Okay, time for the Duels!! Very curious to see how this is going to work out. So far, we know the following duels:
Kyntay vs. Eva Igo
Fik-Shun vs. Nick Daniels
I’m going with Eva and Fik-Shun, although I’m worried about Fik-Shun since Nick seems to be doing a media tour unlike any of the other contestants. And yes, that does kinda piss me off. Are all TV producers SO TRANSPARENT when it comes to who’s going to win, or is this just a coincidence?? I guess we’ll have to wait until week 10 to find out the answer.
Meanwhile, Derek appears to be doing press with Keone and Mari??? Perhaps a clue as to who will move forward tonight?
Okay, duel loser is eliminated. Harsh? Perhaps. I think some will be much harder than others.
Sounds like the duelers picking who they want to face off against??
So Fik-Shun picked Nick Daniels. Oh boy. Don’t agree with NeYo – I’m definitely Team Fik-Shun in this one.
Okay, I’m going this far more than Fik-Shun’s first number in the Qualifiers. Very cool. Dynamic.
Now – Nick. Yeah, not impressed with the flexibility. Bring me some dance. Seems like Nick has a lack of control when going for power and fast moves. I feel like I’ve seen this before.
I’m going to go shake all the judges. I agree with JLo, but I didn’t see the emotion. I feel like this is Fik-shun’s but this show has the same stupid contemporary bias as other shows.
Oh thank god. I was starting to get worried that this was going to be SYTYCD all over again.
I heard that Fik-shun was “second highest scorer” so he picked…where did the highest go?
Next up – Swing Latino versus the Miami All Stars. This one should be easily Swing Latino’s. Was not impressed with Miami All Stars the first time around.
I don’t know is adding tricks based on the competition is going to pay off.
Swing Latino up first. This is a cohesive group, which is something Miami didn’t have last time. And so freakin’ fast. I dug it. Feel like it needs to be a bit cleaner in a few spots.
Miami All Stars have some work to do. They keep making the mistake of having too much stuff going on. It’s hard to watch just one thing. Okay, that got seriously better in the middle of the dance. The whole last half was pretty cool. This one is a tough call. I think I would still go with Swing Latino, but I dunno.
Oh really, a commercial break?? Cute with the eye covering Derek. I feel ya. 🙂 I’d like to feel ya too. 😉
And as I anticipated, Swing Latino takes it. Classy winners and losers so far. Nice.
Next up Eva Igo versus Kyntay. Okay, they’re showing these out of order so we can’t be sure if they picked each other for a reason or because no one else was left.
Anyway, my money is on Eva Igo. She was just so cool. But Kyntay can’t be underestimated.
Kyntay up first. Okay, those girls kicked ass. That was really good. It started a bit slow for me, but it really went crazy after that.
These commercial breaks are kinda mean tonight….
Come on, Eva!! Okay, she was crazy good, but the slower tempo might have hurt her against the dynamic Kyntay. But the judges are raving, so, hard to say. I did like her first routine better.
Low score for Kyntay. Eva takes it easily. Kinda surprised by the disparity – but Eva is a beast.
Next, Quick Style against Keone and Mari by process of elimination This is going to be a heart breaker. I love both these acts, damn it.
BTW, World of Dance just advertised for auditions for a next season. 🙂
Keone and Mari are up first. I absolutely loved that routine. So clever, so different. Very sweet and lovely.
Quick Style up next. They were very good, but I have to go with Keone and Mari – that’s just more my style. I liked Quickstyle’s first routine better. This is a tough one though.
Wow, Keone and Mari took it, but not by a huge margin. NeYo is upset, but I think they all were.
And can I say that I’m impressed that WoD resisted the urge to do a cliff hanger until next week? 🙂
So what did everyone else think?