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I am disappointed in JJ. She was one of my favorites from Vegas but she hasn't stood out in any of her routines. I loved Megz tonight. She was the best in her routine. Also didn't understand the contemporary routine with Jaja, Derek, and Alexia. If we can't understand the story, something's off. I really like Neptune and Kate, as well as Gaby. Gaby and Ariana stood out in the Afro Jazz routine. Although some of the steps looked awkward. Marissa did well in the chacha and deserved better than that. Nigel's comment about interracial couples was so unnecessary. Race will never stop being an issue in anything if people keep bringing it up. As much as I hate to say it, I think Asaf or JJ needs to go home next week, hopefully Asaf. They have been the weakest street dancers. Most of the stage dancers have been really irrelevant for me besides Kate and Gaby. Although I am starting to like Marissa more. Also, there were SO many other better street dancers they could have chosen over Asaf and Burim. You know, ones that did better with choreography. And then they are surprised when they can't do it right, and still choose to save the worst one.

No idea why Asaf was saved. But both were going to be eliminated early on I predict so guess it doesn't matter.

I can't figure how to quote on my phone but I'll just use old fashioned quotation marks. "To be fair, I think this is more the producers than Travis egging no the stage dancers. Often during interviews and talking heads on other shows, the producers will specifically ask certain questions to evoke the response they want from the contestants.In this case, it's obvious that they were walking around during group rehearsal asking every person on the stage team, "Do you think you guys are going to beat Team Street this week?"" Totally understand. I think I am just sick of the editing making one team look bad or better than the other. A lot of issues this season can be blamed on poor editing.

In no particular order, I really loved Jaja, Jim, Megz, and Virgil, Alexia, Neptune and Moises tonight. I love Gaby and I have grown to like Haylie and Kate although I am disappointed that their routines did not allow them to shine as much as they could and should. Three and four person routines are just too hard to watch because of everything that is going on. I am glad Moises and Neptune were saved, although I was hoping for Lily over Ariana although neither were my favorite to win so I suppose it does not matter in the long run. The Salsa routine was just… a mess. I loved Jaja and Jim’s routine so much, especially Jaja. I can’t get enough of her. She is beautiful and an amazing dancer. I enjoyed the routine with Megz, Alexia, and Virgil. Despite how much I did not like Alexia last week, I am glad she made it through. I enjoyed all 3 group dances again, although the stage group dance was better in my opinion. It is hard to work with see-saws though so I do not blame the dancers. About Asaf: I really do like his personality and think he is a nice guy but his inability to pick up choreography and his attitude are extremely off-putting. Nigel said it very well when he told him that he misinterprets opportunities for challenges. He really needs to go, because I feel like he is holding others back in his routines. I understand what he meant when he did not want to JUST do breaking in the group routine. Yes, he has trouble with choreography but I think he is trying, gradually, to be on the same level as the other dancers. Unfortunately, I don’t think it’s going to happen anytime soon. Burim is really a joy to watch and he is super sweet, although the Bollywood routine did not really impress me. I know that the format is “Stage Vs. Street” but why must Travis and nearly every stage dancer insist that they out perform street dancers at all times? It is a great thing to be competitive and driven but it bothers me when they show a clip of every stage dancer saying that they are going to beat team street, and no street dancers were shown saying anything about beating team stage, especially for the group routines (correct me if I am wrong). And Travis is the one behind it all.. telling the stage dancers they need to outshine the street dancers right in front of them is rude. I think everyone needs to focus less on beating the other team and just focus on working together to show us how well-rounded and versatile they all are. That being said, I don’t see the competitiveness when they are dancing, but the show sure loves to give us clips of them talking about it.

I hardly think this is even newsworthy and I would be surprised if they even bothered... I don’t like when Travis or anyone says “This should be a standing ovation number” or “if you do it right, everyone will remember this routine” because then it just hypes us up thinking it’s going to be amazing and then I’m kind of let down.. I have to honestly say that none of the performances were that great tonight. There were some good ones, some not so good ones. They should have paired the people with the most similar styles, considering it IS the showcase. Nevertheless, I enjoyed the group routines the most and I still love Jaja, JJ, Virgil, and Jim. I really do like Asaf because he seems fun and despite his outburst with Nigel, he seems like a nice guy. I have a soft spot for B1 because my dream is to live in Switzerland and he is from there. Most of the stage dancers are bland to me. I didn’t like that Travis choreographed the last routine with Kate and Edson, especially since Kate works for him. I like all of the street dancers minus Neptune and Ariana because I don’t see enough personality from them. I am hoping and assuming next week will be better because more styles will be danced and hopefully there won’t be groups of four… Three is okay but I really like two-person routines because it is easier to focus on the individuals. I think there should be two-person routines and then possibly have everyone do a second routine in a group if desired.

I also noticed that.. we did not see much of her individually but from what I could see, she looked like she was doing well, despite her lack-of-dancing audition.

Hello All, Just made an account to join in on the discussion. I am a huge fan of the show. I am not a dancer but I LOVE watching people dance. Anyway, I LOVE Jaja. She was one of my favorites last season and there is no way she is not making top 20 this season. Urellis (I think that is her name, the one who went back and trained in hip hop) is proving to be quite a contender, as well as Jessica Rabone. Loved Gaby Diaz, the tapper. Also, anyone understand why Brooke Fong was cut right away? Her audition was pretty good, and she didn't even make it past the first round in Vegas yet others like the newlywed couple made it farther? Ridiculous. Edit: Finally found the part where they showed her name and it is spelled Yorelis. I keep seeing it spelled differently in various places!