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Both Alejandro and Jeremiah have performed their originals twice now. A's is kind of growing on me, J's makes me want to gauge my eyes out. Kind of how I feel about the two of them right now. Also hated Walker's performance and I was so pleased to see ginger men in the finals! So Demetrius and Uche are my guys. Wanting them both to cut loose. Of the girls, Madison and Laci can stay a while. Was getting a little worried that the top 7 would be all guys except for Madison. So now, we have 3 women left.

I found my Uche love in Hawaii. Last week wasn't as good, but he was back on form last night. Have we ever seen a dance break on Idol? For singing, my favorite last night was probably Laci. She's looking a little more human, too, hope the stylists keep at her.

Jenna's "star" is Tripp Palin. Anyone remember watching his Mom dance? I don't think he's going to win. Maddie Ziegler's younger sister is a "star" is well. Which is odd, because she should be a pro. Her partner is actually a professional dancer, Sage Rosen. It's kind of ridiculous (going against a spelling bee winner), but so is the casting every season.

For a brief time a few years ago, considered moving to Portugal as a retired ex-pat. The language seems so difficult to learn, so sort of forgot about it. Now I wish we had, nothing to do with this episode. But absolutely to do with this episode, Lisbon looks amazing. Except maybe for the seven hills! Was a little disappointed that they didn't cover the Portuguese wine industry, but I realize that Phil isn't much of a drinker. Even though wine is always at dinner, that's not what this show is about. This show is really good for travel advertising, no wonder the famous chefs and food writers drop everything to spend time with Phil.

Robert Roldan was an incredibly beautiful man. Some time after SYTYCD, he had a terrible accident that involved his face. A fall, or car accident, not sure. His gorgeous smile is gone, he looks very different now. Did no one else hear Erin call them "Drew and Enema"? It was during the elimination I think, had to rewind to make sure I heard it right.

Go a little further. The first photo of Drew & Emma after his announcement has 93.5k likes, Emma's video just before that has 245k! And Mark's video has 188k likes.

I thought Heather's rhumba was Alan's choreography?

Just looked up Season 10 on SYTYCD, a lot of the cast is from that season! Jenna, Hayley, Alan, Brittany, Paul (wouldn't mind seeing more of Paul). Do you have to grow up dancing ballroom to be considered a "trained ballroom dancer"? Asking for a friend who started at 26 and was a bit of a natural at it, ha. Hayley has said she is not "trained" but I remember her on SYTCD dancing ballroom several times and she was darned good at it then. And she may have had some excellent training for the last 3 years. I find myself watching for her.

I wonder if Nick realized during filming that he had been demoted to guest star status? That was awful. After I got done fast forwarding through all the Corinne stuff there wasn't much left. If they're going to display the doll that belonged to the little girl in the haunted house, they shouldn't use a vinyl doll from the 1950s. May was obviously wearing Victorian clothing in her painting. Whitney is the tall girl with great cheekbones standing next to Josephine in the photo. She's very pretty but seems quiet. Who is the one in the back flipping the bird? Looks like they got out of the house for a little while!

I loved Laurie's dance, the whole thing. Grinned like an idiot the whole time. Watched it again to see if there was any hint that she was rushing, or bouncing per Len. Their top line was great, she was right in sync. Guess they need to score her down a bit to make it a contest. Same reaction to James' dance, and Calvin's. They are a joy. And no, they should not mention Calvin's feet. That would be dumb and mean, kind of like telling Terra she needs to stride out more. Gleb is here for eye candy, no? People on this board are probably not his target audience. Speaking of which, Artem needs to grow and darken his hair, and always wear guy liner. Wowza. Team past was my favorite dance too, but I'm an Outlander fan. Pretty sure the camera angles helped to hide some of it (Ryan and Maureen) but it looked very nice. Cameras didn't help Team Future at all.

Never mind, found it.

Did anyone else think Julianne was dancing with Derek in the opening number? Of course later I saw Lindsey's short 'do and realized it was her. Loved it, watched it twice.

Not an Amber fan, but now even less of a Maks fan. He WAS the one that stopped dancing when she made a mistake, and then kept telling her she can't stop. What? He's one of the THOSE guys, it's never his fault. Got a bad taste last time he judged, and now it's continuing. I really, really hope he doesn't get Len's job. And why doesn't he have her practicing in heels? Val made the puppy cry. Bad, bad Val. Maybe a little manipulation there. Speaking of which, Marilu had so much more confidence in her dance tonight. Like, a lot more. Like, almost like she's been holding back more. Hmmm. James is Superman apparently. And I love him with Sharna, darn gorgeous girlfriend. Sharna keeps dating buff, bad boy dancers, she needs a grown up.

She had a chunk taken out of one of her feet due to skin cancer. That may be what's bothering her. She started dancing again after that pretty quickly. I think she's maturing, she's been fine with VI, hardly even reacted when he said he was relieved to be voted off.

The thing that struck me about Allison and Babyface's mess of a dance was that she just kept yelling "you got this"! Other pros would have been counting or telling him what movement he needed to be doing. He didn't need a cheerleader in those moments, he needed help.

Ah geez. What were Emma & Sash supposed to do, stand there and gaze into each other's eyes and have a moment of silence? Derek, Sasha, and Emma are best buds and hang out together a lot, quite often with Hayley. I'm sure he was genuinely thrilled, and it was very appropriate he was the first one there. I loved his tapping, that was new. Who was the little firecracker he tango'd with? I think maybe the male pros left their shirts on after Derek's tweets. I will boo him for that. Speaking of which, I so hope he's still here for Halloween group week. I love his group dances. Will forget that Babyface and VI were there in a couple of weeks. But they both had their moments.

Also possible that Maks told Amber what the comment meant. His version, anyway.

Came here to see if anyone posted the girls photos etc. Still can't go to RS site without having to clean my computer.

When Jeff got to the GenX beach, things weren't bad yet. By the time they left, the storm was ramping up. So they must have made them wait around while they rigged up cameras to get the storm footage. Nice. I like the Geeks group, it has potential. Had a good laugh at David sticking his fingers in his ears. Way to blend in.

I wonder if Maks can really get Amber into a proper frame? That would mean their centers should be in contact, and when that happens I'm not sure it leaves enough room up top for her "curves".

So impressed with her. She's had no trouble with her arms, which seems to be the biggest hurdle for most gymnasts. And she's far from robotic. Anyone remember Aly? Laurie, like Nastia, just has tons of of dance talent along with strength. I doubt she's done much dance training (no turnout). When would she have time. If having a great deal of natural talent means she's a ringer, I guess she is.

We were in Sonoma last week when the race was going on. Could have seen James! He did remarkably well then. Looking forward to more routines. OK, dance boots are not hard to dance in. Truly. I was a UCWDC (Country and swing) pro dancer years ago, and I can tell you for sure that heel leads are so much easier with a bigger heel vs a tiny pointed heel. Spent a lot of time in both. Amber is not balanced over her feet hence her issues with slipping. It wasn't the boots. Haven't heard anything, but I would bet Jake doesn't like to practice and avoids putting in the hours. Any takers? Thought about voting for Emma, but just couldn't vote for Rick. That and suddenly my Disney passwords don't work. And the story of the swimmers trashing the bathroom in Rio has been thoroughly debunked. Find another reason to hate Lochte.

She said on GMA that her memory is actually a problem, since Derek has the habit of continually changing choreography. I can see how that could be. Maybe he needs to adapt, set the choreo with Hayley, then teach it to Marilu.

She is a human emoji! That's great. She seemed a little shy on the GMA clips. But when the rest of the "stars" are looking at you with darts in their eyes, guess it can be a little intimidating. No other youngsters on the show this season for her to bond with.

But no one is going to read the articles that say that Lochte's account is closer to the truth than the Rio police's . He has been deemed a scumbag in the social media, and a scumbag he will stay.