The episode is ending as we speak ... and I have to say that the three couples in the bottom should not have been. And the fact remains that the competition has lost a gorgeous dancer and versatile dancer in Ashley, and the one male dancer, Max, was a very strong ballroom presence on the show.
The dances from last night ranged in difficulty and inventiveness with a serious lack in entertaining hip hop, if only Shane Sparks would step up to the plate and bring a great performance (clearly Tabitha and Napoleon have spoiled us all with their amazing pieces).
A surprise for me, however, was the piece that Jonathan and Carla performed. It was a gorgeous and emotional piece to "Falling Slowly" by The Frames with incredibly gorgeous and athletic assisted lifts and wonderful musicality. One thing lacking for me was Carla's lack of emotion in her face. She legitimately had one expression for the entire piece, and it distracted from her beautiful form and technique. Jonathan, the baby faced youngin' has completely redeemed himself to me, he was on with this piece and put 1000 percent into it, heart and soul.
As for Kayla and Max's pop/jazz wonder, as a dancer it is easy to understand it and value it for entertainment purposes as well as artistic uniqueness. It was a fun and funky new style that we really haven't seen on the show before, and it was refreshing and performed with pizzazz and enthusiasm and great skill.
The tango performed by Philip and his partner Jeannine. Mary gave Philip a C- for technique, which is accurate and deserved. He was shaky and a little awkward. Regardless of Philip's shaky tango moves, Jeannine's sex appeal and commitment to this piece carried them to next week's episode. Luckily, the viewers love Philip, but he needs to step up his game in other genres so that he doesn't fall in a rut and eventually get kicked off the show. They were not even in the bottom three couples which was a huge shock to me.
I'm off to bed because I'm incredibly tired, but I will update more when I have more time.
And now, I can't stop listening to "Falling Slowly" on repeat :)
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