The night starts off with a Kelly Abby routine to "Scared of Me" by Fedde le Grand featuring Mitch Crown. It looks like the top 19 are dancing and Legacy starts it off with a little solo. 14 are dancing and then the top 6 come out. Great performance.
[DISCLAIMER: I know who wins the whole thing and I'm not happy about it. I will still re-cap this finale reflecting my honest reaction to what unfolds.]
Next up is a recap of the night before and all the dancers. It is so clear from watching the dances again, that Jakob and Kathryn are clearly the best dancers.
Now the jidges are picking their favorite dances from this season:
Lil C asks Cat to "bring the buckness in" for the Tabitha & Napoleon hip hop dance from Kevin, Legacy and Russell to "Beggin'" by Madcon. I cannot for the life of me remember Kevin. He's good. They all are. That was awesome.
Adam requests the Sonya Tayeh routine from Jakob (of course he picks a routine with Jakob) and Ellenore to "Tore My Heart" by OONA & Dave Tweedie. This definitely wasn't my favorite. It was good and Ellenore and Jakob did an excellent job.
Nigel chooses Derek Grant tap routine from Bianca, Peter and Phillip to "Take The 'A' Train" by Ella Fitzgerald. Ok, it was great. I have a lot of respect for tap dancers because I would never be able to do it. That being said, the flip of Bianca at the end was a little awkward.
Mary picks Ashleigh and Ryan to do a routine that they choreographed themselves. Oh dear, I think Ryan is wearing one of Ashleigh's tanks again. Why does he wear that style of tank top?? Why not just a wife-beater? It looks like a girls tank. Weird. Anyhow, they danced wonderfully.
Leona Lewis now performs a song from AVATAR. Yawn.
The Groovaloos now perform to "Groovaloo Street" by Rapier & Burns. That was seriously very cool.
Nigel picks a Desmond and Dwight contemporary routine performed by Kathryn and Jakob - two of the best dancers!! - dancing to "At this Moment" by Michael Buble. I love this dance. They are so lovely together.
Tyce Diorio picks a Nikul Bollywood routine performed by Nathan & Mollee to "Azeem O Shaan Shahenshah" by Jodhaa Akbar. Meh.
Now the finalists are coming out. There's a bit of a sound issue. As the finalists are coming out, Russell is hobbling and apparently twisted his knee. Not sure when that happened. Weird. [I just went back and re-watched the dance that Russell, Kevin, Legacy did and I can't see where Russell hurt himself. I saw him jump off stage but he still danced and walked normally off the stage. Hmmm.]
6th Place goes to RYAN.
Adam Lambert performs.
Next we see a recap of the auditions. You know, the finale show could really just be an hour instead of filling two hours with boring recaps and random performances. Or even 1/2 hour.
5th Place goes to ASHLEIGH.
Adam asks to see the Travis Wall routine from Ellenore and Legacy to "Machine Gun" by Portishead. It's that weird routine that I didn't love. The music actually sounds like a machine gun. Hmmm. meh.
Debbie Allen picks the African Jazz routine from Noelle and Russell - but since Russell is hurt, they will show us a tape of the original performance. It was good.
4th Place goes to ELLENORE.
So far, America is pretty right on. The three who have left so far are the three I would have cut.
Lil C picks "an orgy of majestic contemporary artistry" performed by Channing, Arianna, Jakob and Nathan to "Crying" by K.D. Lang. Say what you will about Nathan's immaturity and general over-confidence, but he can really dance. That was a beautiful routine by all 4 of them.
Mary picks the hip hop routine from Kathryn and Russell and we'll be watching it on video because Russell is injured. Jeez. It was good because it was the exact same thing we watched the night before.
Now Mary J. Blige performs.
Nigel would like to see the Wade Robson group routine with the top 20 dancing to "Comanche" by The Rebels. It's a great routine.
3rd Place goes to KATHRYN. So frustrating. She's so talented and amazing. Oh...I totally forgot that Kathryn was the girl whose voice gets all high when she starts to cry. So sad.
Tabitha and Napoleon choreographed the next performance by Jennifer Lopez. She's got on some super sexy Christian Louboutin's. HAHA. The song is about Louboutin's!! I love it!! I would say she's brave to dance in 4 in. heels, but she's not really dancing. Cool, the girls from the Top 20 danced with her and her faves from other seasons.
We get a little recap of both Russell and Jakob and it's so clear how amazing Jakob is!!
America's Favorite Dancer is ... RUSSELL! WTF? He starts yelling and cheering and obviously does not have a knee injury anymore. He's seriously on his knees. Ridiculous. Debbie Allen is crying and screaming. His mother is on her knees in the audience. It's actually very touching. It's kind of an awesome moment. His parents are so proud. Of course, he says it's all about God.
I will leave you with this: Jakob got robbed.
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