made a name for herself.
Asuka & Vitolio - Broadway - Tyce D’Orio - “Hot Honey Rag” from Chicago (1-888-836-7602)
Poor guys to get Tyce and his Jazz hands right from the get-go! I didn't really like that but then again, I really shouldn't judge the dance but judge the dancers instead. The dancers were great! I think they danced it spot on. I'm worried for them. Adam talks about the luck of the draw and how they didn't get any of it but they danced well. Mary is disappointed because they didn't bring it to life. Nigel thinks the dancing was strong and the lines were fantastic but it lacked personality.
Jonathan & Karla - Cha-Cha - Tony Meredith - Poker Face by Lady Gaga (1-888-836-7603)
They look really cute together. I'm not sure if it was the music or what but that really didn't look too much like a Cha-Cha. Who knows maybe it's just me. Also, I didn't think they were dancing it all that well either. It felt like Karla was goofing up and Jonathan was trying to get her back to where she needed to be. It also seemed like they weren't really into each other for the dance. Adam thought it was really good. Mary screams and call it a whole lotta rough and a whole lotta fun. Nigel thinks they exploded on the stage. Oh well, I guess it was just me.
Randi & Evan - Jazz - Tyce DiOrio - “I Only Have Eyes For You” (1-888-836-7604)
Not another Tyce routine! Randi is the unitard queen. Evan is the guy that auditioned with his brother and made it over him. Lauren is helping Tyce out. I like these two! That was much better than Tyce's first routine. I liked that. It was hot in spots then the "Tyce" would show through and ruin it for me. I think I'm going to call this one my favorite so far. Adam calls them vertically challenged but says they danced like they were eight feet tall. Mary calls it smoldering and believable. Nigel thinks they will be a couple that people talk about...I think he's right!
Paris & Tony - Hip-Hop - Tabitha & Napoleon - “Let the Beat Rock” the Black Eyed Peas (1-888-836-7605)
Tony lucked out getting hip-hop. Tabs is wearing an Obama shirt. That was fun but I think the first Nappy Tabs routine was better. These guys should have been hitting it hard but it seemed a little to soft to me. The song was about the beat so they should have hit the beat hard. Adam thought it was really good but calls it a little mushy. Mary doesn't think it's going to be memorable. Nigel agrees with Mary and thought they were just doing the steps and it wasn't real.
Caitlin & Jason - Bollywood - Nikuul - “Jai Ho” from Slumdog Millionaire (1-888-836-7606)
Caitlin the sister that made it. Jason is cutie-pie! That was pretty fun too! I like Bollywood. I wasn't too sure about it last year but I'm sure now. I think the choreography was too fast towards the end and it got a little frantic but other than that, it was pretty, pretty good. Oh! And a LONG kiss at the end! Adam said they ROCKED!! Jason made it look effortless and Cailin blew it out. Mary is glad the Bollywood came to Hollywood. Nigel thinks they brought it and called it beautiful.
Janette & Brandon - Foxtrot - Louis Van Amstel - “Come Fly With Me” by Michael Buble (1-888-836-7607)
Brandon kinda looks like Carlton. Louis is from Dancing with the Stars. Very nice! Awesome lift at the end. I bet Louis is happy there are on lift rules! It really looked like they were having a good time and I like the personality they showed. Adam called it lovely and beautiful. Mary makes a funny joke about her Botox and she can't believe she just said that! Mary calls it lovely as well. Nigel calls it beautiful.
Ashley & Kupono - Jazz - Wade Robson - Felt Mountain by Goldfrapp (1-888-836-7608)
Okay, that was weird. I'm not even sure what else I can say. I'll call it the "Ring of Fire" of dance. Adam calls it weird looking at them but their technique is wonderful. Mary was into it and bought it 100%. She put the dog on the hot tamale train. Nigel calls Wade a genius and that people talk about him. Nigel loved it.
Melissa & Ade - Contemporary - Mandy Moore - “Right Here Waiting” by Richard Marx (1-888-836-7609)
Mandy Moore is the queen of the 80's and I love her! Lots of love on tonight's show. Pick down! LOL!! I'm all misty after that one. Okay, THIS is my favorite of the night sorry other couple that I can no longer remember. This was sweet and touching and beautiful. Loved it! Way to go "grandma"! Adam calls it so special and tears up. He was moved. Mary screams first thing. She calls it believable and beautiful. She gets choked up too. Nigel calls the top 20 fantastic. He calls it beautiful. Well done!
Kayla & Max - Samba - Louis Van Amstel - Jum Bah Day by House of Gypsies (1-888-836-7610)
Kayla is the one that lives with her grandparents. Her grandpa is a big old softy. Max is the ballroom dude this year. He isn't as cute as Dmitry or Pasha but I think he might grow on me. Loved it! Adam says OMG that was so good and thinks the Kayla was born in a ballroom. Mary hears a train. They're on the Hot Tamale Train! Nigel calls it truly sensational.
I thought Melissa and Ade were the best. Who did you like?
Idol is over (I still haven't watched the entire finale) and now it's time for So You Think You Can Dance! It's my favorite show...I like it more than Idol! I missed me some Cat during the winter. She is just so darn cute and likable.
I was traveling last week when the first show aired but I was able to watch it on Tivo. There were a few good people and some that I want to keep my eye on and a few disasters. The biggest disaster was the same sex ballroom dancer. I'm sorry but I couldn't stop laughing. It was just weird. I think Mary was right when she said that one of them should have played the female role the entire time. I was confused about who was in charge.
This is the second show and so far there was only one person that I'll be keeping my eye out. There is another same sex couple...twins. They were BAD!!
This show featured Tyce which was not a good thing. I didn't like Tyce before, and I really don't like him now. He was just mean to some of the bad dancers.
I normally don't blog during the audition phase unless there is something outstanding.
I still have to watch the last week of American Idol, I haven't cleaned the apartment yet, and I still need to post SD pics as well as a blog!
But for now, I'm watching the show and relaxing! If anything exciting happens, I'll come back!
Here's a video from back stage at Idol when they announced the winner. It's kinda funny how no one seems too excited and some seem shocked!
American Idol 2009 - Press Room from purvistv on Vimeo.
OK All.. my 2nd attempt to blog this AI THING!! Who's gonna win??? And why OOO why, is this a 2 hour finale!! Here we go!!!
Cool - Ryan is in the middle of Kris and Adam, who are both wearing all white, Ryan is in a darker color -- lights shining on Kris and Adam, cool affect. Under 100 Million Votes came in for tonights winning vote. 624 Million votes for this season!!!
Ryan introduces the judges and they do a clip of each one from the season:
Randy sure did say "For Me, For You" ALOT this season!
Kara - she sure did say "Sweetie" and "Honey" an awful lot this season.. More Sweetie than Honey's.
Paula - OK, you know how I feel about Paula.. all she tried to do was use big words all season, and couldn't pronounce ANY of them correctly!!
Simon - Can he HEAR.. "What you say" was his favorite sayings this season.
Adam and Kris take the staircase for the last time.. geeze, Adam is in those combat boots.. I hate those. Flash to Conway Arkansas and the crowd.. lots of people! Now to San Diego.. lots of people. Carly the Irish Girl from one of the seasons introduces Adam's home town of San Diego.
The top 13 Perform - SO WHAT.. BY PINK.. Love this SONG!
They are all dressed in White.. (ok, so now I know why Adam and Kris are dressed in all white). I love it, it looks great! Even Scott is movn and groovn. OK, so the dancing near the end and the hopping to the middle of the stage was a little bit rough. The chick with the long blond hair -- Megan, can't dance a lick! They all seemed to have fun though.
Ohhh, here's David Cook singing. I like him. Crap, I didn't get the name of the song. I thought I read that his brother passed away not to long ago (i think i read it in People). Performance will be on itunes after the show (of course).
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Oh man, they keep showing past AIs.. god if this was Kristi, she'd know them ALL. I can't name them!!
Golden Idol awards -- ok, whatever.. clips from the auditions and stuff.. boring, they could get rid of this and the show would then only be 1 hour!!! Norman the crazy guy won an award.. GOTTA GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO KRISTI ON THIS ONE.. THAT WAS HER MAN!!! OH KRISTI, YOU WILL LOVE THIS.. NORMAN IS PERFORMING!!
Duet - Queen Latifah and Lil Rounds. Queen Latifah looks good! I like Queen Latifah, remember her on Living Single? Bet Lil Rounds is in heaven!! Song is ok, singing together is just ok. Paula's jammn'.. of course. End of the song was good.
Jason Mariez(?) sings.
Kris Allen clip..
Kris Allen gets to sing with Keith Urban.. Kiss A Girl. Ohhh, Kris sings solo by myself for a bit. Can you imagine what all the AIs are thinking getting to sing with all these famous stars!! good good good.. i like Kris! Where's Adam... guess they save him for the second half.
Another song.. GLAMAROUS.. it's all the girls, oh god, Megan sang.. yuck.
FERGIE -- My sister in law says "Fergie is BAD".. Fergie has dark hair. WE love Fergie in my house... my son loves her..
Black Eyed-Peas perform and Fergie sings with them. Love the dancers get-ups, although they don't do much in the background.
More Golden Idol awards.. It's not even 1 hour in yet!! Bikini Girl!! Tiffany Shedd.. ummm I think that was her name, anyone remember her.. Bikini girl is singing.. in a bathing suit, yuck! OMG.. TOO FUNNY!! SOMEONE IS BEHIND Bikini Girl.. IT'S KARA.. she takes over the stage - OMG, TOO TOO FUNNY.. BIKINI GIRLS CAN'T EVEN SING!! AND THEN.. YOU GOTTA WATCH IT.. I CAN'T EVEN TELL YA!
Very good State Farm Commerical!
Cindy Lauper -- OMG.. I'm having an 80s flashback. Allison gets to sing with her. Does she even know who Cindy Lauper is??? Time After Time, Time After Time.. oohh, i loved it!
OK you Adam peeps.. they are talking to Adam's family.
DANNY DANNY DANNY is singing. HELLO... loved it.. have i loved everything tonight. OMG.. There's Lionel Richie. I've seen him in concert (with Shiela E, hmmm).. yeah in the 80s!! There goes Paula - Dancen' again. My husband turned on the surround sound for this! There's Reuben and his new wife!
45 more minutes to GO!
OK all you Cali people.. here's ADAM!
Adam is singing.. BETH.. he looks like a FLY.. wierd. Adam does good. and GUESS WHO'S SINGING... HMMM... KISS!! Adam is singing with KISS!!. He fits right in. Oh yeah, we love Gene Simmons in my house.. love the reality show! IIII WANNA ROCK AND ROLL ALL NIGHT!! OK, so how much do you think Gene Simmons got paid to do this.. he does nothing for FREE!! The crowd is GOING CRAZY!!
Carlos Santana. I'm getting tired of doing this.. good song to play Guitar Hero.
Final Ford Video.. Kristi just loved these all season... hahahaha. ok, whatever, let's get to the end of this. Kris and Adam get new Ford 2010s.. whateva!
Steve Martin.. ooh, goodness. not sure how this all fits in. The Oil rigger dude is singing.. and that horrible Megan.. goodness. This sounds like a song from the movie Oh Brother Where Art Thou... hmm, Steve Martin wrote that song.. and he was pickn a banjo.
A little bit of Rod Stewart.. The men are singing. And yep, you guessed it, guess who's singing. Don't we all love Rod.
Another Golden Idol Award. Guess who gets this one.. Screamer Girl!!
OK, I really liked all the bands/singers that were on the show tonight!! I think this may have been one of the best! I really like the way they had the IDOL finalists singing and then had the actual artist sing with them... pretty cool.
OK Peeps.. it's 9:52pm EST... who's gonna WINNNN!!!
Adam and Kris sing a final duet. WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS.. GUESS what Band is performing now.. hmmm.. you got it..
Thanks for letting me BLOG KRISTI.. I had a fun time!! My husband is sooo glad this is over!! I've made everyone in the house sit in silence...
COMMERCIAL.... it's now 9:56.. they said it would run over at least 7 minutes past 10pm EST. Whatcha West Coast peeps doin???
I have to get ready to call my friend Kristi in South Dakota.. i'm surprised she's not ringing my cell yet.. she must still be playn' poker.. she's dying to know who wins before she see's it!
Commercials for So You Think You can Dance.. be watching Kristi's Blog.. she loves this show too!
OK.. IT'S 10:00 PM.. WHO WINS WHO WINS WHO WINS.. here are the RESULTS being brought out onto the Stage. A new world record was created with voting. 100 MILLION
DIM THE LIGHTS.. HERE WE GO...
KRIS ALLEN KRIS ALLEN KRIS ALLEN!!!
HE IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZED.. HE CAN'T BELIEVE IT!!!
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